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Veronica Foster Veronica Foster , popularly known as " Ronnie , the Bren Gun Girl " , was a Canadian icon representing nearly one million Canadian women who worked in the manufacturing plant s that produced munitions and materiel during World War II . Foster worked for John Inglis Co . Ltd producing Bren light machine gun s on a production line on Strachan Avenue in Toronto , Ontario . She can be seen as the Canadian precursor to the American fictional propaganda tool Rosie the Riveter . She became popular after a series of propaganda posters were produced ; most images featured her working for the war effort , but others depicted more casual settings like Foster dancing the jitterbug or attending a dinner party .
Berry Amendment The Berry Amendment ( USC , Title 10 , Section 2533a ) , requires the Department of Defense to give preference in procurement to domestically produced , manufactured , or home - grown products , most notably food , clothing , fabric s , and specialty metals . Congress originally passed domestic source restrictions as part of the 1941 Fifth Supplemental DOD Appropriations Act in order to protect the domestic industrial base in the time of war . The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement ( DFARS ) was amended to include exceptions for the acquisition of food , specialty metals , and hand or measuring tools when needed to support contingency operations or when the use of other - than - competitive procedures is based on an unusual and compelling urgency . The specialty metals provision was added in 1973 . This provision requires that specialty metals incorporated in products delivered under DOD contracts to be melted in the United States or a “ qualifying country ” . Specialty metals include certain steel , titanium , zirconium and other metal alloys that are important to the DOD . On April 10 , 2007 , the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition , Technology and Logistics determined that most compliant fastener s could not be obtained in sufficient quantity without unreasonably delaying production , and exempted most fasteners from the requirement . Congress has since revised the Berry Amendment in the Fiscal Year 2007 and Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act s . The revised statute , 10 U . S . C . 2533b , now includes exemptions for certain Commercial - Off - The - Shelf ( COTS ) items , a de minimis exception for small amounts of non - domestic metal ( excluding high - performance magnet s ) , a market basket approach to measuring the amount of domestic metal content in articles delivered to DOD , and a national security waiver to prevent the delay in delivery of critically needed systems to troops in combat . Additionally , the blanket exemption for fasteners was removed by Congress , now requiring that at least 50 % of commercial fastener specialty metal content be domestic . Finally , Congress required that all waivers or Domestic Non - Availability Determinations ( DNADs ) be reviewed and revised to comply with the amended law . The original " Berry Amendment , " 10 U . S . C . 2533a now excludes specialty metals and applies generally to textile materials . American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ( H . R . 1 ) , passed by both houses of Congress on February 13 , 2009 , included legislation offered by Congressman Larry Kissell ( D - NC ) mandating that any textile and apparel products contracted by the U . S . Department of Homeland Security ’ s ( DHS ) be manufactured in the United States with 100 percent U . S . inputs . The " Kissell Amendment " was modeled on and picks up , with little or no modification , many of the specific provisions of the Berry Amendment . Reference : http : / / www . fas . org / sgp / crs / natsec / RL31236 . pdf
USS Chicopee ( AO - 34 ) USS " Chicopee " ( AO - 34 ) was the lead ship of her class of oilers for the United States Navy during World War II . She was the second U . S . Navy ship named for the Chicopee River located in Massachusetts . History . " Chicopee " was laid down as " Esso Trenton " on 14 May 1941 under a Maritime Commission contract at Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co . of Chester , Pennsylvania ; launched 6 September 1941 ; sponsored by Mrs . N . L . Lank ; acquired by the Navy 3 January 1942 , and commissioned on 9 February with Commander G . Bannerman in command . After a short period as station tanker at Casco Bay , Maine , " Chicopee " made several oil runs between ports on the Gulf of Mexico and the