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Bismarck Myrick Bismarck Myrick ( born 1940 in Portsmouth , Virginia ) is a former U . S . Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia ( 1999 – 2002 ) and Lesotho ( 1995 – 1998 ) . He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and a decorated Vietnam War hero . The government of Lesotho awarded him the Most Meritorious Order of Mohlomi , its highest honor to a non - citizen , for his work in promoting democracy . He also served as Principal Officer in Cape Town , South Africa from 1993 to 1995 , and as Principal Officer in Durban , South Africa from 1990 to 1993 , where he helped manage U . S . policies during that nation ' s transformation from apartheid to non - racial democracy . During his military career , Myrick also served in Ethiopia from 1975 to 1979 as an Army foreign area officer . He joined the Foreign Service in 1980 and was assigned as Desk Officer for Somalia in the Office of East African Affairs . From 1982 to 1984 , he served as Political Officer at Monrovia in Liberia . He returned to Washington , D . C . to serve from 1985 to 1987 as Action Officer in the Office of Strategic Nuclear Policy , Bureau of Politico - Military Affairs . He was Chairman ( 1986 – 87 ) of the Interagency Nuclear Testing Arms Control Working Group and served on the U . S . Delegation to the Geneva Nuclear Testing talks . Myrick served as Deputy Director for policy planning and coordination in the Bureau of Inter - American Affairs from 1987 to 1989 . In 1989 , he was awarded a Una Chapman Cox Fellowship and conducted research on a project entitled " Change in the Horn of Africa and Implications for U . S . Foreign Policy in the 1990s . " He holds the Department of State ' s Superior Honor Award and four Meritorious Honor Awards . While serving as the ambassador to Liberia , Myrick became the center of a potential international incident : after alleging that Myrick had interfered in domestic political issues , ruling National Patriotic Party chairman Cyril Allen urged the government to arrest Myrick . Disputes erupted among NPP partisans , as some opposed the statement of their party boss and called for an increased separation between their party and the government . Ambassador Myrick began his military career as an army private . He performed military police duties in Okinawa and Germany before his first assignment as an infantry officer in South Korea . He was an infantry company commander in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969 . His military decorations include the Silver Star , the Purple Heart , and four Bronze Stars for heroism in combat . He was inducted into the U . S . Army Hall of Fame at Fort Benning , Georgia in 1996 . A native of Portsmouth , Virginia , Myrick earned a bachelor ' s degree from the University of Tampa and a master ' s degree from Syracuse University . He currently teaches political science at Old Dominion University .
Capture of the Bahamas ( 1782 ) The Capture of the Bahamas took place in May 1782 during the American War of Independence when a Spanish force under the command of Juan Manuel de Cagigal arrived on the island of New Providence near Nassau , the capital of The Bahamas . The British commander at Nassau , John Maxwell decided to surrender the island without a fight when confronted by the superior force . Background . Spain had entered the American War of Independence in 1779 and launched a campaign to drive the British out of the Gulf of Mexico overrunning the British colony of West Florida and seizing its major outposts at Mobile and Pensacola . The Spanish commander Bernardo de Gálvez planned an attack against Nassau , the capital of The Bahamas which served as a major British privateering base . Gálvez authorised an expedition against the islands in late 1781 , but this was postponed during the Yorktown Campaign which led to the surrender of a British army in October 1781 . In early 1782 the scheme was revived and command of it was given to Juan Cagigal , the Governor of Havana . Capture . In spite of receiving orders from Gálvez to abandon the expedition scheme so his forces could be used for an invasion of Jamaica , Cagigal pressed ahead with his scheme and sailed from Havana on 18 April 1782 . He had 2 , 500 troops which had left the garrison of Havana very low , and unable to send troops to support Gálvez ' s Jamaican expedition . He had managed to secure additional ships and transport from American privateers led by Alexander Gillon . On 6 May Cagigal ' s ships came into view of Nassau . He convinced the British commander , Vice Admiral John Maxwell , to surrender without opening a formal siege of the town . Maxwell offered twelve articles of surrender , a list which was mildly revised by Cagigal before he accepted the surrender . Spanish forces then occupied the town , taking the 600 - strong British garrison as prisoners and capturing several ships , including a frigate . Aftermath . Gálvez was angered that Cagigal had not followed his orders to abandon the attack , and was also frustrated because the British naval victory at the Battle of the Saintes had forced him to abandon the planned Franco - Spanish invasion of Jamaica . Gálvez arranged to have Cagigal arrested for his alleged mistreatment of a British General , John Campbell , following the Siege of Pensacola in 1781 . Cagigal was imprisoned in Cadiz and his military career was ruined . One of his associates , Francisco de Miranda , was also charged with a similar offence – which may have motivated his later career as an advocate of independence for Spain ' s American colonies . Ultimately it was Gálvez who was to receive credit for the capture of The Bahamas despite the fact he had tried to cancel the project . An American Loyalist named Andrew Deveaux set forth to recapture Nassau , which he achieved on April 17 , 1783 , with only 220 men and 150 muskets to face a force of 600 trained soldiers . By this time , however , the Spanish crown had already recognized the British sovereignty over the Bahamas in exchange for East Florida under the Treaty of Paris .
