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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 ** aerial delivery (parachute packing, air item maintenance, heavy and light equipment parachute drop, rigging and sling loading.)
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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 Thomas J. Gary (DE-326)
  Bob Redmon says "Toward the end of the war we were part of a task force that was probably larger than the one on [[D-D ...g so long. Of course when we started dropping the big bombs we understood. I still would have liked for the big boys who were sunk at Pearl to have had
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• USS Douglas L. Howard (DE-138)
  ...class|Edsall|destroyer escort}} built for the [[U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She served in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and the [[Pacific Ocean]] and pr ...[Consolidated Steel]] Corp., Ltd., [[Orange, Texas]]; sponsored by Mrs. D. I. Thomas, daughter of ''Captain Howard''; and commissioned 29 July 1943, Lie
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• USS Yakutat (AVP-32)
  |Ship honors=Four [[battle star]]s for [[World War II]] service ...t'' tended [[seaplanes]] in combat areas in the [[Pacific]] during [[World War II]].
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• USCGC Casco (WAVP-370)
  ...during [[World War II]], operated in the [[Philippine Islands]] after the war, and was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 10 April 1947. ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Humboldt (WAVP-372)
  ...asion of [[Japan]], but was converted back into a seaplane tender when the war ended without the invasion being necessary. She was [[Ship decommissioning| ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)
  ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta South Vietnam collapsed in late April 1975, bringing the [[Vietnam War]] to an end. In May 1975, [[North Vietnam]] seized ''Tham Ngu Lao''. The sh
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• USCGC Coos Bay (WAVP-376)
  ...al Pacific Area|Central Pacific]] and [[Southwest Pacific]] during [[World War II]], and on occupation duty in [[Japan]] postwar. She was [[Ship decommiss ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Rockaway (WAVP-377)
  ...s was cancelled and she was converted back into a seaplane tender when the war ended without the invasion being necessary. She was [[Ship decommissioning| ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378)
  ...6.htm) credits ''Half Moon'' with six [[campaign star]]s for her [[Vietnam War]] service, but the credit for one extends past the end of her Vietnam tour ...in the [[New Guinea campaign]] and [[Philippines campaign]] during [[World War II]], and at [[Okinawa]] and in the [[Philippines]] postwar. She was [[Ship
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• USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379)
  ...ica]], the [[Galapagos Islands]] and the [[North Atlantic]] during [[World War II]] and in [[Hawaii]], the [[Aleutian Islands]] and the [[North Pacific]] ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381)
  ...rld War II]], and at [[Okinawa]], in [[China]], and in [[Korea]] after the war ended. She was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 24 July 1946 and ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385)
  ...an Naval Fighting Ships'' at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b6/biscayne-i.htm</ref> or 29 July 1946<ref>Per the United States Coast Guard Historian's ...Jima]], in the [[Okinawa campaign]], and in the [[Philippines]] before the war ended. Postwar, she served in [[Korea]] and [[China]]. She was [[Ship deco
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• USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387)
  ...o]] during [[World War II]], and continued her Borneo operations after the war ended. She was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 26 June 1946 and ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382)
  ...=USCGC ''Bering Strait'' (WAVP-382, WHEC-382), 1970 In Subic Bay [[Vietnam War]] service. ...She served in the [[Central Pacific Area|Central Pacific]] during [[World War II]], including in the [[Okinawa campaign]], and on occupation duty in [[Ja
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• USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380)
  ...[Meritorious Unit Commendation]]<br/>Four [[campaign star]]s for [[Vietnam War]] service ...She served in the [[Central Pacific Area|Central Pacific]] during [[World War II]] and on occupation duty in [[Japan]] postwar. She was [[Ship decommissi
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• USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375)
  ...wo Jima]] campaign, and operated at [[Okinawa]] and in [[China]] after the war. She was [[Ship decommissioning|decommissioned]] on 21 December 1946. ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta
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• USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384)
  |Ship honors=Two [[campaign star]]s for [[Vietnam War]] service ...She served in the [[Central Pacific Area|Central Pacific]] during [[World War II]], including in the [[Iwo Jima]] campaign, and on occupation duty in [[J
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• Arc Welding
  ...ded hull;<ref>[http://www.rnecmanadon.com/about/timeline.php Royal Naval & World Events time line]</ref> she was launched in 1921.<ref>[http://oregonstate. ...ed a major expansion of arc welding during the 1930s and then during World War II.<ref name=LE-1.1-6>Lincoln Electric (1994), p.1.1-6.</ref>
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