Indianapolis was deemed fit for duty She was call upon to carry out a secret mission that only the highest-ranking officers knew the details about. The Indianapolis sailed to California to pick up parts and enriched uranium that would be used to build “little boy”, the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima. After a successful unloading at Tinian She was directed to join the battleship USS Idaho in the Philippines to prepare for the invasion of japan. On 10 July the Indianapolis was steaming towards Japan from the US base in Guam when just around midnight She was struck with two torpedoes fired from a Japanese submarine. With in twelve minuets she sank bow down listing to the starboard side.
Days later, when the shuttle attempted reentry, the breach allowed heat into the wing, which caused destruction of the craft. All the astronauts aboard the Columbia were killed. What were the lessons that NASA failed to learn between the two shuttle disasters? What changes that NASA implemented after the Challenger
On the 6th of August 1945, the USA dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The atomic bomb, "Little Boy", was dropped from Enola Gay. On the first instant, 71,000 vanished immediately on the spot, and later on, another 49,000 died as a result of injuries and radiation. Three days later, on the 9th of August, the USA dropped a second bomb, "Fat Man", on Nagasaki. This time, 40,000 were killed instantly, and another 40,000 due to injuries and radiation.
Many soldiers recall this helpless moment where they could see their lives flash before their eyes and feel the anger, helplessness, and pain of that moment. As a result of this first attack, in addition to torpedoes, many US battle ships were annihilated as well as US planes that attempted to stop the attack. Ironically, Washington was just beginning to receive the news of the attack at the very same time that the Japanese were negotiating
Early 1900’s a time of change and tragedy The explosion from the impact, the rush of water flooding every nook and cranny, abandoning ship and boarding the crowded lifeboats trying to stay out of the frigid water. The German submarine warfare in the early 1900’s took many lives, and in the case of the Lusitania, civilian lives. The world in the early 1900’s was influenced and shaped by many inventions but two stand out, the assembly line and the Ford Model T. The early 1900’s was a new time full of inventions and war, all influencing Aldus Huxley to write Brave New World. Henry Ford’s invention of the assembly line is a huge advancement in manufacturing. This allows many items to be produced, by people with very little skill and training,
Between the hours of 12:00AM and 1:00AM on April 19th Dzhokar and Tamerlan were spotted and they engaged in a shoot-out with the officers. During the pursuit improvised explosive devices were thrown at the police, as many as 300 rounds were exchanged. Tamerlan was killed by police during the exchange. Dzhokar, while escaping the scene ran over his brother’s body and got away from the police. Britannica.com 23 July 2014 Boston Marathon bombing of 2013 This was the start of the manhunt that shut down the city of Boston.
Henry Pickman 9th Grade English News Story U.S Troops storm the volcanic beaches of Iwo Jima! On February 19th, 1945, the USMC (United States Marine Corps) and the Navy Seals attacked the Japanese island Iwo Jima with over seventy thousand troops. These marines and Navy Seals consisted of the Third, Fourth and Fifth divisions. Many Marines stated that “this battle was going to be no sweat”, but had the Marines known about the American bombings on the island had not even come close to putting a dent in the defenses or lowering the morale of the troops, they would have thought very differently. The troops also didn’t know about the vast expanse of tunnel systems under the island, because of these tunnels, combat between the Americans and Japanese would not be straightforward.
In a matter of three hours the ship had split into two sections and had become complete submerged, slowing sinking to the bottom of the ocean, taking with it people, possessions and its unsinkable title. Seventy-three years later, in 1985, when Dr. Robert Ballard drove the research submarine ALVIN to the ocean floor the world finally was able to see the first photograph of the Titanic at the bottom of the ocean. Thus began the struggles of archaeology associated with the Titanic. Hundreds of people, archaeologists and enthusiasts alike, have taken the two and a half mile dive down to the ocean floor to view the Titanic. One of the main questions that has arisen from these visits and findings is whether or not the Titanic should be treated as an archaeological find or as a memorial site for the lives that were lost on April, 14, 1912.
This is an analysis on what is known to be the largest earthquake and biggest tsunami ever to hit Japan on March 11, 2011. The earthquake and tsunami Japans coast lies in ruins after the earthquake hit followed by the tsunami picking up everything in its path like cars, houses, and warehouses. Seismometers, strain gages, and title gages records the disaster. P-waves travel at four miles a second and within seconds warnings flash across the country. The S-waves shake the ground making earthquakes so damaging and the reactor core is shut down (Kerger, 2011.
In 2010 is was found that a North Korean torpedo had been fired (on purpose) at a South Korean naval ship. Only eight months later North Korea fired 170 artillery shells and rockets at Yeonpyeong Island, where the South Korean military was stationed, then South Korea sent fighter jets to fight back(it is only human nature to get revenge). Around 15 people were killed and 50 were wounded. This is an example of an on-going grudge that only leads to more violence. Sometimes you do not need violence to get something done.