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The battle was for control over the key strategic height Hill 609 and its surrounding area between the American forces of the U.S. II Corps and German units of the Afrika Korps. [1] The battle proved a formative experience for the American forces - in their first clear-cut victory of the campaign, and has been called "the American Army's coming ...
No. 609 (West Riding) Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, originally formed as a bomber squadron and in the Second World War active as fighter squadron, nowadays provides personnel to augment and support the operations of the Royal Air Force. The squadron is no longer a flying squadron, but instead has the role of Force Protection.
George Shibata (November 14, 1926 – May 20, 1987) was an American military officer, attorney, and film & television actor. He was the first Japanese American graduate of any of the United States Service Academies, graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1951.
May 3, 1943: Plane crash kills General Frank M. Andrews, Commander of U.S. Army operations in Europe May 14, 1943: Australian hospital ship Centaur sunk by Japanese sub, 268 medical personnel killed May 15, 1943: "Bat bomb" experiment sets fire to Carlsbad Army Air Force base May 16, 1943: SS Polizeifuhrer Stroop announces final eradication of Warsaw's Jewish quarter and its 56,065 residents
Antoine Barnave (1761–1783), French revolutionary, tried to establish a French constitutional monarchy, member of the Feuillants. [693] Isaac Barré, British politician, gave his name to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Barre, Massachusetts; and Barre, Vermont. [694] Ruth Bascom, American politician, mayor of Eugene, Oregon. [446]
The Hills is an American reality television series that originally aired on MTV from May 31, 2006 until July 13, 2010. [1] [2] Developed as the spin-off of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, the series aired six seasons and focused on the personal and professional lives of several young women residing in Los Angeles, California.
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After the Battle of Blackwater, Sansa Stark (Catelyn's daughter) is cast aside by King Joffrey for Margaery Tyrell. Petyr attempts to persuade Sansa to leave the capital with him, but she refuses. When Joffrey is poisoned at his own wedding, Sansa is secretly smuggled out of the capital by Petyr, who planned Joffrey's assassination with Lady ...