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    service oriented and have the ability to work well with others. I have compassion and a drive to make sure that people are satisfied with the service they are receiving. I am currently a guest service representative at the Courtyard Marriott in Benton Harbor‚ Michigan. I go above and beyond my daily requirements just to ensure that our guest experience their best stay at our hotel. Previously‚ I worked for Whirlpool Corporation serving thousands of their customers and their needs which lead me to where

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    Early in the 19th century‚ people in the west tried convincing the Japanese to open their ports. Countries tried to import supplies to Japan‚ but Japan refused. Then in 1853‚ Commodore Perry brought four ships into Tokyo Harbor‚ Japan was astounded by these ships. There was a letter along with the ships‚ the letter asked that the shogun allowed free trade between the United States and Japan. There was a threat along with the note‚ the threat was that come back in a year with a larger fleet to receive

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    historical reality and his own experience in Japanese internment camps‚ Takei is able to relate to the current prejudice American Muslims face. Both eras of fear and racial prejudice rooted from an act of death and destruction. The Attack on Pearl Harbor set about the prejudice against the American Japanese‚ and the 9/11 Terror Attack marked the beginning

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    by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal. As it has been studied and proven time in and time out‚ the media was a driving force behind gathering support for entering the second world war after Pearl Harbor was bombed in December of 1941. Just like when someone hears the words “Pearl Harbor” they think‚ “a day that will live in infamy”‚ similarly when “Iwo Jima” is uttered‚ the first image that comes to mind is that one captured atop Mount Suribachi. Since the day that image was first released

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    The Founders believed in the vital importance of the individual liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. However‚ our government has compromised on these liberties in the name of general welfare. The Founders swore on the safety and security of the citizens despite color or disability‚ and the United States government today has been neglecting and providing no solid justification to the some of their reckless actions. The First Amendment states all civil liberties such as the freedom of speech

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    September 1‚ 1939‚ when Germany invaded Poland and ended when the Japanese formally surrendered on September 2‚ 1945. The United States did not get involved in the war until December 7‚ 1941‚ when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. Immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ the United States joined forces with the Allies bringing with them political‚ economic‚ innovative and technological resources in order to successfully defeat their enemies and win the war. The team of Allies was made

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    Unjustified Many americans were killed due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Americans looked to blame someone so they blamed the American Japanese. These people were to be blamed by the Americans after the horrible deaths of Americans. The Japanese Americans were doing their jobs and going on with their lives but soon thrown into camps. Camps to where they had some type of freedom of governing themselves in these camps. The Japanese Americans did not like it and were innocent. The

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    Reporting- Comm. 225 Oct. 18th‚ 2013 Assignment #7 Reporting Speeches President Franklin D. Roosevelt has asked Congress to declare a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire since the Dec. 7th attacks on Pearl Harbor. “I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost‚ but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.” The room was

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    The Second World War had a profound effect on white men who lived in the United States during the 1940s. Many volunteered for overseas military service‚ and many more joined the army in the nation’s first peacetime draft‚ which occurred in 1941 as a precursor to the United States’s future involvement in the war. World War II also‚ however‚ had a profound impact on the lives of women and ethnic minorities in the United States. Because white men were the primary candidates of the draft‚ women and minorities

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    In Westbrook’s Why We Fought‚ he makes a strong argument on how most people in the United States viewed the Axis powers‚ and more importantly Japan as real threat to their way of life. People were told that Japan was not only different that it was a country that embodied everything that the United States stood for‚ albeit that changed during the war. Not only that‚ but Westbrook mentions the differences between the Germans and the Japanese varied greatly‚ “The Nazis were bad Germans‚ to be judged

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