Even before the big push in Korea, U.S. casualties totaled 17,220 men. Last week's Defense Department figures, dated Sept. 22, were already higher than the total for bloody Saipan (15,840), and almost up to those for the whole North African campaign (18,558). The breakdown:
Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,441
Wounded . . . . . . . . . 10,820
Missing . . . . . . . . . . . 3,959
Total casualties by services: Army, 16,087; Marines, 951; Air Force, 138; Navy, 44.
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