query: who was the us president when ww2 ended

pos: Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) became the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953) upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as Vice President. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO. Truman was elected as a U.S. Senator in 1934 and gained national prominence as chairman of the Truman Committee aimed at waste and inefficiency in wartime contracts. Soon after succeeding to the presidency he became the only world leader to have used nuclear weapons in war. Truman’s

neg: Argentina–United States relations during WW2 was marked by two distinct phases. During the early years of the war, Argentine President Roberto M. Ortiz sought to provide economic support to the Allies as during WWI, even proposing to US President Roosevelt that both countries join the Allies together as non-belligerents in 1940. However his proposal was snubbed at the time, as Roosevelt was in the middle of elections. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, US foreign-policy worked to unite all of Latin America in a coalition against Germany. Argentina's neutralist stance, however, had hardened following the resignation of President Ortiz due to diabetes,

neg: Aero León was the president of the airline (Eucario León), who although was condemned to permanent imprisonment, was released in 1998 due to his advanced age. Later, León died in October 2002 in a Mexico City hospital, after spending 13 months there due to a coronary problem. Until March 1983, destinations of Aero León included: Aero León Aero León S.A de C.V was a cargo airline based in Mexico City. Aero León was founded in May 1978 by the captain Eucario León, a former fighter pilot of the US Navy during WW2 and a former in-flight attendant and pilot of Continental Airlines,

neg: Arnold Lewis Raphel her third husband and both of her previous marriages had ended in divorce. They had been married for around a year when he died in an aircrash in August 1988. Raphel was serving as US ambassador to Pakistan, and was travelling in the plane with President Zia-ul-Haq on August 17, 1988, when the plane crashed, resulting in the death of 34 people, including him and President Zia. Raphel was 45 years old. He was survived by both his parents, who were living in retirement by then in Atlantic City, N.J., and by his only daughter Stephanie, who was living with

neg: Bernard Willson all Hagelin machines distributed to both allies and enemies, including: the Vatican; the Iranian Islamic regime; Saddam Hussein; Muammar Gaddafi; Ferdinand Marcos; Idi Amin. Access continued until at least 1983, when US Naval Intelligence officer Jonathan Pollard, sold the information to Mossad (the Israeli Intelligence Service), who traded it to the Soviet Union in return for more exit visas being given to Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel. The KGB (the Soviet Intelligence Service) probably already knew of the backdoor, via their US-based spies, Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen. After WW2, in 1946 Willson returned to civilian life as an

neg: John F. Rider This, in time became his best known and greatest contribution to the business. There were a total of 23 volumes, ending in 1954. Rider also published over a 125 other technical books on servicing and radio theory authored by him or in collaboration. He was a contributor to the WW2 US war effort through his technical publications and teaching military personnel for the US Army. After WW2, many of the military training manuals were available at little or minimal charge. This was a great opportunity for publishers to capitalize on this as men leaving active military duty were looking to

neg: Cardiff Airport base, named RAF Rhoose, for Royal Air Force (RAF) Spitfire pilots. Construction work commenced in 1941, and the airfield officially began life on 7 April 1942 when it was taken over by No 53 Operational Training Unit. After WW2 the airfield fell into disuse and was abandoned. The man who decided Rhoose could be the site of a new Airport was David Rees-Williams (later Lord Ogmore) a Bridgend-born solicitor who had served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Artillery during the WW2 and who. in 1945, been elected MP for Croydon South. In 1951 Rees-Williams was appointed, briefly, Minister of

neg: Pedro Miguel González Pinzón "The Guardian" described the hackers as apparently angry about González's election. On March 7, 2008, it was announced that González would not seek reelection as head of the National Assembly when his term ended on August 31. After a long delay, US President Barack Obama resubmitted the trade pact to the US Congress, which approved it on October 13, 2011. Pedro Miguel González Pinzón Pedro Miguel González Pinzón (born January 1, 1965) is a leading political figure in Panama who was tried and acquitted of the June 10, 1992 killing of a US Army serviceman, Sgt. Zak Hernández, and the

neg: Nicholas Roerich the meantime, Helena Roerich was corresponding with US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was intrigued by her "fiery letters." The whole project ended in a disaster and resulted in energetic efforts by Wallace and FDR to cut their ties with the Roerichs. The whole incident later partially resurfaced and became controversial when Wallace campaigned for President in 1948 and portions of the correspondence were printed by columnist Westbrook Pegler, becoming known as the Guru Letters, Presently, the Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York City is a major institution for Roerich's artistic work. Numerous Roerich societies continue to promote his theosophical

neg: Kristine Miller During WW2 in New Guinea, a US Army Air Force squadron has been assigned to protect Australia and despite having inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese, they supernaturally had none themselves. Miller played Jean Gillis, a Broadway actress and former anti-war activist, who joined the USO after her husband's death at Dunkirk. By happenstance, she ends up having to entertain the airmen by herself when she finds out the rest of her troupe is stranded. During an improvised "dinner dance," she learns about the pilots' wives and girlfriends and their hopes for the future, but equally learns about herself. Arthur

neg: Ernesto Zedillo 1994 at the Legislative Palace of San Lázaro, taking oath before the Congress of the Union presided by the deputy president Carlota Vargas Garza. He was only 43 years old then. A few days after taking office, one of the biggest economic crisis in Mexican history hit the country. Although it was outgoing President Salinas who was mainly blamed for the crisis, Salinas claimed that President Zedillo made a mistake by changing the economic policies held by his administration. The crisis ended after a series of reforms and actions led by Zedillo. US president Bill Clinton granted a US$20 billion

neg: Rosalinde Fuller they could fit the President into their busy schedule. At this point, the eldest sister (who had studied the harp and singing at the Royal College of Music) got married and was replaced by the youngest. As "The Fuller Sisters" they continued making immensely successful tours, with Rosalind their most bewitching performer. President Woodrow Wilson invited them to sing for him on two occasions, once at the White House and once at his summer residence. Their career ended when the entry of the US into World War I wiped out the demand for folksongs. During these tours, they continued to

neg: 542nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States) The US Airborne in WW2 542nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States) The 542nd Parachute Infantry Regiment was a regiment of the US Army during the World War II. Originally formed as a fully fledged regiment, the unit was later downsized to a Battalion and kept in Reserve in the United States until mid-1945 when it was deactivated. The 542nd Parachute Infantry Regiment came into existence on 1 September 1943 under the command of William T. Ryder, then a Lt. Colonel fresh from a tour of combat with the 82nd Airborne Division. The unit was formed in a Regimental Tent Encampment

