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Has the flag ever been flown half mast for other than government or military deaths?
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∙ 12y ago
Yes, just yesterday (17 February 2012) flags over New Jersey were flown at half staff in respect for Whitney Houston. It is not uncommon to show respect in this way for civilians.
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What is an example of a military government?
Communist Russia, North Korea, Vietnam, And any other Communist Country. Communism is a military controled Government.
How many American military died in World War 1?
Approximately 405,000. This was 275,000 combat deaths, and 130,000 non-combat deaths. These were aircraft crashes, vehicle crashes, and other accidents.
Why might the civil war had more us military deaths than any other war?
Because members of both sides were in the US military; just different factions.
What is the difference between World War I to anothers?
More people died in World War 1 rivalled to any other. 16 million deaths, 21 million wounded. 9.7million deaths of military personel and around 6.8million deaths of civilians.
How are military deaths handled?
Sometime military bodies are not back to their families, they are buried where they fall. Pieces of the body can be sent to the family if the family pays for it. The family then pays for the coffin and other items.
How many US soldiers were killed in World War ll?
Your question can be interpreted two ways. First, if you are referring to soldiers as all military personnel (to include Army, Army Air Corps, Navy and Marines) the answer according to the Department of Defense is 291,557 killed in action with an additional 113,842 deaths from "other causes," for a total of 405,399 military deaths. Or, if you mean soldiers (US Army personnel), there were 234,874 killed in action with an additional 83,400 deaths from "other causes," totalling 318,274. This information came from American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics, a report completed by Hannah Fischer, Knowledge Resources Group, updated July 13, 2005.
What is the appropriate height to fly the American Flag on a flagpole?
There is not a set height that the American Flag needs to be flown at, but it does need to be flown at the top of the flagpole. If other flags, such as State or POW/MIA, are flown around the American flag then the American flag needs to be flown above the other flags.
In the USBattle Deaths figures there is the term Other deaths in service nontheater What makes up that number?
Other deaths include non-war related things like heart attacks, etc. Nontheater means deaths of service members while a war was going on, but the person was assigned to duty in an area other than the war zone. During the Vietnam war, that might have been military deaths for various causes including accidents in Korea, Germany, Italy and the United States.
What is civilian supremacy?
One of the core concepts to democracy regards the civilian control of the military. In these systems the highest military official is the civilian head of government as commander-in-chief. This in contrast to juntas where the military is the government.
All of the countries deaths in the Vietnam War?
Military:1,177,426 highest estimate Civilian:420,000-2,500,000 Total:1,597,426-3,677,426
What was the difference between allied and axis civilian deaths?
The Allies, easily. The number of military deaths on the part of the Soviet Union (8 million +) and China (3.8 million) were horrendous and account for the high overall numbers on the Allied side.
What purpose of government is served by the military forces?
The purpose of a military force is to protect the population from attack by other countries and assist in times of national emergency.
