query: when did the united states entered wwii in europe

pos: Military history of the United States during World War II Military history of the United States during World War II The military history of the United States in World War II covers the war against Germany, Italy, and Japan, starting with the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. During the first two years of World War II, the United States had maintained formal neutrality as made official in the Quarantine Speech delivered by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937, while supplying Britain, the Soviet Union, and China with war materiel through the Lend-Lease Act which was signed into law on 11 March 1941, as well as deploying the

pos: European Theater of Operations, United States Army published three months before the U.S. entered the war in 1941, which advocated the defeat of the German armies on the European continent. When the U.S. entered the war after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and the U.S. was at war with both Japan and Germany, a "Europe first" a modified version of his plan was adopted by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Under the German first policy, the plan was expanded to include the blueprint for the Normandy landings. European Theater of Operations, United States Army The European Theater

neg: Harry Manning later disappeared near Howland Island. The following year Manning sustained critical injuries when his own plane crashed near Roosevelt Field, L.I. He suffered fractures to both legs, his skull and chest injuries. After his recovery he decided to cease flying. In July 1940 the United States had not yet entered WWII and was considered a neutral country. Manning was on the bridge of the liner "Washington", off the coast of Europe, when a German U-boat surfaced and immediately signaled for him to abandon ship, which would then be torpedoed. Manning's replies identified his ship as flying the neutral United States

neg: David Krech of regents. After his removal from the University of Colorado Boulder, Krech worked in Rensis Likert's Division of Program Surveys where he learned about attitude research. Krech also entered the United States Army when he was assigned to the Office of Strategies. While in this position, he conducted social psychology experiments regarding spies that the United States Army utilized during WWII. After a while out of academia, Krech was offered an assistant professorship position at Swarthmore by Macleod. During this position is when he began publishing under the name David Krech. In 1947, Krech was hired as an associate professor

neg: Harry Manning flag. While the messages were relayed Manning ordered his passengers and crew to lifeboat stations. The U‐boat commander eventually told him to proceed, adding “thought you were another vessel.” Manning was made captain of the "America" (which replaced the 1905 vessel by that name) but his tenure was cut short when the United States Lines ended all commercial service and its ships were refitted for war time transport. When the United States officially entered WWII in 1941 Manning went on active duty in the Navy. As a Navy Reserve Lieutenant Commander he served on the "Washington", now the troop ship

neg: History of the United States (1991–2008) US history and the first born after WWII. Historians and political analysts immediately referred to him as marking a "generational shift" in American politics similar to when John F. Kennedy had become the first president born in the 20th century. His promising to focus on and resolve some of the United States' many domestic issues, he entered office with high expectations. Immediately, however, he was hurt when he had to withdraw major nominees (over nonpayment of taxes). Clinton's surgeon general, Jocelyn Elders, attracted controversy over public remarks that "it would be good for parents to teach their children about masturbation".

neg: Theodore R. Milton Theodore R. Milton General Theodore Ross Milton (December 29, 1915 – August 24, 2010) was born at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, in 1915. He enlisted in the Regular Army in 1934 and subsequently entered the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1940. Following graduation, he entered United States Army Air Corps flying training and earned his pilot wings in March 1941. From 1943 to the end of hostilities in Europe, he served in B-17 aircraft with the Eighth Air Force in England. He returned to the United States in 1945, and remained until 1948 when he was reassigned to Europe as

neg: Tim McCoy show there, left school and found work on a ranch in Wyoming. He became an expert horseman and roper and developed a knowledge of the ways and languages of the American Indian tribes in the area. He competed in numerous rodeos, then enlisted in the United States Army when America entered World War I. McCoy was a soldier in the United States Army during World War I (although he did not serve in combat nor overseas) and again in World War II in Europe, rising to the rank of colonel with the Army Air Corps and Army Air Forces. He

neg: Steve Pisanos in North Africa. Pisanos' comrades decided the solution was to convince the United States government to grant him citizenship under the name of 'Steve Pisanos', which it did on May 3, 1942, with the help of his commander, Squadron Leader Chesley G. Peterson. Pisanos became the first American citizen naturalized while on foreign soil. When the United States entered World War II and started establishing air bases in England, the pilots in the three ‘Eagle Squadrons' were the only combat-experienced American pilots in Europe. A decision was made to integrate them into the US Army Air Forces. However, the pilots

neg: Margaret Tallichet (1941), and "The Devil Pays Off" (1941). The latter film was released in November 1941 when she was pregnant with her second child. She did not return to the screen. Even before the United States entered the war, her husband was an outspoken advocate for the defense of Great Britain. His first Oscar-winning film, "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), was a sympathetic portrayal of an English family enduring the Battle of Britain. After completing that film, he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps and flew in missions over Europe in order to make documentaries about them. At the 1943 Academy

neg: Gregory Mangin teams in 1930 and 1931 but did not play any matches. During WWII Mangin enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces (AAF). He became a tail gunner on the B-17 Flying Fortress and flew 50 missions over Europe. He was wounded twice in missions over Italy and France and shot down two Bf 109s in a mission over Germany. Reaching the rank of staff sergeant he received the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), the Air Medal with six clusters and a Purple Heart with one cluster. Gregory Mangin Gregory S. Mangin (November 1, 1907 - October 1979) was an American

neg: Randall Collins United States, and served as the president of the American Sociological Association from 2010 to 2011. Collins spent a good deal of his early years in Europe where his father was part of the military intelligence during WWII and also a member of the state department. Collins attended a New England prep school. Afterward, he completed a Bachelor of Arts at Harvard University where he was taught by notable sociologist Talcott Parsons. He later went on to gain a Masters in psychology from Stanford (1964) and a PhD in sociology at University of California, Berkeley (1969). Although he did not

neg: United States Army Pathfinder School signaling devices to guide aircraft to the drop zone and gliders to their landing zones. Their first use in combat was 13 September 1943 during combat jumps into Italy. WWII-era Pathfinders are most remembered for their heroic jump into Normandy during the invasion of 1944 on June 6th, when they led the way for Allied forces into Europe. They were employed throughout Southern France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany in the course of Allied airborne operations until the end of the war in Europe. They were also used in the Pacific theater with the 11th Airborne Division during the liberation of

neg: 115th Combat Support Hospital (United States) unit was again reorganized and redesignated on 25 April 1945 and became the 565th Motor Ambulance Company. After the end of World War II in Europe, the unit was inactivated on 15 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. During WWII the unit earned Campaign Participation Credit in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. On 23 May 1955, the 565th Medical Company was redesignated and allotted to the Regular Army. It was reactivated on 1 July 1955 at Baumholder, Germany. In 1990, the unit again responded when duty called and deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operations

