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Secretary Of War Young Soldiers
2,042 wordsArlington National Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery is one of our most spectacular monuments of glory, one of the most significant and sacred memorials of American nation. It is one of the largest and oldest military cemeteries of the USA, where more than 260 thousand veterans of all historical wars (starting from heroes of Independence War and ending with the soldiers, who died in Afghanistan and Iraq) and members of their families are buried. Every year about 5. 5 thousand of new burials a...
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000 Tons Of Tnt Atomic Bomb
1,006 wordsQuestion: What did you learn about Nuclear Weapons from reading this book? On August 6, 1945, approximately 70, 000 Japanese lives were ended within a matter of seconds. The United States, under command of President Truman and Secretary of War Henry Stimson, dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. After reading author John Hersey s book entitled Hiroshima, it made me ponder about what would go through my head if I were on Hiroshima soil. What actions might I take? What would I do to sur...
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Stainless Steel Korean War
634 wordsThe Korean War Veterans Memorial is located near the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC. It was dedicated on July 27, 1995. The Memorial commemorates the sacrifices of the 5. 8 million American who served in the U. S. Armed Services during the three-year period of the Korean War. Set on 2. 2 acres directly across the reflecting pool from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the $ 20 million memorial was paid for largely with private donations and is a dramatic blend of granite, st...
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Leaseholder Larry Silverstein World Trade Centre Towers
1,186 wordsReach for the sky One day last November I spent a long sad afternoon prowling around the perimeter of the smoking ruins of the World Trade Centre, trying to take in the horror of what I was seeing, exchanging numb civilities with equally shell-shocked strangers. I saw my own bewilderment's reflected in the eyes of those who had gathered at the site not, I believe, as voyeurs, but out of a graver, more honourable compulsion to bear witness. In the rather different aspect of those who came here ev...
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