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13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment The 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment ( ) is an airborne special forces regiment of the French Army . It is one of two regiments in the French Army Special Forces Brigade , which is under the control of the COS ( special operations command ) . The regiment ' s primary duties are airborne reconnaissance operations . History . Origins . Marquis de Barbezières raised a dragoon regiment in Languedoc on 4 October 1676 . In 1724 the name was changed to " dragons de Condé " . Post - World War II . After World War II , the 13e RDP was transformed into a long - range recon unit . During the Cold War , the main mission of the 13e RDP was to provide intelligence for the 1st Army , while each company of the 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment ( 1er RPIMa ) should provide intelligence for one Army Corps . Since the end of the Cold War , the 1er RPIMa has become a direct - action unit while the 13e RDP specialized in reconnaissance / surveillance operations in hostile environment , gathering intelligence for special operations . In a way they ' re similar to the role of the US Army Long Range Surveillance Detachment or Long Range Surveillance Company . The 13e RDP took part in the Gulf War . This was highlighted when three operators were captured by the Iraqis in late 1990 . The 13e RDP was , along with other French units , heavily involved in the Kosovo War and used tactics and technology to force Serbian armour to attempt to engage Kosovo Liberation Army and other Allied forces in the open , which enabled them to be destroyed by Allied bombing , particularly by the United States Air Force and the Royal Air Force . The 13e RDP also contributed to the capture of Momčilo Krajišnik in 2001 by close range recons . Mission . Its mission is to acquire human intelligence at any time and in any hostile environments ( aquatic , cold mountain , equatorial forest , desert ) , behind enemy lines , using small autonomous and discreet units , able to position itself closer to acquire intelligence , and transmit . For this kind of mission , units of the 13th practice what they call " hideout " , that is to say , operations camouflage living areas for observation and transmission , but also evolved into more modern and urban modes of action ( installation of cameras / sensors and remote viewing ) . The regiment is officially in charge of the research of strategic intelligence . The high level of 13e RDP operatives in long - range recon makes that they are often requested by other forces . The " Groupe d ' Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale " keeps a close relationship with the 13e RDP to train its " gendarmes " in forward recon for hostage rescue operations in hostile environment . The " Équipes d ' Observation en Profondeur " ( EOP , forward control teams ) of French artillery regiments use the standard operating procedures of the 13e RDP . 13e RDP operators are also reported to be highly requested to join the action service of the " direction générale de la sécurité extérieure " ( DGSE , French intelligence service ) .
Charles Trelawny Major General Charles Trelawny ( 1653 – 24 September 1731 ) was a British Army officer of Cornish descent , the fourth son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny , 2nd Baronet . Trelawny entered the army in 1672 , receiving a commission in the Royal English Regiment of Foot , raised by the Duke of Monmouth , which served in the French Army in the Third Anglo - Dutch War . He was present at the invasion of the Dutch Republic and the Siege of Maastricht ( 1673 ) , transferring as captain into the second battalion of the regiment , under Bevil Skelton , on 16 March 1674 . He probably fought at Enzheim that year , and was at Altenheim the next , returning to England in 1677 . Trelawny was commissioned captain - lieutenant of the Duke of Monmouth ' s Regiment of Foot in 1678 and was promoted major on 1 November 1677 . On 13 July 1680 , he was appointed major of the Earl of Plymouth ' s Regiment of Foot , raised as part of the Tangier Garrison . ( Trelawny ' s eldest brother , John , a captain , was killed at Tangier in May of that year . ) He was promoted to lieutenant - colonel of the regiment on 27 November 1680 , succeeding Percy Kirke , and succeeded Kirke as colonel on 23 April 1682 . He returned to England upon the evacuation of Tangier in 1684 , where part of the regiment fought at Sedgemoor the following year . Trelawny was also returned to the House of Commons that year , as Tory Member of Parliament for East Looe , a seat he retained until 1699 . One of the army conspirators against James II , Trelawny , with his lieutenant - colonel Charles Churchill , and part of his officers and men , deserted to William of Orange in November 1688 from Warminster . Dismissed by James , he was re - appointed by William on 31 December 1688 and the regiment renamed The Queen Consort ' s Regiment of Foot . Trelawney was promoted brigadier - general on 6 March 1689 , and led a brigade in Ireland , crossing at Slanebridge to attack the Jacobite left wing at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 . He served under Marlborough that September during his campaigns , and was promoted major - general on 2 December 1690 . However , he resigned the command of his regiment ( which went to his brother Henry ) in 1692 to protest William ' s preferential treatment of foreign officers . By this time , Trelawny had obtained an estate at Hengar by marriage ( 1 May 1690 ) to the heiress and widow Anne Morice ( d . 1691 ) . He was considered for appointment as colonel of the Coldstream Guards in 1694 , but was thought too obnoxious to Whig sensibilities ; it went instead to John Cutts . He was made Governor of Plymouth in 1696 , and was returned as member for Plymouth in 1698 , holding the seat until 1713 . He married again on 25 June 1699 , to Elizabeth Mitchell , by whom he had one daughter . Trelawny left the governorship of Plymouth in 1722 and died at Hengar on 24 September 1731 .
