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French frigate Courageuse ( 1778 ) Courageuse was a 12 - pounder " Concorde " class frigate of the French Navy . She was launched in 1778 . The British captured her in 1799 and thereafter used her as a prison hulk . Career . In 1790 , under Captain de Grasse - Briançon , " Courageuse " was part of the Toulon squadron under Vice - admiral de Poute de Nieuil . From 2 August , she ferried troops and civil commissioners to Corsica , and cruised in the aera before making a port call to Ajaccio and eventually returning to Toulon on 30 October . In 1792 , under Captain de La Croix de Saint - Vallier , " Courageuse " sailed off Smyrna , Saloniki and Tripoli , returning to Smyrna on 6 December . In January 1793 , she escorted a convoy to Marseille , and from there returned to Toulon , arriving on 12 May . " Courageuse " took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver in the winder 1794 - 1795 , under Captain Dalbarade . She was part of the naval division under Rear - admiral Renaudin , which arrived in Toulon on 2 April 1795 . In the summer of 1795 , she was part of the station of the Gulf of Roses , under Lieutenant Pourquier , supporting the Army of the Pyrenees in the Siege of Roses . On 9 July , she defended herself against a Spanish squadron , composed of 16 gunboats , supported by three frigates and two ships of the line ; " Courageuse " , supported by artillery fire from French - held forts , successfully fended off the attack . In the fleet of Toulon , " Courageuse " took part in the Mediterranean campaign of 1798 ; after the Battle of the Nile , she was armed en flûte and ferried supplies for the French Army in Egypt and Syria . Under Captain Trullet , " Courageuse " was part of the Syrian naval station under Rear - admiral Perrée . She ferried artillery and ammunition of the French Army besieging Acre ; on 9 April 1799 , she captured the British gunboat " Foudre " . HMS " Centaur " captured " Courageuse " in the Action of 18 June 1799 . Fate . French sources report that " Courageuse " was used as a prison hulk . British sources report that the British commissioned " Courageuse " under Commander John Richards as a receiving ship in the Mediterranean . She was still listed in 1803 , but her eventual disposition is unknown .
Harold Whistler Group Captain Harold Alfred Whistler DSO DFC and Bar ( 30 December 1896 – March 1940 ) was an English fighter pilot and flying ace in the First World War . Early life . Alfred Harold Whistler was born in 1896 in Theddlethorpe , Lincolnshire , the son of Alfred James Whistler , a clergyman , and his wife Mary Maud . In the 1901 Census for Louth he is listed as Harold Alfred Whistler aged 4 with his parents , older brother and two older sisters living at the Rectory , Little Carlton . Whistler was educated at Oundle School near Peterborough and then at the Royal Military College , Sandhurst . First World War . Originally commissioned in the Dorsetshire Regiment in 1916 he had transferred to the Royal Flying Corps to be trained as a pilot . He was soon on operations and was wounded in action on 29 January 1917 when he was with 3 Squadron . When he recovered he joined 80 Squadron as a flight commander flying the Sopwith Camel and returned to operations in France in 1918 . He was credited with 23 victories ( 1 balloon , 13 destroyed , 9 ' out of control ' ) between March 1918 and October 1918 , all while flying the Sopwith Camel . With the end of the war he stayed in the Royal Air Force as an instructor with various units . Post war . In the late 1920s he commanded 55 Squadron in operations against the Najd Bedouin tribesmen . By 1940 he was Chief of Staff of RAF India as an acting Air Commodore . On a return trip to the United Kingdom from India on an Imperial Airways Handley Page H . P . 42 it disappeared without trace over the Gulf of Oman 1 March 1940 with eight on board . His name is inscribed on the Singapore Memorial at the Kranji War Cemetery Whistler was born Alfred Harold Whistler and his medal citations reflect that but other records list him as Harold Alfred Whistler .
