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Warren B . English Warren Barkley English ( May 1 , 1840 – January 9 , 1913 ) was a United States Representative from California . Biography . Born in Charles Town , Virginia ( now West Virginia ) , he attended the public schools and Charles Town Academy until June 1861 . He served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and after the war moved to Oakland , California where he attended the California Military Academy . English was elected a member of the board of supervisors of Contra Costa County in 1877 and served four years . He was elected State senator in 1882 and was named a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884 . His brother , William D . English sought the 1890 Democratic nomination for governor of California . The California Democratic State Convention was controlled by San Francisco Boss , Christopher Buckley . Buckley secured the nomination for San Francisco Mayor Edward B . Pond over Alameda County ' s favorite son , W . D . English . Pond would go on to lose to Henry Markham in the general election . Warren English successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Samuel G . Hilborn to the Fifty - third Congress and took his seat April 4 , 1894 , serving until March 3 , 1895 . He was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty - fourth Congress . After leaving Congress , he engaged in the real estate business in Oakland . In 1905 , he moved to Sonoma County , California where he engaged in viticulture . He died in Santa Rosa , California in 1913 and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery , Oakland , California .
HMS Otus ( S18 ) HMS " Otus " was a Royal Navy " Oberon " - class submarine launched in 1962 . She was decommissioned in the early 1990s and is now a naval museum in Germany . Construction . Built in 1962 at Scotts Yard in Greenock , Scotland , the sub ' s trials were conducted in Scottish waters , mainly Loch Long and Loch Fyne . Her pennant number ( S18 ) was carried in white paint on the ship ' s conning tower fin , however this was removed in 1964 as a discontinued practice . Royal Navy service . The first commission of " Otus " included large - scale missile trial exercises in the Atlantic Ocean and visits to the United States and Halifax , Canada . " Otus " attended the 1977 Silver Jubilee Fleet Review off Spithead when she was part of the Submarine Flotilla . Deep escape trials . In July 1987 , a team of British , Commonwealth and international submariners took part in trials in Bjornafjorden , near Bergen , Norway , aboard " Otus " . They ran a series of progressively deeper escapes , starting at . At , individuals started to drop out . At the end of the trials two submariners reached a depth of . This set a new world record which to date has not been broken . Of the two record breakers , the first ( the commander of the Submarine Escape Training Tower at HMS " Dolphin " ) was a regular ascent under control . The second , a petty officer instructor from the Submarine Escape Training Tower suffered an emergency release having given the alarm signal whilst flooding up the chamber . It was considered safer and quicker to escape him rather than depressurise and drain down . Both escapees suffered no lasting effects and returned to normal service . Both received military honours of the British Empire in the following years for this act . Decommissioning and museum . " Otus " was decommissioned in the early 1990s and resided at Pound ' s scrapyard in Portsmouth for several years . She was later purchased by a German entrepreneur , who moored her in the harbour of the town of Sassnitz on the island of Rügen in Germany to act as a floating naval museum .
Georg Böning Georg Böning ( 11 October 1913 – 23 February 1945 ) was a highly decorated Leutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a 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 .
USS Sentinel ( SP - 180 ) USS " Sentinel " ( SP - 180 ) was the first United States Navy vessel to bear the name . It was a motorboat built in 1917 by Pacific Shipyards and Ways Co . , Alameda , California and was purchased by the United States Navy from W . G . Tibbetts on 9 August 1917 and commissioned the same day , Ensign C . A . Lundquist , USNRF , in command . World War I Operations . " Sentinel " operated in San Francisco Bay during and after World War I , patrolling the harbor entrance and assisting small vessels . Decommissioning . She was decommissioned on 20 March 1919 , transferred to the United States Coast Guard on 18 September 1919 , and renamed " Tulare " . She was again renamed AB - 14 on 6 November 1923 , and remained in service until 1934 .
