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George Whitefield Davis George Whitefield Davis ( July 26 , 1839 – July 12 , 1918 ) was an engineer and Major General in the United States Army . He also served as a military Governor of Puerto Rico and as the first military Governor of the Panama Canal Zone . Military career . Civil War . Davis , born in the rural town of Thompson , Connecticut , first entered the military during the Civil War , when he joined with the volunteer 11th Connecticut Infantry as a Company Quartermaster Sergeant , the same position that his grandfather served in during the American Revolution . During the course of the war , he fought in several major battles , including Antietam , and worked his way up in rank in the volunteer force to major general . After the war . Davis joined the Regular Army ' s 14th U . S . Infantry and worked his way in rank again to major general . As a captain , Davis was an assistant engineer on the construction project to build the Washington Monument , and was among the featured guests at the dedication ceremony in 1885 . Davis was vice - president of the construction company that was to build the Nicaragua Canal and chairman of the international board of consulting engineers on the Panama Canal . In 1895 , he filled on opening on the Antietam Battlefield Board that helped oversee the preservation and monumentation of that historic place , culminating in the establishment of the Antietam National Battlefield . During the period of May 1898 until Mar 1899 , Davis commanded the 2nd Division of the Second Corps of the US Army at Camp Alger Virginia , Thoroughfare Gap Virginia , Camp Meade Pennsylvania , and Camp Fornance South Carolina . Later work . Davis was a chairman of the central committee of the American Red Cross from 1907 to 1915 .
Kortelisy Kortelisy is a village in Ukraine which was destroyed on September 23 , 1942 by Germany during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II . Almost the entire population of 2 , 892 people were killed . The village had since been rebuilt . Less well - known are reports that the German Army destroyed a total of 459 villages in Ukraine , killing many or all of their residents .
USS Belle Isle ( AG - 73 ) USS " Belle Isle " ( AG - 73 / AKS - 21 ) was a " Basilan " - class miscellaneous auxiliary acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War II . " Belle Isle " was configured as a repair ship and used in Pacific Ocean operations . At war ’ s end she was converted to a stores ship before being finally decommissioned . Constructed in Maine . " Belle Isle " ( AG 73 ) was laid down on 19 September 1944 at South Portland , Maine , by the New England Shipbuilding Corporation under a U . S . Maritime Commission contract ( MCE hull 3070 ) ; launched on 3 November 1944 ; sponsored by Miss Sally Goding ; transferred to the Navy on a loan basis on 15 November 1944 ; commissioned that same day for the voyage to the conversion yard , Lt . Comdr . James H . Graves , Jr . , USNR , in command ; decommissioned on 18 November 1944 at Hoboken , New Jersey , for conversion to an electronics repair ship by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation ; and recommissioned on 13 July 1945 . World War II - related service . " Belle Isle " was assigned to Service Division ( ServDiv ) 104 , Service Squadron ( ServRon ) 10 , U . S . Pacific Fleet , and , by 7 October , was at Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands making repairs for ships of the Pacific Fleet . She served at Okinawa until heading for Japan early in December . The ship arrived at Wakayama on 15 December and began repair duties for the occupation forces . That assignment lasted until she departed Japan on 31 March 1946 and headed back to the United States . Post - war decommissioning . After making port at San Francisco , California , the electronics repair ship shifted south to San Diego , California , to prepare for inactivation . She was decommissioned on 30 August 1946 and berthed with the San Diego Group , Pacific Reserve Fleet . Temporary reactivation . On 18 August 1951 , while still in reserve , " Belle Isle " was reclassified a stores issue ship and redesignated " AKS - 211 " . Final decommissioning . She remained in reserve until 1960 . On 1 April 1960 , her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register . Her disposal was approved on 3 August 1960 , and she was apparently sunk as a target later that year . In November 1960 , the ships in Destroyer Squadron 13 sank the Belle Isle off the coast of San Diego - - - I was on board one of them , the USS MORTON ( DD948 ) .
USS Thorn ( DD - 988 ) USS " Thorn " ( DD - 988 ) , a " Spruance " - class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Jonathan Thorn ( 1779 – 1811 ) , who took part in Decatur ' s expedition to destroy the captured frigate " Philadelphia " in 1804 . " Thorn " was laid down on 29 August 1977 by Ingalls Shipbuilding , Pascagoula , Miss . ; launched on 3 February 1979 ; and commissioned on 16 February 1980 . " Thorn " was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on 25 August 2004 . " Thorn " was sunk as a test / target on 22 July 2006 .
