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207th Infantry Division ( Wehrmacht ) 207th Infantry Division < br > 207th Security Division The German 207th Infantry Division was established in August 1939 , and acted as a border security unit during the invasion of Poland as part of the Fourth Army under Army Group North . In May 1940 during the invasion of the Netherlands it attacked the Grebbe Line and was part of 18th Army . In June 1940 it was transferred to the OKH reserve . In July it was transferred to Pomerania , and in August it was disbanded and its elements used to create three security divisions : the 207th , the 281st , and the 285th . The German 207th Security Division served on the Eastern Front under Army Group North until November 1944 , when it was written off the books . Its headquarters staff continued as a " special purpose " ( German " z . b . V . " ) divisional headquarters under the Sixteenth Army , ending the war in the pocket with Army Group Courland .
USS Richland ( AK - 207 ) USS " Richland " ( AK - 207 ) was an " Alamosa " - class cargo ship that was constructed for the U . S . Navy during the closing period of World War II . She served with distinction in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations and returned home in 1946 to be placed into the " mothball " fleet where she silently remained until scrapped in 1971 . Built in Sturgeon Bay , Wisconsin . The first ship to be so named by the navy , " Richland " ( AK - 207 ) built under U . S . Maritime Commission contract ( MC hull 2161 ) was laid down 15 January 1944 by Leathem D . Smith Shipbuilding Co . , Sturgeon Bay , Wisconsin ; launched 5 August 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Warren G . Brown ; acquired from the Maritime Commission on a loan - charter basis 17 April 1945 at Port Houston Iron Works , Texas , where she was converted for Navy use and commissioned 22 April 1945 , Lt . Isaac Hills III , USNR , in command . World War II service . Following shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico , " Richland " transited the Panama Canal and reported to the U . S . Pacific Fleet for duty 10 June 1945 . She arrived in Leyte Gulf 17 July and operated on cargo hauls in Philippine Islands waters until steaming for the United States 9 November . Post - war inactivation . " Richland " transited the Panama Canal 16 December 1945 and proceeded to Norfolk , Virginia . She then continued to Mobile , Alabama , where she decommissioned 23 January 1946 . She was struck from the Navy List 7 February 1946 , redelivered to the U . S . Maritime Commission and placed in the Naval Defense Reserve Fleet . She was berthed at Mobile , Alabama , through the first half of 1971 and subsequently scrapped .
Bushrod Washington James Bushrod Washington James , A . M . , M . D . ( 1836 – 1903 ) was an American surgeon , homeopathist , writer , and philanthropist who lived in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . He graduated from the Homeopathic College in 1857 . He served as the secretary of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Pennsylvania and later as its president . He bequeathed US $ 55 , 000 as well as several properties in Philadelphia and Island Beach , New Jersey to establish the Washington James Eye and Ear Institute , a free hospital for the treatment of diseases of the eyes , throat , and lungs . He also provided three houses , books , jewels , relics , and a US $ 40 , 000 endowment to establish a library for children and the elderly , that eventually became the Bushrod branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia . He donated land to the city of Oakland , California for the establishment of Bushrod Park , and several plots of land to the city of Coronado , California for the establishment of the Bushrod Washington James Institute . He had also donated a house to the American Temperance University in Harriman , Tennessee , which became that institution ' s " Bushrod W . James Hall of Domestic Science for Young Ladies . "
Helmut Wirnsberger Helmut Wirnsberger ( born in Steyr ) was a German sniper in the 3rd Mountain Division on the Eastern Front of the Second World War , and was credited with 64 kills . Wirnsberger was sent to the Eastern Front in September 1942 , and fought with both a K - 98 and a Gewehr 43 after sniper training in the Seetaler Alpen . After being wounded , Wirnsberger was reassigned to teach courses on sniper training .
Mizuno Nobumoto Nobumoto sided with Oda Nobuhide in 1542 , having switched his allegiance from the Imagawa family , but soon changing sides once more , to serve under the Matsudaira family . He was assigned Kariya Castle to defend . Oda Nobunaga blamed Nobumoto of selling rice to Akiyama Nobutomo ( a rival Takeda officer ) , in 1576 . Tokugawa Ieyasu thus sent Hiraiwa Chikayoshi to kill him . Nobumoto ' s brother , Mizuno Tadashige then went on to take Nobutomo ' s place . Nobumoto is buried in the Mizuno family temple , Ryogon - ji , a Zen Buddhist monastery established in 1413 , in Kariya , Japan .
