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Duncan Mackinnon Duncan Mackinnon ( September 29 , 1887 – October 9 , 1917 ) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics . He was killed in action during the First World War . Mackinnon was born in Paddington , London , and was educated at Rugby School and Magdalen College , Oxford . He rowed for his college and the Magdalen College Coxless four won the Stewards ' Challenge Cup and the Visitors ' Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 1907 and 1908 . The Magdalen crew was chosen to represent Great Britain rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics , and Mackinnon was in the four with Collier Cudmore , John Somers - Smith and Angus Gillan . The crew won the gold medal for Great Britain and defeated a Leander crew . Subsequently Mackinnon rowed for the winning Oxford crews in the Boat Race in 1909 , 1910 and 1911 . Mackinnon was also in the winning crew in the Grand Challenge Cup twice and in the Wyfold Challenge Cup once , losing only two races in all his Henley appearances . After Oxford , Mackinnon became a partner in the family business in Calcutta . He returned to England on the outbreak of World War I and was commissioned into the Royal North Devon Hussars . He transferred to the Scots Guards and serving with them as a lieutenant he was killed in action at Ypres in the Battle of Passchendaele . His remains were not recovered and his name is recorded on the Tyne Cot Memorial nearby . Mackinnon left a legacy of £80 , 000 to establish scholarships at Magdalen College which became effective by reversion in 1938 .
Conference of London The Conference of London ( 21 February and 12 March 1921 and March 1922 , London , Great Britain ) was a conference convened in order to deal with the problems resulting from the peace treaties that ended World War I , most notably the Treaty of Sèvres with the Ottoman Empire , which was militarily opposed by the Turkish National Movement . First stage . To salvage the Treaty of Sèvres , a diplomatic conference was held in London between 21 February and 12 March 1921 . Triple Entente forced the nationalists to agree with the Constantinople government . Bekir Sami Kunduh , representative of Ankara , insisted that the delegate from Istanbul could not enter the negotiations , and rejected the use of Sêvres as the basis of the talks . Sêvres had been negotiated with the Ottoman Empire , not with the recently liberated Turkey . Second stage . Another meeting in London was held in March 1922 . The Allies , without considering the extent of Ankara ' s successes , hoped to impose modified Serves as a peace settlement on Ankara . The Entente foreign ministers proposed Ankara to establish an Armenia n state in eastern Anatolia , removing Turkish troops from the Straits area . Also stipulated was the Turkish abandonment to the Greeks of Smyrna and eastern Thrace , including Adrianople . In return , the Allies offered to raise the Sèvres limits on the Turkish army to 85 , 000 men , eliminating the European financial controls over the Turkish government , but retaining the Capitulations and Public Debt Commission . These proposals were so incompatible with the National Pact that it was easy for the Ankara Assembly to reject them .
850th Horizontal Engineer Company The 850th HEC ( " Renegades " ) Company resides in Cambridge , Minn . The unit ' s primary mission is to provide command and control of engineer platoon effects that are necessary to conduct missions such as repair , maintain , construct air / ground lines of communication ( LOC ) ; emplace culverts ; hauling ; force protection ; and limited clearing operations . History . The unit ' s history starts with being the 257th Military Police Company , based out of Cottage Grove , Minn . , which deployed in 1990 / 1991 in support of Operation Desert Shield / Desert Storm . In 1995 , the unit reorganized into Battery F , 151st Field Artillery , deploying soldiers to Europe and Southwest Asia in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom . In 2006 , the unit reorganized once more to what is now the 850th Horizontal Engineer Company , part of the 682nd Engineer Battalion .
USS Wyandank ( 1847 ) USS " Wyandank " ( 1847 ) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy as a storeship and as a barracks ship in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways . " Wyandank " constructed in New York City in 1847 . " Wyandank " — a wooden - hulled , sidewheel ferryboat built at New York City in 1847 and sometimes documented as " Wyandanck " — was acquired by the Union Navy on 12 September 1861 from the Union Ferry Co . of Brooklyn , New York . Participation in the American Civil War operations . " Wyandank " was used during the Civil War as storeship for the Potomac Flotilla . Post - war service as a barracks ship . After hostilities ended , " Wyandank " served at Annapolis , Maryland , into the 1870s as a floating barracks for United States Marines assigned to the United States Naval Academy . End - of - service fate . She was broken up there in 1879 .