Battle of Seacroft Moor The Battle of Seacroft Moor , on 30 March 1643 , was a decisive loss for the Parliamentary forces during the First Civil War . It took place near Seacroft , north east of Leeds , West Yorkshire , England . The battle reportedly turned the Cock Beck , which ran through the battlefield , red with the casualties ' blood for several days . Prelude . As Sir Thomas Fairfax was instructed to capture Tadcaster , he fell back into the West Riding after failing to destroy the bridge over the Wharfe at Tadcaster . He was intercepted and pursued by Royalist horse under Lord George Goring , the Lieutenant - General of Horse to Sir William Cavendish , 1st Duke of Newcastle - upon - Tyne , over the moors of Whinmoor and Bramham . The battle . Fairfax ' s force , made up of mainly clubmen ( local personnel , recruited to defend their area ) crossed Bramham Moor safely , but began to straggle as they crossed Seacroft Moor . Goring descended on the Parliamentarian troops from the north with his cavalry . With only three troops of horse to defend against the Royalist cavalry , The Parliamentarians lost over 1000 infantry , and only a few of his cavalry reached the main Parliament army in Leeds . An author of the battle , Cavendish ' s wife , the Duchess of Newcastle , reported over 800 prisoners were captured by the Royalists . Fairfax escaped with just some of his surviving Horse to Leeds , mainly because of bad communication in the ranks . He quoted that " the Greatest loss we ever received " . This was a real ' wake - up - call ' for the Parliamentary forces in the North .
Battle of Carrizal The Battle of Carrizal occurred on the June 21 , 1916 . It was a major skirmish between United States Army troops of General John J . Pershing ' s Punitive Expedition and Carrancista troops fought at the town of Carrizal in the Mexican state of Chihuahua . Battle . In June 1916 , General Pershing was informed that Pancho Villa could be taken at Carrizal , west of Ahumada . When he sent Captains Boyd and Morey to investigate with C and K troops of the 10th Cavalry , they were confronted with Mexican Army troops , not Villa ' s men . Boyd ordered the men to attack anyway . In the resulting battle , the American attack was repelled . According to the United States Army Center of Military History , the Colored 10th Cavalry was heavily involved in this battle . By legend , Villa supposedly watched with delight as his two enemies fought it out with each other . However , this story is of doubtful veracity as Villa was badly injured at the time and being pursued by both the American Army and the federal Carrancistas . The cavalry lost two officers and fourteen men killed , and twenty - three were taken prisoner , the Mexican forces lost forty - five , including the commanding Officer , General Félix U . Gómez . This clash caused enough tension that war between the United States and México seemed possible . The simultaneous deterioration of German - American relations while World War I raged made any escalation in México undesirable and so negotiations followed .
Bob Kalsu James Robert " Bob " Kalsu ( April 13 , 1945 – July 21 , 1970 ) was an All - American tackle at the University of Oklahoma and an eighth - round draft pick by the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League in 1968 . Kalsu was a starting guard in 1968 . He played the entire season and was the Bills ' team rookie - of - the - year . Following the 1968 season , to satisfy his Reserve Officers ' Training Corps ( ROTC ) obligation , he entered the Army as a Second Lieutenant and arrived in Vietnam in November 1969 as part of the 101st Airborne Division . He was killed in action on July 21 , 1970 when his unit came under enemy mortar fire at FSB Ripcord near the A Shau Valley . His family , out of respect , refused to talk in detail about the circumstances surrounding his death . Lieutenant Kalsu had one child , a daughter named Jill . At home in Oklahoma City , his wife , Jan Kalsu , gave birth to his son , James Robert Kalsu Jr . , on July 23 . Mrs . Kalsu was informed of her husband ' s death only hours later . Kalsu was the only recently active professional football player to lose his life in the Vietnam War .