William H . Brandenburg William H . Brandenburg is a retired Major General in the United States Army . He last served as Deputy Commanding General , U . S . Army , Pacific , August 8 , 2003 . Prior to his last assignment , he was Deputy Commanding General for Training and Readiness , I Corps and Fort Lewis . From November 29 , 2004 until December 1 , 2005 , he deployed to Iraq as Deputy Commanding General ( Detainee Operations ) and Commanding General Task Force 134 . He is a native of Elloree , South Carolina . He is a 1973 graduate from The Citadel , where he received a commission in Infantry . He is the son of Brigadier General William H . Brandenburg Sr . , ( The Citadel , 1943 ) and Doris Brandenburg who served as a nurse during World War II . He currently resides in Hawaii with his wife Sybil . The couple has one son . Retirement . MG Brandenburg ' s retirement ceremony was held at Fort Shafter , Hawaii on January 5 , 2008 and his retirement became effective on March 1 , 2008 . The ceremony was hosted by Lieutenant General John M . Brown III , commanding general , United States Army Pacific Command . During the ceremony MG Brandenburg was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal as well as letters of appreciation from President George W . Bush , General George Casey , and General Richard Cody . Education and Awards . Major General Brandenburg holds a Masters Degree in Management . He is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic Course , Armor Officer Advanced Course , Ordnance Officer Advanced Course , Command and General Staff College , and the Air War College . His awards and decorations include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal , Defense Meritorious Service Medal , Legion of Merit ( 2 Oak Leaf Clusters ) , Bronze Star Medal , Meritorious Service Medal ( 4 Oak Leaf Clusters ) , Army Commendation Medal , Joint Service Achievement Medal , Expert Infantryman Badge , the Parachutist Badge , and the Ranger Tab .
Battle of Oosterweel The Battle of Oosterweel took place on March 13 , 1567 , and is traditionally seen as the beginning of the Eighty Years ' War . The battle was fought near the village of Oosterweel , north of Antwerp . A Spanish professional army under General Beauvoir defeated an army of radical Calvinists rebels under Jan de Marnix . The prisoners were considered rebels and all were killed . Some 700 - 800 Protestants died . William the Silent , the Burggraaf of Antwerp , did not allow the Protestants of the city to come to their aid , because he , as lord of the city , was bound by oath to support the Spanish King .
No . 667 Squadron RAF No . 667 Squadron RAF was an anti - aircraft co - operation squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War . History . No . 667 squadron was first formed on 1 December 1943 at RAF Gosport , Hampshire from 1662 and 1631 Flight and No . 7 Anti - Aircraft Practice Camp at RAF Shoreham , Kent for various anti - aircraft training duties . The squadron was initially equipped with Defiants and undertook target towing duties with these . It later received Hurricanes , Barracudas , Oxfords , Vengeances and Spitfires , before disbanding at Gosport on 20 December 1945 . Present . The squadron today is represented by 667 Squadron , Development and Trials unit , Army Air Corps .
