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1st Antisubmarine Squadron The 1st Antisubmarine Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with the 480th Antisubmarine Group , based at Clovis Army Airfield , New Mexico . It was inactivated on 29 January 1944 . History . Operations . The squadron was organized in Utah , then formed in Washington state and began training as a Second Air Force bombardment unit flying patrols in the northwest with B - 17 Flying Fortress es , it was prepared for deployment to England as an Eighth Air Force heavy bombardment Squadron . Reassigned to Langley Field , Virginia , it converted into a B - 24 Liberator antisubmarine unit , being redesignated the 1st Antisubmarine Squadron . It deployed to RAF St Eval in England as part of the 1st Antisubmarine Group ( Provisional ) ; it trained with RAF Coastal Command on aerial antisubmarine tactics . The squadron deployed to Port Lyautey in French Morocco in March 1943 to shore up scanty Allied antisubmarine defenses in the Atlantic approaches to the Straits of Gibraltar . It was part of the 2037th Antisubmarine Wing ( Provisional ) under the operational control of the United States Navy Fleet Air Wing 15 , which answered to the commander of the Moroccan Sea Frontier . The squadron flew antisubmarine hunter killer missions from Morocco , deploying to stations in Tunisia in September 1943 . It operated twenty - four hours a day until the landing of the United States Fifth Army at Salerno in Italy . It extended antisubmarine patrols until 9 September to cover the sea west of Sardinia and Corsica . One B - 24 destroyed three German flying boats northwest of Sardinia . In addition to the antisubmarine patrols , the 1st Squadron flew escort for several Allied convoys and covered the escape of Italian naval vessels from Genoa and Spezia to Malta following Italy ' s surrender . Both the 1st and 2nd Antisubmarine Squadron s made - up the 480th Antisubmarine Group under the command of Colonel Jack Roberts . In June 1943 , the group was assigned to the Northwest African Coastal Air Force under the command of Air Vice - Marshal Hugh Lloyd , RAF , but the group operated under the control of the USN FAW - 15 at Port Lyautey , French Morocco , ( now Kenitra , Morocco ) . The squadron returned to Morocco on 18 September and operated in the Moroccan Sea Frontier until it returned to the United States in November 1943 , it was inactivated in January 1944 .
Joseph H . De Castro Corporal Joseph H . De Castro ( November 14 , 1844 – May 8 , 1892 ) , was the first Hispanic - American to be awarded the United States ' highest military decoration for valor in combat — the Medal of Honor — for having distinguished himself during Pickett ' s Charge in the Battle of Gettysburg of the American Civil War . Early years . De Castro was born in Boston , Massachusetts . Upon the outbreak of the Civil War , he was among the men who joined the all volunteer 19th Massachusetts Infantry . Military service . De Castro was the Massachusetts State flag bearer of Company I , 19th Massachusetts Infantry , an all volunteer unit . The unit participated in the Battle of Gettysburg at Gettysburg , Pennsylvania as part of the III Corps 3rd Brigade , U . S . Army under the command of Colonel Norman J . Hall . On July 3 , 1863 , the third and last day of the battle , his unit participated in what became known as Pickett ' s Charge . Pickett ' s Charge was a disastrous infantry assault ordered by Confederate General Robert E . Lee against Major General George G . Meade ' s Union positions on Cemetery Ridge . During the battle , De Castro attacked a confederate flag bearer from the 19th Virginia Infantry regiment , with the staff of his own colors and seized the opposing regiment ' s flag , handing the prize over to General Alexander S . Webb . General Webb is quoted as saying , " At the instant a man broke through my lines and thrust a rebel battle flag into my hands . He never said a word and darted back . It was Corporal Joseph H . De Castro , one of my color bearers . He had knocked down a color bearer in the enemy ' s line with the staff of the Massachusetts State colors , seized the falling flag and dashed it to me " . On December 1 , 1864 , De Castro was one of seven men from the 19th Massachusetts Infantry to be awarded the Medal of Honor . Medal of Honor citation . Sergeant Joseph H . De Castro " Rank and organization : " Corporal , Company I , 19th Massachusetts Infantry " Place and date : " At Gettysburg , Pa . , July 3 , 1863 " Born : " Boston , Mass . " Date of issue : December 1 , 1864 " Citation : " Capture of flag of 19th Virginia regiment ( C . S ) Post Civil War . After the war De Castro entered the regular army and served for a few years . De Castro married Rosalia Rodriguez and in 1882 moved to New York City . There he was an active member of the Phil Kearny Post , number 8 GAR . He was employed by the NY Barge Office when on May 8 , 1892 , he died in his home at 244 West 22nd Street . His funeral was held at the 18th Street Methodist Church and he was buried at Fairmount Cemetery ( Section 2 , Lot 300 , Grave 2 ) in Newark , New Jersey . Awards and decorations . Joseph H . De Castro ' s awards and decorations include the following :
