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George Legge , 1st Baron Dartmouth Admiral George Legge , 1st Baron Dartmouth PC ( c . 1647 – 1691 ) was an English naval commander who gave distinguished service to both Charles II and James II . Biography . George Legge was the eldest son of the royalist Colonel William Legge by Elizabeth Washington ( c . 1616 – 1688 ) . His maternal grandfather , Sir William Washington ( 1590 – 1648 ) , was the elder brother of Lawrence Washington , great - great grandfather of George Washington , while his maternal grandmother , Anne Villiers , was a half - sister of James I ' s favourite , George Villiers , 1st Duke of Buckingham . Naval career . Legge ' s naval career began in the Second Anglo - Dutch War of 1665 – 1667 , where he served under his cousin Admiral Sir Edward Spragge ; at the end of the war Legge was captain of HMS " Pembroke " . In March 1672 , now in command of HMS " Fairfax " , he took part in the attack , on the Dutch Smyrna fleet lying off the Isle of Wight , that was the immediate cause of the Third Anglo - Dutch War . In June he fought in the Battle of Sole Bay . The following year he commanded HMS " Royal Katherine " under Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the Battle of Schooneveld . By 1683 Legge had risen to be Admiral of the Fleet and he was sent out to Tangier to oversee the evacuation and destruction of the ill - fated English colony there . His last naval appointment was to the command of the Channel Fleet that unsuccessfully attempted to intercept the invasion force led by William III of Orange that landed in 1688 at the beginning of the Glorious Revolution . Appointments and Honours . As a close supporter of the House of Stuart he held numerous royal appointments and honours . In 1682 , he was elevated to the peerage by Charles II as the first Baron Dartmouth . Death . Following the abdication of James II , Dartmouth was dismissed by the triumphant William III , and imprisoned in the Tower of London in July of 1691 . He died in the Tower a few months later , on 25 October , without having been brought to trial , and was buried , as his father had been , in the church of the Holy Trinity , Minories , in London . He was succeeded as Baron Dartmouth by his only son , William Legge , 1st Earl of Dartmouth ( 1672 – 1750 ) . Marriage and issue . Dartmouth married , in November 1667 , Barbara Archbold ( 1649 / 50 – 1718 ) , the daughter of Sir Henry Archbold of Abbots Bromley , Staffordshire , by whom he had an only son , William Legge , 1st Earl of Dartmouth , born in 1672 , and seven daughters .
Operation Papillon Operation " Papillon " ( French : butterfly ) was a large scale air and ground assault on the Viet Minh at Hòa Bình by the French Army and Air Force in April 1947 , during the early stages of the First Indochina War . References . Printed
SM U - 8 SM U - 8 was one of the 329 submarine s serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I . " U - 8 " was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic . Trapped in nets , forced to surface and scuttled under gunfire from and at position .
Quoin Hill Airfield Quoin Hill Airfield was an airfield in North Efate , in Vanuatu . The airfield was used during World War II but is no longer usable as an airstrip . History . World War II . With Japanese forces establishing bases on Guadalcanal which threatened the sea route between the U . S . and Australia , Admiral King distributed the joint basic plan for the occupation and defense of Efate on 20 March 1942 . Under its terms the US Army was to defend Efate and support the defense of ships and positions . The US Navy ' s task was : ( 1 ) to construct , administer and operate a naval advance base , seaplane base , and harbor facilities ; ( 2 ) to support Army forces in the defense of the island ; ( 3 ) to construct an airfield and at least two outlying dispersal fields ; ( 4 ) to provide facilities for the operation of seaplane - bombers . On 25 March 1942 , the Army sent about 500 men to Efate from Nouméa , and the 4th Defense Battalion , 45th Marines , arrived on 8 April . Elements of the 1st Naval Construction Battalion arrived on Efate on 4 May 1942 . A site was chosen for a bomber airfield and in October the Seebees started constructing a by runway which was completed by the middle of January 1943 . US Navy and USMC units based at Quoin Hill included : The base was defended by the 198th Coast Artillery . Postwar . Investigations took place in the late 1980s as to whether Quoin Hill could be used as an alternate for Bauerfield International Airport , but this never came to fruition .
