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Since the establishment of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, 30 troopers and 4 K9s have died while on duty. [15] The agency, along with the Arizona Highway Patrol Association, remembers each fallen officer at an annual memorial ceremony on the first Monday of May. [16]
Japan has the sixth longest coastline in the world (29,751 km (18,486 mi)). It is the largest island country in East Asia and the fourth largest island country in the world. [12] Because of Japan's many far-flung outlying islands and long coastline, the country has extensive marine life and mineral resources in the ocean.
Racing car driver, 24 Hours of Le Mans winner CAC Mustang: Australia Lost control in cloud [12] Cornelia Fort: United States 1943 First WAFS fatality Vultee BT-13 Valiant: 10 miles south of Merkel, Texas, United States mid-air collision Steve Fossett: United States 2007 Entrepreneur, commodities trader American Champion Decathlon
The Officer Down Memorial Page reports 436 deaths in the line of duty. [26] The leading cause of death for 2020 was COVID-19 at 281 deaths followed by gunfire at 46 deaths and 9/11-related cancers with 35 deaths. The state with the largest number of line-of-duty deaths was Texas with 78 followed by New York with 43.
When Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Japan in 1853, using naval pressure to open up Japan to foreign trade, Yokosuka was a quaint, native fishing village. In 1860, Lord Oguri Kozukenosuke, Minister of Finance to the Tokugawa Shogunate Government, decided that "If Japan is to assume an active role in world trade, she must have proper facilities to build and maintain large seagoing vessels."
1912–1941: China: The disorders which began with the overthrow of the dynasty during Kuomintang rebellion in 1912, which were redirected by the invasion of China by Japan, led to demonstrations and landing parties for the protection of U.S. interests in China continuously and at many points from 1912 on to 1941. The guard at Beijing and along ...
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Living quarters across all camps resembled military style barracks as they were constructed from military surplus equipment. Living space was generally tight and incredibly cramped among families. The forced removal of Japanese Americans from the "affected areas" of California , Oregon , Washington , and Arizona started from April to May 1942.