...Nineteen stainless steel statues were sculpted by Frank Gaylord and were made to depict the multiple races that fought in the war. The soldiers are standing amongst Juniper buses to symbolize the harsh terrain soldiers faced. The memorial was dedicated on the 42d anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the conflict. The Vietnam War began in 1955 when the Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong fought over bringing Vietnam under communist rule. The United States joined on March 8th, 1965 on a general mission to stop the spread of Communism. A 3-acre...
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...The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the entire island, including the three Japanese-controlled airfields (including the South Field and the Central Field), to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands.[2] This five-week battle comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific of World War II. After the heavy losses incurred in the battle, the strategic value of the island became controversial. It was useless to the U.S. Army as a staging base and useless to the U.S. Navy as a fleet base.[4] However, Navy Seabees rebuilt the landing strips, which were used as emergency landing strips for USAAF B-29s.[5] The Imperial Japanese Army positions on the island were heavily fortified, with a dense network of bunkers, hidden artillery positions, and 18 km (11 mi) of underground tunnels.[6][7] The Americans on the ground were supported by extensive naval artillery and complete air supremacy over Iwo Jima from the beginning of the battle by U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators.[8] Iwo Jima was also the only battle by the U.S. Marine Corps in which the American casualties exceeded the Japanese, although Japanese combat deaths numbered three times the number of American deaths...
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...The island Iwo Jima was founded by a sailor Bernardo de la Torre and name it sulfur island in October 1543. Iwo Jima was a battle between America and the Japanese that took place on February 19th 1945 D-day during World War II. D-day was also known as the day which combat attack will be initiated. That day there was 450 plus ships lined up on the shores of the island. Iwo Jima was part of a three point plan that the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. Iwo Jima is a very small pacific island 4.5 miles long and 2.5 miles wide covered in volcanic rock. It is located at the foot of the Bonin Chain of Islands south of the main Japanese Island of Honshu. Although the Island is quite small it is considered to the Great tactical importance. Since the island was so important the Japanese were determined to keep control of it....
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...the top was a feat unlike any they had imagined. It took four days of intense fighting to reach the top of Mount Suribachi. Five United States Marines and one Navy corpsman stood atop Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945 and raised an American flag signifying that they had taken the top of the volcanic mountain during the battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. The picture, taken by Joe Rosenthal, became one of the most recognizable photos of the war. This photo instills a sense of patriotism in any American that sees it. Seeing the flag at the top of the mountain was a great motivator for the troops still landing at the beach below. The United States had taken heavy casualties trying to get to the top of the mountain. The Japanese were dug in to pill boxes, a hidden fighting position through which the Japanese would attack the Americans with machine guns, which were connected via tunnels, to other defensive fighting positions. As soon as the Americans had cleared one pill box and were moving on, more Japanese troops would occupy the previously cleared pill boxes and start killing more of the American troops. The order to take the island of Iwo Jima was probably a daunting one to all the American fighting men. Most of the men had never been in a real battle. Arriving and seeing that many men were wounded or killed trying to accomplish the mission would cause any man to rethink his position in the military. Yet, countless Marines and naval personnel were given the task to do just...
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...Toni Baldock 10 October 2012 The Eye in the Lens As a child, I loved looking at the pictures in the National Geographic magazine. I was intrigued by the cultural differences from around the world. I was amazed to see photographs of African woman bare breasted and comfortable with themselves. To me it has always been shameful for any women to be bare breasted because that was what I was raised to believe; that is the way of our culture. The magazine took me to many lands and showed me things I knew nothing about. This was when I became aware of the world around me. I realized I wanted to be a part of more than the town I lived in, the school I went to, or the people I knew. Through the eyes of documentary photographers I have seen the world from many different points of view, but I want to see the world in an intimate experience. I have a deep desire to engage with other cultures and capture moments that the rest of the world will be able to see through my photographs. I want to one day soon become a documentary photographer. Documentary photography is an effort to create a truthful expression of lives and cultures of our world and human actions. It can only be truthful and honest if it is left unedited and captures true events as they are happening. Hans Durrer is an author and intercultural coach. He describes photography as this: “Photography is still about the eye behind the lens. It is about being a filter, and it is about recording. It is about leaving one’s home...
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...fought a battle of courage, fear, anguish but above all the sense of patriotism and unity that the American people and soldiers felt when the battle was over and the faint glimmer of peace finally ignited. In the pacific Iwo Jima is quite an insignificant little six mile wide island covered in volcanic ash and hardly any vegetation with mount Suribachi a dormant volcano towering over the rest of the island. Its military vantage in 1944: none. It was originally a deserted island where ample smuggling took place for many centuries, but in 1917 the Japanese decide to set up on Iwo Jima a radio station, 5 soldiers, and 1 weatherman besides that no other major improvement took place until starting of WWII when Japan was being threatened by the U.S strategy of “island hopping”, strategy of attacking each separate island and trying to demolish it before the Japanese knew what was happening. It was a U.S type blitzkrieg using the same lightning speed the only difference was it attacked each little island in the pacific which was slow and quite gruesome. With the American invasion of the Marshalls in early February 1945, following the crippling strikes against the Truk Islands that same month, the Japanese imperial high command voted to take serious steps to reinforce Iwo because of the threat of the fall of the Marianas and Carolines Islands. In February of that same year the buildup began. Antiaircraft guns, rifles, cannons, men, tanks, etc. Japanese soldiers started arriving from other...
