group of Marine Reservist that took the initiative and collected toys for the local boys and girls in the Los Angeles area. A reserve Marine Colonel named William Hendricks was the officer that started the program with the help of his wife. In the civilian world Colonel Hendricks worked as the director of public relations for Warner Brothers. This gave Colonel Hendricks access to celebrities that would help support the program. It was Mr. Walt Disney that designed the Toys for Tots logo that is still
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Pojota, traveled from his location near the prison camp to the Sixth Army headquarters. Lapham proposed to Lieutenant General Walter Krueger’s intelligence Chief Colonel Horton White that a rescue attempt needed to be made to liberate the estimated 500 POWs at the Cabanatuan prison camp before the Japanese possibly killed them all. Colonel White gathered Lt.Col. Henry Mucci and his 6th Ranger Battalion along with 3 lieutenants from the Alamo scouts, and the special reconnaissance unit. Mucci and a
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The Lone Star Rebellion - Chapter 13 - The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1/6/14 The Lone Star Rebellion, also known as the Texas Rebellion or Texas War of Independence, begun on October 2nd, 1835, and ended on April 21st, 1836. The last battle, the Battle of San Jacinto, was the battle that ended Santa Anna’s (the dictator of Mexico) war on the Texans. Texans wanted freedom from Santa Anna and Mexico because they had become bankrupt under the rule of Mexico and thought that if they had their own
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Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse Adora Purnell HIST 102: Survey of U.S. History April 22, 2015 Many may not know the history and story involving such great leaders as Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse who were very adamant and committed to preserving the Lakota’s values and the traditions of their way of life. They were known for having won many of the battles between the Lakota Nation and the U.S. Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were two of the greatest leaders of the 19th Century and they
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The Emancipation Wars Overview Above all of the acts of resistance towards slavery, non – violent and violent, there were three rebellions in the British West Indies that stood out. Those three were the Bussa Rebellion in Barbados, Easter 1816, the Demerara Revolt in Guyana, August 1823, and the Sam Sharpe Rebellion in Jamaica which took place in December 1831. The order in which the three rebellions occurred was similar; it was influential as well as extensive. Among all three rebellions
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friends and comrades die in war. Jeff learns that the war was all about "honor and glory". Each decision he makes could be his last. That's why making the right decision was important. The head Colonel of the Kansas Volunteers was a man named Clardy. Jeff and Clardy did not get along. Jeff talked back to Colonel Clardy many times. He was punished each and every time for being disrespectful to Clardy. Each time Jeff decided to disrespect Clardy, he was risking his
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the matter.” –Unknown. Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story about Dr. Heidegger inviting his four venerable friends to his study to test the effect of the drinking water from the ‘Fountain of Youth’ on human frame. They were Colonel Killigrew, who lost his health and substance from the pursuit of sinful pleasures. Mr. Medbourne, who was a prosperous merchant but lost his wealth from his strong desire to have more wealth than needed. Mr. Gascoigne, who is now a ruined politician
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throw a large dinner party. The dining room has a marble floor, open rafters and wide glass doors opening to a veranda. Anyhow, before the cobra scene happened, a young girl and a colonel are arguing about woman control. The young girl believes that woman is more powerful in controlling things in any situation but the colonel disagrees with the young girl because he believes that men are more capable of controlling things. The American didn’t join the argument instead he watches the other guests.
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Green Dragoons. His commanding officer was Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. The first battle Banastre was in was at Fort Sullivan, but he did not see action. In 1778, Banastre was made a Lieutenant Colonel for the British. He led his troops to South Carolina fighting Lieutenant Colonel William Washington of the American Calvary. William Washington was the cousin of George Washington. In some of the battles that Banastre fought in he would not let the Colonial troops surrender. Instead
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into the strategic aspects of the battle. Ellum focuses most of his attention on General Adelbert Ames. Ames was in charge of some of the troops that landed the final blows to Fort Fisher. In communications from the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, Colonel Curtis and General Terry were given credit for the victory at Fort Fisher and both received promotions. Although General Terry later admitted that he may have misstated some of what happened, the omission was never fully corrected. In Ames’ attempt
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