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  2. Battle of Okinawa - Wikipedia

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    Bear the temporary shame but endure it. This is an order from your army commander." [42]: 723 Yahara was the most senior officer to have survived the battle on the island, and he later authored a book titled The Battle for Okinawa. On 22 June Tenth Army held a flag-raising ceremony to mark the end of organized resistance on Okinawa.

  3. United States Coast Guard - Wikipedia

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    Coast Guard policy has assigned many of its duties related to recreational boating safety to the Auxiliary, including public boating safety education and outreach. This includes offering boating skills courses, liaising with marine-related businesses at the local level, and providing voluntary Vessel Safety Checks (formerly called Courtesy ...

  4. Naval Battle of Guadalcanal - Wikipedia

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    The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, sometimes referred to as the Third and Fourth Battles of Savo Island, the Battle of the Solomons, The Battle of Friday the 13th, The Night of the Big Guns, or, in Japanese sources, the Third Battle of the Solomon Sea (第三次ソロモン海戦, Dai-san-ji Soromon Kaisen), took place from 12 to 15 November 1942 and was the decisive engagement in a series of ...

  5. Edward II of England - Wikipedia

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    Alarmed, Lancaster now mobilised his own army in the north of England, and Edward mustered his own forces in the south-west. [211] The Despensers returned from exile and were pardoned by the royal council. [212] In December, Edward led his army across the River Severn and advanced into the Welsh Marches, where the opposition forces had gathered ...

  6. Norfolk Southern Railway - Wikipedia

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    Norfolk Southern's predecessor railroads date to the early 19th century. The South Carolina Canal & Rail Road was the SOU's earliest predecessor line. Chartered in 1827, the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company became the first to offer regularly scheduled passenger train service with the inaugural run of the Best Friend of Charleston in 1830. [18]

  7. Kurdistan Workers' Party - Wikipedia

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    The Kurdistan Workers' Party [a] or PKK is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement which historically operated throughout Kurdistan but is now primarily based in the mountainous Kurdish-majority regions of southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq.

  8. 1989 New Year Honours - Wikipedia

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    Wing Commander Ian Walter Lindsey Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Training). Reverend (Wing Commander) Duncan Alexander Fraser Maclennan. Wing Commander Roy James Springett. Wing Commander Nigel John Sudborough. Wing Commander Christopher George Winsland. Wing Commander Jeffrey Young.