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Rickover Naval Academy NS2
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1
when did B-29 bomber named Enola Gay release an atomic bomb?
August 6
August 5
July 7
September 9
2
What was the name of the island where Douglas Munro saved all of the Marines?
Guadalcanal
Guadal Canal
America
Japan
3
What date did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?
December 4, 1941
December 7, 1942
December 7, 1941
December 5, 1942
4
Why were Okinawa and Iwo Jima important to the Allied Victory?
opened the way for invasion of the Japanese mainland
Japanese soldiers fought to the death
these battles fought on the Japanese homeland
bombed both islands the day before the Marines landed
5
When did Japan surrender?
Sep. 3rd 1945
Sep. 2nd 1945
Sep. 2nd 1944
Sep. 3rd 2005
6
A military strategy that seeks to delay rather than prevent the advance of an attacker
A.Defense in Depth
A.Offense in Depth
A.Delay Strategy
A.Delay in Depth
7
Why did the US declare war on Japan?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
Japan attacked the Northern Mariana Islands.
Japan bombed Guam.
The US did not declare war.
8
On which ship were formal surrender papers of Japan signed?
USS Oklahoma
USS New York
USS Arizona
USS Missouri
9
Japanese pilots who committed suicide by crash-diving their planes into their targets
A.Target Pilots
A.Suicide Pilots
A.Kamikaze Pilots
A.Terror Pilots
10
The Enola Gay bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on what Japanese city?
Tokyo
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Ryoku
11
How many people died on the USS Arizona
5,434
1,177
1,332
2,453
12
Concrete dug-in guard posts, normally equipped with loopholes through which to fire weapons
A.Pillboxes
A.Fort Posts
A.Basement Posts
A.Fox hole
13
A term used for the steady stream of fast Japanese transports and destroyers bringing troops to Guadalcanal
A.Hong Kong Express
A.Guadalcanal Express
A.Tokyo Express
A.Japanese Express
14
What Island did The USS Indianapolis deliver the first bomb to?
Hawaii
Tinian Island
Japan
Guam
15
Who was Douglas MacArthur
Commander of the US Army in the Philippines
Commander of the Allied forces
Admiral of the US Navy
Tank Commander in N. Africa
16
the enola gay dropped the little boy on nagasaki
False
True
17
In 1939, Japan suffered heavy losses when they entered a 6-month undeclared war with ______.
Russia
Cuba
A.United States
A.Britain
18
Which President declared war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Harry S. Truman
Franklin Pierce
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
19
What was the name of the only U.S. Coast Guardsman to receive the Medal of Honor
Winston Churchill
Harry Winston
Mr. Miyagi
Douglas A. Munro
20
The first atomic bomb dropped by the U.S. was nicknamed ______ and targeted ______. Three days later ______ was dropped
A.Fat Man, Hiroshima; Little Boy, Nagasaki
A.Fat Man, Nagasaki; Little Boy, Hiroshima
A.Little Boy, Hiroshima; Fat Man, Nagasaki
A.Little Boy, Nagasaki; Fat Man, Hiroshima
21
A 65-mile march to a prisoner of war camp, marked by wide ranging physical abuse and murder by the Japanese Army
A.Iwo Jima March of Death
A.Bataan Death March
A.March of Death
A.Battle March to Iwo Jima
22
Five brothers from the _______ family from Waterloo, Iowa had enlisted in the U.S. Navy and all died on the USS
Juneau
Ruiz
Munro
Cholak
Sullivan
23
A decoder skilled in the analysis of codes and cryptograms
A.Cryptologist
A.Decoder Analysist
A.Code reader
A.Decoderologist
24
Emperor Hirohito's Supreme Council agreed to accept the Potsdam Declaration on what condition?
A.The imperial system would remain.
A.He would not submit to the Allied commanders authority.
A.The Cairo Declaration would be declared null and void.
A.His final status would remain.
25
Where was the flag in the video being raised?
A.The last defeated pillbox.
A.Kangoku Rock
A.Mount Suribachi
A.Kitano Point
