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    protect the Philippines from Japanese control in 1941-42‚ which resulted in the capture of over 550 American and allied POWs. The capture of the Philippines was essential to Japan‚ who would be able to use it as a resupply point‚ as well as eliminating the natural barrier that existed between them and China. The raid was organized three years later in an effort to release the POWS and further the mission of the Allies reclaiming the Philippines from Japanese control. On December 7th 1941‚ Japanese

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    conflict from a historically factual and unbiased point of view. The situation of the Americans‚ Japanese‚ and Filipinos following the outbreak of WWII in the pacific in 1941‚ all come into play. Thus they must be represented as factually and clearly as possible. Right from the start‚ Sides begins to separate the multiple cultures‚ ideologies‚ backgrounds‚ and motives. He does this in order to step back and truly analyze the involved characters both in contrast and in comparison to get a complete foundation

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    Battalion forces as they extract POWs from the Japanese enemy prison WEST of Cabu River Bridge. COMMANDERS INTENT: The purpose of this blockade is to provide a first line of defense against Japanese enemy forces moving NORTHEAST and SOUTHEAST toward the POW camp to stop the 6th Ranger Elements mission of rescuing POWs. Key Tasks are: 1) Deter Japanese enemy forces from penetrating the bridge blockade; 2) Defend 6th Ranger Element and allied forces in rescuing POWs; 3) Defeat enemy forces within

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    very important. Louie held endurance and needed it his entire life. In the novel of Unbroken‚ Louie does not have a part where he does not use it‚ such as his childhood‚ his olympic training‚ his time in the army‚ his time on the raft‚ his time as a POW‚ and his time with his new family. Endurance is highlighted throughout Laura Hillenbrand’s masterpiece‚ and manages to find unique ways of importance. Endurance is something more than ability to continue in a race or workout‚ endurance is about pushing

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    were known as prisoners of war or POWs. Prisoners of war‚ or POWs‚ were soldiers that had been captured and held in concentration camps. The Geneva Conventions are a series of treaties… on the treatment of civilians‚ prisoners of war and soldiers‚ who are otherwise rendered out of the fight‚ or incapable of fighting (“Geneva Conventions”). Allied soldiers

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    reviewing one specific case study. This case study was conducted by Major William E. Mayer‚ who later became the U.S. Army’s chief psychiatrist. Dr. Mayer studied one-thousand American prisoners from the Korean War who had been detained in a North Korean POW camp. He was interested in this case due to the extremely devastating effects psychological warfare had on the prisoners. Mayer discovered a new disease in the North Korean prisoners-of-war camps- a disease of extreme hopelessness. It was very common

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    Feeling and Resisting Invisibility During World War ll both of the Japanese-American internees and American POWs in Japan got put into camps. Some were tortured and some were treated well but were held captive till the war was over. Louie was a trouble making kid when he was little and he changed once he started running then he went to war. While he was in the war the plane didn’t make it and it crashed with Louie‚ Phil‚ and Mac the only ones alive after a couple months Louie‚ and Phil got captured

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    AND EXPLANATION (50 * ($5.56 - 5) + (1.25 * 20 * (40 * 30% - $0.74 - 5)) / (1 + 0.0194) + (1.25 * 16 * ($30 * 30% - $0.74 - 5)) / pow(1 + 0.0194‚2) + (1.25 * 12 * (35 * 30% - $0.74 - 5)) / pow(1 + 0.0194‚3) + (1.25 * 8 * (25 * 30% - $0.74 - 5)) / pow(1 + 0.0194‚4) + (1.25 * 4 * (20 * 30% - $0.74 - 5)) / pow(1 + 0.0194‚5) + (1.25 * 2 * (20 * 30% - $0.74 - 5)) / pow(1 + 0.0194‚6)) / 50 = $6.59 [+/- $0.20] Use the same CLV formula to calculate‚ but multiply the number of customers in the forward

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    The story from my family is about my great uncle‚ William Douglas Brewer‚ who survived being torpedoed in the Mediterranean by German pilots. During WWII‚ he was in the Navy serving on the U.S.S. Lansdale as a rank of E5. When the U.S.S. Lansdale sank having a life preserver is what kept him alive until the Coast Guard could get the survivors. His time spent floating in the ocean is what made him change his life. To make this story go more in depth‚ the research questions will help this process

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    Few POW camps were new. In most frequently existing warehouses‚ company employee dorms‚ or school buildings were fixed and used as POW camp buildings. Typically‚ they were wooden buildings in an area surrounded by wooden walls with barbed wire. POW rooms usually had rows of bunk beds with either woven straw mats or straw mattresses on the wooden bunks. Blankets were given to the prisoners‚ however‚ many POWs told that the severe winter cold made them weak(Umeda‚ Sayuri. WWII POW and Forced

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