19 Famous Folks in Military-- Part 3: Hammer, Ruth, Ross, Ice-T and Norris

MC HAMMER

Real name Stanley Burrell.  Three years in the Navy as an aviation storekeeper.

DR. RUTH

Was trained as a sniper in the late 1940s in what later became the Israeli Defense Force.

BOB ROSS

Artist spent 20 years  in the Air Force, part of the time as a drill instructor.

ICE-T

Real name Tracy Marrow. Four years in the Army.

CHUCK NORRIS

Served in Air Force as a police airman.  learned martial arts while stationed in Korea

--Cooter

Warning Signs On the Road to Pearl Harbor-- Part 1: World War I

From the December 7, 2016, USA Today.

1905:  Japan defeats Russia in the Russo-Japanese War and becomes a world power.

1910:  Japan annexes Korea and begins eyeing China and other Asian nations as sources of oil, coal, iron and other materials.

1914:  Japan joins Russia, Britain and France against Germany in World War I.  It expands its influence by taking German territories in the Pacific.

1917:

April 6:  U.S. enters World War I.

November 2:  U.S. signs pact with Japan to ease tense relations.

--Cooter