U.S. hostile deaths by military service | ||
ARMY | 30,950 | 65% |
MARINES | 13,091 | 28% |
AIR FORCE | 1,744 | 4% |
NAVY | 1,628* | 3% |
Total | 47,413 | - |
*The 5 Coast Guardsmen are included in the Navy total. | ||
Longest war in US history (11 years)
"War" was never officially declared by the United States
A Cornell University study placed the over-all total U.S. cost
of the Vietnam war at $200 Billion
Total U.S. bomb tonnage dropped during:
World War II = 2,057,244 tons
Vietnam War = 7,078,032 tons (3-1/2 times WWII
tonnage)
Bomb tonnage dropped during the Vietnam War amounted to
1,000 lbs. for every man, woman and child in Vietnam.
An estimated 70,000 draft evaders and "dodgers" were living
in Canada by 1972.
An estimated 3 million people were killed by the war,
and over 1 million were wounded.
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