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Booby traps Booby traps
BOOBY TRAPS BOOBY TRAPS, devices that explode when a hidden or apparently harmless object is disturbed and detonate before the victim can recognize and react to the danger. Traps executed in warfare have existed since antiquity, but the modern booby trap did not appear until World War I. The... Read more
Defoliation Defoliation
DEFOLIATION DEFOLIATION. Defoliation involves the extermination of plant life that in military operations might conceal enemy armed forces, command centers, supply depots, or, less commonly, fields of crops. Such destruction is accomplished by three principal courses of action: setting fires;... Read more
United States Marine Corps United States Marine Corps
United States Marine Corps military corps that forms a separate service within the U.S. Dept. of the Navy. The commandant of the Marine Corps is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff . During conflicts, the Corps is charged with conducting all land operations essential to the successful... Read more
War Powers Act War Powers Act
War Powers Act of 1973 Congress has declared war only five times in American history. Passed over President Richard Nixon's veto during the Vietnam War and the Watergate crisis, the War Powers Act (officially, the War Powers Resolution) provided a framework for “collective judgment” of... Read more
Armed Forces Radio and Television Service Armed Forces Radio and Television Service
Radio and Television Service, Armed Forces. Since 1942, the mission of the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) has been to provide information, education, and entertainment to U.S. military forces everywhere. AFRTS personnel brought American music, news, and network programming... Read more
Alexander M. Haig Alexander M. Haig
Haig, Alexander Meigs (1924– ), U.S. Army officer, secretary of state, business executive.Born near Philadelphia, Haig attended Notre Dame University and then graduated from West Point in 1947. He soon joined the staff of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in Japan and served under him in the Korean... Read more
Allan Bakke Allan Bakke
BAKKE, ALLAN 1940- M EDICAL STUDENT AND LITIGANT From Engineer to Doctor Allan Bakke was a symbol of the white backlash to civil rights and affirmative action programs. Son of a Minneapolis mailman and a teacher, Bakke originally was graduated from the University of ... Read more
Dean Rusk Dean Rusk
Dean Rusk (David Dean Rusk), 1909-94, U.S. secretary of state (1961-69), b. Cherokee co., Ga. After teaching (1934-40) and serving in World War II, he entered (1946) the Dept. of State. In 1950 he became assistant secretary of state for Far Eastern Affairs and played a major role in the U.S.... Read more
Missing in Action Missing in Action
M ISSING INA CTION It is a value of possibly all known cultures that the remains of their fallen warriors be retrieved so that they can be buried with all the honor due those who sacrificed their lives for the group. It is also one of the greatest indignities... Read more
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier form of memorial to a nation's war dead, adopted by many countries after World War I. The Tomb of the Unknowns, a memorial to the American dead of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, is in Arlington National Cemetery , just outside Washington,... Read more

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