Two More US Dead on D-Day June 6, 1944

[Weatherman2020]

I’m now free to disclose that the official casualty rate for the US on D-Day will rise by two to 2,501.

Recent research first discovered that a US soldier was missed during a predawn raid on two small islands just off the Normandy coast. It was unknown if German forces were on the island and to prevent potential firing upon our landing craft, a small US force was sent in two hours ahead of the invasion. There were no Germans, but the islands were heavily mined. Two US soldiers were killed. One was missed in the confusion of that time.

This brought a sticky problem to everything. The count was now an even 2,500. Sounds like a guesstimate to most people.

The same research continued and discovered that a US soldier attached to the Canadian Army was not counted, bringing the final US killed count to 2,501.

Official announcements coming soon as the 75th anniversary approaches.

 

[Toronado3800]

I’m now free to disclose that the official casualty rate for the US on D-Day will rise by two to 2,501.

Recent research first discovered that a US soldier was missed during a predawn raid on two small islands just off the Normandy coast. It was unknown if German forces were on the island and to prevent potential firing upon our landing craft, a small US force was sent in two hours ahead of the invasion. There were no Germans, but the islands were heavily mined. Two US soldiers were killed. One was missed in the confusion of that time.

This brought a sticky problem to everything. The count was now an even 2,500. Sounds like a guesstimate to most people.

The same research continued and discovered that a US soldier attached to the Canadian Army was not counted, bringing the final US killed count to 2,501.

Official announcements coming soon as the 75th anniversary approaches.

Interesting. I would have guessed higher in a way. The Brits and Canadians had deaths also though.

Doing some research now.

Wikipedia lists 4414 allied deaths on D-Day.

Copied from Wiki: Casualty (person) - Wikipedia

"In civilian usage, a casualty is a person who is killed, wounded or incapacitated by some event; the term is usually used to describe multiple deaths and injuries due to violent incidents or disasters. It is sometimes misunderstood to mean "fatalities", but non-fatal injuries are also casualties.

In military usage, a casualty is a person in service killed in action, killed by disease, disabled by injuries, disabled by psychological trauma, captured, deserted, or missing, but not someone who sustains injuries which do not prevent them from fighting. Any casualty is no longer available for the immediate battle or campaign, the major consideration in combat; the number of casualties is simply the number of members of a unit who are not available for duty. The word has been used in a military context since at least 1513.[1]"

I always get turned backwards by the disabled casualty vs killed thing.

 

[Muhammed]

I’m now free to disclose that the official casualty rate for the US on D-Day will rise by two to 2,501.

Recent research first discovered that a US soldier was missed during a predawn raid on two small islands just off the Normandy coast. It was unknown if German forces were on the island and to prevent potential firing upon our landing craft, a small US force was sent in two hours ahead of the invasion. There were no Germans, but the islands were heavily mined. Two US soldiers were killed. One was missed in the confusion of that time.

This brought a sticky problem to everything. The count was now an even 2,500. Sounds like a guesstimate to most people.

The same research continued and discovered that a US soldier attached to the Canadian Army was not counted, bringing the final US killed count to 2,501.

Official announcements coming soon as the 75th anniversary approaches.

That number sure does put the disingenuous Democrat histrionics regarding the number US military deaths in Iraq into perspective.

 

[Oddball]