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Wilfred Ellershaw Brigadier - General Wilfred Ellershaw ( 1871 - 1916 ) was a British Army officer who served as Aide - de - Camp to Lord Kitchener during the First World War . Ellershaw was the son of Reverend John Ellershaw . He was educated at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire . He married Catherine Ingles , daughter of Rear - Admiral John Ingles and Catherine Sophia Glennie , on 22 June 1899 . He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery , and rose to the rank of brigadier - general . He served as a staff officer in the First World War and became the Aide - de - Camp to the British Filed Marshall , Lord Kitchener . Ellershaw died alongside Kitchener on 5 June 1916 when the boat he was on , HMS Hampshire , was torpedoed by a German U - boat at Scapa Flow .
William Gosling ( VC ) Major William Gosling VC ( 15 August 1892 – 12 February 1945 ) 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 . Gosling was a twenty - four years old sergeant in the 3rd Wessex Brigade , Royal Field Artillery , during the First World War . On 5 April 1917 near Arras , France , a bomb was fired by the Stokes Mortar from Sergeant Gosling ' s battery ; it had a faulty cartridge , and fell ten yards from the mortar near front - line infantry . Sergeant Gosling , after discussion with his battery and on vehement demands from the infantry , left the trench , lifted the nose of the bomb which had sunk into the ground , unscrewed the fuse and threw it on the ground where it immediately exploded . This action undoubtedly saved the lives of the whole detachment . For this action he was awarded the Victoria Cross . During World War II he served as a major in the Home Guard . He died aged 52 .
SB - 81 mine The SB - 81 is an Italian plastic cased minimum metal anti - tank blast mine dating from the early 1980s . The mine uses an air pressure based fuze , which gives it protection against overpressure and blast . It can therefore be regarded as a blast resistant mine . The mine can be scattered by hand or by mine laying systems . The mine is found in the Falkland Islands and the Western Sahara . An electronically fuze d version of this mine ( the SB - 81 / AR - AN ) was also produced which featured an integral anti - handling device plus self - destruct capability .
Zhang Zongxun Zhang Zongxun ( Chinese : 张宗逊 ; Pinyin : Zhāng Zōngxùn ; 1908 - 1998 ) was a general of the People ' s Liberation Army of China . Zhang was born in Weinan , Shaanxi Province in 1908 . He was enrolled in Whampoa Military Academy in 1926 , and joined the Communist Party of China in the same year . He was the head of the 12th army group of Chinese Red Army , the principal of the Red Army University in Ruijin , the chief of staff of the 4th army of the Red 4th army group , the chief of staff of Red Army University , and the head of the 1st bureau of central military commission . During Second Sino - Japanese War , he was the general of 358 brigade , affiliated to 120 division of the Eighth Route Army . In 1945 , he became the commander and political commissar of the Luliang military region . He later became the vice commander of Northwest Field Army , vice commander of No . one field army and vice commander of Northwest Military Region . He was promoted to the deputy chief of staff of PLA , the director of the department of military academy and the vice - director of the department of training superintendence . In 1971 , he was appointed as the vice commander of Jinan Military Region . In 1973 , he was promoted to the director of the general logistics department of PLA , until his retirement in 1978 . He was made general in 1955 . He participated many famous battles , and was regarded as one of " Ten Anti - Japan Generals " of CPC .
1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters The 1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters was an irregular sharpshooter battalion in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 1st Battalion Ohio Sharpshooters was organized from four independent companies of sharpshooters and served at the headquarters of Generals William S . Rosecrans and George H . Thomas , commanders of the Army and Department of the Cumberland , March 1863 through July 1865 . The 5th Independent Company Sharpshooters was organized at Camp Cleveland in Cleveland , Ohio , and mustered in February 25 , 1863 and mustered out July 19 , 1865 . This company was also known as Barber ' s Sharpshooters . The 6th Independent Company Sharpshooters was organized at Camp Cleveland , Ohio , and mustered in December 30 , 1862 and mustered out July 19 , 1865 . This company was also known as Coe ' s Sharpshooters and Thomas ' Bodyguard . The 7th Independent Company Sharpshooters was organized at Camp Cleveland , Ohio , and mustered in January 27 , 1863 and mustered out July 28 , 1865 . This company also served at the headquarters of General William T . Sherman , commander of the Military Division Mississippi , May 20 , 1864 to July 17 , 1865 . This company was also known as Squire ' s Sharpshooters and Sherman ' s Bodyguard . The 8th Independent Company Sharpshooters was organized at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati , Ohio , March 9 , 1863 and mustered out July 19 , 1865 . This company was also known as Barton ' s Sharpshooters . The August 10 , 1863 returns for the unit show a total strength of 129 men .
