The youngest US serviceman was 12 year old Calvin Graham, USN. He was wounded in combat and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his age. (His benefits were later restored by act of Congress). When the US Army landed in North Africa, among the equipment brought ashore were 3 complete Coca Cola bottling plants. The first German serviceman killed in the war was killed by the Japanese (China, 1937) The first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians (Finland 1940). It is believed that the highest ranking American killed in WW2 was Lt. Gen. Lesley McNair, killed by the US Army Air Corps. This is incorrect as General Simon Bolivar Buckner (Killed Okinawa) was a four star General, McNair was three star. Following a massive naval bombardment 35,000 US and Canadian troops stormed ashore at Kiska, 32 troops (28 Americans and 4 Canadian) were killed in the fire fight and over 50 wounded. It would have been worse if there had been Japanese on the island. This was all by friendly fire.
Here's more intersing facts about ww2. *The only nation that Germany declare war on was the USA. *A number of air crewmen died of farts.(ascending to 20,000 ft,in an un-pressurized aircraft causes intestinal gas to expand 300%) I don't know how true that one is. *84 German Generals were executed by Hitler.
Hi Spidge. The second one about *The first American was killed in action during ww2 in finland 1940* Did not America jion the war in 1942? How can an American be killed in 1940? Unlest the American was aan volenteer for the Allies? I am not sure.
Japan sank our battleships at "Pearl Harbor", then we declared war on Japan in 1941, and then Germany declared war on us.P.S Yes a few americans volenteered for the allies before we joined in.
A number of Americans were also killed in the Battle of Britain in 1940. Germany and Italy declared war on the US on the 11th of December 1941 Britain declared war on Japan on December 8th 1941
