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Vietnam War |
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-91 percent of Vietnam veterans say they are glad they served. |
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-74 percent said they would serve again even knowing the outcome. |
-Two-thirds of the men who served in Vietnam were volunteers. |
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-Vietnam Veteran's represented 9.7% of their generation. |
-91% of actual Vietnam War era veterans and 90% of those who saw heavy combat are proud to have served their country. |
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World Wars |
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-There was a total of 62,000,000 deaths in WWII. |
-318,274 WWII deaths were from the Army alone. |
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-8,500,000 military personnel died in WWI. |
-407,300 deaths in WWII were USA soldiers. |
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Korean War |
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-54,246 soldiers were killed. |
-103,000 soldiers were wounded; 8,142 were MIA. |
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American Civil War |
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-970,000 casualties. |
-3% of the U.S. population died. |
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Sources: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_toll#War_and_military_action |
