Gentlemen, and Troll, today is Veteran's Day. Let us take a moment to remember all those men and women, free and slave, who risked and lost their lives for
our country. I may question the reason for the need to ask them to die, but never their bravery.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day
The American Revolution: 25,000 casualties, 8,500 to 25,000 wounded
The War of 1812: 2,260 Killed in action, 4,505 Wounded, 17,000 Died from disease
The Mexican-American War: 1,733 killed, 13,271 total dead, 4,152 wounded
The Civil War: 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded
(Confederates: 93,000 killed in action, 260,000 total dead, 137,000+ wounded)
World War I: 117,465 dead, 205,690 wounded
World War II: 418,500 dead, 683,846 wounded
The Korean War: 36,516 dead, 92,134 wounded, 8,176 MIA, 7,245 POW
The Vietnam War: 58,159 dead, 2,000 MIA, 303,635 wounded
The Persian Gulf War: 293 deaths, plus one pilot listed as MIA, 183,000 U.S. veterans declared permanently disabled by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The Iraq War: 4,193+ dead, 59,000+ wounded and ongoing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day
The American Revolution: 25,000 casualties, 8,500 to 25,000 wounded
The War of 1812: 2,260 Killed in action, 4,505 Wounded, 17,000 Died from disease
The Mexican-American War: 1,733 killed, 13,271 total dead, 4,152 wounded
The Civil War: 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded
(Confederates: 93,000 killed in action, 260,000 total dead, 137,000+ wounded)
World War I: 117,465 dead, 205,690 wounded
World War II: 418,500 dead, 683,846 wounded
The Korean War: 36,516 dead, 92,134 wounded, 8,176 MIA, 7,245 POW
The Vietnam War: 58,159 dead, 2,000 MIA, 303,635 wounded
The Persian Gulf War: 293 deaths, plus one pilot listed as MIA, 183,000 U.S. veterans declared permanently disabled by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The Iraq War: 4,193+ dead, 59,000+ wounded and ongoing.
