• Operation Chicago Peak was a joint U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) military operation during the Vietnam War designed to keep pressure...
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    lower-skilled workers. At its peak during the 1960s, some 250,000 workers were employed in the steel industry in Chicago, but the steel crisis of the 1970s...
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  • August 8, 1968 Operation Dewey Canyon – January 22, 1969 Operation Apache Snow – May 10–20, 1969 Operation Chicago Peak – April 1970 Operation Texas Star –...
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    Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord (category Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1970)
    and personnel in and out. The firebase was to be used to support Operation Chicago Peak, a planned offensive by the 101st Airborne to destroy PAVN supply...
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    peak, the Bracero program allotted around 309,000 contracts to Mexican laborers. What followed was a series of repatriations under the name Operation...
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    Airborne Division and the ARVN 1st Division launched Operation Chicago Peak in the A Shau Valley. The operation resulted in 99 PAVN killed and 3 ARVN killed.: E-13 ...
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    throughout their respective city limits. The oldest sections of the Chicago "L" started operations in 1892, making it the second-oldest rapid transit system in...
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    The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or the Organization) is...
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    subordinate agencies: the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra, and Pace. Operation of the city's airports is the responsibility of the Chicago Department of Aviation...
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  • Operation Red Wings (often incorrectly referred to as Operation Redwing or Operation Red Wing), informally referred to as the Battle of Abbas Ghar, was...
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    Operation Pickens Forest 16 July—24 August American victory Operation Wolfe Mountain 22 July 1970—30 January 1971 Inconclusive Operation Chicago Peak...
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    Operation Maui Peak was a US Marine Corps operation that took place near the Thường Ðức Camp southwest of Danang, during the Vietnam War. It lasted from...
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    Chicago, Illinois (northwest corner of LaSalle and Illinois Streets) is a rare surviving artifact of Chicago's cable car system, which at its peak in...
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  • Operation Middlesex Peak was a security operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 196th Light Infantry Brigade later joined by the 198th Light...
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  • 74 PAVN for the loss of three killed.: E-22  On 9 August during Operation Chicago Peak elements of the 1/1st at O'Reilly received two 75mm recoilless rifle...
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  • The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus in the Hyde Park...
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  • effectiveness. Stockton's Operation Peacekeeper produced an overall 42% reduction in gun homicide in the city. The Chicago extension of the national Project...
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    arrangement which continued after the CTA vacated the terminal in 1949. Operation into Chicago over the "L" was maintained until the end of rail service in 1963...
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  • This article is a list of known military operations of the Vietnam War in 1970, conducted by the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam, the Khmer Republic...
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    stem at Dearborn Street in 1834. Today, the Chicago River has 38 movable bridges spanning it, down from a peak of 52 bridges. These bridges are of several...
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    Operation Custom Tailor was an American cruiser and destroyer strike force that conducted a raid on Haiphong, North Vietnam, in 10 May 1972. It was a...
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  • century, Chicago, Illinois, reigned as the undisputed railroad center of the United States and was served by six intercity train terminals at its peak. With...
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  • Operation: Mindcrime is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Queensrÿche. Originally released on May 3, 1988, the album was reissued on...
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    Chicago's inception: Scandinavians (especially Norwegian and Danish, but also Swedish) European Jews (approximately 1⁄4 of the community with a peak of...
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    located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is also the 68th of the 77 community areas in the city. At its peak population in 1960, over...
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    rebuilding of locomotives. At the peak of operations in the 1920s the shops employed 2,000 people. In 1925 Chicago and Alton carried 2,143 million revenue...
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    2006, resulting from trials of top officials in Argentina, Operation Condor was at its peak in 1976 when Chilean exiles in Argentina were threatened; many...
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    Chicago and its suburbs is home to 35 Fortune 500 companies and is a transportation and distribution center. Manufacturing, printing, publishing, insurance...
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    Tower spire topped out; installation brings tower's peak 90 feet short of Willis Tower". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009...
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    steam operation. Electrification cost $27 million, but resulted in savings of over $1 million per year from improved operational efficiency. The Chicago, Milwaukee...
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