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Vigo Ordnance Plant

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The Vigo Ordnance Plant, also known as the Vigo Chemical Plant or simply Vigo Plant, was a United States Army facility built in 1942 to produce conventional weapons. [1]

55 relations: Ampicillin/sulbactam, Anthrax, Antibiotic, Associated Press, Bacillus atrophaeus, Biological agent, Biological warfare, Botulinum toxin, Cefoperazone, Chicago Tribune, Cluster munition, Corrosive substance, Delco Electronics, Ed Regis (author), Editorial, Editorial board, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Fort Detrick, Fort Terry, Gerry Dick, Granite Peak Installation, Groton, Connecticut, Honey Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana, Horn Island Chemical Warfare Service Quarantine Station, Indiana, Industrial fermentation, Inhalable insulin, Interstate 70, Ira Baldwin, Jeanne Guillemin, M114 bomb, M33 cluster bomb, Matthew Meselson, National archives, Ordnance Corps (United States Army), Penicillin, Pfizer, Pine Bluff Arsenal, Plum Island (New York), Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Streptomycin, Sulfuric acid, Terre Haute Ordnance Depot, Terre Haute, Indiana, The New York Review of Books, Tom Mangold, Tribune-Star, Tributyl phosphate, United States Army, United States Army Corps of Engineers, ..., United States biological weapons program, Vigo County, Indiana, Vigo, Indiana, Winston Churchill, World War II. Expand index (5 more) »

Ampicillin/sulbactam

Ampicillin/sulbactam is a combination of the common penicillin-derived antibiotic ampicillin and sulbactam, an inhibitor of bacterial beta-lactamase.

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Anthrax

Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.

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Antibiotic

An antibiotic (from ancient Greek αντιβιοτικά, antibiotiká), also called an antibacterial, is a type of antimicrobial drug used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Bacillus atrophaeus

Bacillus atrophaeus is a species of black-pigmented bacteria.

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Biological agent

A biological agent—also called bio-agent, biological threat agent, biological warfare agent, biological weapon, or bioweapon—is a bacterium, virus, protozoan, parasite, or fungus that can be used purposefully as a weapon in bioterrorism or biological warfare (BW).

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Biological warfare

Biological warfare (BW)—also known as germ warfare—is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi with the intent to kill or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war.

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Botulinum toxin

Botulinum toxin (BTX) or Botox is a neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and related species.

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Cefoperazone

Cefoperazone is a third-generation cephalosporin antibiotic, marketed by Pfizer under the name Cefobid.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Cluster munition

A cluster munition is a form of air-dropped or ground-launched explosive weapon that releases or ejects smaller submunitions.

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Corrosive substance

A corrosive substance is one that will destroy and damage other substances with which it comes into contact.

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Delco Electronics

Delco Electronics Corporation was the automotive electronics design and manufacturing subsidiary of General Motors based in Kokomo, Indiana, that manufactured Delco radios and other electric products found in GM cars.

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Ed Regis (author)

Edward Regis, Jr (born 1944) — known as Ed Regis — is an American philosopher, educator and author.

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Editorial

An editorial, leading article (US) or leader (UK), is an article written by the senior editorial staff or publisher of a newspaper, magazine, or any other written document, often unsigned.

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Editorial board

The editorial board is a group of experts, usually at a publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publication's editorial policy will take.

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Federal Bureau of Prisons

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is a United States federal law enforcement agency.

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Fort Detrick

Fort Detrick is a United States Army Medical Command installation located in Frederick, Maryland.

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Fort Terry

Fort Terry was a coastal fortification on Plum Island, a small island just off Orient Point, New York, USA.

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Gerry Dick

Gerry A. Dick is an American journalist and former news anchor at WRTV, a television station in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Granite Peak Installation

The Granite Peak Installation (GPI) — also known as Granite Peak Range — was a U.S. biological weapons testing facility located on of Dugway Proving Ground in Utah.

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Groton, Connecticut

Groton is a town in New London County, Connecticut located on the Thames River.

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Honey Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana

Honey Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Vigo County, Indiana, United States.

