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Non Battle Casualties Hit 72 679 in Korea War
Washington May 24 A disclosure reports 72 679 non battle casualties in Korea today raising total U S casualties in the Korean war to 141 955 Gen Omar Bradley chairing Joint Chiefs of Staff testified before Senate Committees that there have been 69 276 battle casualties including 10 680 dead He put non battle casualties at 72 673 including 612 dead from causes such as pneumonia auto accidents etc Eighty five per cent of non battle casualties have returned to duty Bradley said defending Defense Department policy of not listing such losses in public reports Bridges questioned whether the figures were too confidential to disclose Bradley said they are often misleading since many return after brief hospital stays or a tooth pull and go back into service The senators noted casualties are well above official counts and Bridges claimed non battle casualties include men with frozen limbs and amputations