Canadian Forces College The Canadian Forces College ( CFC ) is a military school for senior and general officers of the Canadian Forces . The college provides graduate level military education courses meant to enable officers to effectively provide leadership within the Canadian Forces in a whole - of - government framework . History . The institution was established in 1943 as the " Royal Canadian Air Force War Staff College " ( RCAF War Staff College ) . In 1945 , the college was re - designated as the " RCAF Staff College " , which became a component of the Air Force College in 1962 . The Air Force College also included a Headquarters , a Staff School and an Extension School . Following integration of the Canadian Armed Forces , the college was renamed " Canadian Forces College " ( CFC ) in 1966 . The Officer ' s Mess / Quarters , Building 1 at Armour Heights Canadian Forces College site is a recognized Federal Heritage building 1991 on the Register of the Government of Canada Heritage Buildings . The CFC is located at 215 Yonge Boulevard at Wilson Avenue in North York , Ontario . The Canadian Forces Staff School for junior officers , formerly located at 1107 Avenue Road , was determined to be redundant and closed in 1994 , and the property was later sold to the Metropolitan Separate School Board ( now called the Toronto Catholic District School Board ) as Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School , opened in 1998 . Mission . The CFC stated mission is to prepare senior military and civilian leaders to meet the complex security challenges of the future . Vision . The CFC is a world leader in defence and security education , research , and outreach , acting as the intellectual engine of the Canadian Forces and enhancing and sustaining the effectiveness of the Canadian Forces and of defence and security organizations within Canada and its alliances .
Florida World War II Army Airfields During World War II , the United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) established numerous airfields in Florida for antisubmarine defense in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers . Most of these airfields were under the command of Third Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command ( AAFTC ) , the latter being the predecessor of the current - day United States Air Force ' s Air Education and Training Command ( AETC ) . However the other USAAF support commands , Air Technical Service Command ( ATSC ) and Air Transport Command ( ATC ) or Troop Carrier Command , also commanded a significant number of airfields in a support roles . It is still possible to find remnants of these wartime airfields as most were converted into municipal airports . Two remained as active USAF installations until 1960 , while a third was a joint civil - military airport hosting a Florida Air National Guard fighter - interceptor group until 1968 . A fourth remained an active Strategic Air Command bomber and tanker base prior to its closure and conversion to a commercial international airport in 1975 - 76 , while a fifth remained as an active Tactical Air Command then Air Combat Command fighter base until 1995 , when it was converted to air reserve base status as a fighter base for the Air Force Reserve Command and the Florida Air National Guard . The others remain as modern day active U . S . Air Force installations . Hundreds of the temporary buildings that were used also survive today , with many being used for other purposes . Major Airfields . AAF Training Command . Eastern Flying Training Command Eastern Technical Training Command '
Anatoliy Nogovitsyn Anatoliy Alekseevich Nogovitsyn ( ; born 29 April 1952 , Baryshevka village , Borodilikhinskiy rayon , Semipalatinsk oblast , Kazakh SSR ) is the Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation , Colonel General , most known for being the primary spokesman of the Russian Armed Forces during 2008 South Ossetia War and for warning Poland about the possibility of a nuclear strike on 15 August 2008 after an agreement reached between the United States of America and Poland on 14 August 2008 about hosting part of a US missile defense shield in Poland . President Dmitry Medvedev later stressed down the nuclear attack threats against Poland . Biography . In 1973 he graduated with honors from Armavir Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots ( ) .
