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Alaska World War II Army Airfields
During World War II, Alaska was a major United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) location for personnel, aircraft, and airfields to support Lend-Lease aid for the Soviet Union.
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Aleut
The Aleuts (Алеу́ты Aleuty), who are usually known in the Aleut language by the endonyms Unangan (eastern dialect), Unangas (western dialect), Alaska Native Language Center.
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Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands (Tanam Unangaa, literally "Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi aliat, "island") are a chain of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones belonging to both the U.S. state of Alaska and the Russian federal subject of Kamchatka Krai.
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Amchitka (album)
Amchitka is a 2009 two-CD release of a recording of Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and Phil Ochs performing an October 16, 1970, benefit concert at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver.
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Amchitka Air Force Base
Amchitka Air Force Base is an abandoned Air Force Base located on Amchitka, in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska.
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Bony Moronie
"Bony Moronie" was the third single by Larry Williams, released in 1957.
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Butterfly crab
Cryptolithodes typicus, commonly known as the butterfly crab, is a species of lithodid crustacean native to coastal regions of the northeastern Pacific Ocean, ranging from Amchitka Island, Alaska to Santa Rosa Island, California.
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Cannikin
Cannikin was an underground nuclear weapons test performed on November 6, 1971, on Amchitka island, Alaska, by the United States Atomic Energy Commission.
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Committee for Non-Violent Action
The Committee for Non-Violent Action (CNVA) was an American anti-war group, formed in 1957 to resist the US government's program of nuclear weapons testing.
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Constantine Harbor
Constantine Harbor is an inlet on the eastern end of the north coast of the island of Amchitka in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938.
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Daikokuya Kōdayū
(1751 - May 28, 1828) was a Japanese castaway who spent eleven years in Russia.
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Delarof Islands
The Delarof Islands (Naahmiĝun tanangis) (ca.) are a group of small islands at the extreme western end of the Andreanof Islands group in the central Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
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Don't Make a Wave Committee
The Don't Make a Wave Committee was the name of the anti-nuclear organization which later evolved into Greenpeace, a global environmental organization.
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Dorothy Stowe
Dorothy Stowe, born Dorothy Anne Rabinowitz (December 22, 1920 – July 23, 2010) was an American-born Canadian social activist and environmentalist.
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Duck and cover
"Duck and cover" is a method of personal protection against the effects of a nuclear explosion.
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Eleventh Air Force
The Eleventh Air Force (11 AF) is a Numbered Air Force of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).
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Erik Laxmann
Erik Gustavovich Laxmann (Эрик (Кирилл) Густавович Лаксман) (July 27, 1737 – January 6, 1796) was a Finnish-Swedish clergyman, explorer and natural scientist born in Nyslott in Finland, then part of Sweden.
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Evalea amchitkana
Evalea amchitkana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
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F. M. Busby
Francis Marion Busby (March 11, 1921 - February 17, 2005) was a science fiction writer and science fiction fan.
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Farragut-class destroyer (1934)
The Farragut-class destroyers were a class of eight 1,365-ton destroyers in the United States Navy and the first US destroyers of post-World War I design.
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February 1965
The following events occurred in February 1965.
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Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation
Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation (FIDO) (which was sometimes referred to as "Fog Intense Dispersal Operation" or "Fog, Intense Dispersal Of") was a system used for dispersing fog and pea soup fog (dense smog) from an airfield so that aircraft could land safely.
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Francis J. Bradley
Francis J. Bradley (born 15 January 1926) is an American health physicist, writer and founding member of the Health Physics Society.
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Frank C. Whitmore Jr.
Frank Clifford Whitmore Jr. (November 17, 1915 – March 18, 2012) was an American geologist including chief of the Military Geology Unit of the United States Geological Survey, vertebrate paleontologist with the Paleontology and Stratigraphy Branch of the United States Geological Survey, awardee of the Medal of Freedom, fellow of the Geological Society of America, fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Penrose Medal citationist, awardee of the Thomas Jefferson Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Natural Science, Honorable Kentucky Colonel, member of the National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration, founding member of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, recipient of the Meritorious Service Award by the United States Department of Interior.
