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ARTICLES RELATED TO Smedley Butler | | | |  Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia II - Smedley Butler - Military careerIn spite of his father's insistence that he remain in school, Smedley Butler dropped out when the United States declared war against Spain in 1898. Being only sixteen years old, Butler lied about his age to secure a second lieutenant's commission in the Marines.
"How old did ye say thou wast?" asked Thomas Butler, to which Smedley confessed that he had told the commandant that he was 18, born on April 20, 1880. "If ye is determined to go, thou shalt go," Thomas replied, "but don't add another year to your age, my ...
See also:Smedley Butler, Smedley Butler - Early life, Smedley Butler - Military career, Smedley Butler - First Medal of Honor, Smedley Butler - Second Medal of Honor, Smedley Butler - World War I, Smedley Butler - Director of Public Safety, Smedley Butler - China and stateside service, Smedley Butler - Military retirement and speaking career, Smedley Butler - Memorials, Smedley Butler - Notes Read more here: » Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia II - Smedley Butler - Military career |
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| | | | Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia II - Chesty Puller - Biography Puller, whose nickname was inspired by his barrel chest, was born in West Point, Virginia. He resigned from the Virginia Military Institute after his freshman year to enlist as a Private in the Marine Corps in August, 1918 (serial number 135517). American involvement in World War I was intensifying at the time; his reasoning for his enlistment is summed up in the (possibly apocryphal) quote, "I want to go where the guns are."
Puller was unable to reach an overseas theater during the First World War, but remained on duty with the Marin ...
See also:Chesty Puller, Chesty Puller - Biography, Chesty Puller - Decorations, Chesty Puller - Lewis Puller, Chesty Puller - Quotes, Chesty Puller - External link Read more here: » Chesty Puller: Encyclopedia II - Chesty Puller - Biography |
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| | | | Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia II - List of Medal of Honor recipients - Civil War Many of the awards during this period were for capturing or saving regimental flags. During the Civil War, regimental flags served as the rallying point for the unit, and guided the unit's movements. Loss of the flag could greatly disrupt a unit, and could have a greater effect than the death of the commanding officer.
This is a list of some of the more prominent Medal of Honor recipients from that conflict.
*denotes posthumous receipt
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See also:List of Medal of Honor recipients, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Civil War, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Indian Wars, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Korean Expedition, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Spanish-American War, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Samoan Civil War, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Philippine-American War, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Boxer Rebellion, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Mexican Campaign, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Invasion of Haiti, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Occupation of the Dominican Republic, List of Medal of Honor recipients - World War I, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Occupation of Nicaragua, List of Medal of Honor recipients - World War II, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Korean War, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Vietnam War, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Battle of Mogadishu, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Iraq War, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Peacetime, List of Medal of Honor recipients - Foreign, List of Medal of Honor recipients - External link Read more here: » List of Medal of Honor recipients: Encyclopedia II - List of Medal of Honor recipients - Civil War |
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| | | | Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia II - Freddie Stowers - The assault on Côte 188 Early on the morning of September 28, 1918, Stowers company was ordered to assault Côte 188, a tall, heavily defended hill overlooking a farm near Ardeuil, France. At first, the German defenders offered stiff resistance, bombarding the Americans with mortars, raking them with machine guns and keeping up steady rifle fire. The advance was not halted, however; with the Americans steadily gaining ground, and the Germans communicated their surrender with verbal and hand signals. This however proved to be a ruse, and as Company C drew nea ...
See also:Freddie Stowers, Freddie Stowers - Early life and induction into the Army, Freddie Stowers - The assault on Côte 188, Freddie Stowers - Posthumous award, Freddie Stowers - Legacy Read more here: » Freddie Stowers: Encyclopedia II - Freddie Stowers - The assault on Côte 188 |
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| | | | Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia II - Pennsylvania - History Before the state existed, the area was home to the Delaware (also known as Lenni Lenape), Susquehanna, Iroquois, Eriez, Shawnee, and other Native American tribes.
In 1643, the southeastern portion of the state, in the vicinity of Philadelphia, was settled by Sweden, but control later passed to the Netherlands, and then to England (later Great Britain).
On March 4, 1681, Charles II of England granted a land charter to William Penn for the area that now includes Pennsylvania. Penn then founded a colony there as a place of religious freedom for the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and named it for ...
