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    Until Ho Chil Mihn took over in 1954. In 1959‚ North Vietnam began and forced a policy to reunify the country‚ which led to the outbreak of the American War in Vietnam. On August 2‚ 1964‚ the U.S destroyer Maddox exchanged shots with North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. Two days later‚ the Massox and another destroyer reported once again coming under fire. Although most historians‚ including those employed by the U.S military‚ have since concluded that the second of those attacks never

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    after the departure of the French. North Vietnam was also getting funds and troops from neighboring communist countries like China and Russia. As the war progressed the United States kept sending more troops and funds. In august 1964‚ a Vietnamese torpedo attacked a US Navy destroyer while it was on patrol‚ getting information on North Vietnamese and Chinese military. That same year‚ the American government released the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution‚ where the congress allowed the president to take all

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    Pearl Harbor

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    [pic] Pearl Harbor: A Date That Will Live In Infamy [pic] Alec Mathews Mrs. Kohorst March 15‚ 2010 Outline I. Introduction A. Where 1. Oahu B. What 1. Drug into WWII 2. Survivors C. Quote 1. “Air raid…” D. Japanese forces 1. 30 ships 2. 6 carriers 3. 430 planes II. Body A. Secret plans 1. Planning a

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    PEARL HARBOR         1 The Attack on Pearl Harbor Kaylan McNally Ms. Burton Due 2/14/13 To analyze how and why the Japanese were successful in their attack PEARL HARBOR         2 Abstract The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into what is known as World  War ll‚ it also personifies a large moment in the national history of America. My paper looks at the exchange of different reported practices of World War ll. Analysis of the effects of Pearl Harbor

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    The causes of World War One and World War Two shared both differences and similarities‚ but I believe that overall there were more differences between the two. The social‚ political‚ and economic circumstances of the times varied‚ though at times correlated with each other‚ but there are extreme differences that help create a different atmosphere for each war. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June‚ 1914‚ precipitated WW1. He was shot by Gavrilo Princip‚ a member of the Black Hand

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    Allied powers also known as Allies refers to those countries which formed an alliance in opposition to the Central or Axis Powers in World War I. The Allied powers consisted of several countries that joined their forces beginning in 1914 and they are as follow: (1). Great Britain (2.)Russia (3.) France (4.) Belgium (5.)Serbia in 1917: and the (6.) The United States. Central Powers was the World War 1 coalition that was defeated by the Allied Powers. The countries included in the Central Powers

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    December 7th‚ the Japanese surprise attacked the U.S. Navy Base at Pearl Harbor. This brought the U.S. into WW2. The Japanese attacked with 49 bombers‚ 40 torpedo planes‚ 51 dive-bombers‚ and 43 fighter aircrafts. After the first wave (6:00am- 7:55am) there was a second wave of attack until 9:45am. After the bombing‚ Japanese Americans were profiled for their race and put into camps. Janet Daijogo was born

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    Sea anemones are members of the Phylum Cnidarian. The cnidarians include the anemones‚ jellyfish‚ coral‚ Portuguese man-of-war and hydroids. Their characteristics include a soft body with two tissue layers arranged around a central gut cavity. A ring of tentacles surrounds a central mouth‚ and the tentacles endure stinging cells which contain nematocysts used to capture food and for defense. ("Marine Life Profile: Sea Anemones”) The two basic body forms among the cnidarians are the polyp‚ which looks

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    the action.Then came the trip on the Southland towards battle‚ being destroyed. Lifeboats were faulty and many were lost‚ they all thought they would be drowned but then they were rescued from the ocean by ships in the area. Taken aboard the French torpedo boat and taken ashore to Mudross Bay‚ then the Southland limping into Mudross Bay‚ they were able to save personal items. Then transferring to Transylvania‚ onto the Abessiah where life

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    30 Dec 12 MEMORANDUM From: MIDN Johnson‚ Intro to Naval Science To: LT Franklin‚ Lt Mathews Subj: Naval Aviation Memorandum Naval aviation has come a long way since the first flight. The Navy took something that was once just a hobby to a system of an advanced war fighting machine. There is no doubt that at sea the Navy has complete dominance of the waters‚ the main reason for this is the Aviation part. The interest in a flying machine came in 1898. The job was to observe and report any

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