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Stalag Luft VI Stalag Luft VI was a German prisoner - of - war camp during World War II located near the town of Heydekrug , Memelland ( now Šilutė in Lithuania ) . It was the northernmost POW camp within the confines of the German Reich . Camp history . The camp was built in 1939 and designated Stalag I - C . At first it held Polish POWs , then from 1940 also French and Belgians , and from 1941 Russians . In June 1943 it was renamed Stalag Luft VI and used to hold British and Canadian Air Force NCOs , and from February 1944 , also Americans . By July 1944 it housed 9 , 000 Allied airmen . When the Russian front approached , orders were given to move the prisoners to other camps further west . Most of the men were moved by train to Stalag XX - A in West Prussia , but some 900 were taken to the port of Memel , where they were put aboard the merchant ship " Insterburg " for a 60 - hour journey to Swinemünde . After another train journey the men were force marched from Kiefheide , with many men being bayoneted or shot before they reached Stalag Luft IV in Gross Tychow . This march was one of the " Long Marches " . After the camp came under Russian control it was renamed Gulag 3 , and used to house German POWs and Lithuanian partisans and dissidents , remaining in use until 1948 . Until 1952 it served as a civilian prison , before being demolished . In 1995 a museum was opened on the former camp grounds .
HMS Snowdrop ( 1915 ) HMS " Snowdrop " was an " Azalea " - class sloop of the Royal Navy . Career . " Snowdrop " was built at the yards of McMillan , and was launched on 7 October 1915 . She served during the First World War . In 1918 she rescued the survivors from the liner that rescued the survivors from the ill - fated , , which had been torpedo ed three times and sunk by " U - 55 " . Also that same year she took the American destroyer in tow , after the " Cassin " had been damaged by " U - 61 " . " Snowdrop " survived the war and continued in service until being sold for breaking up on 15 January 1923 to the Unity Ship Breaking Company .
Kearny Cross The Kearny Cross was a military decoration of the United States Army , which was first established in 1862 during the opening year of the American Civil War . The original decoration was known as the " Kearny Medal " and was adopted as an unofficial medal by the officers of the 1st Division , 3rd Corps , of the Union Army of the Potomac , which had served under Major General Philip Kearny . The original Kearny Medal was first bestowed on November 29 , 1862 , and was awarded to any Union officer who had performed acts of extreme bravery and heroism in the face of the enemy . In 1863 , the medal was authorized retroactively to officers who had performed such acts while enlisted soldiers , and had been subsequently commissioned . On March 13 , 1863 , a second version of the Kearny Medal was ordered established as a " Cross of Valor " for enlisted personnel . The new medal , known as the " Kearny Cross " , was awarded to any Union soldier who had displayed meritorious , heroic , of distinguished acts while in the face of an enemy force . By 1865 , both the Kearny Medal and the Kearny Cross were commonly referred to by the single name of the Kearny Cross . Since the decorations were issued by local commanders , the medals remained unofficial awards and were not issued after the close of the Civil War . Nevertheless , the Kearny Cross and Medal are regarded as one of the oldest military decorations of the United States Army , second only to the Badge of Military Merit and the Fidelity Medallion . General Birney awarded Mrs . Annie Etheridge with this award . Marie Tebe , { 1834 - 1901 } also known as " French Mary " , a famous Vivandiere of the Civil War , was one of at least two women who served during the battle of Gettysburg , the other well documented example being a currently unidentifiable woman , whose body was found amongst the many Confederate dead after Pickett ' s Charge . While serving under the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers known as the Collis ' Zouaves d ' Afrique , she received the award for being wounded in the ankle . She was in 13 battles , and carried a . 44 caliber pistol .
Sir Francis Sullivan , 6th Baronet Admiral Sir Francis William Sullivan , 6th Baronet KCB CMG ( 31 May 1834 – 1906 ) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander - in - Chief , Cape of Good Hope Station . Naval career . Born the son of the Reverend Frederick Sullivan ( fourth son of Sir Richard Sullivan , 1st Baronet ) , Sullivan was appointed a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1856 . Promoted to Captain in 1863 , he commanded HMS " Tamar " , HMS " Volage " , HMS " Immortalité " and then HMS " Duke of Wellington " . He was appointed Commander - in - Chief , Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station in 1876 and Commander - in - Chief of a Detached Squadron in 1881 . Family . In 1861 he married Agnes Bell ; they had two sons .
