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648th Tank Destroyer Battalion The 648th Tank Destroyer Battalion was a tank destroyer battalion of the United States Army active during the Second World War . The battalion was activated at Camp Bowie on 6 March 1943 , formed around a cadre drawn from the 628th Tank Destroyer Battalion . After early training on self - propelled tank destroyers , it was converted to a towed battalion equipped with towed 3 " anti - tank guns in March 1944 . It sailed for the United Kingdom later that year , and was deployed into the European theater in February 1945 . On 20 February , the 648th was attached to the 70th Infantry Division , fighting in the Moselle region on the French - German border . During the next month , the 70th Division captured Saarbrücken and closed off the defending forces in the Saar region in a large pocket . The battalion was relieved from attachment to the 70th Division on 31 March , and withdrew into reserve to re - equip with self - propelled M18 Hellcat tank destroyers . However , this process was delayed , and was not completed before the end of the war . Elements of the reconnaissance company were attached to the 36th Infantry Division from 11 to 14 April , and the entire battalion returned to combat duties under the command of the 86th Infantry Division on 15 April , operating in Bavaria .
2nd Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery The 2nd Independent Battery Wisconsin Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 2nd Independent Battery was mustered into service at Racine , Wisconsin on October 10 , 1861 . The battery was mustered out on July 10 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . The 2nd Independent Battery initially recruited 153 officers and men . An additional 42 men were recruited as replacements , for a total of 195 men . The regiment suffered 12 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 12 fatalities .
1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment ( 3 Month ) The 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . During its period of service , the regiment was known as the 1st Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment . Service . The first incarnation of the 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment ( known as the 1st Virginia at the time ) was organized at Wheeling , Virginia in May , 1861 from volunteer companies from Hancock , Brooke , Ohio , and Marshall counties ( the Northern Panhandle of the state ) . These companies had been formed by pro - Union citizens of these counties in April 1861 , after the Commonwealth of Virginia voted to secede from the Union , in order to resist Confederate incursions from the eastern portions of the state . The Regiment was mustered into United States service by companies for a period of three months ( the first company , Company A , was mustered into service on May 10 , while the final company , Company K , was mustered on May 23 ) . Company A ( from the Fourth Ward of Wheeling ) had actually been organized , as the Rough and Ready Guards , on April 18 , 1861 , the day after the state convention voted for secession . Under the command of Colonel Benjamin Franklin Kelley , the 1st Virginia traveled from Wheeling by train on May 27 to near Mannington to secure a bridge on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad , which had been destroyed by the rebels . After remaining there two days , the regiment advanced again , seizing the important railroad junction of Grafton on May 30 from a body of Virginia state militia under command of Confederate Col . George A . Porterfield . Porterfield ' s troops retreated to Philippi where , on June 3 , they were defeated by a Union force which included the 1st Virginia Infantry . The Battle of Philippi was the first land battle of the Civil War . During the battle , Col . Kelley was seriously wounded . The Regiment remained on duty at Rowlesburg , Grafton , and Philippi until July . During the remainder of their three months service , the regiment was separated . A detachment of five companies served with Major General George B . McClellan in the Rich Mountain campaign . Another detachment was with Col . Erastus B . Tyler in a campaign against Confederate Brigadier General Henry A . Wise , who at that time had attempted an invasion of western Virginia . The remainder of the regiment guarded the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad . On August 19 , they returned to Wheeling where the 3 - months regiment was mustered out of Federal service on August 27 , 1861 . Casualties . The 1st West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment suffered no fatalities in battle during its enlistment . However , a member of Company G was killed in camp on May 29 , 1861 from the accidental discharge of a gun .
Battle of Kombi The Battle of Kombi was a decisive battle in the war between Ndongo - Matamba and Portugal during the Dutch period of Angolan history . Background . When the Dutch forces occupied Luanda in 1641 , capital of the Portuguese colony of Angola , the neighboring countries of Kongo and Ndongo had welcomed them , sending embassies and receiving promises of assistance in driving Portuguese out of the colony and central Africa . However , following the initial Dutch success , the Portuguese had fallen back into their interior positions , first at Bengo , where they were driven out , and then to the fortress of Massangano . In 1643 , deciding it was not worthwhile to continue the war with Portugal , the Dutch signed a truce agreement which effectively left Portugal in command of the interior presidios . However , the kingdom of Ndongo , longtime enemy of Portuguese ambitions , then led by Queen Njinga fought on against the Portuguese without Dutch help . Following her defeat at Kavanga in 1646 , however , the situation was sufficiently grave that the Dutch commander decided to commit forces to her support . Thus , in 1647 a combined force from Kongo , Njinga ' s army and a Dutch contingent of over 8 , 000 men met the Portuguese and their African allies with a field army of some 30 , 000 men somewhere north of Masangano ( the battlefield has not yet been located ) . The Portuguese were routed by the Kongo - Ndongo - Dutch alliance and over 3 , 000 Portuguese and their African allies were killed or wounded . As a result of this victory , Njinga and her army was able to lay siege to three of the Portuguese presidios in Angola , Ambaca , Masangano and Muxima . These sieges were not successful , largely because neither she nor her Dutch allies possessed sufficient artillery to effect an attack . When the forces of Salvador de Sá e Benevides arrived in 1648 , Njinga was forced to abandon the siege and return to her headquarters in Matamba .
