Perspective

I found this over at The Lemon Stand.  In part, she wrote:

"Revolutionary War Dead  ............ 25,000

War of 1812 Dead  .................... 20,000

Indian Wars Dead  ...................... 1,500

Mexican-American War Dead  ........ 13,283

Civil War Dead  ....................... 625,000

Spanish-American War Dead  .......... 2,446

Philipine-American War Dead  ........ 4,196

WWI Dead  ............................ 116,516

WWII Dead  ........................... 405,399

Korean War Dead  ..................... 53,686

Vietnam War Dead  ................... 58,209

Beirut deployment Dead  ................. 266

Gulf War Dead  ............................ 382

Iraq War Dead  .......................... 4,404

Afghanistan War Dead  ................. 1,087

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                                                  1,331,374

According to the Department of Defense there are approximately 3 million Military Service Members both Active Duty and Reserve serving today. According to the Census Bureau web site there are approximately 310 million people living in the United States. Which, if you calculate the percentages, approximately 1% of the population protects the rest of us on a daily basis."