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Answered 2011-09-13 01:14:57
I believe that the latest count was over 3 million Americans served in the armed forces during ww2. Note that only 1 out of 6 was a combat soldir. It took 5 soldiers to keep 1 soldier fighting.
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The Armed Forces grew to 16,000,000 from farms, towns, and cities all across the US.
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