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30 Cards in this Set
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Henri Petain
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French Marshall who headed a Nazi controlled government
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Audie Murphy
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Most celebrated American soldier in World War II
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Joseph Mccarthy
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Wisconsin senator who hunted commies
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Thomas Dewey
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Republican candidate declared winner in 1948
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Henry Stimson
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Secretary of War who informed Truman of the A-bomb
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Henry Wallace
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Democrat who created a liberal Progressive Party in 1948
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Elvis Presley
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King of Rock and Roll
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Jimmy Dolittle
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American Col. who lead air raid on Tokoyo April 1942
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Chester Nimitz
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Admiral who commanded Army in the Pacific
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Erwin Rommel
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German General of the Afrika Korps
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James Farmer
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African American Leader who founded CORE
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Jonas Salk
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He developed the polio vaccine
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Douglas MacAuthur
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General who lost to Truman
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Milton Berle
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TV comedian of the 1950s
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Jack Kerouac
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Leading author of the Beat generation
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Omar Bradley
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General who cleared the way for Patton's advance
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Alger Hiss
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State Department official accused of spying for the soviets
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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He headed the American effort to develop the A. Bomb
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Frances Gary Powers
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Aperican pilot shot down in U-2 spy plane
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Strom Thurmond
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Dixiecrat candidate for presidnet in 1952
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George Patton
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American general of the thrid army in Europe
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Henry J. Kaiser
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American industrialist who built liberity ships
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Karl Doenitz
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Admiral who commanded German U-boat fleet
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Neville Chamberlain
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British Prime minister who signed Munich Pact
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Ethel Rosenberg
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Convicted with her husband for spying for the USSR
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Democratic Candidate for president 1952
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Gamal Nasser
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Egyptian leader who seized the Suez Canal
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Charles de Gaulle
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French general who set up a French government in Exile
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George C. Marshall
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Army chief of staff who sought Women's aux army corp
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A, Philip Randolph
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He protested against African American discrimination in the military
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