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Antisthenes of Sparta Antisthenes of Sparta was a Spartan admiral in the Peloponnesian war , who was sent out in 412 BC , in command of a squadron , to the coast of Asia Minor , and was to have succeeded Astyochus , in case the Spartan commissioners thought it necessary to deprive that officer of his command . We hear of him again in 399 BC , when , with two other commissioners , he was sent out to inspect the state of affairs in Asia , and announce to Dercyllidas that his command was to be prolonged for another year . There was also an Athenian general called Antisthenes .
No Man ' s Land Fort No Man ' s Land Fort was a fort built in the Solent as part of the Palmerston Forts . It is 2 . 2 kilometres ( 1 . 4 mi ) off the coast of the Isle of Wight and was built in the years 1867 to 1880 to protect Portsmouth . It was built at a cost of £462 , 500 which , adjusted for inflation , is equivalent to £43 , 391 , 356 at 2010 prices . No Man ' s Land Fort is almost identical to Horse Sand Fort . It has been used as a luxury home / hospitality centre for high - paying guests – due to the privacy it offers – with an indoor swimming pool and two helipads . In July 2004 , Legionella bacteria found in the hotel ' s water system forced its closure . The Fort was put up for sale in 2005 and again in 2007 , but the company collapsed . In March 2008 , Harmesh Pooni , claiming to still be the owner , barricaded himself inside the fort in protest against the administrators KPMG . The property was eventually sold by KPMG , who repossessed the fort as acting administrators of property finance company Lexi Holdings from Mr Pooni , for £910 , 000 in March 2009 . In March 2012 , it was purchased by Clarenco ( who also own Spitbank Fort and Horse Sand Fort ) with the intention of refurbishing it as a hotel . The 1972 " Doctor Who " serial " The Sea Devils " used the fort as a filming location for several scenes . Other sea forts include Spitbank Fort , St Helens Fort and Horse Sand Fort .
HMS Australia ( 1886 ) HMS " Australia " was an " Orlando " - class cruiser of the Royal Navy completed in 1888 and named after the colonies ( later to be nation ) of Australia . She was scrapped at Troon in 1905 . Operational service . During her time in service , future Vice Admiral Charles Royds served aboard her . She visited Germany and Denmark in September 1901 , when she escorted HMY Osborne carrying King Edward VII from Hamburg to Elsinore . The only other warships to be named " Australia " have belonged to the Royal Australian Navy .
Ikeda Terumasa Terumasa fought in many of the battles of the late Azuchi - Momoyama Period , and due to his service at the Battle of Sekigahara , received a fief at Himeji . The 2nd son and heir of Ikeda Nobuteru , Terumasa held Ikejiri Castle ( Mino Province ) and joined his father in fighting for Hideyoshi in the Komaki Campaign ( 1584 ) . He led troops at Nagakute ( 1584 ) , the battle in which his father was killed . In 1590 , following the transfer of Tokugawa Ieyasu to the Kanto , Terumasa was established at Yoshida in Mikawa , a 152 , 000 koku fief . In 1594 Terumasa married one of Tokugawa ’ s daughters , and after Hideyoshi ’ s death in 1598 , the Ikeda drifted into Ieyasu ’ s camp . When the Sekigahara Campaign began in the fall of 1600 , Terumasa immediately sided with Tokugawa ; on 28 September he competed with Fukushima Masanori to be the first to attack Gifu , held by Oda Hidenobu . At the Battle of Sekigahara Ikeda commanded 4 , 500 troops in the rear guard and saw some desultory fighting with Chosokabe Morichika ’ s contingent as the battle wound down . Following the Tokugawa victory , Terumasa was given a 520 , 000 - koku fief in Harima , centered on Himeji Castle ( which he greatly expanded ) . In 1603 Bizen was added to Terumasa ’ s territory , and this he assigned to his eldest son , Toshitaka ( 1584 - 1616 ) . By the time of Terumasa ’ s death in 1613 , the Ikeda had grown to rule over Harima , Bizen , Inaba , and Awaji , with a combined income of around 1 , 000 , 000 - koku . Following the death of Toshitaka , the Tokugawa Bakufu took steps to reduce the alarming power of the Ikeda and eventually reduced the family to Tottori ( Inaba ) and Okayama ( Bizen ) .