Sher - e - Hind The Sher - e - Hind ( Tiger of India ) was the highest military decoration awarded by the Azad Hind Government , which was an Indian government in exile established in Singapore in 1943 . First instituted by Subhas Chandra Bose in Germany , this award was later also awarded to troops of the Indian National Army in South East Asia . The award could be conferred with swords for valour in combat , and without swords for non - combat awards . At least two awards were made , one to Captain Kunwal Singh and one to Capt Ganeshi Lal .
David C . Dolby David Charles Dolby ( May 14 , 1946 – August 6 , 2010 ) was a United States Army soldier who received the U . S . military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor , for his actions in the Vietnam War . Dolby was born on May 14 , 1946 , in Norristown , Pennsylvania . His father , Charles L . Dolby , was a personnel manager for B . F . Goodrich Company in Oaks , Pennsylvania . He had a younger brother , Daniel . Dolby joined the Army from Philadelphia at age 18 , and by May 21 , 1966 , was serving in the Republic of Vietnam as a specialist four with Company B , 1st Battalion ( Airborne ) , 8th Cavalry Regiment , 1st Cavalry Division ( Airmobile ) . On that day , his platoon came under heavy fire which killed six soldiers and wounded a number of others , including the platoon leader . Throughout the ensuing four - hour battle , Dolby led his platoon in its defense , organized the extraction of the wounded , and directed artillery fire despite close - range attacks from enemy snipers and automatic weapons . He single - handedly attacked the hostile positions and silenced three machine guns , allowing a friendly force to execute a flank attack . Dolby was subsequently promoted to sergeant and awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the battle . The medal was formally presented to him by President Lyndon B . Johnson on September 28 , 1967 . In addition to the 1965 – 66 tour in which he earned the Medal of Honor , Dolby was deployed four more times to Vietnam . In 1967 he served there with the 1st Brigade , 101st Airborne Division , in 1969 with C Company ( Ranger ) , 75th Infantry ( Airborne ) , First Field Force Vietnam , in 1970 as an Adviser to the Vietnamese Rangers , and in 1971 as an Adviser to the Royal Cambodian Army . He left the Army that same year with the rank of Staff Sergeant . Dolby married but had no children . After his wife Xuan ' s death around 1987 , he lived quietly in southeastern Pennsylvania . Over the last 20 years , Dolby attended many veterans events around the U . S . and once opened the New York Stock Exchange on Veterans Day . He most recently worked to bring attention to the neglected Medal of Honor Grove at the Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge , Pennsylvania . Dolby died at age 64 on the morning of August 6 , 2010 , while visiting Spirit Lake , Idaho , for a veterans ' gathering . Dolby died in his sleep .
USS Paulding ( DD - 22 ) USS " Paulding " ( DD - 22 ) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer s in the United States Navy . She served in the United States Coast Guard as CG - 17 . She was named for Rear Admiral Hiram A . Paulding USN ( 1797 - 1878 ) . " Paulding " was laid down by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath in Maine on 24 July 1909 , launched on 12 April 1910 by Miss Emma Paulding and commissioned on 29 September 1910 , Lieutenant Commander Yates Stirling , Jr . in command . United States Navy . Assigned to the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet , " Paulding " operated primarily off the east coast until after the United States entered World War I . During April 1917 , she patrolled off the New England coast and in May , she prepared for distant service . On 21 May , she got underway for the United Kingdom , arriving at Queenstown , Ireland to escort convoys and protect them from German U - boat s . On that duty throughout the war , she returned to the United States after the Armistice . United States Coast Guard . " Paulding " was decommissioned in August 1919 and remained in the Reserve Fleet . From 28 April 1924 – 18 October 1930 she was loaned to the United States Coast Guard , where she served on the Rum Patrol . The vessel was stationed at Boston , Massachusetts . " Paulding " was sent to find " CG - 238 " during a gale in February 1927 off Cape Cod . The vessel had already foundered , and " Paulding " spent two days in the storm , losing much topside equipment , including one of her stacks . On 17 December , she accidentally rammed and sank while she was surfacing , killing all on board . An inquiry absolved the Coast Guard of blame . Returned to the Navy on 18 October 1930 , she again joined the Reserve Fleet and was laid up at League Island . She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 June 1934 and sold for scrap under the London Naval Treaty .