U . S . East Coast . She departed Norfolk 8 June 1942 for NS Argentia , Newfoundland , and served as station tanker there from 12 June until 8 July when she sailed to Reykjavík , Iceland , returning to Norfolk 25 July . From August to November 1942 " Chicopee " resumed coastwise fueling operations . She then made three voyages to a midocean point with the task group to launch U . S . Army planes to North Africa , and in March resumed her oil runs between Norfolk and the Gulf ports with one voyage to Argentia . " Chicopee " sailed from Norfolk 10 May 1943 as an escort oiler and arrived at Oran 23 May to serve as station tanker until 28 July when she got underway for New York . After a convoy voyage to Gibraltar , she was overhauled and on 8 October departed on escort oiler duty to Derry , Northern Ireland , and HMNB Clyde , Scotland returning to Norfolk 3 December for overhaul . From 3 February until 26 September 1944 , " Chicopee " operated as an escort oiler between Norfolk and the North African ports of Casablanca , Oran , and Bizerte . She departed Norfolk 28 October 1944 for Pacific service and arrived at Ulithi 8 December . She sailed out of Ulithi supplying fuel for the U . S . Pacific Fleet Fast Carrier Task Force engaged in the Luzon , Iwo Jima , and Okinawa operations , and air strikes against Japan until the close of the war . After serving as station tanker in Tokyo Bay from 26 September until 28 October 1945 , " Chicopee " cleared for San Francisco , arriving 9 November . On 14 February 1946 she was decommissioned at Mare Island and sold through the Maritime Commission for return to her owners , Standard Oil of New Jersey , 1 July 1946 . In 1963 , the ex - " Chicopee " was purchased by Sea - Land in 1963 for conversion to a container ship . The fore and aft sections were coupled with a new mid - body to create the 16 , 401 - GRT long SS " San Francisco " . In 1978 , the extant portions of the hull of ex - " Chicopee " were scrapped , when the 1963 mid - body section was paired with new fore and aft sections , as the 17 , 618 - GRT " Sea - Land Adventurer " . As of 2002 , this ship is still operating as " Maersk Koper " . Awards and honors . " Chicopee " earned four battle star s for World War II service .
ARS - 2 The ARS - 2 rocket was a small experimental rocket that was flown in the 1930s . It was a small improvement by the United States on the German Mirak design . It used liquid oxygen and gasoline propellant s , and was successfully launched on May 14 , 1933 . Successive rockets continued to refine the design . The final flight was launched on May 9 , 1937 .
Air force “ unit ” designations of the United States AAF Training Film Preparation Units , Army Air Force Base Units , Air Rescue Units , Air Transport Units ( later Strategic Support Units ) , Aircraft Warning Units , Fighter Control Units , Finance Disbursing Units , Mobile Training Units , Operational Training Units , Photographic Technical Units , Signal Equipment Installation Units , Statistical Control Units , and other air force " unit " designations of the United States began as early as 19 April 1941 when the Training Film Field Unit was activated at Wright Field ( cf . 1942 First Motion Picture Unit ) . Unit numbers were as high as 5908 ( San Bernardino ' s AAF BU on 1 April 1944 ) , and at least two AAF BUs included smaller organizations , e . g . , the 85 AAF BU had Langley ' s Section A , Spokane ' s Sec E , McClellan ' s Sec C , & San Bernardio ' s Sec D ; and Elmendorf ' s 87 AAF BU Sec A & E . AAFBU designations were used for base operating units ( e . g . , Dover ' s " 312th Air Base and HQ Sq ” was replaced on 10 April 1944 by the “ 125th Base Unit ” , which was redesignated “ 125th AAF Base Unit ” on 15 September 1944 ) , but the unit designation was also used for other missions such as : Cold War unit designations . Most AAFBUs were inactivated before the 1947 USAF was established , but some were redesignated Air Force Base Units ( AF BU ) , e . g . , base operating units on 26 September 1947 such as Brooks ' 306th , Barksdale ' s 2621st , and Williams ' 3010th . Although many base units were smaller than squadrons , some AF BUs included squadrons , e . g . , the E and R Squadrons of Bolling ' s 4 AF BU , and Sq R ( Bergstrom ) and Sq M ( Offutt ) of the 130 AF BU . New AF BU unit designations were established as late as 16 May 1948 ( Williams ' 775 AF BU ) , and the 496 Finance Disbursing Unit at Kelly was designated on 19 February 1951 . Nearly all " unit " designation were obsolete when MacDill ' s " 2156 Air Rscu Unit " was inactivated .