neg: United States occupation of Haiti United States occupation of Haiti The United States occupation of Haiti began on July 28, 1915, when 330 US Marines landed at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the authority of US President Woodrow Wilson. The first invasion forces had already disembarked from USS "Montana" on January 27, 1914. The July intervention took place following the murder of dictator President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam by insurgents angered by his political executions of elite opposition. The occupation ended on August 1, 1934, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt reaffirmed an August 1933 disengagement agreement. The last contingent of US Marines departed on August 15, 1934, after

neg: Rino Fisichella him for interfering. On 24 January 2009, he urged US President Barack Obama to listen to all voices in America without "the arrogance of those who, being in power, believe they can decide of life and death." When Obama ended the ban on U.S. funding of organizations that discuss and perform abortion in the developing world, he said: "among the many good things that he could have done, Barack Obama instead has chosen the worst. If this is one of the first acts of President Obama, with all due respect, it seems to me that the path toward disappointment has

neg: Eric Holland Eric Holland Eric Sidney Fostyn Holland (28 June 1921 – 1 July 1989) was a New Zealand politician who served as cabinet minister and was an elected member of the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1981 for the National Party. Holland was born in 1921; he was the son of former prime minister and National Party leader Sir Sidney Holland. He received his education at Elmwood School and St. Andrew's College in Christchurch. Holland fought in WW2 in the Pacific and in Italy. He was president of the Canterbury Savings Bank in 1965 and 1966, and president of the

neg: Hotel Oloffson torn to pieces by an angry mob. United States President Woodrow Wilson, concerned that the Haitian government might be seized by Rosalvo Bobo, who was thought to be sympathetic to the Germans, ordered the United States Marine Corps to seize Port-au-Prince. The occupation would eventually extend to the entire nation of Haiti. The Sam mansion was used as a US military hospital for the duration of the occupation. In 1935, when the occupation ended, the mansion was leased to Werner Gustav Oloffson, a Swedish sea captain from Germany, who converted the property into a hotel with his wife Margot and

neg: Austin Champ Doctor Who. In the 1970, US film "Sole Survivor" Champs are used by the US Air Force during the investigation into a military WW2 crash landing in Libya. A Champ is featured throughout the video for the song "Reward" by English post-punk/neo-psychedelic band The Teardrop Explodes. The song reached no. 6 in the UK single charts in January 1981. A champ was featured in a 60s TV prog "Big Breadwinner Hog" A die cast model of the vehicle was made by Britains to approximately 1:32 scale, and a more widely produced version by Meccano as part of the Dinky range

neg: World War II by country engines into aircraft already in 1944 which later resulted in the creation of another iconic US aircraft, the Republic F-84 Thunderjet, the second ever US jet fighter. Alexander Nadiradze who would later become one of the most important Soviet missile engineers, developed anti-tank shells during WW2. He was also among the first scientists to research and implement early Soviet turbo jet engines. After being appointed chief of an OKB he took on various other projects. Nikoloz Muskhelishvili was a Soviet scientist whose theories and research in several fields contributed to the Soviet Union's general advancement in the development of military

neg: United States occupation of Haiti death, he launched an attack on Port-au-Prince. The Second Caco War ended with the death of Benoit Batraville in 1920, who had commanded an assault on the Haitian capital that year. The end of the First World War in 1918 deprived the rebels of their main ally in the guerrilla struggle. Germany's defeat meant its end as a menace to the US in the Caribbean, as it lost control of Tortuga. Nevertheless, the US continued its occupation of Haiti after the war, despite the embarrassment that it caused President Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, when he

neg: Ballymena United F.C. 1940 Irish Cup after a 2–0 win over Glenavon in which Sclater and Moore. This was the last 'proper' Irish Cup before province wide football was suspended due to World War Two. United were not to kick a ball in anger again until the 1946–47 season. The club withdrew from the Irish League shortly after the end of the season when the Showgrounds was taken over to assist the war effort. One can only wonder this squad of players could have achieved if given another couple of seasons together. Even though WW2 ended in time for the commencement of the

neg: National Civilian WW2 Memorial Trust National Civilian WW2 Memorial Trust The National Civilian WW2 Memorial Trust (NCWW2MT) is a registered charity with the aim of preserving and restoring the National Picture Theatre in Kingston upon Hull, England. The National Picture Theatre on Beverley Road in Kingston upon Hull was a cinema which was built in 1914. During the Second World War, the cinema was bombed and mostly destroyed when an air raid took place on the night of 18 March 1941. A film had been showing at the time of the bombing, which was Charlie Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator'. All 150 people in the cinema

neg: Eva Slater Eva Slater Eva Slater (June 17, 1922 - May 2, 2011), a Hard-Edge artist was born in Berlin, Germany in 1922 and studied art at the Lotte Art Academy. After WW2 ended she moved to the United States where she worked as a fashion illustrator in New York City. After meeting her husband, John Slater, they moved to Los Angeles, California where she began studying painting at Art Center College of Design. It was there that she met Lorser Feitelson who founded the Los Angeles based Hard Edge art movement. Slater became a prominent member of the Hard Edge movement

neg: Eva Slater became a scholar and collector of American Indian basketry, writing the book Panamint Shoshone Basketry, an American Art Form. Eva Slater Eva Slater (June 17, 1922 - May 2, 2011), a Hard-Edge artist was born in Berlin, Germany in 1922 and studied art at the Lotte Art Academy. After WW2 ended she moved to the United States where she worked as a fashion illustrator in New York City. After meeting her husband, John Slater, they moved to Los Angeles, California where she began studying painting at Art Center College of Design. It was there that she met Lorser Feitelson who

neg: Foreign involvement in the Syrian Civil War US troops in northern Syria, deployed there in support of the Kurdish-dominated SDF, to pressure president Assad to make concessions at the talks in Geneva. This intent was in mid-January 2018 clearly broadcast by Rex Tillerson, who said the Trump administration would maintain an open-ended military presence in Syria to counter Iran′s influence and oust Syrian president Bashar Assad. However, in April 2018 the Saudi foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, said that they were in discussions with the US on finding replacement forces for the about 2,000 US troops in Syria fighting Islamic State, to address the Trump administration's desire to

neg: Secret Avengers ceremony. John Steele is apprehended and Captain America is able to delve into his memories and figures out that because of his actions during a WW2 mission, John Steele ended up getting kidnapped and brain washed by the Shadow Council. During the Fear Itself Crossover, the Secret Avengers are summoned to defend Washington DC. Beast meets with an old congressman friend, who turns out to be an Omega-level mutant, who can animate statues, then has Abraham Lincoln from the Lincoln Memorial and dinosaurs from the National Museum of Natural History fight off Nazis. In issue 14 we get Valkyrie's origin