See also:Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania - History, Pennsylvania - Law and government, Pennsylvania - Executive branch, Pennsylvania - Legislative branch, Pennsylvania - Judicial branch, Pennsylvania - Representation in the federal government, Pennsylvania - Politics in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania - Geography, Pennsylvania - Economy, Pennsylvania - Shopping, Pennsylvania - Taxation, Pennsylvania - Demographics, Pennsylvania - Religion, Pennsylvania - Important cities and municipalities, Pennsylvania - Education, Pennsylvania - Colleges and universities, Pennsylvania - Public Schools, Pennsylvania - State symbols, Pennsylvania - Notable Pennsylvanians, Pennsylvania - Movies set in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania in popular music, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvanians in film television and theater Read more here: » Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia II - Pennsylvania - History |
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| | | | Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia II - Lowell Thomas - Lawrence of Arabia He, and a cameraman called Harry Chase, firstly went to the Western Front but the trenches had little to inspire the American public. They then went to Italy where he heard of General Allenby's campaign against the Ottoman Empire in Palestine. With the permission of the British Foreign Office as an accredited war-correspondent, Thomas met T. E. Lawrence, a colonel in the British Army in Jerusalem. Lawrence was spending £200,000 a month encouraging the inhabitants of Palestine to revolt against the Turks. Thomas and Chase spent several weeks with Lawrence ...
See also:Lowell Thomas, Lowell Thomas - Early career, Lowell Thomas - Lawrence of Arabia, Lowell Thomas - Later career, Lowell Thomas - Books, Lowell Thomas - External link Read more here: » Lowell Thomas: Encyclopedia II - Lowell Thomas - Lawrence of Arabia |
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| | | | Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia II - Fascism and ideology - Fascism Nazism socialism collectivism and corporatism Italian Fascism clearly had roots in socialist circles, and Nazism is an abbreviation for "National Socialist German Workers Party", and Nazi leaders described their ideology as socialist. Thus, a number of people believe that Nazism were forms of socialism, or that there are similarities between fascism and socialism or communism. This correlation has been rejected to by virtually all who consider themselves socialist in any sense other than "national socialism", then and now.
It has for example been argued that the Nazi war economy, ...
See also:Fascism and ideology, Fascism and ideology - Fascism, Fascism and ideology - Fascism and the political spectrum, Fascism and ideology - Fascism and totalitarianism, Fascism and ideology - Fascism Nazism socialism collectivism and corporatism, Fascism and ideology - Critique by the Austrian School, Fascism and ideology - Response to Austrian School, Fascism and ideology - Collectivism and corporatism, Fascism and ideology - Fascism & the United States Welfare State, Fascism and ideology - Historic view from the Right, Fascism and ideology - Quotes, Fascism and ideology - Fascism and Conservatism, Fascism and ideology - Fascism and police state regimes, Fascism and ideology - Neo-Fascism, Fascism and ideology - General bibliography, Fascism and ideology - Bibliography on Fascist ideology, Fascism and ideology - Bibliography on international fascism Read more here: » Fascism and ideology: Encyclopedia II - Fascism and ideology - Fascism Nazism socialism collectivism and corporatism |
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| | | | Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia II - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Early life Franklin Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, at Hyde Park, in the Hudson River valley in upstate New York. His father, James Roosevelt (1828–1900), was a wealthy landowner and vice-president of the Delaware and Hudson Railway. The Roosevelt family (see Roosevelt family tree) had lived in New York for more than 200 years: Claes van Rosenvelt, originally from Haarlem in the Netherlands, arrived in New York (then called Nieuw Amsterdam) in about 1650. In 1788, Isaac Roosevelt was a member of the state convention in Poughkeepsie which voted to ratify the United States Constitution - a matter ...
