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2677th Office of Strategic Services Regiment ( United States ) 2677th Office of Strategic Services Regiment was a special infantry regiment that was seconded to the Office of Strategic Services as an operational armed force . The regiment was organized on 15 July 1944 at Algiers , North Africa , sponsored by the U . S . Fifth Army . It was transferred to Caserta , Italy , where it was absorbed into the Office of Strategic Services Operational Group Command on 27 November 1944 .
HMCS Raccoon HMCS " Raccoon " was an armed yacht that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II . She was sunk by in the Gulf of St . Lawrence in September 07 , 1942 . " Raccoon " was escorting convoy QS - 33 in the Strait of Belle Isle . The entire ship crew was lost .
Alfred Trzebinski Alfred Trzebinski ( 29 August 1902 – 8 October 1946 ) was an SS - physician at the Auschwitz , Majdanek and Neuengamme concentration camp s in Nazi Germany . He was sentenced to death and executed for his involvement in war crime s committed at the Neuengamme subcamps . Life . Trzebinski was born in Jutroschin , Province of Posen ( now Rawicz County ) . After his study and graduation he became a physician in Saxony . Trzebinski was a member of the Nazi Party and SS . Trzebinski was a " camp physician " ( German : " Lagerarzt " ) at Auschwitz concentration camp from July 1941 to October 1941 , and from October 1941 to September 1943 at the Majdanek camp . He was then transferred to Neuengamme concentration camp . At Neuengamme he was the supervisor for SS physician Kurt Heissmeyer . Heißmeier had done medical experiments on adult concentration camp prisoners and children . Trzebinski was liable for the medical care of the inmates of the Neuengamme camp and all its subcamps . Of 100 , 000 inmates , at least 42 , 900 died between 1938 and 1945 . Murder of children . Trzebinski was involved in the murder of 20 children at the subcamp " Bullenhuser Damm " , a former school partly destroyed during the bombing of Hamburg in World War II . Heißmeyer had ordered 20 Jewish children ( 10 boys and 10 girls ) from Auschwitz to continue his experiments . His purpose had been to inject tuberculosis bacteria and to excise the axillary lymph node s . On the night of 20 April 1945 , Trzebinski injected morphine into the children ( to sedate them ) after which they were hanged in the basement of the " Bullenhuser Damm " school . That same night , 28 adults died as well , mostly Soviet prisoners . Trial and execution . Trzebinski was able to escape at the end of the Second World War . On February 1 , 1946 he was arrested — after working for the British forces in the POW camp Neumünster — because of the persistency of Walter Freud , a grandchild of Sigmund Freud . Trzebinski was sentenced to death during the " Curiohaus processes " in Rotherbaum in March 1946 , also for his complicity in the homicide of the children . At his trial he confessed freely and frankly , saying , " If I had acted as a hero the children might have died a little later , but their fate could no longer be averted " and admitted " you cannot execute children , you can only murder them " but they were " only " Jews . Trzebinski was executed by hanging on 8 October 1946 by Albert Pierrepoint at Hamelin Prison .
Imperial Chinese Navy The Chinese Imperial Navy came into existence from 1132 during the Song Dynasty to the end of the Qing period in 1912 . Prior to the 12th century , Chinese naval ships were not organized into a uniform force . After 1911 , it was replaced by the Republic of China Navy and then the People ' s Liberation Army Navy after 1949 . Ship types . Pre - 19th - century ships were wood and of various sizes . Following the First Opium War , the Qing improved their naval fleet with modern ships from Europe :
Harold D . Shannon Harold Douglas Shannon ( September 16 , 1892 – February 16 , 1943 ) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps . Biography . Born in Chicago , Illinois , Shannon enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on October 17 , 1913 and served in Mexico in 1914 . On July 5 , 1917 , he was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve and was subsequently commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps . From October 1917 through the end of World War I , he served in France and was awarded the Silver Star and the Croix de Guerre for his actions during the Belleau Wood Campaign . In October 1919 , he returned to the United States . Over the next 20 years , he served at various stations in the United States and completed tours in Santo Domingo , Nicaragua , and the Panama Canal Zone . In July 1941 , he was transferred from San Diego , California to Pearl Harbor ; and , in September 1941 , to Midway Island . He was awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for his leadership in the defense of that island during the Battle of Midway . Colonel Shannon remained on Midway into August . He was then transferred to Pearl Harbor ; and , in October , to San Diego , California , where he died on February 16 , 1943 from pneumonia Namesake . was named for him .
