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Dominique Vandamme General Dominique - Joseph René Vandamme , Count of Unseburg ( 5 November 1770 , Cassel , Nord – 15 July 1830 ) was a French military officer , who fought in the Napoleonic Wars . Biography . Reportedly a brutal and violent soldier , renowned for insubordination and looting , Napoleon is said to have told him , " If I had two of you , the only solution would be to have one hang the other " . Napoleon added that he would give Vandamme command of the vanguard were he ( Napoleon ) to launch a campaign against Lucifer in Hell . Vandamme enlisted in the army in 1786 and rapidly rose through the ranks . At the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793 he was a Brigadier General . He was court - martialled for looting and suspended . Reinstated , he fought at the First Battle of Stockach on 25 March 1799 , but disagreement with General Jean Moreau led to his being sent to occupation duties in Holland . At the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805 he led the charge that recaptured the Pratzen Heights . He was named Count of Unseburg by Napoleon I after the Silesian campaign during the War of the Fourth Coalition . In the campaign of 1809 , he fought in the battles of Abensberg , Landshut , Eckmuhl . In the campaign of 1813 , Vandamme ' s I Corps attacked the Allied Bohemian Army as it tried to retreat after the Battle of Dresden . While his troops were engaged in the Battle of Kulm , a corps led by the Prussian General Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf fortuitously attacked the French from the rear . In the consequent disaster , Vandamme and 13 , 000 of his men were captured . Taken to Tsar Alexander I of Russia , Vandamme was accused of looting , but is alleged to have replied , " I am neither a plunderer nor a brigand but in any case , my contemporaries and history will not reproach me for having soaked my hands in the blood of my father " . This was an allusion to the Alexander ' s alleged involvement in the murder of Paul I of Russia . In the campaign of 1815 Vandamme was in command of the III Corps , under the direction of Marshal Emmanuel Grouchy . He urged Grouchy to join Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo , but Grouchy preferred to pursue the Prussian 3rd Corps under General Johann von Thielmann , winning the Battle of Wavre , but losing the war . After the restoration of Louis XVIII of France Vandamme was exiled to America and settled in Philadelphia amongst other French military exiles . General Vandamme was allowed to return by the ordinance of 1 December 1819 . He was re - established in the service in the Ètat - major Général , until his final retirement on 1 January 1825 . Afterwards he lived alternatively in Cassel and Ghent , occupying himself with the writing of his memoirs . He died in his native Cassel , aged 59 . VANDAMME is one of the names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe .
Richard Severson Richard Severson was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force . Biography . Severson is a native of Brooklyn , Wisconsin . He graduated from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse with a B . D . in Education . Career . Severson was commissioned an officer in 1972 . He was first assigned to the 440th Tactical Airlift Squadron stationed at General Mitchell International Airport . During the Gulf War he served with the 95th Tactical Airlift Squadron . In 1996 , he was given command of the 920th Rescue Group . During the War on Terror he took command of the 459th Airlift Wing / 459th Air Refueling Wing . In 2005 , he was named Vice Commander of the Air Force Reserve Command . His retirement was effective as of August 18 , 2008 . Awards he has received include the Legion of Merit , the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters , the Aerial Achievement Medal , the Air Force Commendation Medal , the Combat Readiness Medal with three oak leaf clusters , the National Defense Service Medal , the Southwest Asia Service Medal with two service stars , the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal , the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with silver hourglass device , the Vietnam Gallantry Cross , and the Kuwait Liberation Medal .
