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| | Operation Earnest Will -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | It was the largest (The act of escorting while in transit) convoy operation since (A war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherl) World War II. |
 | | On April 14, 1988, the American (A United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser) frigate (Click link for more info and facts about Samuel B. Roberts) Samuel B. Roberts struck an Iranian (Excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted) mine and was badly damaged. |
 | | Dubbed (Click link for more info and facts about Operation Praying Mantis) Operation Praying Mantis, it was the biggest engagement of surface (A government ship that is available for waging war) warships since World War II. |
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