I never met my Uncle Phil - he was killed in action in WWII. My husband and I watched the Apple TV miniseries, Masters of the Air, based on a book by same name. It follows the 100th Bomb Group, a unit of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers... It documented the large numbers of men who took off and never returned. Another movie, Greyhound, also produced by Tom Hanks, focuses on the navy convey. I haven't see that one. There are several others available. From what I could find, 407,316 US military members were KIA in WWII. That doesn't count the many who survived and dealt with PTSD.
Having come of age in the era of Vietnam, within a year after I graduated from high school, some of my fellow graduates were KIA and I remember wearing wristbands for those MIA. According to Wikipedia, 58,220 members of the US military were KIA. While those who served in WWII, Korea, and so on, the Vets who made it home from Vietnam were treated poorly.
Whatever you choose to do today, take time to remember and be thankful for those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms and democracy.
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