neg: Operation Flash campaign against the Bosnian Serbs. The intervention was formalized on 22 July 1995, when Croatian President Franjo Tuđman and the Bosnian president, Alija Izetbegović, signed Split Agreement on mutual defence, permitting the large-scale deployment of the HV in Bosnia and Herzegovina, that drove back Bosnian Serb forces and came within striking distance of Banja Luka. The March 1994 Washington Agreement, ended the Croat–Bosniak War and created conditions for provision of US military aid to Croatia. Croatia requested US military advisors from the Military Professional Resources Incorporated (MPRI) to provide training of civil-military relations, programme and budget services of the HV

neg: Bella Abzug to assess the situation on the ground in South Vietnam near the end of the American War. Abzug was the only member of the delegation to oppose continued military and humanitarian aid to South Vietnam, yet her views quickly gained support in Congress. Abzug herself was the one who later told President Thieu directly that the U.S. would not provide "one more dollar" of support. The controversial withdrawal of support contributed to the collapse of South Vietnam. Abzug's career in Congress ended with an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination for the US Senate in 1976, when she narrowly lost

neg: Shasta Lake, California own sewage treatment plant, and its own landfill. Initially, Toyon also had two large dormitories for bachelor employees. All the residents of Toyon worked for the US Bureau of Reclamation. Bureau headquarters office and maintenance facilities were located on Kenneth Ave, parallel to Shasta Dam Blvd. All bureau employees were forced to vacate Toyon by the end of 1964 when the facility was turned over to the Job Corps as a work camp as a part of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. The Job Corps supervision ended in 1972. Toyon was subsequently occupied by local Native Americans who hoped to

neg: Presidency of John Adams Presidency of John Adams The presidency of John Adams, began on March 4, 1797, when John Adams was inaugurated as the second President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1801. Adams, who had served as vice president under George Washington, took office as president after winning the 1796 presidential election. The only member of the Federalist Party to ever serve as president, his presidency ended after a single term following his defeat in the 1800 presidential election. He was succeeded by Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party. When Adams entered office, the ongoing war between France and

neg: 2011–12 Albanian Superliga 2011–12 Albanian Superliga The 2011–12 Albanian Superliga was the 73rd official season, or 76th season of top-tier football in Albania (including three unofficial championships of WW2) and the fourteenth season under the name "Kategoria superiore". The season began on 10 September 2011 and ended on 12 May 2012. The defending champions were Skënderbeu, who won their second Albanian league championship last season and third in their history. The size of the league was expanded from twelve to fourteen teams this season. Besa Kavajë and Elbasani finished the 2010–11 season in 11th and 12th place and were relegated to the Albanian

neg: Diario 16 Spanish transition to democracy. Pedro J. Ramírez served as editor-in-chief of the paper who was appointed to the post when he was 28 years old. Ramirez's tenure ended in 1989 following his permission for the publication of the news about the close links between GAL and Felipe González’s government. The film critic was Carlos Semprún. "Diario 16" had a liberal and center-left stance. The US Department of State described the paper as a centrist publication in 2000. "Diario 16" was pioneer in investigative journalism in Spain together with the magazine "Cambio 16". The newspaper often criticized President George W. Bush,

neg: SIGSALY it was used by both General Dwight D. Eisenhower as the commander of SHAEF, and Churchill, before extensions were installed to the Embassy, 10 Downing Street and the Cabinet War Rooms. One was installed in a ship and followed General Douglas MacArthur during his South Pacific campaigns. In total during WW2, the system supported about 3,000 high-level telephone conferences. The installation and maintenance of all SIGSALY machines was undertaken by the specially formed and vetted members of the 805th Signal Service Company of the US Army Signal Corps. The system was cumbersome, but it worked very effectively. When the Allies

neg: Fictional characters in the Southern Victory Series raid into New York harbor which ended with the sinking of two US Battleships. He resumed command of a submarine until receiving news of the Armistice in 1917, upon which he knowingly torpedoed the "USS Ericsson" after hostilities ended, killing, among others, Seaman George Enos. Kimball was romantically involved with Anne Colleton in 1915. They resumed their relationship after the War, when both were involved in the Freedom Party's rise; however, Colleton broke off the relationship when the Party lost prestige following the assassination of Confederate President Wade Hampton V by a Freedom Party member. Shortly after their breakup, Kimball

neg: Feltwell settlement during the Roman occupation: when the New Cut relief channel was excavated several Roman villas were discovered along the excavation route of the river, and were injudiciously destroyed. The village was the site of a busy RAF bomber command aerodrome in WW2 that now houses US schooling, furniture storage and some satellite tracking from three large aerials housed in distinctive balls. Other neighbouring RAF fields now used by USAFE are RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall. In August 1382 John Gower purchased the manors of Feltwell in Norfolk and Moulton in Suffolk. They were then granted to Thomas Blakelake, parson

neg: Mohamed Soltan in Egypt. Mohamed took an open-ended break from his school when the 2011 revolution broke out and went to Egypt to join the youth's revolution for freedom. He and his friends at Ohio State University created shirts for the youth coalition to wear in the entrances of Tahrir Square. Mohamed joined the sit-in in Tahrir and was on the frontline at the Presidential Palace in Egypt when President Mubarak was forced to step down. Weeks after, Mohamed returned to the US and toured US University campuses to speak on his experience during the revolution. After graduating from Ohio State University

neg: National War Memorial (Canada) date, lay a wreath at the monument. Visiting foreign dignitaries will also sometimes lay a wreath at the monument; prominent figures who have done so include US President John F. Kennedy in 1961, Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1990, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and French President François Hollande in 2014. The Department of Canadian Heritage and the Department of Veterans Affairs also fund summer students at the site, hired to provide site and historical information. The subject of a memorial to commemorate those killed in the First World War was raised even before the conflict had ended;

neg: Prostitution in Guam occupation. During the Japanese occupation of Guam in WW2, some local Chamorro women were forced to work in the Japanese military brothels set up on the island (I Tiempon Chapones) along with the Japanese and Korean woman the Japanese had brought there. After the American liberation of Guam, a number of brothels were set up to serve the American servicemen. The establishment of US bases on the island after the islands were liberated in WW2, increased the demand for prostitution. The tourist area of the Tumon district of Tamuning the island's de facto red-light district. There are many massage parlours,

neg: Hotel Napoleon the memoirs of US Army veterans, "Chicken Soup for the Veteran's Soul", Jean P. Brody tells that in 1945, when the war ended, her husband Gene stayed at the Napoléon and had a fond memory of the doorman Jean Fratoni, who was very kind to the American soldiers. Jean Brody tells that 40 years later, when her husband returned to Paris, he was very surprised to meet the same doorman who recognized him and said: "You were here when the war ended, didn't you?” Fratoni was extremely warm towards the Brodys, who were deeply moved. The winner of the Nobel