USS Ochlockonee ( AOG - 33 ) USS " Ochlockonee " ( AOG - 33 ) was a " Mettawee " - class gasoline tanker acquired by the U . S . Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet , and to remote Navy stations . " Ochlockonee " , formerly MC Hull 1530 , was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract 18 October 1944 by East Coast Shipyard , Inc . , Bayonne , New Jersey ; launched 19 November 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Albert Robinette ; acquired by the Navy 18 December 1944 ; and commissioned 29 December , Lt . Arthur W . Walker , USCG , in command . World War II service . Following shakedown in the Chesapeake Bay , " Ochlockonee " departed Norfolk 15 February 1945 for Hawaii via Aruba , the Panama Canal , and San Diego , California , arriving 14 April . Operating out of Pearl Harbor for the remainder of the war , " Ochlockonee " made fueling runs among the Hawaiians and to Johnston and Canton Islands . Post - war decommissioning . She decommissioned at San Pedro , California , 14 January 1946 , and was struck from the Navy List 7 February . Returned to the Maritime Administration on 21 June , she subsequently entered merchant service and was named " Texaco No . 10 " , later renamed " Vincent Tibbetts " until laid up in 2001 . Final disposition : sunk as a deep water artificial reef , 5 September 2002 , off the New Jersey coast . Military awards and honors . " Ochlockonee ’ s " crew was eligible for the following medals :
Sir Ronald Cross , 1st Baronet Sir Ronald Hibbert Cross , 1st Baronet , KCMG , KCVO , PC ( 9 May 1896 – 3 June 1968 ) was a British politician and diplomat . Cross was educated at Ludgrove Preparatory School and then Eton College . He served with the Duke of Lancaster ' s Own Yeomanry and as a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps in World War I . At the 1931 general election , Cross was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Rossendale . He was sworn into the Privy Council in 1940 . Cross held a number of ministerial posts including Minister of Shipping and Minister of Economic Warfare during World War II . In 1941 he was sent to be High Commissioner in Australia . Cross returned to the United Kingdom in 1945 but lost his seat at that year ' s election . In 1950 , Cross was elected in the seat of Ormskirk , Lancashire . He later served as Governor of Tasmania from 23 August 1951 to 4 June 1958 . He was appointed KCVO by Queen Elizabeth II when she visited Hobart during her Coronation Tour in 1954 . He was later appointed KCMG . He was a popular Governor , well regarded in the island State . Mount Ronald Cross in western Tasmania is named after him .
Shoichi Yokoi Early life . Yokoi was born in Saori , Aichi Prefecture . He was an apprentice tailor when he was conscripted in 1941 . War years and post - war survival . Initially , Yokoi served with the 29th Infantry Division in Manchukuo . In 1943 , he was transferred to the 38th Regiment in the Mariana Islands . He arrived on Guam in February 1943 . When American forces captured the island in the 1944 Battle of Guam , Yokoi went into hiding with ten other Japanese soldiers . Seven of the original ten eventually moved away and only three remained in the region . These separated , but they visited each other until about 1964 , when the other two died in a flooding . The last eight years he lived alone . Yokoi survived by hunting , primarily at night . He used native plants to make clothes , bedding , and storage implements , which he carefully hid in his cave . Surrender . On the evening of January 24 , 1972 , Yokoi was discovered in the jungle by Jesus Dueñas and Manuel De Gracia , two local men checking their shrimp traps along a small river on Talofofo . They had assumed Yokoi was a villager from Talofofo , but he thought his life was in danger and attacked them . They managed to subdue him and carried him out of the jungle with minor bruising . " It is with much embarrassment , but I have returned " , he said upon his return to Japan . The remark would become a popular saying in Japanese . For twenty - eight years , he had hidden in an underground jungle cave , fearing to come out of hiding even after finding leaflets declaring World War II had ended , believing them to be false Allied propaganda . Yokoi was the third - to - last Japanese soldier to surrender after the war , preceding second lieutenant Hiroo Onoda ( relieved from duty by his former commanding officer March 9 , 1974 ) and Private Teruo Nakamura ( arrested December 18 , 1974 ) . Later life . After a whirlwind media tour of Japan , he married and settled down in rural Aichi Prefecture . Yokoi became a popular television personality and an advocate of austere living . He was featured in a 1977 documentary called " Yokoi and His Twenty - Eight Years of Secret Life on Guam . " He eventually received the equivalent of US $ 300 in back pay , and a small pension . Although he never met Emperor Hirohito , while visiting the grounds of the Imperial Palace , Yokoi said , " Your Majesties , I have returned home . . . I deeply regret that I could not serve you well . The world has certainly changed , but my determination to serve you will never change . " Yokoi died in 1997 of a heart attack at the age of 82 , and was buried at a Nagoya cemetery , under a gravestone that had originally been commissioned by his mother in 1955 , after Yokoi had been officially declared dead .
