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- Atlantic Ocean [r]: Second largest ocean in the world; separates the Americas from Europe and Africa. [e]
- Cuban Missile Crisis [r]: Probably the closest the U.S. and Soviet Union came to nuclear war, a confrontation, in October 1962, when Soviet missiles were discovered in Cuba, and eventually removed through a naval show of force and diplomatic maneuvering [e]
- North Carolina (U.S. state) [r]: A state in the southeastern region of the United States [e]
- Onslow County, North Carolina [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Alshain (AKA-55) [r]: An Andromeda class attack cargo ship that was deployed during World War II and the Korean War; it could carry heavy equipments, supplies, and troops, and deploy landing crafts in amphibious assaults. [e]
- USS Arneb (AKA-56) [r]: Andromeda-class attack cargo ship of the Second World War and beyond; the AKA longest in service [e]
- USS Pocono (AGC-16) [r]: Adirondack-class amphibious command ship [e]
- USS Vermilion (AKA-107) [r]: WWII attack cargo ship of the Tolland-class [e]
- USS York County (LST-1175) [r]: a Suffolk County class LST that served in the U.S. Navy from 1956 to 1972 [e]
- United States Maritime Commission [r]: in existence from 1936-1950, an independent executive agency of the United States government, which promoted merchant ship operations [e]
- Library of Congress [r]: The world's largest library, which has a division that provides research for the U.S. Congress; although the United States has no official library, the Library of Congress has the role in practice, especially as a cataloging authority and containing the Copyright Office [e]
- Schutzstaffel [r]: A Nazi German organization, the "SS". technically part of the National Socialist German Workers' Party but in many respects a "state within a state", its functions intermingled with government offices in a manner characteristic of Adolf Hitler's desire to keep final control. While it is best known for its security and genocidal operations, it also had major economic and regular military roles, a far growth from its original role as Hitler's personal bodyguard [e]
- Yuma Proving Ground [r]: U.S. Army facility providing extreme environment testing to all the services, directly for desert environments from its Arizona base, for cold weather in an Alaska center, and tropic weather, in multiple countries, managed from an office in Panama [e]