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Fort de Romainville Fort de Romainville , ( in English , " Fort Romainville " ) was built in France in the 1830s and was used as a Nazi concentration camp in World War II . Use in World War II . Fort de Romainville was a Nazi prison and transit camp , located in the outskirts of Paris . The Fort was invested in 1940 by the German military and transformed into a prison . From there , resistants and hostages were directed to the camps . 3 , 900 women and 3 , 100 men were interned before being deported to Auschwitz , Ravensbrück , Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps . 152 persons were executed by firing - squad in the Fort itself . A few escaped , such as Pierre Georges , alias " Colonel Fabien . " From her cell , Danièle Casanova motivated and encouraged her comrades to confront their torturers . From October 1940 , the Fort held only female prisoners ( resistants and hostages ) , who were jailed , executed or redirected to the camps . At liberation in August 1944 , many abandoned corpses were found in the Fort ' s yard .
Smilo Freiherr von Lüttwitz Smilo Walther Hinko Oskar Constantin Wilhelm Freiherr von Lüttwitz ( 23 December 1895 – 19 May 1975 ) was a German general of the Panzer troops , serving during World War II and son of Walther von Lüttwitz . His cousin s Heinrich von Lüttwitz and Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross - Zauche und Camminetz were also decorated with the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords , the latter also received the decoration " with Diamonds " . After World War II he joined the Bundeswehr on 1 June 1957 and retired on 31 December 1960 . Biography . Smilo Freiherr von Lütwitz was born on 23 December 1895 in Strasbourg into a family with a long history of military service . He joined the military service during the mobilisation on 3 August 1914 as an officer cadet in the Leib - Dragonerregiment ( 2 . Großherzoglich Hessisches ) Nr . 24 of the 25th Division in Darmstadt . " Fähnrich " von Lüttwitz was posted to the Eastern Front and saw combat at Tannenberg , Courland and Düna . He was severely wounded twice in 1915 and received the Iron Cross ( " Eisernes Kreuz " ) 1st class . He was commissioned as a " Leutnant " on 16 June 1915 , effective as of 10 August 1914 . In 1916 , after his brother was killed in action as chief of a " Jägerkompanie " , von Lüttwitz was transferred to a staff position with the X . Armeekorps in the Heeresgruppe Kronprintz for two years . The corps was under the command of his father " Generalleutnant " Walther von Lüttwitz . His father , a recipient of the Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves , was one of the most highly decorated generals of the German Empire . He returned to front line duty in 1918 as an adjutant with the " Darmstädter Dragoner " in the temporary occupation of the Ukraine and southern Russia . By the end of World War I he had received both classes of the Iron Cross and the Wound Badge in Silver .
Storer ' s Regiment of Militia Storer ' s Regiment of Militia also known as the 3rd York County Militia Regiment was called up at York County , Maine then part of Massachusetts on August 14 , 1777 as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign . The regiment marched quickly to join the gathering forces of General Horatio Gates as he faced British General John Burgoyne in northern New York . The regiment served in General Briskett ' s brigade of Massachusetts militia . With the surrender of Burgoyne ' s Army on October 17 the regiment was disbanded on November 30 , 1777 at Queman ' s Heights .
