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    When the aircraft carrier shipped off with the 16 bombers and crew, the plan was to bomb five major Japanese cities, but after the USS Hornet was detected, the raid plan changed, according to History.com (HISTORY.com, 2009). The Doolittle Raiders were forced to alter their plan and strike a day early, concentrating thier attack completely on Tokyo where all 16 aircraft successfully dropped four bombs each and

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    Bonus Raid Identity

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    For this Bonus Raid, I decided to watch another movie by Christopher Nolan, who, I am beginning to notice, injects a lot of philosophy into his movies. The movie is titled Memento and I watched it with a old high school friend that is minoring in Philosophy over at the University of South Dakota. I am very glad that I chose to watch the movie with this person because she had a lot of good thoughts to share on the concepts of personal identity in relation to this movie. Memento tells a story of a

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    “Good luck with that. I’d pay to be there when you explain how you killed me in a raid that produced no evidence.” I lean forward and rest my chin on top of my intertwined fingers and give him a smug smile. “You’re so naïve,” he says, his voice filled with condescension. He turns his back to me and I catch Menendez give me a quick wink. He’s up to something. “You know Alessandra, your interference in Dallas cost careers. Agent Holder promised results and he was getting them, through me, until

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    What if Army bombers could take off an aircraft carrier? Low tried his idea on Admiral King. King thought the idea had potential so he sent it on to Captain Donald Duncan to turn his plan into fact. This he did, and the Tokyo Raid became fact instead of fiction.      The first step in the plan was finding a leader. General Arnold requested Lieutenant Colonel James Dolittle as the man to select the plane and the men for the mission. Dolittle accepted

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    First, when establishing the grounds for a police raid law enforcement must make sure the raid is legal and warranted. The two circumstances surrounding what gives the raid legal grounds is one if the law enforcement officer is in hot pursuit. Hot pursuit as I was trained and understand is where law enforcement believes a crime has occurred. Law enforcement can gain entrance due to the fact that stopping to write a warrant could lead to the endangerment of law enforcement lives, lives of citizens

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    Austriaco, Jezelle J BSBA 4-1 REACTION PAPER WALLSTREET: Money Never Sleeps "Time is the most valuable commodity."..... Right i should invest to it. When it comes to investing you need to be patient. It takes a long time to determine if a stock is good and if you are able to find the right type of stock to help you grow a solid retirement. Finding strong winners and keeping the money invested in them is the best way to make sure that there is little risk and still the potential

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    The Putten Raid The Putten Raid was one of the worst raids during World War Two. The German conducted raid took place in the village Putten of the Netherlands, on October 1st, 1944. The entire male population of 602 was taken from Putten and brought to multiple concentration camps around Germany. Only 42 had survived and returned home after the war was ended. The raid was done as a reprisal for a Dutch resistance attack on a vehicle that was carrying military personnel from the Wehrmacht under

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    John Brown's Raid Dbq

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    Southern Democrats in states such as South Carolina saw John Brown’s Raid as part of a conspiracy to free slaves and kill whites. According to South Carolina’s newspaper named Mercury named an article about the raid in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia with the article titled “The Insurrection Charleston”. The article explained the so-called treasonous plans by Brown as a two-month-old concoction from the Ohio State Fair created by Brown and other confederates. Mercury said that the object of the plain was

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    The Canadian Troops acted in their first raid of the new war, not only were our troops part of this attack on Dieppe but we led it. This operation marks the first Canadian Army engagement in this European war. Our army, navy, and airforce were involved in the battle, which began at dawn and ended by noon. Our intelligence which is based in London reported that the raid was a success and all objectives were captured! This raid is key, one of the military intelligence officers reports “Crucial information

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    The Doolittle Raid What was the Doolittle Raid? The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, took place on Saturday, April 18, 1942. It was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on the island of Honshu during World War II. THe Doolittle Raid was the first air operation to strike the Japanese Home Islands, and although its effects on the Japanese’s lands were little the psychological effects were huge. It demonstrated that Japan was vulnerable to American

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