From a letter at National Review.

U.S. HISTORY UN-SISSIFIED [John Derbyshire]
On my little thread about the sissyfication of U.S. history--now taught with all the battles removed, apparently--reader David Churchill Barrow offer sthis little gem:

The practical effects of this scandal can be seen in the general public failure to appreciate the military miracles of Afghanistan and Iraq. In the 2 1/2 years of this war we have lost less men than we did in one week of Vietnam. Our casualties are less so far than the first ten minutes or so of a typical Civil War battle, and less than the first couple of hours of a major WWII landing. To put it in perspective, take the tiny, square mile chunk of coral called Betio in The Tarawa atoll. It was assaulted by regiments of the 2nd Marine Division on Nov. 20,1943. Thirty six hours, four Medals of Honor, and almost 1000 dead Marines later, the Stars and Stripes flew over the airfield.