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Who was the historic person who probably was the model for "Uncle Sam"?


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Hey, that's how we learn. What was the guys name again? :lol  JK. Give us another question please.
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The guy's name was Smedley Butler and the next question is:
Who was the historic person who probably was the model for "Uncle Sam"?


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Sameul Wilson. He was a butcher.
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Indeed. Even though historians are not entirely certain about the origin of Uncle Sam Samuel Wilson is one of the best guesses.
During the War of 1812, Wilson was in the business of slaughtering and packing meat. He provided large shipments of meat to the US Army, in barrels that were stamped with the initials "U.S." Supposedly, someone who saw the "U.S." stamp suggested -- perhaps as a joke -- that the initials stood for "Uncle Sam" Wilson. The suggestion that the meat shipments came from "Uncle Sam" led to the idea that Uncle Sam symbolized the federal government.

Speaking of initals on barrels, I heard of food barrels being marked with B.C. for Brigade Commissary during the Civil War. Looking at the content of the barrels the men however "interpreted" the B.C. as before Christ :lol

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Besides Cuba, which Caribbean country has the US sent troops more often than any other?
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I think that would be Panama (9 military interventions since 1895) closely followed by Nicaragua (8 interventions since 1894).
There were "only" 6 military interventions against Cuba (counting the Naval blockade during the missile crisis), so it is by no means the country with US troops were most frequently sent to.


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Very good Malte. Your turn
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Which was the first American aircraft carrier to be sunk in WW2 and in which battle was it sunk?


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USS Arizona during Pearl Harbor
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She was a battleship, not an aircraft carrier. At Pearl Harbor the battleship Oklahoma capsized before the Arizona was fatally hit. Anyway, there was no aircraft carrier in the harbor on December 7th 1941, which was even under the impression of the horrible attack a stroke of luck for America. The carrier I'm talking about was by the way (unless I'm very mistaken) the last to leave the Harbor before the attack.


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Yorktown
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Nope. The Yorktown was sunk by a Japanese submarine after being damaged in the battle of Midway. She was not the first US carrier to be lost though. The Yorktown took part and was damaged in the very same battle during which the first US carrier was lost. It was also the battle in which the Americans sunk a Japanese carrier for the first time.


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The USS Hamann
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She was sunk in this Battle of Midway, the first US ship to be sunk in the Battle.
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Nope she wasn't.
The Yorktown was the only US carrier to be sunk at Midway.
There was no ship of the name USS Hamann sunk at Midway. Anyway, like I said, the first US carrier was lost in a battle prior to the battle of Midway.


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I must have mispelled the name. Anyway, it's wrong, so back to the drawing board.
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The carrier I'm talking of was named after a "battlefield" (more like a skirmish, but still of tremendous importance). The battle had it's "aniversary" just a few days ago.


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Perhaps the Lexington?

At this website:  http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/us_prewa.htm
It was said that the Lexington on 8 May 1942, just about a month before Yorktown was lost.