Paul H . Weinert Sergeant Paul H . Weinert ( July 15 , 1869 – January 19 , 1919 ) was an American soldier in the U . S . Army who served with the 1st U . S . Artillery during the Indian Wars . He was one of twenty - three men received the Medal of Honor for gallantry at what was then called the Battle of Wounded Knee , but now commonly called the Wounded Knee Massacre , taking charge of the battery when his commanding officer was severely wounded , on December 29 , 1890 . Biography . Paul H . Weinert was born in Frankfurt , Germany on July 15 , 1869 . He later emigrated to the United States and enlisted as a private in the United States Army in Baltimore , Maryland . Entering the Field Artillery Branch , he was assigned to Battery E of the 1st U . S . Artillery and became a Corporal by age 20 . Weinert was present at the Wounded Knee Massacre when , on the morning of December 29 , 1890 , members of the 7th U . S . Cavalry Regiment surrounded the camp of the Sioux chieftain Big Foot to bring him into custody . His unit , consisting of four Hotchkiss gun s , moved in after the fighting started and began giving artillery support to the cavalry troops . When his commanding officer , Lieutenant Harry Hawthorne , was severely wounded he assumed command and , with another soldier , directed artillery fire and successfully cleared out a key position , a ravine " pocket " , occupied by a number of the Sioux warriors . He and the second cannoneer remained under heavy fire during the battle , at one point causing a round to be knocked out of Weinert ' s hands as he was about to load , resulting in the gun carriage being riddled with bullets . The two continued manually moving the cannon with each discharge to move it into a better position until the end of the battle . For his actions , he received the Medal of Honor as were four other artillerymen . Weinert died in Milton , Massachusetts on January 19 , 1919 at the age of 49 . He is one of two MOH recipients , along with Edward A . Gisburne , interred at Milton Cemetery . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Corporal , Company E , 1st U . S . Artillery . Place and date : At Wounded Knee Creek , S . Dak . , 29 December 1890 . Entered service at : Baltimore , Md . Birth : Germany . Date of issue : 24 March 1891 . Citation : Taking the place of his commanding officer who had fallen severely wounded , he gallantly served his piece , after each fire advancing it to a better position .
Powerful - class cruiser The Powerful class were first - class protected cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1890s . There were two ships in the " Powerful " class , the lead ship " Powerful " and the " Terrible " . Design . They were designed for hunting down commerce raiders such as the Russian armoured cruiser " Rurik " and numerous French armoured cruiser s of the era . As a result , these were very large cruisers intended to be able to dominate other cruisers in a one - on - one battle . A secondary function was to act as a high speed , long range transport ( which in fact was their only actual use during war ) . The original armament was to be a uniform battery of twenty 6 inch guns . However , the Director of Naval Ordnance strongly believed that fewer larger ( 8 inch ) guns would produce a better ship . The Office of Naval Construction countered that a 6 inch gun was suitable for fighting other cruisers , and that the 8 inch gun was too slow - firing to fight cruisers yet too small to fight battleships . He asked for at least a few guns of at least 9 . 2 inches as the smallest capable of damaging a contemporary battleship . This argument won , and the armament as constructed became two 9 . 2 inch guns and twelve 6 inch guns . Observers criticized these ships for their apparently light armament given their size . However they had excellent sea keeping , high speed , and long range , all of which required space and tonnage . These were the first four funnelled cruisers in the Royal Navy . These ships had an armoured deck to stop plunging shells . This deck curved , with its crown in the middle of the ship 3 ft 6in above the waterline , and the edges were 6 ft 6in below the waterline . The deck was 6in thick over the machinery , 4in thick over the magazines , and 2 . 5in thick in the middle of the ship . The dimensions of this class were limited by the then available dockyards available to build and maintain them . In comparison to the " Edgar " class , these ships had a crew 64 % larger , cost 61 % more to build , had more than twice the horsepower , had 660 tons of armour versus 340 tons , were two knots faster , but had very nearly the same armament . The " Edgar " class remained to fight during the First World War , but the " Powerful " class had left the active fleet by then . Building Programme . The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the " Powerful " class . Standard British practice at that time was for these costs to " exclude " armament and stores . Trials . " Terrible " 1898 Trials December 1898 sea trip , Portsmouth to Gibraltar , 12 , 500 ihp = average . Gibraltar to Malta , average . Careers . Both ships served in the China Station and provided landing parties which fought in the relief of the Siege of Ladysmith in the Second Boer War in South Africa . This event inspired the Field gun competition . Crews from the two ships also took part in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion in China . After 1904 they were laid up as an economy measure . During the First World War , they had most of their armament removed and served as troop transport s and later accommodation ships .
