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  2. Richard J. Meadows - Wikipedia

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    Bronze Star Medal. Richard James Meadows (June 16, 1931 – July 29, 1995) was a United States Army Special Forces officer who saw combat in Korea and Vietnam. He was a key figure in the Operation Eagle Claw in 1980, the rescue operation for the hostages of the Iran hostage crisis.

  3. Eagle Claw - Wikipedia

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    Eagle Claw (Chinese: 鷹爪派; pinyin: yīng zhǎo pài; eagle claw school) is a style of Chinese martial arts known for its gripping techniques, system of joint locks, takedowns, and pressure point strikes, which is representative of Chinese grappling known as Chin Na.

  4. Operation Eagle Claw - Wikipedia

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    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, encountered many obstacles and failures and was subsequently aborted.

  5. Western use of the swastika in the early 20th century

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    Background The aviator Matilde Moisant (1878–1964) wearing a swastika square medallion in 1912. The symbol was popular as a good luck charm with early aviators. The discovery of the Indo-European language group in the 1790s led to a great effort by European archaeologists to link the pre-history of European people to the hypothesised ancient "Aryans" (variously referring to the Indo-Iranians ...

  6. Eagle feather law - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the eagle feather law provides many exceptions to federal wildlife laws regarding eagles and other migratory birds to enable Native Americans to continue their traditional, spiritual and cultural practices.

  7. Wedge-tailed eagle - Wikipedia

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    The wedge-tailed eagle is one of 12 species of large, predominantly dark-coloured booted eagles in the genus Aquila found worldwide. Genetic research has clearly indicated that the wedge-tailed eagle is fairly closely related to other, generally large members of the Aquila genus. [5]

  8. File:Operation Eagle Claw desert one layout.svg - Wikipedia

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    File:Operation Eagle Claw desert one layout.svg. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 800 × 565 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 226 pixels | 640 × 452 pixels | 1,024 × 723 pixels | 1,280 × 904 pixels | 2,560 × 1,807 pixels | 898 × 634 pixels. This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons.

  9. Golden eagle - Wikipedia

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    The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is a bird of prey living in the Northern Hemisphere. It is the most widely distributed species of eagle. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. They are one of the best-known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. These birds are dark brown, with lighter golden-brown plumage on their ...

  10. Eagle claw (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Eagle claw (disambiguation) A service, dubbed “Eagle Claw”, run by Nigeria ’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and using smart technology developed by Microsoft to track down fraudulent emails, and capable of warning a quarter of a million potential victims of Nigerian scams.

  11. Leeboard - Wikipedia

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    Leeboard. A leeboard is a form of pivoting keel used by a sailboat largely and very often in lieu of a fixed keel. Typically mounted in pairs on each side of a hull, leeboards function much like a centreboard, allowing shallow-draft craft to ply waters fixed keel boats cannot. Only the leeward side leeboard is used at any time, as it submerges ...