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Robert Mason ( writer ) Robert C . Mason is a Vietnam War veteran and author of several books , including his first , best - selling memoir : " Chickenhawk " ( 1983 ) . Mason piloted Huey " Slicks " in the United States Army as a Warrant Officer 1 . He sailed to Vietnam with the 1st Cavalry Division ( Airmobile ) and served a one year tour over there , nine months with the First Cav , the last three months with the 48th Aviation Company . After an exciting month of chopping stumps and living in a pup tent , doing very little flying , things started to pick up . B , 229th was involved in the Battle of the Ia Drang . Mason and his fellow pilots flew a lot of missions to resupply the grunts and pick up wounded , since at that time Cav Medevacs were not allowed to fly if the LZ ( Landing zone ) was hot . Mason details a lot of their missions and battles , including Bong Son Valley and Happy Valley in " Chickenhawk . " He also gives the reader an idea of how to fly the helicopter and what it was like to be a helicopter pilot . Mason transferred to the 48th Aviation Company ( United States ) in May 1966 , although he called it the 49th in the book . He continued to fly helicopters , including assault missions for the 101st Airborne in Dak To as part of Operation Hawthorne in June 1966 . Mason carried out other flying tasks and tells funny stories about life in the 48th including flying drunk and trading for block ice . After his one - year tour of duty , Mason became an instructor pilot at Fort Wolters , Texas . Eventually he was grounded for dizzy spells and diagnosed with combat fatigue resulting from his service in Vietnam . Combat fatigue was later re - named posttraumatic stress disorder . In 1979 , Mason began to write a book about his tour in Vietnam . He named it " Chickenhawk " , after a conversation he and his friend and fellow helicopter pilot Jerry Towler had had in 1965 while waiting to pick up some GI s in Vietnam . In 1981 , he was arrested for smuggling marijuana on a boat from Colombia . A month later his agent sold Chickenhawk to Viking Penguin on the basis of one third of the book . Mason didn ' t tell anyone including his agent and his editor until they finished the rest of the book and read the last page . " Chickenhawk " was published in 1983 , and Christopher Lehmann - Haupt gave it a stunning review in " The New York Times " . Mason was invited to appear on the " The Today Show " on a Wednesday and had to show up at Eglin Federal Prison Camp on Friday . " Chickenhawk " became a hardcover and paperback best - seller . It was given rave reviews all over the country which inspired " People " magazine to do a story on his troubles under the heading " Trouble . " Mason was released from prison on May 17 , 1985 . He has subsequently published two novels , " Weapon " and " Solo " , as well as a second memoir , " Chickenhawk : Back in the World " . In 1996 , Columbia / Tristar released a film ( " Solo " ) based on Mason ' s first novel , but which used the title of the second .
SS Buresk ( 1914 ) SS " Buresk " was a 4 , 337 - ton steamship built by Richardson , Duck and Company , Thornaby - on - Tees for Burdick and Cook , London in 1914 . She was captured by while on her way to Hong Kong with a cargo of coal . As a prize she was retained and used as a prison ship and collier . Under command of Lt - Cdr R . Klöpper , she coaled " Emden " near the Nicobar Islands on 26 October . While approaching the Cocos ( Keeling ) Islands to coal " Emden " again , she was chased by after " Emden " was sunk . She was in the process of being scuttled by her crew when boarded by a " Sydney " boarding party , finding that the inlet valves had been opened and irreparably damaged . She was later sunk by gunfire from " Sydney " .
Cecil Bouchier Air Vice Marshal Sir Cecil Arthur Bouchier KBE , CB , DFC ( 14 October 1895 - 15 June 1979 ) served with the British Army , Royal Flying Corps , Indian Air Force and Royal Air Force from 1915 to 1953 . He was married to Dorothy Britton , who translated a number of Japanese books into English . Awards and decorations . " Flying Officer Cyril Arthur Bouchier - A very skilful pilot of marked , initiative and courage . Has been brought to notice on many occasions for the determination shown in his attacks . His methods are somewhat original . By flying low , parallel with and behind the enemy ' s lines , stampeding convoys and destroying wagons , he has caused the greatest confusion amongst the enemy , to the great advantage of our own forces . Flying Officer Bouchier is a highly competent reconnaissance officer " The citation had the wrong first name and was corrected to Cecil in a later gazette . References .
