Douglas MacArthur

The Stories of Vonnegut Cave drawings, text messages, and smoke signals share a common trait: communication. Communication is undoubtedly the most important advancement of any species, especially for humans. In the modern-day world, communication has evolved into more advanced forms; one is the short story. Short stories combine two characteristics ingrained in humans, a desire for instant satisfaction and a yearning for information. Manipulating the art of the short story, allows someone to…

An island nation straddled along the Pacific coast of Asia, modern Japan is home to over 126 million people. Of those, 38 million live in Japan’s capital of Tokyo (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). Japanese people share a distinctive culture. According to the U.S. Army Doctrine Reference Publication 5-0 (2012), culture is best described as, “shared beliefs, values, norms, customs, behaviors, and artifacts members of a society use to cope with the world and each other”. Japan’s culture…

”Dimidium facti qui coepit habet“ (Horace) “What we do in life echoes into eternity” (Russell Crowe) Growing up in Garden Grove, California, I am greatly influenced by the Vietnamese culture. Surrounding me included authentic Vietnamese cuisine, and different aspects of the Vietnamese community that might be scarce anywhere else compared to the region I live in. With that, the culture flows within my home as well, and such a lifestyle still remains, except for a slight difference; my parents…

“Yesterday, December 7, 1941-- a date which will live in infamy-- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” These words were spoken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt while he was speaking to Congress on the attack on Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor Naval Base in Hawaii was attacked by the over 350 Japanese planes in a surprise attack staged by the empire of Japan. Although the United States was not yet involved in World…

When we think about killing innocent people the first names that come up to us are Osama Bin Laden with 911 and Adolf Hitler in the holocaust; however there is one person that killed innocent people by sending an atomic bomb in 1945. This person is U.S. President Harry Truman, he tough that by sending the atomic bomb the war with Japan would stop. Throughout history people wonder if the decision that President Harry Truman was the right one. Harry Truman took a barbarous decision of sending an…

Extending over five years, 1st September 1939 to 2nd September 1945, World War Two, (WWII), which was fought throughout many campaigns, battles and attacks, caused large amounts of death and destruction on a global size as the Allied Forces, of whom came out victorious, fought against the Axis powers. The Battle of Kokoda was a significant battle in WWII for the Australian soldiers and the Australian population as a whole due to feats overcome by Australian militia which significantly influenced…

From 1945 to 1952, Japan experienced Allied occupation of their country, headed by the US General, Douglas MacArthur. These political changes included the total deconstruction of the military dictatorship, involving the war crime trials that eliminated military leaders like Hideki Tojo, and the formation of a constitutional monarchy with the downgrade of the…

On August 6, 1945, the United States used the first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima at 8:15 in the morning. Hiroshima, as a city, was circular in shape, and the bomb landed a bit northwest of the center of the city making the devastation from the bomb even more catastrophic. Also on August 9, 1945, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki at 11:02 am. The destruction at Nagasaki was not as bad as it was at Hiroshima but was still reported as if every building was under the condition as if it…

Quality Management in the Air Force Quality management is an approach to business that attempts to attain continuous improvement through organizational wide efforts based on facts and data. Another focus of quality management is on processes on meeting the customer’s needs, both internal and external. Although quality management has been found in the private sector as an effort to remain competitive and profitable, over the last 30 years the federal government has been attempting to implement…

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