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  2. Union Rescue Mission - Wikipedia

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    225,000 sq ft (20,900 m 2) [1] Website. urm.org. The Union Rescue Mission, commonly abbreviated as the URM, is a Christian homeless shelter in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is the oldest in the city [1] and the largest private homeless shelter in the United States. [2] The organization behind the URM is a 501 (c) (3 ...

  3. Lyman Stewart - Wikipedia

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    September 28, 1923. (1923-09-29) (aged 83) Occupation (s) Businessman, philanthropist. Parent. William Reynolds Stewart & Jane Miller Irwin. Lyman Stewart (July 22, 1840 – September 28, 1923) was a U.S. businessman and co-founder of Union Oil Company of California. Stewart was also a significant Christian philanthropist and cofounder of the ...

  4. Operation Eagle Claw - Wikipedia

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    Operation Eagle Claw (Persian: عملیات پنجه عقاب) was a failed operation by the United States Armed Forces ordered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter to attempt the rescue of 53 embassy staff held captive at the Embassy of the United States, Tehran on 24 April 1980. The operation, one of Delta Force 's first, [1] encountered many ...

  5. Rescue of Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted - Wikipedia

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    Barack Obama with Michelle Obama informing Buchanan's father that his daughter has been rescued, immediately after the State of the Union Address. [2]After raiding the pirates' compound and freeing the hostages, the U.S. forces returned to their base at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti.

  6. Harriet Tubman - Wikipedia

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    Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822 [1] – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist. [2] [3] After escaping slavery, Tubman made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including her family and friends, [4] using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known collectively as the Underground Railroad.

  7. Operation Sophia - Wikipedia

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    Operation Sophia, formally European Union Naval Force Mediterranean (EU NAVFOR Med), was a military operation of the European Union that was established as a consequence of the April 2015 Libya migrant shipwrecks with the aim of neutralising established refugee smuggling routes in the Mediterranean. The operational headquarters was located in Rome.

  8. Operation Ivory Coast - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Operation Ivory Coast was a mission conducted by United States Special Operations Forces and other American military elements to rescue U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War. It was also the first joint military operation in United States history conducted under the direct control of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. [7]

  9. On the Jericho Road - Wikipedia

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    On the Jericho Road. 'The Rev. Don McCrossan (1908-1989) was an evangelist who in 1943 became director of the Victory Service Club, an outreach ministry to military personnel established the previous year by the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles. As his obituary explains, “Through World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars, [the VSC] was ...