Operation Diplomat During World War II , Operation Diplomat was an Allied naval training operation . It was executed in March 1944 by the British Eastern Fleet to practice operational procedures that would be used by ships allocated to the British Pacific Fleet . Part of the Eastern Fleet left Trincomalee and Colombo on 21 March and arrived at a point some 850 miles south of Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) . They rendezvoused , on the 24th , with three tankers escorted by the Dutch cruiser HNLMS " Tromp " and practised refuelling at sea for the next two days . Later , on the 27th , they met up with the US Task Group 58 . 5 which consisted of the carrier USS " Saratoga " and her three attendant destroyers ( USS " Dunlap " , USS " Cummings " , and USS " Fanning " ) . The joint fleet returned to Trincomalee , and British Fleet Air Arm aircrew took two intensive days to learn the necessary procedures from American aircrews and learn from their experience . Sources differ on the exact dates of these events . Journal of the Royal New Zealand Navy , implies that training ( " exercises " ) with " Saratoga " took place before the fleet returned to Trincomalee on 31 March , but The Dictionary of American Fighting Ships , says training occurred after the arrival of the French battleship " Richelieu " on 12 April . Williams , in the History of the HMS Ceylon , states that the joint fleet returned to Trincomalee on 2 April , whereas Journal ibid , quotes 31 March . The ships from the Eastern Fleet were HMS " Renown " ( flagship of Vice - Admiral second - in - command Eastern Fleet ) , HMS " Queen Elizabeth " and HMS " Valiant " , the fleet carrier HMS " Illustrious " , cruisers HMS " London " , HMS " Cumberland " , HMNZS " Gambia " and HMS " Ceylon " , and ten destroyers .
Valerian A . Frolov Valerian Alexandrovich Frolov ( ) ( June 7 ( O . S . May 26 ) , 1895 , ( 1895 in Petrograd – 1961 in Leningrad ) was a Soviet Colonel General ( 1943 ) . Frolov participated in the First World War , the Russian Civil War , and the Soviet - Finnish war as an Army commander , and during the Second World War as the commander of the 14th Army , and from September 1941 to February 1944 , the Karelian Front . After the war from 1945 to 1956 commanded the troops of Belomorsky Military District and Arkhangelsk Military District . From 1956 he was placed in reserve . . Awards . Valerian Frolov was awarded three Orders of Lenin , four Orders of the Red Banner , Order of Kutuzov ( 1st class ) , Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky ( 1st Class ) , Order of the Red Star and numerous medals , including the Medal " For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941 – 1945 " , the Medal " For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic " and the Jubilee Medal " XX Years of the Workers ' and Peasants ' Red Army " .