Eric Paytherus Nares Major - General Eric Paytherus Nares CBE MC & Bar ( 9 July 1892 – 18 June 1947 ) was general officer in the British Army . Military career . Born the youngest son of Ramsey Nares and educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military College , Sandhurst , Eric Nares was commissioned into the Cheshire Regiment in 1911 . He served in World War I and was wounded twice and was awarded the Military Cross ( MC ) with a bar . After the War he served with the West African Frontier Force until 1924 . He became a Staff Captain in China in 1931 and was made Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General for 8th Division in Palestine in 1936 . The theatres where he served in World War II included the Middle East , North Africa and Central Mediterranean including Italy . His World War II service was recognized by the crown when he was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) . Later , his service in Italy , from January to November 1944 , earned him the Legion of Merit ( Degree of Commander ) from President Harry Truman in 1946 . His last post was Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin after the War . He died in London , on 18 June 1947 at Queen Alexandra ’ s Military Hospital . He was later cremated after a service at St Thomas - on - the - Bourne , Farnham , Surrey . A memorial tablet for him was dedicated to him by his fellow officers in the sanctuary of the Regimental Chapel in Chester Cathedral . Family . He was married to Jeanne Hubertine from the Netherlands , but she died shortly after contracting sandfly fever after she accompanied him to Palestine .
USS Mahlon S . Tisdale ( FFG - 27 ) USS " Mahlon S . Tisdale " ( FFG - 27 ) , nineteenth ship of the " Oliver Hazard Perry " class of guided - missile frigate s , was named for Vice Admiral Mahlon Street Tisdale ( 1890 – 1972 ) . Ordered from Todd Shipyards , San Pedro , California , on 23 January 1978 as part of the FY78 program , " Mahlon S . Tisdale " was laid down on 19 March 1980 , launched on 7 February 1981 , and commissioned on 27 November 1982 . " Mahlon S . Tisdale " ( FFG - 27 ) was the first ship of that name in the US Navy . TCG " Gökçeada " ( F 494 ) . Decommissioned on 27 September 1996 and stricken on 20 February 1998 , she was transferred to Turkey on 5 April 1999 as that nation ' s TCG " Gökçeada " ( F 494 ) . As of 2013 , she is still in active service .
Southeast Air Corps Training Center Southeast Air Corps Training Center is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was assigned to the Army Air Forces Training Command , stationed at Maxwell Field , Alabama . It was inactivated on 15 December 1945 . History . Established when the United States Army Air Corps redesignated its training center at Maxwell Field , Alabama as the Southeast Air Corps Training Center . The Southeast Air Corps Training Center at Maxwell handled flying training ( basic , primary and advanced ) at airfields in the Eastern United States . On 31 July 1943 , was redesignated as the Eastern Flying Training Command . Inactivated on 15 December 1945 , being consolidated into Central Flying Training Command at Randolph Field , Texas .
Operation Isabella During World War II , Operation Isabella was a Nazi German plan to be put into effect after the collapse of the Soviet Union to secure bases in Spain and Portugal for the continuation of the strangulation of Great Britain . This concept was laid out by Hitler in June 1941 but was never executed .
Bartolomeo Costantini Bartolomeo " Meo " Costantini ( 14 February 1889 in Vittorio Veneto - 19 July 1941 in Milano ) was an Italian aviator and racing car driver , known for being the sporting manager of the Bugatti car manufacturer . Military service . He joined the Italo - Turkish War ( 1911 ) , and later became well known in World War I , where " capitano " Costantini became a flying ace with six victories flying a Spad in the " Squadriglia degli Assi " , part of the Corpo Aeronautico Militare . Costantini used a Spad VII to score his first aerial victory in conjunction with Prince Fulco Ruffo di Calabria , on 25 October 1917 . The next day , Costantini shot down another Aviatik reconnaissance plane over Castelmonte . A month later , on 23 November , he shared his third victory over a two - seater with Cesare Magistrini . A week later , he had another shared win . He did not score again for nine months . In August 1918 , he acquired a newer Spad XIII that he used to round off his career . On the 12th , he singlehandedly defeated an Albatros D . III near Lucia di Piave . Ten days later , he flamed a two - seater over Marano di Piave and watched its observer parachute away . Motor racing career . Costantini was a racing driver in the Aquila Italiana team ( 1914 – 17 ) . He joined Bugatti ( 1923 ) and won two Targa Florio in a Bugatti Type 35 ( 1925 – 26 ) , won the Circuito Lasarte ( 1926 ) , and in chassis # 4802 of Type 39 , got second in French GP ( 1926 ) . He remained racing team manager until 1935 , replaced by Jean Bugatti .
