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Arthur Evans ( VC ) Arthur Walter Evans VC , DCM ( Alias " Walter Simpson " ) , ( 8 April 1891 – 1 November 1936 ) was an English 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 . Evans was 27 years old , and a lance - sergeant in the 6th Battalion , The Lincolnshire Regiment , British Army , during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . He was awarded the VC under the alias Walter Simpson with which he had enlisted in the army . On 2 September 1918 south west of Etaing , France , a patrol reconnoitring on the west bank of a river sighted an enemy machine - gun on the east bank . The river being very deep at that point , Lance - Sergeant Evans volunteered to swim across and having done so crawled up behind the machine - gun post , where he shot the sentry and another man and made four more surrender . After a crossing had been found and one officer and one man joined him , machine - gun and rifle fire was opened on them . The officer was wounded and Sergeant Evans covered his withdrawal under very heavy fire . Further information . Originally awarded the Victoria cross under the name " Walter Simpson " . After the war he emigrated to Australia and served in the Australian Tank Corps .
Hall of the Divine Child The Hall of the Divine Child was a kindergarten through eighth grade boarding school in Monroe , Michigan . It was built in 1918 , and closed in 1980 , with the building being turned into the " Norman Towers " . The school was run by the Sisters , Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary .
USS Hopkins ( DD - 6 ) The first USS " Hopkins " ( DD - 6 ) was a in the United States Navy named for Esek Hopkins . " Hopkins " was launched by Harlan & Hollingsworth Company , Wilmington , Delaware , on 24 April 1902 , and sponsored by Alice Gould Hawes , a great - great - granddaughter of Esek Hopkins . The ship was commissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 23 September 1903 , with Lieutenant Montgomery M . Taylor in command . Pre - World War I . " Hopkins " sailed from Philadelphia on 12 May 1904 , and joined the Fleet at Norfolk . That summer the destroyer deployed with the Coast Squadron for the midshipmen at sea training . During the following three years she ranged into the Caribbean Sea , exercising with the Flotilla , engaging in torpedo practice , and Fleet problems . In September 1906 , " Hopkins " was present for the Presidential Review off Oyster Bay . On 29 September , she and escorted the President in to Cape Cod Bay to witness record target practice . In 1907 - 1908 , " Hopkins " - as part of the Torpedo Flotilla - accompanied the Atlantic Fleet on a practice cruise to the $ 3 . They sailed from Hampton Roads on 2 December 1907 , exchanging courtesies at various Mexican and South American ports " en route " . After target practice in Magdelena Bay , the Flotilla arrived at San Francisco on 6 May 1908 , in time for the review of the combined Atlantic and Pacific Fleet s by the Secretary of the Navy . On 1 June of that year , " Hopkins " joined the Pacific Torpedo Fleet for tactics along the West Coast , at sea training north to Alaskan waters , and south to the coast of Mexico . On 14 February 1910 , " Hopkins " suffered a boiler accident . Two sailors , Chief Watertender Robert Earl Bonney and Watertender Edward Alvin Clary , were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions during the incident . World War I . On 30 April 1917 , after the United States entry into World War I , " Hopkins " departed San Diego for the Panama Canal Zone . She performed patrol duty , convoyed submarine s and assisted them in torpedo proving . On 3 August , she arrived at Hampton Roads , for escort and patrol ranging along the coast to Bermuda . " Hopkins " entered the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 29 January 1919 , and decommissioned there 20 June . She was sold for scrapping on 7 September 1920 to the Denton Shore Lumber Company .
Battle of Tsuntua The Battle of Tsuntua , fought in December 1804 , was one of the largest battles of the Fulani War . In 1804 , Yunfa of Gobir realized the growing threat that his former teacher , Fulani Islamic refomer Usman dan Fodio , posed to the Hausa city - states . Appealing to the other Hausa rulers for help , Yunfa assembled an army to capture and kill Usman . Meanwhile , Usman ' s followers spread word of a jihad against the Hausa rulers , attracting a number of Fulani nomads to their cause . The forces met in December in a significant victory for the Hausa rulers . Dan Fodio ' s forces lost over 2 , 000 men , 200 of whom were said to have known the Koran by heart . However , the Hausa victory proved to be short - lived , as Dan Fodio ' s forces seized Kebbi and Gwandu the following year , ensuring the survival and growth of their party .