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...By: S. O'Malley The battle for Iwo Jima was perhaps one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific campaign. The island of Iwo Jima was worth strategical importance to the U.S. and the Empire of Japan. For the Americans, Iwo Jima was the one island causing problems for their bombing raids on Tokyo. With Iwo Jima in Allied hands, bombers could fly through the Pacific and bomb Tokyo without problems. For the Japanese Iwo protected them from bombers and attacks, but it was more important to them for another reason. Iwo was Japanese soil or sacred ground to them, it was a matter of pride, no invading army had ever successfully invaded Japan. The U.S. Marine Corps strategy for taking Iwo was simple and straightforward. Three Marine Corps divisions were to invade Iwo Jima. The 4th and 5th divisions first task was to secure Mt. Suribachi and the surrounding area. Then with support from the 3rd Marine division they would advance northeast and secure the rest of Iwo Jima. The Japanese plan of defense was much more intricate and complicated. The Japanese commander General Kuribayashi constructed a massive tunnel network throughout Mt. Suribachi and the island. Mt. Suribachi was honeycombed with over 1,500 rooms underground. The surface of the island was covered in concealed foxholes, pillboxes, blockhouses, and other assorted structures. He had two more parts to this strategy. He told his troops that there was no surrender. To surrender was to bring dishonor on their family. The...
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...Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima by James Bradley with Ron Powers. The novel I read was adapted for young people by Michael French and published in 2001. The author, James Bradley, intended to retell the lives of the men in the infamous flag raising statue. Among these figures were James Bradley’s father, John Henry Bradley. Since few people knew who these young heroes were that raised the flag, James Bradley was going to make it clear the intention of these men’s lives and their dedication to the United States of America. James Bradley spent four years of his life researching with these six men’s families about what they knew of their relatives’ lives. As time progressed, James Bradley realized that these men all had one thing in common. They were all humble men that fought in the battle at Iwo Jima to defend their lives’ of their families and of those around them. James Bradley was one of eight children. His mother was named Elizabeth Van Gorp. In the beginning of this novel, the author introduced the men and their individual lives before the war. Each man had his life ahead of him. The six flag raisers, John Bradley, Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block, Ira Hayes, Mike Strank, and Rene Gagnon, and all young men in America were planning their futures regarding women whom they would marry, what job...
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...In Flags of our Fathers, by James Bradley, a venture of six strangers is conveyed through text. Flag of Our Fathers details the different backgrounds of each of the six men in unforgettable imagery and gives a history of the war. It enlightens the unknown details of a heroic picture regarded and taught to many. James Bradley, the son of one of the flag raisers, travels and researches the true stories of John Bradley, Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block, Ira Hayes, Rene Gagnon, and Mike Strank. Although these six men are the greatest symbol of the battle at Iwo Jima it is mainly because of the image not their stories. There were other heroes of the war and this is one reason why John Bradley did not say much about his experiences at Iwo Jima. John believed he was not the hero, that the heroes were the men lost in battle. Curiosity was a primary reason James Bradley decided to research this topic. Bradley explains why John never said a word about what happened, including never mentioning an award he received. He wanted to know why his father never spoke of war and why they only learned about what happened after he had passed. James’ interest pushed him to learn if the other five men affected by this image shared the same beliefs as his father....
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...Flags of our Fathers “Flags of Our Fathers" is a very famous novel, based on true events, that describes one of our country's most popular, historic events. James Bradley is not only the author of the book, but also the son of one of the flag raisers in the novel. The story tells us about the six heroes who rose the United States flag during the bloody battle of Iwo Jima. These men, were not just any ordinary flag raisers; they were men who symbolized our countries strength, honor, victory, and courage, during one of the nations greatest battles. Bradley begins the story by stating that his father, John Bradley, kept to himself when it came to discussing the events of Iwo Jima, the flag raising, and the events that followed. He explains that this was the reason in which he decided to research the 6 lives of the men who now are commemorated in museums, statues, and history books all around the world. These 6 men consisted of John Bradley, who was from Appleton, Wisconsin; Ira Hayes, who was a Pima Indian from a reservation in Phoenix, Arizona; Harlon Block, who was from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas; Mike Strank, who was a Czech immigrant, but raised in Pennsylvania; Franklin Sousley, who was from Hilltop, Kentucky; and Rene Gagnon, who was from Manchester, New Hampshire. They were all young men, ranging in age from eighteen to twenty-four. After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, our nation’s attitude towards WWII changed. Many young men realized that our country was in desperate...