neg: Cinema of the Czech Republic to make films, including Otakar Vávra, Martin Frič, Miroslav Cikán, Jan Sviták (who was murdered at the end of the war by an anti-fascist mob), , František Čáp, (who emigrated to the US after the war) and . Vladimír Čech started his career during the WW2, as well as Václav Krška. Scenario writer Karel Steklý turned to film directing at the end of the war and maintained both careers until his death. Well-known actor Rudolf Hrušínský (born 1920) also worked as a director during this period. Famous movies of the 50s include: "Journey to the Beginning of Time", "The Good

neg: Hearts of Iron III explained: Going 3D meant we could do another type of architecture where we could support more screen resolutions, and develop our maps in a quicker way. The biggest advantage from going 3D though was the ability to offload more to the GPU. With the machine advances during the last decade this gives us the biggest benefits in development when it comes to gameplay and AI. Paradox had a vision for the style of the map, given that the player would spend the majority of their time looking at it: "[...] to create a map that feels like a WW2 map,

neg: Second inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant Second inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant The second inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant as President of the United States was held on Tuesday, March 4, 1873. The inauguration marked the commencement of the second four-year term of Ulysses S. Grant as President and the only term of Henry Wilson as Vice President. Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administered the presidential oath of office. This was one of the coldest inaugurations in US history, and the inaugural ball ended early when the food froze. Wilson died into this term, and the office remained vacant for the balance of it. (Prior to

neg: 15 Psychological Operations Group number 15 was chosen because PSYOPS battlefield activities in support of 21 Army Group during WW2 were conducted by Amplifier Units (numbered 10-14). The Group adopted the stag's head formation sign used by the World War II Indian Field Broadcast Units (IFBU). Reputedly the deer's antlers symbolize both the combat support function of PSYOPS and the antennae associated with a major means of dissemination of psychological warfare messages. 15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group was established immediately after the 1991 Gulf War when the success of US military psychological operations convinced the Ministry of Defence that the UK required a similar

neg: Flying ace in dog-fighting where the Mig-17 and Mig-21 had superior manoeuvrability. The VPAF had carried out the first air-raid on US ships since WW2, with two aces including Nguyễn Văn Bảy attacking US ships during the Battle of Đồng Hới in 1972. Quite often air-to-air losses of US fighter jets were re-attributed to surface-to-air missile, as it was considered "less embarrassing". By the war's end, the US had nevertheless confirmed 245 air-to-air US aircraft losses while the figures for North Vietnam are disputed, ranging from 195 North Vietnamese aircraft from US claims to 131 from Soviet, North Vietnamese and allied records.

neg: Foreign interventions by the United States President Jacobo Árbenz and ended the Guatemalan Revolution. The coup installed the military dictatorship of Carlos Castillo Armas, the first in a series of U.S.-backed dictators who ruled Guatemala. Guatemala subsequently plunged into a civil war that cost scores of thousands of lives and ended all democratic expression for decades. The CIA armed an indigenous insurgency in order to oppose the invasion of Tibet by Chinese forces and the subsequent control of Tibet by China, and sponsored a failed revolt against Indonesian President Sukarno in 1958. As part of the Eisenhower Doctrine, the US also sent troops to Lebanon in

neg: Vito Ciancimino list of demands from 'boss of bosses' Salvatore Riina. As his price for halting attacks was passed on, charges were brought against Mori, who maintained there had been no list, that his contacts with Ciancimino were aimed at combating the Mafia, and that he had disclosed little beyond implicitly admitting he knew Mafia members. Ciancimino was born in Corleone, a village that became notorious for its powerful Mafia gang, the Corleonesi. Ciancimino's father had lived in America and got a job as interpreter to occupying US forces at the end of WW2. He used the contacts to build up various

neg: History of the United States Congress By early 1983, however, the recession had ended and Reagan was re-elected President, in 1984, with a record-breaking 525 electoral votes. The Republicans' six-year control over the Senate ended in 1986, after numerous issues (the Iran Contra Affair, unpopular support for Reagan's aid to the Nicaragua Contras, the cost of the Star Wars weapons program, farming woes and trade gaps) damaged the Reagan Administration's image. By 1988, however, Reagan was redeemed of these scandals and Republican Vice President George H.W. Bush won the 1988 US Presidential election by a landslide vote. In the 1992 US Presidential election, Democratic candidate Bill

neg: Auxiliary Pilot Badge by permission of the National WW2 Glider Pilots' Association and the Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy. The following NASA astronauts have been inducted by the National WW2 Glider Pilots' Association as Honorary Members: WW2 era Glider Pilots invited to fly the Space Shuttle Orbiter simulator at NASA's Johnson Space Center have reportedly completed every simulated landing accurately and correctly on the first attempt. The Civil Air Patrol awards a Glider Pilot Badge of its own — having a somewhat differing wing and escutcheon design while retaining the letter G — to its members who hold an FAA pilot

neg: Haitian refugees held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base US President George H. W. Bush in late 1991 and ended under Bill Clinton 1993. Camp Bulkeley was used to hold 270 refugees approved for asylum who tested positive for HIV or were related to someone with HIV at the camp. The presence of HIV/AIDS meant they were not allowed to come to the US according to a 1987 law. Simultaneously, they could not be repatriated to Haiti due to international law protecting approved asylum seekers. The US said the camp was a humanitarian endeavor. Karma Chavez wrote, "These refugees lived in deplorable conditions, were subjected to violence and repression

neg: Inheritance US inheritance was $39,000. In subsequent years, the overall amount of total annual inheritance more than doubled, reaching nearly $200 billion. By 2050, there will be an estimated $25 trillion inheritance transmitted across generations. Some researchers have attributed this rise to the baby boomer generation. Historically, the baby boomers were the largest influx of children conceived after WW2. For this reason, Thomas Shapiro suggests that this generation "is in the midst of benefiting from the greatest inheritance of wealth in history." Inherited wealth may help explain why many Americans who have become rich may have had a "substantial head start".

