“JFK: A Great Life to a Horrible Death” Why was JFK such a great man? Why was he so important to American History? Was it his amazing work ethic? His education background? The fact the he was a war hero?
assistant to the Inspector General. adviser on African American issues in Europe Many black soldiers were upset by the discrimination they encountered from white soldiers and by their exclusion from combat duty. Leaving the military in 1948, Davis had spent fifty years serving his country. His son, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., became America's first black lieutenant general. In 1998, the 85‐year‐old retired general was awarded a fourth star by President Bill Clinton.President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Davis a brigadier general, the army's first black general.
While at West Point, Davis, because he was black, endured four years of shunning. He had no roommate, no one ate with him, and no one spoke to him unless issuing an order. Nevertheless, he graduated in the top 15 percent of his class in June 1936 with a commission as a second lieutenant of infantry. He was West Point's first African American graduate since Reconstruction and, according to historian Alan Gropman, only the fourth African American to graduate from West Point. Although he should have been able to choose which branch of service to enter because of his high class rank, when he requested the Air Corps, he was told that there were no aviation slots and no black units for him to join.
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. His father and mother, Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, with their children, lived in a one-room log cabin in southeast Hardin County, Kentucky. Abraham's father, Thomas, became a respected citizen of rural Kentucky and by the time Abraham was born he was the richest man in the area. But due to a faulty title in
Originally, Daniel was overlooked for this unit because they wanted him to focus on finishing his medical degree. Ready to fight, Daniel took a big step back from his studies to enter the
In 1971 the Indiana University Hoosiers hired Knight as head coach. Because of his time spent coaching at Army and his disciplinarian nature, Knight earned the nickname "The General." During his 29 years as head coach at Indiana, the Hoosiers won 662 games, including 22 seasons of 20 or more wins, while losing but 239, a remarkable .735 winning percentage. In 24 NCAA appearances at Indiana, Hoosier teams under Bob Knight won 42 of 63 games, winning titles in 1975-76, 1980-81, and 1986-87, while losing in the semi-finals in 1973 and 1992. Knight’s accomplishments at IU were outstanding, and in his book he goes on to explain a few of these years, as well as many other accomplishments in his life.
Doctor Lee De Forest was one of the very first pioneers and early innovators of the American radio industry and is a name in high regard that will continue to live on for years and years to come. He was born August 26, 1873 just outside of Council Bluffs, Iowa where he was raised by his mother Anna Margaret and his father Henry Swift De Forest. Henry De Forest was a congregational minister, and later the President of Talladega College, which was an African American school in Talladega Alabama where the family would later relocate. As a child, Lee was often persuaded by his father to continue the family tradition and venture into the Ministry. However, Lee’s strong and inventive mind led him to venture into the study of Electronics where he would clearly make a name for himself.
War Veteran Interview My name is Ernesto Contreras, and out of my own curiosity have; decided to interview my grandfather and tell his story on his war experiences from the beginning of boot camp, until his last day of service. Arthur Cameron was born in phoenix, Arizona, in 1946. He is a Native American and had been very athletic in high school, playing on sports teams like basketball, track and field and cross-country. In the year 1963, the United States had been drawn into the war in Southeast Asia that would be later known as the Vietnam War. Arthur came from an era where there was a military obligation (draft).
* LIFE AND LEGACY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Abraham Lincoln worked his way up from humble beginnings to the highest office in the land, preserved the Union despite a frighteningly massive Civil War, freed slaves, and promised a more perfect union, before ending his life as a martyr, the victim of an assassin's bullet. He is remembered for all of these things and more. His name is synonymous with greatness, and he is consistently considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, American President. Born on Feb. 12, 1809, he started life the son of two illiterate farmers living as a poor economic conditions in Kentucky. His mother and brothers die when he was young.
On December 28th, 1856, Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born in a pious and academic household in Staunton, Virginia. Growing up in Georgia and South Carolina, he suffered the Civil War and witnessed the pain and fear caused by this disastrous event. These experiences had been deeply rooted in his heart and led him to try his best as a president to keep his citizens out of war several decades later. In 1873 Wilson began his college life in Davidson College, but withdrew shortly because of ill health. He ultimately graduated from the College of New Jersey (later to become Princeton University) in 1879 and determined to be a statesman after reading widely in political philosophy and history.