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3rd Alpini Regiment The 3rd Alpini Regiment ( ) is a light Infantry regiment of the Italian Army , specializing in mountain combat . The Alpini are a mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army , that distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II . History . Formation . The 3rd Alpini Regiment was formed on November 1 , 1882 . It consisted of the three battalion s : Val Stura , Val Maira and Monti Lessini , named after the valleys and localities from which their soldiers were recruited . In 1886 the battalions were renamed , taking their new names from the location of their main logistic depot : Fenestrelle , Susa and " Susa 2° " . In 1908 the composition of the regiment changed : the Pinerolo battalion was moved from the 4th Alpini Regiment and the " Susa 2° " battalion was renamed " Exilles " . World War I . The 3rd regiment saw its first action in the Italo - Turkish War of 1911 , fighting Ottoman forces in the Libyan desert . During World War I , the regiment consisted of 13 battalions and saw heavy fighting in the Alps against Austria ’ s Kaiserjäger and Germany ’ s Alpenkorps . The battalions of the regiment in these days were ( pre - war raised units in bold , followed by their first and second line reserve battalions ) : Interwar period . On September 10 , 1935 the 1st Alpine Division “ Taurinense ” was formed and composed of the 3rd Alpini and 4th Alpini Regiment and the 1st Mountain Artillery Regiment . The division participated in 1936 in the Italian conquest of Abyssinia . World War II . In 1940 the regiment , as part of the Taurinense division , fought in the Italian attack on Greece . After the German invasion of Yugoslavia the “ Taurinense ” performed garrison duties in Montenegro where the regiment disbaned after the signing of the Italian armistice with the Allies on September 8 , 1943 . Most of its soldiers joined the Italian Partisan Brigade Garibaldi , which operated in central Yugoslavia . On June 25 , 1944 the 3rd Alpini regiment was recreated in Southern Italy as part of the 1st Italian Brigade of the Italian Liberation Corps . Cold War . After World War II , only the " Susa " battalion was reformed on November 23 , 1945 as part of the 4th Alpini regiment and it carried on the traditions and regimental colours of the 3rd Alpini . Today . On November 23 , 1993 the 3rd Alpini Regiment was recreated and the " Susa " became its single battalion . Today the 3rd Regiment consists of the “ Susa ” battalion , the regimental command and a logistic support company . The regiment is based in Pinerolo , in the Province of Turin , and is part of the " Taurinense " Brigade . The 3rd regiment was based in Kabul as part of Italy ' s contributions to ISAF until August 2007 , when it was replaced by the 7th Alpini Regiment . Equipment . The Alpini companies are equipped with Bv 206S tracked all - terrain carriers , Puma 6x6 wheeled armored personnel carriers and Lince light multirole vehicles . The mortar company is equipped with 120mm mortars , while the anti - tank company fields Spike anti - tank guided missile systems .
Hugh Purvis Hugh Purvis ( March 5 , 1843 – February 12 , 1922 ) was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for actions on board the during the United States expedition to Korea . Biography . Born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , Purvis enlisted in the Marine Corps on October 27 , 1869 . He reported immediately to the Marine detachment on board the USS " Alaska " soon departing for the Far East . During the punitive expedition to Korea , he took part in the assault on an enemy fort on the Han River . In desperate hand - to - hand fighting , the sailors and Marines stormed the walls of the citadel . Private Purvis ran immediately to the flagstaff which bore the Korean colors and loosed the halyards . He was joined by Cpl Charles Brown , and the two tore down the flag . For his " inspiring and heroic " act , Purvis received the Medal of Honor . He was discharged in 1873 and served two additional tours with the Marine Corps , 1874 to 1879 and 1879 to 1884 , rising to the rank of Corporal . He is buried in Saint Annes Cemetery , Annapolis , Maryland . His grave can be found in the Cedar Bluff Section , Lot 154 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Private , U . S . Marine Corps . Born : March 5 , 1846 , Philadelphia , Pa . Accredited to : Pennsylvania . G . O . No . : 169 , February 8 , 1872 . Citation : On board the U . S . S . Alaska during the attack on and capture of the Korean forts , 11 June 1871 . Braving the enemy fire , Purvis was the first to scale the walls of the fort and capture the flag of the Korean forces .