Robert M . Viale Robert M . Viale ( April 21 , 1916 – February 5 , 1945 ) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in World War II . Viale joined the Army from Ukiah , California in March 1941 , and by February 5 , 1945 was serving as a second lieutenant in Company K , 148th Infantry Regiment , 37th Infantry Division . On that day , during combat in Manila , capital of the Philippines , Viale smothered the blast of an accidentally dropped hand grenade with his body , sacrificing himself to protect the soldiers and civilians around him . For his actions , he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor eight months later , on October 25 , 1945 . Viale , aged 28 at his death , was buried in Ocean View Cemetery , Eureka , California . Medal of Honor citation . Second Lieutenant Viale ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : He displayed conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty . Forced by the enemy ' s detonation of prepared demolitions to shift the course of his advance through the city , he led the 1st platoon toward a small bridge , where heavy fire from 3 enemy pillbox es halted the unit . With 2 men he crossed the bridge behind screening grenade smoke to attack the pillboxes . The first he knocked out himself while covered by his men ' s protecting fire ; the other 2 were silenced by 1 of his companions and a bazooka team which he had called up . He suffered a painful wound in the right arm during the action . After his entire platoon had joined him , he pushed ahead through mortar fire and encircling flames . Blocked from the only escape route by an enemy machinegun placed at a street corner , he entered a nearby building with his men to explore possible means of reducing the emplacement . In 1 room he found civilians huddled together , in another , a small window placed high in the wall and reached by a ladder . Because of the relative positions of the window , ladder , and enemy emplacement , he decided that he , being left - handed , could better hurl a grenade than 1 of his men who had made an unsuccessful attempt . Grasping an armed grenade , he started up the ladder . His wounded right arm weakened , and , as he tried to steady himself , the grenade fell to the floor . In the 5 seconds before the grenade would explode , he dropped down , recovered the grenade and looked for a place to dispose of it safely . Finding no way to get rid of the grenade without exposing his own men or the civilians to injury or death , he turned to the wall , held it close to his body and bent over it as it exploded . 2d Lt . Viale died in a few minutes , but his heroic act saved the lives of others . Additional Honors . A small arms firing range at Ohio National Guard Training Site , Camp Perry , Ohio , is named in honor of 2LT Viale . Camp Perry is the home of the National Rifle and Pistol Championships . At Camp Roberts in California , a grenade range is named after 2LT Viale . His citation is written on the grenade range sign .
USS Jones ( 1814 ) USS " Jones " was a brig in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 . " Jones " was built at Sacketts Harbor , New York , for service in Commodore Isaac Chauncey ' s fleet on Lake Ontario and was launched on 10 April 1814 . Most of the cannon for the new American ships had not reached Sackett ' s Harbor on 19 May when the British fleet arrived off the American base and established a strict blockade which temporarily bottled up the heavily outgunned American squadron . After the British commander , Sir James Yeo , raised the blockade on 6 June , an epidemic struck the American fleet causing further delay . " Jones " sailed with Chauncey ' s vessels on 31 July and arrived off Niagara on 5 August . As the American ships approached the port , now in British hands , they intercepted enemy brig HMS " Charwell " and chased her ashore where her crew set her ablaze . Chauncey then sailed to Kingston via York ( now Toronto ) arriving on 9 August . The next day " Jones " and the schooner were ordered to cruise between Oswego and Sackett ' s Harbor protecting American communications . " Jones " rejoined the fleet on 17 September and operated with it during the remainder of the navigation season attempting to draw Sir James Yeo ' s ships into a decisive contest . Toward the end of November she returned to Sackett ' s Harbor , where she served as a receiving ship for several years after the end of the war . She was sold and broken up in 1821 .
William D . Lindsley William Dell Lindsley ( December 25 , 1812 - March 11 , 1890 ) was a U . S . Representative from Ohio . Born in New Haven , Connecticut , Lindsley attended the common schools . He moved to Buffalo , New York , in 1832 and soon after to Erie County , Ohio , settling near Sandusky . He engaged in agricultural pursuits . He served as captain in the Ohio Militia from 1840 to 1843 and as brigadier general in 1843 . Lindsley was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty - third Congress ( March 4 , 1853 – March 3 , 1855 ) . He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty - fourth Congress . He resumed agricultural pursuits . He died in Perkins Township , Ohio , March 11 , 1890 . He was interred in Oakland Cemetery , Sandusky , Ohio .
