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• Directory:Zachary Taylor
  ...y," Taylor had a 40-year military career in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]], serving in the [[War of 1812]], [[Black Hawk War]], and [[Seminole Wars| ...k" Taylor]] (born [[January 27]], [[1826]]-[[1879]]), [[Confederate States Army]] [[General]]
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• Directory:Louisiana
  ...nce and over the years Louisiana was at one time or another subject to the Union Jack of Great Britain, the Tricolor of Napoleon, the Lone Star flag of the ...a small part of West Florida, still claimed by Spain, were admitted to the Union as Louisiana, the 18th state. Spain ceded West Florida in 1821. In January
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• Directory:William McKinley
  ...61, at the start of the [[American Civil War]], he enlisted in the [[Union Army]], as a private in the [http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/cw23.html Twenty-third ...secured safety legislation for transportation workers and restricted anti-union practices of employers.
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• Directory:James Monroe
  ...aduating from William and Mary in 1776, Monroe fought in the [[Continental Army]], serving with distinction at the [[Battle of Trenton]], where he was shot === States admitted to the Union ===
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• Directory:Dwight D. Eisenhower
  |rank=[[General of the Army (United States)|General of the Army]] |branch=United States Army
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• Directory:South Korea
  ...to defend South Korea from DPRK attacks supported by China and the Soviet Union. An armistice was signed in 1953, splitting the peninsula along a demilitar | bgcolor="#ffffff" | Army, Navy, Republic of Korea Air Force (Han-guk Kong Goon), Marine Corps, Natio
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• Directory:George Washington
  | order2=[[Continental Army|Commander-in-Chief <br /> of the Continental Army]] ...ding General of the United States Army|Senior Officer of the United States Army]]</small>
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• Directory:Ulysses S. Grant
  |branch= [[United States Army]] |rank= [[General]] of the Army of the United States[[Image:Us army general insignia 1866.png|80px]]
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• Directory:Martin Van Buren
  ...es Secretary of War|Secretary of War]], with whom the wives of the cabinet officers had refused to associate. He did not oppose Jackson in the matter of remova ...tburst of anti-British sentiment swept through the U.S. Van Buren sent the army to the frontier and closed the rebel bases. Van Buren tried to vigorously e
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• Evil
  The smallness of the army renders the natural strength of the community an over-match for it; and the The opposition of the federal government, or the interposition of federal officers, would but inflame the zeal of all parties on the side of the State, and th
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• Directory:John F. Kennedy
  ...From February through September 1939, Kennedy toured Europe, the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Balkans]] and the [[Middle East]] to gather background information ...hat the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] occurred. He attended the Naval Reserve Officers Training School and Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center before bein
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• Directory:Woodrow Wilson
  ...States|income tax]], set up the [[War Industries Board]], promoted [[labor union]] growth, supervised agriculture and food production through the [[Smith-Le ...church. The father also briefly served as a chaplain to the [[Confederate Army]]. Wilson’s father was one of the founders of the Southern [[Presbyterian
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• Directory:Pakistan
  ...handed over responsibility for governing to the commander in chief of the army, General Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan, who became President and Chief Martial L ...red martial law, and suspended portions of the 1973 Constitution. Chief of Army Staff Gen. Muhammad Zia ul-Haq became Chief Martial Law Administrator and p
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• Directory:Herbert Hoover
  ...over several ballots between [[Illinois]] Governor [[Frank Lowden]] and [[Army]] General [[Leonard Wood]], few delegates seriously considered turning to H ...ns in response to Hoover's appeals. "I suppose I could have called in the Army to help," he said, "but why should I, when I only had to call upon Main Str
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• Directory:Harry S. Truman
  During [[World War I]] Truman served as an [[United States Army Field Artillery Corps|artillery]] officer. After the war he became part of ...gast_3.html|title = The Pendergast Machine |publisher = Kansas City Police Officers Memorial - History |accessdate = 2007-07-26}}</ref>
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• Directory:Gerald Ford
  ...hio State-Michigan]] football game, while attending a summit in the Soviet Union as President.<ref name="wakeup">{{cite web |last = Larcom |first = Geoff |u ...ossed over to humans. On [[February 5]], [[1976]], an [[United States Army|Army]] recruit at [[Fort Dix, New Jersey|Fort Dix]] mysteriously died and four f
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• Directory:Thomas Jefferson
  ...ieved that political success at home depended on the success of the French army in Europe:<ref>{{wikiref |id=Schachner-1951 |text=Schachner, '''1''': 495}} ...nderway, the [[Federalist]]s under John Adams started a navy, built up the army, levied new taxes, readied for war, and enacted the [[Alien and Sedition Ac
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• Directory:Jimmy Carter
  ...te L.B. Walker Carter (1832&ndash;1874) served in the [[Confederate States Army]]. ...k, studying nuclear physics and reactor technology for several months at [[Union College]] starting in March 1953. This followed Carter's first-hand experi
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• Directory:Franklin D. Roosevelt
  ...n marriages, fifteen divorces and twenty-nine children. All four sons were officers in [[World War II]] and were decorated, on merit, for bravery. Their postwa ...New Deal policies as central to his legacy, and in his 1944 [[State of the Union Address]], he advocated that Americans should think of basic economic right
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• User:Badmachine/wikipedia-en-2011-11-13
  [11:22] <jubo2> I used to listen to their tape in my boat in the army .. their debut album in 1997 [11:23] <jubo2> ... to me when I was in the army
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