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June 21–22, 1942 – Bombardment of Fort Stevens, the second attack on a U.S. military base in the continental U.S. in World War II. September 9, 1942, and September 29, 1942 – Lookout Air Raids, the only attack by enemy aircraft on the contiguous U.S. and the second enemy aircraft attack on the U.S. continent in World War II.
Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II is a 1998 memoir by Belton Y. Cooper. The book relates Cooper's experiences during World War II and puts forth an argument against the US Army's use of the M4 Sherman tank during the war instead of the M26 Pershing.
United States non-interventionism before entering World War II Index of articles associated with the same name This set index article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names).
The history of the United States from 1917 to 1945 was marked by World War I, the interwar period, the Great Depression, and World War II. The United States tried and failed to broker a peace settlement for World War I, then entered the war after Germany launched a submarine campaign against U.S. merchant ships that were supplying Germany's ...
II-A (F) II-A previously rejected for military service. Apr 21, 1944: Nov 27, 1946: II-A (H) Deferred in support of national health, safety, or interest, age 38 to 44 inclusive. Mar 6, 1943: Oct 5, 1944: II-A (L) II-A previously found qualified for limited military service Apr 21, 1944: Feb 15, 1946: II-B Deferred in war production. Oct 4, 1940 ...
The Corps of Engineers: Construction in the United States: Lenore Fine and Jesse A. Remington: 1972 The Corps of Engineers: The War against Japan: Karl C. Dod: 1966 The Corps of Engineers: The War Against Germany: Alfred M. Beck, Abe Bortz, Charles W. Lynch, Lida Mayo, and Ralph F. Weld: 1985
Several writers, including decorated World War II veteran and journalist Robert Stinnett, author of Day of Deceit, and former United States Rear Admiral Robert Alfred Theobald, author of The Final Secret of Pearl Harbor: The Washington Background of the Pearl Harbor Attack, have argued that various parties high in the American and British ...
Manhattan Federal Building with Office of Censorship at 252 7th Avenue in 1945. The Office of Censorship was an emergency wartime agency set up by the United States federal government on December 19, 1941, to aid in the censorship of all communications coming into and going out of the United States, including its territories and the Philippines. [1]