The division saw much combat and sustained heavy casualties, particularly at the Battle of Metz.

Matt had seen casualties this horrible before, but he had always known why.

"If we don't suppress this last pocket of active attack on our forces, I think we are going to see other casualties."

Civilian helicopter flights have also seen heavy casualties.

If they try to fight their way out, they're going to see huge casualties.

The battles over the next eight months saw high casualties on both sides due to the exposed terrain, weather and closeness of the front lines.

His squad saw 300% casualties between October 1944 and the end of the war in Europe.

"I've already seen enough casualties in this war to last me a lifetime."

We see casualties, only we call them patients.

This year has seen casualties too - 54 people have been killed, although that is much lower than the 2007 peak of 904.