Robert Augustus Sweeney Robert Augustus Sweeney ( February 20 , 1853 – December 19 , 1890 ) was a sailor in the United States Navy and is one of only nineteen servicemen , and the only African American , to receive the Medal of Honor twice , both for peace - time actions . Biography . Born on February 20 , 1853 , in Montreal , Canada , Sweeney immigrated to the United States and joined the Navy from New Jersey . By October 26 , 1881 , he was serving as an ordinary seaman on the . While " Kearsarge " was anchored in Hampton Roads on that day , Seaman E . M . Christoverson fell from a Jacob ' s ladder attached to the ship ' s lower boom and landed in the water . Christoverson ' s inability to swim , combined with a strong tidal current and rough seas , led to him quickly beginning to sink . Seeing this , Sweeney jumped overboard without hesitation and went to his aid . In his panic , Christoverson latched onto Sweeney and dragged him under the water . Sweeney was able to break free , but was grabbed and dragged under a second time . One of " Kearsarge " ' s officers , Cadet Midshipman John B . Bernadon , then dove into the water and swam to help the men . Together , Sweeney and Bernadon were able to keep Christoverson afloat and , once their shipmates had thrown them a rope , pulled him back aboard ship . For this action , Sweeney was awarded his first Medal of Honor six days later , on November 1 . On December 20 , 1883 , while serving on the at the Brooklyn Navy Yard , he and a shipmate , Landsman J . W . Norris , jumped into the water and rescued A . A . George , who had fallen overboard . Both Sweeney and Norris were awarded the Medal of Honor the next year , on October 18 , 1884 , for this act . Sweeney died on December 19 , 1890 , at age 37 and was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Queens , New York . Medal of Honor citation . Sweeney ' s first citation reads : Serving on board the U . S . S . " Kearsarge " , at Hampton Roads , Va . , 26 October 1881 , Sweeney jumped overboard and assisted in saving from drowning a shipmate who had fallen overboard into a strongly running tide . His second citation : Serving on board the U . S . S . " Jamestown " , at the Navy Yard New York , 20 December 1883 , Sweeney rescued from drowning A . A . George , who had fallen overboard from that vessel .
Canoe Fight The Canoe Fight was a famous engagement fought on November 12 , 1813 , as part of the Creek War . It occurred near the mouth of Randons Creek on the Alabama River , between modern Clarke and Monroe counties . During an expedition up the Alabama , American militia in two war - canoes captured a Creek war - canoe . Though little more than a skirmish , the action became famous for involving frontiersman Captain Samuel Dale , who commanded the expedition . Samuel Dale , Jeremiah Austill , and James Smith become frontier heroes in this Creek War episode on the Alabama River known as The Canoe Fight . From their canoe , paddled by a black man named Caesar , the three Americans engaged a large canoe carrying nine Creek warriors . As militiamen and Indians watched from opposite sides of the river , Dale , Austill , and Smith killed eight warriors in hand - to - hand combat , and fatally wounded another .
USS SC - 4 USS " SC - 4 , during her service life known as Submarine Chaser No . 4 or S . C . 4 " , was an " SC - 1 " - class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I . " SC - 4 " was a wooden - hulled 110 - foot ( 34 m ) submarine chaser built at Naval Station New Orleans in New Orleans , Louisiana . She was commissioned on 19 February 1918 as USS " Submarine Chaser No . 4 " , abbreviated at the time as USS " S . C . 4 " . During World War I , " S . C . 4 " served in the Special Hunting Squadron , Group , on antisubmarine patrol duty against German submarine s in the Gulf of Mexico , and was based at Key West , Florida . On 19 March 1920 , the Navy sold " S . C . 4 " to David A . Clarkson of Nassau in the Bahamas . The U . S . Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920 . Although " Submarine Chaser No . 4 " had already been sold by then , since that date she has been referred to retrospectively as USS " SC - 4 " - the shortened name she would have received under the new system had she still been in Navy service at that time .
