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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