USS Rolette ( AKA - 99 ) USS " Rolette " ( AKA - 99 ) was an named after a county in North Dakota . Attack cargo ship " Rolette " was laid down on 2 December 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co . , Kearny , NJ , for the Maritime Commission ; launched on 11 March 1945 , sponsored by Mrs . William U . Kirsch , acquired by the Navy on loan - charter on 26 April 1945 , and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 27 April 1945 , Comdr . Lamar M . Wise in command . Service history . 1945 . " Rolette " proceeded to Chesapeake Bay in May 1945 , two days after Germany surrendered . She loaded her first cargo on the 30th and sailed for Pearl Harbor , where she unloaded and took on construction material for Guinan , Samar Island , Philippine Islands . As the crew was discharging her cargo there in mid - August , they heard of the Japanese surrender . " Rolette " was ordered to operate with the amphibious ships carrying the Army Occupation Forces to Japan from the Philippines . During September and October she debarked troops at Tokyo , Hokkaidō , and Hakodate . The transport returned to the United States toward the close of 1945 , and decommissioned at San Francisco , where she was a unit of the Reserve Fleet until struck from the Navy List on 23 April 1947 . 1951 – 1956 . " Rolette " was reacquired by the Navy on 13 August 1951 and recommissioned on 23 February on 1952 at Oakland , California . She proceeded to her homeport , Norfolk , Virginia , to operate as a unit of the United States Atlantic Fleet . From April to October 1953 , the ship served with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean . On this deployment she landed food , medical supplies , and workers to aid the citizens of Argostoli , Greece , after a devastating earthquake . " Rolette " underwent overhaul and refresher training during 1954 , and on 5 January 1955 departed Norfolk for San Diego . On 31 March she joined an amphibious squadron for a six - month tour in the western Pacific and participation in landing exercise " Navmarlex 1 - 55 " conducted at Okinawa in June . She returned to San Diego on 30 September , underwent a brief period of upkeep , and took part in the exercise " Pactrex 56 " in November . She decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 1 May 1956 and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet , where she remained until struck from the Navy List on 1 July 1960 .
Ernesto Montecuccoli Count Ernesto Montecuccoli ( died 1633 ) was a General in the service of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War , a member of the prominent Italian Montecuccoli Family . In 1632 , troops under Montecuccoli ' s command burned down the town of Knittlingen . On 16 August of the same year , Montecuccoli ' s forces were defeated in the Battle of Wiesloch by a Swedish army led by Count Gustav Horn . He was the uncle of Raimondo Montecuccoli , who started his own military career under Ernesto ' s command .
2nd Army ( German Empire ) The 2nd Army ( ) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I . It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the III Army Inspection . The army was disbanded in 1919 during demobilization after the war . History . The 2nd Army during World War I , fought on the Western Front and took part in the Schlieffen Plan offensive against France and Belgium in August 1914 . Commanded by General Karl von Bülow , the 2nd Army ' s mission was to support the 1st Army ' s sweep around the left flank of the French Army and encircle Paris , bringing a rapid conclusion to the war . The 2nd Army laid siege to , and took the Belgian fortresses around Namur , and fought General Charles Lanrezac ' s French 5th Army at the Battle of Charleroi on August 23 – 24 , 1914 and again at St . Quentin on August 29 – 30 , 1914 . 2nd Army bore the brunt of the Allied attack in the Battle of the Somme . It had grown to such an extent that a decision was made to split it into two still - powerful armies . Therefore , 1st Army was reformed on 19 July 1916 from the right ( northern ) wing of the 2nd Army . The former commander of 2nd Army , General der Infanterie Fritz von Below , took command of 1st Army and 2nd Army got a new commander General der Artillerie Max von Gallwitz . Von Gallwitz was also installed as commander of " Heeresgruppe " Gallwitz - Somme to co - ordinate the actions of both armies on the Somme . A large proportion of the Army would be wiped out during the joint Anglo - French offensive on the Somme . At the end of the war it was serving as part of " Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht " . Order of Battle , 30 October 1918 . By the end of the war , the 2nd Army was organised as : Commanders . The 2nd Army had the following commanders during its existence .
