As an aside, pretty crazy how much non-combat deaths went down compared to the US Civil War. I assume it’s due to improved disease prevention and medical care.
WWII (US only)
Combat deaths: 291,557
Non-combat deaths: 113,842
Total deaths: 405,399
Percentage of non-combat deaths: 28%
US Civil War
Combat deaths: 214,938
Non-combat deaths: 440,062
Total deaths: 655,000
Percentage of non-combat deaths: 67%
Hey there! I live about 30 min southwest from Port Chicago. I need to go check out the memorial one of these days. I always wondered about the bunkers near there when driving that direction.
Butthole_Alamo OP t1_itmhfy7 wrote
Reply to comment by HPmoni in TIL the Port Chicago disaster accounted for 15% of all African American casualties in World War II by Butthole_Alamo
As an aside, pretty crazy how much non-combat deaths went down compared to the US Civil War. I assume it’s due to improved disease prevention and medical care.
WWII (US only)
US Civil War
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