Avia B - 135 The Avia B . 135 ( RLM designation Av - 135 ) was a Czechoslovak cantilever monoplane fighter aircraft . It was the production version of the Avia B . 35 developed shortly before the war , based on the B . 35 / 3 prototype but featuring a new all - metal wing . History . The B . 135 / 1 prototype attracted the attention of Bulgarian Air Force officers visiting the Avia plant , and a production contract for 12 aircraft and 62 engines was signed , as well as a license to allow an additional 50 airframes to be constructed by DAR as the DAR 11 " Lyastovitsa " ( Bulgarian : " Лястовица " ; " Swallow " ) . However , the DAR facilities proved to be incapable of producing the aircraft , and only the 12 Czech - built examples were ever made . Plans for further production were stopped by the RLM , which also interrupted engine deliveries after 35 units , and the Bulgarian Air Force was encouraged to purchase the Messerschmitt Bf 109 instead . Operational history . In service , the B . 135s gave continual engine problems and were soon relegated to training roles . Four aircraft did , however , see combat on 30 March 1944 when they intercepted USAAF bomber formations encroaching on Bulgarian airspace after attacking Ploieşti . Some ( Bulgarian ) sources credit Lieutenant Yordan Ferdinandov with a B - 24 Liberator kill that morning . According to Bílý all four Avias , led by Captain Atanasov , took part in the possible shooting down of a 4 - engined bomber that day . The downed aircraft crashed in the area of Tran and Breznik according to the log of Lieutenant Yordan Ferdinandov .
Lord Strathcona Medal The Lord Strathcona Medal , is the highest award which can be bestowed upon a Canadian cadet in recognition of exemplary performance in physical and military training . Lord Strathcona ' s objectives in establishing his endowment were to : Description . This decoration consists of a circular copper medallion with ribbon . On the obverse , in relief , is the effigy of Lord Strathcona , below the motto Agmina Ducens . On the reverse , the inscription " Strathcona Trust – Cadets of Canada " along the edge and " Honneur au mérite " at the centre . The ribbon , 1 . 25 inches wide ( 3 . 2 cm ) , has three vertical burgundy stripes separated by two vertical green stripes . This medal is presented with an undress ribbon . Criteria to receive the medal . The criteria for the Lord Strathcona Medal are found in CATO 13 - 16 . The criteria are the following :
Wood ' s Monument ( West Point ) Wood ' s Monument is an obelisk monument in honor of Colonel Eleazer Derby Wood ( 1783 – 1814 ) , an engineer officer and early graduate of West Point who died during the War of 1812 at the Siege of Fort Erie on 17 September 1814 . Old prints of West Point show this monument located on a knoll near the flag pole . The monument was once used as a navigational aid for ships making the passage down the Hudson River . Eleazer Wood . Eleazer D . Wood ( 1783 – September 17 , 1814 ) was born in Lunenburg , Massachusetts . Wood was one of the earliest graduates of the U . S . Military Academy , becoming the 17th graduate of the academy in 1806 . He was well known among the army officer corps as an engineer and artillery officer . He built Fort Meigs in Ohio as well as other fortifications . Fort Wood , an early 19th - century star - shaped fortification on Bedloe ' s Island ( named after Isaac Bedloo ) , now called Liberty Island , was named in his honor , as is Wood County , Ohio . History of the monument . At the conclusion of the War of 1812 , Major General Jacob Brown contacted Colonel Sylvanus Thayer , Superintendent of the Military Academy , and ordered the monument ' s construction at West Point at his own expense . The monument is a four - sided obelisk approximately tall . Erected in 1818 , it was once prominently located near the site of present day Trophy Point . As the academy expanded , the monument was moved to the cemetery in 1885 , where it is located next to the graves of the Warner sisters , Susan and Anna . Its dedication in 1818 makes it the oldest monument at the academy .
