Military historian john shy subsequently estimated the total killed in action at 8,000, and argued that the number of wounded was probably far higher, about 25,000. This adds a little mystery to the plot of the story because it takes several. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Statistics for killed in action for vietnam, desert storm, operation enduring freedom afghanistan and operation iraqi freedom include the hostile deaths subcategories of killed in action, died of wounds, and died while detained, missing in action declared dead, and captured declared dead. United states military casualties of war wikipedia. Age of assassins the wounded kingdom book 1 and millions of other books are. The author, john sullivan, has done a magnificent, truly superlative job of taking gil ishams words, translating them into readable, saleable prose, yet losing none of the flavor of the man himself, his outlook, or his attitudes. Army due to medical disability after spending nearly two. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through. If this book had been a work of fiction, i would say that it was a little far fetched at times.
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