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    Harbour, Hawaii on the 7th of December 1941. This event changed America’s views on the ‘Germany First’ strategy, and Curtin’s hope of an equal effort to apply in the Pacific sector eventuated (Russell, 1993), with the USA appointing General Douglas Macarthur, Supreme Commander in the Pacific (Russell, 1993) .This indicates that the US became a guiding force to Australia as they worked together to defeat the Japanese. Prime Minister Curtin reinforced this with his landmark address on 27th…

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    Value proposition in Patient Care In the modern world of health care, organizations should be up to date on how to improve their value services within the hospital. Collectively, there are always different individual patients that seek for value proposition and integrity in the health environment of professionals that work in the perspective hospitals with patients while serving the communities locally and globally. I believe value-added service is a higher quality of structure because when you…

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    How do you prevent something from spreading further than it already has without damaging the surrounding area and the area already contaminated. After World War ii Russia, Britain, France, and the U.S had split germany in 4ths, alongside it capital. After the years following all 4, except Russia had given up their shares. Russia, then later began to block roader leading to their share and along side the capital, which lay in Russia’s territory. After much time it was clear that Russia was no…

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    1. Bonus Army - In 1924, Congress rewarded World War I veterans with a bonus for their services in 1917-1918 for “saving” democracy. This bonus was able to be redeemed in 1945 for $1000 each. Many veterans were hit hard during the depression and marched up to the capital to obtain their entire bonus ahead of time. More or less twenty thousand impoverished veterans both of unemployment and war, formed the Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF). They set up unsanitary public camps which created a menace…

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    General Douglas MacArthur favoured continuing the bombing of Japan and following up with a massive invasion, codenamed Operation Downfall. They advised Truman that such an invasion would result in U.S. casualties of up to 1 million (Ross, A. 2007). The reason for the…

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    protection and security for the nation. As Japan focused on rebuilding itself from the ashes of war, the leadership of the American occupy forces under General Douglas MacArthur put pressure on the Japanese government to amend its prior Meiji Constitution of 1899 (LOC, 2006). However, after seeing a leaked draft of the Japanese revisions MacArthur without consulting the Japanese ordered his own team to draft a new Japanese constitution. At a meeting of both sides, the American rejected the…

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    Emperor Hirohito was Japan's 124th emperor who is vital to the history because he played a major role within world history. He was known as the Showa Tenno emperor. Showa is translated into "enlightened peace" and Tenno is translated into "heavenly sovereign." This is exceptionally ironic because he was the emperor during numerous disasters. When World War 2 started, Hirohito decided to ally Japan with Germany and Italy to form the Axis Powers. Exactly how large of a role he played in World War…

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    "Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always. These proceedings are closed!" These were the words of General Douglas MacArthur in September of 1945 on board the USS Missouri as Japan formally surrendered, signifying the end of World War II and the onset of peace across the globe at last. However, this peace was not to last, as the world would soon be plunged into the terror and uncertainty of the Cold War. For people around the world, there was no…

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    Operation Downfall was a key issue in the American Military end of the war agenda. The entire invasion proposed the need for close to 800,000 American Soldiers, and casualties within the first thirty days estimated to be a possible “31,000”(General Douglas R…

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    Essay On The Law Of Liberty

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    THE LAW OF LIBERTY Introduction The Law of Liberty is initially mentioned in James 1:25, “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continue therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” At this point, James is referring to the Gospel, even though it is termed a law, it is not, firmly speaking; a law is authorized and obligated. But, here it is an affirmation of uprightness and deliverance by Jesus Christ, a proposal…

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