Armament for Peace
E178663
Armament for Peace was the official motto of the United States Army Ordnance Department, reflecting its mission to develop and supply weapons in support of maintaining peace.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Armament for Peace canonical | 1 |
| “Armament for Peace” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1580818 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Armament for Peace Context triple: [United States Ordnance Department, motto, Armament for Peace]
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A.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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B.
The Prerequisites of Peace
The Prerequisites of Peace is a political work by American socialist leader Norman Thomas that outlines the social, economic, and moral conditions he believed were necessary to achieve lasting global peace.
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C.
Renunciation of War
Renunciation of War is a foundational principle in Japan’s postwar constitution that commits the nation to pacifism by rejecting war and the maintenance of traditional military forces.
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D.
Swords and Plowshares
Swords and Plowshares is the memoir of U.S. Army General Maxwell D. Taylor, recounting his military career and perspectives on American defense and foreign policy in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Bright peace
Bright Peace is the English rendering of the Japanese term "Shōwa," the name of the era corresponding to Emperor Hirohito’s reign from 1926 to 1989.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Armament for Peace Target entity description: Armament for Peace was the official motto of the United States Army Ordnance Department, reflecting its mission to develop and supply weapons in support of maintaining peace.
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A.
Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.
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B.
The Prerequisites of Peace
The Prerequisites of Peace is a political work by American socialist leader Norman Thomas that outlines the social, economic, and moral conditions he believed were necessary to achieve lasting global peace.
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C.
Renunciation of War
Renunciation of War is a foundational principle in Japan’s postwar constitution that commits the nation to pacifism by rejecting war and the maintenance of traditional military forces.
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D.
Swords and Plowshares
Swords and Plowshares is the memoir of U.S. Army General Maxwell D. Taylor, recounting his military career and perspectives on American defense and foreign policy in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Bright peace
Bright Peace is the English rendering of the Japanese term "Shōwa," the name of the era corresponding to Emperor Hirohito’s reign from 1926 to 1989.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
motto
ⓘ
slogan ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
United States Ordnance Department
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Ordnance Department
|
| associatedWith |
United States Army
ⓘ
military logistics ⓘ military technology ⓘ weapons development ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describes |
mission to develop and supply weapons
ⓘ
mission to support maintaining peace ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
defense
ⓘ
military ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mottoOf |
United States Ordnance Department
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Ordnance Department
|
| purpose | to communicate the department’s mission ⓘ |
| reflects |
idea of deterrence
ⓘ
role of ordnance in national defense ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
United States military mottos
ⓘ
deterrence theory ⓘ peacekeeping ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
preparedness for war to preserve peace
ⓘ
support of combat forces through ordnance supply ⓘ |
| theme | peace through strength ⓘ |
| usedAs | official motto ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Ordnance Department
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Army Ordnance Department
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Armament for Peace Description of subject: Armament for Peace was the official motto of the United States Army Ordnance Department, reflecting its mission to develop and supply weapons in support of maintaining peace.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
“Armament for Peace”