John Gwinn John Gwinn III ( June 11 , 1791 – September 1 , 1849 ) was a United States Navy officer born in Maryland . During the War of 1812 , he was a POW after the Royal Navy had captured in 1814 and he later commanded As Captain of , Gwinn sailed on December 9 , 1848 and arrived at Tripoli on January 19 , 1849 . While transporting Daniel Smith McCauley and his family to Egypt , McCauley ' s wife gave birth to a son , who was named Constitution Stewart McCauley . At Gaeta on August 1 Gwinn received on board King Ferdinand II and Pope Pius IX . This would be the first time a Pope had set foot on American territory . At Palermo on September 1 , 1849 , Captain Gwinn died of chronic gastritis and was buried near Lazaretto on the 9th , ending a forty - year Navy career . Gwinn ' s body was moved to Glenwood Cemetery in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania a few years later and remained there until 1931 when his body was moved to Arlington National Cemetery .
Gawler Aerodrome Gawler Aerodrome is located in Gawler , South Australia . The aerodrome is owned by the Light Regional Council of South Australia and is operated by the Adelaide Soaring Club . History . The aerodrome was built during World War II by the Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) in 1941 and was used as an RAAF Station . An operations building , remote receiving building and transmitting building were constructed as part of the facilities .
French ironclad Couronne Couronne ( " Crown " ) was an ironclad battleship of the French Navy during the Second Empire . Career . The " Couronne " was built as an ironclad of type , though she was made entirely in iron rather than iron plaques fixed on a wooden hull . When built , she was the only all - iron ship in the French navy . In 1864 , " Couronne " took an incidental role in the Battle of Cherbourg , leading off French territorial waters to her fight with . From 1881 on , she was used as a gunnery school for the Navy and modified : her armour was removed , her bow , rear and rigging were modified , giving her the appeared of a ship of the type . For this role , her artillery was replaced by an assortment of guns of various calibres . In 1908 , she was replaced in her role as gunnery school , and converted to a floating barracks , until she was scrapped in 1932 .
Richard T . Davis Specialist Richard T . Davis ( March 14 , 1978 – July 15 , 2003 ) was an Infantryman in the United States Army . The son of two US Army veterans , Lanny and Remy Davis , he was born on an Army base in Germany . Davis enlisted in the Army in 1998 and served in Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia and later in the Iraq War , where he and his comrades participated in the April 11 , 2003 , " Midtown Massacre , " a five - hour firefight in downtown Baghdad . On July 15 , 2003 , less than two days after returning from deployment to Iraq , Davis was murdered outside Fort Benning , Georgia by a fellow soldier from Baker Company , Alberto Martinez . Three other soldiers were also present and involved in the events that led up to the killing and followed the killing . Initially , the Army concluded that Davis deserted and despite pleas from Davis ' father , would not initiate an investigation into his son ' s disappearance for nearly two months . Davis ' remains were not found until November 2003 . He had been stabbed in the head , neck , and chest at least thirty - three times . His body was later dismembered , doused in lighter fluid , and burned . Unnamed sources have suggested that Davis was killed because he had planned to make a complaint about a rape of an Iraqi woman by US troops . On February 17 , 2004 , Mario Navarette , Alberto Martinez , Jacob Burgoyne , and Douglas Woodcoff were indicted by Georgia authorities for the murder . Burgoyne pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 20 years in prison . Woodcoff pled guilty to concealing the death of another and was sentenced to probation . At trial , Navarette was convicted of felony murder while in the commission of an aggravated assault , aggravated assault , possession of a knife during the commission of a crime , and concealing the death of another . Martinez was convicted of the same charges and malice murder . Navarette and Martinez were both sentenced to life plus fifteen years in prison . The story of Davis ' s murder garnered national attention because he was killed by fellow soldiers and because of the possible role of post traumatic stress disorder as a factor in the crime . Davis ' s murder was the inspiration for the 2007 Academy Award - nominated film , " In the Valley of Elah " .
