Tennessee Code Title 58. Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense § 58-3-101

(a) All privileges, rights and immunities now extended by law to honorably discharged veterans of World War I are extended to honorably discharged veterans of World War II in as full and complete a manner as though such veterans of World War II had been specifically named in each and every statute granting such privileges, rights and immunities to veterans of World War I.

(b) “Honorably discharged veterans of World War II” includes any person who performed active service, as distinguished from service in the reserve, between November 1, 1940 and the termination of World War II in the United States army, United States air forces, United States navy, United States marine corps, United States coast guard, army nurse corps, merchant marine, and specifically includes females in active service in any auxiliary, attached to and under the discipline of any of the above organizations. The privileges extended to World War II veterans shall also include all the civilian groups assimilated as veterans under the federal code by § 401 of Public Law 95-202, the GI Bill Improvement Act of 1977.