§ 23. Persons who may receive annuity. 1. a. The word "veteran" means\na veteran as defined in section one of this article who is a resident,\nand who (i) has been or may be released from such service under other\nthan dishonorable conditions, or (ii) has a qualifying condition, as\ndefined in section one of this article, and has received a discharge\nother than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a\ndischarged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of this article, and\nhas received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from\nsuch service, and who (iv) was a recipient of the armed forces\nexpeditionary medal, the navy expeditionary medal or the marine corps\nexpeditionary medal for participation in operations in Lebanon from June\nfirst, nineteen hundred eighty-three to December first, nineteen hundred\neighty-seven, in Grenada from October twenty-third, nineteen hundred\neighty-three to November twenty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three, or\nin Panama from December twentieth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine to\nJanuary thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety, or (v) served on active\nduty for ninety days or more in the uniformed services of the United\nStates during any one of the following wars or hostilities:\n (1) in the Spanish-American war from the twenty-first day of April,\neighteen hundred ninety-eight to the eleventh day of April, eighteen\nhundred ninety-nine, inclusive;\n (2) in the Philippine insurrection or the China relief expedition from\nthe eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred ninety-nine to the fourth\nday of July, nineteen hundred two, inclusive;\n (3) in the Mexican border campaign from the ninth day of May, nineteen\nhundred sixteen, to the fifth day of April, nineteen hundred seventeen,\ninclusive;\n (4) in World War I from the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred\nseventeen to the eleventh day of November, nineteen hundred eighteen,\ninclusive;\n (5) in World War II from the seventh day of December, nineteen hundred\nforty-one to the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred\nforty-six, inclusive, or who was employed by the War Shipping\nAdministration or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a\nmerchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard or\nDepartment of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the United\nStates Army Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States\nArmy Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transportation\nService; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the\nperiod of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one,\nto August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant\nvessels in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service\nas such terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and\nfurther to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and\nCanada, Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels\nin oceangoing service or foreign waters and who has received a\nCertificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge\ncertificate, or an Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty,\nfrom the Department of Defense, or who served as a United States\ncivilian employed by the American Field Service and served overseas\nunder United States Armies and United States Army Groups in World War II\nduring the period of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred\nforty-one through May eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (i)\nwas discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions, or (ii)\nhas a qualifying condition, as defined in section one of this article,\nand has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from\nsuch service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in\nsection one of this article, and has received a discharge other than bad\nconduct or dishonorable from such service, or who served as a United\nStates civili
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