HMS Stately ( 1784 ) HMS " Stately " was a 64 - gun third - rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 27 December 1784 at Northam . Operational life . Sir Richard King took command of " Stately " at Portsmouth on 24 July 1793 , which was reported in " The Times " newspaper . She was converted for use a troopship in 1799 . Because " Stately " served in the navy ' s Egyptian campaign ( 8 March to 2 September 1801 ) , her officers and crew qualified for the clasp " Egypt " to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants . The Navy reverted her to a fully armed warship once war resumed after the end of the Treaty of Amiens . Battle of Zealand Point . On 22 March 1808 , " Stately " and " Nassau " destroyed the last Danish ship of the line , " Prins Christian Frederik " , commanded by Captain C . W . Jessen , in a battle at Zealand Point . In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasps " Stately 22 March 1808 " and " Nassau 22 March 1808 " to any still surviving crew members of those vessels that chose to claim them . Fate . " Stately " was broken up in 1814 . ⅜ = = Notes and citations = =
USS C . P . Williams ( 1861 ) USS " C . P . Williams " ( 1861 ) was a mortar schooner acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used for various purposes , but , especially for bombardment because of her large mortar that could fire up and over tall riverbanks . Purchased in New York City in 1861 . " C . P . Williams " was purchased by the Navy Department at New York City on 2 September 1861 ; fitted out as a mortar schooner ; commissioned on 21 January 1862 , Acting Master A . R . Langthorne in command ; and reported to the Mortar Flotilla in the Mississippi River . Civil War service . Assigned to the Mississippi Mortar Flotilla . From 13 March - 17 July 1862 , " C . P . Williams " cruised the lower Mississippi River , joining in the bombardments of Forts Jackson and St . Philip , Louisiana from 18 – 23 April , and Vicksburg , Mississippi from 27 June - 3 July as well as blockading Berwick Bay . Reassigned to the South Atlantic Blockade . " C . P . Williams " sailed north on 17 July for repairs at Baltimore , Maryland in September – October . On 9 November , she joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron at Port Royal , South Carolina . During the remainder of the war , she patrolled the rivers and sounds of the area , fired in the bombardments of forts , covered landing parties , and engaged detachments of Confederate cavalry ashore . End - of - war decommissioning and sale . On 9 June 1865 , " C . P . Williams " cleared Charleston , South Carolina , for Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , arriving on the 19th . She was decommissioned on 27 June and sold on 10 August .
Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force The Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force ( CCHAF ) is the senior chaplain in the United States Air Force , the leader of the U . S . Air Force Chaplain Corps , and the senior advisor on religious issues to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force . The current CCHAF is Major General Howard D . Stendahl .
Wooden ramps Wooden ramps were used by the Germans in World War II to defend areas from terrestrial and aquatic / semi - aquatic vehicles . A wooden ramp consisted of a medium - sized tree trunk angled 15 - 20 degrees , with the raised end towards land and supported by two or four legs . The wooden ramp could flip an amphibious vehicle over as it landed on the beach . The devices were sometimes made additionally dangerous by attaching mine s to the log . The most famous use of wooden ramps was during the Allied beach assaults during Operation Overlord . The Germans used them to destroy Allied vehicles , particularly Landing Craft Mechanized boats and variants and , in the case of the Americans , Sherman DD tank s . However , because the Germans expected a high - tide landing , they primarily positioned the wooden ramps too far up the beach . Had events gone as they predicted , the ramps would have been mostly underwater and thus less visible .
Friedrichshafen G . II The Friedrichshafen G . II ( factory designation FF . 38 ) was a medium bomber aircraft that was designed and manufactured in Germany during World War I by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen . The plane was used by the " Luftstreitkräfte " ( German Imperial Air Service ) for tactical and limited strategic bombing operations . While the G . I had been a generally successful design it was clear it needed further improvement before it was fit for combat . The G . I was thus developed further into the G . II . The wings now only had two pairs of interplane struts on each side of the fuselage and the box shaped tail unit was replaced by a simple horizontal and vertical stabilizer assembly . Experience with the G . I had shown it to be underpowered and the G . II had more powerful six - cylinder 150 kW ( 200 hp ) Benz Bz . IV engines installed which increased the bomb load . The increase in power also enabled the installation of a second defensive machine gun aft of the wings between the propellers which were still mounted in a pusher configuration . The crew still consisted of three men , a rear gunner , a pilot and a bomb aimer who doubled as a nose gunner . Operational history . While the Friedrichshafen G . I remained a prototype the G . II went into production with 35 aircraft being built by Friedrichshafen ( 18 built ) and Daimler ( 17 built ) . The G . II saw active service from early 1916 with German bomber units on the Western Front and in Macedonia where it was mostly used for tactical bombing operations . At first these were conducted in daylight but later , as losses mounted , most attacks were conducted at night .
