Veterans Day Celebration Military Trivia How many branches
Veterans Day Celebration Military Trivia
How many branches of the military are in the U. S. ?
• Which of the armed services is the oldest Army
• "Yankee Doodle" is a song popular with the troops during which • war? • Revolutionary
• The Viet Nam Memorial design was a contest open to anyone. The winner was a 21 -yr. old Asian-American Architectural student named Maya Ying Lin. What was the prize money for submitting the winning design? • • • (a) $5, 000 (b) $10, 000 (c) $15, 000 (d) $20, 000 (e) $100, 000 d
• The Korean War ended in 1953. When was their Memorial dedicated? 1995
• Uncle Sam is based on a real person. True or False? • Same wilson
• In 1984, what was added to the Vietnam Memorial? • (a) More names of MIA's that were found. • (b) A Statue of 3 soldiers • (c) A sidewalk • (d) A shelf to put flowers, notes, etc. B
• There is also a Viet Nam Memorial to woman. • True or False? True
• Why is the flag of the US folded into a triangle? • (a) To represent our country, god and man. • (b) To represent the shape of the tricorn hats worn by the • Revolutionary War Soldiers. • (c) To symbolize the pyramid that is on our dollar bill. • (d) It doesn't mean anything. It's just easier to fold in • that shape.
• Besides the Civil War, which of the following states also declared war among each other: • (a) North Dakota and South Dakota • (b) California and Nevada • (c) Texas and Oklahoma • (d) Ohio and Michigan
• What does the D in D-Day stand for? • It stands for the Designated Day for Operation Overlord, the code name for the Allied invasion of Northern France on June 6, 1944, during World War II.
• Each major offensive during the war had a code name. For example - Operation Torch was the name for the Allied invasion of North Africa. Each Operation also had its own D-Day, the actual day on which the attack would begin. Within each D-Day, there was an HHour, designating the starting time for the attack, usually just before dawn at 0500 hours in military time, or 5 a. m. in civilian time. • Operation Overlord is now popularly referred to simply as D-Day, a practice begun by news correspondents covering the invasion, given the tremendous significance of the day in which the long hoped-for liberation of northern Europe finally began
• What does 'Sieg Heil' actually mean? • It means 'Hail to Victory. ' • Heil - Hail • Sieg - Victory
• How tall was Hitler? • He was 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighed about 150 pounds.
• Holocaust is a word originally derived from the Greek language, literary meaning 'burning. ' The term is also found in the Old Testament as a reference to burnt sacrifices.
• What are the names of the men in this famous photo? • During World War II in the Pacific, five U. S. Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman raised the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, using a piece of Japanese pipe as a mast, on February 23, 1945.
• There are four men seen in the front and two somewhat hidden in the back. The front four are - left to right, Pfc. Ira Hayes, Pfc. Franklin Sousley, Navy corpsman Ph. M 2/c John Bradley, and Cpl. Harlon Block. The back two are - Sgt. Michael Strank, behind Sousley, and Pfc. Rene Gagnon, behind Bradley. • Three of the flag raisers, Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block, and Michael Strank, were later killed as the fighting raged on. By March 16, 1945, when Iwo Jima was declared secured, 6, 821 Americans and 21, 000 Japanese (the entire force) had die
• How about the famous photo of the kissing sailor at the end of the war? • Times Square, New York, August 14, 1945. The photo was taken by Lt. Victor Jorgensen of the U. S. Navy. His caption -- "New York City celebrating the surrender of Japan. They threw anything and kissed anybody in Times Square. "
• Once upon a time you could pay the government $300 to not be drafted. True or False?
• The Korean War lasted only 3 years? True or • False? • The Korean War lasted only 3 years? True or False? • TRUE
• General Norman Schwarzkopf is the only 5 Star General in the US today. True or False? • 4 star
• The term "G I Joe" stands for ?
• The U. S. armed forces were segregated until 1948 when this president gave an executive order making our services integrated. Who was the president? Harry S. Truman
• Bob Hope has entertained troops overseas since 1940. What's his real name? • Leslie Town Hope
• John Phillips Sousa is known as "The March King" for all of his marching tunes which he wrote while he served in what military branch and had a marching band?
• The oldest US Military academy is? • West point 1802
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