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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) nonprofit that was established in 1891.
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 Bible Institute of Los Angeles (now known as Biola ...
Operation Eagle Claw 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 obstacles and failures and was subsequently ...
Under-represented minority. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Lithuania) (Lithuanian: Užsienio Reikalų Ministerija) Union Rescue Mission, a homeless Christian shelter in Los Angeles. URM Stores, a retail cooperative in the north-western United States.
Operation Red Wings. Operation Red Wings (often incorrectly referred to as Operation Redwing or Operation Red Wing ), [12] informally referred to as the Battle of Abbas Ghar, was a joint military operation conducted by the United States in the Pech District of Kunar Province, Afghanistan. It was carried out from late-June to mid-July 2005 on ...
Russia sent two airplanes, search and rescue helicopters and around 50 personnel to aid in the rescue mission. [33] [34] The United States Department of State said on 20 May that it had turned down a rare request for assistance from the Iranian government following the crash for largely logistical reasons.
Salyut 7 ( Russian: Салют-7; English: Salute 7) (a.k.a. DOS-6, short for Durable Orbital Station [1]) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. [1] It was first crewed in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and last visited in June 1986, by Soyuz T-15. [1]
The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940. The operation commenced after large numbers of Belgian ...