neg: European Australians must "populate or perish". Prior to WWII, Australia had viewed itself as largely of British and Irish ancestry but after WWII the success of the United States and the reason for its success, that is largely the creation of a European diaspora, could not be ignored by Australia. Immigration brought traditional migrants from the United Kingdom along with, for the first time, large numbers of southern and central Europeans. A booming Australian economy stood in sharp contrast to war-ravaged Europe, and newly arrived migrants found employment in government-assisted programs such as the Snowy Mountains Scheme. Two million immigrants arrived between

neg: Lago Oil and Transport Company Jersey obtained a contract to supply Britain with 100 octane aviation gasoline. However, because of the isolationism that was prevalent in the United States (and which indeed resulted in the US staying neutral in WWII, until the end of 1941), the contract stated that the product had to be produced outside the United States. Because Aruba was under Dutch control, the Lago refinery became an important asset by providing a place outside the United States where aviation gasoline could be produced without legal and international problems. Thus, the size of that refinery expanded long before the United States entered World

neg: Bachmann Industries purchased by the US Army and United States Army Air Forces for their personnel during WWII. During WWII Bachmann Bros. was awarded the coveted Army-Navy "E" Award for outstanding contribution to the war effort by an American company. Other notable products include Birds of the World Model kits, Plasticville USA, shooting glasses for Winchester Repeating Arms Company (now the U.S. Repeating Arms Company), and Stein Eriksen ski goggles. Because of the sudden popularity of N scale model railroading around 1966, Bachmann entered the trains market by starting its N scale trains products in June 1968, with cars packaged in white

neg: Ralph Francis Stearley supporting the United States First Army during combat operations in Europe. After graduation, he remained at the Academy until the following July, when he made a tour of battlefields in Europe. Upon his return to the United States in October 1919, he entered the Cavalry School at Fort Riley, Kansas, from which he graduated the following July. He then joined the 4th Cavalry at Fort Brown, Texas. He entered Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in August 1921 and after completing the communications engineering course in June 1922 was assigned to the 4th Cavalry at Fort McIntosh, Texas. In March

neg: O-Zone countries, including in the United Kingdom, where it reached the third position on the singles chart. The re-release of "Despre Tine" in 2004 from the same album had similar success across Europe. In contrast to their multi-platinum status in Europe, O-Zone never entered the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart in the United States, although it did reach the 14th position on the Hot Dance Airplay chart. The viral video Numa Numa Dance helped to boost awareness of "Dragostea din tei" in the United States, but, while the song received moderate to major airplay, most Americans knew it simply as the

neg: Lakenheath to the general public. Lakenheath is host to the largest deployment of United States Air Force personnel in the United Kingdom: RAF Lakenheath. The social impact of the United States Air Force fighter airbase and its nearby sister, RAF Mildenhall, on the economy of Lakenheath and on the nearby towns and villages is important. The United States has maintained a presence in the community since bombers were stationed there during WWII conducting raids on Europe. The base has a population of around 6000 service personnel. During the Ice Age, the River Bytham flowed through the area that is now Lakenheath,

neg: United States Coast Guard Unit 387 Cryptanalysis Unit the prohibition and later Axis agent codes during WWII, leading to the breaking of several code systems including the Green and Red Enigma Machines. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Unit 387 was established in the 1920s as a small embedded unit of the USCG. It did not become an officially named unit until 1931, when it was named the USCG Unit 387 by Elizebeth Friedman. The United States government established this code-communications unit to intercept ship communications and track down prohibition law breakers because “rum runners” were increasingly using radio and code systems for communication. There was an increasing need

neg: Export–Import Bank of the United States purchase of new machinery, currency exchange, and improvements and repairs to infrastructure and transportation systems. When the Marshall Plan was initiated in 1948, EXIM concentrated its lending on non-Economic Recovery Act nations in North and South America. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the USSR was dissolved in 1991, U.S. companies were able to conduct business freely with Eastern Europe for the first time since the end of WWII. EXIM was one of the first financial institutions to provide financing for exports to the former Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia and the newly independent nations that emerged after 1991.

neg: History of Europe tied into the EU's economic market via the European Economic Area. These countries also entered the Schengen Agreement which lifted border controls between member states. The Maastricht Treaty created a single currency for most EU members. The "euro" was created in 1999 and replaced all previous currencies in participating states in 2002. The most notable exception to the currency union, or "eurozone", was the United Kingdom, which also did not sign the Schengen Agreement. EU did not participate in the Yugoslav Wars, and was divided on supporting the United States in the 2003–2011 Iraq War. NATO has been part of

neg: Zeta Psi her from the bloody Civil War, war in Europe came suddenly in the 1910s and caught a nation and Fraternity unawares. For some time, the United States did not commit troops to the battle, maintaining an isolationist stance protected. But Canada was a Dominion within Britain's Commonwealth, and when Great Britain entered the war, Canada willingly answered the call. With the first Canadian chapter only founded at Toronto in 1879, her sister chapters were still young when war came to them. Particularly stricken were the Alpha Psi and Theta Xi chapters at McGill and U Toronto. Even in 1914, they

neg: Joe Savoldi fizzled when the United States entered the war, and the ensuing sugar rationing eliminated his ability to mass-produce the drink. Joe Savoldi Joseph Anthony "Joe" Savoldi Jr., more commonly known by his nickname "Jumping Joe" Savoldi (March 5, 1908 – January 25, 1974) was an Italian-born American football player, professional wrestler, and Special Ops agent for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII. Savoldi was born two months premature in Castano Primo (Italy). He spent his childhood in Castano Primo and Bergamo (Milan, Italy) and was raised by his grandmother and an aunt before finally joining his family in

neg: Walter Simon (painter) Ph.D in 1961. Simon joined the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1940. Shortly after marrying his wife, Virginia Spottswood, in 1942, he left to join WWII . He traveled to Europe and Alaska for the war, returning in 1945. Later in life, after eight years and three applications trying to get in, he became a foreign service officer, being among only 64 African-Americans serving in foreign countries for the United States Information Agency. He went on to serve as the Assistant Cultural Attache in Cairo alongside the United States Information Agency from 1961-1969 while the United Arab Republic

neg: Taps call. Within months "Taps" was used by both Union and Confederate forces. It was officially recognized by the United States Army in 1874. "Taps" concludes many military funerals conducted with honors at Arlington National Cemetery and elsewhere in the United States. The tune is also sounded at many memorial services in Arlington's Memorial Amphitheater and at grave sites throughout the cemetery. It is also regularly played at the American Cemetery in Normandy, France, to commemorate the sacrifice made, at & around that site, by United States servicemen in WWII, during the allied effort to liberate Europe from the Nazis. Captain

neg: WWII in HD WWII in HD World War II in HD is a History Channel television series that chronicles the hardships of World War II, using rare films shot in color never seen on television before. The episodes premiered on five consecutive days in mid-November 2009, with two episodes per day. The series is narrated by Gary Sinise and was produced by Lou Reda Productions in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States. The son of Japanese immigrants, who served in the U.S. Army and was imprisoned in Europe. He is the first American soldier of Japanese descent to become an officer in the U.S. Army.