neg: The Abyss installed. There was so much water pressure in them that the elbows blew off. Cameron's choice of cinematographer on the movie was Mikael Salomon—a US-based Danish national who would go on to work on other blockbusters such as "Backdraft" and "Arachnophobia" before moving into the director's slot on a myriad of films and TV shows including two editions of the acclaimed HBO WW2 series "Band of Brothers". Salomon used three cameras in watertight housings that were specially designed. Another special housing was designed for scenes that went from above-water dialogue to below-water dialogue. The filmmakers had to figure out how

neg: Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia reached in Washington on 1 March. On 18 March, at a ceremony hosted by US President Bill Clinton, Bosnian Prime Minister Haris Silajdžić, Croatian Foreign Minister Mate Granić and President of Herzeg-Bosnia Krešimir Zubak signed the ceasefire agreement. The agreement was also signed by Bosnian President Alija Izetbegović and Croatian President Franjo Tuđman. Under this agreement, the combined territory held by the Croat and Bosnian government forces was divided into ten autonomous cantons. It effectively ended the Croat-Bosniak War. In November 1995 the Dayton Agreement was signed by presidents of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia that ended the Bosnian

neg: President of the Kentucky Senate chosen in the same manner. In the mid-1990s a small dissident group of Democrats joined with Republicans to elect the body's officers. John "Eck" Rose, who had served a total of ten years as President of the Senate and as President Pro Tem when that office was still the highest in the chamber, was then deposed as President of the Senate and replaced by Larry Saunders, a Democrat who aligned with the Republican minority and a handful of dissident Democrats. As a result of this arrangement, Republicans were installed as committee chairs. This arrangement ended when Republicans won a majority

neg: Foreign interventions by the United States US troops remain in South Korea to deter further conflict, as the war has not officially ended. President Harry Truman was unable to roll back the North Korean government due to Chinese intervention, but the goal of containment was achieved. During the Cold War, the US frequently used the CIA for covert operations against governments considered unfriendly to US interests. In 1949 under US President Harry Truman, a coup overthrew an elected parliamentary government in Syria, which had delayed approving an oil pipeline requested by US international business interests in that region. The exact role of the CIA in that

neg: Chinese Civil War Resolution authorizing the President to defend the ROC's offshore islands. The First Taiwan Straits crisis ended in March 1955 when the PLA ceased its bombardment. The crisis was brought to a close during the Bandung conference. The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis began on 23 August 1958 with air and naval engagements between PRC and ROC forces, leading to intense artillery bombardment of Quemoy (by the PRC) and Amoy (by the ROC), and ended on November of the same year. PLA patrol boats blockaded the islands from ROC supply ships. Though the US rejected Chiang Kai-shek's proposal to bomb mainland China

neg: Republican Blues war ended before they were deployed. In 1916 violence spilled over the US border in the south, requiring President Wilson to mobilize the National Guard to protect the US Border. Deployed after training in Macon at Camp Harris, the newly formed First Georgia Volunteer Infantry departed with the Georgia Brigade to Fort Bliss, near El Paso, Texas. They served along the border until February 1917, when the Brigade was sent home. Arriving in Savannah in March, they were informed that due to the growing war in Europe, they would not muster out. They made camp just outside Savannah where they

neg: 4AD Bros. took a lot of control during this period, as 4AD shifted focus to the US market, signing more American bands. While still president, it is clear that Ivo ceded some control during this period, and when the deal ended, he offered to sell the label back to Beggars Banquet. Dead Can Dance’s oeuvre, however, stayed with Warner Bros. until the sale back to Beggars Group. The deal with Beggars was completed by early 1999, and since then it has owned 4AD and its distribution worldwide. This led to many negotiations for the label's back catalogue, like getting back US

neg: Sujatha Singh to any of India's neighbouring nations was seen as a challenge. Singh was the third female officer to head the Indian diplomatic corps after Chokila Iyer and Nirupama Rao. In the normal course, her term as Foreign Secretary would have ended in August 2015; however, it was cut short by a government order on 28 Jan 2015 and she was succeeded by S. Jaishankar, who as Indian Ambassador to United States had played a key role during Indian Prime Minister Modi's visit to the US, and in US President Obama's visit to India. Sujatha Singh Sujatha Singh is an Indian

neg: Korean conflict When the war ended, the country was devastated, but the division remained. North and South Korea continued a military standoff, with periodic clashes. The conflict survived the collapse of the Eastern Bloc of 1989 to 1991. The U.S. maintains a military presence in the South to assist South Korea in accordance with the ROK–US Mutual Defense Treaty. In 1997, U.S. President Bill Clinton described the division of Korea as the "Cold War's last divide". In 2002, U.S. President George W. Bush described North Korea as a member of an "axis of evil". Facing increasing isolation, North Korea developed missile and

neg: Italian Costa Ricans Italian community grew in importance, even because some Italo-costaricans reached top levels in the political arena: Julio Acosta - descendant from a Genoese family in San Jose since colonial times - served as President of Costa Rica from 1920 to 1924. In 1939 there were nearly 15000 Italians resident in Costa Rica and many suffered persecutions during WW2 In 1952, there was an influx of Italian immigrants, mainly farmers, who arrived in San Vito armed with tractors and other farm machinery, and began to farm the land intensively and to raise cattle. An Italian organization for agricultural colonization purchased 10,000

neg: Walter Heywood Bryan of the Queensland division of the Geological Society of Australia. He was a representative of the University Senate on the Soldiers' Children Education Board following WW2. He was Deputy Chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Committee for many years, Editor of the Royal Society of Queensland's journal and Patron of the Gemological Association of Queensland. In 1937 he was President of the Queensland Naturalists Club, and for some years the President of the Men's Graduate Association. In 1945, he was president of the Royal Society of Queensland. After the death of Professor Henry Richards, Bryan would become the second Professor

neg: United Kingdom–United States relations British retaliated by raising their tariffs against outside countries (such as the US) while giving special trade preferences inside the Commonwealth. The US demanded these special trade preferences be ended in 1946 in exchange for a large loan. The overall world total of all trade plunged by over two-thirds, while trade between the US and Britain shrank from $848 million in 1929 to $288 million in 1932, a decline of almost two-thirds (66%). When Britain in 1933 called a worldwide London Economic Conference to help resolve the depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt killed it by refusing to cooperate. Tensions over

neg: Gebran Tueni that ended Lebanon's civil war. With this editorial, he broke an important press taboo. His letter was published when a summit between then-US president Bill Clinton and then-Syrian President Hafez Assad was held in Geneva. Tueni's letter led to a public objection from some newspapers and Lebanese officials. However, other writers agreed with its premises. In April 2001, he cofounded the Qornet Shehwan Gathering together with nearly thirty Lebanese Christian politicians and public figures. In March 2005, he contributed to the Cedar Revolution demonstrations during which he gave the famous speech, "In the name of God We, Muslims and Christians,

neg: Presidency of Jimmy Carter he was a president who never adequately defined a mission for his government, a purpose for the country, and a way to get there. Presidency of Jimmy Carter The presidency of Jimmy Carter began at noon EST on January 20, 1977, when Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as the 39th President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1981. Carter, a Democrat, took office after defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election. His presidency ended with his defeat in the 1980 presidential election by Republican nominee Ronald Reagan. Carter took office during a period of