Levi Twiggs Levi Twiggs ( 21 May 1793 - 13 September 1847 ) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the War of 1812 , the Seminole Wars and the Mexican - American War . Biography . Born in Richmond County , Georgia , Twiggs was commissioned a second lieutenant on 10 November 1813 . During the War of 1812 , he saw action on board " President " and was captured when that frigate was taken by a squadron of four British warships . After being imprisoned at Bermuda , he was freed when word of the Treaty of Ghent reached that island . Over two decades later , he took part in the Seminole Wars in Florida and Georgia in 1836 and 1837 , and achieved the rank of major in November 1840 . When the war with Mexico opened , Major Twiggs requested an active part in the fighting and was attached to the Marine Battalion which left New York in June 1847 . He fell to enemy fire as he led a storming party in the assault on Chapultepec before Mexico City on 13 September 1847 . Namesake . Two ships , USS " Twiggs " , were named for him .
90th Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 90th Brigade was a formation of the British Army . It was raised as part of the new army also known as Kitchener ' s Army and assigned to the 30th Division . It served on the Western Front and in the Italian Campaign during the First World War .
Aleksey Greig Aleksey Samuilovich Greig ( Russian : Алексей Самуилович Грейг ) ( 6 September 1775 – 18 January 1845 ) was an admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy . He was the son of Admiral Samuel Greig , brother - in - law of Mary Somerville , and father of Samuil Greig , Russian Minister of Finance . He studied at the High School of Edinburgh under the Rector Adam from 1783 to 1785 , and then served as a volunteer on board H . M . S . Culloden , under Admiral Trowbridge . Greig started his career in the British Royal Navy , serving in East India and Europe from 1785 to 1796 . He returned to Russia to take part in the Mediterranean expeditions against Revolutionary France in 1798 - 1800 . Under command of Dmitry Senyavin , he distinguished himself in 1807 in the Battle of Athos and Battle of the Dardanelles , which resulted in the Russian occupation of Lemnos and Tenedos . At the close of the Napoleonic Wars , he was placed in command of the sea blockade of Danzig . When he was a Captain , he and another Scotsman Captain Brown , were involved in some trouble by the wreck of the Imperial frigate Archangel in 1797 . In the following year , in the squadron off the Texel , he commanded the Rättvisan , 64 guns ; and Captain Robert Crown , said to be a Scot , had the Utislaw , 74 . ( Edinburgh Herald ) In 1801 he was banished to Siberia for a time , in consequence of boldly remonstrating with the Emperor Paul for his severity to some British naval prisoners . In 1816 , Greig was appointed Commander of the Black Sea Fleet , a post which he kept for 17 years . At the same time , he served as Military Governor of Sevastopol and Nikolayev , introducing so many reforms and improvements that the grateful citizens of Nikolayev erected a statue to his memory in 1873 . During the Russo - Turkish War of 1828 / 29 his bold leadership made itself felt at Varna and Anapa . In 1828 he was in full command of the Russian fleet at the sieges of Varna and Anapa , whither he had sailed from Sebastopol with forty vessels eight being of the line acting in conjunction with the troops under Prince Menshikov for three months by sea and land . During these operations the Emperor was his guest on board the Ville de Paris , which had the Diplomatic Chancery and 1 , 300 persons under her flag ( Slade ' s Travels ) . In 1833 he was recalled to Saint Petersburg , where the Tsar appointed him a member of the State Council of Imperial Russia and asked him to superintend the construction of the Pulkovo Observatory .