3 - inch M1902 field gun The M1902 , " a . k . a . M1905 " 3 - inch gun ( 76 . 2mm ) was the U . S . Army ’ s first steel , rifled , breech loading , quick - firing field gun . Design . The features of rifling , breech loading and springs to absorb the gun ' s recoil and quickly return it to the firing position combined to improve the range , accuracy , and rate of fire of the gun , allowing it to be used more effectively in operations with infantry . These new capabilities allowed the gun to provide accurate indirect fire on targets not in a direct line of sight , which provided crucial firepower for infantry attacks . It was also one of the first artillery guns to have an armored shield to protect the crew from small arms fire . The gun fired Shrapnel or Explosive Shells that weighed 15 pounds ( 6 . 8 kilograms ) . This was of a heavier poundage than the older guns , in its role , could cope with ( the use of steel provided this benefit ) meaning that the M1902 could fire a shell ( when taking note of the use of tighter rifling ) at a greater muzzle velocity at a greater accuracy than any other field gun of American origin to that point . It had a muzzle velocity of with an effective range of , and a maximum range of . The maximum rate of fire was 15 rounds per minute . Service history . General John J . Pershing brought several of the guns with him during the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916 – 17 but they were not fired in combat . The M1902 / 5 was used from 1905 – 1917 . During World War I , the Army used the French 75mm gun instead of the M1902s , which were mostly kept in the United States for training . Very few of the M1902s were used in combat in Europe . They were gradually phased out of active service in the 1920s .
Atjeh - class cruiser The " Atjeh " class was a class of unprotected cruisers of the Royal Netherlands Navy . The class comprised " Atjeh " , " Tromp " , " Koningin Emma der Nederlanden " , " De Ruyter " , " Van Speyk " and " Johan Willem Friso " . Design . Dimensions and machinery . The ships of the class were long , had a beam of , a draught of , and had a displacement of 3 , 425 ton . The ships were equipped with reciprocating engines , which were rated at and produced a top speed of . Armament . The ships were armed with six guns and eight single guns . Construction . All ships were laid down at the " Rijkswerf " in Amsterdam and launched between 1876 and 1886 .
HMS Somaliland ( K594 ) HMS " Somaliland " ( K594 ) was a Colony - class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II . She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the " Tacoma " - class patrol frigate USS " Popham " ( PF - 90 ) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion . Construction and acquisition . The ship , originally designated a " patrol gunboat , " PG - 198 , was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under a U . S . Navy contract as USS " Popham " . She was reclassified as a " patrol frigate , " PF - 90 , on 15 April 1943 and laid down by the Walsh - Kaiser Company at Providence , Rhode Island , on 11 October 1943 . Intended for transfer to the United Kingdom , the ship was renamed " Somaliland " by the British prior to launching and was launched on 11 November 1943 . Service history . Transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend - Lease on , according to different sources , either 22 February 1944 or 24 June 1944 , the ship servied in the Royal Navy as HMS " Somaliland " ( K594 ) on patrol and escort duty . Disposal . The United Kingdom returned " Somaliland " to the U . S . Navy on 22 May 1946 . She was scrapped in 1947 .
USS S - 7 ( SS - 112 ) USS " S - 7 " ( SS - 112 ) was a second - group ( or " Government " ) " S " - class submarine of the United States Navy . Her keel was laid down on 29 January 1918 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard . She was launched on 5 February 1920 sponsored by Mrs . Henry L . Wyman , and commissioned on 1 July 1920 with Lieutenant Commander Sherwood Picking in command . " S - 7 " sailed from New London , Connecticut on 18 November 1920 to rendezvous with S - boats of Submarine Division 18 ( SubDiv 18 ) and her own division — SubDiv 12 — off New Hampshire . They proceeded via the Panama Canal to Hawaii , arriving at Pearl Harbor on 15 April 1921 . Departing Pearl Harbor on 3 November , they reached Cavite , Luzon , Philippine Islands , on 1 December . This was the longest cruise on record , at that time , for American submarines . " S - 7 " remained in the Philippines over the next three years except for annual spring visits to Shanghai , Chefoo , Chinwangtao , Amoy , Tsingtao , and Woosung , China . She finally departed Cavite on 29 October 1924 for Mare Island , California , arriving there on 30 December . " S - 7 " remained at Mare Island through 1925 and operated along the West Coast in 1926 , mainly at San Francisco , San Pedro , and San Diego , California . Sailing from San Francisco on 17 February 1927 , she operated in the Panama Canal area from March – April , arrived at New London on 3 May , and spent the rest of the year operating along the New England coast . " S - 7 " served in the Panama Canal area from February – April 1928 , from January – April 1929 , and from January – March 1930 , with the remainder of those years in the northeast . Departing New London on 22 October , " S - 7 " was decommissioned at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on 3 April 1931 , and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 25 January 1937 .
