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Traumatic bonding. Trauma bonds (also referred to as traumatic bonds) are emotional bonds that arise from a cyclical pattern of abuse. A trauma bond occurs in an abusive relationship, wherein the victim forms an emotional bond with the perpetrator. [1] The concept was developed by psychologists Donald Dutton and Susan Painter. [2][3][4]
During World War I, the United States saw a systematic mobilization of the country's entire population and economy to produce the soldiers, food supplies, ammunitions and money necessary to win the war. Although the United States entered the war in April 1917, there had been very little planning, or even recognition of the problems that Great ...
The Committee organized events between January 1942 until August 1945. Chairmen of the committee included Clark Gable , James Cagney , Sam Levene and George Murphy . Hattie McDaniel was the Chairman of the Negro Division of the Hollywood Victory Committee, providing entertainment for soldiers in hospitals, and those stationed at military bases.
A formal disbandment parade was conducted at Fulwood Barracks, concluding with the commanding officer’s of 22 & 34 Field Hospital accepting command of the regiment’s task-squadron’s as the regiment’s role 1 squadrons resubordinated to command of their new units to create the Army’s first regular ‘Multirole Medical Regiments’.
An American propaganda poster promoting war bonds, depicting Uncle Sam leading the United States Armed Forces into battle. During American involvement in World War II (1941–45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory. Using a vast array of media, propagandists instigated hatred for the enemy ...
A strong aspect of American culture then as now was a fascination with celebrities, and the government used them in its eight war bond campaigns that called on people to save now (and redeem the bonds after the war, when houses, cars, and appliances would again be available). [118] The War Bond drives helped finance the war.
Bonus Army. The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates. Organizers called the demonstrators the Bonus Expeditionary Force (B.E ...
The strength of a Union corps averaged 9,000 to 12,000 officers and men, those of Confederate armies might average 20,000. Two or more corps usually constituted an army, the largest operational organization. During the Civil War there were at least 16 armies on the Union side, and 23 on the Confederate side.