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World War Two

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Tags: Aachen America Battle Beach Bismarck bomb Bulge Cassino Churchill Coral Crucifix D-Day Day El FDR Flying Fortress Guadalcanal Guam Guettar Gulf Harbor Hellcat Hill Hiroshima Iwo Jima Leyte MacArthur Midway Monte Nagasaki Normany nuclear of Omaha Pacific Patton Pearl Philippines Roosevelt Saipan Sea Second States the Tinian Two United US USA VE VJ War World

--American Spirit-- (expand below) The United States and World War Two 1941-1945 Total of United States Armed Forces: 16,353,639 Total of United States Casualties: 418,500 ________________________________________ THE PACIFIC THEATRE Commanders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Commander-in-Chief Harry S. Truman, Commander-in-Chief General Douglas MacArthur, General of the Army, Supreme Allied Commander South West Pacific Area General Carl Spaatz, United States Strategic Air Forces of the Pacific Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief Pacific Ocean Areas Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy Fleet Admiral Ernest King Admiral Raymond A. Spruance Operations * (asterisk) denotes an American victory Attack of Pearl Harbor-- Dec 7, 1941 Declaration of war on the Empire of Japan-- Dec 8, 1941 Battle of Wake Island-- Dec 8, 1941-Dec 23, 1941 Battle of the Philippines-- Dec 8, 1941-May 8, 1942 Battle of Bataan-- Jan 7, 1942-Apr 9, 1942 Bataan Death March-- 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea-- May 4, 1942-May 8, 1942 * Battle of the Aleutian Islands-- Jun 3, 1942-Aug 15, 1943 * Battle of Midway-- Jun 4, 1942-Jun 7, 1942 * Battle of Guadalcanal-- Jun 12, 1942-Feb 9, 1943 * Battle of the Eastern Solomons-- Aug 24, 1942-Aug 25, 1942 * Battle of Bismarck Sea-- Mar 2, 1943-Mar 4, 1943 * Battle of Tarawa-- Nov 20, 1943-Nov 23, 1943 * Battle of Saipan-- Jun 15, 1944-Jul 9, 1944 * Battle of the Philippine Sea-- Jun 19, 1944-Jun 20, 1944 * Battle of Guam-- Jul 21, 1944-Aug 8, 1944 * Battle of Tinian-- Jul 24, 1944-Aug 1, 1944 * Battle of Leyte-- Oct 20, 1944-Dec 31, 1944 * Battle of Leyte Gulf-- Oct 23, 1944-Oct 26, 1944 * Battle of Manilla-- Feb 3, 1945-Mar 3, 1945 * Battle of Iwo Jima-- Feb 19, 1945-Mar 26, 1945 * Battle of Okinawa-- Apr 1, 1945-Jun 23, 1945 * Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima-- Aug 6, 1945 * Nuclear Bombing of Nagasaki-- Aug 9, 1945 * V-J Day-- Aug 15, 1945 Japanese Instrument of Surrender-- Sep 2, 1945 ________________________________________ The SINO-BURMESE-INDIAN THEATRE Commanders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Commander-in-Chief Harry S. Truman, Commander-in-Chief General Joseph Stilwell, Northern Combat Area Command Lieutenant General Raymond Wheeler, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Lieutenant General Daniel Sultan, Commander of United States Forces India-Burma Theatre Major General Albert Wedemeyer, Commander of United States Forces China Theatre Operations Second Sino-Japanese War-- 1941-1945 * Burma Campaign-- Jan, 1942-Jul, 1945 * ________________________________________ THE EUROPEAN AND NORTH AFRICAN THEATRE Commanders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Commander-in-Chief Harry S. Truman, Commander-in-Chief General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General of the Army, Supreme Commander of Europe, Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces General Omar Bradley, General of the Army General George C. Marshall, General of the Army General Jacob L. Devers General George S. Patton, Jr. Operations * (asterisk) denotes an American victory Declarations of war on Germany and Italy-- Dec 11, 1941 Second Happy Time-- Jan 12, 1942-Jul 30, 1942 Operation Torch-- Nov 8, 1942-Nov 10, 1942 * Battle of El Guettar-- Feb 19, 1943-Apr 7, 1943 * Invasion of Sicily-- Jul 9, 1943-Aug 7, 1943 * Battle of Troina-- Jul 31, 1943-Aug 6, 1943 * Invasion of Italy-- Sep 3, 1943-Sep 16, 1943 * Battle of Monte Cassino-- Jan 17, 1944-May 19, 1944 * Battle of Anzio-- Jan 22, 1944-Jun 5, 1944 * D-Day (Omaha, Utah, and Pointe du Hoc Beaches)-- Jun 6, 1944 * Battle of Cherborg-- Jun 6, 1944-Jun 30, 1944 * Battle of Carentan-- Jun 10, 1944-Jun 14, 1944 * Operation Cobra-- Jul 25, 1944-Jul 31, 1944 * Battle of Brest-- Aug 7, 1944-Sep 19, 1944 * Battle of Nancy-- Sep 5, 1944-Sep 15, 1944 * Battle of Huertgen Forest-- Sep 19, 1944-Feb 10, 1945 * Battle of Aachen-- Oct 1, 1944-Oct 22, 1944 * Battle of Crucifix Hill-- Oct 8, 1944 * Battle of the Bulge-- Dec 16, 1944-Jan 25, 1945 * Siege of Bastogne-- Dec 29, 1944-Jan 2, 1945 * Operation Northwind-- Jan 1 1945-Jan 25, 1945 * Bombing of Dresden-- Feb 13, 1945-Feb 15, 1945 * V-E Day-- May 8, 1945 ________________________________________ OCCUPATIONS Occupation of Japan-- Aug 15, 1945-Apr 28, 1952 Occupation of Germany-- May 8, 1945-Sep 1, 1949 As of 2006, the United States Veterans Administration estimates that there are roughly 1,315,000 veterans still living who served in the United States Armed Forces during World War Two. The iconic images of our men storming the beaches of Omaha and Utah, the flag raising over Iwo Jima, and the Flying Fortress flying off into the skies are a testament to America's greatest generation. While in their presence, thank our World War Two veterans for their blood, sweat, and tears. Because it was their sacrifice which contributed to the prevalence of goodness over the dark forces of evil.

