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United States (2446)

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. The U.S. War Relocation Authority was responsible for the relocation, internment, and reintegration of Japanese and Japanese Americans during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, Edward H...

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United States. Navy (4782)

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer to Harvard of the faculties of the Navy Finance and Supply School in Philadelphia (a school supervised by the U.S. Naval Academy) and the Naval Res...

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United States. Congress (1196)

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Bills of the 96th Congress to provide for temporary increases in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. Bill of the 96th Congress to impose a windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil, and for other purposes. Bill of the 89th Congress to amend and extend the Sugar Act of 1948. Bills of the 96th Congress to amend the Social Security Act with respect to health programs authorized under it, and for other purposes....

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United States. Army (10186)

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which...

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United States. War Department (754)

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Marcy served as Secretary of War under James K. Polk, 1845-1849. Officer, Second U.S. Cavalry, 1868-1892. U.S. government department responsible for the prosecution of World War I. One of its duties was the submission of weekly intelligence summaries for the information of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Staff. The Black Wolf Squadron was one of the earliest units within the U.S. Army Air Service. In 1920, the Squadron wa...

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United States. Congress. Senate (1164)

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United States. Continental Army (984)

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In response to the expansion of the Continental Army the number of staff was increased and reorganized in 1776. Changes included the creation of a new unit to supplement George Washington's personal staff. This special unit, the Commander in Chief's Guard, was formed on March 12, 1776 with Captain Caleb Gibbs (formerly adjutant of the 14th Continental Regiment and appointed Aid to Major General Greene) as commander. The unit protected Washington, the army's cash, and official papers....

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United States. Marine Corps (736)

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The U.S. Marine Corps was established on November 10, 1775. The history of the Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers dates from 1942-1945. In 1942, a white man by the name of Phillip Johnston, who had lived on a Navajo reservation for many years of his life, conceived an idea that he thought might help the war. He believed that the Navajo language, a verbal, rarely-written language, could be used as part of a code that would enable messages to be sent freely over the radio. A...

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United States Military Academy (724)

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West Point, N.Y., was originally utilized as a strategic defense location during the American Revolution. West Point is geographically located on a 100 ft. plateau overlooking the Hudson River. After the American victory Congress created a Corps of Invalids (veterans) that were transferred to West Point for the purpose of instructing candidates for commission. In 1802 Congress legally established the United States Military Academy at West Point. The Academy produced many leaders of American f...

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United States. Congress. House (1401)

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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions were adjourned from day to day until April 1, when a majority of the Members m...

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