James F . Adams James Frank Adams ( August 26 , 1844 – March 12 , 1922 ) was a Union Army soldier in the American Civil War who received the U . S . military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor . Adams was born in Cabell County , West Virginia . While a Private in Company D of the 1st West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment , he captured the flag of the 14th Virginia Cavalry during an engagement on November 12 , 1864 , at Nineveh , Virginia . His Medal of Honor was issued two weeks later , on November 26 . Another 1st West Virginia Cavalry soldier , Sergeant Levi Shoemaker , also received the medal for capturing a Confederate flag during the skirmish . He died at age 77 and was buried at Oaklawn Memorial Park in Barboursville , West Virginia . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Private , Company D , 1st West Virginia Cavalry . Place and date : At Nineveh , Va . , November 12 , 1864 . Entered service at : - - - - - - . Birth : Cabell County , Va . Date of issue : November 26 , 1864 . Citation : Capture of State flag of 14th Virginia Cavalry ( C . S . A . )
Vladimir Kurdyumov Vladimir Nikolayevich Kurdyumov ( 1 October 1895 , Ilmen14 February 1970 ) was a Soviet Lieutenant General . Kurdyumov served in the Red Army since 1918 in World War I and the Russian Civil War . He graduated from the Frunze Military Academy in 1925 and served as military attaché in the Baltic countries . Since 1931 Kurdyumov was a commander and commissar of a rifle division . During the Winter War , Kurdyumov was the Vice Commander of the Southern Group under the 8th Army from December 1939 and later the Vice Commander of the 15th Army . Kurdyumov was appointed as the Commander of the 15th Army on 25 February 1940 . He was promoted as Lieutenant General in 1940 . Kurdyumov was Red Army Director of Combat Training 1940 – 41 . Later Kurdyumov served as Deputy Commander of Logistics of the Western Front , Deputy Commander of the Caucasian Front and Commander of North Caucasian and Siberia Military Districts in the second world war .
USS Fawn ( 1863 ) The USS " Fawn " was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy as a patrol and escort vessel , operating in Confederate waterways . " Fawn " , a stern wheel steamer , was launched in 1863 at Cincinnati , Ohio , as " Fanny Barker " . She was commissioned 11 May 1863 and purchased by the Navy 13 May 1863 , Acting Master J . R . Grace in command . She was renamed " Fawn " 19 June 1863 . Supporting operations on various Confederate waterways . Throughout the remainder of the Civil War , " Fawn " patrolled the Mississippi , Tennessee , White and Arkansas Rivers , also convoying Union Army transports , ferrying troops across rivers , carrying Army payrolls , and often engaging Confederate batteries , cavalry , and foot soldiers ashore . For much of her career , she served in the White River , convoying transports and shelling Confederate positions threatening Union troop concentrations . Holed by a hit at Clarendon , Arkansas . From March through June 1864 , aside from a brief repair period at Memphis , Tennessee , she supported Army operations against Clarendon , Arkansas , receiving one hit from a shore battery there . Final operations and decommissioning . From March to May 1865 , " Fawn " patrolled the Mississippi between the White and St . Francis River s , then sailed up river to Mound City , Illinois , where she was decommissioned 30 June 1865 and sold 17 August 1865 .
Erich Schmidt ( soldier ) Erich Schmidt ( 10 February 1911 – 13 November 1977 ) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II who was one of only 882 recipients who were awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
Washington Air Defense Sector The Washington Air Defense Sector ( WaADS ) is an inactive United States Air Force organization . Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command ( ADC ) 26th Air Division , being stationed at Fort Lee Air Force Station ( AFS ) , Virginia . It was inactivated on 1 April 1966 . History . WaADS was established in December 1956 as the 4625th Air Defense Wing . It was not assigned any units until 1958 when it assumed control of former ADC Eastern Air Defense Force units primarily in Maryland , Delaware , and Virginia . Units of the 32d Air Division in North and South Carolina were transferred to WaADS in 1961 as the 26th Air Division area of responsibility expanded southward . The organization provided command and control over several aircraft , missile and radar squadrons . On 1 February 1959 the new Semi Automatic Ground Environment ( SAGE ) Direction Center ( DC - 04 ) became operational . DC - 04 was equipped with dual AN / FSQ - 7 Computer s . The day - to - day operations of the command were to train and maintain tactical units flying jet interceptor aircraft ( F - 101 Voodoo ; F - 102 Delta Dagger ; F - 106 Delta Dart ) or interceptor missiles ( CIM - 10 Bomarc ) in a state of readiness with training missions and series of exercises with Strategic Air Command and other units simulating interceptions of incoming enemy aircraft . The sector was eliminated on 1 April 1966 due to a general reorganization of Air Defense Command , most of its assigned units being reassigned to the 33d Air Division
Timeline of the Napoleonic era Timeline of the Napoleonic era ( 1799 – 1815 ) . The Napoleonic era began in 1799 with Napoleon Bonaparte ' s coup d ' état , that overthrew the Directory and established the French Consulate . It ended in 1815 during the Hundred Days with his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo or a few days later when he abdicated for the second time . Napoleon Bonaparte . Napoleon Bonaparte ( French : Napoléon Bonaparte [ napoleɔ̃ bɔnɑpaʁt ] , Italian : Napoleone Buonaparte ; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 ) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe .
