U.S. soldiers in the Vietnam war. Photo from Scrap TV
As Iraq And Afghan Wars End, Costs Mount On Pace To Exceed Vietnam -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may be winding down, but the long-term costs of caring for those wounded in battle is on path to rival the costs of the Vietnam War.
While Vietnam extracted a far higher death toll — 58,000 compared with 6,300 so far in the war on terror — the number of documented disabilities from recent veterans is approaching the size of that earlier conflict, according to a McClatchy analysis of Department of Veterans Affairs data.
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