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...| Head Quarters United States Marine Corps | Date: 11/27/12 Re: Art Selections for the Office As requested I have selected six new paintings, three Impressionist and three Post-Impressionist works. The works are to be placed along the large wall in the main lobby of the building in the order listed below. The order starts with two works depicting everyday life while in theatre, followed by two emotionally charged works that have become iconic for our beloved Marine Corps, completed by two works of everyday day life in theatre. The idea is for the viewer to scan the works left to right; starting with an introduction to our mission: combat readiness; moving to two historical benchmarks, one from our past and one from the present; completed by two works depicting Marines in the mission. TITLE | Touchdown | ARTIST | Howard A. Terpning | DESCRIPTION | Marines exiting a helicopter in Vietnam. The Marines are in dark hues of earth greens, with dark shading and shadowing. The Marines are being dropped in a background of a golden field that undetectably fades into the golden/orange background. | STYLE | Post-Impressionism: Focusing more on the subject matter of the Marines, then the landscape. Captured as hastily as the Marines exit with rapid strokes, dark pigments, laid in rugged, thick paint. Solid patches of color make the background while the subject matter is more clearly defined. (Sayre, pp. 1092-1093) | HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE | This work is important because...
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...The Second World War “We are about to embark on the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you…” – Dwight D. Eisenhower. These words of the great Five-Star General Eisenhower, that were spoken before D-Day, only scrape the surface of how gigantic and complex the Second World War was, and how it shaped the world for the years to come. The conflicts that occurred in this bloody war would shock the world and be remembered even seventy plus years into the future. This war was “Power-packed” with huge names from the world’s super powers; huge names that have been remembered for the years to follow, such as Roosevelt, Stalin, Mussolini, Tojo, Churchill, Eisenhower, Hitler, etc. All of the battles that ensued, had either positively or negatively affected the world as we know today and held huge roles in the “Great War” that many people’s grandfathers, not just Americans, fought in for what each of their countries’ beliefs. World War II, or WW2 for short, spanned from 1SEP1939 to 2SEP1945, to set the backdrop for this war, Germany was in substantial debt from the treaties signed that forced the German people to pay the Allied Powers large sums of money to end World War I, this allowed for the Nazi party to acquire a majority in Germany’s government, and eventually become the nation’s official political party. Their main point to the people was to blame communism and communists, and used the Jewish people as the face for their...
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...Text 1.2. President George W. Bush: Address to the Nation |George Walker Bush (43rd President of the USA) |Джордж Валкер (дабл’ю) Буш (43 Президент США) | |to be seared into one’s memory |залишити незабутній слід у пам’яті | |people of all colors, creeds and nationalities |люди всіх кольорів шкіри, віросповідань і національностей | |to take an offensive in a war |розпочати війну | |to see the face of evil |побачити обличчя зла | |to rise of the occasion |відгукнутися на надзвичайну подію, мобілізувати зусилля | |to be trapped |потрапити у пастку | |to recite the 23rd Psalm |співати 23й псалом Біблії (перенос. гімн, захоплена хвала) | |to charge the cockpit |захопити кабіну пілота | |to pay tribute |вшанувати, віддати належне...
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...4 Main Idea • • • • • What is a main idea? What is a topic? How do you recognize the difference between general and specific ideas? What is a stated main idea? What is an unstated main idea? Everyday Reading Skills: Selecting a Book Copyright ©2010 by Pearson Education, Inc. 118 CHAPTER 4 Main Idea What Is a Main Idea? The main idea of a passage is the core of the material, the particular point the author is trying to convey. The main idea of a passage can be stated in one sentence that condenses specific ideas or details in the passage into a general, allinclusive statement of the author’s message. In classroom discussions, all of the following words are sometimes used to help students understand the meaning of the main idea. thesis main point central focus gist controlling idea central thought Whether you read a single paragraph, a chapter, or an entire book, many experts agree that your most important single task is to understand the main idea of what you read. Topic Main Idea Major Detail Major Detail Major Detail Minor Detail Minor Detail Minor Detail Minor Detail Minor Detail Recognize General and Specific Words The first step in determining the main idea of a selection is to look at the specific ideas presented in the sentences and try to decide on a general topic or subject under which you can group these ideas. Before tackling sentences, begin with words. Pretend that the sentence ideas in a selection have been reduced...
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.... . . . . . 188 CHAPTER 10 War, Prosperity, and Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CHAPTER 11 The New Deal and World War I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 CHAPTER 12 Postwar America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 CHAPTER 13 Decades of Change: 1960-1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 CHAPTER 14 The New Conservatism and a New World Order . . . . . . 304 CHAPTER 15 Bridge to the 21st Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 PICTURE PROFILES Becoming a Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Transforming a Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Monuments and Memorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Turmoil and Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 21st Century Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Bibliography . . . . . . . ....
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