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USS Creamer ( DE - 308 ) USS " Creamer " ( DE - 308 ) , ex - USS " Register " ( DE - 308 ) , was a United States Navy launched during World War II , but never completed . " Creamer " was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo , California , on 5 July 1943 as USS " Register " ( DE - 308 ) . While under construction , she was renamed USS " Creamer " ( DE - 308 ) on 10 September 1943 , and the name " Register " was reassigned to the destroyer escort USS " Register " ( DE - 233 ) . " Creamer " was launched on 23 February 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . D . E . Creamer , mother of Ensign William W . Creamer , the ship namesake . Construction of " Creamer " was cancelled on 5 September 1944 . She was stored incomplete in the floating drydock at Mare Island from 25 September 1944 to 26 April 1945 , then docked in floating drydock from 9 November 1945 to 16 November 1945 , cut in two in preparation for scrapping . She was scrapped at Mare Island .
Herschel F . Briles Herschel Floyd Briles ( February 7 , 1914 – July 17 , 1994 ) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in World War II . Biography . Briles joined the Army from Fort Des Moines , Iowa on his 27th birthday , and by November 20 , 1944 was serving as a Staff Sergeant in Company C , 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion . On that day , near Scherpenseel , Germany , he left cover to rescue the wounded crew of a burning tank destroyer and extinguish the vehicle ' s flames . The next day , he single - handedly forced the surrender of fifty - five German soldiers and again left cover to reach a burning tank destroyer , rescue its crew , and put out the flames . For these actions , he was awarded the Medal of Honor ten months later , on September 10 , 1945 . Briles reached the rank of first sergeant before leaving the Army in June 1945 . Death and burial . He died at age 80 and was buried in Waveland Cemetery , Prairie City , Iowa . Medal of Honor citation . Briles ' official Medal of Honor citation reads : He was leading a platoon of destroyers across an exposed slope near Scherpenseel , Germany , on 20 November 1944 , when they came under heavy enemy artillery fire . A direct hit was scored on 1 of the vehicles , killing 1 man , seriously wounding 2 others , and setting the destroyer afire . With a comrade , S / Sgt . Briles left the cover of his own armor and raced across ground raked by artillery and small - arms fire to the rescue of the men in the shattered destroyer . Without hesitation , he lowered himself into the burning turret , removed the wounded and then extinguished the fire . From a position he assumed the next morning , he observed hostile infantrymen advancing . With his machinegun , he poured such deadly fire into the enemy ranks that an entire pocket of 55 Germans surrendered , clearing the way for a junction between American units which had been held up for 2 days . Later that day , when another of his destroyers was hit by a concealed enemy tank , he again left protection to give assistance . With the help of another soldier , he evacuated two wounded under heavy fire and , returning to the burning vehicle , braved death from exploding ammunition to put out the flames . By his heroic initiative and complete disregard for personal safety , S / Sgt . Briles was largely responsible for causing heavy enemy casualties , forcing the surrender of 55 Germans , making possible the salvage of our vehicles , and saving the lives of wounded comrades .
Scots Guards The Scots Guards ( SG ) , part of the Guards Division , is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army . Their origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland . Its lineage can be traced as far back as 1642 , although it was only placed on the English Establishment ( thus becoming part of what is now the British Army ) in 1686 . The Scots Guards is ranked as the third regiment in the Guards Division ; as such , Scots Guardsmen can be recognised by having the buttons on their tunics spaced in threes . The regiment consists of a single operational battalion , which has been based in Catterick since 2008 , in the armoured infantry role . However , since 1993 , the regiment has also maintained an independent company , F Company , permanently based in Wellington Barracks , London on public duties . It is the custodian of the colours and traditions of the 2nd Battalion , which was placed in permanent suspended animation in 1993 as a result of Options for Change . 1st Battalion will be equipped with Mastiff Vehicles under Army 2020 and be under 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade . Training . Recruits to the Guards Division go through a thirty week Gruelling training programme at the Infantry Training Centre ( ITC ) and is one of the hardest basic training courses in the world and produces some of the best soldiers in the world . The training is two weeks more than the training for the Regular line infantry regiments of the British Army ; the extra training , carried out throughout the course , is devoted to drill and ceremonies . Traditions and Affiliations . The Scots Guards and other Guards Regiments have a long standing connection to The Parachute Regiment . Guardsman who have Completed P company are Transferred into the Guards Parachute Platoon who are currently attached to 3 PARA still keeping the tradition of the No 1 ( Guards ) Independent Parachute Company who were the original Pathfinder Group of 16th Parachute Brigade now renamed 16th Air Assault Brigade .
