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Originally Posted by gunnut
GI deaths 100 times more in WWII
400,000 to 4,000 in around 4 years of fighting
Our tax dollars at work. Which I think is a fair trade.
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I think that the advancement in medical procedure and technology has done more to decrease the amount of deaths than anything else. Troops get emergency care much quicker than they did previously. All the way up to Vietnam, many simply bled out from lack of proper care or immediate care. A soldier today can sustain much more serious wounds and survive than in previous wars.