22 THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC BY THE NUMBERS The War in the PacificINTRODUCTION

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: Square feet of Marsden (or Marston) mat produced by the United States during World War II in order to quickly build runways and airstrips in rough terrain.1 Each section of these interlocking, pierced-steel planks weighed 70 pounds.

Estimated total worldwide deaths as a result of World War II (military and civilian). 2

Estimated civilian deaths as a result of World War II (across all theaters). 3

Estimated deaths in China as a result of World War II. 4

US military personnel serving in World War II (across all theaters). 5

Estimated Japanese deaths during World War II (military and civilian). 6

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

Japanese Americans incarcerated in wartime relocation camps. 8

US military deaths in the Pacific theater. 9

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

800 million

65 million

40 million

20 million

16.1 million

2.7 million

115,000

110,000

109,000

60,000

15,000

5,500

3,041

3,500

2,200

473

80

3

2

(National Archives and Records Administration, WC 980.) (From the Collection of The National WWII Museum, 2011.075.135.)(From the Collection of The National WWII Museum, 2011.102.555.)

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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 during World War II. 12

Miles Japanese fleet traveled to launch its attack against Pearl Harbor. 13

Estimated number of Japanese kamikaze attacks launched during World War II. 14

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

WWII Medal of Honor recipients. 16

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

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

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

15,000

5,500

3,041

3,500

2,200

473

80

3

2

(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.)

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