USS William H . Brown ( 1862 ) USS " William H . Brown " ( 1862 ) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy as a dispatch and supply boat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways . " William H . Brown " acquired by the Union Navy as a transport . On 30 September 1862 , " William H . Brown " , a side - wheel steamer , was transferred to the Navy by the U . S . War Department ; and she served as a transport and dispatch vessel for the Mississippi Squadron for the duration of the Civil War . Support operations with the Union fleet . The ship carried supplies and messages between the squadron ' s base at Cairo , Illinois , and its ships at various locations on the Mississippi River and its tributaries . " William H . Brown " fires on Confederate batteries . Her only recorded engagement came on 13 April 1864 during the Red River expedition when she fired on Confederate shore batteries while assisting the grounded " Chillicothe " . Confederate return fire hit her drum and disabled her so that she had to be towed back to Cairo for repairs . End - of - war decommissioning and sale . After hostilities ended , the ship was placed out of commission at Mound City , Illinois , on 12 August 1865 . Five days later , she was sold at auction to Mr . R . R . Hudson .
SSM - A - 5 Boojum The XSSM - A - 5 Boojum , also known by the project number MX - 775B , was a supersonic cruise missile developed by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Air Force in the late 1940s . Intended to deliver a nuclear warhead over intercontinental range , it was determined to be too ambitious a project given technical difficulties with the SM - 62 Snark which it was to follow on from , and was canceled in 1951 . Development . As part of a United States Army Air Forces effort to develop guided missiles for the delivery of nuclear weapons , the Northrop Corporation was awarded a development contract in March 1946 for the design of two long - range cruise missiles . Designated MX - 775 , the contract called for a subsonic missile , the MX - 775A , later designated SSM - A - 3 Snark ; and a more advanced supersonic missile , MX - 775B , which in 1947 was given the name SSM - A - 5 Boojum , Northrop naming the missiles after characters from the works of Lewis Carroll . Given the company designation of N - 25B , the design of the Boojum took place over the next several years , and produced a number of different variations on the concept . The finalized design called for a long , slender missile , fitted with delta wings , and powered by a pair of General Electric turbojet engines , mounted in nacelles near the tips of the wing . The missile was intended to be launched utilizing a rocket sled ; air - launch from a Convair B - 36 heavy bomber was an alternative that was studied . The missile would climb at subsonic speeds to its operating altitude , then conduct a supersonic dash to the target area , being guided using a celestial navigation system . A " slipper " type drop tank would be jettisoned halfway through the flight . The Boojum was intended to be capable of carrying a warhead weighting up to over a range between . Cancellation . At the end of 1946 , the contracts that had been awarded to Northrop were revised ; the Snark was canceled , while the Boojum was to be fully developed as an operational system . Northrop lobbied for the reinstatement of the Snark , however ; this was successful in getting the program reauthorized during 1947 , with the Boojum being deferred to a follow - on project . Despite the design having been finalized , the United States Air Force ( which the USAAF had become in 1948 ) determined that the project was technologically unfeasible , given continuing development difficulties and technical problems encountered during the Snark ' s development . Accordingly , in 1951 , the Boojum project was canceled , before any prototypes of the missile had been constructed .
Welland Phipps Welland Wilford " Weldy " " Angayuroluk " Phipps ( born : July 23 , 1922 - died : October 22 , 1996 ) was a Canadian military pilot and prisoner of war during World War II , a pioneer bush pilot , inventor and a territorial level politician . World War II . Phipps joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and became a fighter pilot in World War II . He was shot down and became a Prisoner of War for 2 years . He succeeded in making an escape from his POW Camp . Aviation . Phipps moved to the Northwest Territories after returning home from the war . In 1953 and founded a business called Atlas Aviation . He invented a new type of balloon tundra tire that allow an aircraft to land safely on Tundra . The type of tire is known as the " Weldy Special " . Atlas Aviation introduced the first regular scheduled airline service to Canada ' s most northern communities . He retired from his aviation career in 1972 . Phipps delivered supplies to a number of notable arctic expeditions , including Ralph Plaisted in 1967 and 1968 . The Canadian aviation community recognized Phipps many achievements in aviation . He has earned him numerous recognitions , including the Canadian Order of Flight , Order of Polaris and being inducted to the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame . He was also awarded the Trans Canada McKee Trophy twice for excellence in aviation . Political career . Phipps was elected to the Northwest Territories Legislature to the High Arctic electoral district in the 1970 Northwest Territories general election . He served a single term in office before retiring in 1975 .
