Tallying the Costs of America's Wars-- Part 3

From the January 6, 2011, Chicago Tribune.

WORLD WAR I (1917-1918)

COST: $334 billion
TOTAL SERVICE MEMBERS: 4,734,991
BATTLE DEATHS: 53,402

WORLD WAR II (1941-1945)

COST: $4.1 trillion
TOTAL SERVICE MEMBERS: 16,112,566
BATTLE DEATHS: 291,557


KOREAN WAR (1950-1953)

COST: $341 billion
TOTAL SERVICE MEMBERS: 5,720,000
BATTLE DEATHS: 33,739

Just Gets More and More Expensive. --DaCoot