...Battle of Midway On December 7th, 1941, Isoroku Yamamoto and the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Immediately following “A date that will live in infamy”, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared a state of war and officially entered the United States of America into World War II. While the war officially lasted until September 2, 1945, the turning point of the United States war on Japan came three years prior. On June 4th, 1942, the US met Japan at the Battle of Midway, in a naval fight that would ultimately decide the fate of the South Pacific. In charge of their respective fleets, Isoroku Yamamoto (Japan) and Chester Nimitz (USA), each shared similar backgrounds. Both Yamamoto and Nimitz entered their respective countries’ naval academy at the age of seventeen. The men each rose prominently to positions of great control, realizing the growing importance of aircraft carrier warfare. At 44, Yamamoto became Japan’s youngest admiral. Armed with the task of creating a self-sustaining empire (the “New Empire”), Yamamoto decided to bomb Pearl Harbor and subsequently attack Midway in attempt to gain control over the Pacific. Prior to Yamamoto’s attack, the United States developed a secret weapon against the Japanese. The United States’ weapon, “Magic”, was a system that deciphered Japanese code. By the end of May 1942, Chester Nimitz knew exactly when and where the Japanese intended to strike. Nimitz realized he must locate Yamamoto’s carriers and attack them first...
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...The Battle of Midway John Hays ENG/102 November 10, 2013 Dr. Lisa Tilley The Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway was fought over land and at sea near the small United States Pacific base of Midway Island; this sea and air battle “represents the high water mark of Japan's Pacific Ocean war.” (Naval History and Heritage Command, 2010, p.1) Thus, prior to this battle, Japan’s Navy possessed sea and air superiority over the United States and could choose when and where to attack. “After Midway the two opposing fleets were essentially equals, and the United States soon took the offensive.” (Naval History and Heritage Command, 2010, p.1) The Battle of Midway was a strategic point when the United States turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific because; the United States Navy stopped the Japanese advance and they put the Japanese Navy on the defensive. By March 1942, Japan’s Navy high command initial goals were achieved easier than what they had planed. Therefore, they had turned their sights into making an offensive war plan and not to transition into a “strategic defensive posture, but there were still disputes on how to maintain the offensive” (Hone, 2013, p.1). Most historians speculate, “Moving further south in the Pacific would isolate Australia, and possibly remove that nation as a threat to the freshly expanded Japanese Empire.” (Naval History and Heritage Command, 2010, p.1) Therefore, the June Midway Battle turned out to be the most damaging battle of the...
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...Midway naval warfare, is an important battle in the second world war.This is a carrier battle group to the carrier battle group.Is the U.S. navy with less number of a famous trophy.It on June 4, 1942, the U.S. navy not only successfully repelled the Japanese navy in the battle of midway atoll, Pacific theater has the initiative, thus became the turning point of the Pacific theater of world warII. Midway island, covers an area of only 4.7 square kilometers, its special geographical location determines the importance of its strategic position.The island from San Francisco and yokohama, Japan, the United States are 2800 miles apart, in the middle of the Pacific routes between Asia and North America, so named midway island.In addition it is apart from the Pearl Harbor, 1135 nautical miles, is one of the important bases in the United States in the Pacific and transport hub, is also the portal and outposts in Hawaii.Midway island a but lost, the capital of the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor will be the other is in danger. Naval battle of midway in June 4, 1942, is a important battle of the second world...
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...Midterm Paper A Short Paper Presented to Professor Spencer For: Art 315-01 By Brandi Robinson October 17, 2014 Hampton University Hampton, Virginia [pic][pic] Born in Oakland, CA, Humphrey received a BFA in printmaking and painting from the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, and an MFA in printmaking from Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Humphrey is highly regarded as an artist and master printmaker. She created The Last Bar-B-Que after three years of studying many other famous renditions of The Last Supper, by artists ranging from Leonardo da Vinci to Emil Nolde. By adding chicken, bananas, papayas, watermelons, and mangoes to the menu of bread and wine, Humphrey shifts a traditional Christian theme to one that is contemporary and humorous, with an African American perspective. The vivid yellow, sienna, and blue allude to celebration and African influences. The blue color tone also represents divinity. Romare Howard Bearden was born on September 2, 1911, to (Richard) Howard and Bessye Bearden in Charlotte, North Carolina, and died in New York City on March 12, 1988, at the age of 76. His life and art are marked by exceptional talent, encompassing a broad range of intellectual and scholarly interests, including music, performing arts, history, literature and world art. [pic] The Last Bar-B-Que -the ultimate satire. Portraying eleven African American figures dining at an elongated table alike the last supper...
