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  2. Navy Office of Information West - Wikipedia

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    The Navy Office of Information West, also referred to as NAVINFO West, is a public affairs office in Westwood, Los Angeles that serves as the primary Navy liaison to feature films, documentaries, and television programs depicting or involving the US Navy. The office was founded in 1918. [1] This office also maintains close relations and ...

  3. Waterways of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Clip from John Senex map c. 1710 showing the people Captain Vielle passed by to arrive in Chaouenon's country as the French Jesuit called the Shawnee.. For nearly 15 years, missionaries and "coureurs de bois" confused ideas of a "beautiful River, large, wide, deep, and worthy of comparison . . . with our great river St. Lawrence" that in 1660 and 1662 they were able to describe a river below ...

  4. Knapp, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Knapp, West Virginia. /  38.23389°N 80.05083°W  / 38.23389; -80.05083. Knapp is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Knapp is located on the Greenbrier River, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east-northeast of Marlinton .

  5. West, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    West is an unincorporated community in Wetzel County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. History. A post office called West was established in 1864, and remained in operation until 1953. The origin of the name West is obscure; it might be named after the local West family. References

  6. United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    The United States Navy ( USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the world's most powerful navy and the largest by tonnage, at 4.5 million tons in 2021 [9] and in 2009 an estimated battle fleet tonnage that exceeded the next 13 navies combined. [10]

  7. Seal of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Seal of West Virginia. The Great Seal of the State of West Virginia was adopted in September 1863. [1] The obverse center of the seal contains a boulder that has been inscribed June 20, 1863, the date West Virginia became a state. In front of the boulder lie two crossed rifles and a liberty cap as a symbol of the state's fight for liberty.

  8. West Virginia in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. state of West Virginia was formed out of western Virginia and added to the Union as a direct result of the American Civil War (see History of West Virginia ), in which it became the only modern state to have declared its independence from the Confederacy. In the summer of 1861, Union troops, which included a number of newly formed ...

  9. Nottingham, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    UTC-4 (EDT) Area code (s) 304 & 681. GNIS feature ID. 1555245 [1] Nottingham is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Nottingham is located on the Greenbrier River, 2 miles (3.2 km) south-southeast of Durbin .