Alfred Masters Alfred Masters ( February 5 , 1916 - June 16 , 1975 ) was an African - American member of the United States Marine Corps . Masters became the very first African American in the United States Marines at his swearing - in on June 1 , 1942 , at 12 : 01am in Oklahoma City and then his first training camp was Montford Point in North Carolina . Masters rose to the rank of Technical Sergeant . Masters married Isabell Masters . They had three daughters , Shirley Jean , Alfreda Dean and Cora Lavonne Masters , but the marriage ended in divorce in the 1940s . Isabell Masters went on to become an educator and five - time U . S . presidential candidate . In 1994 , their daughter Cora became the fourth wife of politician Marion Barry . Alfred Masters married Mary Hendricks in 1949 and they had five children , 3 girls — Mary Ann Masters , Kathryn Louise Masters and Carolyn Donata Masters Faulkner — and 2 boys — Otto Joe Masters and Alfred Dan Masters . Alfred Masters died in Anthony , New Mexico on June 16 , 1975 . He is buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso , Texas
Advanced Enclosed Mast / Sensor The US Navy ' s Advanced Enclosed Mast / Sensor ( AEM / S ) system fully integrates advanced materials , structures , and manufacturing technologies with sensor technology , electromagnetics , and signature reduction . Ship masts , with the complex antenna geometries mounted on them , as well as the latticework of the mast structure , contribute significantly to a ship ' s radar cross section . The AEM / S consists of a faceted radome that provides a cleaner exterior profile , with internal platforms on which antennas and sensors are mounted . The radome material is designed so that the antennas can transmit and receive through the material . The base of the mast is constructed from fiber reinforced composite skins encasing end - grain balsa core . The upper ( radome ) section consists of structural foam and fiberglass . In May 1997 , USS " Arthur Radford " received the first - ever shipboard installation of the AEM / S System , to serve as a proof - of - concept or advanced technology demonstrator . Sailors reported an unanticipated benefit of being able to work aloft in bad weather , increasing the efficiency of scheduled shipboard maintenance . Using lessons learned from the " Radford " , the Navy designed the AEM / S into a new class of ships , the first being the USS " San Antonio " ( LPD - 17 ) amphibious transport dock .
111th Field Artillery Regiment ( United States ) 111th Field Artillery ( " First Virginia Artillery " ) is a 155MM towed artillery unit with a general support / reinforcing mission . It is a unit within the Virginia Army National Guard based in Farmville , Virginia . Iraq War Operations . Bravo Battery was mobilized on 11 October 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with MAJ Walter N . Patrick as the battery commander and First Sergeant Martin Steiner as the unit ' s first sergeant . The unit was reconfigured as a 182 - man military police company , received other members of the 2 Battalion , 111th Field Artillery , and moved to Fort Dix for post mobilization training on 14 October 2004 . Bravo Battery completed training 30 days ahead of schedule and arrived in Kuwait at Camp Virginia on 30 December 2004 and moved on to Camp Bucca in Iraq on 7 January 2005 . Bravo sent two platoons , led by 1LT Michael Belforti , to Abu Ghraib . Two platoons and the battery headquarters remained at Camp Bucca . While at Camp Bucca , Bravo Battery operated Compounds 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 . The unit was also tasked with detainee transfers between Camp Bucca and northern bases . The platoons at Abu Ghraib also performed detainee operations and participated in the Battle of Abu Ghraib . Bravo Battery was relieved in place and a battle hand off was completed on 1 December 2005 with the 116th FA , Florida National Guard , and the unit and its men redeployed to Camp Victory South in Kuwait . While in Iraq , Bravo Battery completed all detainee transfers without loss of life to any detainee or coalition forces . The unit was awarded the Air Force Meritorious Unit Award and has been recommended for the Army ' s Meritorious Unit Award . Fourteen members of Bravo Battery received the Bronze Star in Iraq and the unit completed over 80 theater wide detainee movements without incident . Two soldiers from Bravo are still on active duty ( as of 15 February 2007 ) recovering from injuries in Iraq . The unit was also known by the Air Force as the " Virginia Militia " . While in Iraq , the unit initially reported to LTC Tim Houser of the 105th MP Battalion and COL James Brown of the 18th Military Police Brigade . Later they reported to the 785th MP Battalion and the 43d Military Police Brigade commanded by Brigadier General Kevin R . McBride . The unit was reflagged as an infantry unit upon coming home from Iraq . In April 2009 the regiment ' s 1st Battalion received 16 new M119 howitzer s .