USATC S200 Class The United States Army Transportation Corps ( USATC ) S200 Class is a class of 2 - 8 - 2 steam locomotive . They were introduced in 1941 and lent - leased to the United Kingdom for use in the Middle East during the Second World War . At least 85 S200 ' s operated in the Middle East , including Egypt , Palestine and Lebanon . One was destroyed by fire at El Arish in Egypt in 1942 . 29 of this batch was later supplied to Turkey where they became the TCDD 46201 Class . In 1946 another 24 were transferred to TCDD which added them to the same number series 46201 – 46253 . 51 S200 ' s built in 1942 served on the Trans - Iranian Railway , where they became Iranian class 42 . After the Allied invasion of Italy 31 S200 ' s were transferred and used there . 30 of these entered FS stock as FS Class 747 Nos . 747 . 001 – 747 . 030 ; the other one caught fire and was destroyed . Two of the Turkish locomotives survive : 46224 at Ankara and 46244 at Çamlık .
Black Castle of Moulin The Black Castle of Moulin ( , also known as " An Sean Chaisteal " ) , is a ruined castle located in Moulin near Pitlochry , Scotland . The castle was built about 1326 by Sir John Campbell of Lochow on an island , or crannog , in a loch , now drained . The castle was torched in 1512 , due to a fear of plague , and fell into ruins .
52nd Pennsylvania Infantry The 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . History . The regiment was organized in August 1861 from the northeast counties of Pennsylvania . John C . Dodge , Jr . recruited the unit and served as its first colonel . The 52nd first went to Camp Curtin at Harrisburg , and in November was ordered to Washington , D . C . , for drill and camp duty . In March 1862 , the regiment was assigned to the 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , IV Corps of the Army of the Potomac . It fought in the Peninsula Campaign , seeing its first action at the Battle of Williamsburg . At the Battle of Seven Pines on May 31 , the 52nd lost 129 men out of 249 men present , including three captains and two lieutenant s . That December , the regiment was assigned to the Union forces attacking Charleston , South Carolina , where it would remain for the rest of the war . In July 1863 , it was involved in the siege of Fort Wagner , made famous for the attack of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry . In December 1863 , the unit re - enlisted and was granted veteran ' s furlough . It spent the time home re - arming and recruiting . Afterwards , it returned to Charleston . On July 3 , 1864 , 125 men from the 52nd , led by Col . Henry M . Hoyt , attacked Fort Johnson and captured it . But the promised supports never came and many were captured themselves , including Hoyt . On February 18 , 1865 , a party under Major Hennesy landed at Fort Sumter and found it deserted . After hoisting the regimental flag over the ruins ( the first U . S . flag over the fort in nearly four years ) , the party continued into Charleston , entering the city before the Confederates had finished evacuating it . After the capture of the city , the 52nd Pennsylvania joined General William T . Sherman ' s army and was present at General Joseph E . Johnston ' s surrender at the Bennett Place in North Carolina . The regiment returned to Harrisburg , where it was mustered out on July 12 , 1865 .
Schütte - Lanz D . I The Schütte - Lanz D . I was a German single - seat biplane fighter , often said to be Germany ' s first biplane attack aircraft . The D . I was light - weight and made of wood covered in fabric , apparently based on the British design of the Sopwith Tabloid . Operational history . After Idflieg testing in 1915 , the plane was rejected on the grounds that the biplane design afforded less vision to the pilot than a monoplane and was as such unsuitable for use as a fighter . A modified version , the Schütte - Lanz D . II was produced in the same year .
Kal ' at Al Mina Kal ' at Al Mina is Fatimid citadel in Ashdod - Sea site on the southern coast of modern city of Ashdod . It was built during the Ancient Arab Era ( 640 - 1099 ) . The rectangular fortress ( 60 / 40 meters ) has four guard towers , one at each corner . The towers were enclosed by a wall six to seven meters high . Two huge gates in the wall gave access to the stronghold . The fortress was destroyed in earthquake in 1033 .