neg: To Catch a Spy as Catch Me a Spy and Keep Your Fingers Crossed. A young British schoolteacher heads to the Eastern Bloc to try to locate her husband who has gone missing, and soon turns out to have been detained by Soviet intelligence as a spy. The Boats. The "gunboats" in the movie were:- Lalage, a 70 ft WW2 Fairmile harbor defense launch, the East German boat, and the Calshot Salar, a 60 ft WW2 Royal Air Force "three leg" pinnace, the British boat. Lalage was owned and operated by Captain Jack Glover of Dumbarton, who in addition was an extra in the

neg: Asmara Calcio "GS Marina' and the "GS Decamerè". The team won the first Eritrean championship, done in 1940, but was not officially finished because of the beginning of WW2. In the late 1940s the "GS Asmara" won the Eritrean Championship in 1945-1947-1949. A few years after the end of WW2 when most of the Italian colonists moved away from Asmara, the team was partially dismantled but survived (with only the name "GS Asmara" and without the Italian word "calcio") and in 1972 & 1973 was again the Eritrean Champion. Asmara Calcio Asmara Calcio was an Italian Eritrea football team of Asmara (capital

neg: José Ignacio Paua Near to the closing days of the revolution, he later served in the Philippine Revolutionary Army under Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo. On April 25, 1897, he also led the capture of Andres Bonifacio and Procopio Bonifacio under orders of President Aguinaldo along with Agapito Bonzón. Paua was said to be the one who stabbed Andres Bonifacio on the neck during the arrest. When the revolution ended, he began to fight against the Americans during the Philippine-American War and on September 26, 1898, Paua became a full general. When the war ended, he married a Filipino girl and they settled in

neg: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries international release. Geraldine Hakewill leads the cast as Peregrine Fisher. Joel Jackson is Detective James Steed, while Catherine McClements portrays "Birdie, an ex-member of WW2 Special Forces who is the president and mastermind of The Adventuresses’ club". The costume designer for the series was Marion Boyce. She told ABC's Darren Smith that she loves the 20s and 30s and thought the opportunity to work on a show in her hometown (Melbourne) was "fantastic." Boyce had eight weeks' pre-production, but she said that she began putting stuff together early on. She stated "After those eight weeks, we had 16 days to

neg: New Zealand American Football Federation in places like Whangarei, Tauranga, Hamilton, Wanganui, Palmerston North and Levin. 1940's exhibition football was played in war time New Zealand, with games put on by US serviceman during WW2. Reported games were played in both Auckland and Wellington between rival US warships. 1949 sees the first reported NZ football player to make a US college team. Joe Hapi from the Hawkes Bay area appears on the BYU Cougars football team as an offensive lineman. 1964 saw exhibition football played in Gisborne as elders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints put on a game complete with full

neg: Moama Historic Precinct of support for many families. Market gardening was continued by Spanish immigrants and a few remaining Chinese gardeners, despite the White Australia Policy that resulted in a decline in the number of Chinese immigrants permitted to enter Australia. During World War II Echuca East was revived economically with the construction of an ordnance factory and housing for workers. This continued post WW2 when the factory was bought by the United Bearing Corporation. After WW2, returned soldiers again boosted the economy through house construction, establishing businesses or farms. Agricultural and dairy industries continued to support a flour mill, butter factory and

neg: Stealing Klimt Altmann selected Randol Schoenberg, a Californian lawyer with an Austrian background, to represent her in her legal quest to recover the five Klimts. Altmann and Schoenberg were assisted by Hubertus Czernin, an Austrian journalist who had previously investigated and revealed the World War II activities of Kurt Waldheim, former President of Austria and UN Secretary General. Altmann's legal battle eventually ended up in the US Supreme Court where she had to face not only Austria but also the US State Department. The US Supreme Court gave jurisdiction over Austria and an Austrian arbitration panel then decided that the five paintings

neg: Augusto Pinochet tossed from helicopters into "the ocean, the lakes and the rivers of Chile". Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (; ; 25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean general, politician and the US-backed dictator of Chile between 1973 and 1990 who remained the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army until 1998 and was also President of the Government Junta of Chile between 1973 and 1981. Pinochet assumed power in Chile following a United States-backed coup d'état on 11 September 1973 that overthrew the democratically elected socialist Unidad Popular government of President Salvador Allende and ended civilian rule.

neg: Augusto Pinochet Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (; ; 25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean general, politician and the US-backed dictator of Chile between 1973 and 1990 who remained the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army until 1998 and was also President of the Government Junta of Chile between 1973 and 1981. Pinochet assumed power in Chile following a United States-backed coup d'état on 11 September 1973 that overthrew the democratically elected socialist Unidad Popular government of President Salvador Allende and ended civilian rule. Several academics – including Peter Winn, Peter Kornbluh and Tim Weiner – have

neg: Comcast Center US$27 million for the city. Critics of the KOZ designation also claimed that close relationships between Liberty Property Trust and Comcast and the Rendell administration were inappropriately influencing the governor's position on the issue. When Rendell was mayor of Philadelphia, David L. Cohen, a Comcast executive vice president, was Rendell's chief of staff, and William P. Hankowsky, Liberty Property Trust's chief executive, was director of Philadelphia's development agency. Rendell dismissed the claims, saying "Every building owner in town was a contributor to me." Chances the bill would be passed ended in November 2004 when House Republicans in the Pennsylvania General

neg: U.S. Route 67 in Iowa ended where US 61 and US 151 diverged from US 52. In 1940, US 67's entrance into Iowa was moved onto the new Rock Island Centennial Bridge. The Centennial Bridge was a toll bridge from its opening on July 12, 1940, until May 3, 2003. Tolls were originally 10 cents (equivalent to $ in 2019) for drivers and 5 cents ($) for pedestrians. The pedestrian toll was ended in 1960. Tolls were 50 cents ($) when they were removed in 2003. When the Julien Dubuque Bridge was completed in 1943, US 67's northern end was moved to the intersection of

neg: Pontoon bridge developed for the British Army, using kapok filled canvas float and timber foot walks. America created their own version. Folding Boat Equipment was developed in 1928 and went through several versions until it was used in WW2 to complement the Bailey Pontoon. It had a continuous canvas hinge and could fold flat for storage and transportation. When assembled it could carry 15 men and with two boats and some additional toppings it could transport a 3-ton truck. Further upgrades during WW2 resulted in it moving to a Class 9 bridge. Pontoon bridges were used extensively during World War II, mainly

