troops

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As of May 23, the naval blockade has redirected more than 100 vessels and involved more than 15,000 troops.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Additionally, President Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops to bolster the immigration agencies swarming the area.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

That comparison might sound hyperbolic since Vietnam was a 20-year meat-grinder of a war that cost the lives of more than 50,000 Americans and something like 3.5 million Vietnamese, both troops and civilians.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

D-Day was the largest seaborne military operation ever attempted and involved the simultaneous landing of tens of thousands of troops from the UK, US and Canada on five separate beaches in Normandy in northern France.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

More than 1,000 American troops, 16,600 Japanese troops, and 100,000 Filipinos were killed.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly