Sam Hughes

ended up serving in World War I as the commander of an artillery battle. Upon his return

The British High Command were less enthusiastic about machine gun technology, supposedly considering the weapon too "unsporting", and they lagged behind the Germans in adopting the weapon. In 1915 the Machine Gun Corps was formed to train and provide sufficient heavy machine gun teams. To match demand, production of the Vickers machine gun was contracted to firms in the USA. By 1917, every company in the British forces was also equipped with four light Lewis machine guns, which significantly enhanced their

The British Redcoats were very faithful to their flintlock musket and bayonet combination, which was known as “Brown Bess”. Many of the Continental army had used the obsolete matchlock musket, which had a tendency to misfire very often, but as the war had dragged on, the Continentals had obtained the British Soldiers’ “Brown Bess” muskets, which were both more efficient as well as less likely to end up misfiring, and used them against the Redcoats.

He was one of the doctors at Valley Forge. This proves that soldiers had little clothing and they were lucky to have a blanket. Many of the soldiers were very cold with little clothes. The little clothes caused frostbite and that was not good for any of the

On July 3, 1954 in Cleveland, Ohio, Sam and Marilyn Sheppard were entertaining guests at their house.1-4 Sam had spent most of his day in surgery at the osteopathic medicine hospital his family owned.1 When Sam got off work he headed to the Ahern’s house, their neighbors, and picked up Marilyn and Chip, Sam’s son.1 The Adhern’s, including their children, followed Sam back to his home were they made dinner and then watched TV in the living room.1,2 After participating in the chit chat of the evening, Sam became tried and laid down on a couch in the living room and quickly fell asleep.1 He remembers Marilyn trying to arouse him to say she was going upstairs to go to bed.1 Several hours later, Sam was awoken to a scream, he jumped up from the couch, ran upstairs and entered the bedroom. Suddenly, Sam was struck from behind.1,2

Major Robert Rogers was born in Colonial Massachusetts in 1731 and later moved to rural New Hampshire with his family. It was here where he learned many traits that would make him successful later in life such as hunting, trapping and learning Indian tactics from past Indian attacks. During King George’s War (1744-1748), Robert Rogers served as a private in two scouting companies serving in Merrimack River Valley in New Hampshire (McNab, C. 2013). Later, during the French and Indian War 1754-1763), the then Major Rogers recruited nine companies of American colonists to fight for the British as Ranger units (Ranger Training Brigade, 2006). Additionally, Major Rogers was tasked to command a company of men charged with the task of raiding deep into

The entire shipment of 22,000 shovels which had cost the government over $29,000 was sold off as scrap in 1917 for $1,400. 2 Other weaponry included colt machine guns and even Canadian made boots, “…many of which fell apart in the rain of Salisbury Plain, were all criticized and eventually replaced with British issue” (Dickson 35). The C.E.F battle tactics were renewed and artillery was adopted throughout the course of 1914 to 1916, bringing success to the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

His family moved west to Missouri where all but James died. When James turned 13 years old he became a black-smith apprentice and could handle a lot of weapons. Later on he started his frontier life by joining a trapping group in St. Louis. He then started a career of being a guide, while in his career he had lead a group of soldiers to there fighting positions. Later on he would also guide several parties over a river trail. Around 1868 he would retire to his farm and would then die in 1881. Throughout his life he did a lot of things, and owned a lot of titles such as: trapper, trader, guide, merchant, ECT. He also was the first white man to see the Great

He was a private (the lowest fighting rank in the military), but was promoted to a corporal. For some reason he decided to decline the higher position. The new position he was given had better pay, and more benefits from the army. He would be respected more by everyone else, but he declined. Most troops would have loved to take that position but he decided not to. Still to this day it is unknown why he declined. Almost all of his regiment was untrained, including him. Their regiment was in many battles but never any important battles. He was not injured badly in battle and he made it back home to his

     It all started in a small town in Westmoreland county called West Overton. He was born in 1849 into a wealthy family not his parents but his grandfather had some money. His grandfather was Abraham Overholt, who was a wealthy rye whiskey distiller. As he was growing up his grandfather gave him a job as a bookkeeper. And that was the job that made him want to become a

Samuel R. Watkins was an American writer and confederate soldier and fought throughout the entire Civil War and being included in several major battles. He is best known for his memoirs Co. Aytch which are accounts of his time in the army and as soldier in First Tennessee. Watkins was born in Maury County, Tennessee, on June 26, 1839. After his 21st birthday, in May of 1861, Watkins join the army when his state left the Union. He was apart of Company H and he was one of seven men who remained when the company surrendered to Major-General W. T. Sherman in North Carolina, April 1865. Watkins died at the age of 62 with military honors.

Have you ever heard of Dr. Ben Carson before? There is no question that he was an African American neurosurgeon and good at what he did, but who paved the way for people like him. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was one of them. He was an American general surgeon who was born in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania in 1856.

Sir Sam Hughes was a Canadian villain who served as Minister of Militia (Defence) from 1911 - 1916. Granted, Hughes was relatively known as intolerant towards other religions, races, and ranking (economical). He was said to be exclusive to his soldiers, specifically individuals who were not typical white, Canadian men. This attitude directed at these people shows Sam’s lack of respect, a trait all villains have. In addition, Sir Hughes was an inadequate leader, misleading the Canadian Military instead of guiding them. He was poorly educated on the efficiency of war equipment which lead battles to defeat. Sam clearly did not care much about Canada's success in the First World War, which is not something a true hero would do. Surprisingly, it

This event represents a decline in Canada’s history due to its bad reputation among Canadian soldiers as an unstable weapon. In the early years of the first world war, tens of thousands of Canadian soldiers carried the Ross rifle into battle– and many hated the weapon for its unreliability in combat. Even though the Ross was an excellent hunting rifle and an exceptional sniper weapon, it wasn't tough enough for the hardships and demands of the Western Front (dirt and mud trenches). For example, during the Battle of the Somme in France, many Canadians realized that the rifles were longer than the Lee-Enfield, a problem in the cramped confines of the trenches. Furthermore, the Ross rifle had a tendency to jam when firing which caught the disapproval

Matt Leeds has been working as an associate consultant in Danner Boynton for (4) months. He has a bad relationship with his boss, Dan Lyle and with a colleague, Eleanor Swift. His performance review was not good and since the first day his boss expressed disliking Harvard MBAs. Leeds had a choice to take a job with Right-Away stores or Danner Boynton after graduation. In Right-Away, he had done an internship doing consulting work and was respected and valued by the President Scott Kingston. Leeds felt that taking a position in the consulting firm would give him a broader exposure in the retail/marketing field and the job in general was more glamorous. Kingston offered him a job and also promised Leeds would become a VP