Statistics

"The number of wounded has reached more than 23,000 in Iraq and Afghanistan. This includes 759 amputees: 497 who lost a leg, arm, hand or foot; and 262 who lost a finger, toe, or part of a hand or foot, the Pentagon says."

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Medical teams saving more troops ; KIA rate half of World War II
Rowan Scarborough, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
730 words
5 January 2007