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Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over 39 countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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History of green policies in Vancouver
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How to Change the World (film)
How to Change the World is a documentary film, from writer-director Jerry Rothwell (Deep Water), which chronicles the adventures of an eclectic group of young pioneers who set out to stop Richard Nixon's nuclear bomb tests in Amchitka, Alaska, and end up creating the worldwide green movement with the birth of Greenpeace.
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Irving Stowe
Irving Harold Stowe (July 25, 1915 – October 28, 1974) was a Yale lawyer, activist, and a founder of Greenpeace.
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Isobel Wylie Hutchison
Isobel Wylie Hutchison (30 May 1889–20 February 1982) was a Scottish Arctic traveller and botanist.
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James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
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January 1943
The following events occurred in January 1943.
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Japanese destroyer Hatsuharu (1933)
, the second Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer of the name, was the lead ship of six s built under the Circle One Program (Maru Ichi Keikaku).
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Japanese destroyer Hatsushimo (1933)
was the fourth of six s, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the Circle One Program (Maru Ichi Keikaku).
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Japanese destroyer Nenohi (1932)
was the second of six s, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the Circle One Program (Maru Ichi Keikaku).
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Japanese destroyer Wakaba (1934)
was the third of six s, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the Circle One Program (Maru Ichi Keikaku).
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Japanese military strategies in 1942
Immediately after the fall of Singapore in 1942 certain Army circles argued that Japan should exploit her advantage and seek peace with Great Britain.
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Julius A. Raven
Julius A. Raven (1918–1942) was a United States Navy officer who received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal for his actions during World War II.
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Kuril Islands
The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (or; p or r; Japanese: or), in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, form a volcanic archipelago that stretches approximately northeast from Hokkaido, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean.
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Landing at Amchitka
The Landing at Amchitka was the amphibious landing operation and occupation of Amchitka island by American forces during the Aleutian Islands Campaign.
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List of Aleutian Islands
Major groups in the Aleutian Islands are listed from east to west, and islands within each group are listed alphabetically.
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List of earthquakes in 1941
This is a list of earthquakes in 1941.
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List of induced seismic events
The following is a list of human induced seismic events.
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List of islands of Alaska
This is a list of islands of the U.S. state of Alaska.
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List of islands of the United States by area
This is a list of islands of the United States, as ordered by area.
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List of lost United States submarines
These United States submarines were lost either to enemy action or to "storm or perils of the sea.".
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List of nuclear test sites
This article contains a list of nuclear weapon test sites used across the world.
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List of shipwrecks in January 1943
The list of shipwrecks in January 1943 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1943.
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List of shipwrecks in October 1943
The list of shipwrecks in October 1943 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1943.
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List of shipwrecks of the United States
This is a list of shipwrecks located in or around the United States of America.
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List of United States Air Force bomb squadrons
This is a list of United States Air Force Bomb Squadrons.
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List of United States Navy losses in World War II
List of United States Navy and Coast Guard ships lost during World War II, from 31 October 1941 to 1 October 1945, sorted by type and name.
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List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II
This is a List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II.
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Lloyd E. Jones
Lloyd E. Jones (June 17, 1889 – January 3, 1958) was a United States Army major general.
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Luther Goldman
Luther Chase Goldman (1909–2005) was an American naturalist and wildlife photographer.
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May 1964
The following events occurred in May 1964.
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Mike Gravel
Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel (born May 13, 1930) is an American politician who was a Democratic United States Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981 and a candidate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
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Military history of the Aleutian Islands
The military history of the Aleutian Islands began almost immediately following the purchase of Alaska by the United States.
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Naval Air Facility Adak
Naval Air Facility Adak, was a United States Navy airport located west of Adak, on Adak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska.
