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Trump has killed more Americans than died in World War I (Original Post) Turbineguy Jul 2020 OP
And the deaths keep coming... Farmgirl1961 Jul 2020 #1
I can honestly say I had no idea it was only 116,516 underpants Jul 2020 #2
The army kept meticulous records... Brother Buzz Jul 2020 #4
Everything Trump Touches........ Elwood P Dowd Jul 2020 #3
He is the biggest mass murderer in our history. SoonerPride Jul 2020 #5

Farmgirl1961

(1,493 posts)
1. And the deaths keep coming...
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 12:02 AM
Jul 2020

He’s nothing short of a murderer. So many of these deaths could have been averted.

underpants

(182,817 posts)
2. I can honestly say I had no idea it was only 116,516
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 12:03 AM
Jul 2020

The USA lost more personnel to disease (63,114) than to combat (53,402), largely due to the influenza epidemic of 1918.

Brother Buzz

(36,437 posts)
4. The army kept meticulous records...
Wed Jul 8, 2020, 06:21 PM
Jul 2020

and some military egghead made a correlation between living space and the advantage of social distancing

Officers were allotted 75 to 80 sq ft of barracks space and had the lowest rates of infection, while the enlisted slobs had a mere 35 sq ft of space and were hit the hardest. Story is, they made adjustments, and the famous World War II 'temporary construction' barracks were born.

I was billeted in one back in my daze.

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