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Transcaucasian Front Transcaucasian Front or Transcaucasus Front ( ) was a Front ( military subdivision ) of the Soviet Army during the Second World War . This sense of the term is not identical with the more general usage of military front which indicates a geographic area in wartime , although a Soviet Front may operate within designated boundaries . The Transcaucasus Front describes two distinct organizations during the war . The first version was created on August 23 , 1941 from the Transcaucasus Military District , which was apparently originally formed in 1922 . The boundary of the Front extended along the border with Turkey and along the Black Sea coast from Batumi to Tuapse . It was commanded by Lieutenant - General Dmitri T . Kozlov ( Козлов Дмитрий Тимофеевич ) from August 1941 to December 1941 . On June 22 , 1941 , when the German invasion started , the TCMD included the 3rd , 24th , and 40th Rifle Corps , the 28th Mechanised Corps , two cavalry divisions ( the 17th Mountain and the 24th ) and three separate rifle divisions ( the 63rd , 76th , and 77th . Also part of the District were three fortified regions and District troops , which included artillery and NKVD frontier units . The initial Front organization incorporated the four Soviet armies stationed in the district in June 1941 : the 45th and 46th on the border with Turkey and the 44th and 47th on the border with Iran . On August 25 , 1941 troops from the Front entered Iran according to the Soviet - Iran Treaty of Friendship of February 21 , 1921 , which eliminated the direct threat to the Baku oil fields . Order of Battle , Invasion of Iran , 1941 . Here is the Soviet OOB for the 25th of August 1941 : 44th Army ( Major General A . A . Khaldejev ) 47th Army ( Major General V . V . Novikov ) 53rd Army ( invaded Iran from Turkmenistan , Turkestan Military District on the 27th of August ) In November 1941 the 51st Army joined the front after being evacuated from the Crimea . The Transcaucasus Front was briefly renamed the Caucasus Front on December 30 , 1941 . The second version of this front was again created from the Transcaucasus Military District on May 15 , 1942 and continued in existence until its reorganization as the Tbilisi Military District on August 25 , 1945 after the end of the war . It was commanded by General Ivan V . Tyulenev , and included the 4th and 58th Armies at various periods .
Siege of Hōjūjidono The 1184 siege of the Hōjūjidono was part of Japan ' s Genpei War , and was a key element of the conflict between Minamoto no Yoshinaka and his cousins Yoritomo and Yoshitsune for control of the Minamoto clan . For some time , Yoshinaka had desired to seize control of the clan from his cousins . Upon returning to Kyoto from his victories at Shinohara and Kurikara , he decided to split from the clan , plotting with Minamoto no Yukiie to kidnap Emperor Go - Shirakawa , and establish a government of their own , in the provinces north of Kyoto . But Yukiie did not , in the end , aid Yoshinaka in this scheme . Yoshinaka attacked the Hōjūjidono ( also known as the Hōjūji Palace ) , set it aflame , killed the defenders , and seized Emperor Go - Shirakawa . He was opposed by quite a number of court nobles and warrior monks from Mount Hiei and Miidera , but ultimately made it out of the city victorious , with Emperor Go - Shirakawa . However , at this point , the Minamoto armies , under Yukiie , Yoritomo , Yoshitsune , and Noriyori were surrounding the capital . Yoshinaka fled across the Bridge of Uji , where he fought the second Battle of Uji .
318th Special Operations Squadron 318th Special Operations Squadron ( 318 SOS ) flies the Pilatus PC - 12 and is currently stationed at Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis , New Mexico . The 318 SOS is under the command of the Air Force Special Operations Command . Crews plan , prepare , and execute Non Standard Aviation ( NSAv ) missions in support of joint special operations forces while directly supporting theater special operations commanders by conducting night vision infiltration , exfil tration , resupply and other combat taskings on unimproved runways . History . The squadron was activated on 1 May 1944 as 318th Troop Carrier Squadron ( Commando ) at Camp Mackall , North Carolina and serving under the 3rd Air Commando Group . The unit participated in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II , flying the Waco CG - 4 glider and C - 47 Skytrain transport . The squadron was inactivated 25 March 1946 . Reactivated on 15 November 1971 at Pope Air Force Base , North Carolina , the unit was stood up as the 318th Special Operations Squadron , serving under 1st Special Operations Wing . The unit ' s mission was to provide unconventional warfare support in Vietnam with the C - 130 Hercules until inactivation on 1 June 1974 . The unit was reactivated on 27 July 2007 at Hurlburt Field , Florida as 1st Special Operations Group , Detachment 4 . It was relocated to Cannon Air Force Base , New Mexico and redesignated as 27th Special Operations Group , Detachment 2 on 30 December 2007 . The unit was most recently redesignated as 318th Special Operations Squadron on 16 May 2008 .