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Toronto Raptors vs Orlando Magic Nov.19/08

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Stan Van Gundy predicted at the morning shootaround that Toronto forward Chris Bosh would score 40 points against his Orlando Magic. The Magic coach turned out to be right _ and he still got to smile about it. Jameer Nelson, Hedo Turkoglu and Rashard Lewis had 22 points apiece as the Magic overcame Bosh's 40-point, 18-rebound night in a 103-90 win in a rematch of first-round NBA playoff foes. [ ] Bosh, matching up at times with Lewis and all-star centre Dwight Howard, made 14 of 19 field goals and 12 of 16 free throws. ``It's not like they came in and Bosh couldn't make a shot,'' Van Gundy said. ``As a matter of fact, he couldn't miss one. We had to play really well.'' Toronto, playing without injured point guard Jose Calderon, was done in by 24 turnovers and by a strong Orlando second quarter, in which the Magic turned a 10-point deficit into a 45-45 halftime tie. ``That was our best stretch of the year,'' Van Gundy said. Orlando built a 13-point third-quarter lead before hanging on for the victory. It was the Magic's eighth win in the past nine games. Bosh and Howard, who had 18 points and nine rebounds, work out together during the off-season. They have long talked trash to each other, and Bosh said that gives him a psychological lift when they meet. ``I guess they just catch me at the wrong time,'' Bosh said. ``I always say against my friends I want to play my hardest basketball.'' ``The way he's playing words can't describe, and it's not just scoring and rebounding,'' Toronto coach Sam Mitchell said. ``He's doing all the little things.'' The Magic used a team effort to subdue the Raptors, who they beat 4-1 in their Eastern Conference playoff series last season. Nelson, who'd averaged 18.3 points over his past three games after struggling early in the season, asserted himself early and made 10 of 15 shots for a season-high in points. Jermaine O'Neal had the better of the battle of big men early, hitting his first four field goals and scoring 10 points in the first quarter as the Raptors built a 26-21 lead. Howard didn't hit a shot from the floor in his first 13 minutes, finally making a basket to end a streak of 39 minutes of playing time in his past two games without a field goal. The all-star centre played 25 minutes against Charlotte on Sunday, missing all three of his field-goal attempts and scoring his only four points from the free-throw line. O'Neal finished with 16 points. The Raptors, who were shooting 59 per cent midway through the second half, began missing shots and turning the ball over early in the third quarter, as the Magic went up 67-54 and cruised the rest of the way. Magic guard J.J. Redick made the first start of his three-year career and scored 10 points. Redick played in only six of Orlando's first 10 games. ``Whenever I get a chance, I've got to do what I can to get back in the rotation,'' Redick said. Said Van Gundy: ``I thought J.J. was the best choice for us tonight. Nobody's down for the count.'' Redick played in place of Mickeal Pietrus, who bruised his ribs in Sunday's win over Charlotte. Van Gundy started Redick instead of Keith Bogans, who normally comes in for Pietrus, because the coach said he didn't want to disturb his rotation. Bogans had three points in 20 minutes. Orlando finally got a respite from its three-point shooting woes. The Magic, who made 801 threes last season - second-best in NBA history - had been shooting only 31.3 per cent this season, 24th in the league. They made 11 of 23 on Tuesday night. Will Solomon got his second straight start in place of Calderon, and had seven turnovers. ``It's tough right now,'' Mitchell said. ``It's tough when you have to learn out there on the court in front of 18,000 people.'' ``You've just got to take care of the ball,'' Bosh said. ``That's what we've thrived on in the past couple of years. That's what keeps us in games.'' Notes: Turkoglu scored 16 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter, his single-period season high. ... Orlando has won eight of its past nine games. ... Before Tuesday, Lewis had shot only 5-of-22 in his past two home games, scoring 11 points.