Battle of Saumur ( 1793 ) The Battle of Saumur was a battle during the Vendee Revolt . It occurred in the town of Saumur on 9 June 1793 . As at the battle of Thouars , the Republican prisoners were released after swearing not to fight again in the Vendée and having had their hair shaved off so they could be recognised lest they went back on their word and were recaptured . In the prison at Saumur , the Vendéens found general Pierre Quétineau who had been taken prisoner after his defeat at Thouars . General Lescure , knowing that his defeated opponent was under threat of a sentence of death from the revolutionary court , proposed to the republican general to remain among the royalists but not have to fight for them . Pierre Quétineau refused out of conviction , realising that even if he was safe the revolutionary court could instead punish his family if was seen to be siding with the counter - revolutionaries , and returned to republican territory . There he was arrested and condemned to death for being defeated , as later was his wife . Shortly after this battle , Cathelineau was elected generalisimo of the Catholic and Royal Army .
Chalgrave Castle Chalgrave Castle stood to the south of the large village of Toddington , Bedfordshire . This was a timber motte and bailey castle , constructed in two phases , built during the 11th century . By the 13th century , it had been abandoned . The site was excavated in 1970 , but has since been completely leveled . Nothing visible remains .
David Sprowle David Sprowle ( born 1811 ) was an orderly sergeant serving in the United States Marine Corps during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Mobile Bay . Biography . Sprowle was born in 1811 in Lisbon , New York , and entered the Marine Corps from Boston , Massachusetts , June 13 , 1845 . He was an orderly sergeant assigned to the marine detachment aboard the when it was sent to fight in the American Civil War during the Battle of Mobile Bay . He was discharged from the Marine Corps December 1 , 1866 in Washington , D . C . . Although his date of death , cause and burial location are unknown there is a cenotaph and headstone for him located in Red Mills Cemetery Lisbon , New York . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Orderly Sergeant , U . S . Marine Corps . Born : 1811 , Lisbon , N . Y . Accredited to : New York . G . O . No . : 45 , 31 December 1864 . Citation : On board the U . S . S . Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats , and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay , 5 August 1864 . Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks , Orderly Sgt . Sprowle inspired the men of the marine guard and directed a division of great guns throughout the furious battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan .
