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To: TomGuy

casualties usually does not mean fatalities


363 posted on 04/16/2007 8:48:47 AM PDT by OldFriend
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To: OldFriend

Planned EVAC is for Faculty and Staff, students to return to dorms, etc.


365 posted on 04/16/2007 8:50:01 AM PDT by Perseverando
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To: OldFriend

Casualties in military terms means just “out of action”. So it can be wounded, killed, missing.

Civilians tend to mistakenly think it means “killed”, but it’s really a more encompassing term.


380 posted on 04/16/2007 8:52:38 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue.)
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