4th Infantry Division ( Romania ) The 4th Infantry Division Gemina is one of three major units of the Romanian Land Forces , with its headquarters in Cluj - Napoca . Until June 15 , 2008 it was designated as the 4th Territorial Army Corps " Mareşal Constantin Prezan " ( " Corpul 4 Armată Territorial " Mareşal Constantin Prezan " " ) .
Naval Aircraft Factory NO The Naval Aircraft Factory NO is an American three - seat observation floatplane designed by the Naval Aircraft Factory ( NAF ) for the United States Navy . Powered by a Curtiss D12 engine three were built by the NAF with the designation NO and a further three were built by Martin with the designation M2O .
Bùi Diễm Bùi Diễm ( born 1923 ) was South Vietnam ' s ambassador to the United States under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu . He played a key role in the last desperate attempt to secure US $ 700 million in military aid to defend South Vietnam against the North in 1975 . He is the nephew of Trần Trọng Kim , who served as the Prime Minister of Emperor Bảo Đại . He was the founder of the " Saigon Post " , in South Vietnam . After the fall of Saigon in 1975 , he settled in the United States , living in Rockville , Maryland . He was a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and at the American Enterprise Institute , as well as a research professor at George Mason University . He is the author of the book " In the Jaws of History " .
Behind Enemy Lines ( book ) Behind Enemy Lines is a 2002 autobiographical book co - written by Holocaust survivor Marthe Cohn and Wendy Holden . It details Cohn ' s exploits as a French Jew during the Holocaust and World War II when , working as a nurse , she traveled into German territory to collect intelligence for the French resistance movement .
Pál Kinizsi Pál Kinizsi or Paul Kinizsi ( ) ( 1432 – 1494 ) was a Hungarian general , legendary commoner commander in the army of king Matthias Corvinus . He was comes of Temes ( " comes Temesiensis " ) since 1484 and Captain General of the Lower Parts of the Kingdom of Hungary ( " generalis capitaneus inferiorum partium regni " ) . He is famous for his participation with Stephen V Báthory , the Voivode of Transylvania in the victory over the Ottoman Turks in the Battle of Breadfield October 1479 . Kinizsi , previously a journeyman miller , a miller ' s son , is a hero of some Hungarian and Romanian folk tales along with king Matthias Corvinus as an extremely strong former miller ' s apprenctice . According to these tales , the king was hunting in the Bakony forest near the mill where he worked and asked for a drink ; Kinizsi , to show his strength , served the cup on a millstone . The king , impressed , took him into his service , where Kinizsi ' s strength , prowess and loyalty earned him rapid promotion . He is said to have wielded two greatswords in battle and to have danced a victory dance after the Battle of Breadfield with a captured or dead Turk under each arm and a third held with his hair or belt in his teeth . He married Benigna Magyar , the daughter of Balázs Magyar , another general of Corvinus . His central estate was the Castle of Nagyvázsony . He had no known issue . According to Serbian historians , he was of Serbian origin , and was possibly a descendant of Vuk Branković , though this could not be determined . After the death of king Matthias in 1490 he supported Polish ( by birth ) king Vladislas II of Hungary and the great magnates against Matthias ' illegitimate son and designated successor John Corvinus . He destroyed the former king ' s mercenary Black Army which had become a robber band after its dissolution . He then was crippled by a stroke and died shortly afterwards .
