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The landing strips were 600 feet (183 metres) in width, cleared, graded, and surfaced with turf. A concrete runway 150 feet (46 metres) in width was centred on the strip, with a length of at least 2,000 yards (1,829 metres) for the main landing strip, and at least 1,400 yards (1,280 metres) for the secondary landing strips. [2]
The 1st through 25th Infantry Divisions, excepting the 10th Mountain Division, were raised in the Regular Army or the Army of the United States prior to American involvement in World War II. Because of funding cuts, in September 1921, the 4th through 9th Infantry Divisions were mostly inactivated.
Roblox Corporation (/ ˈ r oʊ b l ɒ k s / ROH-bloks) is an American video game developer based in San Mateo, California. Founded in 2004 by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel, the company is the developer of Roblox , which was released in 2006.
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.
The M1 helmet is a combat helmet that was used by the United States Armed Forces from 1941 to 1986. Designed to replace the M1917 helmet, a British design used during World War I, the M1 helmet is known for having been used as the primary American combat headgear during World War II, with similarly extensive use in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
The Ford GPA "Seep" (Government 'P' Amphibious, where 'P' stood for its 80-inch wheelbase), with supply catalog number G504, was an amphibious version of the World War II Ford GPW jeep. Over 12 thousand were made and they served with Allied forces in the many theatres of WW2, including the Pacific, Eastern front, and from D-day to the end.
This armament configuration was an intermediate between the sponson-mounted weapons of the Mark VIII Liberty tank of World War I vintage, and the combination of turreted cannon, coaxial machine gun and glacis-mounted machine gun that was almost universal in World War II medium tanks. [6] The crew consisted of a tank commander, a driver and four ...