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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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• 20 cm/50 3rd Year Type naval gun
  |wars=[[Second World War]] ...of length|caliber]] guns''' formed the main battery of [[Japan]]'s [[World War II]] [[heavy cruiser]]s. These guns were also mounted on two early [[aircr
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• 61 cm Type 90 torpedo
  | wars = [[Second World War]] ...-powered torpedo, commonly called the ''Long Lance'', as oxygen generating equipment was installed aboard the cruisers.
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...r]], [[South African Border War]], [[Falklands War]], [[Gulf War]], [[Iraq War]] ...ems during [[World War II]], used by most of the western [[Allies of World War II|Allies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred to simply
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• Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34
  ...dello 34''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] anti-aircraft gun used during [[World War II]]. The designation means it had a caliber of 75 mm, the barrel was 46 ca In German use it was renamed '''7.5-cm Flak 264/3(i)'''.
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• Cannone da 90/53
  ...ne of the most successful anti-aircraft guns to see service during [[World War II]]. It was used both in an anti-aircraft role and as an anti-tank gun. Th ...Germany forces were designated '''9-cm Flak 41(i)''' or '''9-cm Flak 309/1(i)'''. Some of these guns were used for the air defence of Germany while othe
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...r on Terror]] ([[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]], [[Iraq War|Iraq]]) ...Deuce" is a [[heavy machine gun]] designed towards the end of [[World War I]] by [[John Browning]]. It is very similar in design to John Browning's ear
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• Nagant M1895
  ...War]], [[World War II]], [[Chinese Civil War]] , [[Korean War]], [[Vietnam War]] ...in use with the [[Russian Railways]] and remote police forces.<ref>http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg102-e.htm</ref>
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• Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
  |wars=[[World War II]] |design_date=[[World War I]]
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  {{About|the World War II tank and anti-tank gun|the anti-aircraft "pom-pom" autocannon|QF 2 pound |wars=World War II
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• Ordnance QF 3 pounder Vickers
  |variants=Mk I Mk II ...eel shells as the Hotchkiss.<ref>Treatise on ammunition 10th Edition 1915. War Office, UK. Page 404</ref>
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• QF 3.7 inch AA gun
  |wars= [[World War II]] ...with a slightly larger calibre of 94&nbsp;mm. It remained in use after the war until AA guns were replaced by [[guided missile]]s in the late 1950s.
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• QF 3 inch 20 cwt
  |caption=Egyptian gun captured by Israel in the 1956 war. |wars=[[World War I]] [[World War II]]
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...by radar or television camera, a computer, stabilizing device or gyro, and equipment in a plotting room<ref name="NavOrdAndGunV2">{{cite book|title =NAVAL ORDNA For the US, the brains were first provided by the [[Mark I Fire Control Computer|Mark 1A Fire Control Computer]] which was an electro-
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• Phenobarbital
  ...as been superseded by the [[benzodiazepine]]s for these indications. The [[World Health Organization]] recommends its use as first-line for partial and gene | publisher = World Health Organization
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• Codeine
  | legal_CA = Schedule I ...drug overall according to numerous reports by organizations including the World Health Organization and its League of Nations predecessor agency. It is one
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• Ketamine
  | legal_CA = Schedule I ...gh S has the most active potency. Ketamine is a ''core'' medicine in the [[World Health Organization]]'s "[[WHO Model List of Essential Medicines|Essential
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• Nitrous oxide
  ...rst, James Watt had invented a novel machine to produce "Factitious Airs" (i.e. nitrous oxide) and a novel "breathing apparatus" to inhale the gas. Seco ...the portable air bags connected with a tube to a mouthpiece. With this new equipment being engineered and produced already in 1794, the way was now paved for [[
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• Mercury (element)
  Mercury occurs in deposits throughout the world mostly as [[cinnabar]] ([[mercuric sulfide]]), which is the source of the r *[[Mercury(I) chloride]] ([[calomel]]) is sometimes still used in [[medicine]], acousto-
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• Morphine
  | legal_CA = Schedule I ...S.C), [[intramuscular]] (I.M), [[intravenous]] (I.V), and [[intrathecal]] (I.T)
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• Airspeed Oxford
  ...ting, bombing and gunnery roles throughout the [[World War II|Second World War]]. As a consequence of the outbreak of war, many thousands of Oxfords would be ordered by Britain and its allies, incl
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• Metal
  ...st dense solid element and [[osmium]] is the densest. The metals of groups I A and II A are referred to as the [[light metals]] because they are excepti ...[Surface mining|surface mines]], which are mined by excavation using heavy equipment, and [[Underground mining (hard rock)|subsurface mines]].
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• Depleted uranium
  ...shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and containers used to transport radioactive materials. Military uses incl ...defects in offspring of persons exposed to DU."<ref name="Hindin" /> The [[World Health Organization]] states that no consistent risk of reproductive, deve
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• Steel
  ...lity of the metal. Today, steel is one of the most common materials in the world, with more than 1.3 billion tons produced annually. It is a major component ...d in the [[Earth]]'s [[crust (geology)|crust]] only in the form of an ore, i.e., combined with other elements such as [[oxygen]] or [[sulfur]].<ref>{{ci
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• Hemp
  Industrial hemp is produced in many countries around the world.<ref>[[National Non-Food Crops Centre]]. [http://www.nnfcc.co.uk/metadot/in ...], an edible oil that contains about 80% [[essential fatty acid]]s (EFAs); i.e., [[linoleic acid]], [[omega-6]] ([[LA]], 55%), [[alpha-linolenic acid]],
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• Iron
  ...{cite journal| title=Properties of Various Pure Irons : Study on pure iron I| url=http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110001459778/en| volume=50| issue=1| pages=42 ...[[stainless steel]] used for making cutlery, and hospital and food-service equipment.<ref name="Metallo"/>
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• Wood
  ...right|275px|The churches of [[Kizhi]], [[Russia]] are among a handful of [[World Heritage Site]]s built entirely of wood, without metal joints. See [[Kizhi ...ng used as fuel, which continues to this day, mostly in rural areas of the world. Hardwood is preferred over softwood because it creates less smoke and burn
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• Optacon
  ...Zurich, I told my wife and son and daughter, Candy, who was blind: "Guys, I've got the most magnificent idea. We'll make something that will let Candy ...a German scientist brought to the U.S. after World War II. (During World War II Mauch worked for the German Air Ministry as part of the German V-1 missi
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• White cane
  ...{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}, but it was not until after [[World War I]] that the white cane was introduced. ...white canes were sent afterwards to french blind veterans from [[World War I]] and blind civilians.<ref>{{Citation | author = Bailly, Claude | year = 19
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• Dry cleaning
  After [[World War I]], dry cleaners began using chlorinated solvents. These solvents were much This changed when the British dry-cleaning equipment company Spencer introduced the first in-shop machines (which, like modern d
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• Ethylene oxide
  ...]] which is widely used in hospitals to sterilize heat-sensitive tools and equipment.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/?id=oJy5wdzi0yUC&pg=PA309|page |chapter = Part I. Structure and properties of ethylene oxide. Features of the reactivity of
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