Sialkot Cantonment Sialkot Cantonment is cantonment area in Sialkot adjacent to city area . It is one of the oldest and most important Cantonments of Pakistan . It was established in 1852 by the British Indian Army . As gleaned from the old records , the Sialkot Cantonment is the precursor of Wazirabad Garrison which stood established for a sojourn from 1849 - 52 . The site of Sialkot Cantonment was chosen by Sir Charles Napier , GCB , the then Commander - in - Chief , in 1851 . The Wazirabad Cantonment was vacated and the garrison shifted to “ Seealkot Cantt ” , as it was then called , where actual occupation was effected in 1852 . " Cantt " is an abbreviation for cantonment . The congenial climate , prospects of meeting military requisites and close proximity to the Jammu and Kashmir state led to the genesis of Sialkot Cantt . The Sialkot Cantonment is primarily flanked by two rivulets called nullas in vernacular i . e . nullah “ Palkhu ” towards the north and nullah “ Bhed ” towards the south , both originating from the Indian Kashmir . It serves as a military base and residential establishment . The civil population of Sialkot Cantonment is approximately 191 , 000 . The cantonment maintains its own infrastructure of civic facilities and is outside the jurisdiction of Sialkot District Government . Its civic facilities are managed by Sialkot Cantonment Board . Sialkot Cantonment houses two divisions of infantry . There is also a small Sialkot Cantonment Airport in Sialkot Cantt in use by Army aviation .
Dimitrios Matthaiopoulos Dimitrios Matthaiopoulos ( , 1861 – 1923 ) was a senior Greek Army officer who participated in the Balkan Wars of 1912 – 1913 . He was born in Piraeus in 1861 , entered the Greek Army Academy and was commissioned as an Engineer officer on 24 March 1881 . He participated in the Greco - Turkish War of 1897 , taught at the Army Academy and published numerous books and studies on military engineering . In 1911 – 1912 , as Colonel , he supervised the construction of fortifications around Larissa . During the mobilization before the outbreak of the First Balkan War , Matthaiopoulos was placed as CO of the 5th Infantry Division , newly formed from reservists . During the war , he was tasked with covering the left flank of the Army of Thessaly through his division ' s advance into Western Macedonia . His division however was attacked by superior Ottoman troops and driven back at the Battle of Sorovich , on 22 – 24 October 1912 ( O . S . ) . Dismissed from his command , he was placed in charge of the 8th Infantry Division in the Army of Epirus , with which he participated in the Battle of Bizani . After the Balkan Wars , he was promoted to the rank of Major General , and continued in service until November 1922 , when he went into retirement with the rank of Lieutenant General . He died in December 1923 .