USS Groton ( PF - 29 ) USS " Groton " ( PF - 29 ) , a , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Groton , Connecticut . " Groton " ( PF - 29 ) , formerly classified as PG - 137 , was launched under Maritime Commission contract by Walter Butler Shipbuilding Company , Inc . , in Superior , Wisconsin , on 14 September 1943 , sponsored by Mrs . Percy Palmer ; and commissioned on 5 September 1944 , with Lieutenant P . L . Chase , USCGR , in command . Service history . United States . After shakedown training off Bermuda , " Groton " reported for Atlantic duty on 30 October 1944 . She departed for her first duty station on 2 November , arriving in NS Argentia , Newfoundland , three days later . The ship sailed on 6 November for her weather station in the north Atlantic , sending important reports to allied weather stations and helping to guide wartime traffic safely to Europe . " Groton " remained on this duty , based at Argentia , until sailing for Boston , Massachusetts , on 7 February 1945 . She had but a short respite , and was back on her weather station 10 days later . " Groton " performed weather picket duty in the Atlantic until 15 November 1945 when she returned to Boston for transfer to the United States Coast Guard . The ship simultaneously decommissioned from the United States Navy and commissioned in the Coast Guard on 13 March 1946 . Serving the Coast Guard on loan , " Groton " again was assigned to weather duty off Argentia until decommissioning on 25 September at New Orleans , Louisiana . After being moved to Lake Charles , Louisiana , in November , " Groton " returned to New Orleans in January 1947 . Turned over to the State Department for disposal , she was sold to the Government of Colombia on 26 March 1947 , where she served as in the Colombian Navy as ARC " Almirante Padilla " ( FG 11 ) . Colombia . The " Almirante Padilla " joined the multi - national United Nations forces during the Korean War . After refitting in San Diego , and a joint U . S . - Colombian exercise at Pearl Harbor , " Padilla " joined the 7th Fleet ' s Task Force 95 on 8 May 1951 , and was assigned to patrol duties on the west coast of Korea . " Padilla " was transferred to the east coast on 14 June to patrol close inshore off Wonsan , and later was assigned the coast south of Songjin . " Padilla " s tour of duty ended on 19 January 1952 , when she sailed to Yokosuka , where she was relieved by her sister - ship ARC " Capitan Tono " . " Almirante Padilla " was disposed of in 1965 .
XI Corps ( United Kingdom ) XI Corps was an army corps of the British Army in World War I that served on the Western Front and in Italy . It was recreated as part of Home Forces defending the United Kingdom during World War II . World War I . Western Front . XI Corps was formed in France on 29 August 1915 under Lt - Gen Richard Haking . Its first serious engagement ( as part of Sir Charles Monro ' s First Army ) was the Battle of Fromelles ( 19 July 1916 ) , a diversion to the Somme offensive in which two untried divisions were launched into an ill - planned subsidiary attack in Flanders . It achieved nothing but cost thousands of casualties , and caused great resentment in Australia . Order of Battle at Fromelles < br > General Officer Commanding Lt - Gen R . Haking Italian Front . XI Corps was one of two corps HQs moved to the Italian Front in November 1917 . Order of Battle in Italy 1 December 1917 < br > GOC Lt - Gen Sir Richard Haking < br > Corps Troops : Return to the Western Front . XI Corps returned to the Western Front in March 1918 in time to take part in the defence against the German Spring Offensive ( the Battle of the Lys ) and the final battles of the war as part of Sir William Birdwood ' s Fifth Army . " ' Order of Battle 27 September 1918 < br > GOC Lt - Gen Sir Richard Haking < br > Brigadier - General , General Staff : Brig - Gen J . E . S . Brind < br > Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster - General : Brig . - Gen A . F . U . Green < br > Commander , Royal Artillery : Brig - Gen S . F . Metcalfe < br > Commander , Heavy Artillery : Brig - Gen F . A . Twiss < br > Commander , Engineers : Brig - Gen H . J . M . Marshall World War II . XI Corps was reformed in the United Kingdom early in World War II . Order of Battle Autumn 1940 General Officers Commanding . Commanders included :
French ship Union ( 1764 ) The Union was a 64 - gun ship of the line of the French Navy . She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from individuals . The construction of " Union " , initially ordered in 1755 , dragged on until 1763 . In 1767 , she cruised off Morocco under Captain de Breugnon . In 1778 , she was converted into a hospital ship and was appointed to a squadron under Admiral d ' Orvilliers . She was eventually wrecked in February 1782