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Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Three
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion THREE (NMCB 3) is a United States Navy Seabee battalion based in Port Hueneme, California.
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November 1971
The following events occurred in November 1971.
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November 6
No description.
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Nuclear power in Canada
Nuclear power in Canada is provided by 19 commercial reactors with a net capacity of 13.5 Gigawatts (GWe), producing a total of 95.6 Terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity, which accounted for 16.6% of the nation's total electric energy generation in 2015.
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Nuclear weapons testing
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield, and explosive capability of nuclear weapons.
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October 1965
The following events occurred in October 1965.
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Operation Crosstie
Operation Crosstie was a series of 48 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1967–1968 at the Nevada Test Site.
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Over-the-horizon radar
Over-the-horizon radar, or OTH (sometimes called beyond the horizon, or BTH), is a type of radar system with the ability to detect targets at very long ranges, typically hundreds to thousands of kilometres, beyond the radar horizon, which is the distance limit for ordinary radar.
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Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest (PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in western North America bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and (loosely) by the Cascade Mountain Range on the east.
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Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT) is the abbreviated name of the 1963 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, which prohibited all test detonations of nuclear weapons except for those conducted underground.
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Patrick Moore (environmentalist)
Patrick Moore (born 1947) is a Canadian activist, and former president of Greenpeace Canada.
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Paul Watson
Paul Franklin Watson (born December 2, 1950) is a Canadian-American marine wildlife conservation and environmental activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation and marine conservation activism.
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Peale's falcon
Peale's falcon, Falco peregrinus pealei, is a subspecies of the peregrine falcon.
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Pelagic cormorant
The pelagic cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus), also known as Baird's cormorant, is a small member of the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae.
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Project Vela
Project Vela was a project undertaken by the United States Department of DefenseU.S. Department of Defense.
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Puncturella longifissa
Puncturella longifissa, the long-slot puncturella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
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Rat Islands
The Rat Islands (Qax̂um tanangis) are a volcanic group of islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska, between Buldir Island and the Near Islands group to its west, and Amchitka Pass and the Andreanof Islands group to its east, at about.
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Reeve Aleutian Airways
Reeve Aleutian Airways was an airline headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, United States.
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Robert Campbell Reeve
Robert Campbell "Bob" Reeve (March 27, 1902 – August 25, 1980) was the founder of Reeve Aleutian Airways.
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Robert Hunter (journalist)
Robert Lorne Hunter (October 13, 1941 – May 2, 2005) was a Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author and politician.
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Robert R. Coats
Robert Roy Coats (1910–1995) was an American geologist known for his studies of the Aleutian Islands and his exhaustive report of Elko County, Nevada.
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San Juan Islands
The San Juan Islands are an archipelago in the northwest corner of the contiguous United States between the U.S. mainland and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Sea otter
The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean.
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Sea otter conservation
Modern efforts in sea otter conservation began in the early 20th century, when the sea otter was nearly extinct due to large-scale commercial hunting.
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Seabees in World War II
The first Seabees (from Construction Battalions) were recruited by the United States Navy during World War II.
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Sedan (nuclear test)
Storax Sedan was a shallow underground nuclear test conducted in Area 10 of Yucca Flat at the Nevada National Security Site on July 6, 1962 as part of Operation Plowshare, a program to investigate the use of nuclear weapons for mining, cratering, and other civilian purposes.
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September 15
No description.
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Sergei Kourdakov
Sergei Nikolayevich Kourdakov (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Курдаков; March 1, 1951 – January 1, 1973) was a former KGB agent and naval officer who from his late teen years carried out more than 150 raids in underground Christian communities in regions of the Soviet Union in the 1960s.
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Shiro Kawase
was a vice admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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Spectacled cormorant
The spectacled cormorant or Pallas's cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus) is an extinct marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabited Bering Island and possibly other places in the Komandorski Islands and the nearby coast of Kamchatka in the far northeast of Russia.
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SS George Washington Carver
SS George Washington Carver was a Liberty ship built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II.