USS Pinnacle ( AM - 274 ) USS " Pinnacle " ( AM - 274 ) was an Admirable class minesweeper of the US Navy during World War II . She was laid down by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp . , Chickasaw , Alabama , 1 February 1943 launched 11 September 1943 sponsored by Mrs . Francis W . Osborn ; and commissioned 24 May 1944 ; Lt . Joseph B . Willams in command . World War II Invasion of Europe operations . Following shakedown , " Pinnacle " joined MinRon 11 and sailed , 24 July , for the Mediterranean . She arrived at Mers - el - Kebir 10 August , crossed to southern France 10 days later and on the 27th began her first minesweeping operation off St . Tropez . Shifting east with units of MinDiv 32 in September , she cleared a fire support channel from Cape Martin , France , to Bordinghera , Italy . There into late October , she suffered no damage from German shore batteries and on the 23rd sailed back to Toulon , thence to Bizerte , whence she steamed to Cagliari , Sardinia . Between 25 November and 10 January 1945 , she swept in the Gulf of Cagliari with only one interruption , an escort run to Palermo in December . Supporting the Yalta Conference . From Sardinia " Pinnacle " returned to Palermo , whence , with she steamed to Istanbul . Arriving 25 January , she entered the Black Sea the next day , sweeping in shallow waters ahead of the AGC . Continuing on to Sevastopol and Yalta she supplied guards for the Yalta Conference , and on 13 February got underway for Sicily for repairs . She resumed sweeping off Sardinia in early March , interrupted operations toward the end of the month for a run to Malta , and on the 31st departed Sardinia for Palermo , Oran and the United States . Pacific Theatre operations . Arriving at Norfolk , Virginia , 5 May , she sailed for the west coast 5 July , mooring at San Pedro , California , on the 26th . In mid - August she moved on to Pearl Harbor thence to the Marianas , Okinawa , and Japan for minesweeping Operation Skagway . Engaged in clearing the shipping lanes of the East China Sea - Ryukyu area , 27 October - 9 November , " Pinnacle " shifted to Formosa and the Pescadores at mid - month and continued to operate there until 22 December when she put into Shanghai . Departing Shanghai 21 January 1946 , she steamed back to Japan , thence to the Marianas , and on 18 March , arrived at San Pedro , California . Post - War Deactivation . In July " Pinnacle " headed west again . Arriving at Subic Bay , Philippine Islands , 14 September , she decommissioned 9 October 1946 at Sasebo , Japan , and remained in reserve there until 15 June 1948 when she was transferred , on a permanent basis , to the Nationalist Chinese Navy . Struck from the U . S . Navy List 13 July 1948 " Pinnacle " renamed " Yung - Hsiu ( MSF - 48 ) " , patrolled the coast and offshore Islands of Taiwan into 1970 . USS " Pinnacle " was struck from the Naval Register in July 1972 . Fate unknown . Awards . USS " Pinnacle " ( AM - 274 ) earned 2 battle stars during World War II .
Eberhard Heder Eberhard Heder ( born 30 June 1918 ) was a Sturmbannführer ( Major ) in the Waffen - SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II . After World War II he was admitted into the Bundeswehr and obtained the rank of Oberst ( Colonel ) . Early life . Heder was born on 30 June 1918 in Neustettin , Pomerania . He volunteered to join the Waffen SS and joined the SS Pionier Battalion in Dresden on the 1 November 1937 . World War II . He was later selected to become an officer and posted to the SS - Junkerschule in Braunschweig in 1939 and after graduation he was given command of a company in the 5th SS Pionier ( Engineer ) Battalion , SS Division " Wiking " . He deployed with them in Operation Barbarossa the invasion of the Soviet Union and was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class in August 1941 and the Iron Cross 1st class in January 1942 . He was awarded the German Cross in Gold in March 1943 , when in command of the Estnisches SS - Freiwilligen - Panzer - Grenadier - Battalion " Narwa " during the Battle of Kharkov , Battle of the Cherkassy Pocket and the " Battle of Kowel " . He was then given command of the 5th Pionier Battalion and was awarded the Knight ' s Cross in November 1944 for his actions in the fighting for Warsaw . < br > This is what Eberhard Heder described as the reason he was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross : " In the defensive fighting around Warsaw , I was assigned with a most hastily - assembled ' alarm group ' ( " Alarm - verband " ) of the 5 . SS - Panzer Division " Wiking " . We operated north of Warsaw and were tasked to close a gap in the front because fresh reserves were no longer available . In a very critical situation and cut off temporarily from our own lines , we succeeded in holding the front line and preventing a Soviet breakthrough , equipped with only some light machine guns , and the occasional support from German artillery fire and a few tanks . For three days and nights , [ our small force ] was mercilessly attacked again and again by their massed artillery fire and heavy weapons , as well as their low - flying aircraft . Due to our effort , the breakthrough of the enemy to the Vistula was to be prevented . " Post war . Heder survived the war and later joined the West German Bundeswehr in 1955 and reached the rank of Oberst ( Colonel ) on the 30 September 1976 . After his marriage he lived in Daseburg and now in Warburg .
