The concept proved extremely successful ; ten years later, Marshalls had become the leading off-price retail chain in the nation.

By 1993, Marshalls had expanded throughout 42 states including Hawaii, and had opened several downtown locations.

After his discharge from the hospital, he departed to Yokohama, Japan to arrange a visa and authorization to travel to the mandated islands of the Carolines and the Marshalls, following a request he had sent to the Japanese Consulate at the Japanese Foreign Office in Tokyo, Japan.

The strategic importance of the Marshalls had been identified as early as 1921 in Plan Orange — the American interwar plan for a possible conflict with Japan.

By January 1944, the regional commander in Truk — Admiral Masashi Kobayashi — had 28, 000 troops to defend the Marshalls, but he had very few planes.

After nearly 10 years of construction, fortifications on the Marshalls were considerably inferior when compared with Tarawa, which had been turned into a fortress in less than eighteen months.

In fact, by September 1943, the Japanese High Command had written off the Gilberts and Marshalls as lost, deciding that the areas should be used to fight a delaying action while a new defense perimeter was created from the Banda Sea through Caroline Island and the Marianas Islands.

King, the Chief of Naval Operations, wanted to attack right into the heart of the Japanese outer defense perimeter, but any plan for assaulting the Marshalls directly from Pearl Harbor would have required more troops and transports than the Pacific Fleet had at the time.

Poplar Avenue and Chestnut Avenue were built later on land that had a spring running through it which explained the gap in the Marshalls.

The Marshalls never officially adopted Morrison because they believed that to go through the procedure while his parents were still living would appear unusual to the public.

Llywelyn's allies in south Wales were given back lands taken from them by the Marshalls and Llywelyn himself gave up his conquests in Shropshire.

Among these settlers were the Winners, Wilsons, and Marshalls.

This occurred at the same time when Admiral Turner's forces were attacking Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshalls, about 700 miles to the west.

In 1992, Organically Grown ’ s trademarks were sold by Arpeja-California, Inc. to Marshalls of MA., Inc. ( discount department stores ) which was then acquired by The TJX Companies Inc. ( TJ Maxx ) in 1995.

Taking the Marshalls would provide the base needed to launch an offensive on the Marianas but the Marshalls were cut off from direct communications with Hawaii by a garrison and air base on the small island of Betio, on the western side of Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands.

By the start of World War II, the Marshalls ( South Pacific Mandate ) were already an integral part of the Japanese perimeter of defense.

The Marshalls were a key step in the island-hopping march to mainland Japan.

However, at the end of 1943, the Marshalls were reinforced to make their taking expensive for the Americans.

Actual defenses on the Marshalls, however, were never very substantial or heavily manned.

In addition, less than half of the troops stationed in the Marshalls were combat trained, the rest being support and labor troops with little or no combat training.

Additionally, combat units were ordered to the Marshalls from the Philippines, Manchukuo, and the homeland, with additional air power to be flown in from both the homeland and nearby Truk.

The Gilberts lay within 200 miles ( 300 km ) of the Southern Marshalls and were well within range of United States Army Air Forces B-24 aircraft based in the Ellice Islands, which could provide bombing support and long-range reconnaissance for operations in the Gilberts.

This was partly due to the fact that orders being issued by reserves of the secondary infantry, rather than Marshalls and Major Generals, were not given enough of credit of leadership in their absence.

Within 2 miles ( 3 km ) of Maresfield Church in the 16th century were five iron furnaces: Oldlands, Hendall, Old Forge, Lower Marshalls and Maresfield ( powder mills ).

Many of its former store locations were purchased by Wal-Mart, although other locations became The Home Depot, Forman Mills, Shaw's Star Market, Target, Kohl's, Ocean State Job Lot, Bob's Stores, Marshalls, Dollar Tree, ShopRite, National Wholesale Liquidators, or Stop & Shop.

The cars were very similar to the French Hurtu, itself a Benz replica and were sold badged as Marshalls.

Originally, his mall plans called for discount department stores such as TJ Maxx and Marshalls ; these plans were later changed to include primarily upscale merchants.

Facing substantial debts, his holdings were subdivided into large blocks for the Provost Marshalls Sale of 1814.

The Marshalls remained there only a brief time before continuing to Indiana, even farther from the volatile border region.

Gallagher has said that he used only 100-watt Marshalls early in his career.

With the Treaty of Versailles Japan as mandatory power assumed control of all German colonial possessions north of the equator, having occupied Pohnpei along with the rest of the Carolines, the Marshalls, the Marianas ( except for American-owned Guam ) and Kiautschou Bay during World War I.

As with the rest of the Marshalls, Maruro was captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1914 during World War I and mandated to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations in 1920.

Along with the rest of the Marshalls, Enewetak was captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1914 during World War I and mandated to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations in 1920.

After their losses in the Solomons, Gilberts, Marshalls and Marianas, the Imperial Army assembled a research team to develop a new island defense strategy.

After their departure, the Marshalls ' neighbors warned them that Green was planning to return and murder them.

They helped the Marshalls quickly pack their belongings and escape to Illinois by steamboat.

All donations and fund-raising efforts from Marshalls are connected to helping children, families, and their communities with these programs:

Examples of products featuring their carbon footprint in the UK are Walkers Crisps, a range of own brand products in Tesco supermarkets, Halifax ( HBOS ) bank accounts, Dyson airblades, Marshalls building products, Kingsmill bread, Quaker oats, Silver Spoon sugar, Tate & Lyle sugar and La Farge cement.

The Marshalls thought up the idea after spending much of their childhood in the region and examining the collection of Verplanck Colvin maps owned by their father, Louis Marshall.

Marshall's mother, Martha Patterson, was orphaned at age 13 while living in Ohio and came to live with her sister on a farm near the Marshalls ' Indiana home.

" Morrison lived with the Marshalls for the rest of his life.

The Marshalls took advantage of Llywelyn's involvement here to land near St David's in April with an army raised in Ireland and recaptured Cardigan and Carmarthen without opposition.

The Marshalls ' campaign was supported by a royal army which took possession of Montgomery.

Direct U. S. aid accounted for 60 % of the Marshalls ' $ 90 million budget.

The new name and color scheme for the Oklahoma City Thunder was announced on September 3 ; other finalists included Energy, Wind, Marshalls, Barons and Bison.

The Marshalls of Land of the Lost once lived in Harrisville.

to the Marshalls.

Retailers such as Lowe's, Home Depot, K-Mart, WalMart, Target, Dillard's, Sears, and Marshalls are located in the community, along with three major supermarkets and dozens of smaller specialty shops.

Shopping center-A shopping complex built around a Target and a Walmart Supercenter ; includes: Sonic Drive-In, El Pollo Loco, Farmer Boy Hamburgers, Cold Stone Creamery, Michaels, Old Navy, Marshalls, Fashion Bug, Hallmark, Petsmart, Home Depot, Lowe's, and other retail outlets.

The Marshalls started both an electric and water company, and headed the effort to build the York Harbor & Beach Railroad, opened in 1887.

* Marshalls – A hamlet southwest of Wheeler village on NY-53.

He saw convoy duty at San Juan, Puerto Rico, Iceland, England, Scotland, Africa ( Invasion ), then a brief leave in the US and back on convoy to the European Theater, Africa, Italy ( all phases of the European campaign ), convoy duty then to Scotland, Africa, Iceland, Southern France ( Invasion ) through Channel into Pacific and then on to the Carolinas, Siapan, Tinian, Marshalls, Gilbert, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Sea of Japan.