William Corey William Corey ( born 1853 , date of death unknown ) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor . Biography . Born in 1853 in New York , New York , Corey joined the Navy from that state . By July 26 , 1876 , he was serving as a landsman on the . On that day , while " Plymouth " was at the Brooklyn Navy Yard , Corey and another sailor , Seaman Charles Gidding , attempted to rescue a crewmate who had fallen from the ship ' s rigging into the water . For this action , both men were awarded the Medal of Honor two weeks later , on August 9 . Another of " Plymouth " ' s crew , Seaman Thomas Kersey , rescued a shipmate from drowning on the same day and also received the medal . Corey ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : On board the U . S . S . " Plymouth " , Navy Yard , New York , 26 July 1876 . Showing heroic conduct , Corey endeavored to save the life of one of the crew of that ship who had fallen overboard from aloft .
Myron N . Dobashi Myron N . Dobashi ( born August 15 , 1943 ) is a retired Brigadier General in the National Guard of the United States and former Commander of the Hawaii Air National Guard . Career . Dobashi joined the United States Air Force in 1965 and was stationed at Truax Air Force Base in Madison , Wisconsin until 1967 . From there he was deployed overseas to serve in the Vietnam War . He later joined the Hawaii Air National Guard in 1978 . From 1996 to 1999 he held command of the 201st Combat Communications Group before being promoted to Commander of the Hawaii National Guard . Awards he received include the Legion of Merit , the Bronze Star Medal , the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster , the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster , the Outstanding Unit Award with valor device and silver and bronze oak leaf cluster , the Combat Readiness Medal with silver oak leaf cluster and bronze oak leaf cluster , the National Defense Service Medal with oak leaf cluster , the Vietnam Service Medal with service star , the Humanitarian Service Medal , the Air Force Overseas Service Ribbon - Short Tour , the Air Force Longevity Service Award with silver oak leaf cluster and two bronze oak leaf clusters , the Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon , the Air Force Training Ribbon , the Vietnam Gallantry Cross , and the Vietnam Campaign Medal .
Hopedale Air Station Hopedale Air Station ( ADC ID : N - 28 ) is a closed General Surveillance Radar station . It is located west - northwest of CFB Goose Bay , Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada . It was closed in 1968 . History . The site was established in 1953 as a General Surveillance Radar station , funded by the United States Air Force . It was used initially by the Northeast Air Command as part of the Pinetree Line , which stationed the 923d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at the station on 1 October 1953 . The station was re - assigned to the USAF Air Defense Command on 1 April 1957 , and was given designation " N - 28 " . The station functioned as a Ground - Control Intercept ( GCI ) and warning station . As a GCI station , the squadron ' s role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit ' s radar scopes . These interceptors were assigned to the 64th Air Division at Goose AFB , Labrador . It operated the following radars : In addition to the main facility , Hopedale operated an AN / FPS - 14 manned Gap Filler sites : N - 28A was built in 1957 about 50 miles east - southeast of the main station and was closed in 1961 . The site is very isolated , and its remains are still visible in aerial images . It was serviced by a small dock where supply ships apparently provided logistical support to the station . The remains of a road , probably gravel , remain which goes to the station , where the tower base remains along with some support buildings , including a barracks . The entire facility appears to have been totally abandoned for 50 years . Personnel stationed at Hopedale lived in the village of Hopedale , about . 5 mile south - southeast of the site . An airstrip on Ribback Island provided air support to the station . The squadron was inactivated on 18 June 1968 , and the station was closed on 30 June . All US Air Force personnel lived in barracks at the station itself . There were three " tiers " of barracks : Enlisted , NCO and Officer . There were a few Canadian Nationals employed at the base . They lived in the village of Hopedale . Today the site remains intact , probably due to its isolated location . It apparently has been unused and abandoned since its closure . Since 1992 , the Canadian Forces have operated a Short Range Radar facility at a nearby site , a part of the North Warning System . In 2009 , a serious PCB contamination was identified at the former Hopedale station . USAF units and assignments . Units : Assignments :