Guinness has defined âlargest manufacturerâ as the company which has delivered the most number of offshore rigs in a year. The official record was awarded by Guinness after it completed a thorough assessment of supporting documentation provided by Keppel FELS. 21 rigs in one year
(CNN) -- It took decades to fully integrate the U.S. military, but there is general agreement that what President Harry Truman did 50 years ago this weekend helped ignite the country's civil rights movement and put its largest armed service, the Army, in the forefront of race relations.
In 1951 President Truman announced that General Douglas MacArthur was relieved of his duties as Allied Commander of United Nations forces in the Far East during the Korean War.MacArthur openly challenged U.S. civilian leadership by threatening to attack China in defiance of the President and the United Nations.n the same day Truman relieved MacArthur of his commands, the White House made public the following: The text of an order from Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall to Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway informing him that the president was appointing him to succeed Gen. Douglas MacArthur.