Answer: He decribed a plant that had a flower which was soft and red and had no thorns on it.
Explanation: Marion Lee Kempner was a Marine lieutenant from Galveston, Texas and he wrote the letter to his great-aunt, Fannie Adoue, on Oct. 20, 1966 where he described a plant he said he saw and made him think of her.
In the letter, he detailed how his platoon was finishing up a three-day patrol, struggling over steep hills in nearly impenetrable jungle, when one of his men turned to him and pointed at a rather distinguished-looking plant with soft red flowers waving in the downpour and said that was the first plant he had seen that day which didn't have thorns on it.
Less than three weeks later, Lieutenant Kempner was killed in a mine explosion near Tien Phu at the age of 24.
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A short thrust into Union territory would not be enough; a protracted stay would be the key to Confederate success. Lee hoped to keep his army on United States soil through much of the autumn, not with the intention of capturing and holding territory but with an eye toward accomplishing several goals before returning.
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<em>Not</em><em> </em><em>sure</em><em> </em><em>but</em><em> </em><em>here</em><em> </em><em>is</em><em> </em><em>the</em><em> </em><em>best</em><em> </em><em>answer</em><em> </em><em>I</em><em> </em><em>can</em><em> </em><em>give</em><em> </em><em>you</em><em>.</em><em> </em>
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The Louisiana Purchase went from the Mississippi River all the way to the beginning of the Rocky Mountains.
The monsoons come each season on a regular pattern.
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Rome became the most powerful state in the world by the first century BCE through a combination of military power, political flexibility, economic expansion, and more than a bit of good luck. This expansion changed the Mediterranean world and also changed Rome itself.
