world-famous racing pilot and the head of the Women’s Flying Training Command‚ a group of almost 2‚000 female pilots trained to fly military aircraft across the country. Cochran was asked to merge her organization with the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron to create the Women Air Force Service Pilots
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Frank Luke Jr. "He was the most daring aviator and greatest fighter pilot of the entire war. His life is one of the brightest glories of our Air Service. He went on a rampage and shot down fourteen enemy aircraft‚ including ten balloons‚ in eight days. No other ace‚ even the dreaded Richthofen‚ had ever come close to that." ~ Eddie Rickenbacker Frank Luke Jr. was born May 19‚ 1897 in Phoenix‚ Arizona and would live not only to become an Arizonan Hero but a true American Hero. As the last of
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out young hearts‚ and choking sighs Which ne’er might be repeated; who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes‚ Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise! And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed‚ The mustering squadron‚ and the clattering car‚ Went pouring forward with impetuous speed‚ And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near‚ the beat
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to do so. George spent over 30 hours in the water before being spotted and rescued by an American ship passing through the area. After he was taken care of and discharged back to the US‚ George was told that he was the only surviving member of the squadron he had belonged to.
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In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello The Moor of Venice‚ Iago accomplishes his revenge by adopting logical‚ emotional‚ and ethical appeals to persuade others to do his work‚ such as when he manipulates Roderigo‚ blinded by his love for Desdemona and when he tricks Othello into thinking Desdemona cheated on him. Throughout the play‚ Iago expresses his hatred for Othello due to the fact he did not choose him for the lieutenant spot over Michael Cassio. He also suspects that Othello is having an
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ROLE OF THE NCC NCC was firstly started in 1666 in Germany. The NCC in India was formed with the National Cadet Corps Act of 1948. It was raised on 15 July 1948. The origin of NCC can be traced back to the ‘University Corps’‚ which was created under the Indian Defence Act 1917‚ with the object to make up the shortage of the Army. In 1920‚ when the Indian Territorial Act was passed‚ the ‘University Corps’ was replaced by the University Training Corps (UTC). The aim was to raise the status of the
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Hello sir/ma’am! Sgt Cheung‚ Aidan here. I have been in the cadet program for over four years and beginning my fifth year. I joined cadets because I had other friends who were interested in joining the program as well and I would not feel alone. During my starting years in the cadet program‚ the only time I felt excited was in band. I enjoy music as a passion and was musically influenced since taking piano lessons at the age of five. The lessons taught on Monday nights did not really engage me but
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European Colonization It was said in Romans 8:31 “If God is with us‚ who can be against us? Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” To any follower of Christ living in sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe‚ the answer to this question was no one. Europe believed that God gave them superiority and aid in their conquests and colonization of both Native American and African land. The three key factors that secured Europe’s domination of the New World were their technological superiority
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Guy Montag is a fireman in charge of burning books in a grim‚ futuristic United States. The book opens with a brief description of the pleasure he experiences while on the job one evening. He wears a helmet emblazoned with the numeral 451 (the temperature at which paper burns)‚ a black uniform with a salamander on the arm‚ and a “phoenix disc” on his chest. On his way home from the fire station‚ he feels a sense of nervous anticipation. After suspecting a lingering nearby presence‚ he meets his new
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Ch. 7 (pp. 249-263) The War of 1812 William Henry Harrison General of US army Thought to attack Lake Erie Captain Oliver Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie Constructed fleet of vessels for war Destroyed british squadron at Put-In-Bay and won Brits pulled back from Detroit Harrison defeated Brit and Indian force in Battle of Thames Treaty of Ghent Britain’s goal- peace in Europe‚ not any war demanded territorial concessions from US- but gave way because they never controlled Great
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