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skyking

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The average age of the combat soldier in World War II was 26

In Vietnam he was 19.
My dad was 18 when the 4th Marines was raised for service, and 19 at the battle of Kwajalien.
He was 20 at the last Battle of Iwo Jima.
The 4th Marine division was deactivated before he reached 21.
The age of conscription was set at 21~45 in the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940.
This was changed in the Selective Services Act of 1948 to the ages of 18~26.
That would account for much of that age difference.
 
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Captante

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My dad was 18 when the 4th Marines was raised for service, and 19 at the battle of Kwajalien.
He was 20 at the last Battle of Iwo Jima.
The 4th Marine division was deactivated before he reached 21.
The age of conscription was set at 21~45 in the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940.
This was changed in the Selective Services Act of 1948 to the ages of 18~26.
That would account for much of that age difference.


Crazy ... and all too easy to lose perspective on WWII's actual scale.

Many single-battle casualty numbers exceeded the total number of US KIA/MIA's in Vietnam. (+/- 47k)

AFAIK the battle of Stalingrad was the single overall bloodiest battle of WWII at roughly 1.8 MILLION killed.

:oops:

The bloodiest for American troops was the battle of the bulge (NUTS!!!) ... with roughly 187k.

The battling bastards of Bastogne ~ We still fucking owe those guys.

Band of Brothers should be a required watch for ALL Americans.
 
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kage69

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kage69

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Yeah, that looks real I'm just surprised it's not a FL tag.

If this goes viral dude probably just got himself Sec of Energy position for Trump 2024 campaign.
 
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