199th Infantry Brigade ( United States ) The 199th Infantry Brigade ( Light ) is a unit of the United States Army which served in the Reserve from 1921 – 1940 , in the active army from 1966 to 1970 ( serving in the Vietnam War ) , briefly in 1991 – 1992 at Fort Lewis , and from 2007 as an active army training formation at Fort Benning . The brigade was first formed in the West Virginia Organized Reserve in 1921 , as part of the 100th Infantry Division . It incorporated the 398th and 399th Infantry Regiments . However , with the reorganisation of the Army from four - regiment to three - regiment divisions as World War II approached , the brigade was disbanded in 1940 . The unit was formed for the second time at Fort Benning , Georgia in 1966 . Nicknamed " the Redcatchers " , the unit was hastily moved to Song Be , Vietnam in December 1966 to provide an increased U . S . presence in the III Corps Tactical Zone and remained there until its return to Fort Benning in October 1970 , where it was inactivated . The unit was briefly reactivated at Fort Lewis Washington from the remains of the 9th Infantry Division . The brigade was conducting Operation Uniontown in Dong Nai Province when the 1968 Tet Offensive began . It immediately began a defense of U . S . II Field Force headquarters at Long Binh and the Bien Hoa Air Base against attacks by the VC 275th Regiment . One battalion was moved by helicopter to attack a Viet Cong command post at the Phu Tho racetrack inside Saigon , then engaged in house - to - house fighting in Cholon . During 1969 , the 199th was responsible for the security of the region north and east of the capital , and in 1970 moved into the " Iron Triangle " when other units participated in the Cambodian Incursion . During the drawdown of the 9th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis in 1991 – 1992 , a residual brigade , based around the division ' s 3rd Brigade , was briefly active as the 199th Infantry Brigade before being reflagged as the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment . On 27 June 2007 , as part of the Transformation of the US Army , the 11th Infantry Regiment was reflagged as the 199th Infantry Brigade at Fort Benning .
Thomas Childs Thomas Childs ( 16 March 1796 - 8 October 1853 ) was a U . S . soldier who served with distinction during the Mexican - American War . Childs was born in Pittsfield , Massachusetts , the son and grandson of Revolutionary War veterans . He graduated from West Point in 1814 and fought in the Niagara campaign during the War of 1812 as an officer of artillery . He was later sent to Florida where he fought against Indians during the Seminole Wars . For his distinguished services there he received a brevet promotion of lieutenant colonel in 1841 . Sent to Texas , he took command of an artillery battalion which he commanded at the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma . He received a brevet to colonel for these two battles . At the battle of Monterrey , General William J . Worth placed Childs in charge of an attacking column composed of infantry and artillery . He successfully attacked the Bishop ' s Palace on the western end of the city . He transferred to Winfield Scott ' s army with the rest of the division and was Worth ' s chief - of - staff during the Siege of Veracruz . After the Battle of Cerro Gordo General Scott appointed Childs military governor of Jalapa and once Scott moved into the Valley of Mexico Childs was then appointed military governor of Puebla . He held this post during the battles for Mexico City . The day before Mexico City surrendered , Childs ' garrison at Puebla came under siege . During the following siege of Puebla Childs repeatedly refused to surrender and was able to successfully repulse the Mexican attacks until a relief force under General Joseph Lane arrived and defeated the besiegers . For his defense of the city Childs was brevetted to brigadier general . After the war Childs was placed in command of Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor . He was then placed in charge of military operations in Florida . He died in his headquarters at Fort Brooke , and was buried at St . Paul ' s Cemetery in Alexandria , Virginia .
III Corps ( South Korea ) The III Corps was a corps of the Republic of Korea Army that was formed on October 16 , 1950 . and initially consisted of 2nd , 5th and 8th Infantry Division . It was Command by Major General Yu Jae Hung . The Second Spring Offensive . During The Second Spring Offensive they took heavy casualties , Which took place at Namjon on May 16 , 1951 . At the time of the offensive the Corp consisted of the 3rd and 9th Infantry Division which withdrew leaving behind their heavy equipment , they scatter and fled south on foot through the Pangdae Mountain . On May 25 , 1951 III Corps was disbanded by order of General Van Fleet and reassigned 3rd and 9th Infantry Division to The ROK I Corp and the US X Corp respectively . Armistice . On May 1953 III Corps was reformed under Major General Kang Mun Bong and deployed to Kwandae to trained under US X Corps . In October 1953 when X Corps withdrew , III Corps assumed responsibility of defending along the east and central front from Pukhan River to the Punchbowl .