Muniz M . 7 First aircraft designed in Brazil to be built in series from 1936 , following the lines of coaches period . For their manufacture was established National Air Navigation Company . The Military Aviation of the Army bought eight of the 27 built , but by having a weak engine , then were transferred to air clubs , pilot training for the reserve , leaving military service in 1941 .
Drum Major General The Drum Major General was a royal appointment in the British Army used from the mid - 17th century and into the 18th century . Under this appointment , all training and licensing of military drummers took place . List of Drum Major Generals . The following individuals held the appointment of Drum Major General , with date of appointment :
William W . Creamer William W . Creamer ( 1916 – 1942 ) was a United States Navy officer who received the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions in combat during World War II . Naval career . William Wilson Creamer was born in York County , Pennsylvania , on December 1 , 1916 . Enlisting in the United States Naval Reserve in December 1939 , he completed flight training , and was commissioned as an ensign in December 1940 . As a Douglas TBD - 1 Devastator torpedo bomber pilot in Torpedo Squadron 8 operating off the aircraft carrier USS " Hornet " ( CV - 8 ) at the Battle of Midway , Creamer gallantly gave his life on June 4 , 1942 in heroically pressing home an attack against a Japan ese aircraft carrier in the face of overwhelming opposition . For his extraordinary heroism at Midway , Creamer was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously . Commemoration . The U . S . Navy destroyer escort USS " Creamer " ( DE - 308 ) , launched in 1944 but never completed , was named for Ensign Creamer .
TERA rifle The TERA Rifles ( 挺進落下傘小銃 ／ 挺身落下傘小銃 " " Teishin Rakkasan Shyoujyu " " ) were special Japan ese rifles developed for paratrooper s of the Imperial Japanese Army . All designs were capable of either being broken down or folded into two parts and easily assembled or disassembled . There was one production model and two prototypes :
Château de Saint - Martin de Toques The Château de Saint - Martin de Toques is a partly ruined , mountaintop castle in the Bizanet commune in the Aude " département " of southern France . Construction of the castle dates to the 12th and 14th centuries . It was later owned by the Viscounts of Narbonne . In the sixteenth century , an Italian family took over the castle . At the beginning of the seventeenth century , it was converted into a farm property , but was abandoned and fell into ruin . The castle is now privately owned and has been listed since 1926 as a " monument historique " by the French Ministry of Culture .
Charles Taylor ( Medal of Honor ) Charles Taylor ( 1840 – August 3 , 1899 ) was an American cavalry soldier and Medal of Honor recipient . He was cited for " gallantry in action " in the Battle of Big Dry Wash in the Arizona Territory in 1882 , for which he received the Medal of Honor . Three other men , First Lieutenant Frank West , Second Lieutenant Thomas Cruse and Second Lieutenant George H . Morgan were also awarded Medals of Honor in this action . Death and burial . Taylor attained the rank of First Sergeant before his death on August 3 , 1899 . He is buried at Soldiers Home National Cemetery in plot K - 0851 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : First Sergeant , Company D , 3d U . S . Cavalry . Place and date : At Big Dry Wash , Ariz . , 17 July 1882 . Entered service at : - - - - - - . Birth : Baltimore , Md . Date of issue : 16 December 1882 . Citation : Gallantry in action .