Richard Jadick Richard H . Jadick , D . O . is an American Naval surgeon who was awarded the Bronze Star with “ Combat V ” device for heroic valor in January 2006 . He was credited with saving the lives of 30 Marines and sailors during the Second Battle of Fallujah . Jadick was a lieutenant commander in the U . S . Navy Reserve , assigned as a battalion surgeon to the 1st Battalion , 8th Marine Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division from Camp Lejeune , North Carolina . Jadick is considered the Iraq war ' s most decorated doctor . Background . Jadick attended Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar , New York ( just south of Albany ) . He earned his B . S . degree in biology from Ithaca College and his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree ( D . O . ) in osteopathic medicine from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in Old Westbury , New York . He served as communications officer in the Marine Corps prior to joining the Navy . He is currently receiving his residency training in Urology at the Medical College of Georgia . Service in Iraq . Jadick was serving as a urologist at Camp Lejeune , North Carolina when he volunteered for duty in Iraq . He was an unlikely volunteer because he was 38 years old , significantly older than most combat surgeons , and his wife was nine months pregnant . Early in his tour of duty , Jadick observed a Marine who died because he bled to death before he could be evacuated to a hospital . He decided to establish an emergency room on the battlefield , where wounded Marines could receive treatment within a few minutes of being injured . While there , Jadick and his crew of young Corpsmen improvised a number of life saving techniques . During the 11 - day battle Jadick ' s team treated hundreds of men . Only one of those men died after reaching the hospital . Fifty - three Marines and United States Navy SEALs died during the battle . Jadick ' s commanding officer estimated that another 30 would have died if Jadick had not been working so close to the front . After Iraq . Jadick ' s story was first documented in a Newsweek cover story titled " " Hero , M . D . " " ( although Jadick is actually a D . O . , not an M . D . ) . He later published his own account of his experiences in a book called " " On Call in Hell : A Doctor ' s Iraq War Story . " " After serving a year in Iraq , Jadick returned to the United States and accepted a position as a Urology resident at the Medical College of Georgia . He remains on active duty .
Walter Lorrain Brodie Lieutenant Colonel Walter Lorrain Brodie VC MC ( 28 July 1885 – 23 August 1918 ) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Brodie was 29 years old , and a captain in the 2nd Battalion , The Highland Light Infantry , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 11 November 1914 near Becelaere , Belgium , Captain Brodie led a charge to evict the enemy from a portion of British trenches which they had succeeded in occupying . He bayoneted several of the enemy himself and relieved a dangerous situation . As a result of the captain ' s prompt action , 80 of the enemy were killed and 51 taken prisoner . He later achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel . Brodie was killed in action near Moeuvres , France , on 23 August 1918 .
Japanese destroyer Akishimo On 10 November 1944 , " Akishimo " was escorting troop convoy TA No . 4 from Manila to Ormoc , Philippines . She suffered heavy damage in an air attack by U . S . Army B - 25 Mitchell s during the withdrawal ; she took a direct bomb hit and lost her bow with 20 killed and 35 injured . She returned to Manila at , then to Cavite Navy Yard on 11 November for repairs . On 13 November , a U . S . air raid on Manila struck " Akishimo " , then alongside at Cavite pier ( ) . Direct bomb hits set both ships ablaze . On the 14th a large explosion on " Akishimo " further damaged both ships ; " Akishimo " rolled over onto her starboard side . There were 170 survivors , 15 crewmen killed and 25 wounded .
Georg Staats Georg Staats ( 13 March 1916 in Bremen – 12 November 1943 in the Bay of Biscay ) was a German U - boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross ( ) . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . He and the entire crew of were killed in the Bay of Biscay north of Cape Ortegal by depth charges from a US Consolidated B - 24 Liberator bomber . Career . Staats was born on 13 March 1916 in Bremen . He was appointed " Seekadett " ( midshipman ) on 25 September 1935 and completed his training on the light cruiser cruiser " Karlsruhe " and the battleship battleship " Gneisenau " . He was transferred to the U . boat force in April 1939 as an " Leutnant zur See " . In 1939 and 1940 he served as watch officer of and . Summary of career . Ships attacked . As a U - boat commander of Staats is credited with the sinking of 14 merchant ships for a total of .
Ludwik Tyszkiewicz Ludwik Skumin Tyszkiewicz ( born 1748 in Wilno - 26 June 1808 ) was a Polish - Lithuanian nobleman ( szlachcic ) and Field Lithuanian Hetman from 1780 to 1791 , Great Lithuanian Treasurer from 1791 , Great Lithuanian Marshal from 1793 . Member of the Targowica Confederation . He married Princess Konstancja Poniatowska , the daughter of Prince Kazimierz Poniatowski in Warsaw on April 4 , 1775 . Their daughter Anna married Count Aleksander Stanisław Potocki .