Floro International Corporation Floro International Corporation is a Philippine company that produces a wide range of products for both the Philippine and export market . The company provides document conversion services ( Paper to Digital , Paper to Microfilm , Microfilm to Digital ) and is ISO 9001 certified in the field of microfilming , digitizing , and indexing . They have gained some renown in the Philippines for the various upgrades to defense equipment which they market to the Armed Forces of the Philippines , Philippine Navy , Philippine Marine Corps , and the Philippine National Police . The company is ISO 9001 certified in the area of manufacturing as well .
Joost Banckert Joost van Trappen Banckert ( c . 1597 – 12 September 1647 ) was a Dutch Vice Admiral who worked most of his sailing life for the admiralty of Zeeland . He was born at Vlissingen in 1597 or 1599 . Early in his career he was active against the Dunkirkers and was promoted to captain in 1624 . That year he took service for the Zeeland Chamber of the Dutch West India Company ( WIC ) , remaining there until 1636 . He defeated four Spanish Galleons in 1626 when commander of a squadron of three ships taking or sinking three of them , he also repeatedly defeated the Dunkirk corsairs Banckert often fought together with Piet Hein with whom he attacked and captured the Portuguese settlement Salvador on the coast of Brazil in 1624 and as a Vice Admiral helped capture the Spanish treasure fleet in the Bay of Matanzas in 1628 . Thanks to these and other feats he earned the nicknames " Scourge of the Marranos " ( the latter word then being used as a pejorative nickname for the Spanish in general ) and " Terror of the Portuguese " . Having rejoined the navy he was promoted to Rear - Admiral on 3 May 1637 , being a Vice - Admiral in the WIC not entailing an equivalent rank in the navy . From 1 October 1637 to 11 January 1638 he was a temporary Vice - Admiral . In 1639 , again Rear - Admiral , he served under Lieutenant - Admiral Maarten Tromp and was present at the first skirmish ( the Action of 18 September 1639 ) against a large Spanish fleet in the English Channel and the subsequent Battle of the Downs . He again came into the service of the WIC from 1645 until his death . He again attained the " navy " rank of temporary Vice - Admiral on 10 December 1646 . In 1647 he once again set sail for the coast of Brazil and on the return voyage suddenly fell ill and died at sea . He was married to Adriana Janssen . One of his sons was the later famous Lieutenant - Admiral Adriaen Banckert , another captain Joost Banckert de Jonge who was killed at the Battle of Portland , a third captain Jan Banckert who was killed on the " Delft " in the Battle of Lowestoft .
USS L . Y . Spear ( AS - 36 ) USS " L . Y . Spear " ( AS - 36 ) was the lead ship of her class of submarine tender s , in service to the United States Navy from 1970 through 1996 . She was named for Lawrence York Spear , a former Navy lieutenant who played an integral role in submarine design at Electric Boat Company before and during World War II . " L . Y . Spear " was laid down by General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Division at Quincy , Massachusetts on 5 May 1966 ; launched on 7 September 1967 ; sponsored by the wife of Vice Admiral Schade , Commander , Submarine Force , Atlantic Fleet ; and commissioned on 22 February 1970 . Designed primarily to service nuclear attack submarines , " L . Y . Spear " was assigned to Submarine Squadron 6 with Norfolk , Virginia as her home port . She had the capability to provide logistic and technical support for as many as 12 submarines and service four of them alongside simultaneously . " L . Y . Spear " was decommissioned on 6 September 1996 and struck from the Navy Register on 3 May 1999 . She was berthed at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth , Virginia , from 1999 till 2010 . On 9 July 2010 , a contract to dismantle " L . Y . Spear " was issued to ESCO Marine , Brownsville , Tx . She departed the Norfolk Naval Shipyard at the end of August 2010 and was completely dismantled by 14 July 2011 .
Thomas Buttersworth Thomas Buttersworth ( 5 May 1768 – November 1842 ) was an English seaman of the Napoleonic wars period who became a marine painter . He produced works to commission , and was little exhibited during his lifetime . Life . Butterworth was born on the Isle of Wight . He enlisted in the Royal Navy in London in 1795 , and served on HMS " Caroline " during the wars with France , before being invalided home from Minorca in 1800 . The National Maritime Museum in London has 27 watercolours by him , several of which are mounted on sheets from 18th century printed signal and muster books . He went on to paint numerous naval battle scenes and pictures such as the ‘ ' Inshore Squadron off Cadiz in 1797 ' ’ which are thought to show scenes he witnessed . On being appointed Marine Painter to the East India Company he painted ship portraits on commission . It had been thought that he died in 1830 , but recent research has found that he painted Queen Victoria ’ s visit to Edinburgh in 1842 before he died in London later that year . His son James Edward Buttersworth ( 1817 – 1894 ) also became a maritime painter .
