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• Napalm Sticks to Kids
  ...occasionally used in the U.S.military.<ref>The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving In Iraq. Helen Benedict, Beacon Press, p. 37</ref> The ear ....smithsonianglobalsound.org/trackdetail.aspx?itemid=3993 We Say No To Your War!]'' {{audio|napalm_sticks_to_kids__we_say_no_to_your_war.ogg|sample}} LP re
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• Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)
  ...ier]]s have served in every U.S. military operation from the Revolutionary War to current operations in Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom) and Afghanistan (Op * remount / war dogs [http://www.qmfound.com/remount1.htm]
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• Rifleman's Creed
  ...ps]] doctrine. [[Major General]] William H. Rupertus wrote it during World War II, probably in late 1941 or early 1942. All Marines learn the creed at [[r ''My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. W
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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  ...1 and remained through the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Following the war, the title Surgeon's Steward was abolished in favor of [[Apothecary]], a po ...lobbied the Navy administration to take action. With the Spanish-American War looming, Congress passed a bill authorizing establishment of the U.S. Navy
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...bombing''' (October 23, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) during the Lebanese Civil War, two [[truck bomb]]s struck separate buildings housing [[Military of the Un ...nam War, and the deadliest single attack on Americans overseas since World War II.<ref name=HouseReport>{{cite web|accessdate=2007-09-30
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• USS Brister (DE-327)
  ==World War II operations== (1 source states) Transferred to South Vietnam, 1971, captured and not returned to service.
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• USS Hissem (DE-400)
  With the war in [[Europe]] over, the destroyer escort prepared to join the [[Pacific Fle ...rl Harbor, where she underwent repairs and training. Once again ordered to Vietnam, ''Hissem'' left Hawaii 2 September and arrived Subic Bay 23 September. She
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• USS Kretchmer (DE-329)
  ...{sclass|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided des == World War II North Atlantic operations==
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• USS Forster (DE-334)
  |Ship fate=Loaned to South Vietnam, 25 September 1971 |Ship country=South Vietnam
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• USS Lowe (DE-325)
  ...gainst [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post-war she was converted and served the Navy as a weather ship and then as a radar == World War II North Atlantic operations==
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• USS Newell (DE-322)
  ...gainst [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoys]]. Post war, she served in various capacities before being finally decommissioned. == World War II North Atlantic operations==
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• USS Koiner (DE-331)
  ...gainst [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. Post-war, she was loaned to the [[U.S. Coast Guard]], and also reclassified as a [[r == World War II North Atlantic operations ==
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  ...all|destroyer escort}} built for the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and pr ==World War II North Atlantic operations==
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• USS Vance (DE-387)
  ...d external communist aggression, the ship received a new lease on life. In Vietnam, a ship of this nature could be invaluable for coastal patrol work. Accordi ...illance—this time in the Gulf of Thailand near the border dividing South Vietnam from Cambodia. She operated in company with small minesweepers (MOSs) and e
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• USS Camp (DE-251)
  |Ship fate=Transferred to [[South Vietnam]], 13 February 1971 |Ship country=South Vietnam
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• USS Savage (DE-386)
  ...ll-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. ...tactics, maneuvering, and the hundreds of other tasks demanded of a man-o-war.
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• USS Haverfield (DE-393)
  ...''-class]] [[destroyer escort]] built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and pr ==World War II North Atlantic operations==
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• Edsall class destroyer escort
  ...navy|South Vietnam}}<br>{{navy|Philippines}}<br>{{navy|Tunisia}}<br>{{navy|Vietnam}}<br>{{navy|Mexico}} ...diesel drive used in the submarines of the time. This was the only World War II DE class in which all the ships originally ordered were completed as [[U
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• USS Chincoteague (AVP-24)
  |Ship honors=Six [[battle star]]s for [[World War II]] service ==World War II service==
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• USS Absecon (AVP-23)
  ...<br/>Transferred to [[South Vietnam]] 15 June 1972<br/>Captured by [[North Vietnam]] May 1975 ...tnam]]{{'}}s [[Republic of Vietnam Navy]], and the [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam]]{{'}}s [[Vietnamese People's Navy]].
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