USNS Mission Los Angeles ( T - AO - 117 ) USNS " Mission Los Angeles " ( T - AO - 117 ) was a that served in the United States Navy . The ship was originally intended as USS " Conecuh " ( AO - 103 ) for the U . S . Navy but her acquisition was canceled . The ship , a Type T2 - SE - A3 tanker , was completed as SS " Mission Los Angeles " and delivered after the end of World War II . The tanker was acquired by the U . S . Navy in 1948 as USS " Mission Los Angeles " ( AO - 117 ) , but was transferred to the Military Sea Transport Service upon its creation in 1949 . The ship was named for Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles Asistencia ( a " sub - mission " to Mission San Gabriel Arcángel , one of the twenty - one California missions ) , she was the only U . S . Naval Vessel to bear the name . Service history . 1945 – 1946 . " Conecuh " was laid down on 25 April 1945 as a type T2 - SE - A3 tanker under a Maritime Commission contract by the Marinship Corporation of Sausalito , California , but launched as " Mission Los Angeles " on 10 August 1945 , sponsored by Mrs . Daniel J . Johnston . The ship was delivered on 29 October 1945 . Operated by Los Angeles Tanker Operators , Inc . under charter , her period of service was short , for on 16 July 1946 she was returned to the Maritime Commission and laid up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Beaumont , Texas . 1947 – 1957 . Acquired by the Navy on 24 October 1947 she was placed in service with the Naval Transportation Service as " Mission Los Angeles " ( AO - 117 ) . Absorbed into the new Military Sea Transportation Service ( MSTS ) on 1 October 1949 she was designated USNS " Mission Los Angeles " ( T - AO - 117 ) and continued her services in support of the fleet until 12 November 1957 when she was returned to the Maritime Administration and laid up in the Maritime Reserve Fleet at Beaumont . Struck from the Naval Vessel Register on the same date , she was still berthed at Beaumont into 1969 waiting for the call to duty . The ship ' s final disposition in unknown . Awards . During her active military service she was awarded the National Defense Service Medal , the Korean Service Medal ( twice ) , the United Nations Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal ( retroactively ) . She also received two Battle Star s for her Korean War service .
Canadian Expeditionary Force Command Canadian Expeditionary Force Command ( CEFCOM , French : " Commandement de la Force expéditionnaire du Canada " or " COMFEC " ) was an operational element of the Canadian Forces for operations outside of Canada , created in 2006 and merged into the Canadian Joint Operations Command in 2012 . Under the CF structure , Canadian Expeditionary Forces Command ( CEFCOM ) was the unified command that was responsible for all Canadian Forces ( CF ) international operations , with the exception of operations conducted solely by Canadian Special Operations Forces Command elements . Operations . Similar to the integrated chain of command put in place under Canada Command ( Canada COM ) , the CF ’ s operational command headquarters responsible for domestic operations , CEFCOM brought together under one operational command the maritime , land and air force assets to conduct humanitarian , peace support or combat operations wherever they were required internationally . Headquartered in Ottawa , CEFCOM was responsible for setting the standards for integrated training and final certification of assigned forces – ensuring that all units and personnel selected to conduct overseas duties were fully trained and ready to do so .
Operation Keystone During World War II , Operation Keystone was a Special Air Service patrol consisting of a number of jeep - mounted and airborne teams that operated south of IJsselmeer in the central Netherlands in early April , 1945 . By the middle of the month , the team had joined up with the Archway team .
David McIntosh ( Gladiators ) David McIntosh was a serving Royal Marine Commando from Ashton in Makerfield , Greater Manchester and a member of the of Sky1 TV series Gladiators under the name Tornado . David is 6 ft and 15 stone , he has served in Afghanistan , Northern Ireland , Somalia , and the Gulf . He deployed to Afghanistan in October 2008 for six months .
