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    Yossarian Chapter Summary

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    the end of WWII on Pianosa, an island in the Mediterranean Sea. This is a fictional story about the 256th Bombardier Squadron and what the characters have to go through. Yossarian, the protagonist of the story, feels that he is the only one who realizes that there is a war going on, and he takes it personally and thinks that everyone is trying to kill him. Yossarian and his squadron are constantly being thrown into harm’s way by their leaders who volunteer them to do the difficult missions so…

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    For my research project I picked the Tuskegee Aviator. They will alway be the most powerful air squadron amid WWII. I think this in light of the fact that there where a considerable measure bigot individuals that did not need them to succeed, however they accomplished more than simply succeed. They turned into the first dark Airforce pilots. It began when President Roosevelt orchestrated a meeting in September 1940 with three African-American pioneers and individuals of the Armed…

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    I chose a business issue within my own work experience. Aircraft paint and primer contain various chemicals and materials that help protect the structure from corrosion and other high altitude and rigorous temperature exposer. But when humans are exposed to these chemicals they can become deadly. The primer used for a C-17 contains a carcinogen known as Chromium-Six. Local laws always take priority over military policy. Different agencies, including Bay Area Air, are always interested in our…

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    When he was around the age of eighteen he won a scholarship there, he eventually graduated in 1930. He was a very good sportsman, at Cranwell he represented: Rugby, Shooting, Hockey, Boxing and Cricket. From Cranwell Douglas was posted to No>23 Squadron at Kenley, flying the Gloster Gamecock. He soon developed a talent for aerobatics. When he was one of the top in his class they gave him a special plane that he was supposed to practice with. This plane…

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    retreating as their fighter planes kept getting taken out. The Red Angels were the cause of this. They were our fighter planes, also known as the 99th Squadron. This was a special group of black men who performed as well as us whites, it was truly amazing.” That was what it was like for the Allied Powers during World War two whenever the 99th Squadron was around. They were the first black fighter pilots and they revolutionized the world. In the U.S. it was accepted that blacks were not as good…

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    David Farragut David Farragut’s full birth name is James Glasgow Farragut. He was born on July 5, 1801 at Campbell’s Station, but then as a baby moved to New Orleans, and spent his childhood there. (Tucker) When he was in New orleans, Commodore David Porter became his guardian after being so grateful to his family for providing him comfort. He looked after James while he was growing up and took him along and trained him as a naval officer. When James was nine, Porter had made his new adopted…

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    Individuals act according to how they believe and not in regards to what is actually true. Interpretation and interaction is what defines the meaning of social enigmas. Depending on what culture, class, or ethnology an individual or group is from. This allows these individuals to obtain a sense of how to act no matter what physically true. Although, Symbolic-Interactionism focuses on the finer details it neglects the problem as a whole. This theory is like viewing or explaining the “Seabees”…

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    Tuskegee Airmen

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    At the beginning of world war II the U.S. is not yet involved. The U.S. air force is exclusively white but that all changed in 1939. The airmen overcame adversity and with their impressive flight records they proved their worth during world war II and in post-war time by being influential in the developments of aviation and breakdown of u.s. Segregation. I talk about the missions, influential people, role in the war. Until the formation of the Tuskegee Airmen, no African American has ever been…

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    was about to begin. Before Britain’s battle begun there were problems the campaigns in France and Norway had left the Fighter Command’s squadrons in a weakened state. There was a lack of equipment, lack of ground crew since many of them were entrap in France, and pilot fatigue. However, these losses were made to good use and pilots, aircrafts, and operational squadron that were available shortly expanded. The first attack of the German’s aerial assault on Britain was to concentrate…

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    effectively, but despite the opposition, the attack was effective. There were three torpedo hits on the large carrier and one of the smaller carriers. Of the 14 planes of Enterprise’s squadron, four returned, of the 12 planes of Yorktown’s squadron, only two returned, and of the 15 planes of the LCDR Waldron’s squadron from Hornet, none returned. Despite this immense loss of men and aircraft, it reaped the beneficial results of forcing the Japanese carriers to maneuver so that they could not…

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