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Originally posted by Monty@Mar 18 2004, 04:29 PM
It was a pretty bloody place from what i have read and the US suffered tens of thousands (20 somthing thousand?)
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Quite a few US veterans rate this as the worst battle that was fought by US troops during WW2 (meaning for conditions rather than performance). Approx 24,000 (US) were killed, wounded and missing, with a further 9.000 casualties going out of action due to combat fatigue, trench-foot, etc.
One "Dog face" once said that one American soldier was lost for every tree gained. I don't think this is a particularly accurate statement, but I know where he's coming from.
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