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Congressional Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor: the highest U.S. military decoration awarded for bravery and valor in action `above and beyond the call of duty' -
Douglas MacArthur
United States general who served as chief of staff and commanded Allied forces in the South Pacific during World War II; he accepted the surrender of Japan. -
George Marshall
United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program. -
Chester W. Nimitz
United States admiral of the Pacific fleet during World War II who used aircraft carriers to destroy the Japanese navy. -
George S. Patton
Brash American General and brillliant tank commander that led the 3rd Army of the United Stats in the final assult on Germany. -
Dwight Eisenhower
United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany; 34th President of the United States. -
Omar Bradley
United States general who played an important role in the Allied victory in World War II -
Navajo Code Talkers
a secret agent who was one of the Navajos who devised and used a code based on their native language; the code was unbroken by the Japanese during World War II -
Holocaust
Systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution & murder of approximately 6 million Jews by the nazi regime -
Concentration Camps
sites of internment during the Holocaust whch were liberated by American forces -
Tuskegee Airmen
a group of African American pilots who fought in World War II. Formally, they were the 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corp. -
Multiple Front War
In military terminology, a two-front war is one in which fighting takes place on two geographically separate fronts -
Liberty Ships
a slow cargo ship built during World War II -
Flying Tigers
former piolts of the us armed services who volunteered to fly with the Chinese Air force to defend against Japanese aggression -
Conventional Weapons
A weapon which is neither nuclear, biological, nor chemical. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan* Death March began as a plea for life. Men were tired, weak, and lacking food. The 70-mile march from Mariveles (on the tip of Bataan) to San Fernando was a trial that tested a man, broke him, or got him killed. The famished men who made the exhausting march in World War II would never be forgotten. -
Battle of Midway
Turning point for allies in the Pacific in World War 2 due to the Japanese loss of four large aircraft carriers -
Island Hopping
to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area. -
D-Day Invasion
Allied invasion of Northern rnce to repel the occupation of the German Army... landing at Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches. -
Operation Overland
the codename for the Allied invasion of northern France -
Postdam Conference
meeting that led to the international partitioning of Germany into four sepreate zones -
atomic weapons
a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction -
Merchant Marines
The crew of a merchant vessel