SM U - 78 SM U - 78 was one of the 329 submarine s serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I . U - 78 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic as a minelayer . On 27 October 1918 low frequency communications from U - 78 in the Skagerrak were detected by the British submarine G2 which sank her with the loss of her crew of 40 . The commonly listed sinking date of October 28 , 1918 is in error . Original documents from Room 40 . The following is a verbatim transcription of the recorded activities of SM U - 78 known to British Naval Intelligence , Room 40 O . B . : " SM U - 78 . Kaptlt . Dröscher , later to U - 117 , but not before May 1917 ; then Kaptlt . Vollbrecht . Was completed at Hamburg ( Vulcan ) in May 1916 , joined the Kiel School and remained there until the 8th of July , when she went to Wilhelmshaven , and was attached to the 1st Half Flotilla . Note : S . S . = Steam Ship ; S . V . = Sailing Vessel ; northabout , Muckle Flugga , Fair I . = around Scotland ; Sound , Belts , Kattegat = via North of Denmark to / from German Baltic ports ; Bight = to / from German North Sea ports ; success = sinking of ships
Battle of San Carlos ( 1817 ) The Battle of San Carlos was a battle between the Portuguese forces under Francisco das Chagas Santos and the Misionero forces led by Andrés Guazurary , popularly known as Andresito , in San Carlos , modern - day Argentina . After having been defeated by Andresito on the previous year , Portuguese commander Francisco das Chagas Santos prepared for a new military campaign against the Misioneros , with a force of 800 men and 2 artillery pieces . After taking the chapel of San Alonso , Chagas headed for the Mission of San Carlos , where the independentist forces led by Andresito and Serapio Rodriguez awaited the Portuguese . After days of very intense fighting , the Portuguese managed to control most of the town and push Andresito ' s men to San Carlos ' church and college , in which heavy fighting continued to occur , while they expected for reinforcements to come . However , the column of Captain Arand that had the objective of helping the rebels was attacked by the Portuguese and crushed , having its commander been killed . On the third day of battle , the buildings in which the rebels were caught fire , making their situation even more desperate and forcing them into submission , even though some men , including Andresito himself , managed to escape . The battle resulted not only in a major victory for the Portuguese , but also to the de facto elimination of Andresito ' s threat to them .
Henry C . Nields Henry C . Nields ( 18 March 1838 – 13 December 1880 ) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War . Nields was appointed Mate on 11 February 1863 and Acting Ensign on 11 July 1864 . Assigned to " Metacomet " , he earned Admiral David G . Farragut ' s praise for his part in the rescue of survivors from " Tecumseh " after that monitor had gone down , mined within 600 yards of Confederate guns during the Battle of Mobile Bay . Nields and his boat crew saved one officer , eight enlisted men , and " Tecumseh ' s " pilot , braving “ one of the most galling fires ” that Farragut had ever seen . Advanced to the rank of Lieutenant Commander on 1 July 1870 , Nields died on 13 December 1880 . USS " Nields " ( DD - 616 ) was named for him .
Takeda clan ( Aki ) The Takeda clan of Aki was a cadet branch of the famed Takeda clan of the Kai Province of Imperial Japan , descended from Emperor Seiwa ( 850 - 880 ) and the Minamoto clan ( Seiwa Genji ) . The Takeda of Wakasa were a cadet branch of the Takeda of Aki . Takeda Nobumitsu ( 1162 - 1248 ) , eldest son of Takeda Nobuyoshi ( then head of the Takeda clan ) , assisted at the campaign against Kiso Yoshinaka and against the Taira clan . He repressed the revolt of Wada Yoshimori ( 1213 ) . At the time of the Jōkyu war ( 1221 ) , he helped the Hōjō and entered Kyōto . In reward he received the title of " Shugo " ( governor ) of Aki province . Takeda Nobutake ( + 1362 ) was the last Takeda " Shugo " of the three provinces of Kai , Aki and Wakasa . His elder son Nobunari received Kai and the younger Ujinobu received Aki and Wakasa provinces . From the Muromachi period until the Sengoku period , the Takeda of Aki ruled both Aki and Wakasa provinces , were supporters of the Ashikaga against the Southern Dynasty , and sided with the Hosokawa clan during the Ōnin war ( 1467 - 1477 ) . Their principal fortress was Kanayama castle , built on the top of the 411 meters of Mount Takeda ; a castle built by Takeda Nobumune in the late Kamakura Period , near the present city of Hiroshima . However , clashes with Mōri Motonari of Aki between 1516 and 1523 led to the clan ' s downfall . The principal line came to an end with the death of Takeda Nobuzane in 1555 . During the Tokugawa period , the Harada and the Yamaguchi families , " Samurai " of the Asano clan ( " Daimyo " of Hiroshima ) , descended from the Takeda of Aki . According to the Yamaguchi family , the three most important strongholds that belonged to the Takeda of Aki were Kanayama castle ( seen above ) , Kitsune castle and Ato castle ( all in Aki province ) .
