Chad Irby wrote in message . com...

The odd bit is that we keep hearing about *all* US deaths (accidents,
medical issues, and combat-related deaths) in Iraq, but only hear about
direct combat-related deaths after WWII.

Well, you hear a whole lot of numbers in the Iraqi case: total deaths
is one such number, combat-related deaths is another. I see the latter
given as often as the former. The study I mentioned was looking at
nation-building experience, and the specific statistic was for
combat-related deaths.

Scott