INTEL
Dec 21, 2021
3 minutes
—Zita Ballinger Fletcher
THE PHOTO
INTO THE WATER
A unit from Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, crosses a river at an unidentified location in March 1968.
FINANCIAL TOLL
THE PRICE TAGS OF WAR
The military operations of the Vietnam War were the second most expensive in the 20th century, in raw numbers and after adjustments for inflation calculated in 2010 ($1 in 2010 would be $1.28 in 2021). With the exception of the Persian Gulf War, all major 20th century wars were more expensive than their predecessors, even
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