William H . Plackett William H . Plackett ( born April 4 , 1937 ) grew up in Paxton , Illinois , and enlisted in the United States Navy on October 18 , 1956 . After graduation from recruit training , he attended radioman " A " school in Norfolk , Virginia . His first duty station was with the Naval Control of Shipping Office on Bahrain in the Persian Gulf and earned promotion to Petty Officer Third Class . He transferred to the staff of Commander , Amphibious Force , U . S . Atlantic Fleet , embarked in USS " Mount McKinley " ( LCC - 7 ) in August 1959 . Following that tour , he went back to the schoolhouse for Radioman " B " school and was assigned to Representative , Commander East Force / Naval Control of Shipping Office . He was there during the Six - Day War . In September 1967 , just 11 years after joining the Navy , he was selected as a Chief Petty Officer . Upon completion of a tour aboard USS " Forrestal " ( CV - 59 ) , which included an extended ten - month deployment in the Mediterranean Sea , he served as an instructor at Radioman " B " school in Bainbridge , Maryland . Master Chief Plackett was selected for the Associates Degree Completion Program in April 1971 and was advanced to Senior Chief while attending classes at Pensacola Junior College . He graduated with honors in December 1972 and was awarded an academic scholarship at the University of West Florida . He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in vocational education one year later . Following a second tour on the " Forrestal " and his selection as Master Chief Petty Officer , he assumed duties as Director of Communications School , Fleet Training Center , Norfolk , Virginia . In 1979 , he was named Command Master Chief for Commander , Training Command , U . S . Atlantic Fleet Headquarters and subsequently was selected as the first Force Master Chief of the Atlantic Fleet Training Command in July 1981 . In July 1982 , Master Chief Plackett was selected as Fleet Master Chief , Commander in Chief U . S . Atlantic Fleet where he served until his selection in July 1985 as the sixth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy . His personal decorations include the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist badge , the Navy Distinguished Service Medal , Legion of Merit , Meritorious Service Medal , Navy Achievement Medal and several unit awards .
Howard Franklin Clark Howard Franklin Clark was born in Wilmington , Delaware , 15 September 1914 . Navy career . " Clark " graduated from the U . S . Naval Academy 2 June 1938 . He served at sea until 1940 , when he underwent flight training . Reporting to aircraft carrier " Lexington " ( CV - 2 ) 1 April 1941 as a member of Fighter Squadron 3 , he won a Distinguished Flying Cross 20 February 1942 when he brought down an enemy bomber attempting to attack the carrier . Awarded second Distinguished Flying Cross . During the Battle of the Coral Sea , " Clark " again and again engaged enemy aircraft , in utter disregard of his own safety , until his plane was shot down . " Lieutenant ( j . g . ) Clark " was posthumously awarded a second Distinguished Flying Cross for his heroism during the battle , 7 – 8 May 1942 . Namesake . " Howard F . Clark " ( DE - 533 ) was launched by the Boston Navy Yard 8 November 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Howard Clark , widow of the namesake ; and commissioned at Boston 25 May 1944 , Lt . Comdr . E . B . Hayden in command .
Juan Pajota Captain Juan Pajota ( c . 1914 – 1976 ) was involved in the Raid at Cabanatuan , an action which took place in the Philippines on 30 January 1945 by US Army Rangers and Filipino guerrillas and resulted in the liberation of more than 500 American prisoners of war ( POWs ) from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan . World War II . A local from Nueva Ecija , he joined the USAFFE soldiers during the retreat from Bataan . Later he became leader of the guerillas . Raid at Cabanatuan . Under the command of Captain ( later promoted Major ) Juan Pajota , who coordinated support , this force was responsible for the roadblock at the Cabu River bridge that totally destroyed the Japanese 359th Independent Infantry Battalion . Without the guerrilla ’ s support it is unlikely that the raid would have been as successful or even succeeded at all . Pajota , along with the rest of the Filipino guerrillas received Bronze Stars for their role in the raid . Military tactics . Pajota ' s intimate knowledge of the enemy ' s activity , the local people and terrain proved to be crucial to the rescue . He instructed the local villagers to muzzle their dogs to prevent from barking when the American troops will pass was timely and prudent . His recommendation that the mission ( Raid at Cabanatuan ) be moved back 24 hours to Lt . Col . Henry A . Mucci due to heavy Japanese activities proved to be a wise move . Another great idea of Capt . Pajota was a flyover of an American plane to divert the attentions of the enemies and distract their attention while the troops are moving . His troops held back the advancing Japanese tanks and reinforcements and prevented them from crossing the Cabu Bridge to engaged the rescuers and POWs . He had procured bout 50 carabao s ( water buffalo ) carts caravan that was used to transport the prisoners to friendly lines that saves the lives of many prisoners . Post World War II . After World War II , Pajota moved to the United States , where he died in 1976 of a heart attack , before becoming a United States citizen . Popular culture . Captain Juan Pajota appeared as a character for the 2005 John Dahl film , " The Great Raid " . He was played by Filipino actor Cesar Montano .