Martín Balza Lieutenant General Martín Antonio Balza ( 13 June 1934 Salto , Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine military former Chief of Staff of the Argentine Army . He is currently Argentine ambassador to the Republic of Colombia . A man of strong democratic convictions , had stood up for the legitimate government in every attempted coup d ' état throughout his senior career . He also gave the about the Armed Forces ' involvement in the 1976 coup and the ensuing reign of terror . Career . He is an artillery officer specialised in mountain warfare . In 1982 , with the rank of Lt Colonel he participated in the Falklands War ( ) as commander of the 3rd Artillery Group . He was awarded the Argentine Army to the Military Merit Medal for his conduct during this campaign . In 1991 he became Chief of Staff of the Argentine Army during the presidencies of Carlos Menem and Fernando De la Rua . During this period Human Rights Watch mentions the following incident : In 2003 he caused a stir as he declared his conviction that in 1978 Chile would have won the war during the Beagle conflict . In 2009 , his superior in the Falklands War , Mario Menéndez claimed that oft - quoted figure of 30 , 000 disappeared people during the 1976 - 1983 Argentine military dictatorship was " invented number " and lambasted him for supporting the 30 , 000 figure . Menendez also criticized Balza for not owning up to his role in the Dirty war and for portraying Argentine officers in his book " Malvinas : Gesta e Incompetencia " ( Editorial Atlántida , 2003 ) as " idiots or pusillanimous . " On 5 April 2011 he came under severe criticism from Fundación Víctimas Visibles and Colombian army general Julio Eduardo Echarry Solano for denying the Marxist ERP and Peronist Montoneros guerrilla groups still remained a menace in the months previous to the coup in Argentina and for stating that Argentine victims of left - wing guerrilla groups in Argentina had no recourse to justice for their time to do so with the Statute of Limitations had expired .
Armand de Gontaut , baron de Biron Armand de Gontaut , baron de Biron ( 1524 – July 26 , 1592 ) was a celebrated French soldier of the 16th century . Biography . His family , one of the numerous branches of the House of Gontaut , took its title from the territory of Biron in Périgord , where on a hill between the Dropt and the Lide still stands the magnificent Château de Biron begun by the lords of Biron in the 11th century . As a page of Queen Marguerite de Navarre , Biron attracted the notice of the marshal de Brissac , with whom he saw active service in Italy . A wound he received in his early years made him lame for life , and gave him the nickname " Armand Le Boiteux " ( the limper ) . But he did not withdraw from the military career , and he held a command in Guise ' s regiment of light horse in 1557 . A little later he became chief of a cavalry regiment , and in the French Wars of Religion he repeatedly distinguished himself . His great services to the royal cause at the Battle of Dreux , Battle of Saint - Denis , Battle of Jarnac and Battle of Moncontour were rewarded in 1569 by his appointment as a privy council lor of the king and Grand Master of Artillery . He commanded the royal forces at the siege of La Rochelle in 1572 , and four years later was made a marshal of France . From 1576 to 1588 he was almost continuously employed in high command . After the assassination of Henry III in 1589 , he was among the first to support the cause of Henry of Navarre , but he was suspected of prolonging the civil wars in his own interest . He brought a part of Normandy under subjection , and dissuaded Henry from going into England . He distinguished himself in the battles of Arques and Ivry against the Catholic League . Armand was killed by a cannonball at the siege of Épernay on July 26 , 1592 . In 1585 he was chosen a godfather for Armand - Jean du Plessis , future cardinal Richelieu . He was a man of considerable literary attainments , and used to carry a pocketbook , in which he noted everything that appeared remarkable . Some of his letters are preserved in the Bibliothèque nationale and in the British Museum ; these include a treatise on the art of war . His son , Charles de Gontaut , duc de Biron ( 1562 - 1602 ) , also became Marshal of France in 1594 . A grandson of his second son , Henry , was Charles - Armand de Gontaut , another Marshal of France .
HMS Blenheim ( 1890 ) HMS " Blenheim " was a " Blake " class first class protected cruiser that served in the Royal Navy from 1890 – 1926 . She was built by Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company at Leamouth , London . The ship was named after the Battle of Blenheim . Launched 5 July 1890 , she displaced 9 , 150 tons and her steel hull measured 375 feet ( length ) and 65 feet ( beam ) with turning 2 propellers giving a top speed of . Her main armament was two BL 9 . 2 inch Mk VI guns ( 234 mm ) and six QF 6 inch guns ( 152 mm ) on the upper deck , and four QF 6 inch guns in 150 mm compound armoured casemates on the main deck . She also carried sixteen 3 - pounders , and four 14 inch torpedo tubes ( two submerged and two above water ) . She was commissioned at Chatham 1 January 1901 , under command of Captain F . H . Henderson , to serve at the China station to support the British position during the Boxer Rebellion . She served as a cruiser with the Channel Squadron until May 1908 when she joined the Mediterranean Fleet as a destroyer depot ship . She was sent to Mudros in March 1915 in support of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Battle of Gallipoli . She was scrapped in 1926 at Pembroke Dock . " Blenheim " served in the repatriation of the remains of three dignitaries during her career : Whilst being used as a depot ship , future Rear - Admiral and VC winner Eric Gascoigne Robinson served aboard her .
