Here are the actual figures from a US Military website:
World War II: 74,064
Korean War: 8,021
Cold War: 125
Vietnam War: 1708
Desert Storm: 0
Total: 83,918
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The nouns in the sentence "Later she helped find soldiers who were missing in action" are "she," "soldiers," and "action." "She" refers to a person, "soldiers" refers to military personnel, and "action" refers to the context of the soldiers' status.
MIA, which stands for "Missing In Action."
Missing (Missing in action)
During the American Civil War, an estimated 4,000 to 7,000 soldiers were officially recorded as missing in action at various points throughout the conflict. However, the total number of missing could be much higher, as many soldiers were unaccounted for due to the chaotic nature of battles and the lack of comprehensive record-keeping. Additionally, some of these missing may have been killed, captured, or deserted. The exact figures remain difficult to determine due to the conditions of the war.
US Servicemen are still missing in action (unaccounted for).
Missing In Action Missing In Action 2: The beginning Braddock: Missing in Action 3
During World War I, approximately 3,000 Canadian soldiers were reported as missing in action (MIA). This figure represents a significant portion of the over 600,000 Canadians who enlisted in the war, with many of those MIA presumed to have been killed in action. The challenges of identifying remains and the chaotic nature of battle contributed to the high number of missing soldiers.
The MIA number in war refers to the Missing In Action victim. These number's are placed on the records of those soldiers lost in war.
around 21,000 Japanese died. 6,800 Americans died,with 20,000 Americans injured My information is from Daniel Yergin's book, the Prize, which i am reading now. I just read this section earlier this week
it was considered a 'POLICE ACTION'
To show support for soldiers still listed as missing in action or prisoners of war, even after the Vietnam War was over.
M.I.A stands for Missing In Action.MIA stands for Missing In Action.