First Master Chief Petty Officer The rank of First Master Chief Petty Officer in the Armed Forces of the Philippines has been passed in a bill filed by Senator Rodolfo Biazon back in July 2004 . It is expected that President Gloria Macapagal - Arroyo will sign it very soon , enabling the rank to be created . Unlike its brother rank , the rank of First Chief Master Sergeant , the rank of " First Master Chief Petty Officer " will be created in the Philippine Navy since the former is for the Philippine Army .
Charles Russhon Charles J . Russhon ( March 23 , 1911 - June 26 , 1982 ) was an American photographer and Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force who later became noted for his role as a technical adviser and liaison officer on the Sean Connery and Roger Moore James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s . Biography . He served as a photographer in World War II and was the first American to photograph Hiroshima after the atomic bomb attack . He served in the China - Burma - India Theater of WWII and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Air Forces . After the war , Russhon became interested in motion pictures and served as a technical adviser to filmmakers . He used his former position in the airforce and expertise most notably on the James Bond films enabling the producer to gain access to previously off boundary locations and equipment . In 1963 he negotiated the use of land in Istanbul from the Turkish authorities during the making of " From Russia With Love " and gained the rights to use Fort Knox for " Goldfinger " in 1964 using his position in the Air Force to allow special use in film . The producers acknowledge his help by a sign in the film at Ft Knox that reads " Welcome Gen . Russhon " . He was also an adviser on the 1965 Bond film " Thunderball " and was able to supply the experimental rocket fuel used to destroy the Disco Volante in the film . Russhon using his position was also able to gain access to the US Navy ' s still experimental Skyhook rescue system which was used to lift actors Sean Connery and Claudine Auger from the water at the end of the film . Russhon appears in Air Force uniform in the film . Russhon later worked on " You Only Live Twice " in 1967 and " Live and Let Die " in 1973 . Personal life . Russhon was a lifelong close friend of the renowned cartoonist Milton Caniff and provided Caniff with the inspiration behind his ice cream loving character Charlie Vanilla in the comic strip " Steve Canyon . " , like Russhon sharing a fondness for the dessert . He died at his Manhattan home on Saturday June 26 , 1982 aged 71 and was survived by his wife Claire , and a son , Christian , both of New York City .
General Service Medal ( 1918 ) The General Service Medal ( 1918 GSM ) was instituted to recognise service in minor Army and Air Force operations for which no separate medal was intended . It was equivalent to the 1915 Naval General Service Medal . Both these medals were replaced by the General Service Medal in 1962 . Clasps . Seventeen clasps were approved for the 1918 GSM . These clasps comprise of small metal bars into which the name of the relevant campaign or theatre of operations was moulded . The clasps were then attached to the medal ' s suspension bar . The 1918 GSM was never awarded without a clasp .
George Reid ( soldier ) George Reid ( 1733 – 1815 ) was born in Londonderry , New Hampshire , and was a farmer by trade . He married Mary Woodburn in 1765 who was noted for her skill in running their farm in George ' s long service during the American Revolutionary War . With news of the Battle of Lexington and Concord , George Reid marched with his militia company to Boston , Massachusetts and commanded a company of the 1st New Hampshire Regiment at the Battle of Bunker Hill . George Reid was with the 1st NH during the Invasion of Canada , the Battle of Trenton and the Battle of Princeton . In the Spring of 1777 George Reid was appointed Lt . Col . of the 2nd New Hampshire Regiment . With the capture of Col . Nathan Hale at the Battle of Hubbardton by the British Army , George Reid took command of the 2nd NH and led them during the rest of the Saratoga Campaign , the Battle of Monmouth and the Sullivan Expedition of 1779 . With the consolidation of the three New Hampshire regiments in 1783 , Col . Reid was appointed commander of the combined unit until its disbandment on January 1 , 1784 . After the war , now Brigadier General Reid led a militia unit that put down the Exeter Rebellion in 1786 at the then state capital Exeter , New Hampshire . The Rebellion was over the value and use of paper money issued by the government of New Hampshire . Later an angry crowd surrounded his house and threatened his life , but the old general faced them down alone and dispersed the mob without further incident . In 1791 George Reid was appointed Sheriff of Rockingham County , New Hampshire . Reid died at the age of 83 in 1815 .
2 / 5th Field Regiment ( Australia ) The 2 / 5th Field Regiment was an Australian Army artillery regiment formed on 25 April 1940 , as part of the 7th Division in 1940 during World War II . The regiment was part of the North African Campaign , Syria - Lebanon Campaign , Salamaua - Lae campaign , Finisterre Range campaign and the Borneo campaign . The regiment was disbanded on 26 February 1946 .