Fleetwings BQ - 2 The Fleetwings BQ - 2 was an early expendable unmanned aerial vehicle — referred to at the time as an " assault drone " — developed by Fleetwings during the Second World War for use by the United States Army Air Forces . Only a single example of the type was built ; the aircraft was deemed too expensive for service and was cancelled after a brief flight testing career . Development . Development of the BQ - 2 began on July 10 , 1942 , under a program for the development of " aerial torpedoes " - unmanned flying bomb s - that had been instigated in March of that year . Fleetwings was contracted to build a single XBQ - 2 assault drone , powered by two Lycoming XO - 435 opposed piston engines , and fitted with a fixed landing gear in tricycle configuration ; the landing gear was jettisonable for better aerodynamics . The BQ - 2 was optionally piloted ; a single - seat cockpit was installed for ferry and training flights ; a fairing would replace the cockpit canopy on operational missions . The BQ - 2 was intended to carry a warhead over a range of at ; the aircraft would be destroyed in the act of striking the target . A single BQ - 1 was to be constructed as well under the same contract . Flight testing . The XO - 435 engines were dropped from the design of the XBQ - 2 before completion , being replaced by two Lycoming R - 680 radial engines , with the aircraft being redesignated XBQ - 2 . Following trials of the television - based command guidance system using a PQ - 12 target drone , the XBQ - 2A flew in mid 1943 ; following flight trials , the design was determined to be too expensive for operational use , and the program was cancelled in December of that year .
Jack Keane John M . " Jack " Keane ( born 1943 ) is a retired four - star general and former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army , and a defense analyst currently serving as Chairman of the Board for the Institute for the Study of War . Life and career . Keane attended Fordham University , where he participated in The National Society of Pershing Rifles , graduating with a bachelor ' s degree in accounting in 1966 . He then attended Western Kentucky University , graduating with a Master ' s Degree in philosophy . He then attended the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College . Keane served in the Vietnam War as a paratrooper . He later served in U . S . engagements in Somalia , Haiti , Bosnia and Kosovo . His commands include the 1st Brigade , 10th Mountain Division , 101st Airborne Division and the XVIII Airborne Corps . Keane retired from military service in 2003 . He is also a national security analyst for Fox News . He has served an advisory role in the management of the U . S . occupation of Iraq , as a member of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee . In January 2007 , Keane and scholar Frederick W . Kagan released a policy paper , entitled " Choosing Victory : A Plan for Success in Iraq " , through the American Enterprise Institute that called for bringing security by putting around 30 , 000 additional American troops there for a period of at least 18 months . In part convinced by this paper , President George W . Bush ordered on January 10 , 2007 the deployment of 21 , 500 additional troops to Iraq , most of whom would be deployed to Baghdad . Military awards Keane has received include two Defense Distinguished Service Medal s , two Army Distinguished Service Medal s , the Silver Star , the Bronze Star , the Joint Chiefs Service Badge , the Humanitarian Service Medal , five Legions of Merit , Ranger Tab , Combat Infantryman Badge , Master Parachutist Badge , and Air Assault Badge . His civilian awards include the Fordham University Distinguished Alumni Award , the USO 2002 Man of the Year award , and the Association of the United States Army 2001 Man of the Year award . Keane currently sits on the board of directors of MetLife , General Dynamics , AlliedBarton and consultant / strategic advisor Academi . Son of William Keane and Maude ( Brown ) Keane , and brother of Ronald Keane . Keane married Theresa Doyle in 1965 and has two sons , Matthew and Daniel .
