Memorial Day
For a perfect paper, the students should have all of the countries labeled correctly and the number of casualties in each war.
| Years |
Location |
Killed |
Wounded |
Dollar Cost |
| 1861-1865 |
Civil War, North
|
363,020
|
281,104
|
-- |
| 1861-1865
|
Civil War, South
|
199,110
|
137,102
|
-- |
| 1917-1918
|
World War I
|
116,708
|
204,002
|
$33 billion |
| 1941-1945
|
World War II
|
408,306
|
670,846
|
$360 billion
|
| 1950-1953
|
Korean War
|
54,246
|
103,284
|
$50 billion
|
| 1957-1975
|
Vietnam War
|
58,219
|
153,356
|
$111 billion
|
| 1990-1991
|
Persian Gulf War
Operation Desert Storm
|
363
|
357
|
$61 billion
|
|
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