Torpedo

With her best friend Ann Stoker she would also hang around the Fleet at Portsmouth and Southsea. (A photograph of the two, both inexplicably in boiler suits, shows a hefty young Monica not displayed to best advantage next to the more petite Ann.) They had to avoid her brother Bunny if he was in port and likewise her Uncle Gerald, brother of Henry, who was captain of the battleship Repulse. With another friend she used to drive up to Oxford and Cambridge, a wind-up gramophone in the back of her…

The advancements in technology with the study of science and math would bring different meanings in wars to come. Aviation was just starting in World War One, by World War Two many new changes and improvements were made. The submarines and ships were bigger, safer, and could go deeper. These are just a few inventions that have been made yet there are a lot more that have yet to be named. World War Two was a time for imagination to thrive and new creations to be tested. Advancements in…

air or naval attack.”, “even if the Japanese were foolhardy to send their carriers to attack us, we could certainly detect and destroy then in plenty of time.”, and “no warships anchored in the shallow water of pearl harbor could ever be sunk by torpedo bombs launched from an enemy aircraft.” (wikipedia.com p.6). It seems as if the Japanese were determined to prove wrong all the assumptions that the US had made. Every pointed stated above shows the haughty attitude of the united states military…

I’m doing my Primary Source Paper on the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war was one of the most controversial wars America has ever been in. It had three other names it was known as; the second Indochina war, resistance war against America, and the American war. The war started November 1 1955 and ended on April 30 1975. It was during the cold war era that happened in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The first Indochina war occurred from 1946-1954 and was between North and South Vietnam. The Soviet Union…

Which 1980s New Romantic pop group released a song entitled, "Fade to Grey"? Having started out hosting club nights at Billy's nightclub in Soho, founding members Steve Strange and Rusty Egan wanted to tap into the growing New Wave culture of syntho-pop, forming Visage in the late 1970s. Recruiting amongst others, Midge Ure and Billy Curry - whom also performed with Ultravox - the band's first single was a cover of Zager and Evans "In the Year 2525". This record though proved to be a…

On August 2, 1964, three North Vietnamese torpedo boats and the USS Maddox exchanged shots. The USS Maddox was heading towards the Gulf of Tonkin. The boats continued to fire upon each other. Even though it seemed like it came out of the blue, it was no surprise for the naval crew of the USS Maddox…

On November 21, 1963, President Kennedy traveled to Dallas, Texas for a battle appearance. The following day, November 22, Kennedy, alongside his wife and Texas representative John Connally, rode through lizabeth Fitzgerald, was a Boston debutante, and his dad, Joseph Kennedy Sr., was an effective financier who made a fortune on stocks after World War I. Joe Kennedy Sr. went ahead to an administration profession as director of the Securities and Exchange Commission and as a diplomat to Great…

known as the slippery slope fallacy. There is no concrete reason to think that the government in Vietnam will cause another and another country to fall to communism The U.S. entered Vietnam with many more troops and more offensive aggression after a torpedo boat came near the USS Maddox and did not heed to warnings and even warning shots. Neither the U.S. nor Vietnamese ships were damaged. The U.S. was seeking multiple reasons to justify sending forces to Vietnam, hoping that at least one would…

After the glaciers melted a long time ago, the water rose to 1,000 feet deeper. What used to be beaches and islands are now just underwater structures. There is evidence proving that the water level used to be lower, 1,000 feet lower. They have discovered underwater caves with stalactites, icicle looking mineral formations formed by dripping water, hanging from the ceiling. They also found tachylyte on the ocean bottom, which is a type of lava that would have had to dry above water. That shows…

How would you feel if your corpse was violated and used for the experimentation of others? The issue of body snatching in the 1800’s was a major problem of its’ time period. Most people fail to truly understand its’ significance and how it contributed to the development of the punishments given to people for their crimes. In order to understand the serious problem of body snatching, one must comprehend the reasons for it and it’s punishments given to prevent it. In Mary Shelley's novel,…