John Jeffries John Jeffries ( 5 February 1744 – 16 September 1819 ) was a Boston physician , scientist , and a military surgeon with the British Army in Nova Scotia and New York during the American Revolution . Born in Boston , Jeffries graduated from Harvard College and obtained his medical degree at the University of Aberdeen . He is best known for accompanying Jean - Pierre Blanchard on his 1785 balloon flight across the English Channel . Dr . Jeffries also played a large role in the trial for the Boston Massacre as a witness for the defense . He was the surgeon for Patrick Carr , who was one of the Americans shot during that incident . Jeffries is also credited with being among America ' s first weather observers . He began taking daily weather measurements in 1774 in Boston , as well as taking weather observations in a balloon over London in 1784 . National Weatherperson ' s Day is celebrated in his honor on 5 February , his birthday . The Archives and Special Collections at Amherst College holds a collection of his papers , including a letter he dropped from the balloon during his historic flight , considered the oldest piece of airmail in existence . He lived in England from 1776 to 1790 and returned to private practice until his death in Boston in 1819 . His son John Jeffries II ( 1796 - 1876 ) was an ophthalmic surgeon and co - founded the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary .
Master Jet Base A Master Jet Base is a term used by the United States Navy to describe air station installations that are a location with permanent basing and homeporting of carrier air groups , and the provision of one or more auxiliary landing fields for use in concentrated carrier landing practices .
John Brown Hamilton John Brown Hamilton VC ( 26 August 1896 – 18 July 1973 ) was a Scottish 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 21 years old , and a lance - corporal in the 1 / 9th ( Glasgow Highlanders ) Battalion , The Highland Light Infantry , British Army during the First World War , and was awarded the Victoria Cross foe his actions during the Battle of Passchendaele : On 25 / 26 September 1917 north of the Ypres - Menin Road , Belgium , great difficulty was experienced in keeping the front and support line supplied with small arm ammunition , owing to the intense artillery fire . At a time when this supply had reached a seriously low level , Lance - Corporal Hamilton on several occasions , on his own initiative , carried bondoliers of ammunition through the enemy ' s belts of fire and then , in full view of their snipers and machine - guns which were lying out in the front of our line at close range , he distributed the ammunition . Post war . He later achieved the rank of sergeant . Between the two World Wars he remained an active reserve and Territorial Army member . At the outbreak of World War II he was in hospital and missed mobilisation , and luckily missed his unit being captured at St Valerie in the defence of Dunkirk . He eventually was promoted through the ranks and finished the war a Colonel in charge of an Italian prisoner of war camp in England . He died at the age of 77 . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National War Museum of Scotland , Edinburgh Castle having been delivered there by his daughter and grandson .
SintDenijs - Westrem Airfield SintDenijs - Westrem Airpor is a closed civil airport and military airfield , located 3 . 2 KM southwest of Gent , East Flanders , Belgium . Overview . The airport is the former official airport of Ghent . It was closed in 1985 , and the site redeveloped for the Flanders Expo . History . During World War II , the airport was used by the British Royal Air Force as Advanced Landing Ground B - 61 SintDenijs - Westrem .
MANDRIL MANDRIL is integrated software produced by Lockheed Martin UK IS & S Ltd ( formerly STASYS Ltd ) for the analysis of Tactical Data Link s . It is an acronym of Message ANalysis and Data Reduction for the Integration of Links . MANDRIL can decode and analyse recordings of data link traffic from Link 16 ( TADIL J ) , Link 11 ( TADIL - A & B ) , Link 22 , VMF and so on .
Vaga River front The Vaga River front ( Vaga front ) was a front of the engagament of the Red Army and the Allied forces during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War . Established along the Vaga River , a thibutary of Northern Dvina , it was the southernmost line of advance of the Allied in the North Russia Campaign . Initially its purpose was to outflank the retreating Red Army , but when the tide turned it was vital to secure the Allied right flank on the Northern Dvina front .