neg: 25th Infantry Regiment (United States) 25th RCT was Colonel (later BG) Robert L. Dulaney a veteran of WWII in Europe. On April 6th, the regiment was selected to march in the Army Day parade down Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C. representing all veterans from WWI and WWII. On April 18, 1946, the entire 25th RCT moved to the Sand Hill area of Fort Benning. In May 1946, the 25th RCT activated its 3d Battalion which had been unfilled since March 21, 1946. With the new 3d battalion now part of the 25th RCT, personnel would increase by 139 officers, 5 warrant officers, and 2810 enlisted

neg: Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series is the first version of combat flight simulators from Microsoft, released November 1, 1998. CFS1 is set in the European Theater of World War II. "Combat Flight Simulator" was a commercial success. It was the United States' 19th-best-selling computer game during the first half of 1999, and totaled 260,708 sales and $10.8 million revenues in the country by that October. The game's defeat of its direct competitor, "Jane's WWII Fighters", contributed to the end of Electronic Arts' Jane's Combat Simulations brand. The game's global sales surpassed 450,000 copies by

neg: Marietta, Ohio Railroad expanded in the late 19th century and had a station in Marietta, running 26 daily trains between Marietta and Pittsburgh. After WWII passenger service decreased as the railroads restructured and the federal government invested in highway construction. The last rail passenger service ended in 1953. Marietta was relatively isolated from new travel routes until 1967, when I-77 was opened with close access to the city. Before the United States entered the Great War, a group of 23 young men went from Marietta College to serve in France in 1917 as an ambulance unit; four died in battle. In 1937–1938,

neg: Lawrence Tenney Stevens as "America" (1941), "American Sculptor" (1941), and "The Confederacy" (1941) as part of his canon in addition to his original cowboys and animals. In 1939 he won a competition to create colossal monuments for the New York World's Fair. Stevens volunteered for military service once more when the United States entered WWII, and was assigned to a secret unit called Project 19. Stevens returned from the war and settled in Tulsa before moving to Arizona with his second wife. He lived and sculpted in Tempe, Arizona until his death in 1972. Lawrence Tenney Stevens Lawrence Tenney Stevens (1896-1972) was an

neg: United States Naval Special Warfare Command teaching land navigation, small-unit tactics, patrolling techniques, rappelling, marksmanship, and military explosives. The final three and a half weeks of Third Phase are spent at NALF San Clemente Island, where students apply all the techniques they have acquired during training. SEAL Delivery Vehicle Teams' historical roots began during WWII with the earliest human torpedoes to see use: Maiale, used by Italy's Decima Flottiglia MAS, and Chariots, used by British commando frogmen. Naval Special Warfare entered the wet submersible field in the 1960s when the Coastal Systems Center in Panama City, Florida developed the Mark 7, a free-flooding SDV of the

neg: Anti-Americanism their crimes against humanity". Europe was highly sympathetic to the United States after the 9/11 attack. NATO unanimously supported the United States, treating an attack on the US as an attack on all of them after Article 5 of the NATO treaty was invoked for the very first (and, last) time. NATO and American troops entered Afghanistan ( despite various schedules for withdrawals and surges). When the United States decided to invade and overthrow the Iraqi regime in 2003, it won considerable support in Europe, especially from Britain, but also intense opposition, led by Germany and France. Konrad Jarausch argues

neg: Belarusian diaspora repressions, some Nazi collaborators and thousands of young Belarusian forced laborers who stayed in Europe after WWII." Most of these Belarusian immigrants moved to United States, Canada, Australia and Brazil while some stayed in Germany, France, and UK. After the USSR fell apart, the third wave began to come in from the 1990s and still continues today. It began as a wave of "socio-economical" immigration and turned into "political asylum" escapees when President Lukashenko dictatorship matured in the last few years. Most of the people immigrated to countries of the European Union, USA, Australia, Canada and lately even Russia. The

neg: American imperialism the United States, empire does not even exist; 'we' are merely protecting the causes of freedom, democracy and justice worldwide." When World War I broke out in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson promised American neutrality throughout the war. This promise was broken when the United States entered the war after the Zimmermann Telegram. This was "a war for empire" to control vast raw materials in Africa and other colonized areas according to the contemporary historian and civil rights leader W. E. B. Du Bois. More recently historian Howard Zinn argues that Wilson entered the war in order to open international markets

neg: PIX Publishing until 1941, when Germany and the United States declared war and Lochner was held and then deported as an enemy alien. Jewish employees were sacked, and many fled Europe. PIX acted as an intermediary between émigré photographers and the American magazine and newspaper market, profiting from the development of photojournalism in the USA in the 1930s onwards. As many of the photographers for PIX were naturalized American citizens, they were not allowed in the war theaters during WWII, so they stayed home and covered the home front, though during the Korean War and Cold War, Ed Feingersh produced striking reportage.

