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re: The Top 10 Deadliest Battles in U.S. Military History
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:50 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 2/4/23 at 4:50 pm to RollTide1987
The numbers blow my mind. It's hard to wrap your mind around them. #10 for example, is nearly 4k. I might have known 1000 names of Marines and Sailors while I was active and only know of 7 actual brothers who perished in the middle east since 2001. 1000 and 7 seem like huge numbers to me. 4k casualties? 26k casualties? That is mind blowing. Hell, Camp Lejuene might have only had 30-35k active Marines on base when I was stationed there.
This post was edited on 2/4/23 at 4:51 pm
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Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:04 pm to lsufan9193969700
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The numbers blow my mind. It's hard to wrap your mind around them. #10 for example, is nearly 4k. I might have known 1000 names of Marines and Sailors while I was active and only know of 7 actual brothers who perished in the middle east since 2001. 1000 and 7 seem like huge numbers to me. 4k casualties? 26k casualties? That is mind blowing. Hell, Camp Lejuene might have only had 30-35k active Marines on base when I was stationed there.
July 1, 1916 the Brits had 20,000 fatalities, most within a two hour period on the first day of the Somme battle. They ended up with 57,000 casualties on that one day, on a line roughly 15 miles long. All for 3 sq. miles of territory.
The aftermath must have been awful.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 5:36 pm to lsufan9193969700
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26k casualties? That is mind blowing.
For whatever reason I always think of stuff like this in terms of people at a stadium. I guess it's the only way I can conceptualize such large amounts of people.
26k is the same amount as the average for Troy, Air Force, Colorado State, UTSA, Washington State, and Memphis home football games last year.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 7:40 pm to lsufan9193969700
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Camp Lejuene might have only had 30-35k active Marines on base when I was stationed there.
How many drank the water?
Posted on 2/4/23 at 10:15 pm to lsufan9193969700
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The numbers blow my mind. It's hard to wrap your mind around them. #10 for example, is nearly 4k. I might have known 1000 names of Marines and Sailors while I was active and only know of 7 actual brothers who perished in the middle east since 2001. 1000 and 7 seem like huge numbers to me. 4k casualties? 26k casualties? That is mind blowing. Hell, Camp Lejuene might have only had 30-35k active Marines on base when I was stationed there.
Same here Brother. Hard to imagine the loss that they endured in past wars.
Semper Fi
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