WAR TITLE WAR YEARS CASUALTIES
Revolutionary War (1775-1783) 4,435
War of 1812 (1812-1815) 2,260
Mexican War (1846-1848) 13,283
Civil War (1861-1865) 623,026
Spanish-American War (1898) 2,446
World War I (1917-1918) 116,708
World War II (1941-1945) 407,316
Korean War (1950-1953) 36,914
Vietnam War (1964-1973) 58,169
Persian Gulf War (1991) 269
Afghanistan (2002-2006) 220+
Operation: Iraqi Freedom (2003-2006) 2,200+
TOTALS 49 years 1,267,246
Interesting Notes:
• The United States of America has been involved in a major conflict (be it foreign or domestic) 49 of its 229-year existence.
• 382,424 Americans have died preserving the Union.
• 619,376 Americans have died when answering the world's call to fight in its wars.
• 621,448 Americans have died on foriegn soil.
• 623,026 Americans died in their own civil war.
• 1,267,046 Americans have given their lives in service to the United States of America.
courtesy of: http://www.militaryfactory.com/american_war_deaths.asp
3 comments:
Powerful post, PG. Thanks. Happy 4th.
I'm with pyrhonik. Those pics sure hit it home that a shitload of Americans have died for what they believe in.
Thanks everyone. I hope you all had a great fourth as well, even those of you who aren't American. Speaking of which, I had a great Canada Day as well. I hope you did, too!
I think sometimes we lose perspective about what our holidays are really about. Memorial day and the Fourth being just two of them. I think we think they're nothing more than a day off and a reason to drink and have BBQ, or to blow stuff up. Don't get me wrong, I think I fall into that category as well. Sometimes though, I get a wake-up call.
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