The odd thing is that, in my class and field (Aeronautical Engineering), which had maybe 35 students, I don't remember anybody who claimed to have been in either WW2 or the Korean War, except one foreign student I roomed with one year who was in the Greek underground in WW2. I would have expected, at least, that former Air Force people would have shown up.

historical note: Aeronautical engineering,centered on airplanes, was the precursor to Aerospace engineering. My first job happened to be working on the Navajo, our first supersonic intercontinental cruise missile and my second job, working on Vanguard, which was planned (we had some unfortunate hiccups and the Von Braun team got the honor) to be our first satellite launcher. So, Aerospace engineering departments sprung up right after I graduated, incorporating the former Aeronautical departments.