The Wounded and Dead in Iraq and Afghanistan

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(1) Evolution of Policies on War Dead.

Yochi J. Dreazen and Gary Fields, How We Bury the War Dead; Bringing fallen
troops home is a fairly modern idea. Today, the military sees it as a sacred
duty. Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704269204575270841057314162.html

Note:
(a) quartermaster (n): "an army officer who provides clothing and
subsistence for a body of troops"
(b) disinter (vt): "to take out of the grave or tomb"
(c) loadmaster (n): "a crew member of a transport aircraft who is in charge
of the cargo"

(2) Review of two books on field hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Laura Landro, The Surge and the Surgery; As Memorial Day nears, two combat-
medicine veterans recount their experiences in Iraq, where battle-zone care
is better than ever, but life-and-death decisions are no less wrenching.
Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2010.

Note:
(a) M*A*S*H (TV series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series)
(1972-1977)

MASH (n): "mobile army surgical hospital"

(b) Anzio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzio
(about 57 km (35 mi) south of Rome; please read section 1.3 "World War II")
(c) Battle of the Bulge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge
(16 December 1944-25 January 1945; a major German offensive in Belgium)

Quote:

"The 'bulge' was the initial incursion the Germans put into the Allies' line
of advance, as seen in maps presented in contemporary newspapers.

"For the Americans, with about 500,000 to 600,000 men committed and some 70,
000 to 81,000 casualties, including 19,000 killed, the Battle of the Bulge
was the single largest and bloodiest battle that American forces fought in
World War II.

(d) The "hire" in "she hires on at an inner-city school" is an intransitive
verb defined as " accept employment  <asked me if I would ~ with him to tend
shop and keep books --John Woolman>"

All English definitions are from Webster (3rd ed, 1961).

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choi

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(1) Evolution of Policies on War Dead.

Yochi J. Dreazen and Gary Fields, How We Bury the War Dead; Bringing fallen
troops home is a fairly modern idea. Today, the military sees it as a sacred
duty. Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704269204575270841057314162.html

Note:
(a) quartermaster (n): "an army officer who provides clothing and
subsistence for a body of troops"
(b) disinter (vt): "to take out of the grave or tomb"
(c) loadmaster (n): "a crew member of a transport aircraft who is in charge
of the cargo"

(2) Review of two books on field hospitals in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Laura Landro, The Surge and the Surgery; As Memorial Day nears, two combat-
medicine veterans recount their experiences in Iraq, where battle-zone care
is better than ever, but life-and-death decisions are no less wrenching.
Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2010.

Note:
(a) M*A*S*H (TV series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M*A*S*H_(TV_series)
(1972-1977)

MASH (n): "mobile army surgical hospital"

(b) Anzio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzio
(about 57 km (35 mi) south of Rome; please read section 1.3 "World War II")
(c) Battle of the Bulge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge
(16 December 1944-25 January 1945; a major German offensive in Belgium)

Quote:

"The 'bulge' was the initial incursion the Germans put into the Allies' line
of advance, as seen in maps presented in contemporary newspapers.

"For the Americans, with about 500,000 to 600,000 men committed and some 70,
000 to 81,000 casualties, including 19,000 killed, the Battle of the Bulge
was the single largest and bloodiest battle that American forces fought in
World War II.

(d) The "hire" in "she hires on at an inner-city school" is an intransitive
verb defined as " accept employment  <asked me if I would ~ with him to tend
shop and keep books --John Woolman>"

All English definitions are from Webster (3rd ed, 1961).

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