neg: Reservation (law) them in previous cases, the Government of the United Kingdom do not accept the first reservation entered by the United States of America.<br> The Government of the United Kingdom object to the second reservation entered by the United States of America. It creates uncertainty as to the extent of the obligations which the Government of the United States of America is prepared to assume with regard to the Convention. The problem with inadmissible reservations happens more often with human rights treaties. Many reservations to these treaties have been made. However, not many states have expressed their objection. When states did

neg: Top Secret Rosies: The Female "Computers" of WWII Top Secret Rosies: The Female "Computers" of WWII Top Secret Rosies: The Female "Computers" of WWII is a 2010 documentary film directed by LeAnn Erickson. The film is focused on recognizing the contributions of women during WWII, serving as human computers and six of whom went on to program one of the earliest computers, the ENIAC. Their work helped the United States improve the accuracy of weaponry as most conducted ballistics analysis. The film officially premiered on November 1 on PBS. At the time, in the 1940s, when these women were doing this work, it was considered classified; moreover, contemporaries

neg: USS Zuiderdijk (ID-2724) getting underway on 25 April 1918 and steaming north. The ship entered New York Harbor on 4 May 1918, unloaded the Panama Railroad Company cargo she had picked up at Cristobal, and replaced it with United States Army supplies destined for Europe. "Zuiderdijk" departed the United States East Coast in convoy on 17 May 1918 and entered Le Havre, France, on 1 June 1918. After discharging her cargo and taking on ballast, "Zuiderdijk" stood out of Le Havre on 12 June 1918 and headed for the United States. She concluded a 20-day crossing of the Atlantic Ocean when she moored

neg: Robert Lee Gilbertson Gil graduated from Missoula Central High School in 1942 soon after the US entered WWII. He had to wait until his January birthday when he became 18 when he could enlist in the Army. He was sent to Europe, where he served as a combat infantryman in the U. S. Army from 1943-1946. Gil received the European Theater Campaign Medal with two battle stars, a Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart. On December 13, 1984 Gil wrote about how he earned the Purple Heart. … 40 years ago today I was a 19 year old combat infantryman in C. F,

neg: Czech Americans Czechs entered the eastern ports. Unlike previous immigration, new immigrants were predominantly Catholic. Although some of the anticlericalism among Czechs in Europe did come to the United States, on the whole Czech Americans are much more likely to be practicing Catholics than Czechs in Europe. By 1910, the Czech population was 349,000, and by 1940 it was 1,764,000. The U.S. Bureau of the Census reported that nearly 800,000 Czechs were residing in the U.S. in 1970. Since this figure did not include Czechs who had been living in the U.S. for several generations, it is reasonable to assume that the

neg: Bristol Bay was to ensure a 50% escapement of the spawning salmon to guarantee the sustainability of the resource. The Japanese fleet was composed of 10,000 ton, diesel-powered steel Japanese vessels. The Japanese had a technological advantage over the American fisherman and proved to dominate the bay that summer. In 1938, the United States agreed with Japan that the Japanese would refrain from fishing in Alaskan waters. This agreement, honored until Japan, and the United States entered WWII following the incident at Pearl Harbor. In the 1950s, Japan was strengthening its fishing presence in the Pacific to the US, Canada, and Japan

neg: Raccoon dog 9 animals. In Poland, 6,200 were shot in 2002–2003. Annual Swedish and Danish raccoon dog hunts usually result in the capture of two to seven individuals. Between 18,000 and 70,000 Japanese raccoon dogs were killed in Japan from the post-WWII period to 1982. Japan has intensified its raccoon dog culling since the 1970s, averaging 4,529 kills annually between 1990 and 1998. The numbers killed have since decreased. When used on clothing, the fur of the raccoon dog is called "murmansky" fur. In the United States it is marketed as "asiatic raccoon", and in Northern Europe as "finn raccoon". Generally, the

neg: Willy Schaeffler 17, he was the winner of Bavarian Alpine Championships. Schaeffler was named to the 1936 German Olympic team, but broke both legs before the Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games, and was unable to compete. When World War II broke out in 1939, Schaeffler was drafted into the German Army as a "political unsafe," and eventually ended up on the Russian Front. Captured and tortured by the Soviets, he escaped and returned to Austria, where he joined the anti-Nazi resistance forces working in the Austrian Alps. Following WWII, Schaeffler started training the United States Army Europe, and in this role taught George Patton and

neg: Akron, Ohio children from places including Europe and West Virginia. In 1929 and 1931 Goodyear's subsidiary Goodyear-Zeppelin Company manufactured two airships for the United States Navy, USS "Akron" (ZRS-4) and USS "Macon" (ZRS-5). Goodyear built a number of blimps for the Navy during WWII and later for advertising purposes. Akron again grew when Kenmore was annexed by voter approval on November 6, 1928. Found hiding under a bed at one of his hideouts in the city, notorious bank robber Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd was arrested under the name "Frank Mitchell" in March 1930. Goodyear became America's top tire manufacturer after merging

neg: Great Depression the recovery. It did help in reducing unemployment. The rearmament policies leading up to World War II helped stimulate the economies of Europe in 1937–39. By 1937, unemployment in Britain had fallen to 1.5 million. The mobilization of manpower following the outbreak of war in 1939 ended unemployment. When the United States entered into the war in 1941, it finally eliminated the last effects from the Great Depression and brought the U.S. unemployment rate down below 10%. In the U.S., massive war spending doubled economic growth rates, either masking the effects of the Depression or essentially ending the Depression. Businessmen

neg: Bob Brolly but did not become a professional musician until much later in life, and when his family entered the pub trade. With his band, Calvary (in which he was both lead singer and drummer), Brolly embarked on tours of Europe, the United States and Australia. He has also enjoyed a successful solo career, appearing at venues including the Wembley Arena in London, and the National Indoor Arena and Symphony Hall in Birmingham. He has released several albums, many featuring covers of popular songs. His 2012 album, "Till We Meet Again" is a collection of mostly original material. In 1994, and along

neg: Top Secret Rosies: The Female "Computers" of WWII While things today are better for women, mathematicians and others, than they were in the 1940s, it took awhile for the women of this film to be recognized. Nonetheless, many may come away from the film thinking that before World War II women not only did not work as computers or mathematicians but they also thought themselves incapable of doing such work. Listening to the four Rosies, one has the impression that such thoughts never entered their minds. Top Secret Rosies: The Female "Computers" of WWII Top Secret Rosies: The Female "Computers" of WWII is a 2010 documentary film directed

neg: American Women's Voluntary Services American Women's Voluntary Services American Women's Voluntary Services (AWVS) was the largest American women's service organization in the United States during World War II (WWII). AWVS provided women volunteers who provided support services to help the nation during the war such as message delivery, ambulance driving, selling war bonds, emergency kitchens, cycle corps drivers, dog-sled teamsters, aircraft spotters, navigation, aerial photography, fighting fires, truck driving, and canteen workers. Some of its work overlapped with the Office of Civilian Defense and the American Red Cross. Alice Throckmorton McLean founded AWVS in January 1940, 23 months before the United States entered the

neg: Lost (Died Pretty album) 2013 by Sandman Records. The band entered Trafalgar Studios in early 1987, soon after returning home from a two-month, 70-date tour of Europe and the United States, physically exhausted but creatively energised. Keyboardist Frank Brunetti recalled: "Even though we weren't making much money out of it we could see that people were taking an interest, not just in Australia but in the States and Europe. There was demand from people to make another record." Bassist Mark Lock announced he would quit the band because he did not want to tour any more, but agreed to join them for the recording

neg: Eduardo Suger His father entered WWII in the Switzerland military service, and there was no contact between his father and his mother. This prompted her to return to Guatemala in 1949 and remarry. He had four brothers from this new marriage and although they did still have a relationship, they did not interact like a normal family. Dr. Suger lived with his grandmother until she died when he was twelve. Dr. Suger was a great violin player. Starting young, he got praise and love for his talents, which he used to replace the lack of affection from his mother and other family.