Air Member for Personnel ( Australia ) The Air Member for Personnel ( AMP ) is the senior Royal Australian Air Force officer who is responsible for personnel matters . List of Air Members for Personnel . The following officers have served as Air Member for Personnel : List of Chiefs of Air Force Personnel . The following officers have served as Chief of Air Force Personnel :
48th Royal Tank Regiment The 48th Royal Tank Regiment ( 48 RTR ) was an armoured regiment of the British Army during the Second World War . It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment , itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps . It was originally formed as a duplicate of the 42nd Royal Tank Regiment , a newly mobilised Territorial Army unit .
SS Shuntien ( 1934 ) SS " Shuntien " was a coastal passenger and cargo liner of the British - owned The China Navigation Company Ltd ( CNC ) . She was built in Hong Kong in 1934 and sunk by enemy action in the Mediterranean Sea with great loss of life in 1941 . A Royal Navy corvette rescued most of " Shuntien " s survivors , but a few hours later the corvette too was sunk and no - one survived . Peacetime service . Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company in Hong Kong built " Shuntien " for CNC in 1934 . She replaced an earlier and smaller SS " Shuntien " that Scotts at Greenock on the Firth of Clyde had built in 1904 and that was scrapped in 1935 . The new " Shuntien " was a sister ship of SS " Shengking " , which Scotts had built in 1931 . Both Taikoo Dockyard and CNC were owned by John Swire and Sons Ltd , which is British - owned but based in Hong Kong . The new " Shuntien " s engines were steam turbines built by Taikoo Dockyard . She was built to trade along the coast of China , where her relatively shallow draught enabled her to turn in the Hai River at Tianjin and her icebreaker bow equipped her against sea ice in northern waters . In 1937 " Shuntien " returned to Taikoo Dockyard for maintenance , and while she was there the Great Hong Kong Typhoon of 1937 blew her ashore . She survived , was refloated and returned to service . War service and sinking . In the Second World War the British government requisitioned " Shuntien " and converted her into a Defensively - Equipped Merchant Ship ( DEMS ) . Photographs of " Shuntien " taken about that time by a US photographer , Harrison Forman , show " Shuntien " in the Port of Shanghai apparently being converted into a prison ship . " Shuntien " moved to the Mediterranean , where her British officers supplemented her Chinese crew with Arab and Maltese recruits . In the Western Desert Campaign in December 1941 " Shuntien " left Tobruk in Cyrenaica , eastern Libya as a member of Convoy TA 5 bound for Alexandria in Egypt . She was carrying between 800 and 1 , 000 Italian and German prisoners of war , guarded by more than 40 soldiers of the Durham Light Infantry ( DLI ) . At about 1902 hrs on the evening of 23 December the Type VIIC torpedoed " Shuntien " , blowing off her stern and killing her captain , four officers and chief steward . Her bow rose in the air and she sank within five minutes without having been able to launch any of her lifeboats . A convoy escort , the , rescued " Shuntien " s Master , William Shinn , 46 of the ship ' s officers and men and an unknown number of her prisoners , DEMS gunners and DLI guards . The total number of survivors that " Salvia " rescued was about 100 . The rescued a smaller number : between 11 and 19 . A few hours later , at about 0135 hrs on 24 December , torpedoed " Salvia " about west of Alexandria . The torpedo broke the corvette in two and poured burning bunker oil onto the sea ; no - one survived . The small party of survivors aboard " Heythrop " was landed at Alexandria . It included only one of " Shuntien " s officers : Second Engineer John Hawkrigg .