Victor Lundula Victor Lundula was the first Chief of Staff of the Armée Nationale Congolaise . He was a civilian who had been a medical orderly in the Force publique during the Burma campaign and was a tribal cousin of first Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba . Lundula was promoted in one leap from sergeant - major to major general on the formation of the ANC . After the severe riots that followed ( the beginning of the Congo Crisis ) , Lundula sought to intervene in several incidents , personally rescued some Europeans from harm and averted trouble wherever possible . In September 1960 , when President Kasavubu deposed Lumumba as prime minister , Lundula was jailed for two months . At the end of November 1960 he was released and escaped to Stanleyville in the Eastern Province , and became Antoine Gizenga ' s military chief . In January 1961 , Lundula imprisoned Gizenga in Stanleyville .
Archie Cecil Thomas White Colonel Archibald Cecil Thomas White ( 5 October 1890 – 20 May 1971 ) was an English 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 . White was 25 years old , and a temporary captain in the 6th Battalion , The Yorkshire Regiment ( Alexandra , Princess of Wales ' s Own ) , later known as the Green Howards , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . During the period 21 September to 1 October 1916 at Stuff Redoubt , France , Captain White was in command of the troops which held the southern and western faces of a redoubt . For four days and nights by skilful disposition he held the position under heavy fire of all kinds and against several counterattacks . Although short of supplies and ammunition , his determination never wavered and when the enemy attacked in greatly superior numbers and had almost ejected our troops from the redoubt , he personally led a counter - attack which finally cleared the enemy out of the southern and western faces . He later transferred to the Army Education Corps and achieved the rank of colonel . He wrote a history of the corps , published in 1963 . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Green Howards Museum in Richmond , North Yorkshire , England .
USS Celeno ( AK - 76 ) The USS " Celeno " ( AK - 76 ) was a " Crater " - class cargo ship in the service of the United States Navy in World War II . Named with a variant spelling of the star Celaeno in the constellation Pleiades , it was the only ship of the Navy to bear this name . " Celeno " was laid down 3 November 1942 as liberty ship SS " Redfield Proctor " ( MCE hull 439 ) by Permanente Metals Corporation , Yard No . 2 , Richmond , California , under a Maritime Commission contract ; launched 12 December 1942 ; sponsored by Mrs . G . G . Sherwood ; transferred to the Navy 19 December 1942 ; and commissioned 2 January 1943 , Lieutenant Commander N . E . Lanphere , USNR , in command . " Celeno " joined the Pacific Fleet and cleared San Francisco 10 January 1943 with cargo for Nouméa , New Caledonia . She arrived 1 February to support the operations on Guadalcanal and throughout the Solomons with cargo brought from New Zealand to Nouméa , Tulagi , and Guadalcanal itself . Unloading cargo off Guadalcanal on 16 June , " Celeno " was attacked by a swarm of Japan ese bombers . As the freighter ’ s antiaircraft gun s began to fire , the dive bombers scored three near misses , then hit " Celeno " ’ s stern , putting her 5 in ( 127 mm ) gun out of operation . Her men stood to the remaining guns , and aided in downing at least three enemy planes and damaging several others . A second direct hit set two of " Celeno " ’ s holds on fire , and another near miss sent her deck cargo of diesel oil and gasoline flaming . With her rudder jammed from the first hit , " Celeno " circled , as her crew determined to save her . Skillful damage control and seamanship beached her safely on Lunga Point , and when the air attack had been fought off , " Celeno " was towed off for repairs at Port Purvis . Fifteen of her crew were killed and 19 wounded in the attack . Further repairs at Espiritu Santo and San Francisco fitted " Celeno " for action once more , and the ship returned to the South Pacific in January 1944 to continue her support of the Solomons campaign . As the seizure of bases in the Admiralty Islands began , " Celeno " brought troops and cargo to Manus through the spring of 1944 , and continued to operate throughout the Solomons , Bismarcks , and Marianas . She sailed to Australia and New Zealand , then made a cargo run to newly secured Iwo Jima . Returning to Nouméa , " Celeno " performed rear - area support for the Okinawa operation by voyages to Eniwetok and Ulithi , en route to Okinawa itself , where she arrived 18 June . She returned to Ulithi 3 July , and resumed cargo operations throughout the South Pacific . In November 1945 , " Celeno " sailed to Iwo Jima to embark troops for transportation to Saipan , where she picked up another group of men bound for the west coast . " Celeno " was decommissioned at San Francisco 1 March 1946 , and transferred to the Maritime Commission . " Celeno " received three battle star s for World War II service .
