Oscar Goerlitz Biography

Due to increasing size, Eglin Field was renamed Eglin Field Military Reservation in recognition of its importance to the Air Corps. “Appropriations of $202,536 were announced by Congressman Bob Sikes of Crestview in mid-April 1941 for construction and installation of water, sewage, electrical facilities, sidewalks, roads, fences, parking areas, landscaping and for the construction of a sewage disposal plant. Submitted to the WPA headquarters in Washington, DC in late March, the request received presidential approval in April. Work continued apace on some projects on a 24 hour a day basis.” In order to provide the air arm a greater autonomy in which to expand more efficiently, the Army Air Corps became the U. S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) in June 1941. Following the 7 Dec. 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States entry into World War II, Eglin became a

William Daniel Ehrhart was born on September 30, 1948. He was the third of four kids, his father John H. Ehrhart was a reverend in Roaring spring, Pennsylvania. After Ehrhart was born him and his family moved to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. A couple of years later they packed their bags and moved to Perkasie, PA, where Ehrhart’s parents spent the rest of their lives.

Aviation Cadet Ben Diaz began preflight training in early 1944 at Washington State College where he took courses in English, math and military history. He was then sent to the San Antonio Cadet Center in Texas, where in Janu- ary 1945 he completed Flight Engineer training. Next he pro- ceeded to Hando Air Field near San Antonio and Smoky Hill Air Field near Salina, Kansas for B- 29 combat crew familiarization.1 Prior to being assigned to a squadron overseas, the war ended with the Japanese surrender on

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was a WWI captain and hero. He was born on October 8, 1890 in Columbus, Ohio. He was the son of Swiss immigrants and had seven siblings. He smoked when he was five and was the leader of a mischievous group of kids called “ The Horsehead Gang”. At age 8 he took the gang down a slide in a steel cart into a deep gravel pit the cart flipped over and his leg got cut straight to the bone. He later quit school at age 12 when his father died in a construction accident. After his father's death he went on to work in foundry, shoe factory, and monument works where he carved and polished his father's gravestone.Eddie loved to work with engines, that's why in 1906 he went to work with Lee frayer the owner of Frayer-Miller Automobile

The 200th Coastal Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiment also known as “The Regiment” played a very pivotal role in Air Defense history. In September of 1941 the 200th Regiment with all its equipment and personnel were moved from the mainland to the Philippines and took up defensive positions at Fort Stotsenberg which was located roughly 75 miles north of Manila. At Fort Stotsenberg the 200th spent the coming months training and getting used to their surroundings. After months of training in simulated conditions, all the men of the 200th Regiment would be put to the test. On December 8, 1941 one day after the men got word of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the men of the 200th were attacked by the Japanese in a daring nighttime airborne assault which

Hayes was ordered to return to U.S soil after 11 months of fighting the enemy. He was then reassigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th marine division in camp Pendleton, California. Hayes was sent to Hawaii for more combat training, before he made land in Iwo Jima he was sent to Europe to assist Iin allied efforts. He landed for d-day combat, February 19, 1945. He stayed and fought until the 26 of March. Afterwords he left for again Hawaii, soon after he was assigned and fought in Iwo Jima. Because

On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces bombed an American naval base on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The United States declared war on Japan the next day, and while the American military would take countless innocent Japanese civilian lives on its path to victory in the deadliest conflict in human history, the US also made victims of its own citizens in its effort to defeat Japan. Shortly after Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed an order for the internment of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast. Over 100,000 Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated off the coast and incarcerated in camps. The camps were cramped, crude and cruelly isolated.

On December 7, Pearl Harbor was raided by the Japanese. This shook the fear away from the dormant american people. Almost instantly after Pearl Harbor, the support to go to war sky rocketed as the american people rallied to war. Many young men dropped out of school in order to join the military. Roy was one of these men. Roughly a week after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Senior Roy Duncan dropped out of high school and joined the navy. Roy was quickly trained to be a signalman and gunner, tasks that he would serve on several ships including “The Mighty” S.S. Obanion, the Alabama, the Lexington, and the Mount Vernon. Roy saw plenty of action during the war, including being part of the bloodiest battle in the pacific, the Battle of Okinawa. Roy was heavily disturbed by the battle and doesn’t like to speak of it. Roy took part in many scrimmages with the Japanese during the war and survived four separate Kamikaze attacks on the ships on which he

were taking everyone they could. They were taking even boys under sixteen which were the easiest to train and without any family responsibilities. Some of the new soldiers stayed at

I strive to be as generous and diligent as my great-grandfather, Alfred Lamson. Lamson came from humble and challenging beginnings. He was born in Lawtell, Louisiana to a farmer-turned-banker father and a german-immigrant mother in 1917. At the age of one, his mother died; and at the age of twelve, the Great Depression started. Through these trying times, Lamson found comfort in Boy Scouts.

Once the official orders made its way, the Raiders realized they would have less than thirty days to plan, train and execute this mission. Furthermore, Carlson was told by Admiral Nimitz, “We are short of men, short of ship, and short of planes, ” as he was notified that he would only be allotted two submarines, the Nautilus and the Argonaut and they would not be ready until two days prior to departure from Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Moreover, the submarines could only accommodate part of the Raider unit requiring 55 raiders to remain in Pearl Harbor. Due to the high risk of this operation, one of the personnel Admiral Nimitz planned to stay in Pearl Harbor was Major James Roosevelt, the Presidents son. When Major Roosevelt received word of this news, he promptly called his father, as he wanted to deploy with his men. President Roosevelt called his Chief of Naval Operations and said, “Look my son’s an officer in that battalion. If he doesn’t go, no one goes. ” Roosevelt, the Raiders executive officer ended up deploying on the Argonaut.

College athletes should get paid because they are risking their career of getting hurt, and they will be prepared for the pros. Getting hurt is a big role of ruining a college athletes chance of going pro, (NCAA) makes the athletes that have a chance of going pro get insurance and NCAA covers that insurance which is 90k. When a college athlete gets, hurt they don't pay the medical bill the college does, I wouldn't expect colleges to pay for an injury. When college athletes get hurt, they lose college credits for being in the hospital and not being in class, their athletes and play for your college give them a break and give them their credit. A college athlete named Brandon Roy, who played for the University Of Washington got hurt in a college game and had knee problems since then, in 2006 he made it to the NBA played for Minnesota Timberwolves got traded to the Portland Trailblazers then retired in 2011 then returned in 2012 and played for Minnesota then got hurt the 5th game of the season and then he announced he was done for good.

George completed his basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. He later transferred to Headquarters and Service Company, 2d Battalion, Camp Elliott, San Diego, California, in September 1942. When he arrived he was promoted to private first class and later advanced to corporal.

workers played a vital role in creating war-related materials. Enormous quantities of airplanes, tanks, warships, rifles, and other armaments were essential to beating America’s aggressors (“The U.S. Homefront”). Most of the workers were women. With many of men going into battle, women began securing jobs as welders, electricians, and riveters in defense plants (“The U.S. Homefront”). Until that time, most of those jobs were strictly for men only (“The U.S. Homefront”). Women’s pay was still much less even with women taking men’s jobs during the war.

Power can drive people to do crazy, messed-up things; that’s what happens in the famous play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Macbeth starts off as a respected soldier fighting for the King of Scotland. Three sketchy witches promptly tell him that he will become the next ruler. Macbeth’s wife, Lady Macbeth, is the most power-hungry, manipulative lady ever. As soon as she catches wind of the prophecy.