Charles Frederick Hughes Charles Frederick Hughes ( 14 October 1866 – 28 May 1934 ) was an admiral in the United States Navy and served as Chief of Naval Operations . Biography . Born in Bath , Maine , Hughes was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1884 . Upon graduation on 8 June 1888 , he went to the Fleet for the customary two years at sea preceding a commission as an ensign . He received that commission on 1 July 1890 , and was promoted to lieutenant ( junior grade ) on 27 April 1898 . During the Spanish - American War , Lt . ( jg . ) Hughes fought in Commodore Dewey ' s Asiatic Squadron . He was promoted to lieutenant on 3 March 1899 . While serving ashore at the Bureau of Equipment from 1904 to 1906 , he was promoted to Lt . Comdr . Hughes on 1 July 1905 . During a tour of duty as recorder for the Board of Inspection and Survey between 1909 and 1911 he was promoted to commander . He assumed command of " Birmingham " ( Scout Cruiser No . 2 ) in 1911 and plied the troubled waters along the Mexican gulf coast in her and , later , in command of " Des Moines " ( Cruiser No . 15 ) . In 1913 Comdr . Hughes became chief of staff to the Commander , Atlantic Fleet , and served in that capacity during the occupation of Veracruz , Veracruz , Mexico , in the spring of 1914 . Promoted to captain on 10 July 1914 , he returned to shore duty later that year to serve with the General Board . Capt . Hughes took command of " New York " ( Battleship No . 34 ) in October 1916 . His ship served in the American battleship squadron that operated with the Royal Navy ' s Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands through World War I . Hughes left " New York " just before the Armistice . On 10 October 1918 , he was promoted to rear admiral . His first assignment as a flag officer was as commandant at the Philadelphia Navy Yard from late 1918 to 1920 . Between 1920 and 1921 , Rear Admiral Hughes was Commander , 2d Battleship Squadron , Atlantic Fleet . From the latter part of 1921 to 25 June 1923 he commanded Divisions 7 and 4 of the Battle Fleet . Coming ashore again in 1923 , he became President of the Naval War College at Newport , Rhode Island , on 1 July . A year later , Rear Admiral Hughes moved to the job of Director of Fleet Training . That assignment lasted until 10 October 1925 . Soon thereafter , Hughes was appointed Commander in Chief , Battle Fleet . On 14 November 1927 Admiral Hughes became the fourth man to occupy the office of Chief of Naval Operations . He completed his tour of duty in that post on 11 September 1930 and , on 14 October 1930 , retired to his home in Chevy Chase , Maryland . He died in 1934 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery . " Charles F . Hughes " ( DD - 428 ) and " Admiral C . F . Hughes " ( AP - 124 ) were named in his honor .
James Pearson ( VC ) James Pearson VC ( 2 October 1822 – 23 January 1900 ) was an Irish 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 . He was 35 years old , and a private in the 86th Regiment of Foot ( later The Royal Irish Rifles ) , British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 3 April 1858 at Jhansi for which he was awarded the VC : Pearson went on to achieve the rank of Sergeant .
List of American Civil War Generals ( Union ) Union generals . The following lists show the names , substantive ranks , and brevet ranks ( if applicable ) of all general officers who served in the United States Army during the Civil War , in addition to a small selection of lower - ranked officers who received brevets as general officers ; while some 1 , 600 officers received or were nominated for brevets as general officers in the course of the war ( or immediately following it for service during the war ) , only a small selection is listed here ; for the sake of brevity , only those who held governorships or national offices , served as presidential cabinet secretaries , received the Medal of Honor , were killed in action , were department heads within the army , or had notable relations are listed here . In addition to their names and ranks , there is a small set of notes after every entry listing Medal of Honor or Thanks of Congress citations , West Point graduation dates , important political or Army offices held , retirements or deaths during the war ( whether in action or other means ) , notable relations , rejections or expiration of appointments , or unique facts pertaining to this article ( i . e . youngest general , last surviving general , etc . ) ; for all other information on their lives and accomplishments , please refer to their individual entries . If available , ranks are followed by the " to rank from " dates ( i . e . the date on which the commission is effective ) rather than the date of appointment or confirmation , which were generally months if not years later ; this is particularly true in the case of brevets , most of which were granted after the war between 1866 and 1869 . Note on abbreviations :
