Youngstown question

[Douglas Laycock]

My understanding, derived from reading military history and not from any firm knowledge, is that "casualties" not further specified generally means the total of killed, wounded, and missing in action.

On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:45:10 -0800
 "William Funk" <funk at lclark.edu> wrote:
>Casualties can include injured as well as those killed.
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>Bill Funk
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>Lewis & Clark Law School
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>From: conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
>[mailto:conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Marc DeGirolami
>Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 7:31 PM
>To: conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu
>Subject: Youngstown question
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>In reading CJ Vinson's dissent in Youngstown, I came across this line: "For
>almost two full years, our armed forces have been fighting in Korea,
>suffering casualties of over 108,000 men."  
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>In trying to give my students some background about the Korean War, I have
>come across an American casualty figure of roughly 50,000 (battle deaths as
>well as others).  Does anyone know what the source of the Chief Justice's
>number is?  
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>Thanks for any assistance.
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>Marc  
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Douglas Laycock
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