Peter Frederick Haldimand Lieutenant Peter Frederick Haldimand ( b . 1741 or 1742 in Switzerland - d . 16 December 1765 off Cape Breton ) was a military officer and surveyor in the British Army . Haldimand started his military career while less than 15 years old , sponsored by his uncle , Sir Frederick Haldimand . General James Abercromby commissioned him as an ensign in the Royal American Regiment . In this capacity , he took part in the Battle of Montreal in 1760 . After being promoted to lieutenant , Haldimand was assigned to do surveying and historical work , drawing up maps of Canada and writing histories of Montreal and Trois - Rivières , as well as getting details on their governance . At the end of the war , Haldimand was charged with assisting Captain Samuel Holland in his survey of the northern district of British North America . Holland praised Haldimand ' s work , describing him as both an excellent mathematician and astronomer . In 1765 , Haldimand was killed when he fell through breaking ice and drowned .
Lord High Admiral of the Wash The position of Lord High Admiral of the Wash is an ancient hereditary naval office of England . In mediaeval times , the Lord High Admiral of the Wash was a nobleman with responsibility for the defence and protection of The Wash coast in north East Anglia . The post was granted to the le Strange family after the Norman Conquest . In the 16th century the post became obsolete and the Royal Navy took over the defence of the area . However , the post was never formally abolished , and remains a hereditary dignity that now has no responsibilities or privileges of any kind . The present Lord High Admiral of the Wash lives in Hunstanton , Norfolk , and inherited the Admiralty through his mother ' s line .
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial is a cemetery and chapel between the villages of Coton and Madingley in Cambridgeshire . It was opened in 1956 , and commemorates the American servicemen who died in World War II . It is run by the American Battle Monuments Commission . The cemetery . The cemetery contains 3 , 809 headstones , with the remains of 3 , 812 servicemen , including airmen who died over Europe and sailors from North Atlantic convoys . The inscribed Wall of the Missing includes four representative statues of servicemen , sculpted by American artist Wheeler Williams . The wall records the names of 5 , 127 missing servicemen , most of whom died in the Battle of the Atlantic or in the strategic air bombardment of northwest Europe . Besides personnel of the United States Forces there are also buried 18 members of the British Commonwealth armed services , who were American citizens serving chiefly in the Royal Air Force and Air Transport Auxiliary , besides an officer of the Royal Canadian Air Force and another of the British Royal Armoured Corps , whose graves are registered and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission . The memorial ( including chapel ) . The memorial building is 85 ft long , 30 ft wide and 28 ft high ; it is made of portland stone ; the doors of teak are embellished with relief models of World War II military equipment . The memorial is separated into a large museum room with a small chapel at the far end from the doors . A great map on the wall shows schematically the air sorties flown from East Anglia , together with convoys across the North Atlantic and other actions in the war . The wall and roof has a mosaic of angels and ghostly aircraft . Design . The architects of the site plan were Perry , Shaw , Hepburn and Dean , while the landscape architecture was arranged by the Olmsted Brothers company .
Oregon Vietnam Veterans Memorial The Oregon Vietnam Veterans Memorial is an outdoor memorial dedicated to Oregonians who served in the Vietnam War . It is located in Portland , Oregon ' s Washington Park at . The memorial was dedicated in 1987 , inspired in 1982 by visits to the national Vietnam Veterans Memorial by five veterans and the parents of a Marine killed in Vietnam . Landscape architecture firm Walker Macy of Portland designed the memorial , while construction labor and materials were almost entirely volunteer donations . The memorial is wheelchair accessible and consists of a spiral path within an immaculately landscaped bowl containing lawns , flowers , and low hedges , surrounded by a mixture of tall trees . Along the path are understated monuments which list Oregon soldiers killed or missing in the conflict . Each monument is year - specific and contains short expositions on the history of the war that effectively communicate its progression : a slow beginning escalating to a crescendo then diminishing before the end . The memorial is located in the Hoyt Arboretum , adjacent to the World Forestry Center and the Oregon Zoo . The nearby trail system connects to Forest Park and is close to the International Rose Test Garden and the Portland Japanese Garden . It is accessible by U . S . Route 26 and by Portland ' s MAX light rail system , which has a station in Washington Park .