CASA C - 102 The CASA C - 102 was a military trainer aircraft designed in Spain in the late 1970s but never actually built . The project was initiated by a 1977 request to CASA by the Ejército del Aire for such an aircraft . The company ' s response was a conventional all - metal monoplane with a T - tail , fixed tricycle undercarriage and side - by - side seating for the pilot and instructor . At the end of the following year , the Air Force commenced the formal tendering process for the " Futuro Avión Ligero Selectivo " ( " Future Selective Light Aircraft " ) , to which CASA submitted a developed and refined version of the design , now known as the C - 102S . The company had also laid out a four - seat utility version as the C - 102SE . Interest by the Air Force waned after this , and no order for the aircraft was placed . It was to be a full decade before the Ejército del Aire filled this niche with a modern aircraft , which would eventually be the Chilean ENAER Pillán built under licence by CASA .
2nd Division ( Iraq ) The 2nd Division is a formation of the Iraqi Army . It is headquartered at Mosul . The 2nd Division is one of the most experienced formations in the Iraqi Army . The division is today engaged in totality in the city of Mosul to assure its security . It was certified and assumed operational responsibility for counter - insurgency operations in the city of Mosul on December 21 , 2006 . The 2nd Division ’ s battalions are former Iraqi National Guard units , and most are manned predominately by Kurdish troops , some being former Peshmerga militia units . Some of the division ' s soldiers frequently fought the former Iraqi army , which caused some problems to begin with . Its subordinate formations include : Three battalions from what was then the Iraqi army ' s 4th Brigade graduated basic training in a " march - on " ceremony at the Al Kasik Military Training Base west of Mosul , Oct . 15 , 2004 . 2005 reports indicate that the then 4th Brigade was a former Peshmerga formation . ( http : / / www . commondreams . org / headlines05 / 1228 - 03 . htm ) The 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division was formerly known as the 7th Brigade , IIF before the re - organization of the Iraqi Army . The 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Division is composed of the 1st , 2nd , and 3rd Battalions . ( Globalsecurity . org ) As of March 2008 , the 2nd Division ' s headquarters was at Al Kindi Base , and the division was commanded by Brig . Gen . Mutaa al - Khazraji . Before being disbanded in 2003 , the previous 2nd Division had been one of the four original divisions of the Iraqi Army , being active in 1941 . Under Saddam Hussein ' s rule it fought the Kurds in 1961 - 70 , being able to reverse most of the Kurdish gains of their initial offensive of autumn 1961 . However it began to suffer from desertion . In 1963 it was concentrated in eastern Kurdistan and probably took part in later offensives . The first Kurdish war ended with the Kurds being granted autonomy . ( Kenneth Pollack , Arabs at War , 2002 , p . 156 - 158 ) The division was later present in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm . It was initially assigned to 2nd Corps in the Qasr as Sabiyah area , in mid January 1991 , but had moved to just north of Al Jahra on 24 February 1991 . ( Pollack , 2002 , p . 241 )
HMS Worcester ( 1735 ) HMS " Worcester " was a 60 - gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built at Portsmouth Dockyard to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment , and launched on 20 December 1735 . It took part in the battle of Portobello under captain Perry Main in 1739 . " Worcester " was broken up in 1765 .
United States Twelfth Fleet The Twelfth Fleet was a unit of the United States Navy and was operational from October 1 , 1943 . The fleet began demoblization in late 1945 was disestablished in 1946 . Twelfth Fleet was established from the U . S . naval forces under Commander Naval Forces Europe , Admiral Harold Stark when on September 9 , 1943 Admiral Ernest King ordered the consolidation of all U . S . naval forces in Europe under a new Twelfth Fleet . The fleet was actually organized earlier under Rear Admiral Alan G . Kirk before all naval forces in Europe were combined . As a command under the United States Naval Forces Europe , the commanders were based from London , England . Kirk was replaced by Admiral H . Kent Hewitt in August 1945 . The fleet had the following commands : On 15 April , United States Eighth Fleet was disestablished . All U . S . ships and shore bases in the Mediterranean became part of Task Force 125 of the Twelfth Fleet . NAVNAW however was also retained . With the escalating Turkish Straits crisis as well as the Greek Civil War , Task Group 125 . 4 led by the carrier departed Norfolk Naval Base , Virginia , for the eastern Mediterranean on 8 August 1946 under the command of Rear Admiral John H . Cassady . The key event of this deployment was a highly - publicized port visit to Piraeus , Greece , on 5 September 1946 . According to the late American historian James Chace , this deployment by Task Group 125 . 4 " symbolized " the true beginning of the Cold War by demonstrating U . S . support of the pro - Western governments of Greece and Turkey in the face of external Soviet pressure and internal Communist insurrections . On 1 November 1946 , Mediterranean responsibilities were transferred to United States Naval Forces Mediterranean . On February 12 , 1950 , Naval Forces Mediterranean became the United States Sixth Fleet .
