Chesty Puller said before he died There was five things that he wanted to ride Tricycle‚ bicycle‚ auto-mobile A four legged pony on a ferris wheel I said tricycle‚ bicycle Auto-mobile A four legged pony On a ferris wheel when i get to heaven saint peter will say how did you earn your liven how did you earn your pay i will reply with a voice of thunder i mad my living killing down under when i go to bars girls they will say how did you earn your liven how did you earn your pay
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Hannibal’s demise was that he hadn’t accounted for the number of soldiers‚ elephants and equipment that he would lose along the route to Rome‚ and the infantry numbers of Rome itself. The quincunx was the deployment of legion infantry in segmented lines defined by weapon and the class of soldier wielding. This was a change from the standard lines of infantry based on the Greek Hoplite armies and a change from the peasant to professional army that the Romans were adopting. Perhaps this can be seen as the
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An Overview In the years since 1945‚ it has become increasingly evident that the Grand Alliance forged between the British Commonwealth and the United States was often beset with disagreement over the correct strategy to insure the final defeat of the Axis powers. Early on‚ both British and American staffs could agree that Germany represented a greater military threat than Japan‚ but they did not often see eye to eye on the strategy that would most efficiently defeat the Reich. The Americans were
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The ability of Cutler’s Brigade to repel multiple attacks to the northwest of Gettysburg on the first day of battle was instrumental in the Union Army’s success at Gettysburg. Because Cutler’s Brigade was able to stop the enemy from flanking the Division line‚ the rest of the Army of the Potomac was able to move into position around Gettysburg. This emplacement of the rest of the Union Army around Gettysburg was vital to its success in the Gettysburg campaign; its success in the Gettysburg campaign
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During the Industrial Revolution‚ England experienced many technological changes that paved the way for the highly mechanized and modern society that exists today. Out of the many changes‚ the most important is the creation of the factory that created many jobs for the unemployed‚ shifted society to become a workhouse of inventions‚ and changed British society for the better. Before the factory‚ many families were farmers that produced food for their own use‚ and their children would learn to churn
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United States Military. I would like to eventually become an Infantry Officer or an Aircraft Maintenance Officer in the United States Marine Corps. The reason is I want to be part of a force that could stand up to any enemy and fight for the country that I live in and the people in it. The journey to become an officer in the Marine Corps will not be easy and starts right now. To get to the Military Occupational Specialty of an Infantry Officer or Aircraft Maintenance Officer ‚ one must have excellent
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resorted to company size assaults‚ probing the perimeter for weaknesses. The weather cleared on December 23‚ 1944‚ allowing airpower and supplies to strengthen American resolve. The day after Christmas the 101st continued to hold off battalion sized infantry and armor assaults with heavy artillery fire power. The 4th Armored Division broke through the German lines and reinforced the 101st at Bastogne. The 101st Airborne used Bastogne to their advantage. They used the interior communication lines
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technologies such as the Leigh light‚ hedgehog‚ squid‚ and homing torpedoes proved victorious. Land warfare changed from the static front lines of World War I to increased mobility and combined arms. The tank‚ which had been used predominantly for infantry
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Causes: The first element is a “lack of fit” between the people‚ particularly‚ Barbara‚ because she is not getting along with the new employees. The second element is the task of placing drink orders and as a result of the process not being fully mechanized‚ there were missing chits. The third element is the pattern of drink order incidents between two staff members resulting in poor service. Goals: The goal is to develop an effective scheduling model given the experience of each employee. The second
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States. Britain had recently undergone an agricultural transformation that had mechanized many farm processes formerly done by hand‚ greatly increasing the efficiency of agriculture and harvesting while also greatly diminishing the number of people needed to work a slice of farmland.
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