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To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. -- George Washington |
SETCON II, Colorado, May 1980-Jun 1980(73 total words in this text)(2545 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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1539:
Hernando de Soto lands in Florida with 600 soldiers in search of gold.
1859: The Piedmontese army crosses the Sesia River and defeats the Austrians at Palestro. 1862: Union General Henry Halleck enters Corinth, Mississippi. 1868: Memorial Day begins when two women place flowers on both Confederate and Union graves. 1912: U.S. Marines are sent to Nicaragua to protect American interests. 1913: The First Balkan War ends. 1921: The U.S. Navy transfers the Teapot Dome oil reserves to the Department of the Interior. 1942: A thousand-plane raid on the German city of Cologne is launched by Great Britain. Almost 1,500 tons of bombs rain down in 90 minutes, delivering a devastating blow to the Germans medieval city as well as its morale. 1951: Eighth Army regained the Kansas Line. 1952: Far East Air Forces had flown 200,000 sorties in the Korean War during some 330 consecutive days of combat operations. |
