Curtis LeMay

To understand the actions the Kim dynasty has made and still is making against the United States we need to understand exactly why North Korea dislikes the United States so much. On June 25th, 1950 a war began on the 38th parallel. The war broke out when North Korean troops began a carefully coordinated attack on South Korea. When this occurred president Harry S. Truman quickly got U.S. troops involved in the situation. In fear of another country being lost to communism the United States…

atomic bomb simply led to the uprising of the cold war and dangerous nuclear terror characterized by the arms race. Americans have never solved the problem up to date. In fact, General Curtis LeMay, who was mainly in charge of the fire-bombing of the two cities, expressed his disappointment with the decision. LeMay said to the reporters that, “the atomic bomb had nothing to do with the end of the war at all,” (Adler and Pouwels, 2014). He justified his statement by saying that the war was to end…

will provide for better unity. However, it could cost the American people more time and money to sustain those efforts. Moreover, as a total force, Airmen would be at an advantage being more prepared and ready to fight as one. End Notes 1. Curtis E. Lemay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, “The Total Force,” in Volume II, Leadership, 8 Aug 2015, https://doctrine.af.mil/download.jsp?filename=V2-D04-Total-Force.pdf. 2. Michael D. Doubler and Vance Renfroe, “The National Guard and…

operators faced increased difficulties in navigating and hitting their targets; it was not uncommon for the bombardiers to not know exactly where their bombs hit. When General Curtis E. LeMay took command, he decided to switch from daytime bombing to night bombing raids, which went against all previous thought processes. General LeMay knew the Japanese Imperial forces did not have stellar radar capabilities; nor did they have the capability to defend (locate) the bombers at night.4 Moreover,…

in harms way for you.¨ said military soldier john jones. This one should give you courage to get through everything knowing people like this will put themselves in harm's way just for you. ¨Real heros don't wear capes they wear dog tags.¨ said Curtis LeMay. Other words people on tv with capes are not heros the people with dog tags around their neck and camo clothes with combat boots on there feet are the real heros. "It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.…

As the Second World War was nearing an end, with the surrender of Nazi Germany on May 8, 1945, the United States planned to defeat Japan for the last time. With that, the United States decided to employ the atomic bomb, resulting in millions of lives lost. While the United States had definite reasons for using the bomb on Japan, it had some of its detractors after the end of the war. These reasons included Japan’s perseverance not to surrender, a solution to end the war quickly while having as…

The War That Changed America “Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind” (John F. Kennedy). The Vietnam War was a violent war that had a strong impact on everyone involved. Not only the United States government, but also the people realized it was not always their place to intervene in foreign affairs. But this realization was far too late as the troops had already been sent and the American citizens were forced to live through the hell that is war. The effects of the…

Every year when the anniversaries of the U.S bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki come around, Americans begin to ask themselves was it a right to bomb Japan in August 1945. The first explosion on Hiroshima nearly destroyed about four square miles of the city injuring roughly 40,000 people and killing another 90,000. A couple days later the second bomb on Nagasaki murdered about 37,000 and wounded another 43,000. Both of the bombs killed around 200,000 civilians. It seems every year farther away…

“It may be said that Douhet was the theorist of the air power, Mitchell the publicist and catalytic agent, and Trenchard the organizational genius.” -Harry H. Ransom. Air power generates a new revolution in thought, making way for air power theorist like Giulio Douhet, Hugh Trenchard, and Billy Mitchell, and they established the basics of strategic, operational, and tactical employment that will generate influences until our time. The airpower theorists over emphasized the long range…

The use of napalm Napalm has been one of the most controversial and destructive war weapons that has been used in modern times, with little international political restriction, although the use of napalm is morally wrong in many people 's minds. The use of this weapon dates back to World War ll, with its development in a highly classified lab at Harvard University. Napalm saw its first widespread use in the burning of Japanese cities during the end of the war in the Pacific. This chemical was…