East Yorkshire Regiment The East Yorkshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army , first raised in 1685 as Sir William Clifton ' s Regiment of Foot . It saw service for three centuries , before being amalgamated with the West Yorkshire Regiment ( The Prince of Wales ' s Own ) , becoming The Prince of Wales ' s Own Regiment of Yorkshire in 1958 . Subsequently , the regiment was one of the Yorkshire infantry regiments which amalgamated to form the Yorkshire Regiment ( 14th / 15th , 19th and 33rd / 76th Foot ) on 6 June 2006 . History . Raised in 1685 in Nottingham by Sir William Clifton , 3rd Baronet , it was originally , like many British infantry regiments , known by the name of its current Colonel . In 1751 , when the numerical system of designation of Regiments of Foot was adopted , it became the 15th Regiment of Foot and in 1782 the 15th ( The Yorkshire East Riding ) Regiment of Foot . With the Childers Reforms of 1881 , it became The East Yorkshire Regiment , the County Regiment of the East Riding of Yorkshire , and in 1935 was renamed The East Yorkshire Regiment ( The Duke of York ' s Own ) , after its Colonel - in - Chief . In 1958 , it was amalgamated with The West Yorkshire Regiment ( The Prince of Wales ' s Own ) , to form The Prince of Wales ' s Own Regiment of Yorkshire . It fought in the War of Spanish Succession , the Jacobite Rising of 1719 and in North America and the West Indies during the War of Jenkin ' s Ear , Seven Years ' War and the American Revolutionary War . It again fought in the West Indies during the Napoleonic Wars , taking part in the invasions of Martinique ( 1809 ) and Guadeloupe ( 1810 ) . The Regiment spent most of the 19th century on garrison duty , both at home and throughout the Empire . The 1st Battalion was shipped to New Brunswick in 1862 at the time of the " Trent Affair " , when Britain and the United States of America came close to war . The 2nd Battalion fought in the Second Anglo - Afghan War and the Second Boer War . In World War I , sixteen hostilities - only battalions were formed , which fought on the Western Front , at Gallipoli , in Macedonia and Egypt . In the Second World War , six hostilities - only battalions were raised . The Regiment fought in the Battle of France and was evacuated at Dunkirk . It took part in the Invasion of Normandy , the , the North African Campaign , the Invasion of Sicily and the Burma Campaign . The Regiment was in Palestine at the end of the British Mandate and took part in the Malayan Emergency in 1953 - 1956 before returning to Germany as part of the British Army of the Rhine . In 1958 , it returned to Britain for amalgamation . Victoria Crosses . The following members of the regiment were awarded the Victoria Cross :
USS Switzerland ( 1854 ) US Ram Switzerland was a paddle steamer ram operated by the US Army during the American Civil War . Service . A 413 - ton side - wheel towboat , she was built at Cincinnati , Ohio , in 1854 and converted to a ram in March – May 1862 for Colonel Charles Ellet , Jr . ' s U . S . Ram Fleet . She played a distant role in the 6 June 1862 naval action off Memphis , Tennessee , and subsequently took part in operations in the Yazoo River and against Vicksburg , Mississippi . On 25 March 1863 , while commanded by Colonel Charles Rivers Ellet , " Switzerland " joined the ram " Lancaster " in an attempt to pass the Vicksburg fortress . Both ships were heavily hit by Confederate gunfire , with " Lancaster " being sunk . Despite her damage , " Switzerland " survived the trip and made a subsequent successful passage of the fortifications at Grand Gulf , Mississippi , on 31 March . She took part in operations on the Red and Atchafalaya rivers in May and June 1863 . Later in the war , " Switzerland " was part of the Mississippi Marine Brigade . She was sold in October 1865 and was employed as the merchant steamer " Switzerland " until about 1870 . The USS Switzerland was never commissioned as a Navy vessel .