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Tokyo and DOD clash over Korean war casualty reports
Tokyo headquarters releases detailed casualty by division for a two week period ending Dec. 12, while Washington issues only total figures. Policy aims to protect not yet verified data and deny enemy actionable totals, with frostbite and non battle deaths excluded from official counts but Purple Hearts awarded for frostbite per Air Force precedent.
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Elton C. Fay
Associated Press
Washington
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Defense Department
Pentagon
Korea
Army
Air Force