The reigning Masters champion Competition , Spieth became Becoming the youngest to win Getting the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year , passing Motion_directional Tiger Woods , who won both in 2002 at age 26 .

This was the first U.S. Open played Participation in the Pacific Northwest and the third major played Competition in the state of Washington , which hosted Social_event the PGA Championship Competition in 1944 and 1998 .

North Korea was subject to a massive U.S. bombing Attack campaign Military_operation .

The United Fruit Company ( UFC ) , whose highly profitable business Commerce_sell had been affected Influence by the end to exploitative labor practices Practice in Guatemala , engaged Participation in an influential Influence lobbying campaign to persuade Convincing the U.S. to overthrow Change_of_leadership the Guatemalan government .

U.S. President Harry Truman authorized Ratification Operation PBFORTUNE to topple Change_of_leadership Árbenz in 1952 ; although the operation was quickly aborted Process_end , it was a precursor to PBSUCCESS .

Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected Change_of_leadership U.S. President in 1952 , promising Commitment to take a harder line against communism ; the links Communication that his staff members John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles had to the UFC also predisposed them to act against the Guatemalan government .

Additionally , the U.S. federal government drew Motion exaggerated conclusions Statement about the extent of communist influence among Árbenz 's advisers .

The coup was preceded Process_start by U.S. efforts to criticize Judgment_communication and isolate Guatemala internationally .

However , psychological warfare and the fear of a U.S. invasion intimidated the Guatemalan army , which eventually refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to fight .

It was led Causation by the U.S. Marines and U.S Army against the Iraqi insurgents in the city of Fallujah and was authorized Ratification by the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Interim Government .

The U.S. military called Name_conferral it `` some of the heaviest urban combat U.S. Marines and Soldiers have been involved Participation in since the Battle of Huế City in Vietnam in 1968 . ''

The U.S. military called Name_conferral it `` some of the heaviest urban combat U.S. Marines and Soldiers have been involved Participation in since the Battle of Huế City in Vietnam in 1968 . ''

The disastrous contingencies that would result in Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the massive loss of civilian life were used to exploit the weaknesses of the U.S. health care infrastructure and its inability to handle such a threat .

About 80,000 were `` Nisei '' ( literal translation : `` second generation '' ; American-born Japanese with U.S. citizenship ) and `` Sansei '' ( `` third generation '' ; the children of Nisei ) .

The rest were `` Issei '' ( `` first generation '' ) immigrants born in Japan who were ineligible for U.S. citizenship under U.S. law .

The rest were `` Issei '' ( `` first generation '' ) immigrants born in Japan who were ineligible for U.S. citizenship under U.S. law .

The majority of nearly 130,000 Japanese Americans living in the U.S. mainland were forcibly relocated Removing from their West Coast homes during the spring of 1942 .

In 1944 , the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the removal Removing by ruling Legal_rulings against Fred Korematsu 's appeal Protest for violating Preventing_or_letting an exclusion Removing order Arranging .

The Court limited Limiting its decision Deciding to the validity of the exclusion Removing orders Arranging , avoiding Preventing_or_letting the issue of the incarceration Arrest of U.S. citizens without due Causation process .

In 1988 , President Ronald Reagan signed Sign_agreement into law the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 which apologized Judgment_communication for the internment Arrest on behalf of the U.S. government and authorized Preventing_or_letting a payment Commerce_pay of $ 20,000 ( ) to each camp survivor .

The U.S. government eventually disbursed more than $ 1.6 billion ( ) in reparations to 82,219 Japanese Americans who had been interned Arrest and their heirs .

Despite their size , however , RVNAF operations were severely curtailed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale due Causation to cutbacks in U.S. military aid .

In response Response , U.S. Air Force ( USAF ) F-15Es , F-16CJs , and U.S. Marine Corps ( USMC ) EA-6Bs launched Military_operation anti-radiation missiles and dropped Attack precision guided munitions ( PGMs ) on the SA-3 ground-based missile site that fired Use_firearm on the ONW aircraft , and destroyed Destroying it .

In response Response , U.S. Air Force ( USAF ) F-15Es , F-16CJs , and U.S. Marine Corps ( USMC ) EA-6Bs launched Military_operation anti-radiation missiles and dropped Attack precision guided munitions ( PGMs ) on the SA-3 ground-based missile site that fired Use_firearm on the ONW aircraft , and destroyed Destroying it .

From December 1998 to March 1999 , U.S. aircraft over northern Iraq came Motion under almost daily fire from Iraqi surface-to-air missile sites and anti-aircraft guns .

U.S. aircraft responded Response by bombing Attack Iraqi air-defense sites , using Using laser-guided bombs as well as AGM-88 HARM missiles and AGM-130 long range air-to-surface missiles .