Civil Aircraft Missile Protection System Civil Aircraft Missile Protection System or CAMPS is an infrared countermeasure against infrared - homed anti - aircraft missile s , specifically designed to defend civilian aircraft flying under against MANPADS . The system was developed by Saab Avitronics , Chemring Countermeasures and Naturelink Aviation . The decoys use a pyrophoric substance that burns at a relatively low temperature , thereby avoiding any fire safety concerns associated with conventional pyrotechnic military flares , such as those used by a similar Israeli system . The onboard processor uses neural network pattern recognition algorithms to classify potential threats detected by its infrared sensors . The system was successfully demonstrated at the Overberg Test Range in March 2007 .
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry The 83rd Pennsylvania was a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . They participated in almost every major battle in the East , including Seven Days Battles , Antietam , Fredericksburg , Gettysburg , Petersburg and the Surrender . They alongside the 20th Maine , 44th New York and the 16th Michigan fought in the spirited defense of Little Round Top in which former regiment commander Col . Strong Vincent was mortally wounded .
USS Lark ( AMS - 23 ) USS " Lark " ( YMS - 376 / AMS - 23 / MSC ( O ) - 23 ) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . History . " Lark " , originally " YMS - 376 " , was laid down by Greenport Basin and Construction Co . , Greenport , Long Island , New York , 5 January 1943 ; launched 13 March 1943 ; and commissioned at New York City 10 August 1943 , Lt . ( jg ) J . O . Wilson in command . During the remainder of 1943 and throughout 1944 , " YMS - 376 " operated primarily at New York where she swept the approaches and reaches of New York harbor . In addition she participated in periodic coastal ASW operations which sent her along the eastern seaboard from New Jersey to Virginia and into Chesapeake Bay . Assigned to duty in the Pacific Ocean early in 1945 , " YMS - 376 " departed New York 16 March 1945 and arrived San Diego , California a month later . She cleared the U . S . West Coast 28 April ; and , after touching at Pearl Harbor , Johnston Island , and Eniwetok , reached Guam 24 May . She served in the Marianas until 26 June when , as a unit of MinRon 104 , she arrived Okinawa to take part in the important but hazardous task of sweeping Japanese mines from the surrounding waters . She remained at Okinawa and engaged in this vital duty during the rest of the war . Following the formal Surrender of Japan 2 September , " YMS - 376 " steamed to Japan 8 to 10 September and began sweeping for coastal mines out of Sasebo . During the next 5 months she cleared mines from the coasts of Honshū and Kyūshū and in the Inland Sea . On 16 February 1946 she departed Kobe for the United States . Sailing via the Marshall Islands and Hawaiian Islands , she touched San Francisco , California 1 April and reached San Diego , California the 9th . " YMS - 376 " decommissioned there 5 June 1946 and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet . While in reserve at San Diego , she was named " Lark " and reclassified " AMS - 23 " on 17 February 1947 . After the outbreak of the Korean War in the summer of 1950 , " Lark " recommissioned at Alameda , California , 8 November 1950 , Lt . ( jg . ) E . W . Anderson in command . Assigned to MinRon 5 , she arrived San Diego 26 November and began minesweeping , ASW , and U . S . Naval Reserve training . She changed her homeport to Long Beach , California , 11 January 1951 , and during the next year and a half continued type and readiness training along the California coast from Long Beach to San Francisco . " Lark " departed Long Beach 6 July 1952 and , after touching at San Francisco , arrived Astoria , Oregon , 29 July . She served there until 13 November 1953 when she decommissioned and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet . She was reclassified " MSC ( O ) - 23 " on 7 February 1955 . She was transferred to Japan 14 February 1959 under the Military Assistance Program , serving the Japanese Maritime Self - Defense Force as " Ninoshima " ( MSC - 662 ) until struck in 1967 . " YMS - 376 " received three battle star s for World War II service .