neg: Edith Wilson aspect of the administration was overshadowed by war in Europe and abandoned after the United States formally entered the conflict in 1917. Edith Wilson submerged her own life in her husband's, trying to keep him fit under tremendous strain, and accompanied him to Europe when the Allies conferred on terms of peace. Following his attendance at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, Wilson returned to campaign for Senate approval of the peace treaty and the League of Nations Covenant. However, at the age of 62, he suffered a stroke in October, which left him partly paralyzed. The United States never

neg: Rafael Hernández Marín municipal orchestra under the director Manuel Tizol. In 1913, Hernández had his first child, Antonio Hernández (out of wedlock), to Ana Bone. In 1917, Hernández was working as a musician in North Carolina, when the United States entered World War I. The jazz bandleader James Reese Europe recruited brothers Rafael and Jesús Hernández, and 16 more Puerto Ricans to join the United States Army's Harlem Hell fighters musical band, the Orchestra Europe. He enlisted and was assigned to the U.S. 369th Infantry Regiment (formerly known as the 15th Infantry Regiment, New York National Guard, created in New York City June

neg: Export–Import Bank of the United States operate the new road and by providing China with purchasing power during WWII. An additional $20 million to the Universal Trading Corporation was approved in 1940. A 1939 journal article in Foreign Affairs noted that China used part of the $25 million to purchase 2,000 three-ton trucks from Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors. EXIM played a critical role during the years between the end of Lend-Lease (September 1945) and the beginning of the Marshall Plan and the World Bank's first authorizations (May 1947 – 1948). At the end of WWII, it was recognized that the U.S. did not have a

neg: Jane's WWII Fighters flop. In 1999, "Computer Gaming World" reported that the game "appears to have been murdered by Microsoft's brand recognition." Its lifetime sales in the United States reached 60,943 copies by October 1999, which drew revenues of $2.58 million. Speaking anonymously to Bruce Geryk of GameSpot, an ex-staffer for Origin Systems remarked that the game "spent some serious cash, and did not sell." He attributed its failure to "Combat Flight Simulator"s dominance of the World War II flight simulation field during 1998, and called "WWII Fighters" performance "the death knell for Jane's products", after which the brand unraveled. Following the May

neg: 67th Combat Support Hospital (United States) 1943 to 16 June 1944 the unit trained at several locations in Gloucestershire, England. On 17 June 1944, the 67th Evacuation Hospital, semi-mobile landed at Utah Beach, Normandy. The unit participated in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes Pass-Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns during WWII, and was decorated with the meritorious unit commendation streamer embroidered European Theater. In December 1945, the 67th Evacuation Hospital, semi-mobile returned to the United States and was inactivated at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey on 1 January 1946. The unit was redesignated as the 67th Evacuation Hospital on 10 June 1963 and activated at Fort Carson,

neg: 57th Signal Company (United States) "brigade units of action" (BUA). The 57th Signal Company currently supports the 172nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Separate). List of activation and inactivation dates and places: Vietnam Tet 69. Counteroffensive, Summer-Fall 1969, Winter-Spring 1970 Korea 3rd Korean Winter, Summer 1953 WWII Northern and Central Europe Iraq Operation Iraqi Freedom, Fall 2006 Iraq Operation Iraqi Freedom, Winter 2008 57th Signal Company (United States) Formed in 1947, the 57th Signal Company is an independent communications company of the U.S. Army. The 57th Signal Company has served in Germany, Korea, Vietnam, Alaska, and Iraq. The company is currently quartered in Germany. The unit's

neg: Intelligence dissemination management and groups will see the country doing an assessment as a friend. In planning for WWII, the United States developed the "Rainbow Series" of war plans; the serious assumption was that Japan would be the only significant enemy. While this was wargamed again and again, there had been little analysis of a two-front war with the Axis. For WWII, Britain had assumed France would be an effective ally, rather than quickly defeated. Britain also did not consider the effect of the Soviet Union as a second front. This was understandable given the initial Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact before Germany attacked the USSR,

neg: Ukrainian Village, Chicago were committed to Ukraine’s freedom crusade. Following WWII, thousands of political refugees from war-torn Eastern Europe found their way to the United States, including professionals, physicians, lawyers, writers and intellectuals who had opposed the Stalinist regime. The population surge of the 1950s energized Chicago’s Ukrainian Village, and spurred construction of new parishes and the founding of new civic and cultural organizations. The fourth, and most recent, wave of immigration from Ukraine to the United States occurred in the 1990s, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and subsequent opening of Ukraine’s borders to the west. While the largest influx of

neg: USS Ammen (DD-35) with the Torpedo Flotilla along the east coast. Upon the outbreak of World War I in Europe in 1914, "Ammen" began neutrality patrols and escort duty along the east coast. After the United States entered the conflict in April 1917, "Ammen" sailed for the Bahamas on a reconnaissance mission. When she returned to the United States, the destroyer entered the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 6 May to be fitted out for overseas service. "Ammen" was assigned to Division 9, Destroyer Force, and sailed on 18 June for St. Nazaire, France. After the arrival of the convoy at St. Nazaire on

neg: Spruce Production Division Sitka spruce was the most important tree species because its combination of lightness, strength, and resiliency was ideal for aircraft production. In addition, its long, tough fibers did not splinter when struck by bullets. Even before the United States entered the war, the Pacific Northwest had become the main supplier of spruce for aircraft production in Great Britain, France, and Italy. Northwest lumber mills, however, were never able to meet Europe's demand for spruce. The government wanted a monthly production of of spruce, but before the division was activated, only were produced monthly. When the United States entered the war

neg: Languages of the United States escape persecution in Europe. Another wave of settlement occurred when Germans fleeing the failure of 19th Century German revolutions emigrated to the United States. A large number of these German immigrants settled in the urban areas, with neighborhoods in many cities being German-speaking and numerous local German language newspapers and periodicals established. German farmers also took up farming around the country, including the Texas Hill Country, at this time. The language was widely spoken until the United States entered World War I. In the early twentieth century, German was the most widely studied foreign language in the United States, and