RFA Abadol RFA " Abadol " was a tanker in the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary She was built in Glasgow as the Elder Dempster cargo liner " Montezuma " by Alexander Stephen and Sons in 1899 . After completing 8 round voyages as a Boer War Transport , she was acquired by Canadian Pacific in 1903 and was converted to carry 1000 x 3rd Class passengers the following year . Requisitioned by the Admiralty in 1914 and was converted to a dummy battleship mimicking . She later became the tanker " Abadol " in 1915 . In February 1917 she was renamed Oakleaf . She was lost five months later when on 25 July 1917 she was torpedoed by the German submarine " UC - 41 " NW - ¼W from the Butt of Lewis without any casualties . .
John Daunt Colonel John Charles Campbell Daunt VC ( 8 November 1832 – 15 April 1886 ) was a 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 . He was 24 years old , and a lieutenant in the 11th Bengal Native Infantry , Bengal Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 2 October 1857 at Chota Behar , India for which he was awarded the VC : Further information . He later achieved the rank of colonel . His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum , London .
Sola submachine gun The Sola is a submachine gun that was built by Societe Luxembourgeoise SA in Luxembourg between 1954 and 1957 . It uses the 9×19mm Parabellum round and is capable of using MP 40 type magazines which were popular around Europe at the time . This weapon saw service in Africa and several are still in use today . Overview . The SOLA Super submachine gun is a blowback operated , open bolt , selective fire weapon . The factory barrel comes with a built - in compensator . The fire - selector is located on the left - hand side of the grip , and has three settings : Safe , semi - auto , and fully automatic . The ejection port comes with a dust cover that , when closed , locks the bolt in position . The weapons is fed from a 32 round ( standard ) staggered magazine . The rear iron - sights are flip up , while the front is fixed in the " blade " pattern ; The sights are marked for fifty ( handgun range ) and 150 meters . The gun comes standard with a retractable shoulder stock . It should be noted that the gun is cheap and " short lived " , breaking after only a relatively short period of use .
Yugorsk Sovetsky Yugorsk Sovetsky ( also Pionerskiy , Komsomolskiy - 2 , or Yugorsk - 2 ) is an air base in Russia located 11 km southwest of Yugorsk . The 763rd Fighter Aviation Regiment ( 763 IAP ) was formed here in 1952 . From 1970 to 1983 it flew Yak - 28 aircraft and from 1983 to 1995 it flew Mikoyan MiG - 31 interceptors . The regiment was disbanded in 1998 . A MiG - 25 is on display in the town of Yugorsk . Currently the airfield is probably used for general aviation service to Yugorsk .
High Knoll Fort High Knoll Fort is a redoubt - style fort of the English East India Company on Saint Helena , an island and British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean . High Knoll is above sea level and is approximately one mile ( 1 . 6 km ) south of historic Lower Jamestown . Reopened on 18 December 2010 , it is now a tourist attraction for visitors , especially those on the tourist ships that come in April . It looms over Jamestown , and was built to assist in defending the island against potential French invaders , being a redoubt for the islanders . The original fort was built in 1799 as a circular tower , sometimes referred to as a Martello tower , and along the lines of the tower at Simon ' s Town in South Africa . The purpose of the tower was to protect the rear approaches to the battery at Ladder Hill . The High Knoll tower was incorporated into the present structure , which dates from 1874 , when the Royal Engineers rebuilt it . During the Second Boer War , Boer prisoners from South Africa were briefly incarcerated at the Fort . ( In addition , there were prisoner - of - war camps at Broadbottom , Deadwood No . 1 , Deadwood No . 2 , and Jamestown . ) Much later , the Fort served to quarantine imported chickens , sheep , and cattle . Then in the mid - 1980s , NASA had a technician at the fort who ran a small tracking station . High Knoll Fort is also known as the Citadel , and is the largest , most prominent and most complete of the forts and military installations on the island . The Saint Helena National Trust have begun a project to restore the fort . It is designated as a Grade I listed building .
Wilford Hall Medical Center Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center , formally know as Wilford Hall Medical Center , is a United States Air Force clinic located on the grounds of San Antonio ' s Lackland Air Force Base named for former Air Force physician , Major General Wilford F . Hall . It is operated by the 59th Medical Wing . Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , The Shah of Iran , was hospitalized here in 1979 , shortly before his death . On August 28 , 2011 , the final baby was born at Wilford Hall , as its birthing center is closing and moving to the Brooke Army Medical Center . On September 15 , 2011 , Wilford Hall Medical Center was renamed Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center as part of the Base Realignment and Closure , 2005 .