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- Congress. VOA was established in 1942, and the VOA charter was signed into law in 1976 by U.S. President Gerald Ford. It is headquartered in Washington, D177 KB (14,883 words) - 23:10, 14 March 2025
- American Forces Network (category Organizations established in 1942) (section Operations in Western Europe)the China established diplomatic relations in 1979, the AFN branch in Taiwan was Armed Forces Network Taiwan (AFNT), which had a main station in Yangmingshan98 KB (10,828 words) - 00:02, 22 February 2025
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (category 1942 establishments in Tennessee)Lake. The city of Oak Ridge was established by the Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Clinton Engineer Works in 1942 on isolated farm land as part of54 KB (5,171 words) - 00:25, 18 February 2025
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (category Government agencies established in 2011)U-506 SS Gulfpenn (Built 1921, lost 1942-05-13), sunk by German submarine U-506 SS Robert E. Lee (Built 1924, lost 1942-07-30), sunk by German submarine U-16610 KB (1,030 words) - 09:23, 31 March 2025
- Delaware in 1965 and a Juris Doctor from Syracuse University in 1968. He was elected to the New Castle County Council in 1970 and the U.S. Senate in 1972.436 KB (15,154 words) - 23:13, 14 March 2025
- Fish and Wildlife Service (category Government agencies established in 1940) (section Ancestor organizations)was established within the United States Department of Agriculture in 1885 and became the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy in 1886. In 189641 KB (4,983 words) - 14:21, 20 February 2025
- Joint Chiefs of Staff (category Articles with invalid date parameter in template) (section Organization and leadership positions)secretary of defense. On 20 July 1942, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy became Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief (20 July 1942 – 21 March 1949). He was not49 KB (5,007 words) - 18:33, 3 February 2025
- Air Armament Center (category Articles with invalid date parameter in template)Applied Tactics, c. Mar 1942 (redesignated AAF Tactical Center, 16 Oct 1942) then AAF Center, 1 June 1945. On 27 October 1942 the United States Army Air12 KB (1,509 words) - 23:24, 21 December 2024
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (category Government agencies established in 1996) (section Organization)need for charts grew. The Army Air Corps established its map unit, which was renamed ACP in 1943 and was located in St. Louis, Missouri. ACP was known as53 KB (4,912 words) - 23:10, 14 March 2025
- Department of Transportation (category Government agencies established in 1966)(STB) – spun off as an independent federal agency in 2015 In 2012, the DOT awarded $742.5 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment19 KB (1,549 words) - 14:27, 21 January 2025
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (category Articles with invalid date parameter in template)independent of her husband. The emotional break in their marriage was so severe that when Franklin asked Eleanor in 1942—in light of his failing health—to come live168 KB (20,482 words) - 08:24, 4 February 2025
- National Science Foundation (category Scientific organizations established in 1950) (section Scope and organization)formerly based in Paris (established 1984; relocated to Brussels in 2015) Template:Flagicon Tokyo for East Asia, except China (established 1960) Template:Flagicon57 KB (6,206 words) - 00:03, 22 February 2025
- Rural Utilities Service (category Government agencies established in 1935)rural areas of the United States. In the 1930s, the U.S. lagged behind Europe in providing electricity to rural areas. In 1934, less than 11% of U.S. farms11 KB (694 words) - 01:10, 30 January 2025
- National Institutes of Health (category Cancer organizations based in the United States)Marine Hospital Service. In 1912, the Marine Hospital Service became the Public Health Service (PHS). In 1922, PHS established a Special Cancer Investigations65 KB (6,409 words) - 00:55, 18 February 2025
- United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (category Geographic data and information organizations in the United States)Goldsborough in 1847, the "red right return" system of markings has been in use in the United States ever since. In the early 1840s, the Survey began work in Delaware103 KB (12,462 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2025
- headquarters are in southwestern Washington, D.C., in the James V. Forrestal Building, with additional offices in Germantown, Maryland. In 1942, during World41 KB (3,127 words) - 01:49, 11 February 2025
- United States Army Air Forces (category Military units and formations established in 1941) (section Unity of command problems in the Air Corps)priority in the war to launch a strategic bombing offensive in support of the RAF against Germany. The Eighth Air Force, sent to England in 1942, took on150 KB (18,167 words) - 00:06, 22 February 2025
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (category Government agencies established in 1946) (section Organization)Diseases is based in Fort Collins, Colorado, with a branch in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Arctic Investigations Program is based in Anchorage. In addition, CDC59 KB (6,095 words) - 22:34, 10 April 2025
- penitentiary at Leavenworth in 1895, and a facility for women located in West Virginia, at Alderson was established in 1924. In 1933, President Franklin D32 KB (2,938 words) - 00:12, 22 January 2025
- Air University (category Universities and colleges established in 1946)Air Force School of Applied Tactics established in 1943|the Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics established in 1942|Army Air Forces Tactical Center}}41 KB (4,708 words) - 09:20, 2 March 2025