neg: SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie (1906) the United States on 3 February 1917 and transferred from the United States Shipping Board (USSB) to the U.S. Navy when America entered the war that April. She was commissioned 28 July 1917 and renamed USS "Mount Vernon" after George Washington's Virginia home. She was fitted out at Boston to carry troops and materiel to Europe. "Mount Vernon" departed New York for Brest on 31 October 1917 for her first U.S. Navy crossing, and during the war made nine successful voyages carrying American troops to fight in Europe. However, early on the morning of 5 September 1918, as the transport

neg: Shmuel Flatto-Sharon At age 14, he began selling cigarettes to soldiers and students, and then entered the recycling business, making a fortune in the recycling of paper, rags, and scrap metal. At age 21, he entered the real estate business. Throughout his 20s, Sharon built up his business empire. He came to own a transport service for hauling merchandise with dozens of trucks, industrial plants, a chain of restaurants and cafes, and hotels. By the late 1960s, he owned dozens of companies throughout Europe, the United States, and South America, and did business in oil, logging, and precious metals in Africa. In

neg: Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII when putting together this add-on." Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII is the second of two expansions to the World War II first-person shooter computer game "Battlefield 1942". It was released for Microsoft Windows on 4 September 2003 in North America and 5 September 2003 in Europe. It was also released for Mac OS X on 25 October 2004. "Secret Weapons of WWII" brings many new features to the original game, such as new weapons, vehicles, battles, factions, and a new gameplay mode that focuses on fulfilling objectives more than destroying the enemy army.

neg: Chris Burden reconstruction of two such city-states, poised for war, incorporates 5,000 war toys from the United States, Japan, and Europe – on a , sand base surrounded by a “jungle” made of houseplants. The gallery-sized installation "All the Submarines of the United States of America" (1987) consists of 625 identical, small, handmade, painted-cardboard models that represent the entire United States submarine fleet dating from the late 1890s, when submarines entered the navy’s arsenal, to the late 1980s. He suspended the cardboard models on monofilaments from the ceiling, placing them at various heights so that as a group they appear to be

neg: World War III the Cold War. Some of those plans are now out of date and have been partially or fully declassified. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was concerned that, with the enormous size of Soviet forces deployed in Europe at the end of WWII and the unreliability of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, there was a serious threat to Western Europe. In April–May 1945, British Armed Forces developed Operation Unthinkable, thought to be the first scenario of the Third World War. Its primary goal was "to impose upon Russia the will of the United States and the British Empire". The plan was

neg: Herbert W. Armstrong called British Israelism, formed the central basis of the theology of the Worldwide Church of God. Franz Josef Strauss, a major politician in post-WWII Germany, became the target of the broadcasting and publishing media blitz that Armstrong unleashed upon Europe through the daily offshore pirate radio station broadcasts by his son Garner Ted Armstrong, "The Plain Truth", and the Ambassador College campus at Bricket Wood in Hertfordshire, England. Strauss was portrayed as being the coming Führer who would lead a United States of Europe into a prophetic World War III against the U.S. and U.K. at some time between 1972

neg: Hack (falconry) and placed young falcons upon it when they still did not know how to fly yet. There were over three-hundred breeding pairs of peregrine falcons before World War II in eastern United States. In the late 1940s, a large, abrupt decline of prey birds came about. On top of the pre-WWII causes of gradual decrease of population (e.g. shooting of birds, egg collecting, predators, etc.), the main component to the downfall was the popular use of an insecticide called DDT. The product would be carried in the prey and kill the birds off and DDE, the by-product, would accumulate in

neg: United States Air Force Pararescue sometimes land small aircraft and they did experiment with parachute rescue teams. With Canada's entry into WWII in 1939, former Canadian fighter ace Wop May was put in charge of training operations and took over command at the No 2 Air Observer School in Edmonton, Alberta. Edmonton was one of the common stops for A-20 Boston, B-26 Marauder and especially B-25 Mitchell bombers being flown to the Soviet Union as part of the lend-lease program. When these aircraft went down, typically due to mechanical or navigational problems, the crew often survived only to die attempting to make it out of

neg: Ruth Virginia Bayton during July 1943, Ruth returned to the United States for a brief visit. After WWII ended and shortly after Juan Peron's rise to power, Ruth left to tour war-torn Europe early 1946. That spring, she left Europe from London aboard the SS John Ericsson back to New York, entertaining American troops and refugees along the way. She maintained a residence in New York until late 1947, afterwards relocating to Los Angeles, California where she eventually passed away, at some unknown date, although it's believed to be sometime during the late-1950s. Ruth Virginia Bayton Ruth Virginia Bayton (5 February 1907 –

neg: Ford Cargo Ford Cargo The Ford Cargo is a forward control (cab-over-engine) truck model that is manufactured by Ford. Designed by Ford of Britain as the successor to the larger Ford Transcontinental cabover, the Cargo entered production in 1981. In 1986, the Cargo entered the United States market as a successor to the long-running Ford C-Series. Following the 1986 sale of the commercial vehicle division of Ford of Europe to Iveco, the Ford Cargo was sold in Europe as an Iveco Ford to 1991, when it was updated, becoming the Iveco Eurocargo. The 1981 Ford Cargo was styled by Patrick Le Quément,

neg: Mobilization the NRMA did not serve overseas until 1944. Conscripts did, however, serve in the Aleutian Islands Campaign in 1943 though the anticipated Japanese defense never materialized due to the evacuation of the enemy garrison before the landings. Service in the Aleutians was not considered "overseas" as technically the islands were part of North America. The United Kingdom mobilized 22% of its total population for direct military service, more than any other nation of WWII era. Full scale mobilizations were not enacted by the United States and the Soviet Union or their respective allies, during the Cold War, as the era

neg: North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission the Convention Area. The NPAFC Convention area includes the waters of the North Pacific Ocean and adjacent seas (Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk), north of 33°N Latitude in international waters beyond the 200-mile zones of coastal states. Although not part of the Convention area, member nations may conduct scientific activities south of 33°N Latitude beyond the 200-mile zone. Anadromous fish covered under the Convention include Pacific salmon and steelhead trout: Following the conclusion of WWII and the signing of the San Francisco Peace Treaty in 1952, Canada, Japan, and the United States of America entered into a trilateral fisheries convention