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Horn Island Chemical Warfare Service Quarantine Station

Horn Island Chemical Warfare Service Quarantine Station, also known as the Horn Island Testing Station, was a U.S. biological weapons testing site during World War II.

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Indiana

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America.

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Industrial fermentation

Industrial fermentation is the intentional use of fermentation by microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi as well as eukaryotic cells like CHO cells and insect cells, to make products useful to humans.

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Inhalable insulin

Inhalable insulin is a powdered form of insulin, delivered with a nebulizer into the lungs where it is absorbed.

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Interstate 70

Interstate 70 (I-70) is a major Interstate Highway in the United States that runs from I-15 near Cove Fort, Utah to I-695 near Baltimore, Maryland.

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Ira Baldwin

Ira L. Baldwin (August 20, 1895 – August 9, 1999) was the founder and director emeritus of the Wisconsin Academy Foundation.

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Jeanne Guillemin

Jeanne Harley Guillemin (born 1943) is a medical anthropologist and author, who for 25 years was a Professor of Sociology at Boston College and for the last ten years, a senior fellow in the at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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M114 bomb

The M114 bomb was a four-pound U.S. anti-personnel bomb and biological cluster bomb sub-munition.

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M33 cluster bomb

The M33 cluster bomb, also known as the (M33) Brucella cluster bomb, was a U.S. biological cluster bomb developed in the early 1950s and deployed in 1952.

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Matthew Meselson

Matthew Stanley Meselson (born May 24, 1930) is a geneticist and molecular biologist currently at Harvard University, known for his demonstration, with Franklin Stahl, of the semi-conservative DNA replication.

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National archives

National archives are the archives of a country.

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Ordnance Corps (United States Army)

The United States Army Ordnance Corps, formerly the United States Army Ordnance Department, is a Sustainment branch of the United States Army, headquartered at Fort Lee, Virginia.

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Penicillin

Penicillin (PCN or pen) is a group of antibiotics which include penicillin G (intravenous use), penicillin V (use by mouth), procaine penicillin, and benzathine penicillin (intramuscular use).

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Pfizer

Pfizer Inc. is an American pharmaceutical conglomerate headquartered in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut.

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Pine Bluff Arsenal

The Pine Bluff Arsenal (PBA) is a US Army installation located in Jefferson County, Arkansas, just northwest of the city of Pine Bluff.

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Plum Island (New York)

Plum Island is an island in the Town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York in the United States.

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Plum Island Animal Disease Center

Plum Island Animal Disease Center of New York (PIADCNY) is a United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of animal diseases.

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Streptomycin

Streptomycin is an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections.

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Sulfuric acid

Sulfuric acid (alternative spelling sulphuric acid) is a mineral acid with molecular formula H2SO4.

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Terre Haute Ordnance Depot

The Terre Haute Ordnance Depot was a World War II-era U.S. supply depot located in Terre Haute, Indiana.

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Terre Haute, Indiana

Terre Haute is a city in and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois.

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The New York Review of Books

The New York Review of Books (or NYREV or NYRB) is a semi-monthly magazine with articles on literature, culture, economics, science and current affairs.

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Tom Mangold

Thomas Cornelius Mangold (born 20 August 1934) is a British broadcaster, journalist and author.

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Tribune-Star

The Tribune-Star is a seven-day morning daily newspaper based in Terre Haute, Indiana, covering the Wabash Valley area of Indiana and Illinois.

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Tributyl phosphate

Tributyl phosphate, known commonly as TBP, is an organophosphorus compound with the chemical formula (CH3CH2CH2CH2O)3PO.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Corps of Engineers

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Defense and a major Army command made up of some 37,000 civilian and military personnel, making it one of the world's largest public engineering, design, and construction management agencies.

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United States biological weapons program

The United States biological weapons program officially began in spring 1943 on orders from U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt.

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Vigo County, Indiana

Vigo County is a county located along the western border of the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Vigo, Indiana

Vigo is a small unincorporated community in Prairie Creek Township, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

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Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo_Ordnance_Plant

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