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...Connor Cohn 3/4/11 Curry, period 4 Final Aircraft Carriers in WWII Many of World War II’s greatest battles were fought at sea, making naval technologies crucial to all sides. Many kinds of ships, such as battleships, submarines, and aircraft carriers, had been used in previous wars, but the global nature of World War II made naval battles especially important. These vessels ranged from heavily armed warships to numerous support craft such as fuel ships and troop landing boats. Of all the ships used in the war, aircraft carriers were the largest. Thus, how and why were aircraft carriers so effective in World War II, specifically how was it more effective than a battleship, and how did both Japan and the US utilize this revolution in technology? An aircraft carrier is a ship whose primary purpose is to bring airplanes closer to distant battle areas. Since most World War II aircraft had a range of just a few hundred miles, it was necessary to bring the aircraft to the battlefront, and using a ship to do so made a lot of sense in the Pacific, where much of the fighting took place on islands and along coastal areas. The first true aircraft carriers were built by the Japanese in the 1920’s. Japan remained an innovator in aircraft carrier design and construction during the years leading to World War II, operating nine aircraft carriers by 1941. Their largest carriers of the war were the Akagi and Kaga, each capable of launching over 90 aircraft (doc. Navy), only 25% of these...
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...The Plastic Game: ideas • Goal: decrease the consumption of plastic bottles • Principle of the game: Each bottle, when produced, would be given a token, which would follow the way the bottle make from the production to the consumption, ending in the waste disposal. Once bought by a consumer, a system would automatically register this number in a database, as well as the name of the consumer. Once a year, the Plastic Game would take place (one per country). It would globally happen like this. Among all plastic bottles buyers, 20 people would be chosen randomly. The chance to get chosen would depend on the number of plastic bottles bought during the year: the more a person has bought some, the more chance he/she would get to be chosen. These 20 people would have to defend themselves from the others in order to not loose. The last one remaining would be the loser, and would consequently have to pay a huge tax to compensate the pollution created by the production of plastic bottles. This money would be invested in research to decease pollution and waste. During the game, the candidates would face several tasks, one by stage. Each time, candidates would denote from the others in good terms, which would allow them to leave the game. The trial would be different at each step. Ideas of tasks: - Think about why they have bought plastic bottles and what other things they could have bought instead. Propose a global solution about how people could reduce their plastic waste....
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...Cultural Change and Shifting Views of America During the world fair of 1893, in Chicago the Exposition celebrated the discovery of America. The World Fair show and displayed some of the more beautiful architecture of its time; its vast buildings and sculptures drew greatly from Greek and other classical styles of Arts. The images that was communicated by the present of the 1883 Chicago World Fair was a tribute to the dedication of America culture and the advancement they have progressed over the last few years. There was two intentions on the communication on the fair one was the White City in which held numerous amount of artistic and industrial exhibits, while the other was the Midway Plaisance a mile long strip that included ethnographic displays, shops, and entertainment. The image that they wanted to communicate the American culture and the advances in which they have made over the years. The difference between the art work of the Gilded Ages and the Ashcan school. The gilded age art was more of a political concept and directed by the wealthy while the Ashcan school of art was inspired by the everyday society and the everyday life of society with no political a gender in mind. The relationship between art and culture is that art is made from life. It is basically life creation. For example art is anything it can be from an instrument to the music that strives form it. Art is life, the study and creation of life. Culture is like a tradition something...