Castle Varrich Castle Varrich is located in the far north of the Scottish highlands near to the village of Tongue , Highland , Scotland . The castle , known as Caisteal Bharraich in the Gaelic language , on a local high point of rock , overlooking both the Kyle of Tongue and the village of Tongue . The castles ' precise origins and age are unknown . The ancient seat of the chief of the Clan Mackay was at Castle Varrich , thought to be over one thousand years old , there are believed to be caves under the castle which were once inhabited by the Mackays . It is believed to be possible that the Mackays built their castle on the site in the 14th century , on top of an existing old Norse fort . The walls are generally 1 . 4m thick , or thicker , and have been built from roughly squared blocks of metamorphosed sandstone rock of varying thickness , laid in rough courses of random depth . The stones seem to have been laid without the use of mortar , and have suffered little from weathering , considering the possible 1000 - year age of the structure , and the nature of the local weather . From places where parts of the walls have fallen away it appears that the construction seen on the wall faces is consistent throughout their thickness ; as distinct from the type of walling where the faces have been constructed in a tidy fashion , but between them is a core of rubble . The castle had two floors plus an attic . The ground floor may have been used as stables , it was entered through an existing door on the north wall . There were no stairs between the two floors suggesting that the ground floor was for horse or cattle . The upper floor entrance was on the south side and would most likely have been accessed by a ladder or removable stair . There was a window in the east wall and fireplace in the west but both have now collapsed past recognition . Later the clan chief ' s seat moved to Tongue House . Varrich Castle is about one hour ' s walk away from the village of Tongue , and is clearly sign posted from there . Varrich Castle offers spectacular views of mountains Ben Loyal and Ben Hope . References and external links . Photos of Castle Varrich For more photos of Castle Varrich follow these links :
Donald Angus Davison Donald Angus Davison ( October 26 , 1892 - May 6 , 1944 ) was a Major General in the United States Army . Biography . Davison was born on October 26 , 1892 in San Carlos , Arizona , the second child of Lieutenant Colonel Lorenzo Paul Davison of Beaver Dam , Wisconsin and his first wife , Carolyn Lavina Shannon . He would marry Marjorie Risk , who died in 1986 . Davison died on May 6 , 1944 in Bangalore , India . He and Marjorie are buried at Arlington National Cemetery , along with his father . Career . Davison graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1915 . Later in his career Davison would participate in the North African Campaign during World War II . Davison held the rank of Brigadier General when he died suddenly . He was posthumously promoted to Major General . Davison Army Airfield is named for him .
HMS Royal George ( 1788 ) HMS " Royal George " was a 100 - gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched from Chatham Dockyard on 16 September 1788 . She was designed by Sir Edward Hunt , and was the only other ship built to her draught . She was the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name . " Royal George " served as the flagship at the Battle of Groix and wore the flag of Admiral Alexander Hood at the Glorious First of June . In 1807 she served as the flagship of Admiral Sir John Duckworth during the Alexandria expedition of 1807 . She was broken up in 1822 .
Einar Hærland Einar Hærland ( 3 January 1909 – 12 June 1944 ) was a Norwegian military officer who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany . He was born in Solum as the son of Ole Hærland and his wife Marie , née Knudsen . Einar Hærland married and had two children , and the family settled in Oslo . Hærland had embarked on a military career , and was promoted to Captain following the battles in Northern Norway during the Norwegian Campaign . When the fighting subsided , and Germany occupied Norway , he was hired in the police , while at the same time conducting illegal resistance work . When the Nazi police leader Gunnar Lindvig was assassinated by the Norwegian resistance in May 1944 , Hærland was executed by Sicherheitspolizei officer Ernst Weiner as a reprisal . His execution marked the start of a broader retaliation operation called Operation Blumenpflücken . Hærland was buried at Vestre gravlund .
