Wow. I can’t even imagine.
Placing some additional context to this. The American casualty total in this one month of battle easily eclipses the U.S. casualty total for the nearly 20 years we've been at war in Afghanistan.It's almost impossible to comprehend the scale: some 5,000 Americans, 20,000 Japanese dead on a rock only a few miles long over the course of just 29 days. Even if the US suffered 200-300 KIAs a month during the worst months of the Vietnam War, it was nothing compared to this.
Placing some additional context to this. The American casualty total in this one month of battle easily eclipses the U.S. casualty total for the nearly 20 years we've been at war in Afghanistan.
We can't even comprehend that with our cushy daily lives. The Greatest Generation? Hell yeah.
Yes in like 19 years it will be hundred years since ww2 started
Why is it odd? I’m 32That's an odd way of looking at "almost". How old are you? I'm pretty sure 19yrs is at least half your life.