During World War 2, there are many big events that took place and still affects the world today. One main event that really changed America was the draft, where the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and ...
Arthur Porter was in a federally recognized National Guard unit Robert Pratt and Wilfred Ratliff were drafted William Petruzzi was a commissioned officer. (We also knew that from him being listed as a 2 Lt. But if his rank hadn’t been listed, we would have discovered he was a commissioned...
America's Role in WW1 Before it Entered the Conflict When war first broke out in Europe in 1914 following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the chain reaction of events which the assassination triggered, the USA maintained a position of neutrality. Many of th...
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation distributes money to grantees, but a separate entity, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, manages the endowment assets. These two entities often have overlapping interests, and, as has been noted many times in the past, grants given by the foundation...
asked which of the three sites would provide the best landing area for planes.LeMay explained that he was completely in the dark and needed more information before he would hazard a guess. He asked how many troops would be involved in the landing. The answer, that there would be 700, dumb...