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[QUOTE="BroadwayVa, post: 2909333, member: 6118"]
My uncle went off on 12/19/1917 and was never the same.
War Losses (USA) American losses in World War I were modest compared to those of other belligerents, with [B]116,516[/B] deaths and approximately 320,000 sick and wounded of the [B]4.7 million[/B] men who served. The USA lost more personnel to disease ([B]63,114[/B]) than to combat ([B]53,402[/B]), largely due to the influenza epidemic of 1918.Oct 8, 2014

204000 were wounded, not including shell shock/PTSD.  Days, weeks, months of being shelled/mortared, machine guns rattling, gas attacks caused "Shell Shock". At the time attributed to "cowardice". Until his death 50 year hence my uncle, a non citizen then, was teased and treated as a coward by true cowards for enduring the unendurable.

The total number of deaths was approximately 37 million military and civilian.  \
 37 million lives to avenge one Archduke seems excessive.  The Lusitania was carrying arms for England and Civilian passengers, the event that drove the USA into war. For a ship and passengers, 250,000 Americans paid a terrible price.
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