HMAS Siesta HMAS " Siesta " was a channel patrol boat operated by the Naval Auxilliary Patrol of the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) during World War II . " Siesta " was destroyed in an explosion and burnt to the waterline at Freemantle on 23 September 1942 . Four crew were injured in the explosion .
USS Puritan ( IX - 69 ) USS " Puritan " ( IX - 69 ) was an auxiliary schooner in the United States Navy . " Puritan " was built by the Electric Boat Company , Groton , Connecticut , in 1931 , was acquired by the U . S . Navy from Harry J . Bauer , Los Angeles , California , on 3 May 1942 and placed in service on 19 May 1942 . Western Sea Frontier operations . Beginning active duty with the U . S . Navy , " Puritan " was assigned to the Western Sea Frontier , 11th Naval District , San Diego . Fear of Japan ese attack had reached a zenith on the west coast by 1942 . " Puritan " operated on the San Diego Coastal Patrol throughout her Naval career , guarding against such an attack . Completion of Tour of Duty . " Puritan " had but a brief tour with the U . S . Navy and was placed out of service at San Diego , California , on 27 September 1943 . She was struck from the Navy Register on 28 June 1944 and transferred to the War Shipping Administration for return to her former owner on 18 November 1944 .
Holden C . Richardson Holden C . Richardson ( 1878 - 1960 ) , was a pioneer in U . S . Naval Aviation . Biography . He was born in 1878 . Richardson learned to fly from Glenn Curtiss in 1913 and he was designated Naval Aviator No . 13 . He was the Navy ’ s first engineering test pilot and helped develop the first Navy - built seaplane , pontoons and hulls that overcame water suction , and a catapult to launch aircraft . On October 4 , 1918 , Richardson performed the crucial test flight of the NC - 1 flying boat from Jamaica Bay . He then took the plane , with a full crew , for a shakedown flight to the Washington Navy Yard for inspection by Navy leadership . Four days later , the Armistice ended World War I and the military ’ s need for flying boats abruptly ended . While Chief Engineer of the Naval Aircraft Factory , Richardson developed a rotatable catapult enabling aircraft to operate from capital ships . In 1925 he led efforts to develop carrier aircraft and patrol planes . He was the first secretary of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics . He died in 1960 . Legacy . Richardson was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1978 and in the Naval Aviation Hall of Honor in 1981 .
28th Light Dragoons The 28th Light Dragoons or the 28th ( Duke of York ' s Own ) Regiment of Light Dragoons was a cavalry regiment of the British Army . It was raised in March 1795 March , by Sir Robert Laurie . However from September 1799 the colonel of the regiment was Miles Staveley . The regiment had a short life being disbanded in 1802 while serving in Ireland .
Beheading video Beheading video is a colloquial term in the U . S . used during the " War on Terror " for videos released by Islamist militant groups depicting interviews by hostages taken by said groups . The prelude to these videos usually show the subject alive and pleading for their lives sometimes accompanied by their captors , sometimes not . The demands made are usually broad and general , such as total withdrawal of the hostage ' s nation ' s military forces from a particular Middle Eastern country , usually Iraq . Invariably a video depicting the actual beheading is released a few days later . These videos are often uploaded to the internet by terrorists then discussed and distributed by web - based outlets such as blogs and shock sites or traditional journalistic media . Hoax . A hoax beheading video by Benjamin Vanderford received wide attention by the American press . The creators of the video claimed to have released the video to point out how uncritically the mainstream media would accept an anonymous video ( the video turned up on U . S . media outlets immediately ) .
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is located on South Walls , in Orkney , Scotland . The Martello tower , together with another on the north side at Crockness , was built in 1815 to protect British ships in the bay of Longhope against attack by American and French privateers , during the Napoleonic Wars , while they waited for a Royal Navy escort on their journey to Baltic ports . The towers were rearmed for World War I . There is a similar tower across the bay in South East Hoy . Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is in the care of Historic Scotland . Visitors can tour the tower , battery and reconstructed barracks .
