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    She had a bubbly and girly personality. Her boyfriend‚ Mark Fossie‚ got the idea to fly his girlfriend out to his assigned medical outpost in Vietnam. The outpost was near the village of Tra Bong‚ up in the mountains west of Chu Lai. It was a fun place to be during the war because you only had to tend to the victims and after that you can do as you wish. The outpost has also a base of operations for a squad of six Green Berets aka Greenies. This would all seem like a safe place to protect an innocent

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    the door swung open with 4 marines and a commanding officer from NATO forces‚ but there uniforms were American mainland uniforms so it was the end. They got to the island so quickly‚ but I was informed that 2 of my alpha squad members returned to outpost alpha and saved almost 20 marines that held sanctuary there. However the 2 marines that helped us were executed by CSAT forces before NATO reinforcements got to my position. I know that the attempt at taking over that compound was next to impossible

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    Malaya. In less than 50 years‚ the Portuguese had built a trading empire with military and merchant outposts‚ rimming the southern seas. They used the cities they had seized on the East Coast of Africa to resupply and repair their ships. For most of the 1500s‚ Portugal controlled the spice trade between Europe and Asia. Portugal lacked resources and faced too much resistance to make great progress into the region. They ended up resorting to much harsher methods to convert the local people to Christianity

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    Algebra in the Real World and Everyday Life Hal Hagood u07a2 Table of Contents Page Number Table of Contents …………………………………………………………………… 2 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………… 3 Ways That Algebra Affects Business or Science ………………………………….. 5 How Algebraic Concepts Can Solve Everyday Problems in Life …………………. 6 Ways Algebra Can Solve Everyday Problems in Business or Science ……………. 9 A Surprising Finding About How Algebra Affects

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    on one of the more challenging rivers in the Southeast. Our home base is what we call the “outpost”‚ its where we eat‚ sleep‚ shower‚ and live our lives in what some people might call a barbaric way of life. The outpost consists of about forty or so river guides that take people down challenging class four and five whitewater during the day and then come home for an evening of events at night. At the outpost we have one raft guide that has decided to lay down their paddle in order to supply the community

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    republic of China altercated with the south vietnamese navy resulting in a two day skirmish known as the battle of Hoang sea. The objective of both navies was the conquest of the paracel islands which were in chinese possession at the time with military outposts on various islands. South vietnamese troops were sent in to investigate but were soon outnumbered‚ and under heavy fire but with

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    by the outpost‚ despite costs

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    Was President Franklin D Roosevelt responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbour? On December 7‚ 1941 the infamous bombing of Pearl Harbour by the Japanese took place‚ but who was really responsible? Many historians lay the blame with President Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR)‚ citing his approach to the war as antagonistic and inciting a Japanese attack. This report however will highlight that the Japanese were the real antagonises‚ deliberately and purposely attacking the United States (US)‚ United

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    opportunity to acquiring more territory and we should keep this one idea steadily before our eyes”. Moreover‚ territorial growth in the form of coastal outposts used to conquer inland‚ helped making the British one of the most powerful colonial powers. Conquering outposts were extremely beneficial since it made the British powerful. By having outposts the British colonist can boost their economies by trading ports. Furthermore‚ by having those ports which‚ were near the perimeter of the African shore

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    Haradh would cover most of the eastern province of Saudi Arabia‚ and send gas to customers in central Saudi Arabia and the capital of Riyadh‚ 300 kilometers away. The site of the processing plant was barren desert‚ 180 kilometers from the nearest outpost of civilization‚ and 10 kilometers from the nearest road. Summer temperatures often reach 52 degrees Celsius. The plant needed raw material: 87 gas wells would tap the resource from the desert‚ and 680 kilometers of pipeline would bring it to

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