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    Women's Army Corps (WAAC)

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    Women also played a significant role in the military. According to government records‚ more than 265‚000 women enlisted in the armed services of the United States over the course of the war‚ all as volunteers. There was vocal opposition to female participation in the war effort at the beginning‚ but it gradually changed as the war raged on and the need for qualified personnel‚ regardless of gender‚ increased. Most women served in traditional jobs such as clerical and secretarial ones‚ or as nurses

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    Thesis On 14 November‚ 1965‚ LTC Harold G. Moore led the 1st Battalion‚ 7th Cavalry Regiment‚ 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) (hereby referred to as 1/7) into the Central Highlands of Vietnam‚ specifically the Ia Drang Valley‚ in order to find and kill the enemy. His unit became decisively engaged in a fight for their lives that lasted until 0900 17 November‚ 1965. The battle ground‚ known as LZ X-Ray‚ was the stage for a fight that changed the war in Vietnam. LTC Moore utilized the principles

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    Glory Movie Critique

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    break with my friends. The movie was released on February 16th 1990 and it made about $26‚828‚365. The movie Glory is shown through 5 different perspective: Robert Gould Shaw and his journey commanding the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment during the civil war‚ Private Trip‚ Private Jupiter Sharts (a scared and aloof man)‚ Corporal Thomas Searles (an educated man who grew up with Shaw) and Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins (a wise runaway slave). In the movie‚ initially all the African American

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    World War II

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    Grandfather‚ Robert G. Wilt served as a infrantry PFC during much of the 90th campaign in France and Belgium. He was a rifleman with Company G‚ 357th Regiment who saw heavy combat action from his arrival in Normandy shortly after the Normandy "D Day" invasion in the hedgerow lowlands through the drive inland to the Battle of the Falaise Gap. With his regiment he participated in continuous combat through France into Luxenbourg‚ he was severely wounded and relieved from combat during the early stages of

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    day of battle the number of soldiers present in Gettysburg grew substantially‚ on both sides. A significant part of this battle is when the Union stopped the Confederacy form gaining position of Little Round Top. This was long day of battle‚ whole regiments in the Confederacy were lost this day. By third day of battle Lee was acting as if he was invincible and this was detrimental for his men. Union soldiers slaughtered the Confederacy and they never entered that far into Union territory again. Lee

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    History of 101st Airborne

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    the 101st Infantry Division was reconstituted as a reserve unit with headquarters in Wisconsin. This is where the distinctive "eagle head patch" was acquired. The eagle’s head represented "Old Abe‚" the famed eagle mascot of the Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. The Division remained in the reserves until needed for World War II. The Screaming Eagles were disbanded as a reserve unit and reactivated in the regular army as the 101st Airborne Division on August 15‚ 1942. The United States

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    first man to climb a tree” (Crane 140). Soon after the victory‚ as Henry starts making his way back to the camp‚ he comes across one of the wounded soldiers who is referred to as the “tattered soldier”. While Henry walks along with the wounded regiment‚ he feels embarrassed that he doesn’t have his own “red badge of courage” (Crane 113). He does not wish for courage‚ solely for the appearance of it. After his good friend Jim Conklin die‚ Henry is full of grief and speechless. The death of Jim‚

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    The Patroit

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    Essay: The Patriot The Patriot was a movie about a man named Benjamin Martin‚ a French-Indian war hero who is obsessed by his past. He was a patriot‚ who does not wants part in a war with Britain nor support the war. During the American Revolution in 1776‚ Benjamin Martin called to Charleston to vote in the South Carolina General Assembly on a levy supporting the Continental Army. Benjamin avoids it due to the fear war against Great Britain

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    iron mines‚ and issued ruling on modern agricultural methods. Napoleon escaped from Elba‚ with 700 men over him on 26 February 1815. Two days later‚ he landed on the French mainland and started heading north. The 5th Regiment was sent to intercept him‚ Napoleon approached the regiment alone‚ the soldiers quickly responded with‚ Vive L’Empereur. Napoleon arrived in Paris on 20 March and governed for a period known as the Hundred Days. Napoleon found that both the legislature and the people had turned

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    Soon after‚ he started as a junior cavalry officer in the Saint-Simons regiment. When the French were in retreat‚ Comte proved to be dependable and aggressive. Comte de Rochambeau was involved in operations in Bohemia‚ Bavaria‚ and along the Rhine. Later‚ he was sent to battle in the War of the Austrian Succession. It was a

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