Admiral

President Truman and the United States Government had many alternatives to dropping the atomic on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945. The United States could take part in a land invasion of Japan in order to fight surrender out of them. Waiting for Russia to break their Japanese neutrality act and attack Japan was also a very viable option presented to Truman while he was deliberating dropping the atomic bombs. Unfortunately, there were very good reasons why both of these options were…

The New World a place of death, theft, racism, and injustice, where many had little to no voice and those who dared to speak against the common practices were often punished. Born October 16, 1644, William Penn would be one of the first heroes of American Liberty, having found Pennsylvania where those who resided were allowed to have freedom of conscience and could practice whichever religion they desired. As opposed to other colonies where English newcomers were to follow The Church of England…

n old sailor, calling himself "the captain" but really called Billy Bones, comes to lodge at the Admiral Benbow Inn on the English coast during the mid 1700s, paying the innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a few pennies to keep a lookout for "seafaring men." One of these shows up, frightening Billy (who drinks far too much rum) into a stroke, and Billy tells Jim that his former shipmates covet the contents of his sea chest. After a visit from another man, Billy has another stroke and dies; Jim and his…

brought on multiple comments by officials such as Secretary Rumsfeld, who said “stuff happens”, which was regarding the breakdown of any form of law or order in Iraq due to the war. One additional official: the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, said “in Iraq, we do what we must, while in Afghanistan, we do what we can.” After Bush finished his second term, President Barack Obama came into office, realizing those issues, putting in place a policy which called for…

On September 11, 2001, 2,996 U.S. Citizens died within hours due to an attack by the al-Qaeda. This was the second attack on US soil, and had the highest death toll. 19 armed members of al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and planned suicide attacks on locations in America. Two planes crashed into the twin towers in New York City. A third plane hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the fourth and final plane crashed in a remote field in Pennsylvania. There was one man behind this massive attack…

Columbus Day should be changed to Indigenous Culture’s Day because we should not celebrate a genocide of an entire culture. It does not matter how “great” and “influential” he was, he wiped out an entire people. In 1451, Christopher Columbus (known in Italy as Cristoforo Colombo) was born in Genoa, Italy. He was born in a nice middle class family, whose father was a wool weaver. He was a normal man, until he started voyaging to Africa and the “New World”. What most people don’t realize is…

personnel to discover and acquire certain islands and mainland in the Ocean Sea, and it is hoped that, with the help of God, some of the islands and mainland in the Ocean Sea…..You and your proxies will have the authority to exercise the office of admiral together with the offices of viceroy and governor of the islands and mainland that you discover and acquire.” They allowed Columbus to claim and control some of the lands that he discovered, this carried the implication that they would be…

The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Abhorrent but Necessary On August 6, 1945, the city of Hiroshima, Japan went up in smoke when “Little Boy,” an atomic bomb developed in the secretive Manhattan Project, was dropped. Three days later, the atomic bomb dubbed “Fat Man” obliterated another Japanese city, Nagasaki. The bombing itself and its effect on survivors’ health was devastating, and President Truman’s decision to drop the bombs remains highly controversial 71 years later. In fact, Naji…

animals like pets. Therefore, they gave all their pets names. Just a few of the animals that they owned were thirteen dogs, two cats, six horses, two hens, one macaw, one pig, one rabbit, one bear, and five guinea pigs. The guinea pigs names were Admiral Dewey, Bishop Doane, Dr.Johnson, Father O'Grady, and Fighting Bob Evans. Crazy names, Right? Did you know that one time, one of the Roosevelt sons brought a horse in the White House to cheer up a sick sister? Have you ever wondered where the…

On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. There were three-hundred fifty-three Japanese planes. Japan’s attack was a surprise. The Japanese’s main target where the aircraft carriers, but they were not at base. They only attacked the ships and planes, but left places like oil storages unharmed. They also attacked on Sunday because they thought it would be a relaxed and less alert day. They were correct. It happened that the facilities at Pearl Harbor were undefended before and during the…