Adna R . Chaffee , Jr . Adna Romanza Chaffee , Jr . ( September 23 , 1884 – August 22 , 1941 ) was a major general in the United States Army , called the " Father of the Armored Force " for his role in developing the U . S . Army ' s tank forces . Early years . Adna Chaffee , Jr . was the son of Lieutenant General Adna R . Chaffee , Sr . . Born in Junction City , Kansas on September 23 , 1884 , he was commissioned a Lieutenant of Cavalry in 1906 after graduating from the United States Military Academy , and won recognition as the " Army ' s finest horseman . " Career . In World War I , he was an Infantry Major with the IV Corps during the Battle of Saint - Mihiel . As a Colonel , he later served with the III Corps throughout the Meuse - Argonne Offensive . Following the war , he returned to his Regular Army rank of Captain of Cavalry and became an instructor at the General Staff School and the Army School of the Line at Fort Leavenworth . During the 1920s , he helped develop the armor concepts and doctrine of the future . He predicted in 1927 that mechanized armies would dominate the next war and assisted in the first program for the development of a U . S . Army armored force . Assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division in 1931 , he continued to develop and experiment with armored forces , thus becoming the leading American advocate of mechanized warfare . In 1938 , he assumed command of the reorganized 7th Cavalry Brigade ( Mechanized ) , the Army ' s only armored force . Chaffee battled continuously during the prewar years for suitable equipment and for establishment of armored divisions . With the collapse of the French Army in June 1940 , Chaffee ' s 1927 predictions of the importance of armored forces in modern warfare were confirmed . Chaffee died of cancer on August 22 , 1941 in Boston , Massachusetts . Legacy . The M24 Chaffee light tank was later named after him . Fort Chaffee , Arkansas , near Fort Smith , Arkansas , was named in his honor .
Heywood L . Edwards Heywood Lane Edwards ( 9 November 1905 – 31 October 1941 ) was an officer of the United States Navy . He was one of the first American casualties of World War II , more than a month before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor . Biography . Edwards was born in San Saba , Tex . , 9 November 1905 and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1926 . He competed for the United States in freestyle wrestling in the 1928 Summer Olympics , earning 4th place in the light heavyweight division . After serving in battleship " Florida " ( BB - 30 ) , destroyer " Reno " ( DD - 303 ) and other ships , he underwent submarine instruction in 1931 , served in several submarines , and was assigned to cruiser " Detroit " ( CL - 8 ) in 1935 . Lieutenant Commander Edwards assumed command of " Reuben James " ( DD - 245 ) 6 April 1940 . His ship became the first in the U . S . Navy to be sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic when it was torpedo ed by a German submarine while on convoy duty west of Iceland 30 – 31 October 1941 . Lt . Comdr . Edwards and 99 of his crew perished with the ship . Namesake . In 1943 , the destroyer USS " Heywood L . Edwards " ( DD - 663 ) was named in his honor .
George Forestier - Walker Major - General Sir George Townshend Forestier - Walker KCB ( 2 August 1866 - 23 January 1939 ) was a senior British Army officer during World War I . Military career . Born the son of Major - General George Edmund Lushington Walker , Forestier - Walker was educated at Rugby School and the Royal Military Academy , Woolwich . He was commissioned in 1884 and served as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General during the Second Boer War . He became Chief Staff Officer of the Somaliland Field Force in 1902 , Assistant Quartermaster General for Intelligence for the Somaliland Field Force in 1903 and saw action again during the East Africa Campaign before becoming Assistant Quartermaster General at Southern Command in 1910 . He went on to be brigadier - general on the General Staff of Irish Command in 1912 . Forestier - Walker served in World War I initially as Chief of Staff of II Corps , which went to France with the British Expeditionary Force . He became General Officer Commanding 21st Division in April 1915 and fought at the battle of Loos in September 1915 . He then became General Officer Commanding 27th Division . He retired in 1920 and became Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery in 1931 . Family . In 1892 he married Lady Mary Maud Diana Liddell , daughter of Henry Liddell , 2nd Earl of Ravensworth .