[Front]:
I was that which others did not want to be.
I went where others feared to go, and did what others failed to do.
I asked nothing from those who gave nothing, and reluctantly accepted the thought of eternal loneliness...should I fail.
I have seen the face of terror; felt the stinging cold of fear; and enjoyed the sweet taste of a moment's love.
I have cried, pained, and hoped...but most of all, I have lived times others would say where best forgotten.
At lease someday I will be able to say that I was proud of what I was...a soldier. George L. Skypeck

[Reverse]:
Military Action Deaths/Wounded
Revolutionary War (1775-1783): 23,624/8,445
Indian Wars (1789-1898): Soldiers 2,215/2,156; Indians 4,000 / N/A
Franco-American Naval War (1798-1800): 20/42
Barbary Wars (1801-05, 1815): 35/64
War of 1812 (1812-1815): 2,260/4,505
Marquesas Islands (1814): 4/1
West Indies (1822-25): 3/5
Sumatra (1832): 2/11
Texas War of Independence (1835-36): 704/138
Mexican War (1846-48): 13,283/4,152
China War (1854-59): 15/32
Fuji (1855): 1/2
"Cortina War" Texas Border (1859-60): 5/18
Civil War (1861-65): 618,022/382,881
Japan (1863): 5/6
Formosa (1867): 1/0
Mexico (1870): 1/4
Korea (1871): 4/10
Spanish-American War (1898): 2,983/1,637
Philippines War (1899-1902): 4,273/2,840
Samoa (1899): 4/5
China Boxer Rebellion (1900): 53/253
Moro Campaigns (1902-06, 1913): 130/3000
Dominican Republic (1904): 1/0
Nicaragua (1912): 5/16
Vera Cruz (1914): 16/69
Haiti (1915-20): 146/26
Dominican Republic (1916-1922): 144/50
Mexico Punitive Expedition (1916): 27/30
Mexican Border (1911-1919): 20/NA
World War I (1917-1918): 116,708/204,002
North Russia Expedition (1918-19): 246/307
Nicaragua (1927-32): 136/66
Yangtze Service, China (1921-1941): 5/80
North Atlantic Naval War (1941): 141/44
World War II: 408,306/670,846
Trieste, Italy (1945-47): 6/14
Chinese Civil War (1945-47): 12/42
Korean War (1530-53): 54,246/103,284
Quemoy and Matsu (1954): 3/NA
Lebanon (1958): 3/1
Laos (1961-62): 3/3
Bay of Pigs (1961): 4/0
Cuba (1962): 9/0
Panama Canal Riots (1964): 4/85
Dominican Republic (1965-66): 59/174
USS Liberty off Israel (1967): 34/171
Korea (1966-69): 89/131
Vietnam War (1961-75): 58,175/153,303
Mayaguez-Cambodia Incident (1975): 41/50
Iran (1980): 8/0
Lebanon (1982-84): 268/169
Honduras (1984, 1989): 1/28
Grenada (1983): 19/100
Libya (1986): 2/0
El Salvador (1983-91): 20/0
USS Stark - Persian Gulf (1987): 37/21
Persian Gulf (1987-99): 16/0
Terrorism (1981-1991) Service Personnel: 28/NA
Panama (1989-90): 40/240
Persian Gulf War (1990-91): 363/357
Grant Total: 1,312,827/1,541,278

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