Singhals <Singhals@erols.com> wrote: > >Would someone explain the difference between >"Wounded in Battle" and "Injured in Battle" ?? Wounded in battle-- punctured by an enemy bullet, lance, bayonet, shrapnel, etc. Also includes, in some venues, being gassed, concussed, etc.. Injured in battle-- any accident that might occur either because there is a battle going on or co-incidental to said battle. To make another couple distinctions; KIA- Killed in action means a soldier died on the battlefield of wounds. Died in Battle- could include either of the above. Died of wounds [DOW}- died after the battle-- maybe even weeks later in a hospital- but because of wounds. A few others that gave me pause while reading 1969-70 USMC documents; DOD- Died of Disease NBC- Non-battle casualty DAI- died after injury DIA- died in accident >Clearly, people who were above the age of reason in WW-II >see a difference, but, I wasn't even a twinkle yet and be >darn if I get it. (g) > I was probably a 'twinkle' in 45-- but I wasn't conceived until a few years later. For us USA'ns, though we haven't let our military sit idle for more than a few years at time. Plenty of opportunity for our young-uns to keep up on such things. >Clarification welcomed. One warning-- my clarification was based on American English. The Brits, Aussies and others might draw their distinctions differently. [and the lines of all might waver from war to war] Jim