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Mapped: Honoring Texas's WWII heroes

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Black-and-white photo from inside a military aircraft as troops disembark onto a snow-covered airfield, rifles ready; dark cloudy sky and distant smoke on the horizon. — A view from inside one of the landing craft after U.S. troops hit the water during the Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. Photo: Robert F Sargent/Getty Images

A view from inside one of the landing craft after U.S. troops hit the water during the Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. Photo: Robert F Sargent/Getty Images

World War II veterans are dwindling in number as we mark the 82nd anniversary of D-Day this weekend.

By the numbers: Roughly 45,000 WWII veterans are alive today — 0.5% of the 16.4 million who returned from the war.

A choropleth map showing the projected number of living WWII veterans by state. California leads at about 5k, while Alaska has none. There are about 45k nationally. — Data: The National WWII Museum; Map: Axios Visuals

An estimated 2,720 of those survivors live in Texas.

Zoom out: Roughly 750,000 Texans served in the war, per the Texas State Historical Association.

About 22,000 lost their lives.

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