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SETCON I, Colorado, 1978(73 total words in this text)(2725 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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1861:
Union troops occupy Grafton, Virginia.
1862: At the Battle of Fair Oaks, Union General George B. McClellan defeats Confederates outside of Richmond. 1862: The Confederates abandon the city of Corinth. 1864: Confederates attack at Bethesda Church, Virginia. 1900: U.S. troops arrive in Peking to help put down the Boxer Rebellion. 1902: The Boer War ends with the Treaty of Vereeniging. 1915: A German zeppelin makes an air raid on London. 1916: British and German fleets fight in the Battle of Jutland. 1941: The last of the Allies evacuate after 11 days of battling a successful German parachute invasion of the island of Crete. 1941: An armistice is arranged between the British and the Iraqis. |