Moses B . Walker Moses B . Walker ( July 16 , 1819 – 1895 ) was an American Union brevet brigadier general during the period of the American Civil War who served as associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 1869 until 1874 . He received his appointment as brevet brigadier general dated to March 27 , 1865 . Born in Ohio , he attended Augusta College in Kentucky and Yale College and served one term in the Ohio Senate from 1850 until 1851 . In 1868 , after losing an election to the U . S . House of Representatives , he began participating in the military occupation of Texas . He died in Kenton , Ohio , in 1895 . Maryland U . S . Representative Henry Winter Davis was his first cousin .
Trịnh Tạc Trịnh Tạc ( Hán : 鄭柞 ; 1606 - 1682 ) ruled Vietnam from 1654 – 1682 Trịnh Tạc was one of the most successful of the Trịnh lords who ruled northern Vietnam . During his rule , he made peace with the Nguyễn , ending the long war . Trịnh Tạc also captured the last small province of Vietnam ruled by the Mạc Dynasty . Takes control . Trịnh Tạc took control of the Vietnamese government at a time when things looked bleak . The long war with the Nguyễn lords was going badly ( see the Trịnh – Nguyễn War for details ) . The Trịnh armies had suffered several defeats under his father , Trịnh Tráng , and the Nguyễn armies had pushed north all the way into Nghệ An Province . Trịnh Tạc took over in 1654 and one of his armies was also defeated by the Nguyễn . However , the next year , Trịnh Tạc ’ s army was victorious and the Nguyễn were driven all the way back to their original provinces in the south . The Royal ( Trịnh ) army attacked the great defensive walls of the Nguyễn but without success . Cao Bằng Province . For the next five years , the war with the Nguyễn was put on on hold while Trịnh Tạc turned his attention to Cao Bằng Province . This was the last bit of Vietnam where the Mạc Dynasty rulers still held power . Periodically they had raided into north Vietnam . The Trịnh had been prevented from the final destruction of the Mạc because they were protected by the Ming Dynasty . But now the Ming had fallen , replaced by the Manchu , and as a result , the Mạc no longer enjoyed the same relationship with the Chinese government . The Mạc made the mistake of siding with a disloyal governor and so the Kangxi Emperor ( Khang Hi Hoàng đế ) withdrew his protection of the Mạc . In 1667 , Trịnh Tạc defeated the Mạc army and drove them out of Cao Bằng Province . Further conflict . In 1672 , one last effort was made to break the walls of the Nguyễn . For seven months , the Royal ( Trịnh ) army besieged the Nguyễn walls but , like the previous efforts , the attacks failed . In 1673 , Trịnh Tạc and Nguyễn Phúc Tần came to an agreement . Peace finally came to northern Vietnam . This peace between the Nguyễn and the Trịnh was to last for the next 100 years . The Mạc invaded northern Vietnam from their new base in southern China in 1677 but this invasion was defeated by the Royal ( Trịnh ) army . Trịnh Tạc died in 1682 , leaving the government in the hands of his son , Trịnh Căn . Death and legacy . In dynastic matters , Lê Than Tông , the man who was king twice , finally died in 1662 . He was succeeded by Lê Huyen Tông . Ten years later , he died and was succeeded by Lê Gia Tông . The new Lê king died after just three years in office ( 1676 ) and so he was replaced by Lê Hy Tông . With the war ended , Vietnam was peaceful and prosperous , Trịnh Tạc had rescued the situation , even though he failed to conquer the Nguyễn .
USS LCT - 242 USS " LCT - 242 " was a Landing Craft Tank , Mark V landing craft built for the United States Navy in World War II . Like most of the ships of her type , she was not named and known only by her designation . " LCT - 242 " was built at Pidgeon - Thomas Iron Works in Memphis , Tennessee and delivered in September 1942 . She was assigned to the European Theatre as a part of LCT Flotilla 10 in the Mediterranean . On 2 December 1943 , a circling torpedo impacted and sank " LCT - 242 " off Naples .