Second Deep Bottom Union Order of Battle The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Second Battle of Deep Bottom ( Aug 13 - 20 , 1864 ) during the Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War . Order of battle is compiled from the official tabulation of casualties and includes only units which sustained casualties . Army of the Potomac . II Corps . MG Winfield S . Hancock Army of the James . X Corps . MG David B . Birney
Swedish Intervention in the Winter War The Swedish Intervention in the Winter War was a short - lived but successful attempt by the Swedish Volunteer Corps , along with other Nordic volunteers , to prevent a Soviet invasion of Finland during the Winter War . The volunteers only engaged in a few skirmishes on ground and in the air , the only major battles they participated in being the battles of Salla and Honkaniemi . The term " volunteers " have often been used to describe the Nordic military support for Finland in the Winter War , although involvement by the government of Sweden has been debated over time . Nevertheless , the Swedish military sent enormous amount of aid to Finland , including : Background . The Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union began in November 1939 after the Finnish government had rejected the Soviet claims to the Karelian Isthmus and all islands in the Gulf of Finland , as well as a demand to dismantle the defences in Finnish Karelia . Finland at the time was only officially allied with Estonia , as Sweden had rejected participation in the anti - Soviet alliance . The " casus belli " for the Soviet invasion was a claimed Finnish attack against the Russian village of Mainila , although it was later revealed that this was a false flag action conducted by the military of the Soviet Union . The battle of Salla . The battle of Salla was fought by Finnish - Swedish forces against the Soviet Union , beginning with a massive Soviet attack against the outnumbered Finnish defenders . Major General Kurt Martti Wallenius , the Finnish commander , ordered his men to retreat up the Kemijoki river where a defensive line could be easily maintained . After numerous suicide charges by the Soviet army , the sudden arrival of Swedish , Danish and Norwegian troops forced a Soviet withdrawal with heavy casualties of up to 500 men , compared to 187 among the Finns and 23 among the reinforcements . The battle of Honkaniemi . The battle of Honkaniemi was fought between Finnish and Soviet forces on 26 February 1940 and was the only tank battle of the Winter War . The Finns were supported by Swedish , Danish and Norwegian volunteers from the Nordic volunteer corps and had an unknown amount of infantry at their disposal ( although it is known that they were much fewer than their Soviet enemies ) , as well as 13 Vickers 6 - ton tanks . The Soviet corps of 58 tanks was able to beat back the attackers , losing 3 ( Soviet sources ) to 9 ( Finnish sources ) of their armored vehicles while Finland and its allies lost six . Added to that , 87 Finns and 140 Soviets were killed in the battle , while no casualties were reported among the volunteer corps . Although the Soviet casualties were larger than that of their adversaries , the Finnish colonel Voldemar Oinonen ordered a full retreat when he begun to doubt the chances of defeating the enemy .
Joseph G . De Paul Joseph G . De Paul is a Brigadier General in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard . Career . De Paul originally enlisted in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in 1970 . He was commissioned an officer in 1979 . The following year , he was stationed briefly for training at Fort Eustis in Hampton , Virginia and Newport News , Virginia before being stationed in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . In 1989 , he served as a course instructor in Madison , Wisconsin before being named a company commander with the 84th Division in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . He was later stationed in Annville Township , Lebanon County , Pennsylvania in 1993 . After serving as a battalion commander in Lancaster , Pennsylvania , De Paul became Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard in 2000 . He was assigned as Assistant Division Commander of the 28th Infantry Division in 2006 . Awards he has received include the Legion of Merit , the Meritorious Service Medal with one silver and one bronze oak leaf cluster , the Army Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters , the Army Achievement Medal , the Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal with one silver and one bronze oak leaf cluster , the National Defense Service Medal with two service stars , the Humanitarian Service Medal with service star , the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with gold hourglass device , the Army Service Ribbon , the Army Reserve Components Overseas Training Ribbon with award numeral " 5 " and the Meritorious Unit Commendation .