Henry Clay Taylor Henry Clay Taylor ( 4 March 1845 – 26 July 1904 ) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy who served in the American Civil War and the Spanish – American War . He also served as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation and President of the Naval War College . Early life and Civil War service . Taylor was born in Washington , D . C . . He was appointed midshipman at the Naval Academy on 28 September 1860 . When the Civil War expansion of the Navy engendered a pressing need for junior officers in the fleet , Midshipman Taylor ' s class was graduated a year early . He was commissioned ensign on 28 May 1863 and posted to the steam sloop operating with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron . In 1864 , he was transferred to the sloop - of - war , in which he visited the Mediterranean and participated in the hunt for the Confederate raider . Postbellum service . After the Civil War , Taylor served in a succession of ships on various stations . In 1866 and 1867 , he was in with the North Atlantic Squadron , and he was assigned to from 1867 to 1868 . His next tour of duty , in 1868 and 1869 , was with the European Squadron in the storeship . Between 1869 and 1880 , Taylor sandwiched two tours at sea in between two periods of shore duty . His first assignment ashore — in 1869 , 1870 , and 1871 — was at the Naval Academy . Following that , he was executive officer of , the flagship of the Pacific Squadron , from 1872 to 1874 . Over the next three years , Lieutenant Commander Taylor commanded the Coast Survey steamer . In 1877 , he came ashore once more , this time assigned to the Hydrographic Office . From there , he went to the Washington Navy Yard where he was serving at the time of his promotion to commander in December 1879 . In 1880 , Commander Taylor resumed sea duty as the commanding officer of . In 1884 and 1885 , he was on special duty at New York City . From 1885 to 1887 , Taylor served as a member of the Board of Inspection and then took a leave of absence in 1888 . In 1890 , he returned to duty to command on the Asiatic Station until September 1891 when he took another leave of absence until December 1892 . After six months ' special duty in 1893 , Taylor became President of the Naval War College . Spanish - American War . In April 1894 , he was promoted to captain . Captain Taylor assumed command of ( Battleship No . 1 ) in December 1894 . His ship was assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron , and he commanded her through the Spanish – American War in 1898 . Flag assignments . In the fall of 1899 , Taylor was detached from " Indiana " and assigned to shore duty . In March 1900 , he became a member of the General Board and , 11 months later on 11 February 1901 , he was promoted to rear admiral . On 29 April 1902 , he assumed the post of Chief of the Bureau of Navigation , which he held until his death . Namesakes . Two U . S . Navy vessels have been named " Taylor " . The first was named for Rear Admiral Henry Clay Taylor , and the second commemorates Rear Admiral William Rogers Taylor .
12th Indian Infantry Brigade The 12th Indian Infantry Brigade ( Secunderabad ) was part of the Singapore Fortress garrison during World War II . History . The 12th Indian Brigade was one of the regular units based in Malaya before the Japanese invasion in December 1941 . During the Battle of Malaya which ended with the surrender of a British Army at Singapore in February 1942 , the 12th Brigade performed better than most units . One of its units , 2nd Bn , Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders , was considered to be the best jungle fighters at the time and the Argylls ' commander , Lt . Col . Ian Stewart , one of the better leaders during the campaign . The brigade were among the first troops to face the Japanese when they landed on 7 December 1941 ( See Japanese Invasion of Malaya ) . While the rest of the British and Indian forces were thrown in disarray by the rapid encircling and flanking attacks of the Japanese , the 12th Brigade under Brigadier Archie Paris , was able to inflict casualties and slow down the Japanese forces during the fighting in Northern Malaya .
