# "Veteran" and "casualty" - what do these terms mean to you?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 26, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veteran-and-casualty-what-do-these-terms-mean-to-you/814858 "2018-05-26T18:00:27Z")\
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2 and 3.

And I’ll include the Coasties as well as the traditional types of veterans and Merchant Marines as some of the “Casualty Count” if it was in war transport/field of operations.

(An uncle was torpedoed twice and wounded three times during WW II)

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