Friday, January 7, 2011

The Costs of America's Wars-- Part 1

From the Jan. 6, 2011 Chicago Tribune "Tallying the cost of war: How the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq compare with other American wars in human and financial terms."

Last summer, the conflict in Afghanistan became the longest war in US history.


WARS IN WHICH THE MOST US TROOPS SERVED:

World War II-- 16.1 million
Vietnam-- 8.7 million
Korean War-- 5.7 million
World War I-- 4.7 million
Civil War-- 3.3 million

Afghanistan/Iraq 2,142,719


WARS WITH MOST BATTLE DEATHS:

World War II-- 291,557
Civil War-- 214,938 (both Union and Confederate)
World War I-- 53,402
Vietnam War-- 47,434
Korean War-- 33,739

Afghanistan/Iraq-- 5,859

More to Come. --Cooter

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