**During WWII, more US servicemen died in the Air Corps than the Marine Corps. Airmen, while completing the required 30 missions, had a 71% chance of being killed.

**During WWII, among the first “Germans” captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured by the Russians and forced to fight for the Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans and forced to fight for the German Army until they were captured by the US Army.

**During World War II the U.S. Army operated approximately 127,793 pieces of floating equipment. Limiting the number to only the named and numbered vessels, the remaining number is 14,044 vessels. At its peak, the U.S. Navy was operating 6,768 ships on V-J Day in August 1945, including 28 aircraft carriers, 23 battleships, 71 escort carriers, 72 cruisers, over 232 submarines, 377 destroyers, and thousands of amphibious, supply and auxiliary ships.

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