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  • 1USS Aaron Ward (DM-34) — For other ships of the same name, see USS Aaron Ward. Aaron Ward in camouflage measure 32, design 11a Career (US) …

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  • 2HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …

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  • 3Landing Ship, Tank — A Canadian LST off loads an M4 Sherman during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. Landing Ship, Tank (LST) was the military designation for naval vessels created during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying significant… …

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  • 4Military of the Republic of China — Infobox National Military country=Republic of China name=Republic of China Armed Forces native name=中華民國國軍 caption=ROCN ship patrolling the territorial waters near Taiwan. founded= current form= branches=nowrap| headquarters=Taipei, Republic of… …

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  • 5Timeline for September following the September 11 attacks — All times, except where otherwise noted, in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). This is four hours (instead of five) before UTC because of daylight saving time. September, 2001 Wednesday, September 12 *2:30 AM, CBS reports that a car packed with… …

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  • 6Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor — More than a decade s worth of events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred prior to the actual attack. War between Japan and the United States had been a possibility that each nation s militaries planned for since the 1920s, though real… …

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  • 7USS Vigilance (AM-324) — was an , USS|Fortune|IX 146, and USS|Boreas|AF 8 to Majuro which they reached on 25 May. Vigilance departed Majuro at 0800 on the 26th to return to Hawaii, intercepted USS|Megrez|AK 126 en route, and relieved PC 548 of escorting that cargo ship… …

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  • 8USS Lexington (CV-16) — USS Lexington (CV/CVA/CVS/CVT 16), known as The Blue Ghost , is a decommissionedSclass|Essex|aircraft carrier, the fifth United States Naval ship named in honor of the Revolutionary War Battle of Lexington. Laid down as Cabot on 15 July 1941 by… …

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  • 9USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) — The fourth USS Ticonderoga (CV 14/CVA 14/CVS 14) of the United States Navy was an aircraft carrier.The ship was laid down as Hancock on 1 February 1943 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co.; renamed Ticonderoga… …

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  • 10ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …

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