USS Sea Hawk ( SP - 2365 ) USS " Sea Hawk " ( SP - 2365 ) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919 . " Sea Hawk " was built in 1917 by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol , Rhode Island , as the civilian motorboat " Herreshoff No . 319 " . The U . S . Navy acquired her from Arthur Winslow of Boston , Massachusetts , on 20 October 1917 for World War I service as a patrol boat . She was commissioned as USS " Sea Hawk " ( SP - 2365 ) in December 1917 . " Sea Hawk " initially served as a patrol boat in the 1st Naval District , operating in the Boston area . Later she was transferred to the 7th Naval District for employment in Florida waters . Due to an urgent need for craft such as " Sea Hawk " at Brest , France , an order dated 14 October 1918 went out from Washington , D . C . , to Boston , directing the Commandant of the 1st Naval District to ready six section patrol boats - - USS " Commodore " , " Cossack " , " War Bug " , " Sea Hawk " , " Kangaroo " , and " SP - 729 " — to be shipped to France as deck cargo along with spare parts to keep them operational . However , this proposed movement appears to have been canceled , probably because of the armistice with Germany of 11 November 1918 that ended World War I and eliminated the need for more U . S . Navy patrol craft in Europe . Decommissioned after World War I ended , " Sea Hawk " remained at Key West , Florida , awaiting final disposition with other section patrol boats until the night of 9 – 10 September 1919 , when she disappeared in the 1919 Florida Keys hurricane and was not recovered .
Taira no Tadamori He consolidated the influence of the Taira clan at the Imperial Court , and is said to have been the first samurai to serve the Emperor directly , at Court . As a servant of the Court , Tadamori waged campaigns , beginning in 1129 , against pirates on the coasts of San ' yōdō and Nankaidō ( two of the " Gokishichidō " , large administrative divisions of Japan ) . He also served his own clan in battling the warrior monks of Nara and of Mount Hiei . Tadamori is also credited with the construction of the Rengeō - in , a major and now - famous temple in Kyoto , which includes the longest wooden building in the world , the Sanjūsangen - dō . Tadamori was granted the governorship of Tajima province as a reward for completing this project .
The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar , 1789 The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar , 1789 ( also called The Sortie made by the Garrison of Gibraltar in the Morning of the 27 of November 1781 ) is the title of a 1789 oil - on - canvas painting by American artist John Trumbull . The painting shows a key point in Gibraltar ' s history when the Great Siege of Gibraltar was undertaken by the Spanish against the British at Gibraltar in November 1781 . The Spanish officer Don Jose de Barboza is being given respect as he lies dying . Although left behind by his own retreating troops he still unsuccessfully attacked the British troops with chivalry . Background . The painting is based on a real attack that took place in Gibraltar on November 27 , 1781 . The Great Siege of Gibraltar was an unsuccessful attempt by Spain and France to capture Gibraltar from the British during the War of American Independence . Painting . The painting depicts the events of the night of November 26 , 1781 when British troops made a sudden attack ( sortie ) , against the enemy batteries . The death of the Spanish officer Don Jose de Barboza is the focal point of the painting . He fell mortally wounded and died near his post refusing assistance after having been abandoned by his troops . He is portrayed as rejecting the aid of General George Elliott , commander of the British troops . In 1782 , the Siege was lifted and Trumbull ' s friend Antonio de Poggi , an artist and dealer based in London who had been in the besieged garrison , told him of an earlier incident , which had occurred in November 1781 . This had all the ingredients he sought : Trumbull labored on the composition , over many sketches and three large completed canvases . As the project progressed , Trumbull ' s ambitions for it to be his big breakthrough to major patronage grew too . He refused large offers for the picture , preferring to exhibit it privately for admission fees . Horace Walpole , 4th Earl of Orford had called the painting : The painting is depicted on the back of the 2010 Gibraltar 10 - pound note . The people highlighted in this composition are the dying José de Barboza and to his right and from left to right : Ensign A ? . Mackenzie ( in Highland dress ) , Governor Eliott , Lt G . F . Koehler , Lt . Col J . Hardy , Brig . Gen C . Ross , Capt A . Witham , Capt Roger Curtis , Lieutent Thomas Trigge , Lt Colonel Hugo .
