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Yesterday, we created a graphic -- based on a Congressional Research Service study -- showing the cost of every major U.S. war. Today we decided to do another graphic, this one on U.S. military deaths in each war. There's a snapshot on your left. You can also look at the full graphic -- along with the option to view the number of deaths as a ratio to the U.S. population at the time. (We created the graphic using a free Web site from IBM called ManyEyes.)
This story can be found on the web at the following address:
http://www.propublica.org/article/us-military-deaths-in-major-wars-731/
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