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A mix of modern standard containers and old Conex boxes used for training purposes, Fort Carson, 2013 The CONEX box, a portmanteau of "Container, express", is a type of cargo container that was developed during the Korean War and was used to transport and store supplies during the Korean and Vietnam wars.
1970s: Aminta Granera abandons her training as a nun to join the Sandinistas and fight against Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle. [24] 1970s: Fay Chung joins ZANU. [25] June 22, 1970: Đặng Thùy Trâm, a Vietnamese military doctor, is killed by United States forces while defending a hospital. Her wartime diaries are published in 2005.
Lieutenants Victoria Voge and Jane McWilliams became the Navy's first two women flight surgeons. [60] The first female enlistee was accepted into the regular Coast Guard on 7 December 1973. [18] Gail Harris became the first female Intelligence Officer in a Navy aviation squadron in 1973. [61] [62] The first U.S. Navy women earn military pilot ...
The holiday is a time for Americans to honor those who served in the military and for them to pass down their stories to younger generations.
1970-1987 Type C6-S-1w container ship, IMO 5278913, converted from C4-S-1a cargo ship Pioneer Mill, originally Show Me Mariner, 1954 SS American Altair: 1982-1987 Partial container ship, IMO 6421347, originally C4-S-60a Mormacaltair, 1964 SS American Apollo: 1970-1988 Type C7-S-68e container ship, IMO 7025269 SS American Aquarius: 1971-1988
A trench, "knee-deep in certain stretches and waist-deep in others" defined the base's perimeter and connected the base's twenty-two bunkers. Like any typical late-war FSB, most of Mary Ann's bunkers were made from converted metal shipping containers known as conexes. In addition to the conex bunkers, Mary Ann had over thirty assorted ...
It took 60 years to recognize the first all-women soldiers of WWI. Now, descendants of the 'Hello Girls' are pushing for a Congressional Gold Medal. A Green Bay woman was one of the first female ...
A standard steel container was designed called the Conex box that was capable of holding 4,100 kilograms (9,000 lb) and suitable for loading onto a semi-trailer or railway flat car. Eventually 150,000 of them were sent to Vietnam. The use of containers reduced port congestion and handling time, and saved money on packaging.