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| What date was the Army Flag Dedicated? |
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| What is the oldest part of our Army? |
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| When did the US Army begin? |
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| Who was the first Commander in Chief of the Continental Army? |
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| When was the start of the Revolutionary War? |
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| When was the Declaration of Independence Signed? |
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| The Army received it's first real training from what prussian officer at Valley Forge in the winter of 1778? |
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| Baron Fredreich von Steuben |
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| What did Baron von Steuben teach the Continental Army at Valley Forge? |
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-Simplified version of European Army drill formations and movements
-Proper care of equipment
-The use of the bayonet
-He impressed upon officers their responsibility for taking care of the soldiers
-Taught NCOs how to train and lead soldiers |
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| What is the name of the document that originally governed the US and was later replaced by the Constitution? |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| The nation was nearly doubled in 1803 when it purchased a huge expanse of territory from France in what became known as what? |
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| Who was the Author of "the Army Regulations of 1821"? |
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| What were some areas covered in "The Army Regulations of 1821"? |
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-The Hand Ssalute
-How to conduct a march
-How to make good stew for the company |
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| what is the bloodiest war in American History? |
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| When and where did the civil war actually begin? |
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| April of 1861 when SC militia force fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor |
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| The Union defeat at the first battle of Bull Run showed the need for what? |
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| More thorough preparation and more soldiers |
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| President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation on 22 Sept 1862 freed the slaves in any areas still under Confederate control as of what date? |
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| Congress Authorized the creation of the Medal of Honor on what date? |
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| Who received the first Medal of Honor? |
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| PVT Jacob Parrott, Company K, 33d Ohio Volunteer IN on 25 March 1863 |
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| The Battle of Gettysburg started on what date? |
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| General Lee surrendered his army on what date, marking the end of the civil war? |
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| Who was the only female to recieve the medal of honor? |
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| Congress declared war on Spain on what date? |
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| The Assaination of Archduke Ferdinand |
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| In a note to the Mexican Government what was offered to the Mexicans if they joined in an alliance with the German Government? |
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| Texas, Mexico, and Arizona |
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| On what date did President Wilson ask Congress to declare war on Germany? |
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| What is Armistice Day now known as? |
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| What organization similar to the UN was a result ot WW1? |
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| The National Defense Act of 4 June 1920 foverned the organization and regulation of what until 1950? |
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| On what date did the Japs attack Pearl Harbor? |
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| The Women's Army Corps was created in what year? |
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| Just after dawn on D Day, the 1st, 4th, 29th Infantry Divisions assaulted what beaches? |
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| On what days were Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed? |
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Hiroshima-6 Aug 1945
Nagasaki-9 Aug 1945 |
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| The National Security Act of 1947 was a sweep reorganization of the US Military. What did it establish? |
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| What year marked the start of the Korean War? |
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| In early of what year did President Johnson begin a process of escalation that put 184000 in south Vietnam by years end? |
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| After a US Marine was shot in 1989 in Panama, what operation was launched? |
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| In february of what year were multinational ground forces sent into Iraq? |
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| When did the Afganistan war start? |
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| When was the invasion of Iraq? |
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| When was Saddam Husein captured? |
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