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Steller's sea cow
Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) is an extinct sirenian discovered by Europeans in 1741.
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Tasu
Tasu or Tassoo, also Old Tasu or Old Tasu Townsite, was an iron and copper (w/ precious metal sweeteners) -open pit and underground mining operation and townsite located on the south shore of Tasu Sound in west-central Moresby Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
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Thomas G. W. Settle
Thomas Greenhow Williams "Tex" Settle (born November 4, 1895 in Washington, D.C. – died April 28, 1980, Bethesda, Maryland) was an officer of the United States Navy who on November 20, 1933, together with Army major Chester L. Fordney, set a world altitude record in the Century of Progress stratospheric balloon.
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Tool use by sea otters
The sea otter, Enhydra lutris, is a member of the Mustelidae that is fully aquatic.
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Typhoon Mireille
Typhoon Mireille, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Rosing, was the costliest typhoon on record, striking Japan in September 1991.
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Underground nuclear weapons testing
Underground nuclear testing is the test detonation of nuclear weapons that is performed underground.
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United States Atomic Energy Commission
The United States Atomic Energy Commission, commonly known as the AEC, was an agency of the United States government established after World War II by U.S. Congress to foster and control the peacetime development of atomic science and technology.
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USCGC Citrus (WLB-300)
USCGC Citrus (WAGL-300/WLB-300/WMEC-300) was a Cactus (A)-class seagoing buoy tender built in 1942 in Duluth, Minnesota, and now operated by the navy of the Dominican Republic.
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USS Achernar (AKA-53)
USS Achernar (AKA-53) was an attack cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy, named after the star Achernar.
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USS Admirable (AM-136)
USS Admirable (AM-136) was the lead ship of her class of minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II.
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USS Arthur Middleton (APA-25)
USS Arthur Middleton (AP-55/APA-25)Not to be confused with the Liberty (EC2-S-C1) ship of the,, launched 3 May 1942 at Alabama Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co.
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USS Augury (AM-149)
USS Augury (AM-149) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II and in commission from 1943 to 1945.
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USS Auk (AM-38)
USS Auk (AM-38) was an ''Lapwing''-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy after World War I for the task of removing mines that had been placed during the war.
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USS Bailey (DD-492)
USS Bailey (DD-492) was a ''Benson''-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II.
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USS Bancroft (DD-598)
USS Bancroft (DD-598) was a in the United States Navy during World War II.
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USS Bauer (DE-1025)
USS Bauer (DE-1025) was a in the United States Navy.
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USS Bisbee (PF-46)
USS Bisbee (PF-46) was a United States Navy in commission from 1944 to 1945 and from 1950 to 1951.
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USS Bond (AM-152)
USS Bond (AM-152) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II and in commission from 1943 to 1945.
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USS Buckthorn (AN-14)
USS Buckthorn (YN-9/AN-14) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II.
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USS Buoyant (AM-153)
USS Buoyant (AM-153) was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II.
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USS Casco (AVP-12)
The third USS Casco (AVP-12) was a United States Navy ''Barnegat''-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1941 to 1947.
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USS Dale (DD-353)
The fourth USS Dale (DD-353) was a ''Farragut''-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II.
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USS Detroit (CL-8)
USS Detroit (CL-8) was an light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, of the United States Navy.
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USS Dewey (DD-349)
The first USS Dewey (DD-349) was a ''Farragut''-class destroyer of the United States Navy, launched in 1934 and named for Admiral George Dewey.
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USS Gilmore (DE-18)
USS Gilmore (DE-18) was an ''Evarts''-class short-hull destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy, named after Commander Walter William Gilmore, Supply Corps, killed on 8 May 1942 while serving as the supply officer of the in the Battle of Coral Sea.
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USS Hulbert (DD-342)
USS Hulbert (DD-342/AVD-6) was a ''Clemson''-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Henry Hulbert.
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USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
USS Indianapolis (CL/CA-35) was a heavy cruiser of the United States Navy, named for the city of Indianapolis, Indiana.
