[Horsepower]

Take a moment and reflect on these numbers.

1775-1783 (1) Revolutionary War 25324 dead 8445 wounded

1789 Indian Wars 6125 dead 2156 wounded

1798-1800 Franco-American Naval War 20 dead 42 wounded

1801-1815 Barbary Wars 35 dead 64 wounded

1812-1815 War of 1812 2260 dead 4505 wounded

1814 Marquesas Islands 4 dead 1 wounded

1822-1825 West Indies 3 dead 5 wounded

1832 Sumatra 2 dead 11 wounded

1835-1836 Texas War Of Independence 704 dead 138 wounded

1846-1848 Mexican-American War 13283 dead 32 wounded

1855 Fiji 1 dead 2 wounded

1859-1860 Texas Border Cortina War 5 dead 18 wounded

1861-1865 (2) Civil War, North 363020 Dead 281104 wounded

1861-1865 (2) Civil War, South 199110 dead 137102 wounded

1863 Japan 5 dead 6 wounded

1867 Formosa 1 dead 0 wounded

1870 Mexico 1 dead 4 wounded

1871 Korea 4 dead 10 wounded

1898 Spanish-American War 2893 dead 1637 wounded

1899-1902 Philippines War 4273 dead 2840 wounded

1899 Samoa 4 dead 5 wounded

1900 China Boxer Rebellion 53 dead 253 wounded

1902-1913 Moro Campaigns 130 dead 300 wounded

1904 Dominican Republic 1 dead 0 wounded

1911-1919 Mexico 19 dead 69 wounded

1912 Nicaragua 5 dead 16 wounded

1914-1918 World War I 116708 dead 204002 wounded

1915-1920 Haiti 146 dead 26 wounded

1916-1922 Dominican Republic 144 dead 50 wounded

1918-1919 Russia North Expedition 246 dead 307 wounded

1918-1920 Russia Siberia Expedition 170 dead 52 wounded

1921-1941 China Yangtze Service 5 dead 80 wounded

1927- 1932 Nicaragua 136 dead 66 wounded

1941 North Atlantic Naval War 141 dead 44 wounded

1941-1945 World War II 408306 dead 670846 wounded

1945-1947 Italy Trieste 6 dead 14 wounded

1945-1947 China Civil War 12 dead 42 wounded

1950-1953 Korean War 54246 dead 103284 wounded

1954 Matsu and Quemoy 3 dead 0 wounded

1958-1984 Lebanon 268 dead 169 wounded

1961-1975 (3) Vietnam War 58219 dead 153356 wounded

1962 Cuba 9 dead 0 wounded

1964 Panama Canal Riots 4 dead 85 wounded

1965-1966 Dominican Republic 59 dead 174 wounded

1966-1969 South Korea 89 dead 131 wounded

1967 Israel Attack/USS Liberty 34 dead 171 wounded

1980 Iran 8 dead 0 wounded

1980-1991 Terrorism 28 dead 0 wounded

1983 Grenada 19 dead 100 wounded

1983-1991 El Salvador 20 dead 0 wounded

1984-1989 Honduras 1 dead 28 wounded

1986 Libya 2 dead 0 wounded

1987 (4) Persian Gulf 148 dead 467 wounded

1989-1990 Panama 23 dead 240 wounded

1990-1991 Persian Gulf, Op Desert Shield/Storm 363 dead 357 wounded

1992-1994 Somalia, Op Restore Hope 44 dead

2000 Yemen, USS Cole 17 dead

2001- current Operation Enduring freedom 122 dead 310 wounded
2003-current Operation Iraqi freedom 798 dead 4682 wounded


It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. -George S. Patton

Credits to some other forum(can't remember the name).

[EricDraven]

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke

To those men and women who chose to do something, may the future be so lucky to have more men and women who chose to stand.