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    Manuela Saenz

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    On August 6, 1824, she was with Bolívar at the Battle of Junín, where she served in the cavalry and was promoted to captain. Later, she would also aid the rebel army at the Battle of Ayacucho. at this time, she was promoted to Colonel on the suggestion of General Sucre himself, Bolívar's second in command. after her husband die for tuberculosis, the enemies came to power in Colombia and Ecuador, and Manuela was not welcome in these countries. She lived in Jamaica for a while…

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    As the 5th MEU move into the capital city of HOTH, the Harbringer is displayed sitting on a simple dark throne on several large screens throughout the plaza. He looks straight at the camera, his crimson polarized visor bearing an unforgiving and almost demented aura...before it suddenly splits into two. The two halves begin to peel back, revealing a sinister smile plastered on a familiar face. [RADIO] 1Sgt. Sam 'DiDi' DiBiase: You have got to be kidding me... [RADIO] 2ndLt. Johnathan Westly: Is…

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    7th cavalry regiment, led by Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer, and a mixture of Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne Native Americans which took place from June 25th to June 26th of 1876. Leading up to the battle, Lieutenant Colonel Custer, who once praised a Native American for his skillful way of killing a man with his pistol and then simply paying for his funeral, had invaded…

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    the 19th Century. Grant led the Union to win the Civil War, became one of the few presidents of the century to support civil rights, and led America as president through Reconstruction. After the Civil War broke out in 1861, Ulysses S Grant became Colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteer, but later that summer, President Abraham Lincoln promoted him to brigadier general. When his forces captured Fort Donelson in Tennessee during 1862, Grant achieved his first significant victory of the war. Over…

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    Women in combat arguments analysis In the viewpoint, “There Are Many Reasons to Oppose Gender Neutrality in the Military,” Mackubin Thomas Owens argues against women in the military based on three factors: 1. Physical differences 2. Men treat women differently than they treat other men 3. The presence of women leads to double standards Physical differences According to Owens, women are not as strong as men which places them at a “distinct” disadvantage when it comes to…

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    the wrong information deliver. Colonel Henderson ordered the officer to go in aggressively, and be closed to the enemy and finally wipe them out for good because at that time it is reported that the North Vietnamese army force is hiding in that village. But Lieutenant Barker ordered the U.S army force to burn all the houses, kill livestock and destroy food supplies. 26 U.S soldiers of Company C were found guilty and been charged with criminal offense but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr. a…

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    Gallipoli Research Paper

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    the familiar deadlock of trench warfare. In the Gulf of Saros to the north of Gallipoli, the Royal Naval Division carried out an unsuccessful diversionary attack aimed at convincing the Turks that the main attack was to be there. (Gallipoli.gov) Lieutenant General von Sanders personally inspected the transports making this demonstration and decided, owing to the fact that they rode very high in the water, that they contained no troops and were simply engaged in a feint. However, the Turkish…

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    General Custer General Custer was known as a Civil War legend. General Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio on December 5,1839. His parents were Emanuel and Marie Custer. Most of his childhood time was spent in Monroe, Michigan where he attended McNeely Norman School. After graduating from high school ,he taught two years of school. After teaching for two years he enrolled to the military academy West Point. After graduating from West Point in 1861 he joined the cavalry unit even though he was…

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    Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890 and died in March 28, 1969. He was a supreme commander of the allied forces in Western Europe during WW2. The years that Eisenhower served in the White House were from 1953-1961. In the year of 1916, Eisenhower got married to Mamie Geneva Doud. They also had two sons, Doud and John Dwight, who tragically died of scarlet fever as small children. Eisenhower returned soon after Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland,…

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    cryptically explains “I'm not afraid of dying tomorrow, only of getting killed.” Machine guns, bayonets, gas, and high explosives are all ranked and dreaded. Kubrick also deals more succinctly with the dangers of trench warfare. The very next morning Colonel Dax leads the first charge across the no man's land, but the men of the 701st are ripped apart by sustained artillery bombardment and, later, machine gun fire as they cross into kill zones near the German wire. The terror of the indirect…

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