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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
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
Akashi Akashi
Akashi , city (1990 pop. 270,722), Hyogo prefecture, W Honshu, Japan, on the Harima Sea and the Akashi Channel. Overfishing and marine pollution have hurt what was formerly an important fishing port. Akashi now has a productive heavy steel industry, which dates back to the Korean War.... Read more
Herman Wouk Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk , 1915-, American writer, b. New York City. In The Caine Mutiny (1951, Pulitzer Prize), he made the protagonist-antagonist Captain Queeg a popular symbol of uncontrolled authority. A best-seller, it was later turned into a movie and then a play. Two later novels about World War II, ... Read more
American Legion American Legion
American Legion national association of male and female war veterans, founded (1919) in Paris. Membership is open to veterans of World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The preamble to the organization's constitution, adopted at the convention in St. Louis that same year,... 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
Trygve Halvdan Lie Trygve Halvdan Lie
Trygve Halvdan Lie , 1896-1968, Norwegian statesman, first secretary-general of the United Nations . A lawyer and Labor party leader, he was Norwegian minister of justice (1935-39) and minister of trade and supply (1939-41). He became (1941) foreign minister of the government in exile. Elected... Read more
Richard W Johnson Richard W Johnson
Richard W. Johnson 1827-97, Union general in the Civil War, b. Livingston co., Ky., grad. West Point, 1849. Before the Civil War he served principally on the frontier. Johnson, made a brigadier general of volunteers in Oct., 1861, served as a division commander in the Armies of the Ohio and the... Read more
Charles Francis Adams (economist) Charles Francis Adams (economist)
Charles Francis Adams 1835-1915, American economist and historian, b. Boston; son of Charles Francis Adams (1807-86). In the Civil War he fought at Antietam and Gettysburg and was brevetted brigadier general of volunteers. Adams became a railroad expert after the war, writing Chapters of Erie ... Read more
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