Missing Body Parts Outnumber Body Bags

The New England Journal of Medicine reports that using combat death tolls to communicate the intensity of an armed conflict is no longer justifiable.

Medical personnel in the field save more lives, but for every 10 combat deaths, about 100 troops are injured, many seriously enough that they would not have survived in Vietnam.

Missing Body Parts Outnumber Body Bags

The New England Journal of Medicine reports that using combat death tolls to communicate the intensity of an armed conflict is no longer justifiable.

Medical personnel in the field save more lives, but for every 10 combat deaths, about 100 troops are injured, many seriously enough that they would not have survived in Vietnam.