Battle of Degsastan The Battle of Degsastan was fought c . 603 between king Æthelfrith of Bernicia and the Gaels under Áedán mac Gabráin , king of Dál Riada . Æthelfrith carried the day , winning a decisive victory , although his brother Theodbald was killed . We know almost nothing else about the battle , not even where " Degsastan " was supposed to be . Some suspect it was Dawstane in Liddesdale , Scotland . According to Bede ' s account in his " Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum " ( Book I , chapter 34 ) , Æthelfrith had won many victories against the Britons and was expanding his power and territory , and this concerned Áedán , who led " an immense and mighty army " against Æthelfrith . Although Æthelfrith had the smaller army , Bede reports that almost all of Áedán ' s army was slain , and Áedán himself fled . After this defeat , according to Bede , the Irish kings in Britain would not make war against the English again , right up to Bede ' s own time ( 130 years later ) . Áedán ' s army included the Bernician exile Hering , son of the former Bernician king Hussa ; his participation is mentioned by the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle ( manuscript E , year 603 ) , and may indicate dynastic rivalry among the Bernicians . Áedán ' s army also included the Cenél nEógain prince Máel Umai mac Báetáin , who is said by Irish sources to have slain Eanfrith , brother of Æthelfrith . Áedán survived as King of Dál Riata until 608 when he was succeeded by his youngest son Eochaid Buide . Æthelfrith died in battle in 616 .
Edward Griffin Beckwith Edward Griffin Beckwith ( June 25 , 1818 – June 22 , 1881 ) was an United States Army officer who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and who conducted one of the Pacific Railroad Surveys in the 1850s and became known as the " Explorer of the Central Rockies " . Biography . Beckwith was born on June 25 , 1818 ( some report a January birthdate ) in Cazenovia , New York , son of Judge Barak Beckwith , and Polly ( Kennedy ) Beckwith . He graduated from West Point in 1842 . He served in garrison at Savannah , Georgia as a second lieutenant of the Third Artillery until 1846 , when he was appointed for recruiting service . He was promoted First lieutenant June 18 , 1846 , and took an active part in the Mexican – American War ; he was present at Tampico and Vera Cruz . Beckwith was engaged in the Pacific Railroad Survey from 1853 to 1857 with John Williams Gunnison . Notably , the First Transcontinental Railroad followed his recommended route . His report , which also included an extensive survey of the Great Salt Lake , contained " much information on the plants , animals , climate , and geographical features of the lands he had explored " . He succeeded Gunnison as leader of the survey after his death , and personally recommended the route for the railroad . He was also involved with constructing military roads in Nebraska and Kansas , between 1857 – 1859 . Beckwith was promoted captain May 12 , 1855 , and served during the American Civil War in the commissary department from 1861 to 1865 , with the exception of a few weeks in 1863 , when he acted as provost - marshal - general of the department of the Gulf , and again when placed for a short time ( August 1863 – January 1864 ) in command of the defenses of New Orleans . On February 8 , 1864 , he was promoted major , and on March 13 , 1865 , was brevetted lieutenant - colonel , colonel , and brigadier - general of volunteers . He continued in the service of the commissary department until he was mustered out on May 31 , 1866 . Personal life . Beckwith married Cornelia Williamson ( 1828 – 1911 ) , with whom he had a daughter , Madeline Julia Beckwith ( 1852 – 1935 ) . He died at Clifton , New York , in 1881 , and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery .
William Irvine ( general ) William Irvine ( November 3 , 1741 – July 29 , 1804 ) was an Irish - American physician , soldier , and statesman from Carlisle , Pennsylvania . Irvine was born near Enniskillen , County Fermanagh in Ireland . He served as a brigadier general in the Continental Army and represented Pennsylvania in both the Continental Congress ( 1787 – 88 ) and the United States House of Representatives ( 1793 – 1795 ) . During the war , he convinced Colonel William Crawford to come out of retirement and lead an expedition against Indians in villages along the Sandusky River , which ended in Crawford ' s brutal execution . The militia troops went back under the commande of John Rose , a Baltic German officer from Estonia . He died in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , where he was buried in a graveyard near Independence Hall . He was reburied in 1833 at the new Ronaldson ' s Cemetery . When it was closed in 1950s , the graves of a few Revolutionary War officers such as Irvine were identified by the rector of Old Swedes ' and reburied at Gloria Dei Church cemetery . His great - granddaughter Margaret Biddle married Thomas Biddle of the Biddle family of Philadelphia . Irvine was the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case " Irvine v . Sims ' s Lessee " .