Andreas Ioannides ( naval officer ) Captain Andreas Ioannides ( ; 1958 – 11 July 2011 ) was a Greek Cypriot naval officer and head of the Cyprus Navy until his death in the Evangelos Florakis Navy Base explosion , which took place at the Evangelos Florakis Navy Base on July 11 , 2011 . He was born in Rizokarpaso in 1958 , entered the Hellenic Naval Academy in 1977 and graduated in 1981 as an Ensign . He then underwent additional training at various Greek special forces facilities and command and staff schools . He served as an officer on board warships , as CO of the MM40 Exocet batteries , as head of the Staff and Operations Directorate of the Cyprus Naval Command , head of the Coastal Surveillance Command , head of the Warships Command and Deputy Commander of the Cyprus Naval Command , before being appointed as Commander of the Naval Command on 20 August 2008 , taking over from Captain Panayotis Vougioulakis .
Helmut Pförtner Helmut Pförtner ( 22 April 1913 — 28 February 1943 ) 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 . Hauptsturmführer Helmut Pförtner was awarded the Knight ' s Cross on the 18 January 1942 , while in Command of the 6th Company , 9th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment , 5th SS Panzer Division " Wiking " .
Clarence Edward Mathias Clarence E . Mathias ( December 12 , 1876 – December 9 , 1935 ) was an American Sergeant Major serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery . Biography . Mathias was born December 12 , 1876 in Royalton , Pennsylvania , and after entering the Marine Corps he was sent as a private to China to fight in the Boxer Rebellion . He died December 9 , 1935 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery Arlington , Virginia . His grave can be found in section 6 , lot 8681 , map grid W / 22 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Private , U . S . Marine Corps . Born : 12 December 1876 , Royalton , Pa . Accredited to : Pennsylvania . G . O . No . : 55 , 19 July 1901 . Citation : In the presence of the enemy during the advance on Tientsin , China , 13 July 1900 , Mathias distinguished himself by meritorious conduct .
HMAS Tambar HMAS " Tambar " was a auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) during World War II . Built in 1912 by the Greenock and Grangemouth Dockyard Company , Grangemouth for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company . She was sold in 1919 to the British New Guinea Development Company , in 1928 to the Tasmanian Government and later to Holyman & Sons . " Tambar " was requisitioned by the RAN and commissioned as a auxiliary minesweeper . On 4 March 1942 , HMAS " Tambar " was fired on and hit by the Examination Battery at Fort Cowan Cowan , Moreton Island . Two crew were killed outright and another later died of his wounds . She was returned to her owners in 1946 . Fate . " Tambar " was scrapped in Melbourne in 1960 .
USCGC Wyaconda ( WLR - 75403 ) The USCGC " Wyaconda " is a " Gasconade " class river buoy tender that was completed May 30 , 1965 . The vessel is homeported to Dubuque , Iowa . In the aftermath of the 2007 Midwest flooding , the " Wyaconda " was assigned to assist with the cleanup and rescue operations .
Wolfgang Muff Wolfgang Muff ( 15 March 1880 – 17 May 1947 ) was a general in the Wehrmacht during the time of Nazi Germany . Born in Ulm to General Karl Ludwig Muff , Wolfgang Muff joined the German Army as an officer cadet in 1899 , receiving his commission as lieutenant in 1900 . Rising through the ranks and decorated several times during World War I he was in charge of the Reichswehr ' s 13th Infantry Regiment stationed at Ludwigsburg from 1 March 1930 until 20 September 1931 having attained the rank of colonel . By early 1938 Muff was a lieutenant general serving as the military attaché ( 1934 – 1938 ) in Vienna of Franz von Papen while he was German ambassador to Austria . According to Papen , documents approved by Rudolf Hess indicate that Adolf Hitler considered having Papen or Muff murdered in early 1938 ; Hitler would then blame the deaths on Austrians to provide an excuse for Germany to intervene in Austrian affairs . On 11 March 1938 , Muff brought a German ultimatum threatening an invasion to Wilhelm Miklas , but the Austrian president refused to yield . Arthur Seyss - Inquart , however , forged a telegram requesting German intervention in Austria which led to the " Anschluss " of Austria into Nazi Germany the following day . After the " Anschluss " , Muff headed the so - called Muff Commission which determined which Austrian officers would be transferred from the Bundesheer into the Wehrmacht . Muff was General of Infantry for Wehrkreis XI in Hanover from 1 September 1939 until 28 February 1943 when he retired . Wolfgang Muff died on 17 May 1947 in Bad Pyrmont .
