- Black American awarded the Naval Cross for his actions during the Pearl Harbor attack
- outlawed discrimination in the federal government and in defense factories
- Aircraft carrier battle , Allied victory that prevented the invasion of Australia by Japanese forces .
- Created a system for the storing of blood plasma ( blood bank )
- segregated all - Black air force unit that participated in bombing raids over Europe
- " Old Blood & Guts " , " America's Fighting General " , led the U.S. 3rd Army into France and Germany
- the massacre of 84 American troops by German military
- At the Battle of the Bulge , he responded " Nuts ! " to the German surrender request .
- FDR's order to relocate Japanese Americans , internment
- D - Day , Allied invasion of Normandy , France
- " G.I. General " , led U.S. 1st Army across the Rhine River into Germany
- struggle between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. that did not actually lead to direct fighting betweenThe two superpowers
- congressional hearing that question U.S. policy in Vietnam.
- U.S. policy under President Truman to stop the spread of communism
- U.S. General who led the U.S. troops in the Korean War, later fired by President Truman.
- Eisenhower's Secretary of State who advocated brinkmanship.
- Gave President Johnson the authority to use unlimited military force in Vietnam.
- Pilot captured after being shot down over the U.S.S.R.
- International incident caused by Egyptian leader Nasser that almost led to war between the U.S.and U.S.S.R.
- Chinese Nationalist Leader, Lost the Chinese Civil War, established government on Taiwan.