[Valin]

The Marines just rolled by the battlefield of Cunaxa, where in 401 B.C. 10,000 Greek mercenaries suffered one wounded in their collision with the imperial troops of Artaxerxes. On the northern front Americans passed near Gaugamela where Alexander the Great’s shock troops destroyed the enormous army of Darius III at a loss of a hundred or so dead before descending on Babylon.

Something I've noticed recently, the number of casualties We suffer has been dropping precipitously since wwII. 50,000+ in 3 years of Korea, 53,000 in 10 years of Viet-Nam, now we are looking at 100 or less. I'm not sure what it means but I approve!

[LS]

Yes, I mentioned this to my class today. Steadily falling casualty rates as a portion of our guys involved. Fantastic. I hope it gets to ZERO on our side.