This early stage of the war Military_operation formally ended Process_end on 1 May 2003 when U.S. President George W. Bush declared Expressing_publicly the `` End Process_end of major combat operations Military_operation '' , after which the Coalition Provisional Authority ( CPA ) was established Creating as the first of several successive transitional governments leading up to the first Iraqi parliamentary election Change_of_leadership in January 2005 .

U.S. military forces later remained Temporary_stay in Iraq until the withdrawal Removing in 2011 .

About 130,000 arrived Arriving from the U.S. alone , with about 45,000 British soldiers , 2,000 Australian soldiers , and 194 Polish soldiers .

In preparation GetReady for the invasion Attack , 100,000 U.S. troops assembled Come_together in Kuwait by 18 February .

According to U.S. President George W. Bush and U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair , the coalition aimed Aiming `` to disarm Removing Iraq of weapons of mass destruction , to end Process_end Saddam Hussein 's support Supporting for terrorism Terrorism , and to free Releasing the Iraqi people . ''

Others place Placing a much greater emphasis on the impact Influence of the September 11 attacks Attack , on the role this played Competition in changing Change U.S. strategic calculations , and the rise Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of the freedom agenda .

According to Blair , the trigger Causation was Iraq 's failure Earnings_and_losses to take Getting a `` final Process_end opportunity '' to disarm Removing itself of alleged Statement nuclear , chemical , and biological weapons that U.S. and British officials called an immediate and intolerable threat Catastrophe to world peace .

In a January 2003 CBS poll Research , 64 % of Americans had approved Agree_or_refuse_to_act of military action against Iraq ; however , 63 % wanted Request Bush to find Creating a diplomatic solution rather than go to war Military_operation , and 62 % believed Know the threat Terrorism of terrorism Terrorism directed Aiming against the U.S. would increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale due to war .

The invasion Attack of Iraq was strongly opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act by some long-standing U.S. allies , including the governments of France , Canada , Germany , and New Zealand .

Operation Praying Mantis was an attack Attack on 18 April 1988 , by U.S. forces within Iranian territorial waters in retaliation for the Iranian mining of the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War and the subsequent damage Damaging to an American warship .

On 14 April , the guided missile frigate struck Attack a mine while deployed Arranging in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Earnest Will , the 1987–88 convoy missions in which U.S. warships escorted Sending reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers to protect Defending them from Iranian attacks Attack .

After the mining , U.S. Navy divers recovered Recovering other mines in the area .

When the serial numbers were found Know to match those of mines seized along with the `` Iran Ajr '' the previous September , U.S. military officials planned Arranging a retaliatory operation against Iranian targets in the Persian Gulf .

According to Bradley Peniston , the attack by the U.S. helped Assistance pressure Iran to agree Agree_or_refuse_to_act to a ceasefire with Iraq later that summer , ending Process_end the eight-year conflict between the Persian Gulf neighbors .

This battle was the largest of the five major U.S. surface engagements since the Second World War , which also include Cause_to_be_included the Battle of Chumonchin Chan during the Korean War , the Gulf of Tonkin incident and the Battle of Dong Hoi during the Vietnam War , and the Action in the Gulf of Sidra in 1986 .

It also marked Recording the U.S. Navy 's first exchange of anti-ship missiles with opposing ships and the only occasion since World War II on which the US Navy sank a major surface combatant .

By the end of the operation , U.S. air and surface units had sunk , or severely damaged Damaging , half of Iran 's operational fleet .

As documented Recording by the National Security Archive , `` the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) played Self_motion a significant role in asserting Statement U.S. influence in Afghanistan by funding military operations designed Create_artwork to frustrate Hindering the Soviet invasion Attack of that country .

The international community imposed Action numerous sanctions and embargoes against the Soviet Union , and the U.S. led a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow .

The Allied invasion of Germany started Process_start with the Western Allies crossing the Rhine River on 22 March 1945 before fanning out and overrunning all of western Germany from the Baltic in the north to the Alpine passes in the south , where they linked up with troops of the U.S. Fifth Army in Italy .

This fire was the fourth-deadliest at a nightclub in U.S. history , and the second-deadliest in New England , surpassed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire which resulted in 492 deaths Death .

Zeb destroyed Destroying or damaged Damaging 85,844 houses in the Philippines , and damage in the country was estimated at ₱5.375 billion ( 1998 Philippine pesos , $ 126 million U.S. dollars ) , the fifth-costliest at the time .

The U.S. learned Know of the Japanese plan Arranging through signals intelligence , and sent Sending two United States Navy carrier task forces and a joint Australian-U.S. cruiser force to oppose Response the offensive .

These were under the overall command Control of U.S. Admiral Frank J. Fletcher .