Marine Wing Support Squadron 372 Marine Wing Support Squadron 372 ( MWSS 372 ) is an aviation ground support unit of the United States Marine Corps . Known as the " Diamondbacks " , they are based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton , California . The squadron falls under the command of Marine Wing Support Group 37 and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing . Mission . Provide all essential Aviation Ground Support ( AGS ) to Marine Aircraft Group 39 and all tenant and transient units of Marine Corps Air Station , Camp Pendleton . Staff detachments to support Marine Air Ground Task Force Units on operational commitments around the world . History . Early years and the 1990s . The Squadron was formerly Detachment " A " , Marine Wing Support Group 37 and was formed on 1 July 1977 . Marine Wing Support Squadron 372 was activated on June 1986 at Camp Pendleton , California , with 2 officers and 97 enlisted Marines . Today , the Squadron T / O has grown to 35 officers and 619 enlisted with 418 combat reportable equipment items . Over the years , MWSS - 372 has been tasked with various missions and projects in support of Marine Aircraft Group 39 , Marine Aircraft Group 46 ( Detachment " A " ) , Marine Air Control Group 38 , 1st Marine Division , 1st Force Service Support Group , Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton , Marine Corps Air Stations ( MCAS ) Camp Pendleton , Marine Corps Air Station El Toro , Marine Corps Air Station Tustin , Marine Corps Air Station Miramar , and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma . From December 1992 to May 1993 , the Squadron deployed to Somalia as the Aviation Ground Support Element for Operation Restore Hope . In January 1993 , MCAS Camp Pendleton was devastated by the flooding of the Margarita River , completely shutting down aviation operations and destroying millions of dollars of equipment . MWSS - 372 ( - ) , despite having most of the unit ' s personnel and equipment in Somalia , spearheaded the recovery with communications , heavy equipment and construction support . The unit was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation in recognition of these efforts . During an average year , the squadron provides well over one million gallons of aviation fuel to 3rd MAW aircraft , drives over and hauls over two million pounds of cargo and provides motor transport , engineer , utility , communication and heavy equipment support wherever and whenever it is needed . Awards . Since its inception , Marine Wing Support Squadron 372 has received one ( 1 ) Presidential Unit Citation , two ( 2 ) Meritorious Unit Commendations , one ( 1 ) Navy Unit Commendation , and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal .
USS Viking ( 1898 ) The first USS " Viking " was an iron - hulled , steam yacht built in 1883 at Chester , Pennsylvania , by John Roach & Sons and was acquired by the United States Navy on 22 April 1898 from Mr . Horace A . Hutchins for service in the Spanish - American War . Converted for naval service at New York , she was placed in commission there on 11 May 1898 , Lt . Henry Minett in command . Assigned to the North Atlantic Fleet as a dispatch ship , " Viking " remained at New York for the next two months . On 12 July , she departed New York bound for the blockading forces off the Cuban coast . After brief stops at Port Royal , South Carolina , and Key West , Florida , she joined the Fleet in Cuban waters on 28 July . After three weeks of duty carrying orders , messages , and passengers between ships on station on the blockade , " Viking " ended her brief war service without having participated in any combat . She headed back to Key West on 16 August , remained overnight , and then continued her voyage — via Port Royal — to Hampton Roads , Virginia . She remained in the Hampton Roads - Norfolk area until 8 September when she headed up Chesapeake Bay to Annapolis , Maryland . After a two - day visit , she returned to Norfolk on the 11th . She was placed out of commission there on 22 September 1898 . " Viking " remained at Norfolk until 29 September 1899 at which time she was reactivated for a bit more than three weeks of service which ended on 23 October . On 9 December 1899 , " Viking " was transferred to the United States Department of War for use by the United States Army . No records telling of her Army service or of her ultimate disposition have been found .
Wilmington National Cemetery Wilmington National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Wilmington , in New Hanover County , North Carolina . It encompasses , and as of the end of 2005 , had 6 , 171 interred remains . History . In 1867 , the land for Wilmington National Cemetery was purchased by the federal government . Most of the original interments were remains moved from Wilmington City Cemetery and nearby forts , such as Fort Fisher . By 1870 there were over 2 , 000 interments . In 1918 , there was an outbreak of influenza on board a ship docked at the Cape Fear River which was carrying a group of Puerto Rican laborers to Fayetteville , North Carolina to aid in the construction of Camp Bragg . Twenty - eight of the laborers died from the disease and were interred at Wilmington National Cemetery . There is one British Commonwealth war grave , of a Royal Artillery Gunner of World War II . Wilmington National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 .
