US Army History and Traditions

No, Pershing's Punitive Expedition was a failure.

The regulation in the Army regulation that prohibits profanity is found in the UCMJ, Article 134, Paragraph 60. If indecent language is communicated to someone under age 16, you could get dishonorable discharged.

For the man being the officer: (whatever rank) LT. & Mrs. (the husbands name) John Doe For the woman being the officer: (whatever rank) LT. & Mr. (the husbands name) John Doe ALSO: Usually you will want to spell out. If you do abbreviate they are all caps!

In world war 2 a lot of soldiers were burned, lost in action or found in pieces so they were unrecognizable to anybody since they didn't have DNA testing back then. So instead of putting them in different places they took all the unrecognizable soldiers and created a single tomb called the tomb of the unknown soldier because all the soldiers are unknown.

He was a leadjng General in WW1

Won the Silver Star Medal

Faught in the Cuban War In 1898

In the Philippines in 1903

Pershing Led the successful Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918 Personally

In 1776 when the colonies declared independence they needed an army. Washington went to Congress in a uniform he had made and told them he wanted to command the American troops. He pointed out that he had experience in the French and Indian war as a British officer. This was pretty much true, but he wasn't considered a prominent officer. Congress told him that they would give him a chance and gave him the commission. In reality he did make an astute insightful commander.

I believe that Alvin York married Gracie Williams.

They were not trained at all. Most were farmers with squirrel guns. They were good shots because they had to be to protect and feed their families. This is one reason they turned to guerrilla warfare. They were fighting the most powerful well equipped and trained army of their time. So, they used what they had to their advantage. They knew the land and places where they could ambush the army as it moved. Often the British had many wagons, horses and people to move. The officers brought with them china, carpets, furniture, and other items of comfort for their tents. These heavy wagons slowed the movement and allowed openings for the colonial army to attack. The idea that they were ready to fight in a minute is mainly a modern idea. They were more "sunshine" patriots because when time came for planting crops or harvest they left to take care of that instead of staying to fight. 90% of the country was farming so this was very important to them as the sole means of their source of income.

During the Vietnam War there were the following classifications: Class 1, 2, 3, and 4. 1-A, 1-A-O, 1-C, 1-D, 1-H, 1-O, and 1-W. 2-A, 2-C, 2-D, and 2-S. 3-A. 4-A, 4-B, 4-C, 4-D, 4-F, 4-G, and 4-W. 1-A meant the man was available for military service. 1-W meant he was a Conscientious Objector. 4-F meant the man was unfit for military service.

Leonard Wood who went to Cuba as a Colonel commanding the 1st US Volunteer Cavalry (Rough Riders), was promoted to Brigadier General and commanded the 2nd Brigade's Cavalry Division for the remainder of the War in Cuba. He was the Military Governor of Santiago and then the Military Governor of Cuba and later the Philippines. Wood had won the Medal of Honor in the American Indian Wars where he served as a Cavalry Medical Doctor. He went on to become the Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

The terra cotta army was Qin Shi Huang's memorial to the end of war. He was an atheist and did not believe in the so-called "afterlife."

See The School of Sun Tzu: Winning Empires without War

I believe that England's army was a lot bigger than the colonies over all. At first though there was only a small portion of the England's army in the colonies they were fighting all over the world. You also have to think that England's army was well-trained and knew what they were doing, while most of the colonials were just normal men who wanted freedom. I am not sure though the exact numbers of the two armies, try a google search!

A brigadier general is a one-star general. There are several brigadier generals in the U.S. Army.

The odds are that your father's PERSONNEL records were destroyed in a fire at the Military Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO, July 1973. But your father's Discharge Documents are invaluable toward accurate, historic research for facts.

There was no single uniform for WWI, or WWII, for that matter. It depends on the country and branch of service. in the trenches the infantrymen wore pants and boots, and jackets. The boots were actually more like shoes, covering only the ankles, and requiring cloth leggings or puttees (strips of cloth wrapped like a bandage) to keep dirt out and provide ankle support. Officers got taller boots, which were shiny. In bad weather they wore trench coats (hence the name) The trench coats had openings in the pockets so they could reach the stuff they normally carried without having to rearrange it all. The English and American infantrymen (I don't know about the French) had helmets that were semicircular and flared out at the edge. If you picture a "doughboy" that is what they looked like. The German helmets were taller and less bowl-shaped. Some of the officers had points on top. Each side had its own gas mask designs, and these changed frequently as newer and more deadly poison gases were invented throughout the war. The airmen of WWI wore very different gear than those in WWII. First, they had no parachutes. Towards the very end of the war, Germany did start to employ them. The aviators in WWII had jumpsuits with harnesses and places for their radios and air masks to hook on. over this they wore modern bomber jackets. The guys in WWI had no such luxuries, since radios at the time were too big and tempermental, and their cockpits were open and unpressurized. They wore jodhpurs and uniform jackets, under "teddy bear suits" which consisted of big fur-lined leather jackets that went to their knees sometimes, and big warm fur or leather boots. Of course they all had gloves, caps, and goggles. I know the regular uniform for the French air force (the Aeronautique Militaire) was grayish blue and had little squarish caps with a short bill in front. The Royal Flying Corps (British air force) had black uniforms because they were part of the Navy. After the war they became the Royal Air Force and got their own dark blue uniforms. I don't know much specifically about the German air force uniforms, but I know if got a Blue Max (the highest medal) and certain other medals, you had to wear them all the time. There were all kinds of special uniforms for various regiments and other things, like the particularly dashing outfits of the Australian Light Horsemen (watch "Gallipoli" to see a young Mel Gibson wearing it). Some of the Scottish regiments wore kilts, even in combat.

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The Villistas needed supplies and the US Government had given official recognition to the Carranza Government and had begun an embargo of supplies to Villa. He stole 100 horses and mules from the US Army. Villa paid a man from Columbus for the arms. When he sent to collect the deal, not only the man refused to acknowledge the deal and provide the guns, but he threatened the Villa emissary with his life. When Villa was delivered the news, he got his man and went to collect. The rest is history...

True. Though his army killed many, they didn't capture Pancho villa.

Counter tops should have an inch and a half overhang beyond the cabinet face.

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