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Samoa (formerly Brownsville) is a census-designated place [5] in Humboldt County, California. [2] It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Eureka , [ 6 ] at an elevation of 23 feet (7 m). [ 2 ]
On June 6, 1944, the world was forever changed. World War II had already been raging around the globe for four years when the planning for Operation Neptune -- what we now know as "D-Day" -- began ...
Samoa Bridge (middle span) over the Middle Channel of Humboldt Bay 1.37: Samoa Bridge (north span) over the Samoa Channel of Humboldt Bay North end of freeway 2.03: New Navy Base Road – Samoa: Arcata: 8.80: US 101 (Redwood Highway) – Crescent City, Eureka: Interchange; north end of SR 255; US 101 exit 713: Samoa Boulevard – Sunny Brae
In 1841, Cadwalader Ringgold, an officer in the United States Navy, spent twenty days surveying the San Francisco Bay watershed as a member of the United States Exploring Expedition In 1849, Cadwalader Ringgold began a more comprehensive survey the San Francisco Bay region, [11] the Sacramento River, and parts of the American and created several maps which included depth sounding information ...
More than 156,000 Allied troops landed by sea on five beaches – code-named Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword – or parachuted behind German defenses. Almost 4,500 of them were killed on D-Day ...
More than 14,000 Canadians stormed the 8 kilometres (5 mi) stretch of a Lower Normandy Beach between Courseulles-sur-Mer and St. Aubin-sur-Mer on 6 June 1944. They were followed by 150,000 additional Canadian troops over the next few months, and throughout the summer of 1944 the Canadian military used the town’s port to unload upwards of 1,000 tons of material a day, for the first two weeks ...
Along just the Southern California coast, the cliffs could erode more than 130 feet by the end of the century if the sea keeps rising, according to recent projections by Barnard and his team.
State Route 86 (SR 86) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. State of California that connects the Imperial and Coachella valleys in the southeastern desert region of the state. It runs from State Route 111 near the Mexican border crossing at Calexico north through the Imperial Valley via El Centro and Brawley , and around the west side ...