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Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur was an American general who was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. -
The Holocaust
This was a systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored and murder of appox. 6 millions Jews by the Nazi regime. -
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Concentration Camps
These were sits of internment during the Holocaust which were libered by American forces. -
Flying Tigers
These were formers pilots of the USS armed services who volunteered to fly with the Chinese Air Force to defend against Japanese agression. -
Baatan Death March
Baatan Death March was the forcible transfer, by the Imperial Japanese Army, of 90-100,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan -
Battle of Midway
This was the turning point for Allies in the Pacific in WWII due to the Japanese loss of four large aircrafts. -
Island Hopping
Island hopping is what the US and Japanese did the battle. Every island had its own battle as they went aloing. -
Congressional Medal of Honor
Awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. The medal is awarded by the President of the United States in the name of Congress. -
Liberty Ships and Merchant Marines
The Merchant Marines were dividing military forces in order to fight on land in Europe and sea/land in the Pacific. The liberty ships the technology used by the Merchant Marines to contribute to the victory in WWII. -
Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African-American pilots who fought in World War II. -
D-Day Invasion
Allied invasion of Northern France to reprel the occupation of the German Army...landing at Utah, Omaho, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches. -
Operation Overload
Operation Overload was the code name for the D-Day invasion in France. -
Chester W. Minitz
He served as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1945 until 1947. -
Postdame Conference
This was a meeting that led to the international partitioning of Germany into four separate zones. -
Atomic Weapons
This technology that gave President Truman the confidence to demand unconditional surrender of all armed forces or suffer utter destruction. -
Multiple Front War
This was a fleel to civilan-owned merchant vessels that utlized the Liberty cargo ships. -
Convential Weaopns
Conventional arms generally refer to weapons that are in relatively wide use that are not weapons of mass destruction -
Navojo Code Talkers
A group that used the practice of encryption to convert communication into an unknown language so that it is unable to be decoded by the enemy -
George S. Patton
Patton was a general in the United States Army most well known for his command of the Seventh United States Army, and later the Third United States Army, in the European Theatre in World War II. -
Omar Bradley
Bradley was a senior US Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army in the United States Army. -
Dwight Eisenhower
Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961. -
George Marshall
Marshall was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense.
