He found that the 3d Battalion suffered 229 battle casualties in the first two hours.
The defense team also insisted that many of those in mass graves were battle casualties.
There were 5,462 American deaths in the war, only 379 of which were battle casualties.
Although battle casualties were approximately equal, the result was a heavy Japanese defeat.
This led to Kentucky seeing more battle casualties than all other states combined.
Total American battle casualties for the day were 1,245 men.
Bones had obviously been through hell, in anticipation of the ship's battle casualties.
There was no time to waste in agonizing over battle casualties.
And you stay ready; they'll be bringing battle casualties back any minute now.
By 2 August 1944, 1449 battle casualties had reached the hospital.