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Five Star Admiral Ray Spruance commanded U.S. naval forces during two of the most significant naval battles that took place in the Pacific theater, the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The Battle of Midway was the first major victory for the United States over Japan and is seen by many as the turning point of the Pacific war. The Battle of the Philippine Sea was also a significant victory for the US.<br/><br/> The Navy's official historian said of the Battle of Midway '...Spruance's performance was superb...(he) emerged from this battle one of the greatest admirals in American naval history'. After the war, Spruance was appointed President of the Naval War College, and later served as American ambassador to the Philippines.
Manzanar is most widely known as the site of one of ten camps where over 110,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II. Located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada in California's Owens Valley between the towns of Lone Pine to the south and Independence to the north, it is approximately 230 miles (370 km) northeast of Los Angeles.<br/><br/> Long before the first incarcerees arrived in March 1942, Manzanar was home to Native Americans, who mostly lived in villages near several creeks in the area. Ranchers and miners formally established the town of Manzanar in 1910, but abandoned the town by 1929 after the City of Los Angeles purchased the water rights to virtually the entire area.<br/><br/> Since the last incarcerees left in 1945, former incarcerees and others have worked to protect Manzanar and to establish it as a National Historic Site to ensure that the history of the site, along with the stories of those who were unjustly incarcerated there, are remembered by current and future generations.
Dating from the late Khwārazm-Shāh Dynasty (1077–1231), the centre of the tray depicts a Persian - presumably Khwarezmid - ruler with two female attendants.<br/><br/> Around the rim a Silk Road caravan marches, comprising two-humped Bactrian camels and Persian merchants in pointed, Sogdian-style hats. Rey, Ray or sometimes Rayy was an important town on the Persian section of the Silk Road.