neg: Golden Age of Roller Skating and figure skating. By 1941, national conventions were being held in the nation's newest and best equipped rinks across the country. As the United States entered WWII, the national organization was well structured to support the war effort, leveraging it size (17,000,000 skaters) to become the leisure recreation sought by both youth and adults. Rinks were able to organize locally, hosting rubber, steel and all sorts of recycle drives. in the formative years of roller skating national organizations, a rival rink owner's organization to RSROA was established on the east coast and titled itself United Rink Owner's (UR)), essentially to

neg: Jiang Ying (musician) studied music in Berlin. Jiang graduated from Universität der Künste Berlin in 1941. When World War II broke out in Europe, Jiang had to move and further studied opera in Switzerland. Jiang graduated from Musikhochschule Luzern in 1944. Jiang went back to China (at that time the Republic of China). On 31 May 1947, as a Chinese opera singer, Jiang first performed in Shanghai. In 1947, Jiang moved to the United States. In 1955, when her husband Qian was deported by the United States government, Jiang went to the People's Republic of China together with him. Qian and Jiang entered

neg: Alice Sjoselius singing opera in Germany for several years when the United States entered World War I. When she returned to America, she sang at fundraisers for the war effort, including on the steps of the United States Department of the Treasury building in Washington, D. C. Sjoselius made her New York debut at Aeolian Hall in 1918, singing Swedish folksongs as part of her program. Also in 1918, she was engaged to sing a benefit concert for the Swedish Old People's Home in Evanston, Illinois. However, her 1918 tour was suspended on medical advice. She returned to Europe in 1919, to

neg: Speed limits in the United States by jurisdiction from a low of 40 mph in downtown Pittsburgh and Philadelphia to a high of 70 mph in some suburban areas. In 1940, when the Pennsylvania Turnpike was opened between Irwin and Carlisle, the entire 160 mile limited-access toll road did not have a speed limit, similar to that of the German Autobahns. In 1941, a speed limit of 70 mph (113 km/h) was established, only to be reduced to 35 mph (56 km/h) during the war years (1942–45). After WWII, the limit was raised to 70 mph on the four-lane sections, with the two-lane tunnels having 50 mph (80

neg: Tanks of the United States fitted with add-on explosive reactive armor (ERA) packages and supported the drive into Kuwait City where they were involved in a two-day tank battle at the Kuwait airport with the loss of only one vehicle and no crew. They saw service with the United States Marine Corps, and the Saudi Arabian Army. When the Abrams entered service in the 1980s, they operated alongside M60A3 within the United States military, and with other NATO tanks in numerous Cold War exercises. These exercises usually took place in Western Europe, especially West Germany, but also in some other countries like South Korea. During

neg: USS Amphion (ID-1888) USS Amphion (ID-1888) The first USS "Amphion was a former German passenger liner SS "Köln for Norddeutscher Lloyd from 1899—1917. "Köln" had been interned in Boston on the outbreak of war in Europe and confiscated in April 1917 when the United States entered the war. The ship was under the control of the United States Shipping Board (USSB) that allocated commercial type ships to military or civilian use during the war. "Köln" was renamed "Amphion" and operated by USSB for the Army as United States Army Chartered Transport (U.S.A.C.T.) "Amphion" as an animal transport taking mules, horses and general cargo

neg: Josef Nassy without further investigation. Nassy continued to work for the same firm until 1934, when he decided to study painting. He was admitted to an academy of fine arts in Brussels, Belgium. In 1939, he married a Belgian and began earning a living as a portrait artist. The Germans occupied Belgium in May 1940, but Nassy and his wife did not leave. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the United States entered World War II. On April 14, 1942, four months after the United States entered the war, Nassy was arrested as an enemy national in German-occupied

neg: IFF Mark III case Mark III was compromised. This did occur very late in the war, but too late to be a concern. Some Mk. IVs were used in the Pacific Theatre in WWII, but it was never used in Europe. Bowden stayed on in the US, joining the NRL group in 1942 to begin development of the further improved Mark V, later known as the United Nations Beacon, or UNB. This moved to even higher frequencies between 950 and 1150 MHz, dividing up this band into twelve discrete "channels". This allowed the ground operators to instruct the aircraft to change their transponder

neg: USS Jacob Jones (DE-130) Southampton and Plymouth, England; and Le Havre and Cherbourg, France. When in the United States awaiting her next convoy, she maintained her operational readiness by training exercises in waters off Maine or Long Island. When in Europe, she operated on coastal and harbor ASW patrols. In all "Jacob Jones" crossed the Atlantic 20 times, providing protection for merchant and troop convoys in the North Atlantic. Three weeks and a day after Germany's unconditional surrender, "Jacob Jones" departed Southampton, England, and steamed in convoy for the United States. She put into New York 8 June 1945 and entered the Brooklyn Navy

neg: Post-WWII anti-fascism a van) filled with an estimated 40 KKK and American Nazi Party members confronted the protesters, culminating in a shootout known as the Greensboro Massacre. In the 2010s, self-described antifa groups have become increasingly active in Western Europe and North America. These loose collectives first arose in the early 2010s in response to growing nationalism in countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, and France. In the US, anti-fascist groups had existed since at least 1988 in the form of the Anti-Racist Action, but an American movement using the same name has become increasingly active since 2016, often

neg: Languages of the United States came from varying geographic backgrounds and nuanced approaches to worship, immigrant Jews of Eastern Europe and Russia were often united under a common understanding of the Yiddish language once they settled in America, and at one point dozens of publications were available in most East Coast cities. Though it has declined by quite a bit since the end of WWII, it has by no means disappeared. Many Israeli immigrants and expatriates have at least some understanding of the language in addition to Hebrew, and many of the descendants of the great migration of Ashkenazi Jews of the past century pepper

neg: Neosho Rapids, Kansas Neosho Rapids, Kansas Neosho Rapids is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 265. Neosho Rapids was originally called Italia, and under the latter name laid out in 1855. It was named Neosho Rapids in 1857 from the whitewater on the Neosho River. LIFE magazine did a 5-page feature article in the December 24, 1945, issue of servicemen coming home to the town for their first Christmas after WWII. Neosho Rapids is located at (38.368716, -95.991901). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of

neg: Mexico–United States relations Although the United States had had a long history of interventions in Latin America, the expropriation did not result in that. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was implementing the Good Neighbor Policy, in which the U.S. eschewed the role of intervention and courted better relations with the region, which would be vital if another major conflict broke out in Europe. However, with the Great Depression, the United States implemented a program of expelling Mexicans from the U.S. in what was known as Mexican Repatriation. When the U.S. did enter World War II, it negotiated an agreement with Mexican President Manuel