John Pitt , 2nd Earl of Chatham General John Pitt , 2nd Earl of Chatham , KG , PC ( 9 October 1756 – 24 September 1835 ) was a British peer and soldier . Career . He was the eldest son of William Pitt the Elder and an elder brother of William Pitt the Younger . He was commissioned into the 47th Regiment of Foot in 1774 . Later he served in various capacities , including First Lord of the Admiralty , Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the Council , in the Tory cabinets of the late 18th and early 19th centuries . In 1809 , during the Napoleonic Wars , he commanded the British force in the Walcheren Campaign . He was Governor of Jersey from 1807 to 1820 and Governor of Gibraltar from 1820 to 1835 . The Chatham Counterguard in Gibraltar was named for the Earl of Chatham . Family . He married The Hon . Mary Townshend , daughter of the 1st Baron Sydney , on 10 July 1783 . He died without issue and the Earldom of Chatham became extinct .
USNS Potomac ( T - AO - 150 ) USNS " Potomac " ( T - AO - 150 ) was a United States Navy " Maumee " - class oiler in non - commissioned service with the Military Sea Transportation Service , later Military Sealift Command , from 1957 to 1961 . " Potomac " , fifth U . S . Navy ship to bear the name , was laid down at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Chester , Pennsylvania , on 9 June 1955 and launched on 8 October 1956 , sponsored by Mrs . T . H . Robbins , Jr . She entered non - commissioned U . S . Navy service under the control of the Military Sea Transport Service ( MSTS ) , with a primarily civilian crew on 30 January 1957 . " Potomac " carried fuel oil and aviation fuel to the United States armed forces overseas until 26 September 1961 , when she was wracked by fire and a series of explosions while alongside the Aviation Fuels Terminal Pier at Morehead City , North Carolina . Two men were killed in the explosions , and the forward part of the ship was declared a total loss . A disastrous waterfront fire was avoided by the prompt heroic action of " Potomac " crew members , United States Coast Guard personnel , and U . S . Marines , who prevented the fire from igniting large fuel storage tanks adjacent to the pier . The 200 - foot ( 61 m ) stern section of the ship was cut away and towed to Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Newport News , Virginia , for salvage . A new bow and forebody was constructed at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company in Chester , Pennsylvania and welded there to the salvaged stern section , with the bridge and crew accommodations aft . The reconstructed ship , SS " Shenandoah " , entered service in 1965 and became USNS " Potomac " ( T - AO - 181 ) in 1976 when purchased by the Military Sealift Command
USS Marold ( SP - 737 ) USS " Marold " ( SP - 737 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 . " Marold " was built as a private motorboat of the same name by the Northern Boat Company at Port Clinton , Ohio , in 1914 . In 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner , L . K . Liggett of Chestnut Hill , Pennsylvania , for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I . She was commissioned as USS " Marold " ( SP - 737 ) on 2 June 1917 with Ensign W . F . Lakeman , USNRF , in command . Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England and based at Rockland , Maine , " Marold " carried out patrol duties for the rest of World War I . " Marold " was returned to Liggett on 9 May 1919 .
Sidney William Ware Sidney William Ware VC ( 11 November 1892 – 16 April 1916 ) was a British 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 . Details . Corporal Sidney William Ware , VC , was born in November 1892 at Whatcombe in the Parish of Winterborne Whitechurch , Dorset . He was educated at the Church of England Boys ' School , Whitchurch and enlisted into the British Army on 29 November 1911 . He served with the 1st Battalion , the Seaforth Highlanders ( Ross - shire Buffs , Duke of Albany ' s ) and was with his battalion at Agra in India at the start of the First World War in 1914 . His battalion , which was part of Dehra Dun Brigade of the 7th ( Meerut ) Division , immediately returned to Europe with the Indian Expeditionary Force and landed in France in October , where it was in action almost immediately . Corporal Ware was wounded in November and after ten days leave on discharge from hospital , he returned to France . His battalion remained with the same brigade , now re - titled the 19th Indian Brigade , still part of the 7th ( Meerut ) Division , with it he was sent to Mesopotamia . Here he was again wounded in January 1916 , before returning to duty a few months later . It was then that he won his Victoria Cross on 6 April 1916 . During an engagement when the order was given to withdraw to the safety of a communications trench , Corporal Ware , whose cool gallantry had been very marked during the advance , was one of the few men remaining unwounded . He then picked up a wounded man and carried him some 200 yards to cover and then returned for many others , moving to and fro under very heavy fire for more than two hours , until he had brought in all of the wounded and was completely exhausted . However , although he was not injured on this occasion , he was not to be presented with his Victoria Cross as , a few days later , on 10 April , he was seriously wounded and brought back to the Persian Gulf . He died at the Rawalpindi Hospital on 16 April and was buried in the Amara War Cemetery in Iraq . He was always a very steady and trustworthy man who was very fond of football and reading . He was one of eight brothers of a family of 13 , four of whom served in the First World War ( Harold being the 4th ) and one in the second ( Douglas ) , though unfortunately two others were also killed in action , Sergeant A . C . Ware , Dorset Regiment , on 1 July 1916 and Private A . Ware , Wiltshire Regiment , on 11 March 1915 . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of The Queen ' s Own Highlanders , Fort George , Inverness - shire , Scotland .