Clifford Wilcock Group Captain Clifford Arthur Bowman Wilcock , OBE , AFC , FRAeS ( 28 April 1898 – 14 January 1962 ) was a British engineer , company director and politician who is noted for his contributions to civil and military aviation . Great War service . Born in Luton , Bedfordshire , Wilcock was educated at St Dunstan ' s College in Catford . He had joined the 14th London Regiment ( London Scottish ) in 1912 and served with them in the First World War , later transferring to the Queen ' s Royal West Surrey Regiment . Wounded at Ypres , he was seconded into the Royal Flying Corps in June 1917 on his recovery , and he became a founding member of the Royal Air Force . He won the Air Force Cross in 1919 . Royal Air Force . At the end of the war Wilcock studied engineering at the University of Edinburgh before rejoining the RAF with no . 208 Squadron in Egypt and Constantinople from 1921 to 1923 . He alternated between home postings dealing with administration , and engineering work on RAF bases ( including in Iraq until 1932 ) . Among his posts was assisting at the Experimental Establishment in Felixstowe . From July 1935 he was on administrative duties at Ruislip , where he founded one of the first Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Squadrons in 1937 . Second World War . Retiring in September 1938 with the rank of Group Captain , Wilcock became a broker and underwriter at Lloyds of London . He was a Freeman of the City of London . On the outbreak of the Second World War he offered his services and was made an Air Ministry civil servant ( Deputy Director of Manning ) , and ultimately rose to Senior Personnel Officer for RAF Transport Command . He was awarded the OBE in 1944 . Parliament . A member of the Labour Party and the Fabian Society since 1921 , Wilcock was chosen in February 1945 as one of the Labour candidates for UK Parliament constituency , a two - member constituency . He and his fellow candidate Philip Noel - Baker won the seat in the 1945 general election with majorities over 20 , 000 . After the Boundary Commission split Derby into two single - member seats , Wilcock was elected for UK Parliament constituency from 1950 . He specialised in aviation issues , and was Chairman of a departmental committee on training and recruitment for civil aviation from 1946 to 1949 . He was also made a Director of several aviation companies , including Derby Aviation . Moderate in his politics , Wilcock was not a frequent speaker in the House of Commons , but he was respected for his knowledge of his subject . He was made a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and also developed an interest in health , being a member of the Medical Research Council and a Governor of Westminster Hospital . He had six children . He died in Westminster .
36th Air Division The 36th Air Division ( 36th AD ) is an inactive United States Air Force organization . Its last assignment was with First Air Force , being stationed at Topsham Air Force Station , Maine . It was inactivated on 30 September 1969 . History . Strategic Air Command . The 36th Air Division was activated to solve the organizational and jurisdictional problems caused by placing two combat wings at Davis - Monthan AFB in 1951 . The division first flew B - 29 s and B - 50 Superfortress es for bombardment operations , but by late 1954 it was completely equipped with B - 47 Stratojet medium bombers . Conversion from KB - 29s to KC - 97s for refueling began in the summer of 1952 and ended in 1954 . The division constantly flew training missions , engaged in simulated combat operations , and participated in joint exercises with the Air Defense Command . Until 1960 , it continued its task of manning , training , and equipping the assigned bombardment wings with B - 47s so that they would be ready for aerial warfare on a global scale . Inactivated with the turnover of Davis Monthan to Tactical Air Command in 1960 . Air Defense Command . Reactivated as part of First Air Force ( Air Defense Command ) , April 1966 – September 1969 . The division administered , trained , and placed all available combat capable forces , including surveillance and control elements , in a maximum state of readiness for air defense missions , and participated in numerous exercises . Assumed additional designation of 36th NORAD Region after activation of the NORAD Combat Operations Center at Cheyenne Mountain , Colorado and reporting was transferred to NORAD from ADC at Ent AFB in April 1966 . Inactivated in 1969 due to budget reductions and the diminished air defense threat to the United States .
John Moulder Wilson John Moulder Wilson ( October 8 , 1837 – February 1 , 1919 ) was a Union Army engineer and later served as Chief of Engineers as well as serving as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy from 1889 - 1893 . He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for bravery in combat during the American Civil War . Biography . Wilson was born in Washington , D . C . . He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1860 and was commissioned into combined Batteries B & L , 2nd U . S . Artillery as part of the U . S . Horse Artillery Brigade . He transferred to the Corps of Topographical Engineers in July 1862 and was awarded the Medal of Honor for fighting at the Battle of Malvern Hill in Virginia , on August 6 , 1862 . He joined the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1863 and received three brevet promotions for gallant service in Alabama . After the Civil War , Wilson worked on Hudson River improvements and drafted plans for the canal around the Cascades of the Columbia River . He improved the Great Lakes harbors of Oswego , New York , Cleveland , Ohio , and Toledo , Ohio . Wilson headed the divisions of the Chief ' s office pertaining to military affairs for four years , was in charge of public buildings and grounds in Washington during both Grover Cleveland administrations , and was Superintendent of West Point from 1889 - 1893 . Before his appointment as Chief of Engineers , he was Northeast Division Engineer . As Chief of Engineers , he directed the Corps ' activities during the Spanish - American War . Wilson retired from the Corps on April 30 , 1901 . He served as an arbitrator during the Coal Strike of 1902 . He remained a prominent figure in the cultural life of Washington until his death there on February 1 , 1919 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : First Lieutenant , U . S . Engineers . Place and date : At Malvern Hill , Va . , August 6 , 1862 . Entered service at : Washington Territory . Birth : Olympia , Washington Territory . Date of issue : July 3 , 1897 . Citation : Remained on duty , while suffering from an acute illness and very weak , and participated in the action of that date . A few days previous he had been transferred to a staff corps , but preferred to remain until the close of the campaign , taking part in several actions . References . " This article contains public domain text from "
SMS Albatross ( 1907 ) SMS " Albatross " was a German minelaying cruiser built before World War I . " Albatross " took part in a battle with Russian cruisers off the island of Gotland on 2 July 1915 , where the ship was severely damaged , and forced to beach herself in neutral Swedish waters . The ship was salvaged after the war , in 1921 . Design . " Albatross " was equipped with eight 8 . 8 cm SK L / 45 naval gun s . The guns fired 22lb shells at a muzzle velocity of 2133 feet per second . The guns could elevate to 25 degrees , for a maximum range of 10 , 500 yards . The ship also carried 288 mines . Service history . On 2 July 1915 , " Albatross " , the light cruiser " SMS Augsburg " , and three destroyers were en route to lay mines in Russian waters when the ships were attacked by a superior Russian force — the armored cruisers " Bayan " and " Admiral Makarov " and the light cruisers " Bogatyr " and " Oleg " . " Augsburg " escaped , while the three destroyers covered her retreat . " Albatross " was severely damaged and forced to beach on the Swedish island of Gotland . 28 crew members were killed in this action . In July 1915 , the ship was refloated by the Swedes and interned at Oskarshamn , returned to Kiel after the war in January 1919 , and scrapped in 1921 .
Battlefield medicine Battlefield medicine , also called field surgery and later combat casualty care , is the treatment of wounded soldiers in or near an area of combat . Civilian medicine has been greatly advanced by procedures that were first developed to treat the wounds inflicted during combat . With the advent of advanced procedures and medical technology , even polytrauma can be survivable in modern wars . Battlefield medicine is a category of military medicine . Chronology of medical advances on the battlefield . The term " Meatball surgery " is a term used in battlefield medicine to refer to surgery that is meant to be performed rapidly to stabilize the patient as quickly as possible .
Prince Hisaaki Prince Hisaaki ( 久明親王 ) ( October 19 , 1276 – November 16 , 1328 ; r . 1289 – 1308 ) was the eighth shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan . He was the nominal ruler controlled by Hōjō clan regents . He was the father of his successor , Prince Morikuni . Prince Hisaaki was the son of Emperor Go - Fukakusa and the younger brother of Emperor Fushimi . Eras of Hisaaki ' s " bakufu " . The years in which Hisaaki is shogun are more specifically identified by more than one era name or " nengō " .
Operation Iolaus Operation Iolaus is the codename for the October 2 , 2004 , deployment of a Canadian Forces Attaché in conjunction with U . N . operations in the gulf region . CF senior officer Lieutenant - Colonel Alan Smith would serve with the United Nations as an advisor for the Special Representative of the Secretary - General ( SRSG ) in Iraq . The SRSG in Iraq is Mr . Ashraf Jehangir Qazi , from Pakistan . Lieutenant - Colonel Smith will be part of an international team who will advise the SRSG on matters affecting the UN in Iraq . Additionally , the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq ( UNAMI ) includes assisting in the organization of elections and drafting of a new constitution , and coordinating various humanitarian operations .
Caripi Garibi or Garipler were one of the four subdivisions of Kapikulu Sipahi cavalry in the Ottoman Army . Numbering about 1 , 000 , originally they were not devshirmeh like janissaries , or Turkic landowners like the rest of Kapikulu Sipahis . Instead , they were generally Turks , Moors , or renegade Christians , who having followed adventures , and being poor and seeking fortune , arrived at the rank of horse guards to the sultan . Their pay was 12 asper s ( about one - tenth of a piastre ) per day . But in classical period , the name became almost symbolic and most of the garibs became recruited from sons of Turkish aristocrats and high - ranking officers , like the most of the Kapikulu Sipahis . The word " garibii " signifies " poor " , and " stranger " .