Butthole_Alamo OP t1_itmhfy7 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 6:58 PM

Reply to comment by HPmoni in TIL the Port Chicago disaster accounted for 15% of all African American casualties in World War II by Butthole_Alamo

As an aside, pretty crazy how much non-combat deaths went down compared to the US Civil War. I assume it’s due to improved disease prevention and medical care.

WWII (US only)

Combat deaths: 291,557
Non-combat deaths: 113,842
Total deaths: 405,399
Percentage of non-combat deaths: 28%

US Civil War

Combat deaths: 214,938
Non-combat deaths: 440,062
Total deaths: 655,000
Percentage of non-combat deaths: 67%

Source

Butthole_Alamo OP t1_itf5r31 wrote on October 23, 2022 at 4:32 AM

Reply to comment by TheGoodSquirt in TIL the Port Chicago disaster accounted for 15% of all African American casualties in World War II by Butthole_Alamo

Hey there! I live about 30 min southwest from Port Chicago. I need to go check out the memorial one of these days. I always wondered about the bunkers near there when driving that direction.