Finavon Castle Finavon Castle lies on the River South Esk , about a quarter of a mile south of Milton of Finavon village and five miles to the north - east of Forfar in Angus , Scotland . The name is applied both to a ruined 17th - century castle , as well as the 19th - century mansion house 130m to the west . History . The estate was the property of the Lindsay Earls of Crawford from 1375 , who built the now - ruined castle . David Lindsay , 10th Earl of Crawford , married Margaret , the daughter of Cardinal David Beaton , at Finavon in 1546 . Extravagance ruined the Crawford fortunes , and in 1625 the barony of Finavon was disposed of by a forced sale to Alexander Lindsay , 2nd Lord Spynie . It passed through the Carnegie family , the Gordon Earls of Aboyne and the Gardynes . In 1843 the Castle was bought by Thomas Gardyne of Middleton . Through an 18th - century marriage he came of the old Lindsay stock . His descendant , Lieutenant - Colonel Alan David Greenhill Gardyne died in 1953 , leaving the estate to a daughter , Mrs Susan Mazur . The castle . The castle was an L - plan tower - house of five storeys , with a garret and a courtyard . The tower visible today dates from about 1600 . Excavations have revealed that the tower is an adjunct tacked onto the north - east corner of a much older , more extensive structure . The house . The house is a Scottish baronial style mansion built in 1865 for the then laird , David Greenhill Gardyne , by Messrs Carver and Symon of Arbroath . Part of the castle is now let as holiday accommodation . Other nearby features . The nearby Finavon Doocot is Scotland ' s largest doocot , with 2400 nesting boxes . It is believed to have been built for the Earl of Crawford in the 16th Century and is now maintained by the National Trust for Scotland . On Finavon Hill , above the Castle there is a vitrified Iron Age hillfort dating from the mid - 1st millennium BC . The Finavon Castle beat on the River South Esk provides salmon and seatrout fly fishing .
HMS Damerham ( M2629 ) HMS " Damerham " was one of 93 ships of the of inshore minesweepers . Their names were all chosen from villages ending in " - ham " . The minesweeper was named after Damerham in Hampshire . On 2 July 1960 while moored in Hong Kong harbour " Damerham " was rammed and almost cut in half by the frigate
George Curzon ( actor ) Commander Chambré George William Penn Curzon ( 18 October 1898 – 7 May 1976 ) , known as George Curzon , was a Royal Navy Commander , actor , and father of the present Earl Howe . Curzon , born in Amersham , Buckinghamshire , UK was the only son of diplomat Hon . Frederick Curzon - Howe ( a son of the 3rd Earl Howe ) and his wife , the actress Ellis Jeffreys . Curzon trained for the Navy at Osborne House in the Isle of Wight , and first saw action in World War I . He retired from the Navy as a Lieutenant - Commander then served as a King ' s Messenger before turning to the West End stage in 1930 . He then went to America and appeared on the New York stage in Parnell before entering films . He was given a minor role as a police constable in Basil Dean ' s " Escape " ( 1930 ) . His first major role came in 1935 when he appeared as the title role in " Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor " . He reprised this role in " Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle " ( 1935 ) and " Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror " ( 1938 ) . He appeared in several films directed by Alfred Hitchcock before he moved to the United States and Hollywood , most notably " Young and Innocent " , where he played a musician and murderer who was caught by his nervous eye - twitch , in a famous long crane shot devised by Hitchcock . A brief interruption came to Curzon ' s acting career in 1939 when , after playing a minor role in Hitchcock ' s " Jamaica Inn " , he again enlisted in the navy during World War II . He later starred in various other films from 1947 until 1965 . Curzon had two children from his second marriage : Frederick Richard Penn ( b . 1951 ) and Emma Charlotte ( b . 1953 ) . His son succeeded to his kinsman ' s title of Earl Howe in 1984 ( long after the death of Curzon himself in 1976 ) and his daughter was granted the rank of an earl ' s daughter a year later ( i . e . Lady Emma ) .
104th Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 104th Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the First World War . It was raised as part of the new army also known as Kitchener ' s Army and assigned to the 32nd Division . The brigade served on the Western Front .