Talk:World War II casualties/Archives/2012/September

Fake photo

Photo illustration "Killing of Jews at Ivangorod" is fake. On it there are edit traces. Shadows on the soldier and on the woman fall under different angles. About this photo spoke at Russian forums much. The photo is made for the purpose of propaganda. It is possible to specify about it in the note under photo. 46.216.71.215 (talk) 19:06, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Executions of Kiev Jews by German army mobile killing units (Einsatzgruppen) near Ivangorod Ukraine. The photo was mailed from the Eastern Front to Germany and intercepted at a Warsaw post office by a member of the Polish resistance collecting documentation on Nazi war crimes. The original print was owned by Tadeusz Mazur and Jerzy Tomaszewski and now resides in Historical Archives in Warsaw. The original German inscription on the back of the photograph reads, "Ukraine 1942, Jewish Action [operation], Ivangorod."}}

--Woogie10w (talk) 19:14, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

US Coast Gaurd sepearted out?

Under Militry Dead, for the US, it says "416,800(includes Merchant Marine & Coast Guard)." I understand why Merchant Marines are seprated out (their job is important, but in the end they ARE civilians) but why is the Coast Guard seperated out? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.5.217.251 (talk) 17:36, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

US Coast Guard and USMM are not included in DOD total of 405,399 war dead, despite their overwhelming contribution to the Allied victory in World War II, merchant seamen could not receive any benefits for their service until President Ronald Reagan signed a bill granting them veteran status in 1988 [1] --Woogie10w (talk) 17:47, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Which does not address why the Coast Guard was left out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.5.217.251 (talk) 19:16, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

US Coast Guard is not included with DOD figure of 405,399 war dead, it was under the Department of the Treasury. During World War Two it was a separate branch under the operational control of the U.S. Navy--Woogie10w (talk) 20:45, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Note well that US Navy [2] states that their figures exclude the Coast Guard.--Woogie10w (talk) 21:18, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Ok, I was thinking it would be something like that; It would be helpful to include such as a footnote in the list (the US Coast Guard, under Treasury, Transportatin, or Homeland Defense IS still part of the US Militry, so splitting that hair does cause confusion and embarressment). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.224.19.224 (talk) 01:32, 12 September 2012 (UTC)