French ship Jeanne d ' Arc A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Jeanne d ' Arc , in honour of Joan of Arc . They include the following ships : Since 1912 , it has been a tradition of the French Navy that the main school ship for officers be named " Jeanne d ' Arc " .
Harry Newcombe Harry John Newcombe ( 5 August 1900 – 18 March 2006 ) was , at age 105 , one of only a few surviving British veterans of the First World War when he died in 2006 . Newcombe was born in Islington and joined the British Army in 1918 as a private in the Royal Sussex Regiment . When the war ended , he was still in training . He did however spend a year in Germany as part of the army of occupation . Following the war he resumed his trade as a railwayman , retiring in 1965 . He recalled once serving Winston Churchill a drink who gave him a cigar as a tip . During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force as a movements clerk . He was only traced as a surviving veteran of the First World War in 2003 . Newcombe lived in Worthing , West Sussex until his death at age 105 after a long illness following a stroke .
Flying Squadron ( 1896 ) The Flying Squadron was a special British Royal Navy squadron that operated during 1896 . Following the Jameson Raid in South Africa , the German Emperor Wilhelm II sent a telegram of support to President Kruger . This led to a war scare in Europe . To ready itself for the possibility of a war with the German Empire , the Royal Navy formed the Particular Service Squadron at England , on 14 January 1896 . It was soon renamed the Flying Squadron . Its flagship was the battleship HMS " Revenge " and the other ships in the squadron were battleship HMS " Royal Oak " , first class cruisers HMS Gibraltar and HMS Theseus ( Edgar class ) and second class cruisers HMS Charybdis and HMS Hermione . The squadron was commanded by Rear Admiral Alfred T Dale . The Flying Squadron was held in readiness for ten months , and briefly was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in mid - 1896 . No war broke out , and the Flying Squadron was disbanded in November 1896 .
549th Combat Training Squadron The 549th Combat Training Squadron is a non - flying United States Air Force unit . It is assigned to the 57th Operations Group , and is stationed at Nellis AFB , Nevada . Overview . 549th Combat Training Squadron hosts Green Flag - West exercises , providing the ultimate peacetime close air support training for Joint and Coalition personnel in the integration and employment of air , space , and cyber power in conjunction with ground force operations . History . World War II . Established as a Night Fighter Squadron in April 1944 , trained in Southern California under Fourth Air Force with a specialized version of the A - 20 Havoc modified for night combat . Deployed to Seventh Air Force in the Central Pacific Area in February 1945 , initially being stationed on Saipan in the Mariana Islands . Mission was the air defense of the Marianas , specifically the B - 29 airfields from Japanese night intruder aircraft . Moved to Iwo Jima in March 1945 , flying long range missions over eastern China and night intradiiton missions to chi Chi Jima . Remained on Iwo Jima after the war , then moved to Guam , February 1956 and inactivated in February 1947 . Modern era . Trained forward air controller ( FAC ) and Strike Control and Reconnaissance ( SCAR ) pilots , 1969 – 1988 . Beginning in 1991 , conducted air support and air interdiction sorties in " Air Warrior ( later , Green Flag ) " exercises to train USAF fighter pilots and the aerospace power component to the US Army ' s brigade combat training .
Charles Abbot , 2nd Baron Colchester Admiral Charles Abbot , 2nd Baron Colchester PC ( 12 March 1798 – 18 October 1867 ) , known as Charles Abbot before 1829 , was a British naval commander and Conservative politician . Background and education . Colchester was the son of Charles Abbot , 1st Baron Colchester , Speaker of the House of Commons , and Elizabeth , daughter of Sir Philip Gibbes , 1st Baronet . He was educated at Westminster College and the Royal Naval College , Dartmouth . Naval career . Colchester served in the Royal Navy . He was promoted to Rear - Admiral in 1854 , to Vice - Admiral in 1860 and to Admiral in 1854 . Political career . Colchester succeeded to his father ' s peerage in 1829 and entered the House of Lords . However , it was not until 1835 that he made his maiden speech . He served under the Earl of Derby as Paymaster - General and Vice - President of the Board of Trade in 1852 and as Postmaster General between 1858 and 1859 . In 1852 he was sworn of the Privy Council . Apart from his naval and political career he was also President of the Royal Geographical Society between 1845 and 1847 . Family . Lord Colchester married the Hon . Elizabeth Susan , daughter of Edward Law , 1st Baron Ellenborough , in 1836 . He died in October 1867 , aged 69 , and was succeeded in the barony by his son , Reginald . Lady Colchester died in March 1883 .