Pasir Laba Camp Pasir Laba Camp ( Abbreviation : PLC ) is an installation of the Singapore Armed Forces . It is composed primarily of Army tenant units , apart from tri - service SAF Warrant Officer School . It is considered the home of the Warrant Officer and Specialist Corps , just as SAFTI Military Institute is the home of the Officer Corps . Location . Pasir Laba Camp is located at the intersection of Pasir Laba and Upper Jurong Roads . By virtue of their locations , Pasir Laba and Sungei Gedong Camps both control the entrances to the SAFTI Live Firing Area , which is restricted from civilian entry . History . SAF Training Institute ( SAFTI ) was constructed at the end of Pasir Laba Road . Its raison d ' être was for training officer s and non - commissioned officers ( referred to as Specialist s today ) . The Pasir Laba Road site was meant to be temporary , with the permanent location deep in the Pasir Laba training area . The temporary site was made permanent , because its location was able to control access into the training area . SAFTI at Pasir Laba Road was opened on 18 June 1966 . In 1980 , several tenant units including School of Infantry Specialists and School of Infantry Weapons were located at the site together with HQ Infantry ( now 9DIV / Inf ) . Officer Cadet School was given the sole right to the name " SAFTI " , while the other units were housed in what was known as Pasir Laba Camp . However , this left the men of Pasir Laba Camp feeling like second class citizens . As a result , Pasir Laba Camp renamed " SAFTI " once again on 31 May 1986 . This lasted until Officer Cadet School and various other officer - training institutions were moved to a new complex , SAFTI Military Institute , along Upper Jurong Road . What was known as SAFTI was thereafter known as the Pasir Laba Camp complex . Tenant units . The anchor tenant of Pasir Laba Camp today is Headquarters , Training and Doctrine Command ( HQ TRADOC ) . Notable is a company of aggressor s who serve as enemy simulators for infantry battalions ' performance evaluation . Other tenant units are the Specialist Cadet School and SAF Warrant Officer School , the key institutes training the Warrant Officer and Specialist Corps . Other training schools present include School of Military Intelligence and School of Infantry Weapons . Training Resource Management Centre , which controls and maintains the SAFTI Live Firing Area in addition to other functions , is conveniently located here as well . Support units . Camp Commandant ' s Office ( CCO ) provides additional vehicular and logistic support to the tenant units on top of their organic inventory . A medical center under command of CCO provides medical support to all tenant units during office hours , and to SAFTI Military Institute and Jurong Camp after office hours , when their own medical centers are closed . It also provides 24 - hour support to units training in the southern part Live Firing Area .
William Maud Bryant William Maud Bryant ( February 16 , 1933 – March 24 , 1969 ) was a United States Army Special Forces soldier and a recipient of America ' s highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in the Vietnam War . Biography . Bryant joined the Army from Detroit , Michigan in 1953 . By March 24 , 1969 he was serving as a Sergeant First Class in Company A of the 5th Special Forces Group , 1st Special Forces . On that day , in Long Khanh province , Republic of Vietnam , Bryant led a company of South Vietnamese CIDG troops during an intense attack by North Vietnamese forces until being fatally wounded by enemy fire . For his actions during the battle , Bryant was awarded the Medal of Honor . William Bryant ' s body was returned to the United States and buried in Raleigh National Cemetery , Raleigh , North Carolina .