15 Squadron SAAF 15 Squadron SAAF is a squadron of the South African Air Force . It is currently a transport / utility helicopter squadron . The squadron was formed on 18 September 1939 as a SAAF Coastal Command squadron based at Cape Town . During the war it flew Junkers Ju - 86 , and Martin Maryland aircraft . The Squadron flew Baltimore 5 Light Bombers in May 1945 as part of 253 Wing of the Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force . Other aircraft flown during and after the war included Bristol Blenheim s , and Martin Baltimore s . Notable Second World War members include Harry Schwarz , who in 1984 was made Honorary Colonel of the Squadron . Post War . Aircraft flown after the war included the Aérospatiale Super Frelon and the Aérospatiale Puma . The current base is AFB Durban in Durban , with C Flight detached to AFS Port Elizabeth in Port Elizabeth . The Silver Leopard Decoration was awarded to Flight Sergeant V . Selvan for conspicuous bravery during military operations . ( 15 Sqn , SAAF - 2004 ) . The current BK 117 aircraft were originally inherited from the Apartheid - era " homelands " , the Ciskei having acquired 3 in 1983 , Venda 2 in 1985 , Transkei 2 in 1986 and Bophuthatswana 2 in 1987 , making a total of 10 with an extra delivered from Brazil . Two of the aircraft have already been mothballed at AFB Bloemspruit . Four remain in service with 15 Squadron . Attrition : 02 / 11 / 99 Bk117 384 Rolled over after emergency landing . March 2003 BK117 383 Involved in an accident , later declared Cat 5 and cannibalised . 20 / 08 / 03 BK117 389 Written - off during Exercise Blue Angel .
James Sheldon Trayer James Sheldon Trayer ( died 1937 ) was an officer in the United States Navy and a recipient of the Navy ' s second - highest decoration , the Navy Cross . Trayer joined the Navy in about 1901 as a " landsman for training " and rose through the ranks to become a lieutenant commander by the end of his career . He served as a quartermaster on early destroyer s and on the battleship USS " New Jersey " ( BB - 16 ) during the Great White Fleet ' s cruise around the world in 1909 . On October 28 , 1911 , he commanded the first company of recruits to graduate from the Great Lakes Recruit Training Command , three months after the facility opened . Trayer continued training recruits at Great Lakes until 1914 . During World War I , he became a commissioned officer and commanded the tug USS " Sonoma " ( AT - 12 ) . He was awarded the Navy Cross for many rescues during the winter of 1917 - 1918 in the North Atlantic and for aiding torpedo ed merchant ships . His official citation reads in part : " For distinguished service . . . in assisting ice - bound vessels in the winter of 1917 - 1918 . . . and for valuable and seamanlike assistance under very difficult circumstances . " Trayer retired from the Navy in 1931 and died six years later . Namesake . A mock ship used for training at Great Lakes Recruit Training Command , USS " Trayer " ( BST - 21 ) , is named in his honor .
143rd Ohio Infantry The 143rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 143rd OVI ) was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 143rd Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Chase in Columbus , Ohio and mustered in May 12 , 1864 for 100 days service under the command of Colonel William H . Vodrey . The regiment left Ohio for Washington , D . C . , May 15 . Served guard duty at Fort Slemmer , Fort Totten , Fort Slocum , and Fort Stevens , attached to 1st Brigade , Haskins ' Division , XXII Corps , until June 8 . Moved to White House Landing June 8 , then to Bermuda Hundred . Assigned to 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , X Corps , Army of the James . Served duty in the trenches at Bermuda Hundred , City Point , and Fort Pocahontas until August 29 . The 143rd Ohio Infantry mustered out of service September 13 , 1864 at Camp Chase . Ohio National Guard . Over 35 , 000 Ohio National Guardsmen were federalized and organized into regiments for 100 days service in May 1864 . Shipped to the Eastern Theater , they were designed to be placed in " safe " rear areas to protect railroads and supply points , thereby freeing regular troops for Lt . Gen . Ulysses S . Grant ’ s push on the Confederate capital of Richmond , Virginia . As events transpired , many units found themselves in combat , stationed in the path of Confederate Gen . Jubal Early ’ s veteran Army of the Valley during its famed Valley Campaigns of 1864 . Ohio Guard units met the battle - tested foe head on and helped blunt the Confederate offensive thereby saving Washington , D . C . from capture . Ohio National Guard units participated in the battles of Monacacy , Fort Stevens , Harpers Ferry , and in the siege of Petersburg . Casualties . The regiment lost 32 enlisted men during service , all due to disease .
