Magdeburg, Germany
Q. Who is the father of the US Army?
| William C. Lee | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | “Father of the U.S. Army Airborne” |
| Born | March 12, 1895 Dunn, North Carolina, United States |
| Died | June 25, 1948 (aged 53) Dunn, North Carolina, United States |
| Allegiance | United States |
Q. What is the significance of Baron von Steuben?
Baron Friedrich von Steuben, a Prussian military man hired by George Washington to whip the Continental Army into shape during the darkest days of the Revolutionary War, is known for his bravery and the discipline and grit he brought to the American troops.
French
Q. Where did Baron von Steuben come from?
Q. Where is Baron von Steuben buried?
Steuben Memorial State Historic Site, NY
Q. Who wrote the Army Blue Book?
Baron Von Steuben’s
Q. Where did Baron von Steuben go to school?
Breslau
Q. Who trained Washington’s Army at Valley Forge?
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
Q. Was there a cannibalism at Valley Forge?
Apparently, during their stay at Valley Forge, Washington and his troops were stranded without supplies and forced to resort to cannibalism in order to survive. Washington relished the taste of human meat, having one man killed each day to satisfy him even after supplies came through.
Q. What was the main cause of death to American soldiers at Valley Forge?
The soldiers who marched to Valley Forge on December 19, 1777 were not downtrodden or desperate. Yet cold and starvation were not the most dangerous threats to soldiers at Valley Forge: Diseases like influenza, dysentery, typhoid and typhus killed two-thirds of the nearly 2,000 soldiers who died during the encampment.
Q. What did the soldiers eat at Valley Forge?
Soldiers were supposed to receive daily amounts of beef, pork or fish; flour or bread; cornmeal or rice; and rum or whiskey. However, with no organized distribution system combined with limited food resources near the encampment site, soldiers went several days with little to no food during the winter months.
Q. What did American soldiers eat during the Revolutionary War?
Officially, soldiers were to be issued daily rations that were to include meat (often beef or pork), bread (often hardtack), dry beans or peas, and a gill of rum or beer. Salted and dried foods were necessary because there were no other practical means of food preservation.
Q. What did people eat during the Boston Massacre?
Half a pound of beef and half a pound of pork; and if pork cannot be had, one pound and a quarter of beef; and one day in seven they shall have one pound and one quarter of salt fish, instead of one day’s allowance of meat. One pint of milk, or if milk cannot be had, one gill [half a cup] of rice.
Q. How much did soldiers get paid in the Revolutionary War?
Were the soldiers paid? When soldiers signed up for an enlistment period they were promised to receive a bounty at the end of the time. The bounty was either money or land. They also received a monthly salary: privates earned $6, sergeants $8, and captains $20.
Q. How much money did ww2 soldiers get paid?
7. World War II. In 1944, privates serving in World War II made $50 a month, or $676.51 in 2016 dollars.
Q. Do drafted soldiers get paid?
A military draft forces people to do something they would not necessarily choose—serve in the military. If, for example, pay would have to be $15,000 per year to attract sufficient volunteers, but these volunteers are instead drafted at $7,000 per year, the draftees pay a tax of $8,000 per year each.
Q. Could there still be POWs in Vietnam?
While the Committee has some evidence suggesting the possibility a POW may have survived to the present, and while some information remains yet to be investigated, there is, at this time, no compelling evidence that proves that any American remains alive in captivity in Southeast Asia.
Q. How many soldiers are still missing from ww1?
In the United States Armed Forces, 78,750 personnel missing in action had been reported by the end of the war, representing over 19 percent of the total of 405,399 killed during the conflict.
Q. Does America take prisoners of war?
Americans have been held captive as prisoners of war during many wars and in many places.
Q. Did any German POWs stay in America?
About 860 German POWs remain buried in 43 sites across the United States, with their graves often tended by local German Women’s Clubs. A total of 2,222 German POWs escaped from their camps. Most were recaptured within a day. The US government could not account for seven prisoners when they were repatriated.
Q. Are prisoners of war returned?
At the end of hostilities all prisoners are to be released and repatriated without delay, except those held for trial or serving sentences imposed by judicial processes.
Q. Who was the longest held prisoner of war?
Floyd James Thompson
Q. Can prisoners of war be forced to work?
Azerbaijan’s Law concerning the Protection of Civilian Persons and the Rights of Prisoners of War (1995) provides that in international and non-international armed conflicts, forcing persons under 18 years to work is prohibited.
Q. Are prisoners of war tortured?
U.S. prisoners of war in North Vietnam were subjected to extreme torture and malnutrition during their captivity. Two months later, in what became known as the Hanoi March, 52 American prisoners of war were paraded through the streets of Hanoi before thousands of North Vietnamese civilians.