Bowlus CG - 8 The Bowlus CG - 8 was a prototype Second World War American transport glider to be built for United States Army , one was built but the type did not enter production and the programme was cancelled . Design and development . The Army awarded a contract to Bowlus Sailplanes for an eight - seat and 15 - seat transport glider , the smaller glider was designated the XCG - 7 and the larger the XCG - 8 . The company encountered serious problems with the design of the larger XCG - 8 and the company asked for assistance from the Douglas Aircraft Company , to no avail as the XCG - 8 failed testing and did not enter production . The glider was made from wood and fabric , it was destroyed in a storm in June 1943 .
Samuel Adams ( naval officer ) Samuel Adams ( April 10 , 1912 – June 6 , 1942 ) was an officer in the United States Navy decorated for action in the Battle of Midway during World War II . Biography . Born in Northampton , Massachusetts , Adams was appointed to the United States Naval Academy from the state ' s second Congressional district in 1931 , and graduated in 1935 with an appointment to the rank of ensign . Adams was assigned to sea duty on battleships , serving aboard the in June and July 1935 , immediately reassigned to the until January 2 , 1938 . He was then accepted to flight school at NAS Pensacola , where he earned his flight wings on January 17 , 1939 . Soon promoted to Lieutenant ( j . g . ) , Adams was assigned to aircraft carrier duty , first aboard the for one month ( April – May 1939 ) and then with the Fifth Bomb Squadron ( VB 5 ) aboard the , from May 13 , 1939 to the end of his career . While with " Yorktown " , Adams flew Northrop BT - 1 s , later transitioning with the rest of the squadron to the SBD Dauntless aircraft , flying escort for North Atlantic convoys until the U . S . entered the war . After the attack on Pearl Harbor , " Yorktown " was sent to the Pacific theater . Adams took part in raids in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands . He led raids on land and sea targets in and around Jaluit on February 1 , 1942 , against shipping off New Guinea on March 10 , and on the island of Tulagi on May 4 . He participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 7 and 8 . During this period Adams was twice awarded the Navy Cross . The six Japan ese aircraft carriers that had played a crucial role in the attack on Pearl Harbor became a primary focus of U . S . naval efforts in the ensuing Pacific campaign . Four of these ships were part of a battle group involved in the Battle of Midway ; three were set ablaze in that battle on June 4 , 1942 . The fourth , the " Hiryū " , remained unscathed . At about 2 : 40 P . M . local time on June 5 , Adams and his wingman , Lt . Harlan Dickson , spotted her and her battle group , consisting of two battleships , three heavy cruisers and four destroyers . Under fire from a Zero fighter , Adams radioed the ships ' location ( 31°15 ' N . , 179°05 ' W . , moving north at approximately 20 knots ) . Because of this , the U . S . battle group was able to put the " Hiryū " out of action , and inflict major damage on the rest of the battle group . On June 6 , Adams spotted the Japanese destroyer " Tanikaze " and attacked ; his plane disappeared in the clouds and was never seen again , presumed downed by anti - aircraft fire from the destroyer . Also killed in the attack was Adams ' s radioman Joseph Karrol . Adams was posthumously awarded a third Navy Cross for the mission in which he located the " Hiryū " . Namesake . The U . S . Navy destroyer , which saw duty in the latter part of World War II , was named in his honor and christened by his widow , Mrs . Maude Ryan Adams .
Wilhelm Noller Wilhelm Noller ( 28 November 1919 – 26 December 2011 ) was a highly decorated Leutnant in the Luftwaffe 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 . During his career he flew 1058 missions , during which he was credited with the destruction of 86 tanks , 2 armoured train s , 2 ships , 5 bridges , and two aerial victories .
HMS Suffolk ( 1903 ) HMS " Suffolk " was a " Monmouth " class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy built in 1903 and sold out of the Royal Navy in 1920 . She had a displacement of 9 , 800 tons , a speed of 23 knots , and a crew complement of about 680 . Her primary armament consisted of 14 quick - firing 6 - inch guns , arranged in a mixture of turrets and casemates . This was complemented by smaller guns and two submerged torpedo tubes . In 1904 - 05 her commander was Captain [ later Admiral of the Fleet ] David Beatty * * . She served in the First World War , where she was temporarily the flagship of Rear - Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock ' s North America and West Indies command . He later transferred to the faster HMS " Good Hope " , where he was killed when she was sunk at the Battle of Coronel . " Suffolk " was sold on July 1 , 1920 , and broken up in 1922 in Germany .