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  2. Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary - Wikipedia

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    United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz ( English: / ˈælkəˌtræz /, Spanish: [ a l k a ˈ t ɾ a θ ] "the gannet ") or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States. The site of a fort since the 1850s, the ...

  3. Coast Guard Island - Wikipedia

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    Coast Guard Island. Coast Guard Base Alameda also referred to as Coast Guard Island is an artificial island in the Oakland Estuary between Oakland and Alameda, California. It is home to several major United States Coast Guard commands and cutters, including the Coast Guard Pacific Area. It is one of the largest Coast Guard bases on the West ...

  4. The president of the San Francisco Fed says she’s not ... - AOL

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    010 FORTUNE BRAINSTORM TECH 2024 Monday, July 15th, 2024 Park City, Utah 2:35 – 3:00 PM THE BULL, THE BEAR, AND THE BANKER Utopia or dystopia?

  5. Great Seal of California - Wikipedia

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    Overview. The Great Seal, or the Great Seal of the State of California as it is officially called, is the impression made on "all commissions, pardons and other public instruments to which the signature of the Governor is required" with the attestation of the Secretary of State; the impression, with or without "wafer," is made by a master die and counter die of an officially adopted design ...

  6. How The U.S. Military Built San Francisco's LBGTQ+ Legacy - AOL

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    How The U.S. Military Built San Francisco's LBGTQ+ Legacy. Solcyré Burga. June 21, 2024 at 3:41 PM. A United States Air Force Sergeant holds his Honorable Discharge papers in 1975. He was ...

  7. Fort Mason - Wikipedia

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    Fort Mason, in San Francisco, Californiais a former United States Armypost located in the northern Marina District, alongside San Francisco Bay. Fort Mason served as an Army post for more than 100 years, initially as a coastal defensesite[3]and subsequently as a military port facility. During World War II, it was the principal port for the ...

  8. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft ...

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    A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster, BuNo 131612, c/n 43715, of Air Transport Squadron 3 (VR-3), assigned to the Military Air Transport Service, hits a cliff on Pali Kea Peak in the Waianae Range on Oahu, 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, United States, at 02:03, killing all 57 passengers and nine crew, making it the worst heavier-than-air disaster in U.S ...

  9. Category : Military facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area

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    Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Oakland. Fort Baker. Fort Barry. Fort Cronkhite. Fort Funston. Fort Mason. Fort Miley Military Reservation. Fort Point National Historic Site. Fort Ross, California.