123,948 active-duty military personnel
7,932 US Army personnel
96,047 US Navy (including 20,000+ US Marines)
19,969 Air Force
58,076 DOD civilian personnel
In California, as of 2000 there were 2,569,340 veterans of US military service:
504,010 served in World War II,
301,034 in the Korean War, 754,682 during the Vietnam War,
and 278,003 during 19902000 (including the Persian Gulf War). "
Source: Wikipedia
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The Great State of Texas
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"Known for their generosity, hospitality, unusual accent, and penchant for the larger-than-life, Texans are wonderful people to meet, and the variety of cultural experiences, from feasting on bratwurst with the Germans of the Hill Country to watching Flamenco dancers with the Tejanos of the Rio Grande valley, is seemingly unlimited.Source-Wikitravel