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re: Gen. Douglas MacArthur "dug out dug"
Posted on 6/16/15 at 3:59 pm to Poodlebrain
Posted on 6/16/15 at 3:59 pm to Poodlebrain
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If you consider having a higher casualty rate to be awesome, then I'll concede your point. During WWII the Marines suffered a 2.9% KIA rate while the Army suffered a 2.0% KIA rate. For non-lethal wounds the stats are even worse. The Marines suffered slightly over 10.0% casualty rate while the Army's was only slightly over 5.0%.
If we're talking casualty rates then the US Army Air Force's 8th Air Force had the highest casualty rate of any US formation of the war.
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Posted on 6/16/15 at 5:40 pm to Darth_Vader
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If we're talking casualty rates then the US Army Air Force's 8th Air Force had the highest casualty rate of any US formation of the war.
Fair enough - and the submariners also fared poorly in all theaters.
But, those are not directly comparable to ground combat. U.S. Army ground troops suffer fewer casualties than USMC ground troops (all things considered) - and it is a function of operational priorities.
This post was edited on 6/16/15 at 5:48 pm
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