Royal Air Force Commandos Royal Air Force Commandos were formed from units of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War . They were formed in 1942 and served in the European and Far Eastern theatres of war before being disbanded in 1946 . Background . The commander of Combined Operations Louis Mountbatten on 22 January 1942 recommended that the Royal Air Force create a number of Commando units . These units called Servicing Commandos would accompany the Allied Armies when they invaded the continent of Europe either to make German airfields serviceable , or to make operational the new airstrips built by the Army Airfield Construction Units . Eventually 12 Servicing Commandos were formed in the United Kingdom and three in the Middle East . The force consisted of 2 , 400 officers and men skilled in aircraft maintenance and armaments and were capable of working on all types of aircraft to keep them flying under all kinds of conditions . These Commando Units were trained on similar lines to the British Army and Royal Marines Commandos . Each Commando unit comprised two or three officers and between 150 and 170 other ranks . They were equipped with jeep s , motorcycles and up to 15 three ton trucks . Commando units were involved in the major seaborne landings , either going in with the initial invasion forces or giving active support in other ways to keep the aircraft flying . Far East . As well as the 15 Servicing Commandos in Europe and the Middle East three smaller units were formed in India , and called Servicing Parties . Each Servicing Party comprised one officer and 30 men . These units were part of the R . A . F . Support Group and supported the Chindits during Operation Thursday . After the surrender of the Japanese Forces in August 1945 they took over Japanese held airfields , assisted in the evacuation of Allied prisoners of war and undertook other peace keeping duties in Java , Thailand and French Indo China . Operations . In the Mediterranean Servicing Commandos took part in operations in North Africa , landings in Sicily , landings in Italy and landing in the South of France . Servicing Commando units also took part in the Normandy landings and afterwards some units were withdrawn for service in the Far East . Battle honours . The following Battle honour s were awarded to the British Commandos during the Second World War .
Greek cruiser Elli ( 1935 ) Elli ( Greek : Κ / Δ Έλλη II ) was a 10 , 000 ton Greek light cruiser ( in Greek " Καταδρομικό " ) named for a naval battle of the First Balkan War in which Greece was victorious . She was the second ship of the Royal Hellenic Navy to bear this name . The first was torpedoed by an Italian submarine in August 1940 . Built between 1932 - 35 at Ansaldo Shipyard in Genoa and commissioned as the RN " Eugenio di Savoia " . She was ceded to Greece in July 1950 by the Italian government , as part of the war reparations , for the torpedoing of " Elli " . Since hoisting the Greek Flag in June 1951 she served as the headquarters for the Fleet Commander ( Αρχηγός Στόλου ) , serving also for state visits of King Paul to Constantinople in June 1952 ; Yugoslavia in September 1955 ; Toulon , France in June 1956 ; and Lebanon in May 1958 . In 1959 she was moved to Souda Bay , Crete , where she was used as headquarters of the Ionian and Cretan Sea s Command . Decommissioned in 1965 , she was used as a naval prison ship . Certain naval personnel were detained there during the 1967 - 1974 junta because of their resistance activities . She was auctioned off in 1973 .
Bergen Prizes The Bergen Prizes were three British merchantmen ( Betsy , Union , and Charming Polly ) that were captured by Captain Pierre Landais of the USS Alliance and John Paul Jones of the USS Bonhomme Richard in 1779 . Landais , who had had numerous disagreements with Jones over the command of the squadron in European waters , sent the vessels to Bergen , Norway . Once there , they were repaired and handed back to the British consul , depriving their captors of the satisfaction of having hurt the enemy and of any hope of being rewarded for their efforts . . However , the subject of indemnity was broached by Jones , who turned up in person at Copenhagen . Ultimately , no payment was made by the Danish government due to the existence of a treaty signed between the English and Danish governments in 1660 that obligated Denmark to England . As a result , no reward was given to the captains or crew of the United States vessels responsible for the capture of the merchantmen until the United States Congress ratified reimbursement to Landais in 1806 and the heirs of Jones in 1848 .
