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  2. Seacoast defense in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Fort Point - San Francisco - example of a mid-1800s Third System fort Damaged wall - Fort Pulaski on the coast of Georgia Civil War 10-inch Rodman gun at Fort Knox (Maine) In 1816, following the War of 1812, Congress appropriated over $800,000 for an ambitious seacoast defensive system which was known as the Third System.

  3. Goldfinger (film) - Wikipedia

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    Operation Grand Slam begins with Pussy Galore's Flying Circus spraying gas over Fort Knox, seemingly knocking out the military guards. Goldfinger's private army breaks into Fort Knox and accesses the vault as Goldfinger arrives in a helicopter with the bomb. In the vault, Goldfinger's henchman Kisch handcuffs Bond to the bomb.

  4. History of the M1 Abrams - Wikipedia

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    An XM1 Abrams during a demonstration at Fort Knox, Kentucky, in 1979 The finalized M1 scale model. On 20 July 1976, United States Secretary of the Army Martin Hoffmann and a group of generals visited Deputy Defense Secretary Bill Clements and Director of Defense Research and Engineering Malcolm Currie on their decision. They were surprised when ...

  5. Fort Ticonderoga - Wikipedia

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    Henry Knox led a party to transport many of the fort's cannon to Boston to assist in the siege against the British, who evacuated the city in March 1776. The Americans held the fort until June 1777, when British forces under General John Burgoyne occupied high ground above it ; the threat resulted in the Continental Army troops withdrawing from ...

  6. Forts of Vincennes, Indiana - Wikipedia

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    Fort Knox II was disassembled, floated down the Wabash, and reassembled just a few yards from where Fort Knox I had been. The former Fort Knox II site is now marked and preserved as a state and national historic site, close to present-day Ouabache State Park on the outskirts of Vincennes. The outline of the former fort has been marked with ...

  7. T28 super-heavy tank - Wikipedia

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    The T28 super-heavy tank was an American super-heavy tank/assault gun designed for the United States Army during World War II.It was originally designed to break through German defenses of the Siegfried Line and was later considered as a possible participant in the planned invasion of the Japanese mainland.

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