Cannone da 47 / 32 M35 The Cannone da 47 / 32 M35 was an Austrian artillery piece produced under license in Italy during World War II . It was used both as an infantry gun and an anti - tank gun which it proved to be successful at , especially when equipped with HEAT ( Italian : " Effetto Pronto " ) rounds . History . The Austrian firm of Böhler originally designed and manufactured the gun . In the 1930s Italy bought some of these guns from Böhler , and then began to produce the weapon under license , continuing its development . The Cannone da 47 / 32 M35 was the main armament in the M13 / 40 medium tank , the M14 / 41 medium tank , and experimentally on the AB 41 armored car ( see photograph ) , and the 47 / 32 self - propelled gun . The M15 / 42 featured a slightly improved version of this gun ( the 47 / 40 ) . The 47 / 32 was built in two versions , the first with semipneumatic disk wheels , and the second ( in 1939 , from which the name 47 / 32 mod . 39 ) with improved barrel and suspension ( in some series also electron wheels with celerflex semipneumatics ) . To tow this piece , the tractor OCI - 780 CM and the light tank L3 were used , but these projects were soon abandoned as the gun was subjected to breaking at the axles spindles and shanks . Users . The same weapon was also used in the Austrian , Chinese , Dutch , Finnish , Romania n , Estonian , Latvian , Soviet ( Captured Ex - Latvian guns ) and Swiss armies . While not an original user , the German army captured several of these guns during their annexation of Austria and their conquest of the Netherlands ( 4 . 7 cm Pak 187 ( h ) ) and the Soviet Union ( 4 . 7 cm PaK 196 ( r ) ) and took them into service . Some of these guns where donated to the Italians , after their surrender , these were recaptured along with Italian models ( 4 . 7 cm Pak 177 ( i ) ) . These guns were then reassigned to German and RSI ( Axis - aligned Italian ) units or donated to Croatia .
Polish Army manoeuvres in Volhynia In the interbellum Poland , headquarters of the Polish Army frequently organized huge military manoeuvres on the territory of the Volhynian Voivodeship . These war games would take place in early fall , right after harvest . Most probably , they were organized on the real estates , whose owners were mostly Polish members of upper classes ( szlachta ) . Local Ukrainian peasants , who made a majority of inhabitants of Volhynia , frequently complained about these events . The biggest of such manoeuvres took place between September 9 and 19 , 1938 in the area between the cities of Lutsk - Rowne - Dubno - Horochow . These war games were also the biggest manoeuvres of the Polish Army before the outbreak of World War II . Polish historian Marek Piotr Deszczynski of the University of Warsaw presented a description of the war games . The manoeuvres gathered the cream of the Polish Army , with Marshall Edward Smigly - Rydz , Minister of Military Affairs , General Tadeusz Kasprzycki , Army Inspector General Stanislaw Burhardt - Bukacki , Colonel Stanislaw Maczek , General Józef Kustroń , and other top officers . Altogether , around 50 , 000 - 60 , 000 soldiers participated in them , which was some 20 % of the whole Army . Among units taking part , there were elite troops of the 21st Mountain Infantry Division from Bielsko - Biała , 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade from Rzeszów , and 3rd Legions Infantry Division from Zamość . Additional forces were : 13th Infantry Division from Rowne , 27th Infantry Division from Kowel , and 30th Polesie Infantry Division from Kobryn . All units were divided into two groups - the " Reds " , and the " Blues " . The " Reds " were advancing from the east , and the " Blues " were supposed to halt their advance . The manoeuvres were completed on September 19 , 1938 , when in Lutsk , local inhabitants presented to the Army military equipment , funded by the Volhynians . Next day , September 20 in Lutsk , a parade took place , witnessed by Edward Smigly - Rydz . On the same day , the 21st Mountain Infantry Division , and the 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade were hastily transported to Upper Silesia , soon afterwards taking part in the Annexation of Zaolzie ( see Independent Operational Group Silesia ) .
William Lowther Grant Admiral Sir William Lowther Grant KCB ( 1864 – 30 January 1929 ) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander - in - Chief , North America and West Indies Station . Naval career . Grant joined the Royal Navy in 1877 . He served in the Anglo - Egyptian War in 1882 and then in the Second Boer War in 1899 . He was appointed Naval Advisor to the Army Council in 1902 and Assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence in 1908 , before becoming Rear Admiral providing special service with the Home Fleet in 1910 . He served in World War I initially commanding the 6th Cruiser Squadron with cruiser HMS " Drake " as his flagship . He was made Commander - in - Chief , China Station in 1916 and Commander - in - Chief , North America and West Indies Station in 1918 . He retired in 1920 . In retirement he sought to justify Admiral Lord Jellicoe ' s actions at the Battle of Jutland in the face of German criticism . Family . In 1892 he married Mabel Emily Brodrick .