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  2. Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The Plaza is 89 ft 4 in (27.23 m) long by 71 ft 1 in (21.67 m) wide, including the benches. The plaza floor contains 327 pieces of 4 in (10 cm) thick granite with pieces ranging from 2,421 to 66 lb (1,098 to 30 kg) in weight. The average weight of each plaza slab is 1,144 pounds (519 kg). The largest pieces are 12 feet (3.7 m) long.

  3. Vietnamese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Originally, many thước of varying lengths were in use in Vietnam, each used for different purposes. According to Hoàng Phê (1988), [1] the traditional system of units had at least two thước of different lengths before 1890, [2] the thước ta (lit. "our ruler") or thước mộc ("wooden ruler"), equal to 0.425 metres (1 ft 4.7 in), and the thước đo vải ("ruler for measuring ...

  4. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    To help compare different orders of magnitude, this section lists lengths between 10 −3 m and 10 −2 m (1 mm and 1 cm). 1.0 mm1/1,000 of a meter; 1.0 mm – 0.03937 inches or 5/127 (exactly) 1.0 mm – side of a square of area 1 mm²; 1.0 mm – diameter of a pinhead; 1.5 mm – average length of a flea [27]

  5. Help:Convert units - Wikipedia

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    mm 3: cubic millimetre: cubic millimeter ... (round to nearest 1 ⁄ 2 inch). A precision of 3 or more assumes ... 15.1|-|16.3|hand}} ...

  6. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    The stokes (St) is a unit of kinematic viscosity equal to 1 cm 2 ⋅s −1 (100 mm 2 ⋅s −1). [3] The stilb (sb) is a unit of luminance equal to 1 cd⋅cm −2 (10 kcd⋅m −2). [4] The phot (ph) is a unit of illuminance equal to 1 lm⋅cm −2 (10 klx). [3] The rayl is a unit of specific acoustic impedance, equal to 1 dyn⋅s⋅cm −3 (10 ...

  7. 1st Battalion, 9th Marines - Wikipedia

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    Although the first full company has deployed, 1/9 was not expected to be ready for deployment as a battalion until May 2008. On 19 April 2007, 1/9 was officially stood up with all of its subordinate units fully manned. As of 29 August 2014 the battalion has been deactivated due to a force shaping initiative and downsizing of the Marine Corps. [1]

  8. Ho Chi Minh trail - Wikipedia

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    The North Vietnamese also responded to the American aerial threat by the increased use of heavy concentrations of anti-aircraft artillery. By 1968 this was mainly composed of 37 mm and 57 mm radar-controlled weapons. The next year, 85 mm and 100 mm guns appeared, and by the end of Commando Hunt, over 1,500 guns defended the system. [5]: 313

  9. Bảy Núi - Wikipedia

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    Bảy Núi (Vietnamese: [ɓa᷉ːj nǔj], Chữ Nôm: 罷𡶀, seven mountains), also known by the Sino-Vietnamese version Thất Sơn (Vietnamese: [tʰə́k ʂəːŋ], Chữ Hán: 七山), is a range of small mountains located in the Tri Tôn and Tịnh Biên districts in Vietnam's An Giang Province, very close to the Cambodian border.