{"id":808,"date":"1995-10-01T23:12:48","date_gmt":"1995-10-02T03:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/?p=808"},"modified":"2026-09-04T19:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T23:11:15","slug":"design-for-a-15000-person-un-legion-blurb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/design-for-a-15000-person-un-legion-blurb\/","title":{"rendered":"Design for a 15,000-person UN Legion"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"pubPostType\"><a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/unlegion.htm\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u27aa <\/strong><\/a><strong><a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/unlegion.htm\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">(HTML version)<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<span class=\"varPubSum\">by Carl Conetta and Charles Knight, <em>Briefing Report 8<\/em>, October 1995. 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