Battle of Iwo Jima

birthplace on the most significant date in Marine Corps history. It all started in a bar “Tun Tavern,” and this could of never happened without famous people like Ben Franklin, Robert Mullen, and Samuel Nicholas, first Marine Commandant, and some of the battles that put Marines on the map. It all began in 1685, when Samuel Carpenter…

mankind to inquire the common question linked to the topic: Was it necessary for the U.S. to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima to end World War II? Some people will say it was necessary after the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec.7, 1942 and the battle of Iwo Jima. I believe Japan’s location, supplies, and its economic state during World War II made it very vulnerable…

by sharing this information. The United States Navy had its birth on October 13, 1775. The Navy and their ships weren’t already sailing the seas on its birthdate. Knowing the British would ultimately win the battle with the United States if they…

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:- During the last days of the second world war 2 atomic bombs were detonated on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was the most terrific and destructive incident in the history of wars. The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima which wiped out at least 90 percent of the city and killed 80,000 people in an instance, thousands of people more would die later because of the radiations of the explosion. Just after 3 days another atomic bomb was dropped on city of…

Was America justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? On August 6th, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. It was the first time a nuclear weapon had been used in combat, against civilians. Between 40,000 and 60,00 people died instantly, and many more would die in the aftermath, either due to their injuries or radiation poisoning. It also resulted in an increase in cancer and birth defects in the region. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped…

involved in almost all of the U.S.’s wars, home and abroad, including the Revolutionary War, both World Wars, and, most recently, the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Marines have been involved in many conflicts, and played key roles in battles such as Tripoli, Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal and Ichon Bay. Members of the U.S. Army wear a wide assortment of insignia. The Army logo is a white star, outlined in black and yellow, in a black rectangle. The emblem has a Roman cuirass in the center, below on…

Charlie, like many in his generation, served in the Navy during World War II. Like many sailors both now and then, he consummated his naval service by awarding himself a tattoo. I suppose it was his way of stating that he survived more than one battle in the Pacific. Uncle Charlie didn’t go half way either. No basic arm tattoo he went right for the grand daddy – a Yankee Clipper – plastered front-and-center on his chest. The ensuring years, however, were not too kind as the once bright…

characters. To begin, of the two films Windtalkers is the one that strays the farthest from the trust. In fact, the only truly historically accurate portion of the movie is that the code talkers were real people who played an enormous role in battles like Iwo Jima and World War II. Other than this, the characters of Windtalkers, including Yahzee and Enders, were not even actual people. Similarly, the specific events and situations they were placed in were true. Perhaps the most significant…

grandmother had passed away and that the battle she was having with cancer was over. I had not realized how valiant my grandmother was during her treatments for her illness. I look back on that tragedy and wonder if I have as much VALOR as she did. “VALOR lies halfway between rashness and cowardice” (Miguel de Cervantes). What makes VALOR an important virtue to have? Webster’s New Twentieth Century…

the Soviets. This increase in the usage of strategic bombing came about as means of affective warfare as well as a way to destroy enemy morale. In Japan, after the effectiveness of the island hopping campaigns the U.S. forces finally get a hold of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, which enabled their air power to be in close proximity of the Japanese mainland. With this newfound advantage the U.S. forces began to fire bomb large cities like Kobe and Tokyo. We also see the increased usage of Kamikazes on the…