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  • USS Opponent (AM-269) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters...
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  • Counterproliferation refers to diplomatic, intelligence, and military efforts to combat the proliferation of weapons, including both weapons of mass destruction...
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    The Battle of Villersexel took place on 9 January 1871 as part of the Franco-Prussian War. Elements of the French Armée de l'Est under General Bourbaki...
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    Vityaz (Russian: Витязь, translit. Vityaz) was a steam corvette of the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. Later renamed Skobelev, Vityaz spent...
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    Abba Philip Schwartz (April 17, 1916 – September 13, 1989) was United States Assistant Secretary of State for Security and Consular Affairs from 1962 to...
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    Rear Admiral Cedric E. Pringle (born c. 1964) is a retired United States Navy officer and career Surface Warfare Officer who served as the 31st Commandant...
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  • Nikolai Vasilyevich Travin (Russian: Николай Васильевич Травин) was an officer in the Red Army. He served during the Russian Civil War, First World War...
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    Commandant Gabriel Auguste Ferdinand Ducuing (22 December 1885 – 25 May 1940) was an officer in the French Navy of the First and Second World Wars. He...
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  • The 6th Marine Infantry Battalion is a unit of the Troupes de Marine of the French Army. It is stationed in Libreville, Gabon, subordinate to the general...
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  • Thumbnail for Edward L. Anderson
    Rear Admiral Edward L. Anderson is an active duty United States Navy officer and career submariner who has been serving as Commander, Undersea Warfare...
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    Adam Dedio (24 December 1918 – 14 April 1947) was a Polish Home Army officer during World War II. He fought in the battle of Kock in 1939 and the Warsaw...
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    Oliver S. Picher (January 1, 1905 – July 20, 1984) was a United States Air Force lieutenant general. He served as commander of the 307th Bombardment Group...
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  • Maurice-Arthur-Alphonse Wemaere (1879-1956) was a French colonel who commanded the French 1st Cavalry Brigade during the Battle of Belgium and the Battle...
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  • Luis Eric Rupert de la Torre, MBE (16 October 1918 – 22 August 2011) was a veteran of the St Nazaire Raid, a prison camp escapee, and the manager of a...
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