United States of America

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United States of America
Historical overview

Affiliation:

United Republic of North America[1]

 

The United States of America, also known as the United States, was a former nation of Earth.[2] "America" and "American" are also terms used in reference to the United States.

History

Early history

In 1775,[3] the United States Marine Corps was founded, elements of which would be passed down to the UNSC Marine Corps.[3][4]

The "first" American Civil War was fought from 1861-1865. One of the factions was the Union army.[5]

20th and 21st-century

During World War II, Isoroku Yamamoto crippled the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor.[6]

At the end of the 20th-century, America was considered in a financial bubble.[5] By 1996, US Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Dean Mitchell was the 6th human being to have walked on Luna.[7]

The United States in the first years of the 21st-century served as the inspiration for a strategy and ethos the United Nations would use in the 22nd-century.[8] In 2004, Melissa, an Artificial intelligence from 2552, hijacked a portion of the US payphone infrastructure. This resulted in payphone calls by her to Alaska, Kentucky and Montana.[9]

Later history and the URNA

Lutheran Americans of Germanic descent would colonize Harvest.[10]

The political remnants of the United States would go on to be a part of the United Republic of North America.[1] The United States Marine Corps would at some point be defunct as well.[11]

Geography

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia, Earth, p. 284-285, (2009); p. 296-297 (2011 edition)
  2. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, chapter 1
  3. ^ a b Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe, Timeline, p. 31
  4. ^ Halowars.com, UNSC - Barracks (Warback Machine archive and Halopedia archive)
  5. ^ a b Halo: Evolutions, The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole
  6. ^ Halo: Silent Storm, chapter 4
  7. ^ Society of the Ancients, Members (Retrieved on Nov 22, 2007) [archive]
  8. ^ Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe, Human Colonization of Space, p. 42-43 (2009 & 2011 edition)
  9. ^ ilovebees.blogspot.co.uk, six degrees of (Retrieved on Nov 12, 2020) [archive]
  10. ^ Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe, Human Colonies, p. 286-287 (2009); p. 298-299 (2011 edition)
  11. ^ Halo Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Halo Universe, Unified Ground Command, p. 54-55 (2011 edition)