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USS Kalk (DD-611)
USS Kalk (DD-611) was a ''Benson''-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II.
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USS Kane (DD-235)
USS Kane (DD-235/APD-18) was a ''Clemson''-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II.
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USS Long
USS Long (DD-209/DMS-12), named for John Davis Long (1838–1915), Secretary of the Navy from 1897 to 1902, was a of the United States Navy.
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USS Pruitt (DD-347)
USS Pruitt (DD-347/DM-22/AG–101) was a ''Clemson''-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Corporal John H. Pruitt, USMC, World War I Medal of Honor recipient.
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USS Raleigh (CL-7)
USS Raleigh (CL-7) was an light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, of the United States Navy.
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USS Richmond (CL-9)
USS Richmond (CL-9) was an light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, of the United States Navy.
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USS S-27 (SS-132)
USS S27 (SS132) was a ''S''-class submarine of the United States Navy.
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USS S-32 (SS-137)
USS S-32 (SS-137) was an ''S''-class submarine of the United States Navy.
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USS S-35 (SS-140)
USS S-35 (SS-140) was an S-class submarine of the United States Navy.
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USS Sarsi (ATF-111)
USS Sarsi (AT-111/ATF-111) was an ''Abnaki''-class fleet ocean tug commissioned in California in 1943.
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USS Seize (ARS-26)
USS Seize (ARS-26) was a ''Diver''-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned in the United States Navy during World War II.
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USS Shasta (AE-33)
USS Shasta (AE-33) was a ''Kilauea''-class replenishment ammunition ship of the United States Navy.
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USS Tekesta (AT-93)
USS Tekesta (AT-93) was built during World War II for the United States Navy.
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USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30)
USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30), serving from 1 May 1942 until 18 July 1955, was a transport and then reclassified on 1 February 1943 as an.
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USS Worden (DD-352)
The third USS Worden (DD-352) was a ''Farragut''-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II.
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Vela Uniform
Vela Uniform was an element of Project Vela conducted jointly by the United States Department of Energy and the Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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VP-19
Patrol Squadron 19 (VP-19) was a maritime patrol squadron of the United States Navy.
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VP-28
VP-28 was a Patrol Squadron of the U.S. Navy.
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VP-47
Patrol Squadron 47 (VP-47), also known as "The Golden Swordsmen", is a maritime patrol squadron of the United States Navy based at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington attached to Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing Ten.
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VPB-45
VPB-45 was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy.
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W71
The W-71 nuclear warhead was a US thermonuclear warhead developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and deployed on the LIM-49A Spartan missile, a component of the Safeguard Program, an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense system briefly deployed by the US in the 1970s.
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William Franklin Draper (artist)
William Franklin Draper (December 24, 1912 – October 26, 2003) was a well-known American painter.
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XI Bomber Command
The XI Bomber Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
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Years of Hope and Anger
Years of Hope and Anger is the 16th episode of the dramatic documentary television series, Canada: A People's History.
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179th meridian east
The meridian 179° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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1942 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1942.
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1943 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1943.
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1965
No description.
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1965 in the United States
Events from the year 1965 in the United States.
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1965 Rat Islands earthquake
The 1965 Rat Islands earthquake occurred at 05:01 UTC, on 4 February (19:01, 3 February local time).
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1969
The year is associated with the first manned landing on the Moon (Apollo 11).
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1969 in the United States
Events from the year 1969 in the United States.
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1971
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
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1971 in the United States
Events from the year 1971 in the United States.
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21st Bombardment Squadron
The 21st Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit.
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407th Air Expeditionary Group
The 407th Air Expeditionary Group (407 AEG) is a provisional United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces Central Command 332d Air Expeditionary Wing.
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906th Air Refueling Squadron
The 906th Air Refueling Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit.
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Redirects here:
Amchitka Army Airbase, Amchitka Island, Amchitka Island (Alaska).
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amchitka
