An officer's wife had to make sure there was always enough good food for sharing meals with other officers. Meals were used for entertainment and business almost daily. Planning and cooking for holiday feasts, dances, card parties also took much time. In addition to the cooking and planning cooking, women spent hours everyday socializing and sewing.
Shortly after arriving in Europe American troops were able to push to the south and east for the first time while Russian forces moved in from the East.
Mecca is the muslim city. Muslim is the name of the person who believes in the religion. Medina is where they buried Muhammad. Kaaba is a large building that is a mosque.