Railroad Redoubt The Railroad Redoubt was one of several redoubt s , or small defensive earthworks , that were constructed during the American Civil War to protect the city of Vicksburg , Mississippi , from Union attack . It was so named because it was constructed along a major east - west railroad track into Vicksburg . On May 22 , 1863 , the Union XIII Corps , under the command of Major General John A . McClernand , attacked this portion of the Vicksburg defenses at 10 : 00 a . m . Within the hour , several units were fighting in or near the ditch fronting the position . One regiment , the 22nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment , with close support from the 21st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment , the 11th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment and the 77th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment , exploited a breach in the Redoubt created by artillery fire , and about a dozen members of the 22nd Iowa entered the defenses at that point . The survivors from that group occupied a forward portion of the position for some hours . The breach was not successfully reinforced , and the attackers not killed or wounded , along with members of supporting units , were forced back as darkness fell . In the end , the Confederate position held , bringing on the Siege of Vicksburg .
Henry Trotter ( Indian Army officer ) Colonel Sir Henry Trotter ( 30 August 1841 – 25 September 1919 ) was an officer in the Royal Engineers , author , and explorer of Central Asia . Trotter attended Addiscombe Military Seminary from 1858 to 1860 , and was awarded his commission in the Royal Engineers , Bengal on 8 June 1860 . He sailed to India in 1862 , and from 1863 to 1875 served on the Great Trigonometric Survey of India . He was a member of the Second Yarkand Mission to Sinkiang to visit the territory ruled by Yakub Beg : the mission had 350 support staff and 6 , 476 porters , and was led by Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth . Among the other Indian Army officers were Thomas E . Gordon , John Biddulph , Henry Bellew , Ferdinand Stoliczka and R . A . Champman . During the exhibition Trotter was the first recorded European to have shot an Ovis Poli . Trotter , now a captain , joined the special service in China in 1876 and he served as Assistant Military Attaché at Constantinople during the Russo - Turkish War of 1877 - 78 ; Trotter was present at the fall of Erzurum to the Russians . In 1879 , now a major , he was appointed Consul for Kurdistan ; and in 1880 he was appointed Consul at Erzurum . From 1882 to 1889 he served as Military Attaché at Constantinople , following which he became British Consul - General in Syria , based in Beirut On 15 October 1890 Trotter married Olivia Georgiana Trotter , daughter of Admiral George Wellesley and Elizabeth Lukin . Trotter and his wife had a daughter , Angela Olivia Trotter ( 1897 - 1981 ) . In 1906 Trotter retired from public service and in 1907 he began to work with the Central Asian Society . He served as a Member of Council for the society and from 1917 to 1918 he was president of the society . Trotter was invested as a Knight Commander , Order of St . Michael and St . George ( K . C . M . G . ) and Companion , Order of the Bath ( C . B . ) . Trotter died on 25 September 1919 at Lucas Green Manor , Chobham , Surrey . He was survived by his wife Olivia Georgiana Trotter , daughter Angela and Henry Alexander Trotter . In 1926 Trotter ’ s daughter Angela married Edmond Pery , 5th Earl of Limerick . Her son , Trotter ’ s grandson , was Patrick Pery , 6th Earl of Limerick .