Yorckscher Marsch The March for Military Band No . 1 in F major , WoO 18 , was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1808 or 1809 as a march " Für die Böhmische Landwehr " ( For the Bohemian Militia ) . It was the first of three military marches written by Beethoven . From the name of the Prussian General Yorck , Beethoven ' s march is also known as Yorckscher Marsch or Marsch des Yorck ' schen Korps ( Armeemarschsammlung II , 103 ( Armeemarschsammlung II , 37 ) and Heeresmarsch II , 5 ) , was composed in 1808 in F - Major as a " " Marsch für die böhmische Landwehr " " . Since Prussia and the Prussian army played a big role in the German states , the march is also often played and one of the most important German military marches . It is the traditional March of the Wachbataillon , the German Bundeswehr ' s elite drill unit , it is also played at the first march at the Grand Tattoo and it was the traditional March of the East German armed forces .
USS LST - 985 USS " LST - 985 " was an " LST - 542 " - class tank landing ship in the United States Navy . Like many of her class , she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation . " LST - 985 " was laid down on 3 January 1944 at the Boston Navy Yard ; launched on 25 February 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Charles E . Schofield ; and commissioned on 7 April 1944 . Service history . " LST - 985 " apparently did not see combat service during World War II . Following World War II , " LST - 985 " performed occupation duty in the Far East and saw service in China until mid - March 1946 . She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 11 June 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 3 July that same year . On 13 October 1947 , the ship was sold to William E . Skinner for scrapping .
Odell Castle Odell Castle was an 11th - century castle in the village of Odell , in the county of Bedfordshire , England . The land where Odell Castle stood was originally owned by Levenot , a thane of King Edward the Confessor . At the time , the land and village were called Wahull . After the Norman invasion , William the Conqueror gave the lands , manor , and title , to Walter de Flandrensis ( circa 1068 ) . Walter was titled the Baron of Wahull , and was thus recorded as Walter de Wahul . De Wahul built a Motte - and - bailey castle , with a stone keep , on the land . The family lived here for some 400 years . In 1542 , the title died out with the absence of a male heir and came into the possession of 17 year old Agnes Woodhall , a descendant of de Wahul ' s . Upon her death in 1575 it passed to her son Richard Chetwood , who sold it to William Alston in 1633 . The family were later created Alston baronets of Odell . By the time of the sale , the castle was already in ruins . Alston built a new residence , incorporating the remains of the keep , the oval motte of the old castle still held up by a retaining wall . Alterations were made by his descendants in the 18th century . It stayed as thus until 24 February 1931 , when the manor burnt down . A new manor house was built on the site in 1962 , and is currently owned by Baron Luke of Pavenham . The old stones were used in the construction of the new manor , but otherwise there is little left of the original castle . Only cropmarks and earthworks remain .
Civil - military operations center A civil - military operations center or CMOC is a center usually established by a military force for coordinating civil - military operations in an area of operation s . It usually serves as a meeting place for military and non military entities involved in stabilization , humanitarian relief and reconstruction activities or for interaction between these entities and the civilian population . Often , it also serves as a central location for information on civilian related activities in the area or maintains the status of the infrastructure or institutions . During combat operations , a CMOC is usually in a secure compound . Historical example . During the Iraq War , the U . S . Marines operated a CMOC near the city of Fallujah outside of the MEK Compound . This CMOC was called the Fallujah Liaison Team or F . L . T . and it was a compound used for interaction between the Marines and the local civilians . At the F . L . T . , Marines supported by U . S . Navy Seabees developed and managed reconstruction projects with local contractors . Marines also settled battle damage claims and facilitated reestablishment of local governance . International operations . Humanitarian operations involving multiple international organizations often use other terms for a CMOC , such as Combined Coordination Center . These centers seek to achieve coordination and unity of effort among organizations delivering humanitarian aid during disaster relief . Historical example . During the humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake , militaries from multiple countries worked with non - governmental organizations at a Combined Coordination Center to organize delivery of humanitarian aid to the region .
Brahmaputra Mail train bombing The Brahmaputra Mail train bombing was a terrorist attack on a train travelling in Western Assam in Eastern India on 30 December 1996 . The bomb totally wrecked three carriages of the train and derailed six more , killing at least 33 people . The bomb was of unknown composition , and had been left next to a line of track between Kokrajhar and Fakiragram stations . It is likely the bomb was detonated by a remote control device , and timed to cause maximum destruction , as the " Brahmaputra Mail " passenger service to New Delhi came past at high speed . Official reports claimed that 33 people were killed in the explosion , but the remote region in which the blast occurred and government desires to minimise the impact of the attack has led some commentators to question this figure . Some have claimed that 100 fatalities is a more likely figure . The Indian government blamed the attack on an Assamese separatist organisation , the Bodo Security Force , and although they have not admitted guilt , they were conducting a medium - intensity guerilla war against the Indian government at the time of the blast . The line was also used by military trains ( see Gauhati rail disaster ) , which might have been the group ' s intended target .