Word: pacificism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA. "We started from a postage stamp. Our toehold was as small as that." So recalls Greg Gurbach, a field construction manager for Chevron, of the company's initial sortie into the mountainous jungle that surrounds Lake Kutubu, one of the most pristine spots in the South Pacific...
Graham Haddock, 77, then the Higgins plant superintendent, can still feel the tension of that June morning, even though the waterfront where he used to watch the landing craft take shape is home port to gambling boats and yachts today. "The news of the invasion came about the time we...
June 4, 1942 Battle of Midway. A major Pacific victory, as the Japanese lose about 5,000 officers and soldiers and the Americans only about 300.
February 9, 1943 United States forces are victorious on Guadalcanal. It is the beginning of the Allied reconquest of the Pacific.
President Clinton, still in Europe following D-day celebrations, took to the podium in the French parliament to reassure Europeans that he hadn't forgotten about them. "America remains engaged in Europe," he said, attempting to refute those who say his Administration is preoccupied with Asia and the Pacific Rim...