Willi Hein Willi Hein ( 26 April 1917 – 25 October 2000 ) was a Hauptsturmführer ( Captain ) in the Waffen - SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross , which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II . Early life . Willi Hein was born in Hohenwestedt . He attended the local elementary and secondary schools and left in March 1933 . He obtained a position as a trainee salesperson from April 1933 to March 1936 , then worked as a businessman from April 1939 to October 1939 on the island of Sylt . World War II . After the outbreak of World War II , Hein volunteered to join the SS - VT in September 1939 and was posted to the SS Regiment " Germania " and in May 1940 to the SS Regiment " Nordland " . He was selected to become an officer and posted to the SS - Junkerschule in Bad Tölz from 1 November 1941 to 31 January 1942 . After graduation he was promoted to Untersturmführer ( Second Lieutenant ) and posted to the 5th SS Panzer Division " Wiking " on the Eastern Front , as a platoon commander in the 5th SS Panzer Regiment . In October 1943 , Hein was complemented by Adolf Hitler for his outstanding defensive performance in the Battle of Kharkov . He was given command of the 2nd Company , 5th SS Panzer Regiment in November 1943 , entered on the Honour Role of the German Army , and , in January 1944 , he was awarded the German Cross in Gold . Hein was involved in the Battle of Cherkassy in the area of Olschana . The division was surprised by a Soviet attack ; he gathered two hastily repaired Sturmgeschütze and 25 Grenadiers and launched a counterattack which resulted in the destruction of three T - 34 tanks , fifteen anti - tank guns and taking 200 prisoners . The unit held out against further Soviet attacks and maintained the German line until reinforcements arrived . For these actions he was awarded the Knight ' s Cross in May 1944 . In September 1944 Hein was given command of the I . Battalion , 5th SS Panzer Regiment , shortly afterward on 5 January 1945 Hein was severely wounded in his lower leg in the fighting for Budapest and spent the rest of the war in hospital at Bad Aussee in Austria . His promotion to Hauptsturmführer was on 30 January 1945 . Willi Hein survived the war and died on 25 October 2000 , in Lauenburg .
USS Growler ( 1812 schooner ) USS " Growler " ( 1812 ) was a 53 - ton wooden schooner of 5 guns , which served in the War of 1812 , changing hands three times . " Growler " was purchased as " Experiment " on Lake Ontario during 1812 , and was first commanded by Sailing Master M . P . Mix . She was actively employed with Isaac Chauncey ' s squadron on Lake Ontario from 1812 to 1814 . " Growler " took part in attacks on Kingston , York , and Fort George and the engagement with the British squadron 7 – 11 August 1813 . She was captured by the British on 10 August 1813 , and recaptured on 5 October 1813 by , " Growler " was libelled and purchased by the United States Navy , rejoining the squadron . The British captured her again 5 May 1814 at Oswego , New York , and she was taken into the Royal Navy as HMS " Hamilton " .
Norman Krasna Norman Krasna ( November 7 , 1909 – November 1 , 1984 ) was an American screenwriter , playwright , producer , and film director . He is best known for penning screwball comedies which centred around a case of mistaken identity . Krasna also directed three films during a forty - year career in Hollywood . He garnered four Academy Award screenwriting nominations , winning once for 1943 ' s " Princess O ' Rourke " , a film he also directed . Career . Krasna was born in Queens , New York City . He attended Columbia University and St John ' s University Law School , working at Macy ' s Department Store during the day . He wanted to get into journalism and talked his way into a job as a copy boy for the Sunday feature department of the " New York World " in 1928 . He quit law school , worked his way up to being a drama critic , at first for " The World " then the " New York Evening Graphic " and " Exhibitors Herald World " . He was offered a job with Hubert Voight in the publicity department of Warner Bros and moved to Hollywood . He decided to become a playwright after seeing " The Front Page " . To learn the craft , he retyped the Ben Hecht - Charles MacArthur classic more than twenty times . Then while at Warners , at nights he wrote a play , " Louder , Please ! " , based on his job and heavily inspired by " The Front Page " . He tried to sell it to Warners who were not interested but it was picked up by George Abbott who produced it on Broadway . The play had a short run , and Krasna was then offered a contract at Columbia Pictures as a junior staff writer . He stayed at Columbia for five years , earning an Oscar nomination for " The Richest Girl in the World " . He also wrote a second play " Small Miracle " , which was very successful and really established him . He would continue to alternate between Broadway and Hollywood throughout his career . By the mid - 1930s he was working at other studios , such as MGM and Universal , and had turned producer . By the 1940s he also began to direct . During this decade he wrote two enormously popular plays , " Dear Ruth " and " John Loves Mary " . In 1950 he and Jerry Wald formed Wald - Krasna Productions which worked out of RKO Studios for the next few years , announcing a $ 50 million slate of pictures . They made a number of films but both Wald and Krasna became frustrated at the influence of Howard Hughes , who ran RKO at the time , so Wald bought him out and he returned to writing . At one stage Krasna had John Forsythe under contract . He moved to Switzerland but returned to Los Angeles before his death of a heart attack . Personal life . From 1940 to 1950 Krasna was married to Ruth Frazee , with whom he had two children . He married Al Jolson ' s widow Erle in 1951 , and they remained married until Krasna ' s death . He had six children .
