[BroJoeK]

headline: "Latest Casualties Reported by Army – 8-9"

"Casualties of the American armed forces, on the basis of latest available reports, total 189,309, including 43,808 dead, 70,948 wounded; 41,330 missing and 33,223 prisoners of war..."

44,000 dead after 28 months of war averages about 1,600 killed per month.
In the next 16 months -- April 1944 to August 1945, another 373,000 died = over 23,000 per month.
The war's heavy lifting has just gotten started...

[HenpeckedCon]

“44,000 dead after 28 months of war averages about 1,600 killed per month.”

What’s amazing is that the Germans were losing close to 1,600 killed in action every day on the Eastern Front. Every day from June 41 to May 45.