neg: Internment of German Americans Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer wrote that "All aliens interned by the government are regarded as enemies, and their property is treated accordingly." By the time of WWII, the United States had a large population of ethnic Germans. Among residents of the United States in 1940, more than 1.2 million persons had been born in Germany, 5 million had two native-German parents, and 6 million had one native-German parent. Many more had distant German ancestry. During WWII, the United States detained at least 11,000 ethnic Germans, overwhelmingly German nationals. The government examined the cases of German nationals individually, and detained

neg: Ubisoft the United Kingdom and Germany. They entered the video game distribution and wholesale markets, and by 1993 they had become the largest distributor of video games in France. In 1996, Ubi Soft listed its initial public offering and raised over in funds to help them to expand the company. Within two years, the company established worldwide studios in Annecy (1996), Shanghai (1996), Montreal (1997), and Milan (1998). One difficulty that the brothers found was the lack of an intellectual property that would have a foothold in the United States market; games like "Rayman" did well in Europe but not overseas.

neg: Europe first Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Washington, shortly after the United States entered the War, the decision for the "Europe First" strategy was affirmed. However, U.S. statistics show that the United States devoted more resources in the early part of the war to stopping the advance of Japan, and not until 1944 was a clear preponderance of U.S. resources allocated toward the defeat of Germany. Germany was the United Kingdom's primary threat, especially after the Fall of France in 1940, which saw Germany overrun most of the countries of Western Europe, leaving the United Kingdom alone to combat Germany. Germany's planned

neg: Harlan Lewis the distributions of the chaparral and coastal sage scrub communities in cis-montane California, and they concluded that these two communities had their centers of distribution in San Diego County, and probably entered the Southwestern United States from the North American Pleateau. He also received his M.A. degree in 1942 on a completely different subject: the taxonomy of "Trichostema" in the "Lamiaceae", which was published in 1945. As a result of his work with Frits Went at California Institute of Technology during the WWII years he published on yet a different subject: that of the response of 13 California annuals to

neg: Axis & Allies (2004 video game) Axis & Allies (2004 video game) Axis & Allies is a real-time strategy World War II video game developed by TimeGate Studios and published by Atari, Inc. for the Windows XP and older platforms. The game was released on November 2, 2004. It is based on the board game series "Axis & Allies" from Milton Bradley and also on TimeGate's . Set in the years after Japan and the United States entered into the war, the game allows the player to act as a WWII commander to build military forces to fight against other generals, using and technologies from the

neg: United States Customs District of Salem and Beverly 20 years. The most interesting case was that of Samuel D. Turner. He was appointed surveyor in April 1842, but was removed from the position later that year as he "did not qualify". The surveyor of Ipswich was part of the Salem and Beverly district until 1796, when Ipswich was created as a district in its own right. United States Customs District of Salem and Beverly The United States Customs District of Salem and Beverly was an administrative area for the collection of import duties on foreign goods that entered the United States by ship at the ports of Salem

neg: USS Pocahontas (ID-3044) USS Pocahontas (ID-3044) USS "Pocahontas" (SP-3044) was a transport ship for the United States Navy during World War I. She was originally the SS "Prinzess Irene", a built in 1899 by AG Vulcan Stettin of Stettin, Germany, for the North German Lloyd line. At the beginning of World War I the ship was in New York and was interned by the United States. She was seized when that country entered the conflict in 1917 and converted to a troop transport. As the USS Pocohantas, she carried 24,573 servicemen to Europe, and after the war returned 23,296 servicemen to the United

neg: Ethnic groups in Houston Harris County, the FM 1960 corridor, and The Woodlands. Many poor White Americans particularly from nearby Southern States have relocated to Houston for its lower cost of living and job opportunities. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Houston received numerous immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe, many of whom entered through the Port of Galveston. As did other southern cities, Houston attracted "overflow" European immigrants first destined for industrial cities in the eastern seaboard and the Midwestern United States, which received larger numbers of Eastern and Southern Europeans in this period. In 1910, Houston had groups of Austro-Hungarians,

neg: UKSA (maritime charity) sailing, community work, work experience and help to complete a professional CV. The charity’s founder, Noel Lister, was born in 1927. After completing his education he went straight into a six-year signing with the Army, where his entrepreneurial spirit was already apparent on a troop ship to Egypt towards the end of WWII when he traded cigarettes and did a “tea round” selling tea to other soldiers too lazy to make their own in the heat. Back on home soil, he entered the world of retail by working in a furniture store. He was such a strong character the shop

neg: Tavar Zawacki to interfere with what your imagination would be wrong." After finishing the U.S.A. tour the previous year, Tavar returned to Europe in 2005. When asked in an interview why he did not hang his arrow mobiles in Europe after his U.S.A. tour, he responded, "In the United States there are an almost infinite amount of overhead telephone wires and street cables. However I was unsure if the different European countries had many overhead wires like in the United States? I decided instead to make wooden arrow that were able to adhere to the sides of buildings, at elevated heights. During

neg: Ernő Schwarz relatively minor anti-Semitism compared to Europe, Schwarz and several of his team mates decided to move to the U.S. following the conclusion of the tour. Before he did so, he returned to Austria where Hakoah won the league championship. Then in the summer of 1926, he left Europe for good to move to the United States. When he arrived, he signed with the New York Giants of the American Soccer League (ASL). In 1928, the ASL and United States Football Federation engaged in a struggle for dominance in the U.S. Known as the “Soccer War”, this struggle led to USFA

neg: Field Artillery Branch (United States) Field Artillery Branch (United States) The Field Artillery is a combat arms branch of the United States Army. The United States Army Field Artillery branch traces its origins to 17 November 1775 when the Continental Congress, unanimously elected Henry Knox "Colonel of the Regiment of Artillery". The regiment formally entered service on 1 January 1776. During the 19th Century a total of seven Artillery regiments were formed which contained a mixture of "heavy" artillery companies and "light" artillery batteries. The light artillery batteries took the role of field artillery although they did not use that designation. It should be noted

neg: Lapland longspur head, a browner back and chestnut nape and wing panels. It breeds across Arctic Europe and Asia and in Canada and the northernmost United States. It is migratory, wintering in the Russian steppes, the southern United States, Northern Scandinavian arctic areas and down to coastal Southern Sweden, Denmark and Great Britain. This is the only Eurasian species of the longspur buntings, and while it probably did not evolve there, it has been present in Eastern Europe for at least about 30,000 years. The most common flight call is a hard "prrrrt" usually preceded by a more nasal "teeww". When breeding,