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Why do you think the U.S. military regularly guessed at or inflated the number of enemy dead?
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Why do you think the U.S. military regularly guessed at or inflated the number of enemy dead?

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It's difficult to know the exact numbers of loss or injury. They can also get more praise is they win.
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The military does this to make the battles that we have fought seem like a worthy cause and that it was a victory.
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