VF - 121 VF - 121 ( Fighter Squadron 121 ) of the US Navy was a former Pacific Fleet Replacement Air Group ( RAG ) unit that , by the time of its disestablishment ( 30 September 1980 ) , was charged with the training of F - 4 Phantom flight and maintenance crews . VF - 121 was originally VF - 781 , a reserve squadron , established on 2 August 1950 . It is best known as the original host unit for the navy ' s Fighter Weapons School , more popularly known world - wide as Top Gun . On July 1 , 1946 , VF - 121 , " The Pacemakers " were stationed at Naval Air Station Los Alamitos , CA . They were called into service in 1953 to serve in Korea . History . VF - 781 served on board with Air Group 102 ( CVG - 102 ) flying F9F - 2B Panthers from May 10 , 1951 to December 17 , 1951 . VF - 781 ' s next cruise was on board flying with Air Group 102 ( CVG - 102 ) . The Pacemakers flew F9F - 5 ' s in Korea from September 15 , 1952 to May 18 , 1953 . The first F9F - 5s entered combat in October 1952 with reserve squadrons VF - 781 and VF - 783 from USS Hancock ( CVA - 31 ) . VF - 781 was re - designated VF - 121 on February 4 , 1953 . VF - 781 originally flew F4U Corsair s then transition to F9F - 2 / - 5 Panthers . After re - designated to VF - 121 , the squadron flew F9F - 6 Cougars and FJ - 3 Fury ' s . Shortly after VF - 781 was converted to an Active Duty Squadron , VF - 121 made two more cruises to the Western Pacific and Korea on The USS Hancock ( CV - 19 ) from 10 Aug 1955 to 15 Mar 1956 with CVG - 12 flying F9F - 8 , with the tail code of ' D ' . The last cruise was on board USS Lexington CV - 16 from April 19 , 1957 to October 17 , 1957 . Commander R . E . ' Dusty ' Rhodes was CO of VF - 121 during 1955 . Cdr . Rhodes worked with VC - 6 and their AJ Savage tankers on air to air refueling . The exercise was successfully off the coast of San Diego , Ca . Cdr . Rhodes went on to Command the Blue Angels flight team from 1947 to 1950 . VF - 121 Pacemakers received the first examples of F - 4B Phantom s at NAS Miramar in 1961 . Top Gun . The original Top Gun school started in 1969 with VF - 121 , located at NAS Miramar , San Diego , CA
German submarine U - 751 German submarine " U - 751 " was a Type VIIC U - boat built for the German Kriegsmarine for service during World War II . Built as werk 134 of the Kriegsmarinewerft shipyard in Wilhelmshaven , she was commissioned on 31 January 1941 , she served with 7th U - Boat Flotilla until 1 June as a training boat , and as a front boat until 17 July 1942 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Gerhard Bigalk . " U - 751 " served in seven patrols with the 7th U - boat Flotilla . Service record . On June 14 , 1941 , eleven days into her thirty - three day first patrol while " en route " from Kiel to St . Nazaire , " U - 751 " attacked and sank the British ship " St Lindsay " ( 5 , 370 GRT ) . Arriving at St . Nazaire on July 5 , " U - 751 " stayed in port for thirty - four days before going on her second patrol . She attacked no ships on her second and third voyages . Five days into her fourth patrol , on December 21 , 1941 , " U - 751 " attacked and sank the , an Escort carrier attached with British convoy HG 76 . On January 14 , 1942 , " U - 751 " left St . Nazaire on her fifth patrol , destined to return on February 23 . Nineteen days into this patrol , on February 2 , " U - 751 " attacked and damaged the Dutch ship " Corilla " , part of convoy HX 173 ( 8 , 096 GRT ) . Two days later , she sank the British ship " Silveray " , adding another 4 , 535 GRT to her score . Another British ship , " Empire Sun " , was sunk another three days later , for 6 , 952 GRT . The American ships " Nicarao " and " Isabela " were sunk in her sixth patrol , on the 16th and 19 May 1942 , totalling 1 , 455 and 3 , 110 GRTs respectively . Fate . After serving six operational patrols , " U - 751 " was attacked on her seventh patrol four days into her voyage on July 17 . She was sunk off the coast of Cape Ortegal , Spain by depth charges from a Lancaster bomber . Table . Departure Time Arrival Time Days
Château de Florac The Château de Florac is a castle , originally built in the 13th century and rebuilt in the 17th century , located in the French town of Florac , in Lozère , in south - central France . It originally belonged to the Barony of Anduze and passed through a number of feudal families . It was entirely rebuilt in 1652 after the Wars of Religion . During the French Revolution , the castle was turned into a " salt loft " for storing salt . It was used as a prison in the 19th century . Modern use . Since 1976 , the castle has been the headquarters of the Cévennes National Park , who restored it . The ground and first floors house an exhibition on the National Park ( landscape , flora , fauna and activities connected with the park ) . The information centre has details of hiking , guided tours , accommodation and " écomusées " ( open - air museums ) in the park . See also . List of castles in France