WIKIPEDIA: Lawrence Ferlinghetti (born March 24‚ 1919)[1] is an American poet‚ painter‚ liberal activist‚ and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers. Author of poetry‚ translations‚ fiction‚ theatre‚ art criticism‚ and film narration‚ he is best known for A Coney Island of the Mind (1958)‚ a collection of poems that has been translated into nine languages‚ with sales of over one million copies. Contents 1 Early life 2 World War II 3 Columbia University & The Sorbonne 4
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themselves against Japanese fighter planes and their bombs. This attack caused the death of 2‚403 Americans. It also caused 1‚178 Americans to be wounded (Take A Closer Look: America Goes to War). Five out of eight battleships (USS Arizona‚ USS Oklahoma‚ USS California‚ USS West Virginia and
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the Pacific Ocean could very well be dominated to this day by an Imperial Japanese Force. There is but one reason why the U.S. was successful over those three days‚ and that is the daring feats achieved by the naval aviators aboard the USS Yorktown‚ USS Hornet‚ and USS Enterprise. In other words‚ naval aviation won the war in the Pacific for the United States due to the skill and tactics
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ammunition”.[3] With so much public attention‚ the Cuban crisis became a great exhibition of jubilation; there was much desire for intervention in the affair. Said exaltation was further prompted by the events of February 15th 1898‚ when the battleship USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor killing 266 American sailors. Demands for war with
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people‚ his spokesman Jay Carney said. The US president had ordered his administration to mount a "swift and coordinated response to save lives and provide assistance to alleviate suffering‚" Carney told reporters. He said the aircraft carrier USS George Washington and several escort ships had been dispatched to the Philippines. US Agency for International Development (USAID) was managing the American response‚ including food aid‚ and US armed forces were providing search and rescue operations
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and see them. All of this happens within minutes and without any warning. Put yourself in the position of someone who has to question if they will be able to see the sun rise the next morning; like myself. Early in the morning of October 25‚ the USS Tang shot its twenty-third torpedo. It went exactly as planned. It fired hot and its path was going straight. I was in the operations room with a few other crew members whom I have never really worked with. We were all down there performing our duties
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The Maersk Alabama Hijacking A horrible‚ yet completely unexpected‚ incident occurred on April 8th‚ 2009 known as the Maersk Alabama hijacking. This incident took much negotiation and time‚ but with the help of the Navy‚ the Navy S.E.A.L and others‚ was resolved successfully. In other words‚ the hijacking was primarily a chain of nautical events that were initiated by four Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. The pirates detained the cargo ship 240 nautical miles southeast of Eyl‚ Somalia‚ which
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1964. With that in mind‚ the attack on the USS MADDOX in 1964was also a key turning point for American involvement in the war. In August 1964‚ North Vietnam intentionally attacked the USS MADDOX. The first incident occurred on August 2‚ 1964. Patrol boats were sent by the Vietnamese to sink the MADDOX‚ however the MADDOX sunk the patrol boats and left the area (Farrell). The supposed second incident occurred two days later when the MADDOX and the USS Turner Joy believed themselves to be under
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was the government’s fault. On October 12th‚ 2000‚ the USS Cole‚ a United States ship located near the Aden port in Yemen was pulling into the harbor to refuel (USS Cole History). As the ship was fueling up‚ a small fiberglass boat pulled up alongside it. The boat‚ full of explosives‚ detonated next to the Cole‚ leaving a massive hole in the side ("USS Cole Bombing‚" Wikipedia). The blast killed 17 soldiers‚ and injured numerous others ("USS Cole Bombing‚" Wikipedia). This attack seemed random at
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The ten dates that were selected by the History Channel while consulting a group of distinguished historians each triggered a series of events that shaped and molded America. Though they all have an enormous impact on American history‚ culture‚ and legacy many other dates not mentioned also produced extreme changes throughout America’s history. January 24‚ 1848: Gold Rush: Eliminated The California gold rush drastically changed America in numerous ways. It facilitated economic growth and prosperity
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