Iron Eagle ( military slang ) An Iron Eagle is an American military officer who has attained the rank of Colonel but will not be promoted to the rank of General . The term refers to the rank insignia a colonel wears , which resembles an eagle . There are several reasons an officer may become an Iron Eagle . Administratively , certain occupational specialities are not structured to permit promotion to General without changing to a different career path . Other officers , for political or disciplinary reasons , shall never be promoted to General . Such officers sometimes retire , but others remain in the military for the full thirty years , until the service limitations of their current rank force their retirement .
Gonfalonier of the Church The Gonfalonier of the Church or Papal Gonfalonier ( , " standard - bearer " ; ) was a military and political office of the Papal States . Originating from the use of the Papal banner during combat , the office later became largely ceremonial and political . At his nomination , the Gonfalonier was given two banners , one with the arms of the Church ( " vexillum cum armis Ecclesiæ " ) and another with the arms of the reigning pope ( " cum armis suis " ) . The Gonfalonier was entitled to include ecclesiastical emblems ( the Keys of St . Peter and the ombrellino ) upon his own arms , usually only during his term of office but on occasion permanently . Pope Innocent XII ended the rank , along with the captaincy general , and replaced them both with the position of Flag - bearer of the Holy Roman Church ( ) , which later became hereditary in the Naro Patrizi .
Castell Gwallter Castell Gwallter is the remains of a Norman motte - and - bailey castle situated on a large hill above the old village of Llandre ( Llanfihangel Genau ' r Glyn ) in northern Ceredigion , Wales . It was built around 1120 by Walter de Bec .
Operation Tariq al - Qods Operation Tariq al - Qods ( meaning " Operation Jerusalem Way " ) was an operation in the Iran - Iraq War launched by Iran to free Bostan . The battle . The Operation was launched on 29 November 1981 and lasted more than a week . The Iranians used human wave attack s in their offensive for the first time in the war . Fierce fighting raged with the Iraqi defenders for one week with heavy losses on both sides . The Iranians were able to successfully liberate Bostan . During the operation both Iran and Iraq suffered heavy casualties . Iran was now able to eliminate an important supply route . This was extremely critical because Iraq did not have enough soldiers for a long frontline . 2 , 500 Iraqis and 6 , 000 Iranians had been killed in the fighting . References . " A Hot and Holy War " , by Patricia Blake , TIME Magazine , March 22 , 1982 .
Ronald Douglas Maxwell Ronald Douglas Maxwell ( 1919 – 23 December 1941 ) was a British soldier during World War II , serving in the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps . He is buried on the grounds of St . John ' s Cathedral . Death . Three days before the end of the Battle of Hong Kong , Maxwell was killed in action in Wan Chai . The commander of the Volunteers ordered him to be buried in the nearest suitable spot . Three of his comrades took his body to the only place with greenery besides the Chater Road cricket ground , which happened to be the Anglican St . John ' s Cathedral . After the war permission was given for Private Maxwell ' s remains to be left undisturbed . It is the only burial within the cathedral precinct , and a tombstone was placed on top of his resting place in 1947 .
New Guinea Force New Guinea Force was a military command unit for Australian , territory of Papua and territory of New Guinea troops serving in the New Guinea campaign during World War II . Formed in April 1942 it was responsible for planning and directing all operations within the territory up until October 1944 , when the Australian First Army was formed . Over the course of its existence , New Guinea Force was commanded by some of the Australian Army ' s most notable commanders , including Sydney Rowell , Sir Edmund Herring and Sir Leslie Morshead .
Dévastation - class ironclad floating battery The " Dévastation " - class ironclad floating batteries were built for the attack of Russian coastal fortifications during the Crimean War . France had intended to build ten of these vessels , but in the time available was only able to construct five in French shipyards , of which the first three took part in the attack on Kinburn in 1855 . The " Congrève " was scrapped in 1867 and the other four in 1871 .