HMS Bazely ( K311 ) The second USS " Bazely " ( DE - 2 ) was a lend lease destroyer escort in the United States Navy . She served in the Royal Navy as HMS " Bazely " ( K311 ) . She was named for John Bazely . " Bazely " was laid down on 5 April 1942 by the Boston Navy Yard and launched on 27 June 1942 . Allocated to the Royal Navy under lend lease on 18 February 1943 , " Bazely " given the pendant number K311 . She earned battle honors in the Atlantic Ocean between 1943 and 1945 and in the Arctic Ocean in 1945 . During her wartime career under the White Ensign , she figured prominently in the destruction of three German submarine s . She teamed with and on 23 November 1943 to sink " U - 648 " and , together with " Blackwood " sank " U - 600 " on 25 November . Her third and last " kill " came on 21 April 1945 , shortly before the end of the war in Europe , when she cooperated with " Drury " and to destroy " U - 636 " . The Royal Navy returned " Bazely " to American hands on 20 August 1945 at Chatham , England . Manned by officers and men from the frigate , that had been turned over to the Royal Navy after service in the U . S . Navy under reverse lend lease , the former " Captain " - class frigate was commissioned as " Bazely " ( DE 2 ) at 0810 the day of her return ( 20 August 1945 ) . Lt . Lester H . Watson , USNR , in command After having embarking 39 passengers , " Bazely " got underway eight days later for the first leg of her homeward voyage . The next morning , she stood out of The Downs and sailed in Task Group ( TG ) 21 . 3 , one of ten former British DE ' s being returned to the country of their origin . She reached the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on the evening of 8 September 1945 , and remained there , inactive save for shifting berths and unloading ammunition at Fort Mifflin , through mid October . On the afternoon of 22 October 1945 , " Bazely " was decommissioned . Her name was struck from the Navy list on 16 November 1945 , and the navy yard completed breaking her up by 28 May 1946 . References .
Victory Fuel Point fuel thefts The Victory Fuel Point fuel thefts was a series of thefts of diesel and jet fuel in 2007 and 2008 from the United States Army ' s Victory Fuel Point and Camp Liberty fuel depots in the Victory Base Complex near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq . In the thefts , a group of Americans and Nepalese using fake military identification cards and forged requisition documents tricked US military personnel into allowing them access to the depot to fill up tank trucks with millions of gallons of fuel . The thieves would then drive the trucks to downtown Baghdad and sell the fuel on the Iraqi black market . In 2008 , after an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Procurement Fraud Task Force , Lee William Dubois , 32 , of Lexington , South Carolina pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in the fuel scam . On August 25 , 2009 Dubois was sentenced to three years in prison . Dubois had paid $ 450 , 000 to the government he had made through his participation in the crime . On April 24 , 2009 12 more Americans , including a Robert John Jeffery , 55 , of Neosho , Missouri , were indicted by a federal grand jury in Virginia for the same offense . The indictment alleges that the twelve stole at least 10 million US gallons ( 38 , 000 m ) of fuel from the Iraq depot . Jeffery ' s trial is set to begin on August 10 , 2009 . On July 24 , 2009 Robert Young , 56 , pleaded guilty to stealing $ 39 million of fuel between October 2007 and May 2008 from Camp Liberty of which he kept $ 1 million in personal profit . Young ' s sentencing was set for October 30 , 2009 . On July 27 , 2009 Michel Jamil , 59 , of Annandale , Virginia pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal government property . Jamil was paid $ 75 , 000 for his help with the fuel thefts . His sentencing was scheduled for November 13 , 2009 . Two US Army officers who assisted in the thefts , Captain Austin Key and Chief Warrant Officer Joseph Crenshaw , went on trial in 2009 and 2010 . Key has pleaded guilty . Crenshaw was acquitted of the charges on January 6 , 2010 .