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...Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is one greatest naval commanders of World War II to the Japanese people and is idolized as hero. His legacy span’s from service during the battle of Tsushima Strait to the battle of Midway. Not only was he a brilliant naval commander he was an innovator and saw that the air power is the future of naval warfare and saw to the better aircraft for the Japanese navy. His methods to attack were unique and his opinions were always valued by those around him. Although he saw America as an enemy he respected the power and industrial might the United States held compared to Japan. He was once asked by the Japanese Prime Minister if Japan stood a chance against America. He replied, “We can run wild for six months or a year, but after that I have no confidence.” (Joseph). Yamamoto was born April 4th, 1884 and was the sixth son to Sadayoshi Takano. His name means 56 only because his father was 56 at his date of birth. At the age of 16 he joined the Japanese Imperial Navy and was sent to Japanese Naval Academy at Etajima. He graduated in 1904 and was stationed around the cruiser Nisshin and the participated in the battle for Tsushima Strait. He lost two fingers on his left hand, but because of his potential leaderships skills was sent to Naval Staff College in 1913. In 1919, Yamamoto was sent to study in America. He studied English in Harvard and also studied into the strengths and weakness of the US. He graduated in 1923 and was knowledgeable...
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...Allied powers- Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Bulgaria. If D-Day didn’t happen and we lost that battle, we would have lost the whole war. The Battle of Midway marked the end of Japan’s control. Douglas MacArthur was a general for the U.S. He was in charge of trying to gain control over some of the Japanese islands so the U.S. could get closer to Japan itself. Dwight Eisenhower was also a U.S. general. He stormed the beaches of Normandy. Both men fought for their country but MacArthur was in the pacific front and Eisenhower was in Italy. Hiroshima was bombed by the first ever nuclear bomb. It killed thousands from the initial waves and then thousands more after with radiation. Nagasaki was later bombed after Japan didn’t surrender. Japan lost millions of lives because of bombing Pearl Harbor. Thousands died in Hawaii as well. The effect on Japan from these bombs and war with the U.S. was tremendous...
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...December 7, 1941 started a year of losses that devastated the United States Navy to a point that there were serious considerations that the U.S. may lose the war. The point most researchers don’t seem to connect with the Super Power Global U.S. Navy of today was based upon forced changes in strategy, Technology and Leadership that was forced by the losses of 1941 to the Imperial Japanese Navy. In the first year of the war the Imperial Japanese Navy used Strategy, Technology and Leadership to overwhelm the U.S. Navy. If we reflect on the state of the U.S. Navy in 1939, we can get a better understanding of just how much effect Admiral Halsey had just 2 years later when he was placed into a historic leadership role. The U.S. Navy believed firmly that it was the technology leader in the Pacific in 1939. They had the biggest battleship fleet in the world, a huge arsenal of planes and Men in the strategic locations that would easily stop any aggression by Japan if they dared even to consider attacking any American interest. They also knew that they had some of the oldest and seasoned Admirals in the world. Ones who did not need to know about new technology as long as they could command the leviathans, the dreadnaught battleships, which had been the center of U.S. Naval strategy for over 60 years. However as the last of Admiral Nagumo’s airplane banked triumphantly away from the smoking ruins of the US Pacific Fleet, most in America at first believed that American had indeed lost the...
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...Currently, Neomonachus Schauinslandi, commonly known as Hawaiian monk seals are the only pinnipeds living within proximity of the United States (Lowry et al., 2011). They are the only seals that are native to the Hawaiian Islands. Their only close relatives are Caribbean monk seals, which are extinct today, and the endangered Mediterranean monk seal (Lowry et al, 2011). With the Polynesian settlement, the society within the island grew, causing a change in the natural ecosystems that marine mammal, like Hawaiian monk seals, survive and thrive peacefully in. However, it later changed to fit societal needs and standards once humans discovered the Island. The Hawaiian monk seal population is declining at a rate of about four percent per year (Watson et al., 2011). It is estimated that about 14 million years ago, Hawaiian monk seals have inhabited the Hawaiian archipelago. This allowed them to adapt to the long-term geologic changes that the archipelago endured over time. Thus, they have been on the Hawaiian Islands long before humans have. Being the main inhabitants of the island, monk seals needed their habitat to be shallow water reefs that was made primarily for pupping, weaning, and foraging; areas of sandy beach for hauling out; and deep reef areas for foraging (Watson et al, 2011). However, in the inhabited Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI), monk seals would nearly always coincide with human populations and infrastructure. Thus, making it difficult for them to be independently confined...
