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2. Military use of children in World War II - Wikipedia

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   Children as young as 8 were reported as having been captured by American troops, with boys aged 12 and under manning artillery units. Girls were also being placed in armed combat, operating anti-aircraft, or flak, guns alongside boys. Children commonly served in auxiliary roles in the Luftwaffe and were known as flakhelfer, from luftwaffenhelfer.

3. Drag Queen Story Hour - Wikipedia

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   www .dragstoryhour .org. Drag Queen Story Hour ( DQSH ), Drag Queen Storytime, Drag Story Time, and Drag Story Hour are children's events first started in 2015 by author and activist Michelle Tea in San Francisco with the goals of promoting reading and diversity. [1] [2] [3] The events, usually geared for children aged 3–11, are hosted by ...

4. John Hawkins (author) - Wikipedia

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   Sir John Hawkins 1786, after a painting by James Roberts. Sir John Hawkins (29 March 1719 – 21 May 1789) was an English author and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson and Horace Walpole.

5. SOS Children's Villages - Wikipedia

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   SOS Children's Villages is an independent, non-governmental, nonprofit international development organization headquartered in Innsbruck, Austria. The organization provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to families facing difficulties and supports children and young people without parental care or at risk of losing it.

6. Activities of daily living - Wikipedia

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   Activities of daily living ( ADLs) is a term used in healthcare to refer to an individual's daily self-care activities. Health professionals often use a person's ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measure of their functional status. The concept of ADLs was originally proposed in the 1950s by Sidney Katz and his team at the Benjamin Rose ...

7. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Wikipedia

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   Hospitals in Tennessee. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a pediatric treatment and research facility located in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962, it is a 501 (c) (3) designated nonprofit medical corporation which focuses on children's catastrophic diseases, particularly leukemia and other cancers. [1]