The War in the Pacific By the Numbers

(From the Collection of The National (National Archives and Records Administration, WC 980.) (From the Collection of The National WWII Museum, 2011.075.135.) WWII Museum, 2011.102.555.) : Square feet of Marsden (or Marston) mat produced by the United States 800 million during World War II in order to quickly build runways and airstrips in 15,000 rough terrain.1 Each section of these interlocking, pierced-steel planks weighed 70 pounds. 5,500 65 million Estimated total worldwide deaths as a result of World War II (military and civilian). 2 3,500 40 million Estimated civilian deaths as a result of World War II (across all theaters). 3 3,041 20 million Estimated deaths in China as a result of World War II. 4 2,200 16.1 million US military personnel serving in World War II (across all theaters). 5 2.7 million Estimated Japanese deaths during World War II (military and civilian). 6 473

Square miles of ocean that comprised the battlefield for the Battle of 115,000 Leyte Gulf, the largest naval engagement of World War II. 7 80

110,000 Japanese Americans incarcerated in wartime relocation camps. 8 3 109,000 US military deaths in the Pacific theater.9

American soldiers and Marines involved in the invasion of Okinawa, 2 60,000 the largest amphibious operation of the Pacific war.10

22 INTRODUCTION THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC BY THE NUMBERS The War in the Pacific (From the Collection of The National WWII Museum, 2011.102.555.) (National Archives and Records Administration, WCS 1342.) (National Archives and Records Administration, 208-AA-45L-1.) 15,000 US Army troops, 60 percent of whom were African American, involved in the construction of the Ledo Road from Ledo, India, to Kunming, China. 11

Women's Army Corps members who served in the southwest Pacific 5,500 during World War II. 12

3,500 Miles Japanese fleet traveled to launch its attack against Pearl Harbor. 13 3,041 Estimated number of Japanese kamikaze attacks launched during World War II. 14

2,200 Number of servicemembers who lived aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. 15

473 WWII Medal of Honor recipients. 16

American airmen who participated in the Doolittle Raid, 80 the first US direct strike against Japan, a daring attack involving 16 B-25 bombers launched from the deck of an aircraft carrier. 17

3 Number of atomic bombs detonated by the United States during World War II (at the Trinity test site, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki). 18

2 US presidents who served in office during World War II.19

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