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In the decades that followed, deaths in battle for both combatants and civilians sharply declined, minus the occasional spike in conflicts like the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
Since the Revolutionary War, the Department of Veterans Affairs estimates more than 650,000 U.S. military personnel have died in battle.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 26 May 2025
After his courage leading his men in battle in France in 1918, he was included in an American general’s list of 100 heroes of World War I.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
Saturday’s festival honored Lapu Lapu, an indigenous Filipino chief whose forces killed Ferdinand Magellan in battle in 1521.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
Since the Revolutionary War, the Department of Veterans Affairs estimates more than 650,000 U.S. military personnel have died in battle.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 26 May 2025
After his courage leading his men in battle in France in 1918, he was included in an American general’s list of 100 heroes of World War I.
—Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
Saturday’s festival honored Lapu Lapu, an indigenous Filipino chief whose forces killed Ferdinand Magellan in battle in 1521.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
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“In battle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20battle. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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