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Asian: 3.8 percent (1.0 percent Indian 0.8 percent Vietnamese 0.6 percent Chinese 0.4 percent Filipino 0.3 percent Korean 0.1 percent Japanese 0.6 percent other Asian). Portolan of Angelino Dulcert (1339) showing Lanzarote island, As the weather turned colder and rations grew smaller groups of Texians began to leave most without permission. Morale was boosted on November 18 when the first group of volunteers from the United States the New Orleans Greys joined the Texian army. Unlike the majority of the Texian volunteers the Greys looked like soldiers with uniforms well-maintained rifles adequate ammunition and some semblance of discipline, Rice University - Sally Port. Main article: Historiography of World War II Other municipalities in Harris County may provide their own fire service or may be part of an Emergency Service District that provides service for the city Cities with municipal fire departments include:; ! 7.1 Ixtoc I explosion and oil spill, 3.1 Race and ethnicity 11.2 Tactics Main article: Galveston Bay The Allies had mixed success in mainland Asia in March 1944 the Japanese launched the first of two invasions an operation against British positions in Assam India and soon besieged Commonwealth positions at Imphal and Kohima in May 1944 British forces mounted a counter-offensive that drove Japanese troops back to Burma by July and Chinese forces that had invaded northern Burma in late 1943 besieged Japanese troops in Myitkyina the second Japanese invasion of China aimed to destroy China's main fighting forces secure railways between Japanese-held territory and capture Allied airfields by June the Japanese had conquered the province of Henan and begun a new attack on Changsha in Hunan province. There are 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells beneath the Gulf These have generally not been checked for potential environmental problems! Texas declared its secession from the United States on February 1 1861 and joined the Confederate States of America on March 2 1861 With few battles in its territory Texas was mainly a "supply state" for the Confederate forces until mid-1863 when the Union capture of the Mississippi River made large movements of men horses or cattle impossible Texas regiments fought in every major battle throughout the war the last battle of the Civil War the Battle of Palmito Ranch was fought in Texas on May 12 1865 the 2nd Texas Cavalry Battalion (U.S.) (one of only two from the state) took part, Because the Houston Independent School District was slow to desegregate public schools on June 1 1970 the Federal officials struck the HISD plan down and forced it to adopt zoning laws This was 16 years after the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Brown v Board of Education which determined that segregated schools were inherently unequal Racial tensions over integration of the schools continued Some Hispanic Americans felt they were being discriminated against when they were being put with only African-Americans as part of the desegregation plan so many took their children out of the schools and put them in huelgas or protest schools until a ruling in 1973 satisfied their demands, University of Houston Champions Forest 5.4 Criminal law.