"Professor emeritus William Perry notes that less than 1 percent of Americans have a family member serving in active duty, and barely one in five members of Congress have ever served in the military."
Whenever I have attended any patriotic assemblies and the host asks any veterans in the audience to stand, and be recognized I am always saddened that there are only a very few us. And considering that the assemblies consists of those persons going to a patriotic function it is even worse for the general population as a whole.