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throughout the Pacific. These lands include Malaysia, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines and numerous of other island groups. The United States however, was an increasing threat. Japanese Admiral sought to carry out his plan to destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet before it was large enough to…

Background: In between the years of 2006 and 2007 the executive officer at the time of the United States Navy ship the USS Enterprise, Owen Honors was seen in some not so tasteful videos. These videos were broadcasted on the ship’s television network for the crew to see. In the videos Owens and other crew members are seen in different situations using anti-gay slurs, and also mimicking the action of masturbation in varying situations as the source material for their “skits”. These videos are…

Infantry Division, then stationed near Fort Ord, California, as the unit to recapture Attu. 7th Infantry Division was trained as a mobile motorized force and was scheduled for duty in the North Africa. The Infantry Division was reported to be in a high state of…

"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." This is the first sentence of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s (FDR) speech, the Pearl Harbor Address; he spoke the day after hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. The next day,…

carriers are sent to position themselves north west of Hawaii. Japan wanted to “broaden” the war by getting more participants in, so they chose to attack pearl harbor to get the United States actually involved. However, this would eventually lead up to the surrender of Japan by involving the US in the war. The United States was never actually in the war, they were just a neutral force until this event. The plan on attacking Pearl Harbor started very early in 1941. By this time, the Japanese had…

fire and badly burnt bodies were washing ashore just below our position” states Heckenberg Allen who was flying an aircraft overlooking Darwin harbor when the port was attacked and approximately 300 causalities including 350 wounded (Slogett, 2014). This primary and secondary source is reliable as it’s Allen was physically present at the event and Slogett is supported by the Government. 10 out of the 27 allied ships (US Navy, American Army and Philippine vessels) that were stationed in the…

This battle took place at the Philippine island of Leyte in October 1944. This was one of the most influential battles in WWII and was the first time the US encountered Kamikaze pilots. The Allied Forces damaged most of the remaining Imperial Japanese Navy fleet and prevented Japan’s ability to move resources from the islands to Japan. Erika: Next up, the Battle of Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest battles in WWII. February 19, 1945. Around 70,000 U.S. Marines and 18,000 Japanese soldiers…

success provided to Navy, Joint and Coalition forces conducting Overseas Contingency Operations in support of three Combatant Commanders in an extremely isolated, arduous, and dynamic environment. Specific accomplishments include: - Her leadership contributed in the management of 95 Sailors, civilians and contractor personnel in the flawless execution of the day-to-day Command and Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) mission, supporting 3200 U.S. Navy, Joint, Inter-Agency…

Pearl Harbor is a harbour located on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. Today It is a United States Navy deep-water naval base, and also the headquarters of the United States Pacific fleet. Pearl Harbor was attacked on 7 December 1941, by Japanese fighter planes. This was a huge surprise. Japan is 4,000 miles away from Hawaii , so the Americans thought that Japan were going to attack a European colonie. But instead, their goal was to take down the the Pacific Fleet so the Americans would not be able to…

Davids American Turtle is about submarine wafare it is primarly about the Americna Turtle.Which was introduced into The Revolutionary War.The Advantages it had were to infiltrate into enemy territory ,mostly undetected it was a one man seater and can hold up to 30 minutes of oxygen and was fitted with a drill hole to drill the inside of the wood from the ships.Some of the disadvantges were that it was slow and heavy and was rearly used during the Revolutionary war.This was one of the first…