... one condition that he could have flight training to become a pilot. Miller agreed, and Colonel Mitchell (after some persuasion) let Rickenbacker transfer to flight school at Tours before he would take the assignment at Issoudun. At Tours Rickenbacker excelled, attaining 25 flying hours in just 17 days, which earned him his wings and a commission of first lieutenant (Bowen 153). Upon graduating Rickenbacker ... ...

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... several guns. Upon returning home, Alvin married his sweetheart and moved into a home give to him by the Rotary Club of Nashville. During the 1920s, Alvin went on numerous speaking tours trying to raise awareness for education and raise money for the Alvin C. York Institute. Alvin's vision was for a school open to any and all underprivileged Tennessee children who wished to ... broke out, Alvin attempted to reenlist in the infantry but age prevented him from doing so. Instead, he signed up with the Signal Corps and traveled the country on bond tours, recruitment drives, and camp inspect...

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... happened to Wilson at a terrible time in history. When the treaty and the League of Nations at stake, he could not do much about it. He could not do anymore tours around the US to get American's on board with the idea. Without the support from America's, the League of Nations fell through. Some people think that if Woodrow Wilson would ... ...

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... hear of Korea, the first thing that comes to mind is the Korean War. The DMZ(demilitarized zone) is an active tourist site. It is a unique place to visit. The tours are usually in English and are fairly expensive but they are very thorough. All the peace talks between North and South Korea take place here. Panmunjeom is the only place ... ...

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... generations. He was not only a musician but also a Producer, Writer, Director, and Actor. Throughout his life he had made some 60 films, tens of millions of recordings, television specials, worldwide tours, raised hundreds of millions of dollars for charities, and also became active in Politics, supporting Democratic candidates and fighting against racism in pop culture. He also won nine Grammy's and ... ...

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... . Bishop served all through the First World War. As well into the second he was Air Marshal in charge of recruiting. He helped to sell war bonds, conducted many inspection tours and tried to show up at every graduation day to pin on the wings for new pilots. Following the Second World War Bishop retired and settled down with his wife ... ...

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... almost persuading them to support the author. The devastation that the Vietnam War caused Kovic to experience was both physical and emotional. Ron Kovic, a Marine in Vietnam, went on two tours of duty as a young adult. The second tour of duty would be life-changing, as he was shot, the bullet puncturing his lung and damaging his spinal cord, which would ... ...

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... not clear and some time elapsed before they were noticed. DEROS was a very personal thing; each individual was rotated on his own with his own specific date. This meant that tours in Vietnam were solitary, individual episodes. It was rare, after the first few years of the war, those whole units were sent to the war zone simultaneously (Goodwin 1989). Therefore ... ...

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... 1930, not with a degree in journalism, but in speech and history. Murrow first job was with the National Student Federation of America. The main things he did were arrange European tours for student groups. The experience taught him to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people. In 1935, Murrow took a job with the Institute of International Education. When he was there ... ...

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... to Asia. Hawaii and California in particular, saw the largest growth in the Asian population. The war also took many Americans to Japan and Okinawa. It is during these military tours of duty that many soldiers studied with the Japanese and then brought karate back the United States. Several of these soldiers studied with some of Japan's most famous teachers and ... ...

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... his excruciating experiences in a few journalistic books and then began his political career where he made his first lecture tour in the United States. His proceeds and publicity from the tours allowed him to enter parliament as a Conservative. He eventually came to disagree with the conservatives and with the tariff proposals from Joseph Chamberlain, his alienation was complete, and he then ... ...

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