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Without harmony in the State, no military expedition can be undertaken; without harmony in the army, no battle array can be formed. -- Wu Tzu |
SETCON I, Colorado, 1978(73 total words in this text)(2721 Reads)  Operation SETCON I in 1978 located and moved 1,702 chemical training sets from 18 sites around the world to Rocky Mountain Arsenal for demilitarization. Army Technical Escort Unit personnel escorted all convoys and airlifts and maintained custody of the sets from start to finish. The operation was completed without accident or incident in January-February 1978. Operation SETCON II followed in May-June 1980 and eliminated about 18,500 additional kits from 15 storage sites. |
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1759:
British forces seize Basse-Terre and Guadeloupe from France.
1865: Union cavalry units continue to skirmish with Confederate forces in Henderson, North Carolina and Munsford Station, Alalbama. 1924: The U.S. Senate passes the Soldiers Bonus Bill. 1942: In retaliation for the British raid on Lubeck, German bombers strike Exeter and later Bath, Norwick, York, and other "medieval-city centres." Almost 1,000 English civilians are killed in the bombing attacks nicknamed "Baedeker Raids." 1945: The Soviet Army fights its way into Berlin. 1950: Chiang Kai-shek evacuates Hainan, leaving mainland China to Mao Zedong and the communists. 1975: At a speech at Tulane University, President Gerald Ford says the Vietnam War is finished as far as America is concerned. This was devastating news to the South Vietnamese, who were desperately pleading for U.S. support as the North Vietnamese surrounded Saigon for the final assault on the capital city. |