USS Avery Island ( AG - 76 ) USS " Avery Island " ( AG - 76 / AKS - 24 ) was a " Basilan " - class miscellaneous auxiliary acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War II . She was used to transport personnel and carry cargo and was inactivated and disposed of shortly after the war . Constructed at Portland , Maine . " Avery Island " ( AG - 76 ) was laid down under a U . S . Maritime Commission contract ( MCE hull 3085 ) on 31 October 1944 at South Portland , Maine , by the New England Shipbuilding Corporation ; launched on 13 December 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Robert LeBourdais ; and acquired by the Navy and commissioned on 21 December 1944 , Lt . Comdr . J . H . Graves , Jr . , in command . World War II - related service . " Avery Island " steamed to the Atlantic Basin Iron Works , Brooklyn , New York , where she was placed out of commission on Christmas Eve for conversion work . Avery Island was recommissioned on 31 July 1945 at the New York Navy Yard ; conducted trial runs in Long Island Sound and shakedown training in Chesapeake Bay ; and underwent a yard availability at Norfolk , Virginia . With her training period complete , " Avery Island " reported on 6 September to Service Force , Atlantic Fleet , for duty . Post - war service . On 7 September , " Avery Island " steamed out of Hampton Roads , bound for the Pacific Ocean . She transited the Panama Canal on 15 September ; paused briefly at San Diego , California ; then continued on to Hawaii . The ship dropped anchor in Pearl Harbor on 14 October and , after embarking Navy personnel for transport to Japan , proceeded to Tokyo , where she remained until 18 November . " Avery Island " returned to San Francisco , California , on 7 December and was overhauled at Hunters Point , California . Loaded with supplies and personnel for Operation Crossroads , " Avery Island " sailed on 6 May as a unit of Joint Task Force 1 . The ship reached Pearl Harbor on 14 May and got underway again on 22 May , bound for Bikini Atoll . The ship entered the lagoon there on 1 June and carried out instrumentation tests during Operation Crossroads , tests to determine the effects of atomic bomb s on ships . Post - war inactivation and disposal . Following the end of this mission , " Avery Island " returned to San Francisco on 21 August and shifted to San Pedro , California , on 3 October , and was assigned to the 19th Fleet . She steamed to Santa Cruz Basin on 13 November to undergo radiological decontamination before beginning deactivation procedures . The vessel was placed out of commission , in reserve , on 26 May 1947 , at San Pedro . The ship ' s designation was changed to " AKS - 24 " on 18 August 1951 . On 4 January 1960 , " Avery Island " was transferred to the U . S . Maritime Administration , and she was subsequently sold for scrapping
Wolfgang Lippert ( pilot ) Wolfgang Lippert was a World War II Luftwaffe Flying ace . Lippert was credited with 29 victories , five of which were scored in the Spanish Civil War . Military career . Luftwaffe career . Lippert joined the Luftwaffe and after pilot training , was posted to I . / Jagdgeschwader 134 " Horst Wessel " . In March 1937 Leutnant Lippert was transferred to I . / Jagdgeschwader 53 at Wiesbaden . Lippert gained his first aerial victories during the Spanish Civil War flying with the Condor Legion with 3 . " Staffel " of Jagdgruppe 88 . He claimed five victories from mid - 1938 until March 1939 , receiving the award of the Spanish Cross in Gold with Swords ( ) . He claimed his first victory of World War II on 30 September 1939 , a French Morane - Saulnier M . S . 406 over Wissembourg . During the Battle of France he destroyed eight aircraft Allied aircraft . " Hauptmann " Lippert was appointed " Gruppenkommandeur " of II . / Jagdgeschwader 27 ( JG 27 — 27th Fighter Wing ) on 4 September 1940 . During the Battle of Britain , a further seven kills were claimed , including Royal Air Force ace S / L Archie McKellar flying a No . 605 Squadron Hurricane Mk 1 , shot down on 1 November 1940 . He was awarded the " Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes " on 24 September after 13 World War II victories . In 1941 Lippert participated with II . / JG 27 in Operation Barbarossa , scoring four victories against Soviet aircraft . Later than year the unit was transferred to North Africa where he destroyed a further five Allied aircraft . Death . On 23 November 1941 Lippert was shot down over Allied lines by ace Clive Caldwell of No . 250 Squadron . As Lippert bailed out of his Bf 109 , " Werk - Nr . 8469 " , he hit the tailplane . He was hospitalised , and his legs amputated . However his legs were infected by gangrene and he died 10 days later . Wolfgang Lippert was credited with a total of 30 victories , including five victories gained during the Spanish Civil War and four victories over the Eastern front .