Bruce E . Grooms Bruce Estes Grooms , is a vice admiral in the United States Navy . He is Deputy Chief of Staff for Capability Development at Allied Command Transformation . He has served as Commander of Submarine Group TWO and Vice Director of the Joint Staff . He has also served as the 81st Commandant of Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy , responsible for the military and professional development of the Brigade of Midshipmen . On March 1 , 2013 , Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced that Grooms is nominated for appointment to the rank of vice admiral and for assignment as Deputy Chief of Staff for Capability Development at Allied Command Transformation by President Barack Obama . He relieved Vice Admiral Carol M . Pottenger from this position . Education . Originally from Maple Heights , Ohio , Grooms graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering . He earned a Master ’ s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College , graduating with distinction and he attended Stanford University as a National Security Affairs Fellow . Career highlights . Following completion of nuclear power training , he served in nearly every capacity aboard a variety of submarine s including a tour as Executive Officer of USS Pasadena ( SSN 752 ) where he twice deployed to the Persian Gulf . His command tours include service as Commanding Officer of USS " Asheville " where he completed an extremely successful Western Pacific deployment . During his tour the ship received the Battle Efficiency " E " award , the Golden Anchor and Silver Anchor for the highest retention in the submarine force . USS Asheville twice earned the Engineering Excellence " E " award , won the Fleet Recreational Award for best quality of life programs , and twice won the Submarine Squadron Three Commodore ’ s Cup as the best all - around submarine in areas not related to battle efficiency . The ship was the Arleigh Burke Award finalist for most improved in battle efficiency , and the Pacific Fleet NEY Memorial Award finalist . Grooms subsequently served as Commander , Submarine Squadron Six where he was responsible for operations and maintenance of five fast attack submarines and a floating dry - dock . Additionally , he provided local oversight for two Guided Missile Submarines ( SSGN ) undergoing refueling and conversion . Tours ashore include service as a Naval Academy Company Officer , the Senior Inspector on the Atlantic Fleet Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board , service as the Senior Military Aide to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy , and most recently as deputy director then director , Submarine Warfare Division ( N87 ) . He also played varsity basketball for the Midshipman while attending the Naval Academy . Awards . Grooms was selected as the Vice Admiral Stockdale Inspirational Leadership Award winner for 1999 . He has also been awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal , the Legion of Merit ( five awards ) , the Meritorious Service Medal and various campaign and unit awards .
Brandon Webb ( author ) Brandon Tyler Webb ( born 1974 ) is a former United States Navy SEAL and SEAL Sniper Head Instructor , with combat deployments to southwest Asia , including Iraq and Afghanistan , and an author . He served as the Navy SEAL Sniper Course Manager , where he developed new curricula and trained snipers , including Chris Kyle . He is the editor in chief of SOFREP and a media commentator on snipers and related Special Operations Forces military issues . Webb is the co - author of " The 21st Century Sniper : A Complete Practical Guide " and his memoir " The Red Circle " . Military career . Webb joined the Navy in 1993 and began his career as an Aviation Warfare Systems Operator and Search and Rescue Swimmer . He completed Basic Underwater Demolition / SEAL training . He was assigned to SEAL Team 3 . In 2000 Webb was invited to undergo training at the SEAL Sniper Course . After becoming a certified SEAL Sniper , he deployed to the Persian Gulf with SEAL Team 3 . After his last deployment with SEAL Team 3 , Webb worked at the Naval Special Warfare Group One Sniper Cell . In 2003 He became the Naval Special Warfare Command Sniper Course Manager , where he redesigned and innovated the curriculum . As Head Sniper Instructor , Webb graduated more than 300 Navy SEAL snipers from his course , including SEALs Marcus Luttrell and Chris Kyle .
