Scavenger Hunt

23. What was the name of the ship on which the formal surrender of Japan takes place? Where does the ceremony occur (port)? Why was that particular ship selected? Who dictated the ceremony?

USS Missouri was the ship

@ Tokyo Bay

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-8.htm

USS Missouri was selected since it had been named after Pres Truman’s home state

http://www.skylighters.org/vjday/

Gen Douglass MacArthur dictated the ceremony.

http://bjmi.us/usa/macarthur-speeches.html

24. Who was the woman who helped to create the Women’s Army Corps (WACs)? Where is she from? What special privilege does she demand for the women in the military?

Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts

http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/wac/wac.htm

25. What was the name of the last German offensive launched in December of 1944? Where was its location?

The Battle of the Bulge, or the “bulge”, referring to the wedge the Germans thrust into the unprepared Allied lines in the Ardennes region of southern Belgium was the last German offensive launched in 1944 was on the western front.

http://www.answers.com/topic/battle-of-the-bulge

26. Name the six flag raisers at Iwo Jima.

Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, John Bradley, Harlon Block, Michael Strank, and Rene Gagnon

http://www.iwojima.com/raising/raisingc.htm

27.What was the “Rape of Nanking” (and not the book)? Give details and be specific.

A horrific and sickening event in the beginning of WWII in Nanjing, Asia, also known as the Nanjing Massacre, which occurred from 1937-1938, was an occurrence of simultaneous gendercides against men and women. It was sickening, all of the women in sight from younger than 8yrs old o over 70 were raped and then killed by Japanese troops invading China. Many executed after being group raped, and then some left to die slowly throughout the town chained to poles, or whatever was around. Although rape was outlawed by the Japanese army rules, it only...