Why Did American Military Officials Begin Calculating Their Progress in Body

question 4

Multiple Choice

Why did American military officials begin calculating their progress in body counts and kill ratios in Vietnam in 1965?

• A) A delegation of American soldiers had asked for concrete measures that they could readily understand.
• B) It was impossible to measure military success based on territory seized.
• C) They did not want to reveal the unprecedented number of soldiers they were losing.
• D) It was the only way they could distinguish between military and civilian deaths.

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