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June 2nd, 2005
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Post; Odd NumberWhile watching the reruns on CSPAN it was a Genereal in the Army Reserves giving a speech,at Arlington, about why memorial day was important and giving out statistics of different items. However She gave out one odd Statistic that said 1.2 million American Soldiers have lost thier lives. This seemes a little odd,I figured it would be a bit higher especialy when you add in the Civil War. Anyone else know anything about how many have actualy died?
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June 2nd, 2005
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| Optio | The Civil War and World War II are the two highest in terms of loss of life in a war zone, so the number she gave sounds plausible. It depends on what they are counting. For combat deaths, killed in action and died of wounds, her number seems way too high. |
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June 2nd, 2005
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Hmmm, I meen look in the Civil war they died by then thousands....it just seems odd I guess. |
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June 2nd, 2005
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| Optio | per a website: Revolution - 4,435 1812 - 2,260 Mexican - 13,283 Civil - 364,511 Spanish - 2,446 WWI - 116,516 WWII - 405,399 Korean - 36,574 Nam - 58,200 PG - 382 Afghan - 187 Iraq - 1,658 ------------------- 1,008,111 =========== |
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