neg: Primo Nebiolo spoke of the need to eject athletes who doped out of athletics, many questioned how high a priority anti-doping measures really were for him. His term as president ended when he died from a heart attack in 1999. He was succeeded by vice president Lamine Diack as acting president; Diack was later elected president. IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch described Nebiolo as "one of the greatest leading sportsmen of this century". However, in contrast Italy's 1960 200 metres Olympic champion Livio Berruti, described Nebiolo as a person "who trampled over and polluted the sporting ideals that I believed in and

neg: Ushanka winter uniforms. "Budenovkas" were finally replaced with ushankas based on the Finnish example. Officers were issued fur ushankas; other ranks received ushankas made with plush or "fish fur". When they experienced the harsh Russian winter, for example during the Battle of Moscow, German soldiers started to wear ushankas and other Soviet-type winter gear, as their uniforms did not provide adequate protection. WW2 ushanka presented in the Army museum (Russia) and Saumur tank museum (France). The ushanka became a symbol and media icon of the Soviet Union and later the Russian Federation. Photographs of U.S. President Gerald Ford wearing the cap

neg: Operation Uphold Democracy has ever been deployed. The 458th manned the 18th Corps Joint Movement Control Center (JMCC) in support of the mission. Father Jean Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti in October 1994 after 3 years of forced exile. Operation Uphold Democracy officially ended on 31 March 1995, when it was replaced by the United Nations Mission in Haiti (UNMIH). US President Bill Clinton and Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide presided over the change of authority ceremony. From March 1995 until March 1996, 2,400 U.S. personnel from the original Operation Uphold Democracy remained as a UNMIH-commanded support group under the aegis of Operation

neg: Giorgio Napolitano Gardner, at a time when the PCI was seeking contact with the US administration, in the context of its definitive break with its past relationship with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the beginning of eurocommunism, the attempt to develop a theory and practice more adapted to the democratic countries of Western Europe. He was an active member of the party until it ended in 1991. In 2006, when Napolitano was elected President of the Italian Republic, Gardner stated to AP Television News that he considered Napolitano "a real statesman", "a true believer in democracy" and "a friend

neg: China–Kenya relations In 2013, President Uhuru Kenyatta visited China. He held talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jingping. Kenya and China ended up signing deals worth (US$5 billion). The Premier of China, Li Keqiang visited Nairobi on his 2014 Africa tour. He and President Kenyatta witnessed the signing of 17 multi-billion deals to fund multiple infrastructural projects and various agreements. This included the establishment of a China-Africa Development Bank. Bilateral trade amounted to US$186.37 million in 2002; China exported US$180.576 million to Kenya, while only importing US$5.798 million of Kenyan goods, mainly black tea, coffee, and leather. Early in 2006 Chinese President

neg: Virginius Affair Hamilton Fish persuaded President Grant not to recognize Cuban belligerency, and the United States maintained an unstable peace with Spain. As the Cuban war continued, international patriotic insurgency began to arise in support of the Cuban rebellion, and war bonds were sold in the US to support the Cuban resistance. One of the US Cuban patriots was John F. Patterson, who bought a former Confederate steamer, "Virgin", at the Washington Navy Yard, renaming her "Virginius". The legality of Patterson's purchase of "Virginius" would later come to national and international attention. The Cuban rebellion ended in an 1878 armistice after Spanish

neg: Compendium of postage stamp issuers (Co–Cz) conquest of Yugoslavia in 1941, Croatia was a semi-autonomous state with a puppet government set up by the Nazis. Croatia returned to Yugoslavia after WW2. Croatia returned to Yugoslavia after WW2 but there was another regional issue in 1945 due to a shortage of Yugoslavia stamps at the time. When the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was proclaimed from Sarajevo in March 1992, a civil war situation escalated with Bosnian Serbs attempting to seize control of the country. An immediate effect of the conflict was that the country split into three entities: Republika Srpska (Bosnian Serb Republic), based at Pale,

neg: Peter Hurd work, as their painting careers developed side by side. Henriette focused on floral studies, oil portraits and still life paintings. Peter worked at capturing the landscape and the people who lived within it, and brought it into being. His large egg tempera paintings of the local landscape earned him national recognition and were published in "Life" magazine. Later, during WW2, "Life" magazine sent Peter Hurd all over the world as a combat correspondent with the US Air Force. He covered almost all the fronts of the far-flung battle line, creating hundreds of War Sketches that range from poignant to comic.

neg: GWR 3200 Class was renumbered post-WW2 as 9017. Mainly deployed on the Cambrian Line, the locomotive was withdrawn from service at Oswestry in October 1960. Preserved privately directly from British Railways, with the Bluebell Line as the then only preserved standard-gauge line in the whole of the UK, it arrived there 15 February 1962. From September 1963 it carried the name plates from GWR Castle class No.5060. It carried its post-WW2 9017 plates until the BR withdrawal of GWR 0-6-0 No.3217, when it was reunited with its original number plates in early 1965. After a period out of traffic from December 1973, its

neg: Korean War Veterans Memorial Company, the Tallix Art Foundry and the Baltimore District of the US Army Corps of Engineers. The memorial was dedicated on July 27, 1995, the 42nd anniversary of the armistice that ended the war, by President Bill Clinton and Kim Young Sam, President of the Republic of Korea, to the men and women who served during the conflict. Management of the memorial was turned over to the National Park Service, under its National Mall and Memorial Parks group. As with all National Park Service historic areas, the memorial was administratively listed on the National Register of Historic Places on the

neg: Freedom Collection the 1989 revolution that ended communist rule, was interviewed before his death. The Freedom Collection also includes a physical archive containing documents and artifacts from major freedom movements, including an early draft of the Tibetan Constitution given to President Bush by the Dalai Lama. At the Freedom Collection's dedication the former President declared "We believe that freedom yields peace and therefore we believe it's in our nation's interest to stand side by side with dissidents, political prisoners, courageous folks who demand their God-given right." He continued "The Freedom Collection honors courage. It reminds us of our duty to be always

neg: Joseph Boakai numbers." The election has ended, he said, and there is a new government that will continue the work from where the Unity Party led government will stop. “I ask that we all rally around this new administration to bring the desired developments that we all want. We should all know that Liberia has won so let us support each other." Joseph Boakai Joseph Nyumah Boakai Sr. (born 30 November 1944) is a Liberian politician who served as Vice President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018, serving under President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Previously he was Minister of Agriculture from 1983 to

neg: V. V. Giri warning that a crackdown on striking railwaymen would only exacerbate the situation. As president, Giri made 14 state visits to 22 countries in South and South East Asia, Europe and Africa. Giri is regarded as a president who completely subordinated himself to the prime minister and has been described as a "Prime Minister’s President", a loyalist president and a rubber stamp president under whom the independence of the office eroded. When Giri's term ended in 1974, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi chose not to renominate him to the presidency and instead chose Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, who was elected in the presidential

