Reply #13: The comparison numbers for previous conflicts are as follows: Desert Storm/Desert Shield

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Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Public Affairs, “America’s Wars”, September 30, 2006. This
document shows that the number of non-mortal woundings in the Global War on Terror (combining Iraq,
Afghanistan and surrounding duty stations) as of 9/30/06 was 50,508 compared with 2333 deaths in battle
plus 707 other deaths in theater. The comparison numbers for previous conflicts are as follows: Desert
Storm/Desert Shield: 1.2 wounded per fatality; Vietnam: 2.6 wounded per fatality; Korea: 2.8 wounded per
fatality; World War II: 1.6 wounded per fatality; World War I: 1.8 wounded per fatality; Civil War (union):
.7 wounded per fatality; War of 1812: .5 wounded per fatality; American Revolution: .7 wounded per
fatality. Note: the VA defines non-mortal wounded as those who are “medically evacuated from theatre”.
The Pentagon has several definitions, but the daily casualty reports on its website use a narrower definition
referring to those wounded by shrapnel, bullets, etc. Using this narrow definition, the Iraq conflict has a
ratio of 8 wounded per fatality – still much higher than any previous war in US history.


edited cuz I didn't mean to copy the whole thing...whoops