{"identifier":"/us/usc/t38/s1501","title":38,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1501.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f1501.\nDefinitions\nFor the purposes of this chapter\u2014\n(1) The term \u201cIndian Wars\u201d means the campaigns, engagements, and expeditions of the United States military forces against Indian tribes or nations, service in which has been recognized heretofore as pensionable service.\n(2) The term \u201cWorld War I\u201d includes, in the case of any veteran, any period of service performed by such veteran after\nNovember 11, 1918\nJuly 2, 1921\nApril 5, 1917\nNovember 12, 1918\n(3) The term \u201cCivil War veteran\u201d includes a person who served in the military or naval forces of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, and the term \u201cactive military or naval service\u201d includes active service in those forces.\n(4) The term \u201cperiod of war\u201d means the Mexican border period, World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam era, the Persian Gulf War, and the period beginning on the date of any future declaration of war by the Congress and ending on the date prescribed by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t38/s1501.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1501","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1501."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"For the purposes of this chapter\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1501/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cIndian Wars\u201d means the campaigns, engagements, and expeditions of the United States military forces against Indian tribes or nations, service in which has been recognized heretofore as pensionable service.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1501/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cWorld War I\u201d includes, in the case of any veteran, any period of service performed by such veteran after ","children":[{"t":"text","text":"November 11, 1918","tail":", and before "},{"t":"text","text":"July 2, 1921","tail":", if such veteran served in the active military, naval, or air service after "},{"t":"text","text":"April 5, 1917","tail":", and before "},{"t":"text","text":"November 12, 1918","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1501/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cCivil War veteran\u201d includes a person who served in the military or naval forces of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, and the term \u201cactive military or naval service\u201d includes active service in those forces.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t38/s1501/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cperiod of war\u201d means the Mexican border period, World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict, the Vietnam era, the Persian Gulf War, and the period beginning on the date of any future declaration of war by the Congress and ending on the date prescribed by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}