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1 day ago · The Allied campaigns of August 1942 to early 1944 had driven Japanese forces from many of their island bases in the south and central Pacific Ocean, while isolating many of their other bases (most notably in the Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea, Marshall Islands, and Wake Island), and in June 1944, a series of American amphibious landings supported by Fifth ...
1 day ago · The 9/11 Commission believed that Flight 93's target was either the United States Capitol building or the White House in Washington, D.C. but Khalid Sheikh Mohammed claims that the United States Capitol was the main target. [1] 10:28:25: The North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses, 1 hour and 42 minutes after the impact of Flight 11.
3 hours ago · Sep 20, 2024. As the world watched, as the 9/11 attacks unfolded, when minutes later at 9:03 a.m. United 175 flew into the South World Trade Center, stunning the people in New York, and millions of people watching on their TV sets. As videos of the 2nd plane crashing into the building surfaced, captured by videographers in the street, it was ...
1 day ago · v. t. e. The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution. [15] The Army is the oldest branch of the U.S. military and the most senior in order of precedence. [16]
1 day ago · Cronkite was born on November 4, 1916, in Saint Joseph, Missouri, [8] the son of Helen Lena (née Fritsche) and Dr. Walter Leland Cronkite, a dentist. [9] [10] [11]Cronkite lived in Kansas City, Missouri, until he was 10, when his family moved to Houston, Texas. [10]
1 day ago · The wolf (Canis lupus; [b] pl.: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America.More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, though gray wolves, as popularly understood, only comprise naturally-occurring wild subspecies.
1 day ago · —Bruce Dickinson on his Samson band-mates. After meeting Paul Samson and Barry Purkis at the Prince of Wales, and while still undertaking his final university exams, Dickinson joined Samson onstage at Bishop's Stortford to perform one of their songs, "Rock Me Baby", cementing his role as their new lead vocalist. The band had already released their debut album, Survivors, in 1979 on an ...