USS Dale ( DD - 290 ) The third USS " Dale " ( DD - 290 ) was a " Clemson " - class destroyer in the United States Navy . She was named for Richard Dale . History . " Dale " was launched 19 November 1919 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation , Squantum , Massachusetts ; sponsored by Mrs . A . J . Peters ; and commissioned 16 February 1920 , Commander F . H . Roberts in command . From 3 March to 3 April 1920 " Dale " patrolled New England waters aiding in the recalibration of radio compass stations in the 1st Naval District . Assigned to Destroyer Force , U . S . Atlantic Fleet , she operated with destroyer squadrons along the Atlantic coast , in the Gulf of Mexico , and in the Caribbean . Her activities included tactical exercises and battle practice ; fleet maneuvers , war exercises , and fleet search problems ; training naval reservists ; and service from Norfolk in the calibration of radio compass stations in the 5th Naval District . On 17 June 1924 " Dale " sailed from Newport under the command of future Fleet Admiral William F . Halsey , Jr . to make courtesy visits to ports in Germany , Denmark , Norway , Scotland , England , France , Spain , and Portugal . Arriving at Gibraltar 21 September , she cruised in the Mediterranean until June , engaging in battle practice , intelligence work , and international goodwill calls . She departed Gibraltar 2 July 1925 for New York , arriving 16 July . " Dale " operated with Destroyer Squadrons , Scouting Fleet , on the United States East Coast , in the Caribbean , and in the Panama Canal Zone until arrival at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on 21 September 1929 . She was decommissioned there on 1 May 1930 and sold on 17 January 1931 . Commercial banana boat . The destroyer equipped with a new propulsion plant , converted to a banana carrier and renamed MV " Masaya " operating for the Standard Fruit and Steamship Co . , of New Orleans , Louisiana from 1933 . United States Army . With the Philippines cut off by Japanese forces the War Department attempted to use blockade runners . Some were to make the attempt from Australia or Java , but some were to make the attempt directly from the United States . One recommendation , carried directly to the President , was the acquisition by bareboat charter and use of three First World War destroyers that had been converted to fast banana carriers , one immediately available in New Orleans . Cargos for two other vessels , then in the Caribbean , were to be sent to await their availability in New Orleans . Delays occurred , but " Masaya " departed New Orleans on 2 March 1942 with " Matagalpa " following on 11 March and " Teapa " on 18 March . All were delayed for repairs in Los Angeles with reloading for Corregidor . They reached Hawaii too late to relieve Corregidor . The ship was instead sent to the Southwest Pacific Area , entering the Southwest Pacific Area command ' s permanent local fleet on 12 March 1942 , where in an effort to support operations in Buna she was bombed and sunk and sunk five miles to the east of Oro Bay , New Guinea on 28 March 1943 .
Brandhoek New Military Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Brandhoek New Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located near Ypres ( now " Ieper " ) in Belgium on the Western Front . The cemetery grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in recognition of the sacrifices made by the British Empire in the defence and liberation of Belgium during the war . Foundation . The cemetery was begun by the British in July 1917 to replace the nearby Brandhoek Military Cemetery , which closed with the arrival of the 32nd , 3rd Australian and 44th Casualty Clearing Stations as part of the preparations for the Battle of Passchendaele . The cemetery closed a month later and Brandhoek New Military No 3 Cemetery opened to replace it . The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield . Notable graves . Buried here is Oxford - born Captain Dr Noel Godfrey Chavasse , VC and bar MC . The Victoria Cross is Britain and the Commonwealth ' s highest award for bravery . Captain Chavasse was a doctor who repeatedly saved wounded men whilst being wounded himself on more than one occasion , and under heavy fire , with total disregard for his own safety . Chavasse was one of only three people to have won the Victoria Cross twice , once on 9 August 1916 at Guillemont , in France and later at Brandhoek , where he died from wounds sustained in the operation he was decorated for .
3rd Continental Light Dragoons The 3rd Continental Light Dragoons , also known as Baylor ' s Horse or Lady Washington ' s Horse , was a mounted regiment of the Continental Army raised on January 1 , 1777 at Morristown , New Jersey . The regiment saw action at the Battle of Brandywine , Battle of Germantown and the Battle of Guilford Court House . The regiment was surprised on the night of September 27 , 1778 , while sleeping in barns near Old Tappan , New Jersey , in close proximity to British positions . Referred to by the Continentals as the " Baylor Massacre " , at least 67 men were made casualties and 70 horses killed . Among the captured was the regimental commander , Lt . Col . George Baylor , who was replaced on November 20 , 1778 by Lt . Col . William Washington , transferred from the 4th Continental Light Dragoons . In 