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  2. List of military figures by nickname - Wikipedia

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    William Cunningham, Loyalist militia commander in South Carolina. "Bloody George" – George Alan Vasey, Second World War Australian general. "Bluey" – Keith Truscott, Second World War Australian fighter ace. "Blutiger Ferdinand" ("Bloody Ferdinand") – Ferdinand Schörner, World War II German field marshal and convicted war criminal.

  3. Glossary of military abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    AAA – Anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A". AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle. AAC – Army Acquisition Corps. AAD – Armored amphibious dozer. AADC – Area air defense commander. AAE – Army acquisition executive. AAG – Anti-aircraft gun. AAK – Appliqué armor kit (US) AAL – Additional authorization list.

  4. List of U.S. Department of Defense and partner code names

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    The mission typically covers embassy resupply, medical evacuations, and support of U.S. troops and/or the Drug Enforcement Administration. Coronet Solo – EC-121Ss modified for psychological warfare to broadcast radio and TV with electronic warfare capability. Renamed Volant Solo with introduction of EC-130Es.

  5. List of nuclear weapons - Wikipedia

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    Mark 11 – Re-designed Mk-8. Gun-type (8–30 kilotons). Mark 12 – Light-weight bomb to be carried by fighter aircraft (12–14 kilotons). Mark 13 – Improved version of Mk-6 (cancelled August 1954). TX/ Mark 14 – First deployable solid-fuel thermonuclear bomb ( Castle Union device).

  6. List of military operations - Wikipedia

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    Operation Roll-Up (1949) — Refurbishment and redeployment of World War II equipment. Blue Hearts (1950) — UN amphibious landings at Pohang. Courageous (1951) — Movement of UN infantry units up the Imjin River . Tomahawk (1951) — Deployment of airmobile forces in the Battle of the Imjin River.

  7. List of military unit mottoes by country - Wikipedia

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    Republic of China Air Force. 無空防即無國防 (wu-kong-fang-ji-wu-guo-fang): without air defense there is no national defense. Republic of China Military Police. 忠貞憲兵 (zhong-zheng-xian-bing): loyal military police. Military Academy. 親愛精誠: Fraternity, Devotion, Sincerity.

  8. Jonestown - Wikipedia

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    The name of the settlement became synonymous with the incidents at those locations. [ 3 ] In total 909 individuals died in Jonestown itself, [ 1 ] all but two from apparent cyanide poisoning, a significant number of whom were injected against their will, in an event termed "revolutionary suicide" by Jones and some Peoples Temple members on an ...

  9. List of artillery by name - Wikipedia

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    155 mm howitzer. Cañón 155 mm. L 33 Modelo Argentino. Argentina. 155 mm towed howitzer, also known as "CITER 155 mm L33 gun". Cañón 155 mm. L 45 CALA 30. Argentina. 155 mm long range gun/howitzer. D-74 howitzer.