Memorial Day, Pause to Reflect

[Ratickle]

I saw this on Slate and was a bit surprised. :USA:

A Salute to War Heroes On Memorial Day, we remember the thousands who gave their lives so we can live free.:USA:


Revolutionary War
Dates: 1775-1783
American soldier deaths: Approximately 25,000

Franco-American War
Dates: 1798-1800
American soldier deaths: 514

War of 1812
Dates: 1812-1815
American soldier deaths: approx. 20,000


Mexican American War
Dates: 1846-1848
American soldier deaths: 13,283

Civil War
Dates: 1861-1865
American soldier deaths: approx. 625,000

Spanish-American War
Date: 1898
American soldier deaths: 2,456

Banana Wars
Dates: 1899-1901
American soldier deaths: 3,216

World War I
Dates: 1914-1918
American soldier deaths: 116,708

World War II
Dates: 1939-1945
American soldier deaths: 407,316

Korean War
Dates: 1950-1953
American soldier deaths: 54,246

Vietnam War
Dates: 1960-1975
American soldier deaths: 58,168

Gulf War
Dates: 1990-1991
American soldier deaths: 293

Bosnia
Dates: 1995-1996
American soldier deaths: 12

Kosovo
Dates: 1998-1999
American soldier deaths: 2


Afghanistan
Dates: 2001-present
American soldier deaths: 1,538

Iraq
Dates: 2003-2011
American soldier deaths: 4,454

[Bobcat]

Vietnam was 47,000....combat.....the same amount of military personnel died while not in combat during the same time period. (source "Stolen Valor" , one of the best books you'll ever read about the war and the B.S. and false claims that follow.)

The Vietnamese lost 3 million......must be tough around High School reunion time.