Conquest of Kalmar The Conquest of Kalmar ( ) took place on May 27 , 1523 during the Swedish War of Liberation ( 1521 - 1523 ) . In the beginning of 1523 , Kalmar and Stockholm remained as the only real Danish strongholds in Sweden . The situation in Kalmar is tense , with many German Landsknechte mercenaries in Danish hire stationed in the city . These had been ordered that when the city was attacked , they would kill all burghers of Swedish origin , burn the city and castle , retreat and regroup in Visby , Gotland . When this order became known in the city , the inhabitants quickly made contact with the commanders of the besieging Swedish forces , Arvid Västgöte and Peder Hansson . An agreement was made , that the burghers would leave the northern city gate open on the night before May 27 . This was done , and the attack began . Before dawn , the city was in Swedish hands . Eight days later Kalmar Castle surrendered as well , and Arvid Västgöte continued on to cleanse Öland of Danish troops .
Battle of Veillane The Battle of Veillane ( or the Battle of Avigliana ) was fought on 10 July 1630 between a French army under the command of Henri II de Montmorency and a Spanish army under the command of Don Carlo Doria . The result was a decisive French victory . Prelude . During the war of the Mantuan Succession , Cardinal Richleu sent a French army under the command of Montmorency to invade Savoy to attempt to influence the Mantuan succession . This was the cause " casus belli " but his primary motive was to force Charles Emmanuel I , Duke of Savoy from his alliance the Habsburgs ( Philip IV of Spain and Ferdinand II , Holy Roman Emperor ) and hence sever the land link between Habsburg lands in Italy and those in Germany and the Spanish Netherlands . Battle . The French commander , General Montmorency , led the royal gendarmes in a charge across a ditch , capturing Doria with his own hand and reportedly fighting like a common soldier until the Spanish withdrawal from the field . The French inflicted about 700 on the enemy and captured 600 . Aftermath . Although this victory did not prevent Savoy and its allies from capturing Mantua a week later , the French victory was followed by the raising of the siege of Casal and the taking of Saluzzo . For his achievements during the Piedmont Campaign Montmorency was appointed a Marshal of France later the same year . The outcome of the Piedmont Campaign reversed earlier French strategic losses and the Treaty of Cherasco signed in 1631 was largely favourable to France .
Ivan Čermak Ivan Čermak ( born December 19 , 1949 ) is a Croatian businessman , politician and former general . Biography . He was born in the municipality of Zagreb ( at the time PR Croatia , FPR Yugoslavia ) . He became a small businessman in the 1980s . In the 1990s , he entered the oil business . Between 1990 and 1991 , Čermak held the position of Vice President of the Executive Board of the Croatian Democratic Union ( the " HDZ " ) and also served as an advisor to the President of the Republic of Croatia , Franjo Tuđman . In 1991 , he was appointed the Assistant Minister of Defence in the Croatian Government , a position he held until 1993 . While in this position and thereafter , he held the rank of Colonel General . In 1993 , he briefly served as the Minister of Economy in the Cabinet of Nikica Valentić . Čermak was commander of the Croatian Army ' s Knin corps during the 1995 Operation Storm . In 2000 , he was one of the signatories to the Twelve Generals ' Letter . In February 2004 , he was indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and brought to Trial of Gotovina et al in the Hague on charges of operating a joint criminal enterprise for the purpose of permanently removing the Serb population from the Krajina by force and of crimes against humanity . In April 2011 the judgement was handed down and he was acquitted of all charges by the Trial Chamber and released immediately . The Prosecution did not appeal his acquittal .
Battle of the Baetis River The Battle of the Baetis River was fought in 80 BC , as part of the Sertorian War , between a Roman army and a rebel force . The Romans were led by Lucius Fulfidas , while the rebels were led by Quintus Sertorius . The rebel army was victorious .