115th Regiment of Foot ( Royal Scotch Lowlanders ) The 115th Regiment of Foot ( Royal Scotch Lowlanders ) was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1761 to 1763 . It was raised in October 1761 at Paisley , from a cadre of men detached from the 71st Regiment of Foot for recruiting . It was named the Royal Scotch Lowlanders in November , and despatched to Portugal , where it saw service in the campaign against the Spanish invasion of Portugal ( 1762 ) . It returned to Paisley in early 1763 to be disbanded .
Friedrich Lorenz Friedrich Lorenz ( 10 June 1897 in Klein Freden – 13 November 1944 in Halle ) was a Catholic priest and a member of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate . Life . Friedrich Lorenz was born as a postman ' s son in 1897 in Klein Freden in today ' s Hildesheim district in Lower Saxony . In 1902 , the family moved to Hildesheim . Here Lorenz had his first contact with the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate . He went to the St . Karl Oblate boarding school in Limburg in the Netherlands from 1911 to 1916 . In connection with this , he joined the Novitiate of the Oblates at Maria Engelport Monastery , although one month later , the monastery had to let him go because he had been called into the army . In the First World War , he fought as a corporal and a non - commissioned officer on the Western Front . For his bravery , he was awarded the Iron Cross , second class . After the war , he joined the monastery again , took his eternal vows on 25 July 1923 , and a year later , was ordained a priest by the Bishop of Fulda , Joseph Damian Schmitt . Lorenz had his first posting in the People ' s Mission . Because he found it hard to deliver sermons , he was transferred to Schwerin . On 1 September 1939 , he had to return to the military as a chaplain as the Second World War was looming . Once again , he received the Iron Cross for his bravery . In 1940 , he returned to Schwerin . Here he developed contacts with the " Wednesday Circle " ( " " Mittwochskreis " " ) , a discussion group for men from the Stettin pastoral area . On 4 February 1943 , the Wednesday Circle was stormed by the Gestapo resulting in 40 people being arrested , among them Friedrich Lorenz . Lorenz was sentenced by the " Reichskriegsgericht " in Torgau on 28 July 1944 to death for " listening to enemy broadcasts " , " undermining the fighting forces " , and " helping the enemy " . The sentence was upheld in later proceedings from 2 to 4 September . On 13 November 1944 at 16 : 00 , Father Friedrich Lorenz OMI was beheaded in Halle . His body was cremated . The burial of the urn took place on 3 November 1947 in the monastery graveyard in Hünfeld .
Allen I . Olson Allen Ingvar Olson ( born November 5 , 1938 ) is a Republican politician and attorney who served as the 28th Governor of North Dakota from 1981 to 1985 . He defeated incumbent Arthur A . Link in the 1980 race for governor and served one term . Education , military service and legal career . Olson was born on November 5 , 1938 , in the small town of Rolla , North Dakota . He received a law degree from the University of North Dakota where he joined Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity and served in the United States Army as a judge advocate general ' s corps lawyer . In 1967 he served as Chief of Military Justice in Munich , West Germany . From 1967 to 1969 he served as the assistant director of the Legislative Research Committee , which directed the state ' s first study of strip mining , soil banks and land reclamation . He entered the private practice of law in 1969 with the law firm of Conmy , Rosenberg , Lucas and Olson . He ran for attorney general in 1972 and served two terms in that position . Years as Governor . In 1980 , Olson sought the governor ' s office and successfully defeated incumbent Governor Arthur Link . His achievements during his term include the creation of the Department of Human Services and the conversion of the Cross - Ranch into a state park . He also worked with the Task Force on Drunk Driving and supported the Garrison Diversion program . A controversial lawsuit against the state by the Association of Retarded Citizens was also filed during his years as governor . He ran for re - election in 1984 , but was defeated by Democrat George Sinner . Later professional career . After losing the election and leaving office , he returned to private law practice in Bismarck for a year before leaving for Minneapolis to join the law firm of Fredrikson and Byron . In 1987 , he left the firm to become co - owner of a die - casting company based in New Hope , Minnesota . He also ran a community bank association for many years . He serves as a commissioner of the International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States , having been appointed to the position by President George W . Bush in 2002 . On October 4 , 2010 , Olson announced that he was backing Independence Party candidate Tom Horner in the 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election .