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President Franklin D Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which allowed the interment of anyone deemed a threat in military areas, which mostly meant Japanese Americans in coastal areas.
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The Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive in the pacific theater, and resulted in a decisive American victory.
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D-Day was a major landing of allied forces in mainland Europe and was the beginning of the end of World War II.
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The Unites States drops the first Atomic bomb used in anger on Japan in an effort to end the war.
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President Harry Truman signs the Truman Doctrine, which gives military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece in an effort to fight Communism.
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President Harry Truman orders the US Military to aid South Korea in an effort to stop the spread of Communism.
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The US detonates the first hydrogen bomb in a test in the Pacific Ocean.
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President Dwight D Eisenhower gives a speech to the UN which outlines a plan to use nuclear power for the betterment of humanity and end the Cold War.