They all deal with some of the greatest people in world history. ... Hemingway, FDR, and Mondrian lived during few of the hardest years in history of the world. ... Unable to enlist in the armed forces, due to an eyesight problem, Ernest volunteered to drive ambulances for the American Red Cross in Italy. During his time in Italy, Hemingway was seriously wounded in the legs and feet by shrapnel. ... While in the hospital, Ernest fell in love with a nurse, but their love affair came to an immediate end, when she walked out on him, for an Italian officer. ...

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(Prange, 80) When Japan signed an agreement with Germany and Italy, the United States increased its forces in the Pacific to keep Japan in check. When Japan signed the pact with Germany and Italy it was given control of Greater East Asia.... ("Into the Eyes of War: The Mind of Japan", 2) The United States asked in return that Japan withdraw from China, and stop collaborating with the Axis, (Germany and Italy). ... One day after congress had declared war on Japan, both Germany and Italy as partners of Japan in the Tripartite Pact declared war on the United States. ... Pearl Harbor is just ...

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Following his reelection in 1940, President Roosevelt moved ahead with the dual policy of building up U.S. defenses while giving assistance to those countries resisting the aggression of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... He was convinced that the security of the United States depended on the defeat of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... Nixon became president during one of the most controversial events in American history: Vietnam. ... On December 17, 1972 Nixon bombed Hanoi and Haiphong in the most severe aerial assault in history. ...

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April 12, 1861 is one of the most crucial and important dates in American history. ... This war is a major turning point in American history and society, and has helped shape America into the country it is today. ... She traveled to their air base in southern Italy, from where the "Tuskegee Airmen- flew sorties into southern Europe and North Africa (Memory). ... One of the most significant events in African American history is the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited the states Smalls 5 from using literacy tests, interpreting the Constitution, and other methods of excluding Africa...

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Roosevelt was confronted by not only one but one of the greatest challenges of American history. ... In the Summer of 1939, Germany attacked its neighbors without warning and triggered of the greatest war in the history of mankind. Soon Britain and the Soviet Union got engaged against the combined forces of Germany, Italy and Japan. ... If you analyze the period of the American history just from 1933 to 1941 then looking upon the start and end of the great depression, we conclude that Franklin D. ...

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The December 7th 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was a great defining moment in history. ... Germany and Italy declared war on the United States on December 11. ... The attack on Pearl Harbor was a devastating event in American history. ...

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Justice Owen Roberts wrote in his dissent that this "is the case of convicting a citizen as a punishment for not submitting to imprisonment in a concentration camp, based on his ancestry, and solely because of his ancestry, without evidence or inquiry concerning his loyalty and good disposition towards the United States"11 Justice Robert Jackson noted that comparable burdens were not imposed upon descendants of the other nationalities (German, Italian) with whom the United States was also at war.12 History has proven Korematsu to be one of the courts more contentious and less reputa...

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Japan became a leading power in Asia, after it established an alliance with Germany and Italy. ... I could not worry about what history would say about my personal morality. ... For the first time in human history, there are weapons that can destroy all of the human race....

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Leading up to World War II, minority Americans have had a long history facing racial discrimination in the United States, such as slavery and the Jim Crow laws against African Americans after the Civil War. ... After eight campaigns in Italy and France, the soldiers of the 442nd Regiment received one Congressional Medal of Honor, three Presidential Unit Citations, nine Legion of Merits, eight Soldier's Medals, 238 Bronze Stars of Valor, 30 Division Commendations, 24 Distinguished Service Crosses, 147 Silver Stars, 1,703 Purple Hearts and 2,173 Bronze Stars for Meritorious Service (Battali...

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The 20th century marked the bloodiest century not only in the American history but globally. ... Additionally, in Europe, Germany and Italy joined hand together with Japan to wage war against the United States. ...

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What Is A Leader? What is it that makes a person a leader? Is it personality? Is it the skills possessed? To try and find the answers to these questions and to define such an abstract term is both a challenging and overwhelming task. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Langua...

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