See also:Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Early life, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Marriage and children, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Political career, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Private crises, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Governor of New York: 1928-1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Election as President, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The First New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Second New Deal 1935-36, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The second term, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign policy 1933-41, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The path to war, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Japanese-American internment, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Civil rights and refugees, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Strategy and diplomacy, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Death and posthumous reputation, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Legacy, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Cabinet members, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Supreme Court appointments, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Media, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Online Resources, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Primary Sources, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Scholarly Secondary Sources, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign Policy and World War II Read more here: » Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia II - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Early life |
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| | | | Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia II - Franklin D. Roosevelt - The third term and the path to war 1941-1945 After the 1938 Congressional elections the Republicans staged their first comeback since 1932. They gained seats in both Houses of Congress and reduced Roosevelt's ability to pass legislation at will. Roosevelt's campaign to have conservative Democratic Senators such as Walter F. George replaced by pro-Administration candidates were defeated. This increased speculation that Roosevelt would retire in 1940. Following a precedent set by George Washington, no American President who had served two full terms had ever sought a third term in office ...
See also:Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Early life, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Marriage and children, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Political career, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Private crises, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Governor of New York 1928-1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Election as President, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The first term and a New Deal 1933-1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The First New Deal 1933-1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Second New Deal 1935-1936, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The second term 1937-1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign policy 1933-1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The third term and the path to war 1941-1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Japanese-American internment, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Civil rights and refugees, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Strategy and diplomacy, Franklin D. Roosevelt - The fourth term and his death 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Legacy, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Cabinet members, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Supreme Court appointments, Franklin D. Roosevelt - Media Read more here: » Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia II - Franklin D. Roosevelt - The third term and the path to war 1941-1945 |
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| | | | Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia II - House Un-American Activities Committee - McCormack-Dickstein 1934 This House committee, McCormack-Dickstein, was named after its chairman and vice chairman, John W. McCormack and Samuel Dickstein. It was called the Special Committee on Un-American Activities Authorized to Investigate Nazi Propaganda and Certain Other Propaganda Activities. In 1934, it held public and private hearings in six cities, questioned hundreds of witnesses and collected testimony filling 4,300 pages. Its mandate was to get “information on how foreign subv ...
See also:House Un-American Activities Committee, House Un-American Activities Committee - McCormack-Dickstein 1934, House Un-American Activities Committee - Dies Committee 1938-1944, House Un-American Activities Committee - Subversion, House Un-American Activities Committee - Hollywood Blacklist, House Un-American Activities Committee - Committee chairs and notable members Read more here: » House Un-American Activities Committee: Encyclopedia II - House Un-American Activities Committee - McCormack-Dickstein 1934 |
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| | | | Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia II - 1940 - Births See also Category:1940 births
1940 - January-February.
January 4 - Brian David Josephson, Welsh physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
January 4 - Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate
January 6 - Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (d. 1989)
January 14 - Julian Bond, American civil rights activist
January 20 - Carol Heiss, American figure skater
January 22 - John Hurt, English actor
February 2 - David Jason, English actorSee also: 1940, 1940 - Births, 1940 - January-February, 1940 - March-April, 1940 - May-July, 1940 - August-December, 1940 - Deaths, 1940 - Date unknown, 1940 - Nobel Prizes Read more here: » 1940: Encyclopedia II - 1940 - Births |
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| | | | Smedley Butler: Encyclopedia II - Pennsylvania - History Before the state existed, the area was home to the Delaware (also known as Lenni Lenape), Susquehanna, Iroquois, Eriez, Shawnee, and other Native American tribes.
In 1643, the southeastern portion of the state, in the vicinity of Philadelphia, was settled by Sweden, but control later passed to the Netherlands, and then to England (later Great Britain).
Beginning in the early 1700's, large numbers of German immigrants began settling throughout Pennsylvania and for many generations, the German language dominated in many rural are ...
See also:Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania - History, Pennsylvania - Law and government, Pennsylvania - Executive branch, Pennsylvania - Legislative branch, Pennsylvania - Judicial branch, Pennsylvania - Representation in the federal government, Pennsylvania - Politics in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania - Geography, Pennsylvania - Economy, Pennsylvania - Shopping, Pennsylvania - Taxation, Pennsylvania - Demographics, Pennsylvania - Race and ancestry, Pennsylvania - Religion, Pennsylvania - Important cities and municipalities, Pennsylvania - Education, Pennsylvania - Colleges and universities, Pennsylvania - Public Schools, Pennsylvania - State symbols, Pennsylvania - Notable Pennsylvanians, Pennsylvania - Movies set in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania in popular music, Pennsylvania - Pennsylvanians in film television and theater Read more here: » Pennsylvania: Encyclopedia II - Pennsylvania - History |
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