Guam

Perhaps he would allow this attack to happen in Philippines, Guam, or Midway because they 're closer to Japanese territory. Too much corruption was done and way too many lives were lost in Pearl Harbor to think that the President could have known about it and let it happen. President Roosevelt was once the Assistant…

The novel Inside Out and Back Again, by Lai connects with refugees all over the world through the focus of the main character Ha. Refugee’s like Ha are people who are forced to leave their homes due to war and persecution. Refugees who are escaping the dangers of home face many challenges similar to Ha’s, no matter if it was 1,000 years ago or if it is right now. Some challenges Ha and her family faced were losing a loved one, facing bullying, and becoming accepted into the community. Ha was an…

The end of the 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s sparked an era of imperialism within America and its citizens. This sense of imperialism included an induced drive in western settlement, annexation and occupation of countries and colonies, and manifest destiny. People like Frederick Jackson Turner, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt encouraged the settlement and expansionism. They all wanted to continue the growth of America’s influence and the world and wanted it to be a significant…

These territories include Guam, Philippines, and Puerto Rico. Instead of arguing that these territories couldn’t be given, the U.S. graciously accepted them and ruled over them. To this day the U.S. still owns these places and has a definite presence. Before the countries were given…

in the war because of several different factors such as yellow journalism, the attack on the USS Maine, and the interest in helping Cubans because of their territory. In result, we defeated the Spanish Fleet, and gained the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, and made Cuba a protectorate state which gave the U.S new power. This was a turning point for America’ because of the new interactment outside of our country. Overall the choice to end neutrality with Spain and join the Spanish-American War…

New Guinea. For the first two years of the Pacific war Japan fought against Brittan allied with the United States and also had the upper hand. During 1941 Japanese forces quickly and successfully occupied Malaya, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Guam…

move without advancing throttle, so you know it is heavy. I was a captain and regularly flew from the West Coast to Vietnam carrying personnel and supplies as directed by MAC. My routes typically transmitted Hickam AFB to Hawaii, Midway, Wake Island, Guam, Clark AFB, Okinawa (Japan), Korea, and all large institutions…

The battles of “Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Guam, and Okinawa”3 were tough between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. Not long after the Japan-era, Marines are called to Korea to stop communists from taking it over in 1950. They faced an easy victory over the Koreans and pushed them far…

along with other factors is one of the dominant reasons why the population jumped from 261,729 in 1980 to 1,548,449 only 30 years later in 2010. In 1975, around 130,000 Vietnamese were flown back to different U.S territories such as the Wake Islands, Guam, and the Philippines in fear of retaliation due to working with the U.S through the Vietnam War. Without the help from the United States, those 130,000 refugees most likely would 've ended up in one of many communist re-education camps that…

Common Core is a state standards initiative developed with the purpose of preparing America’s students for college and career (Common Core State Standards Initiative, 2015). The Common Core Preamble states,” The Common Core State Standards define the rigorous skills and knowledge in English Language Arts and Mathematics that need to be effectively taught and learned for students to be ready to succeed academically in credit-bearing, college-entry courses and in workforce training programs”…