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Originally Posted by Shek
Gunnut,
Sorry, but you're comparing apples and oranges. You'd have to compare ratios of soldiers killed relative to the the numbers of soldiers deployed. I don't have the time to run the numbers, but you're not going to find that a GI was 100 times more likely as a percentage of GIs deployed to get killed in WWII.
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Sir I see your point. However, we can also look at it this way. There were way more soldiers back in WW2 so the money is spread out. We have fewer soldiers to equip today so we can lavish them with expensive gear.
How about this one? As a percentage of GDP, and maybe even household income, the difference between a WW2 soldier and a OIF soldier.