Pacific

The Island of Midway is located in Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,300 miles from Honolulu, Hawaii. Strategically, the island became a valuable asset to obtain during the Pacific War because of its location, as a half way point from Hawaii to Japan. Increased tensions between Japan and the United States came to a climax December 7, 1941; the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Six months later, the United States engaged the Japanese Imperial fleet in the Battle of Midway. The analysis of the events…

The Battle of Leyte Gulf took place in the Philippines and pitted Japanese and the United States naval forces against one another for command and control of the western Pacific region during World War II. The Philippines, to the United States, was another stepping stone closer to striking at Japan’s home island and also a vital staging point to wage war against Japan’s merchant supply line of valuable resources such as oil and fuel. Japan was required to defend the Philippines in the interest of…

Feher and Tirdea assert depending on the size of the pieces it can look like a clear plastic soup. Le Guem adds sea vortex areas are fluid and their size and shape change. Le Guem reports that the largest area in the North Pacific is estimated to have attracted 3.5 million tons of debris and covers an area twice as large as the United States. Feher and Tirdea thinks there are five other large swirls in our oceans where waste is also crowded, including one in the Atlantic. Pek…

and James took on the responsibility at fifteen years old to care for his younger brothers and sisters and his great grandmother. In Stewart Island all of what was left of the Salvatore family lived in a medium sized cottage off the coast of the Pacific Ocean. James could not stop thinking about the loss of his parents, his new responsibilities and the fact that his grandmother is ill. In front of their cottage there was a giant, towering rock that James…

The book Cheap Meat by Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington is an analysis of culture in pacific islands, specifically Papua New Guinea. Flaps are a cut of meat from sheep that are especially fatty. This meat is undesirable to the white community and is often fed to their dogs. .For many within the lower socioeconomic status bracket, the only meat that is affordable is flaps. As a research paper or an informational book Cheap Meat does a decent job at presenting information in a concise and…

acquire California, it also saw the opportunity to trade with countries in the Pacific Ocean. Countries such as China and Japan could be within reach, and the U.S. would be able to boost its economy even more. For example, in a book called Empire on the Pacific, the author, Norman A. Graebner, argues throughout his novel that the U.S. expanded to this area because it wanted to become a power in trading in the Pacific Ocean. Trading with other countries is essential in growing the economy of a…

three decades, the Trans-Pacific region has grown to become the main trading partner of the US. This region, made up of over 40 countries spread across Asia, Oceania, and the Americas, accounts for roughly two-thirds of the US trade volume. The fast growth in trade is due to various factors such as improved air transportation, increased use of computers in manufacturing, industrial agglomeration, and reduction in tariffs through free trade agreements in the Trans-Pacific region. The US…

up of lots of lava and volcanoes, is a place with a very unusual history and it is one of the most visited places in the world. Hawaii is one of the places in which I have not been to yet and I really want to go there. Hawaii is located in the pacific ocean which makes it the only State in the world that is completely surrounded by water. Hawaii is also broken up into 7 different islands. As many people may know, not every island is populated with people. Hawaii is also one of the only main…

directed by the PRA. Initially, the Army divided the 1,500-mile project into five segments, with PRA contractors responsible for the portion from Whitehorse to Big Delta, about 560 miles. With so many soldiers needed to fight the war in the European and Pacific theaters of operation, the U.S. Army was in need of men for their half of the…

The Marshall Islands are an island country in the Pacific Ocean consisting of 29 atolls and five islands. Ebeye island, also known as the “Slum of the Pacific”, is the most populous and polluted island of Kwajalein atoll in the Marshal islands. The rising seas levels is a big concern because it not only washed up pollutants and trashes onto the land but also cause floods which threaten people’s home and their belongings (Barker, 2013). Ebeye is also known for its frequent power outages that can…