Sunset ( bugle call ) Sunset , also known as the Retreat Call , is a bugle call played in United Kingdom and British Commonwealth countries to signal the end of the official military day . It uses a slightly different melody to the US Retreat bugle call . In common with all bugle calls , it consists only of notes from a single overtone series . This allows it to be playable on a bugle or equivalently on a trumpet without moving the valves . The call is regularly heard performed in an arrangement for full military band by Captain A . C . Green ( 1888 – 1974 ) , who was Director of the Royal Naval School of Music ' s Junior Wing on the Isle of Man . The arrangement was composed aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth in response to Admiral Fisher ' s desire for a " spectacular show " and was first performed in 1932 by the Massed Bands and Bugles of the Mediterranean Fleet . The Sunset call is now a regular part of the Royal Marines ' " Beat the Retreat " ceremony , the call ' s melody also gives its name to " Sunset Parades " given in commemoration of former military conflicts . It is traditional to stand for the performance of the piece . Trumpet & Bugle Calls for the British Army marks this call for Royal Regiment of Artillery units only . The call would then be sounded on an Eb Cavalry Trumpet .
Max von Hartlieb - Walsporn Max von Hartlieb - Walsporn ( 1883 - 1959 ) was a German general during World War II . He commanded the 5th Panzer Brigade in the early fall of 1939 , then took charge of the 5th Panzer Division on 8 October 1939 . As commander of this division , he participated in the 1940 Battle of France . He came to be seen as a weak leader when the lightly defended French town of Le Quesnoy repulsed his soldiers and tanks over four days . By May 28 , he was in reserve ; later in 1940 , he took command of the 179th Division . Beginning in January 1942 , he was relegated to reserve or administrative posts and never again commanded front - line troops . Wounded on 19 May 1942 , he was hospitalized for almost five months and spent several more months in reserve before accepting other administrative posts over the remainder of the war . After the war ended , he was imprisoned for two years .
Igor Sergeyev Igor Dmitriyevich Sergeyev ( ) ( 20 April 1938 — 10 November 2006 ) was the Defense Minister of the Russian Federation from 22 May 1997 until 28 March 2001 . He was the first and ( as of 2013 ) only Marshal of the Russian Federation . Career . Sergeyev served briefly in the Soviet navy but later transferred to the army , where he spent most of his career in the Strategic Rocket Forces . Sergeyev became commander in chief of the Strategic Rocket Forces in 1992 . In this position he was in charge of securing the former USSR ' s nuclear weapons . Defense Minister . Sergeyev was appointed minister of defense in 1997 by Russian President Boris Yeltsin . Sergeyev accepted reform within a limited budget under civilian political control . The number of military educational establishments was reduced markedly from their previous levels , which had not changed since Soviet times . A number of army divisions were given " permanent readiness " status , which was supposed to bring them up to 80 percent manning and 100 percent equipment holdings . Sergeyev directed most of his efforts toward promoting the interests of the Strategic Rocket Forces . All military space forces were absorbed into the Strategic Rocket Forces , and the Ground Forces Headquarters was abolished . The Airborne Forces suffered some reductions , while the Naval Infantry only escaped due to their competent performance in Chechnya . Much of the available procurement monies were invested in acquiring new rockets . Sergeyev was dismissed as defense minister in March 2001 and was replaced by Sergey Ivanov . Sergeyev died 10 November 2006 from the effects of blood cancer . Criticism . Sergeyev is blamed by some for not effectively acting during Dagestan War in 1999 but is also praised for the fact that the Russian military captured Chechen capital Grozny in 2000 during the Second Chechen War . However , the ongoing fighting in the south of the republic caused some concern about his efficacy after Vladimir Putin became President .