Re: [eia] US Memorial Day remembrance

[MICHAEL P GORMAN <mpgorman@xxxxxxxx>]

You really saw the effect of being on a ship in the wounded information.  Most sailors were killed outright or not harmed at all.  Deaths outnumbered injuries by a fair bit.  Very different from land combat figures where the wounded usually far outnumber the killed.

>  I'd expect the Navy to be altogether different from the Army, simply 
> due to
>  the way that personnel are concentrated. In general, I'd expect the mortality
>  rate for officers posted on combat vessels to be about the same as 
> that of
>  the sailors on those vessels (especially for submarines). 16" guns 
> and depth
>  charges don't care about your rank, after all.
>  
>  -- 
>  J.
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