It’s so hopeless fighting the battle to remind people that “casualty” doesn’t mean “dead” and that it includes wounded, I don’t even bother anymore. It’s universal in the media to itterpret casualty as dead, and by 90% of the general population.
I agree. That is why I completely separated the posts listing the casualties and those killed on the beaches.
Now, at the risk of further confusion, there are several studies ongoing which MAY increase the total number of American dead on D-day to just under 2,500. Some by including inland forces and some by revising the number killed in the landings.
You are SOOOOO right about that. If I hear one more time on tv, radio, etc. about the 30,000 dead in one day at G-Burg, or Antietam, etc., I am going to scream. Especially irksome coming from conservative people who should know better and who continuously lecture us on how well they “know my history,” i.e., Hannity and Limbaugh.