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Photographer: Richard E. Miller
Taken: January 2, 2009
Caption: Second Infantry Division Memorial - east wing addition, 1962
Additional Description: honoring the 2ID's dead from the Korean War.

The more than 7,000 combat deaths suffered by the 2nd Division in Korea remain the highest total for any modern U.S. division in any war; and its 17000-plus combat deaths in World War I, World II, and Korea (a figure exceeding its average combat strength) are the greatest combined total for any U.S. division.
Submitted: January 5, 2009, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p49160
File Size: 2.231 Megabytes

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