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... In 1944 the United States was playing a large part in World War Two. In November of 1944 the United States started to bomb Japan. The U.S. used their new B-29 bombers during the attacks. There was one thing that interfered most with the United States bombing over Japan. That was a small island between the Mariana Islands where the U.S. was flying from, and Japan where the United States was bombing. The island that was interfering with the United State's attacks was Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima was playing more than one part in making it harder for U.S. bombers to get to Japan. The battle of Iwo Jima was a very hard fought battle for both sides. One thing Iwo Jima did was launch fighter planes to attack American bombers. As the B-29 bombers were flying over Iwo Jima on their way to Japan from the Marianas, fighter planes would take off from Iwo Jima and attack the bombers. Fighting back wasn't the only advantage Iwo Jima had though. They could also communicate ahead. When the United States planes were flying over, they would communicate to Tokyo and tell them two hours before the planes got there. This was bad for U.S. bombers because they couldn't be effective. If Tokyo knew they were coming two hours ahead of time, they could be prepared. Since they were interfering with United States attacks on Japan, the U.S. wanted to take over Iwo Jima. There were some more reasons for the United States to want to attack Iwo Jima too. If the United States could control Iwo Jima it...
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...Problem Statement Introduction The Midway Village Housing Complex is an affordable housing project in Daly City, California that is mainly home to low-income minorities. Since the very establishment of the housing complex in 1976, its residents have experienced numerous major and minor health concerns that have since been linked to the contaminated soil on which Midway Village was built. While residents have long fought for compensation and recognition of the environmental injustice they face, both government organizations and the involved industries argue that there is not sufficient evidence to prove negligence or discrimination on behalf of either party. History From 1906 to 1913, a Pacific Gas and & Electric gas manufacturing plant stood next door to the site that today is the Midway Village Housing Complex. This plant produced tar-like residue that was thought to contain potentially hazardous chemicals. Close to 30 years later, during World War II, the federal government took control of the gas plant and hired government contractors in order to build housing for the military soldiers stationed there. In order to build the complex, workers...
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... IV. You Don’t Need a Moat ……………………………………………. 7 V. Evil Thoughts Prevent Evil ……………………………………………. 8 VI. Bibliography ……………………………………………………………. 10 Abstract Midway International Airport is located within a residential area in Chicago, Illinois. Handling hundreds of flights per day and millions of persons each year, securing the facility after the events of September 11th, 2001 should be the concern of not only Homeland Security officials, but every American. Current conditions of perimeter security appear to be impotent to anyone with an imagination to commit evil. The current conditions will be explained. Possible attack scenarios will be discussed, as well as how security officials can try to prevent future attacks by trying to anticipate the unperceived. Introduction Midway International Airport is located 10 miles from downtown Chicago. The Airport is only behind O’Hare International Airport, also located in Chicago, in local volume. Averaging 670 flights per day at the end of 2009, Midway International Airport served over 17.3 million travelers in 2008 and is becoming one of the fastest growing airports in North America (http://www.ifly.com/chicago-midway-intertnational-airport and http://www .airnav.com/airport/kmdw). The Airport has five runways squeezed into one square mile. Because Midway International Airport is surrounded by development, the runways have shorter distances available for landing than for takeoff. As reported by Bonné (2005), aircraft landing...
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...1) Before describing Southwest Airline’s organizational culture, it is important to know what is meant by this term. Organizational culture refers to the norms and values of an organization, including the vision shared by its members. At Southwest, their culture was lived first and foremost through their employees who they valued dearly. Southwest renamed human resources “The People Department” because they understood that their people are their competitive advantage and most important resource. Their family spirit could be seen in many ways; for example, there is the catastrophe fund in which voluntary contributions are made for Southwest employees who need help. Their culture promotes informal teamwork and employees routinely help each other out. In order to ensure they have the right people to preserve this culture, Southwest places great importance on recruiting the right people. As Ann Rhoades (the Vice President of People) noted, “If they say ‘I’ too much in the interview, they don’t get hired.” This displays how much of a critical role, teamwork plays at Southwest. In addition, Southwest looks for people who are creative as they value those that will constantly be innovators. For instance, as part of the interview process, applicants are given crayons to draw a picture that tells a story of their life; Southwest wants people who think outside the box. Furthermore, Southwest’s relaxed management style ensures that work is always a fun place to be. Kelleher believes that...
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