Historical Publication
Excerpt: An illegitimate mestizo cattle driver, Juan Vicente Gomez, became one of three great authoritarian rulers of Venezuela (president, 1908 - 1910, 1911 - 1914, 1915 - 1922, 1923 - 1929, 193 - 1935), achieving political stability with the creation of a professional army.
Excerpt: ? Was born in Kealakekua, Kona, Hawaii, on June 24, 1946. He was the first Japanese American astronaut.
Description: Part of a CIHM set. For individual microfiches in this set see CIHM microfiche nos. 35471-35473
Excerpt: Della H. Raney was born in Suffolk, Virginia, on January 10, 1912. A graduate of the Lincoln Hospital School of Nursing in Durham, North Carolina, Raney was the first African - American nurse commissioned a lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Her first tour of duty was at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. As a lieutenant serving at Tuskegee Army Airfield in Alabama, she was appointed Chief Nurse, Army Nurse Corps in 1942, the first African American...
Excerpt: DEOMI 2000 Calendar Cover Images: The images on the cover of the year 2000 DEOMI calendar are meant to capture the theme of the calendar, which is a celebration of diversity and multiculturalism in the uniformed services. These images from left to right and top to bottom are: U.S. Navy Chaplain Thomas W. Falkenthal gives communion to a Marine during a Catholic mass held in the snow at Silver Creek, Calif., on Feb. 2, 1997. Marines from the 2nd Marine Regiment an...
Description: Signed: Charles Bosanquet
Excerpt: DEOMI 2001 Calendar Cover Images: The images on the cover of the 2001 DEOMI calendar attempts to capture the theme of the calendar, ?A Celebration of Diversity and Multiculturalism in the Armed Forces Reserve and National Guard.? These images, from left to right and top to bottom are: Lt. Gen. Edward Baca, chief of the National Guard Bureau, 1992 - 96, is of Mexican - American heritage, from New Mexico. Appointed by President William Clinton in October 1994 as t...