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  2. United States involvement in regime change - Wikipedia

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    In what became known as the "Banana Wars", between the end of the Spanish–American War in 1898 and the inception of the Good Neighbor Policy in 1934, the U.S. staged many military invasions and interventions in Central America and the Caribbean. [16] One of these incursions, in 1903, involved regime change rather than regime preservation.

  3. Timeline of United States military operations - Wikipedia

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    1941: Iceland: Iceland was taken under the protection of the United States, without consent of its government replacing British troops, for strategic reasons. 1941: Germany: Sometime in the spring, the President ordered the Navy to patrol ship lanes to Europe. By July, U.S. warships were convoying and by September were attacking German submarines.

  4. Death Valley Outlaws - Wikipedia

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    Death Valley Outlaws is a 1941 American Western film directed by George Sherman and written by Jack Lait Jr. and Don Ryan. The film stars Don "Red" Barry, Lynn Merrick, Milburn Stone, Bob McKenzie, Karl Hackett, and Rex Lease. The film was released on September 26, 1941, by Republic Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

  5. Foreign interventions by the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States government has been involved in numerous interventions in foreign countries throughout its history. The U.S. has engaged in nearly 400 military interventions between 1776 and 2023, with half of these operations occurring since 1950 and over 25% occurring in the post-Cold War period. [1]

  6. Barker Ranch - Wikipedia

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    Barker Ranch is located inside Death Valley National Park in eastern California. Used as a mining and recreational property from the 1940s to the 1960s, it is infamous due to its association with Charles Manson and his "family". It was the family's de facto headquarters.

  7. History of the United States government - Wikipedia

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    The Communist Control Act of 1954 banned Communist organizations in the United States as antithetical to American government. When direct military conflict was deemed unnecessary, the United States used covert means to combat Soviet influence, providing support to movements that were combating Communist-influenced governments.

  8. Death Valley - Wikipedia

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    July 2024 was the hottest month ever recorded in Death Valley, with a mean daily average temperature over the month of 108.5 °F (42.5 °C). [34] Four major mountain ranges lie between Death Valley and the ocean, each one adding to an increasingly drier rain shadow effect, and in 1929, 1953, and 1989, no rain was recorded for the whole year. [20]

  9. Walker Evans - Wikipedia

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    Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression.