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    The Battle of Point Judith is the popular name for a naval engagement fought between the United States and Nazi Germany during World War II on May 5 and...
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    German submarine U-853 (category World War II submarines of Germany)
    surrender, U-853 torpedoed and sank the collier Black Point during the Battle of Point Judith. The day before Germany surrendered, American warships...
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    Point Judith is a village and a small cape, on the coast of Narragansett, Rhode Island, on the western side of Narragansett Bay where it opens out onto...
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    of Biscay Operation Teardrop Battle of Ushant Battle of Pierres Noires Action of 9 February 1945 Battle of Point Judith Soviet Winter counter-offensive:...
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    of the Naval Armed Guard and how it interfaced with the Merchant Marine officers and crew. Action off Cape Bougaroun Battle of Point Judith Battle of...
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    The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book included in the Septuagint and the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian Old Testament of the Bible but...
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    Block Island (category Coastal islands of Rhode Island)
    before the war ended against Germany, the Battle of Point Judith took place seven miles to the northeast of the island. The island's airport (KBID) was...
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  • Project Hula Battle of Point Judith Utah prisoner of war massacre May 30, 1943 Zoot Suit Riots June 15 – 17, 1943 Beaumont race riot of 1943 June 20–22...
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    Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. She made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in the...
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    April Action of 23 April 1945 – German submarine U-183 is sunk by American submarine USS Besugo in the Java Sea 5–6 May Battle of Point Judith – American...
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    USS Eagle 56 (category Shipwrecks of the Maine coast)
    collier Black Point off the coast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, causing the loss of 12 lives. During the ensuing Battle of Point Judith, U-853 was chased...
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    torpedoed by U-853, a German U-boat that was later sunk in the Battle of Point Judith, Rhode Island on 5–6 May 1945, two days before Germany's surrender...
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    Judith Pamela Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American feminist philosopher and gender studies scholar whose work has influenced political philosophy...
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    Two Lights State Park (category State parks of Maine)
    sunk in the Battle of Point Judith, Rhode Island on 5–6 May 1945, two days before Germany's surrender. The park offers a network of paths of nearly two...
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    Judith of Bavaria (c. 797 – 19 April 843) was the Carolingian empress as the second wife of Louis the Pious. Marriage to Louis marked the beginning of...
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    USS Amick (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    another convoy. Amick participated in a small engagement known as the Battle of Point Judith on 5 and 6 May 1945, during which she helped sink the German U-boat...
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    Battle Hastings Eastbourne Rye Newhaven Lewes Crowborough Hailsham Bexhill-on-Sea Heathfield Uckfield Seaford Peacehaven The Battle of Hastings was fought...
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    The Battle of the River Plate was fought in the South Atlantic on 13 December 1939 as the first naval battle of the Second World War.[citation needed][clarification...
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    The Battle of Mogadishu (Somali: Maalintii Rangers, lit. 'Day of the Rangers'), also known as the Black Hawk Down Incident, was part of Operation Gothic...
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  • Thumbnail for Battle of the Caribbean
    The Battle of the Caribbean refers to a naval campaign waged during World War II that was part of the Battle of the Atlantic, from 1941 to 1945. German...
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    The Battle of Los Angeles, also known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid, is the name given by contemporary sources to a rumored attack on the continental...
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    Battle of Bull Run, also called the Battle of First Manassas by Confederate forces, was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The battle was...
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    The Battle of the Winwaed (Welsh: Maes Gai; Medieval Latin: Strages Gai Campi) was fought on 15 November 655 between King Penda of Mercia and Oswiu of Bernicia...
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    The Battle of Vukovar was an 87-day siege of Vukovar in eastern Croatia by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various paramilitary forces from...
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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Akroinon
    The Battle of Akroinon was fought at Akroinon or Akroinos (near modern Afyon) in Phrygia, on the western edge of the Anatolian plateau, in 740 between...
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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Lookout Mountain
    The Battle of Lookout Mountain also known as the Battle Above the Clouds was fought November 24, 1863, as part of the Chattanooga Campaign of the American...
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    The Battle of Actium was a naval battle fought between Octavian's maritime fleet, led by Marcus Agrippa, and the combined fleets of both Mark Antony and...
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  • An Infamous Army (category Novels about the Battle of Waterloo)
    next day, Barbara goes in search of Charles, desperate to make peace with him before the battle, only to learn from Judith Audley that he has gone. When...
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    The Battle of Spion Kop (Dutch: Slag bij Spionkop; Afrikaans: Slag van Spioenkop) was a military engagement between British forces and two Boer Republics...
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    April 17, 1964, the only child of Southern Baptists Judith Marie (née Dougherty; 1943–2003) and Michael Van Keenan. He is of Irish and Italian descent. When...
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