Robert E . Roeder Robert E . Roeder ( July 25 , 1917 – September 28 , 1944 ) was a captain in the U . S . Army who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during World War II , during which he was killed in action . Roeder is buried in Arlington National Cemetery . Roeder joined the army from his birthplace in 1936 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and Organization : Captain , U . S . Army , Company G , 350th Infantry , 88th Infantry Division . Place and Date Mt . Battaglia , Italy , 27 – 28 September 1944 . Entered Service at : Summit Station , Pa . Birth : Summit Station , Pa . G . O . No . : 31 , 17 April 1945 . For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty . Capt . Roeder commanded his company in defense of the strategic Mount Battaglia . Shortly after the company had occupied the hill , the Germans launched the first of a series of determined counterattacks to regain this dominating height . Completely exposed to ceaseless enemy artillery and small - arms fire , Capt . Roeder constantly circulated among his men , encouraging them and directing their defense against the persistent enemy . During the sixth counterattack , the enemy , by using flamethrowers and taking advantage of the fog , succeeded in overrunning the position Capt . Roeder led his men in a fierce battle at close quarters , to repulse the attack with heavy losses to the Germans . The following morning , while the company was engaged in repulsing an enemy counterattack in force , Capt . Roeder was seriously wounded and rendered unconscious by shell fragments . He was carried to the company command post , where he regained consciousness . Refusing medical treatment , he insisted on rejoining his men although in a weakened condition , Capt . Roeder dragged himself to the door of the command post and , picking up a rifle , braced himself in a sitting position . He began firing his weapon , shouted words of encouragement , and issued orders to his men . He personally killed 2 Germans before he himself was killed instantly by an exploding shell . Through Capt . Roeder ' s able and intrepid leadership his men held Mount Battaglia against the aggressive and fanatical enemy attempts to retake this important and strategic height . His valorous performance is exemplary of the fighting spirit of the U . S . Army .
Operation Peregrine II Operation Peregrine II was counter - insurgency operation targeting an insurgent stronghold in a village just outside Mahmudiyah . The destination codename for the operation was Hawaii . Operation details . The Paratroopers from Company C , 3rd Battalion , 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment , 4th Brigade Combat Team ( Airborne ) , 25th Infantry Division conducted Operation Peregrine II and captured five members of an insurgent cell in north Babil . The operation was a night time air assault to capture several ( individuals ) that were believed directly responsible for attacks in the area , including the bombing of a bridge that took the lives of three of American soldiers . This was actually the third raid conducted in response to the bridge attack . The Paratroopers trained and rehearsed for three days in preparation for the mission but at the last minute plans changed . Prior to take off they learned that the main target had moved locations . This was the first air assault mission for Company C and although the mission was accomplished several factors added to the difficulty of the operation including the sheer number of houses located within the vicinity of the target . Operation results . In all , 19 suspected members of on Improvised Explosive Device ( IED ) cell were detained . Company A , 2nd Battalion , 69th Armored Regiment , attached to 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment , 4th BCT , ( ABN ) , 25th ID , detained 14 suspected insurgents 24 June while conducting a raid south of Baghdad alongside the Iraqi Army .