Percy Fernando Major General Percy Fernando , RWP , RSP , psc , CR was a Sri Lankan Army officer , who was the Deputy GOC , 54 Division based at Elephant Pass and prior to which he was the brigade commander of the independent Special Forces Brigade . Educated at Royal College , Colombo , where he represented the school and captained the rowing team and winning several races at the Royal Thomian Regatta . Fernando joined the army after leaving school and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant . Later he transferred to the Commando Regiment when it was formed in the 1980s . Brigadier Fernando was the Sri Lanka Military Academy from 1998 to 2000 . He severing as the Deputy GOC , 54 Division based at Elephant Pass during the Second Battle of Elephant Pass in 2000 . Following orders from the GOC 54 Division to evacuate the base and make a strategic withdrawal of troops from Elephant Pass , Brigadier Fernando organized and carried out an orderly withdrawal , commanding the rear guard alongside his troops . At this point during the withdrawal he was killed by a sniper . He was promoted to the rank of Major General posthumously . General Fernando has received the Rana Wickrama Padakkama ( RWP ) , Rana Sura Padakkama ( RSP ) , Uttama Seva Padakkama ( USP ) , the Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal , the Riviresa Campaign Services Medal , the Purna Bhumi Padakkama and the North and East Operations Medal . The Amateur Rowing Association of Sri Lanka and the Colombo Rowing Club honour his memory by awarding the Percy Fernando Memorial Trophy annually to the winner of the over 19 event
Surgeon General of the United States Navy The Surgeon General of the United States Navy is the most senior commissioned officer of the Medical Corps of the United States Navy . Establishment of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery . On 31 August 1842 , the United States Congress passed a Navy appropriation bill that was a blueprint for efficiency . The legislation provided for five Navy bureaus United States Navy bureau system to replace the outdated Board of Navy Commissioners — Yards and Docks ; Construction , Equipment , and Repair ; Provisions and Clothing ; Ordnance and Hydrography ; and Medicine and Surgery . Heading each of the bureaus was a “ Chief ” to be appointed by the President of the United States . The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery ( BUMED ) became the central administrative headquarters for the Navy Medical Department , and those names became interchangeable . The general order of 26 November 1842 , which defined the duties of the new bureaus , charged BUMED with : Overseeing all of these duties , and directing the medical department , was the Chief of BUMED , William P . C . Barton . Barton served at this post until 1844 . He was followed by Thomas Harris , William Whelan , Phineas Horwitz , and William Maxwell Wood . Since the days of Barton ’ s directorship the most senior ranking physician in the Navy Medical Department has held the title of Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery . Creation of the title . On 3 March 1871 , Congress passed legislation granting medical and other staff officers of the Navy “ relative rank ” with grades “ equal to but not identical with the grades of the line . ” This Naval Appropriations Act went further than any previous Congressional action in transforming and enhancing the Navy Medical Department . The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery now had the additional title “ Surgeon General , ” with the relative rank of Commodore . ” At the helm of this “ revitalized ” organization stood the first Surgeon General , William Maxwell Wood ( 1809 – 1880 ) , a man entering his 42nd year of a naval service as unusual and varied as could be . Wood had served aboard , one of the first steam vessels of the Navy , and designated flagship during the “ expedition for the suppression of Indian hostilities on the coast of Florida ” ( a . k . a . the Seminole Wars ) . Wood served shore duty at Sackets Harbor , New York , Baltimore , Maryland , had duty as Fleet Surgeon of the Pacific Fleet , and served under Commodore John D . Sloat in California during the Mexican – American War . However fitting he may have been as the first Navy Surgeon General , he served less than two years . In November 2011 , VADM Matthew L . Nathan , took office becoming the 37th Surgeon General of the United States Navy , and 41st Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery .
Felipe da Silva D . Felipe da Silva ( died 1644 ) was a Portuguese soldier in the service of Spain . Felipe was the son of Doña Filipa da Silva ( 1550 – 1590 ) , 4th Countess of Portalegre and of Don Juan de Silva ( 1528 - 1601 ) , Spanish ambassador to the court of King Sebastian and Count of Salinas . His brother was D . Manrique da Silva , 1st Marquis of Gouveia , mordomo - mor of King John IV of Portugal and member of his privy council . In 1638 Felipe da Silva was part of the War Council of Flanders , along with the Marquis of Mirabel and the Marquis of Cerralvo , Manuel Pimentel de Requesens Count of Feira , Claude de Rye , Baron of Valançon and Anthonie Schetz , Baron of Grobbendonk . After the Portuguese rebellion of December 1 , 1640 , he was held in custody at Burgos , being freed in 1643 after which we was ordered to proceed to Madrid where he was promoted to Commander of the Spanish forces in Catalonia , despite his age and the fact that he suffered from gout . He led the conquest of Monzon ( Montsó ) in 1643 and of Lérida ( Lleida ) in 1644 . He died that same year . Bibliography