USNS Private John F . Thorson ( T - AK - 247 ) USNS " Private John F . Thorson " ( T - AK - 247 ) was an " Alamosa " - class cargo ship that was constructed for the U . S . Navy during the closing period of World War II . However , the war ended , and she was transferred to the U . S . Army as USAT " Private John F . Thorson " who kept her in service until transferred to the U . S . Navy in 1950 . She was struck in 1960 , ending her military career . Built in Savannah , Georgia . " Private John F . Thorson " , a cargo ship , was laid down as " Becket Bend " ( MC hull 2486 ) by the Southeastern Shipbuilding Corporation , Savannah , Georgia on 8 January 1945 ; launched 26 February 1945 ; sponsored by Mrs . L . S . deSevilla ; and delivered via the U . S . Maritime Commission to Moore - McCormack Lines , Inc . 6 July 1945 . As " Becket Bend " , the cargo ship was operated by MooreMcCormack under General Agency Agreement . Title for the ship was transferred from the War Shipping Administration to the Army 23 July 1954 and the actual transfer to custody took place two days later at New Orleans , Louisiana . U . S . Army service . Renamed " Private John F . Thorson " 31 October 1947 , she operated as an Army Transportation Service ship until transferred to the Navy 1 March 1950 . U . S . Navy service . Placed in service as " T – AK – 247 " , she was assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service ( MSTS ) and operated from Gulf ports until 1954 . Transferred to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet , Charleston , South Carolina , Group , she decommissioned 2 August 1954 and was struck from the Navy List 1 October 1958 . Final inactivation . " Private John F . Thorson " remained at Charleston until transferred to the U . S . Maritime Administration 29 August 1960 . The same day she was sold to Hugo New Steel Products , New York City , for scrap .
Yokosuka MXY8 The Yokosuka MXY8 " Akigusa " ( 秋草 , " Autumn grass " ) was a training glider built in parallel with the Mitsubishi J8M rocket - powered interceptor aircraft . Design and development . The J8M was to have simply been a licence - built Messerschmitt Me 163 " Komet " , but due to difficulties in obtaining technical materials from Germany , it eventually had to be designed almost from scratch . The MXY8 was designed in parallel with the J8M to validate the design , and then to provide pilot training during the development of the actual interceptor . The Army designation for the type was Ku - 13 . The MXY8 was built entirely of wood , and fitted with ballast tanks that would be filled with water to simulate the weight and therefore flight characteristics of a fully equipped J8M . Some 50 - 60 of these gliders were eventually built . A more advanced trainer , the MXY9 , equipped with a primitive jet engine was planned , but was never produced . Many sources apply the designation MXY8 to the Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka kamikaze weapon .
Roman Abraham Roman Abraham ( 1891 Lwów - 1976 Warsaw ) was a Polish cavalry general , commander of Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade during German and Soviet Invasion of Poland in September 1939 , in Battle of Bzura commander of Polish cavalry ( combined cavalry unit ) . He studied at the Jesuit school Zakład Naukowo - Wychowawczy Ojców Jezuitów w Chyrowie . From 1939 - 45 he was a Prisoner of War in Oflag VII - A Murnau in Germany .
Wrangel ' s fleet Wrangel ' s Fleet , the last remnant of the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy , existed from 1920 until 1924 . This squadron was a " White " ( anti - communist and counter - revolutionary ) unit during the Russian Civil War . It was known also as the Russian Squadron ( Русская Эскадра ) . History . In 1920 the last remnants of the former Denikin ' s forces were confined to the Crimean peninsula and commanded by Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel . In November 1920 the Bolsheviks captured the White position and the White forces evacuated to Turkey . The fleet was re - organised under the command of Rear Admiral Mikhail Alexandrovich Kedrov and was granted asylum by the French . The fleet moved to Bizerte in Tunisia by February 1921 and was interned there under the command of Rear Admiral Mikhail Berens . As well as the crews of the ships the Russian community included 4 , 500 civilian refugees . The French Government recognised the Soviet Union in 1924 and gave ownership of the ships to the Soviets . A technical commission directed by Alexei Krylov arrived in Bizerte in December and found the warships unrepairable . The ships were sold as scrap metal by the Soviet government in Bizerte . Many of the sailors of the fleet settled in France as White Emigre s . References . " In Russian Language "