Singhals wrote: > > Would someone explain the difference between > "Wounded in Battle" and "Injured in Battle" ?? > > 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) > > Clarification welcomed. > Thanks, all. I still think that INJURED would cover all of 'em, because darn if I can see how you could be wounded without being injured. (g) But the distinction between tripping and falling into a foxhole and breaking one's leg during a battle, vs being shot in that same leg by the enemy looks like the pertinent one. Cheryl

"Singhals" <Singhals@erols.com> wrote in message news:3CB9CBBE.6EFC4399@erols.com... > Singhals wrote: > > > > Would someone explain the difference between > > "Wounded in Battle" and "Injured in Battle" ?? > > > > 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) > > > > Clarification welcomed. > > > > > Thanks, all. I still think that INJURED would cover all of > 'em, because darn if I can see how you could be wounded > without being injured. (g) But the distinction between > tripping and falling into a foxhole and breaking one's leg > during a battle, vs being shot in that same leg by the enemy > looks like the pertinent one. A wound is broken skin and in battle by enemy action An injury is something which hurts and incapacitates but the skin has not been cut by an enemy weapon My father was a casualty, he drowned with HMS Somali but he was neither wounded nor injured as far as we know. Hugh W