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  2. Rural Free Delivery - Wikipedia

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    Rural Free Delivery vehicle (from Popular Mechanics, September 1905) Rural Free Delivery (RFD), since 1906 officially rural delivery, is a program of the United States Post Office Department to deliver mail directly to rural destinations. The program began in the late 19th century. Before that, people living in rural areas had to pick up mail ...

  3. 1st Hull Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery - Wikipedia

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    Royal Garrison Artillery gunners training on a 4.7-inch gun ca 1914. The recruits began training at East Hull Barracks on Holderness Road, [a] performing drill in nearby East Park. The men lived at home, and until uniforms arrived the men of 1st Hull Bty were distinguished form the other East Riding recruits by wearing a red and blue armband on ...

  4. Rural King - Wikipedia

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    Rural King Supply is a farm supply store based in Mattoon, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1960, as of 2024 the chain has 135 stores in the U.S. states of Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and Alabama. [1] The company also operates an online ...

  5. Police use of firearms in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Police firearms training teaches the use and discharge of firearms to "remove the threat" rather than to kill. Following the 11 September 2001 attacks new guidelines were developed for identifying, confronting, and dealing forcefully with terrorist suspects. These guidelines were given the code name " Operation Kratos ".

  6. Bernard Montgomery - Wikipedia

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    Von Rundstedt, the German commander of the Western Front, ordered General Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, the commander of 15th Army, that: "The attempt of the enemy to occupy the West Scheldt in order to obtain the free use of the harbor of Antwerp must be resisted to the utmost" (emphasis in the original). [166]

  7. Dodecanese campaign - Wikipedia

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    Dodecanese campaign. The Dodecanese campaign was the capture and occupation of the Dodecanese islands by German forces during World War II. Following the signing of the Armistice of Cassibile on 3 September 1943, Italy switched sides and joined the Allies. As a result, the Germans made plans to seize control of the Dodecanese, which were under ...

  8. Rockland Rural Historic District - Wikipedia

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    November 17, 2015. The Rockland Rural Historic District is a large rural historic district located near Front Royal in northeastern Warren County, Virginia. It encompasses more than 10,000 acres (4,000 ha), roughly bounded on the north by the Clark County line, and the east by the Shenandoah River. This area has unspoiled vistas of farms and ...

  9. HMS Beagle - Wikipedia

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    HMS Beagle was a Cherokee -class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel, constructed at a cost of £7,803, was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames. Later reports say the ship took part in celebrations of the coronation of King George IV of the United Kingdom ...