Hans Imelmann Leutnant Hans Imelmann IC was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories . As a founding member of one of Germany ' s original fighter squadrons , he was shot down and killed before he reached his twentieth birthday . Biography . Hans Imelmann was born in Hannover , the German Empire , on 14 May 1897 . His first known military service was as a Fokker Eindekker pilot for one of the early ad hoc fighter units , " Kampfeinsitzerkommando " ( Combat Single - Seater Command ) Metz , in 1916 . He was selected by Oswald Boelcke as a pilot for Germany ' s new fighter squadron , Royal Prussian " Jagdstaffel 2 " , upon its formation . Between 10 October and 20 December 1916 , he was credited with six confirmed victories . Imelmann ' s third victory set Nieuport 17 no . A162 from No . 60 Squadron RFC aflame , but its pilot , British ace Ernest Foot somehow escaped its crash - landing uninjured . On 23 January 1917 , Imelmann became one of the first aces killed in action . Imelmann attacked a Royal Aircraft Factory BE . 2 c belonging to No . 4 Squadron RFC near Miraumont , France . A burst of machine fire through his fuel tank sent Imelmann down in flames .
Casey Loomis Casey Loomis served in the United States Marine Corps during World War I . He would be awarded the Navy Cross , the Distinguished Service Cross , and the Silver Star . His Navy Cross citation reads : His Distinguished Service Cross citation reads : His Silver Star citation reads : Loomis was born in Walhalla , North Dakota , his official residence was listed as Milwaukee , Wisconsin .
USS Lewis and Clark ( SSBN - 644 ) USS " Lewis and Clark " ( SSBN - 644 ) , a ballistic missile submarine , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the explorers Meriwether Lewis ( 1774 – 1809 ) and William Clark ( 1770 – 1838 ) , who carried out the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 - 1806 . Construction and commissioning . The contract to construct " Lewis and Clark " was awarded on 1 November 1962 , and her keel was laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company at Newport News , Virginia , on 29 July 1963 . She was launched on 21 November 1964 , sponsored by Mrs . M . F . Engman and Mrs . M . G . Sale , and commissioned on 22 December 1965 with Commander John F . Fagan , Jr . , in command of the Blue Crew and Commander Kenneth A . Porter in command of the Gold Crew . Service history . After shakedown and missile firing off Cape Kennedy , Florida , in 1966 , " Lewis and Clark " began deterrent patrols , armed with Polaris A3 ballistic missiles . On 21 July 1972 , " Lewis and Clark " completed conversion of her ballistic missile tubes to carry Poseidon C3 ballistic missiles . On 18 December 1972 , the Gold Crew successfully launched one Poseidon C - 3 missile in support of " Lewis and Clark " s Demonstration and Shakedown Operation ( DASO ) . On 8 April 1973 , " Lewis and Clark " deployed for an operational deterrent patrol . On 19 June 1981 , " Lewis and Clark " successfully fired four Poseidon C - 3 missiles in a Follow - on Operational Test . On 23 July 1981 , she began a Poseidon refueling overhaul at Newport News Shipbuilding . On 13 June 1985 , " Lewis and Clark " successfully launched four Poseidon C - 3 missiles in a Follow - on Operational Test . Deactivation , decommissioning , and disposal . Deactivated while still in commission on 1 October 1991 , " Lewis and Clark " was decommissioned on 27 June 1992 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 August 1992 . Her scrapping via the U . S . Navy ' s Nuclear - Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Bremerton , Washington began on 1 October 1995 and was completed on 23 September 1996 . Commemoration . " Lewis and Clark " ' s sail and fairwater planes and the top of her rudder are on display at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Charleston , South Carolina , part of a memorial to the officers and men of the U . S . Navy Submarine Service who served during the Cold War .