1779 , while recruiting and remounting , the regiment rescued James Wilson during the " Fort Wilson Riot " . The 3rd CLD was posted to the Southern department on November 1 , 1779 . Losses of 15 killed , 17 wounded , and 100 men captured along with 83 horses in a night attack by British Lt . Col . Banastre Tarleton on April 14 , 1780 , led to the unofficial amalgamation of the regiment with the 1st Continental Light Dragoons , commonly known as the " 1st and 3rd Light Dragoons " as Washington deferred to his friend and senior , Lt . Col . Anthony White , whom he had served under in the 4th CLD . Washington resumed command of the attrited unit on May 6 , 1780 , when it was attacked on the Santee River and White captured . In the 1781 campaign , Washington and his men distinguished themselves in mounted charges at the Battle of Cowpens in January , the Battle of Guilford Court House in March , and the Battle of Eutaw Springs in September . At Eutaw Springs Washington was pinned under his fallen mount , bayoneted , and captured . Captain William Parsons , the senior surviving officer , commanded the corps until Lt - Col . Baylor was exchanged in June 1782 and resumed command . When the companies of the 4th CLD were parceled out during the siege of Yorktown , the 1st and 3rd accepted its few remaining mounted troopers . The regiment was officially merged into the 1st Legionary Corps on November 2 , 1782 , with the consolidated unit of five troops designated the 1st Legionary Corps . A member of the 3rd Continental Dragoons was Maryland Congressman Philip Stuart , References . 2 . " Dragoon Diary : The History of the Third Continental Light Dragoons " C . F . William Maurer , Authorhouse , 2005 . 3 . " Commander in Chief ' s Guard : Revolutionary War " Carlos E . Godfrey , M . D . , Genealogical Publishing Co . , Inc . 1972 4 . " The Patriots at the Cowpens " Bobby Gilmer Moss , Scotia Press , 1985
Battle of Noonday Creek The Battle of Noonday Creek was a series of combat events in the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War that took place between June 10 and July 3 of 1864 . General Garrard was ordered by General Sherman to interpose between General Joseph Wheeler ' s cavalry and detached infantry at Noonday Creek , which was just a few miles from Sherman ' s headquarters at Big Shanty . When , after a week , Garrard failed to do so , two brigade s of infantry and three brigades of cavalry with artillery support were advanced against the Confederate positions on June 9 . Two charges failed , and the Union Army retired from the field . However , Wheeler ' s cavalry was moved to a position between Bell ' s Ferry and Canton Road . On June 10 , the 15th regiment Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry pushed the enemy across Noonday Creek after heavy fighting . On June 15 , a division of Union Cavalry attacked and was repelled . On June 17 , the Federals pushed Wheeler down Bell ' s Ferry Road , where he retired to Doctor Robert McAffee ' s house . On June 19 , the Union Army attacked but was driven off with heavy losses . On June 23 , Colonel Eli Long , USA , crossed Noonday Creek with his brigade . He was attacked at that time , and repelled the attackers . The 4th Michigan Cavalry was attacked by 4 , 500 of Wheeler ' s cavalry at Latimar ' s Mill on Noonday Creek . Since the Civil War . Despite land development since the 1980s in the area near Town Center at Cobb , the McAfee house ( and a historical marker at the street ) is still located on Bells Ferry Road , on the northwest corner of what is now the intersection with Barrett Parkway ( west ) and Piedmont Road ( east ) . ( )
Kōsaka Masanobu Bond with Shingen . The association between Masanobu and Shingen began in 1543 as a love relationship . At the time they were 16 and 22 , respectively . Such relationships were in vogue in pre - modern Japan , a tradition known as shudo . The love pact signed by the two , in University of Tokyo ' s Historical Archive , documents Shingen ' s pledge that he was not in , nor had any intentions of entering into , a sexual relationship with a certain other retainer , and asserts that " since I want to be intimate with you " he will in no way harm the boy , and calls upon the gods to be his guarantors . ( Leupp , pp . 53 – 54 ) Commander . Kōsaka is known as one of the three Danjō that served the Takeda family , along with Sanada Yukitaka and Hoshina Masatoshi ( Danjō stands for a formal title , Danjōchū ; 弾正忠 ) . Among these three , Kōsaka was known as the " Nige Danjō " ( 逃げ弾正 ; literally , the fleeing Danjō ) , because of his cautious commanding and skillful retreats . As the general in command of Kaizu castle , Kōsaka played an important role in the fourth Battle of Kawanakajima . He informed Takeda via signal fires of the movements of Uesugi Kenshin ' s army as it approached , and then led the sneak attack up Saijo - yama in order to drive Uesugi ' s men down to the plain where they could be surprised by Takeda ' s army . Even though that tactic failed , Kōsaka led his men back down the hill , attacking Uesugi ' s army from the rear , turning the tide of the battle into a Takeda victory . Retirement and death . Kōsaka Masanobu is known to have openly criticized Katsuyori numerous times . Because of this , Kosaka was forced to " retire " from service in 1578 and died later from illness .