Posted on 03/16/2018 8:10:20 PM PDT by Trump20162020
“You wanna wear a stupid t-shirt supporting America’s enemies? “
Was she on a blind date with dude, because it sure looks like two people are eating at that table?
According to the Wikipedia, the US ranked fifth in total deaths in WW2: 407,300 military plus 12,100 civilian for a total of 419,400, or 0.32% of the population. The Soviet Union came in first (13.7% of the population), by a wide margin, followed by Germany (8 or 9% of the population), China, and Japan. The UK was sixth.
#50. Clodfelder’s figures only show up for the Coast Guard at the Wikipedia site for the search term “American World War 2 casualties by theater” UNLESS THE FOOTNOTE INCLUDES MORE THAN JUST THAT SERVICE].
The Wikipedia long article on this cites two studies that give US casualties by KIA, WIA, MIA and non-combat losses.
The total US KIAs for WW2 in the Wikipedia piece and two articles at “QUORA” range from 407,000 to 417,000, and as low as 292,131 (combat deaths only).
One breakdown (VALENTINE’S) had it as Pacific Theater KIAs = 111,606, 253,142 Wounded (including my father-in-law at Iwo), 21,580 POWS.
Atlantic and European theater KIAs = 183,582 KIA & MIA; 560,240 wounded, 108,621 POWS.
HIS WOUNDED FIGURE SEEMS VERY HIGH. NEED TO CHECK IT.
POW deaths were 1,124 for Europe, 12,935 for the Pacific theater = 14,059.
Some of the figures do not match the 292,131 battle deaths in the Congressional Research Report “American War and Military Operations Casualties” updated, 2/26/2010.
I don’t know where Clodfelder got his figures as I have never seen his book. The 671,846 figure is listed as total US WOUNDED, not Killed by one of the articles.
I’m going to go back to Wikipedia and check on it.
Wikipedia, as mentioned, lists 292,131 COMBAT deaths.
WILL BE BACK IN A MINUTE.
Unable to find Clodfelder’s reported US combat deaths figures of 617,000 in the Wikipedia figures or related ones from www.nationalww2museum.org (416,800 KIA & MIA and possibly illnesses,accidents)
Wikipedia articles list 292,000 Combat deaths with a total of “deaths” of all causes at roughly 407,000 - 417,000
Merchant Marines losses were put at roughly 5,662 KIA, 4,780 Missing and 37 POWs but does not include civilian dead (whatever that means ? - Civilian Guard, Navy/Army Guards etc. The rough deaths and missing range from 9,521 through 10,479 using difference figures.
Valentine’s figures at the Quora site are questionable as to their clarity or accuracy. If used, need better citations.
I thought they shut Sheppard AFB down... I was TDY’d there in 1990;
I thought i looked photoshopped for the same reason..
Gee, why comment? Posts 1-10 cover things pretty well...
It’s still open. I was at Laughlin. The Germans, and others, used to fly down to Laughlin from Sheppard, all the time.
I wonder what she would have said if he was wearing a Che t-shirt.
See National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Party_of_America_v._Village_of_Skokie
She should punch Merkel since the Luftwaffe works for her.
I agree with you. The guy is wearing a Nazi symbol, only the swastika is removed. That does not make it okay. Any Jewish person, whether left or right, can be expected to be very sensitive about seeing Nazi symbols, for obvious reasons. And the leftists are obsessed with the Nazis because they had a competing form of totalitarianism. They cannot imagine something complex like a free society (even while they still live in one). So anyone who is not a communist or a fellow traveler is a “Nazi.” But, there really are some people who wear Nazi symbols and would like to see a revival of that beastly system. Their simple minds cannot comprehend freedom, either. I cringe whenever conservatives make excuses for some neo-Nazi idiot just because the leftists don’t like him. We should know better. The Nazi will take your guns and throw you in a concentration camp just as quickly as the communist.
"Wounded" might possibly include even minor wounds - and a single individual would be counted multiple times if he suffered even rel. minor wounds on different occasions.
Regards,
As many have said the German Air Force is still called the Luftwaffe and the German Luftwaffe have fought with us in many battles against the Taliban in Afghanistan and ISIS. We’ve trained with them and have had them over here for training since the 60’s and probably earlier. They seem to be a big fan of the British Tornado for both attack and electronic warfare. For that man to wear a Luftwaffe shirt in no way represents anything other than the modern German Air Force. She is simply the results of our mis-education being taught daily all across America.
But you can still get a Rising Sun and meatball flag or T-shirt and no one cares.
Now the Germans will have to move somewhere else since you’ve found out about the base.
No, since she's a good Portland liberal, that would just reinforce her views that all Texans are nazis.
Not if you include shaving nicks and VD cases. And as we learned of a democrat presidential candidate, it's easy to get multiple purple hearts.
That’s kind of what I meant when I said that wench would freak out. Anyway, if the dude REALLY wanted to make that snowflake nut up even more, all he had to do, was to wear a T shirt, with an American flag 🇺🇸 on it. How do you think that would grab her?
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