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MacArthur and his men on the gulf shore were left to rely on a ragtag pack of converted transport ships to fend off Kurita’s assault. For “Doug MacArthur’s navy,” as the fledgling fleet was called, fighting was fierce—and, in many cases, fatal. Perhaps old soldiers never die, but young ones did in droves. In total, 473 Americans—along with more than 12,000 Japanese—perished in the battle...
...women, gender, and sexuality studies concentrator, she is writing her thesis on the campaigns of female gubernatorial candidates. Nowski also serves on the national board of Strong Women, Strong Girls, a mentoring program dedicated to empowering girls, and is a peer educator at the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response. She also finds time to participate on the Committee on House Life and Committee on Undergraduate Education. Most recently, she traded in two weeks’ worth of sleep to manage the Petersen-Sundquist UC presidential campaign. “There would be no victory without Tracy Nowski...
...next great challenge. The Methuselah Foundation has established a $4 million prize for the scientist who develops the longest-living mouse as the first step in clock-stopping. "When aging in mice is shown to be 'treatable,'" the prize announcement states, "the funding necessary for a full-line assault on the aging process will be made available...
...Eleven days had passed without a major assault on one such station in central Ramadi when suddenly a mortar slammed into a door leading to an outside toilet. The yells rose even before the sound of the massive blast faded. An Iraqi policeman dangling a bloody arm yowled in Arabic as he ambled down a corridor away from the smoke and dust of the explosion. Worried shouts and the barking of orders surrounded one of the American wounded as he lay on his back in the same hall, bleeding heavily. Another wounded American sat stunned with blood flowing from...
...raping a 22-year-old Filipino woman in the back of a van in November 2005; in Makati City, the Philippines. Three U.S. soldiers and a Filipino driver were cleared of complicity in the attack on the woman, who testified she was too drunk on the evening of the assault to consent to sex. Smith is the first American marine to be convicted of rape in the country since 1998, when the two countries signed the Visiting Forces Agreement, which in part governs the treatment of U.S. servicemen in criminal cases. Smith's lawyers have appealed the verdict...