neg: Military dictatorship in Brazil Military dictatorship in Brazil The Brazilian military government was the authoritarian military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from April 1, 1964 to March 15, 1985. It began with the 1964 "coup d'état" led by the Armed Forces against the administration of President João Goulart—who, having been vice-president, had assumed the office of president upon the resignation of the democratically elected president Jânio Quadros—and ended when José Sarney took office on March 15, 1985 as President. The military revolt was fomented by Magalhães Pinto, Adhemar de Barros, and Carlos Lacerda (who had already participated in the conspiracy to depose Getúlio Vargas in

neg: Denmark–Germany relations the German Confederation had rejected the previous state constitution ("Helstatsforfatning"). The war ended on 30 October 1864, when the Treaty of Vienna caused Denmark's cession of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Saxe-Lauenburg to Prussia and Austria. The war resulted in a German victory. Denmark, despite having remained neutral all throughout World War I, still ended up involved in the negotiations following the defeat of Germany, due to US President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points listing the different people of Europe's right to self-determination amongst its principles, and the substantial Danish minority living in the Southern Jutland/Northern Schleswig area. Eventually, it

neg: Bharrat Jagdeo term of office officially came to an end as a result of the term limit amendment to the Constitution, piloted by his government, and signed into law by himself, which created a two-term limit for anyone elected President after 2000. He was succeeded by PPP/C presidential candidate Donald Ramotar, who was elected President in the November 28, 2011 general elections. Under the Constitution, President Jagdeo's term officially ended on December 3, 2011, when Ramotar took the presidential oath of office. During Jagdeo's tenure as President, major economic and social reforms were undertaken in Guyana. When he relinquished office, Guyana was

neg: Axis powers Laurel was arrested and charged with treason by the US government. He was granted amnesty by President Manuel Roxas, and remained active in politics, ultimately winning a seat in the post-war Senate. The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived Japanese puppet state that lasted from 11 March to 23 August 1945. When the Japanese seized control of French Indochina, they allowed Vichy French administrators to remain in nominal control. This French rule ended on 9 March 1945, when the Japanese officially took control of the government. Soon after, Emperor Bảo Đại voided the 1884 treaty with France and Trần Trọng

neg: Haitian Air Corps the time had: All of the equipment was from WW2 and was in very bad condition. The US Army captured two C-46 Commandos painted in Air Haiti markings and one was tracked to being a EX-US Navy plane. The Haiti Air Corps is currently active as of 2013 and the state of the retired aircraft is not known, but many aircraft were sold as parts or secondhand aircraft. The SIAI-Machetti S-211 jet trainers were retired and put up for sale on 23 April 1990, 2 sold to United States private companies and 2 to Republic of Singapore Air Force, and

neg: Mont-Huon Military Cemetery also become over-crowded, requiring the establishment of Mont-Huon in the summer of 1917. The Second World War saw the reopening of the cemetery to cope with the casualties of that war. Seven men are buried in Mont-Huon Military Cemetery from World War II, in two separate sections. The slight discrepancy (by one) in the number of Allied burials (WW1=2,128 & WW2=7; total = 2,135 v 2,134) is because there is one non-combatant buried in Mont-Huon. Mrs Gertrude Chambers, who died 1 December 1918 aged 27 is interred in Mont-Huon. Her headstone reads "Had he asked us we would say God

neg: Emin (esoteric movement) working life as an apprentice tool maker at Borehamwood near London England. Armin did time in the R.A.F. as a quartermaster (His rank was staff sergeant) and whilst serving a year's WW2 assignment in India Armin was court martialled. This came near the climax of WW2, and during this time he married Violet Burton from Waterloo, who eventually became known as Ruth within the Emin. After the war Armin worked at various locations around the London areas, as manager of a furniture company based in Camden Town, London, and then as a market demonstrator. During the late 1940s and early

neg: Armand Hammer United World College of the American West in the fall of 1982, an event that was attended by HRH Prince Charles, president of the United World Colleges movement. The school's founding president was Theodore D. Lockwood, who served from 1982 until 1993. Philip O. Geier served as president from 1993 until 2005, when he passed the reins to Lisa A. H. Darling, whose presidency ended in 2013. The school's fourth president was Dr. Mukul Kumar '89, an alumnus and leader in international education, who left the school in 2016. The school is currently led by Dr. Victoria Mora, former Dean of the Santa Fe campus of St.

neg: Otto von Bolschwing had to renounce his candidacy for development representative in India. In 1969 von Bolschwing was working for the California computer leasing company Trans-International Computer Investment Corporation of Sacramento, which had contracts for the Defense Department. He rose to vice-president, but his job there ended when the company became embroiled in a financial scandal, and it subsequently went bankrupt in 1971. His wife committed suicide in 1978. The US government did not begin investigating von Bolschwing's activities in Nazi Germany until 1979, when his wartime record was revealed to the public. The Justice Department filed charges against him in May 1981

neg: James Williams (ambassador) with Williams elected in 1854 and Fulton in 1857. The Bank of Chattanooga would operate until 1863, at which date the Union Army’s occupation of Chattanooga ended the bank's activities. James Williams officially left the Whig Party in 1852 and joined the Democratic Party. He would write a series of articles for Nashville's "Union and American" newspaper under the pseudonym "Old Line Whig". His efforts were well rewarded when the Governor of Tennessee, Andrew Johnson, later 17th President of the United States, recommended him to US President James Buchanan for a diplomatic position abroad. Johnson wrote to Buchanan on April

neg: Non-Combatant Corps call-up into the ordinary armed forces changed their minds, and claimed conscientious objection. The Corps was disbanded for a second time when conscription finally came to an end in 1963. In the fictional television series "Danger UXB", Private John Brinckley, a Quaker, is a member of the WW2 NCC. Assigned to Lieutenant Brian Ash's 347 Section of 97 Tunneling Company, Brinckley reconsiders his objections to war and requests reassignment to the Royal Engineers. He later is sent to Officers Candidate School, is commissioned, and is trained as a bomb disposal officer. The storyline derives from an actual WW2 NCC member

neg: Industry funding of academic research role for funding of academic research from industrial sources has received much attention both in a historical and contemporary perspective. The practice has received both extensive political praise and scholarly criticism. Research in the US prior to World War II, heavily relied on funding from private sources without major organized federal research programs or either the scientists’ or associates’ personal funds. During World War II, governmental investment in research was widely regarded as a major contributor to military success and support for research was politically favorable. Following WW2, federal research funding in both Europe and the US increased in terms