Halbfinger, David M., <br/><br/>
Military Mirrors a Working-Class America. 
David M. Halbfinger and Steven A. Holmes. 
 -  New York Times,  2003. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.  Article 10,  Environment,  1522-3205; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.  Originally Published: Military Mirrors a Working-Class America, March 30, 2003; pp. A1+. 
<br/><br/> "They left small towns and inner cities, looking for a way out and up, or fled the anonymity of the suburbs, hoping to find themselves. They joined the all-volunteer military, gaining a free education or a marketable skill or just the discipline they knew they would need to get through life. As the United States engages in its first major land war in a decade, the soldiers, sailors, pilots and others who are risking, and now giving, their lives in Iraq represent a slice of a broad swath of American society--but by no means all of it. Of the 28 servicemen killed who have been identified so far, 20 were white, 5 black, 3 Hispanic--proportions that nearly mirror those of the military as a whole. But just one was from a well-to-do family, and with the exception of a Naval academy alumnus, just one had graduated from an elite college or university." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article presents the demographic makeup of the United States military. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-3205; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Demographic surveys<br/>Draft<br/>Military service--Voluntary<br/>Pluralism (Social sciences)<br/>Recruiting and enlistment<br/>Social classes<br/>Vietnamese War (1957-1975)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Armed Forces--Minorities
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050