Mark Anthony ( Royal Navy officer ) Mark Anthony of Carrigcastle ( 1786 – 1 June 1867 ) was an officer in the 19th century Royal Navy . As a 15 year old , he boarded the Milford packet in Checkpoint in 1801 and , a week later on 14 July , he had joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman on board the sloop ( 18 guns ) which was then in berth at Portsmouth . He was serving on her when she had 15 men killed in an unsuccessful action off the west coast of Cuba towards the close of 1803 . He was then posted to . In September 1804 he joined the frigate ( 38 guns ) which was present at Trafalgar . During this battle , Mark Anthony rescued 56 officers and men of the before she blew up , and assisted in towing the third rate from a perilous position near the shoals . He was promoted Lieutenant by commission dated 22 April 1808 . Later he was appointed Harbour Master of Dunmore East and on 15 October 1835 was made a Freeman of Waterford City . He died on 1 June 1867 aged 81 and is buried in the ( new ) Ballylaneen Cemetery . The inscription on his headstone reads . “ Here lies the body of Mark Anthony , Commander R . N Who departed this life on the first of June 1867 aged 81 years He was second son of Joseph and Juliet Anthony of Carrigcastle He served on Board H . M . S Queen Charlotte [ sic ] at the battle of Trafalgar And during the years he served in the Royal Navy He had seen and shared in much active service May he rest in peace , Amen ”
Jean - Baptiste Verchère de Reffye Jean - Baptiste Verchère de Reffye ( 30 July 1821 – 6 December 1880 ) was a French artillery general of the 19th century , and superintendent of the works at Meudon . He was a former ordnance officer for Napoleon III . He also established the gun manufacture in Tarbes . Reffye mitrailleuse . De Reffye developed in 1866 the Reffye mitrailleuse ( named " Canon à balles " ) , one of the best early machine guns , which was used during the Franco - Prussian War of 1870 . It was based on the earlier Belgian Montigny mitrailleuse of 1863 . Breech - loading cannons . Jean - Baptiste Verchère de Reffye took a key role in introducing rifled breech loading cannons , a marked improvement over the previous La Hitte system which had been in place since 1858 . The La Hitte system used rifled weapons , but they were muzzle - loading , which had the advantage of structural strength , but the disadvantage of slowness in loading . In 1870 , de Reffye developed the Reffye 85mm cannon , an 85 mm ( 3 . 35 - inch ) rifled breech - loading cannon , equipped with a breech screw , initially made of bronze . The cannon used shell cartridges for ammunition . De Reffye also developed the Reffye 75mm cannon in 1873 . His cannons would be soon superseded by the Lahitolle 95mm cannon and especially the De Bange 90mm cannon . Notes . < br >
Barrow Park Cenotaph The Barrow Park Cenotaph is the main war memorial in the UK town of Barrow - in - Furness , Cumbria , North West England . Located in Barrow ' s main central public park , the structure is grade II listed and is made from limestone and is pillar like in appearance . It was built in 1919 in commemoration of the 616 Barrovian men who lost their lives in combat during World War I , however since then the names of 274 more locals have been added ( 268 of these being fatalities of World War II and 6 of the Korean War ) . The cenotaph currently only bears the names of Barrovians lost during these three wars whilst in military action ( i . e . excluding civilians killed in the Barrow Blitz ) . Two inscriptions on the memorial read , " to the glory of god and in honoured memory of the men of Barrow - in - Furness who fell in the great war " and " in honoured memory of all service personnel who gave their lives in then 1939 - 1945 war . Also Korea and Cyprus campaigns having made the supreme sacrifice that we might live lest we forget " .
Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North The Command Council of the Armed Forces of the North ( " Conseil de Commandement des Forces Armées du Nord " or CCFAN ) was a Chadian rebel army active during the Chadian Civil War . Originally called Second Liberation Army of National Liberation Front of Chad ( FROLINAT ) , and was one of the original groups in rebellion against the regime of François Tombalbaye . But when in 1971 the FROLINAT ' s new secretary - general Abba Siddick tried to unify all the insurgent forces on the field , the second liberation army under Hissène Habré rebelled and renamed itself in 1972 CCFAN . Composed of the Toubou active in Borkou - Ennedi - Tibesti Prefecture , first under Oueddei Goukouni ' s command and later under Habré ' s command . It was in a bitter struggle with the First Liberation Army of the FROLINAT , loyal to Siddick , in the early 1970s . After the rift between Habré and Goukouni in 1976 , Habré ' s followers adopted the name of Armed Forces of the North ( " Forces Armées de Nord " or FAN ) , and Goukouni ' s followers adopted the name of People ' s Armed Forces ( " Forces Armées Populaires " or FAP ) .
Mohmand Blockade The Mohmand Blockade ( 1916 – 1917 ) was a blockade formed by a series of blockhouses and barbed wire defences , along the Mohmand border on the North West Frontier by the Indian Army during World War I . The Blockade began after a number of Mohmand raids into Peshawar . The most important engagement occurred on 15 November 1916 , at Hafiz Kor , when a large number of Mohmands were defeated . The Blockade was eventually lifted in July 1917 when the Mohmands finally submitted .
Muhammad Youssef al - Najjar Muhammad Youssef Al - Najjar ( 1930 - 10 April 1973 ) , commonly known as Abu Youssef , was a Palestinian militant . Originally from Yibna , he began his involvement in the General Union of Palestinian Students . When the Fatah organization formed in the late 1950s , Youssef was an early activist , traveling to Qatar to form similar groups , and taking command of Fatah ' s military wing . In 1968 , Youssef was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization . Two months before his death , Youssef was interviewed by the Beirut newspaper " L ' Orient - Le Jour " . In it he explained his conviction to the Palestinian cause : " We plant the seeds , and the others will reap the harvest . . . Most probably we ' ll all die , killed because we are confronting a fierce enemy . But the youth will replace us . " Youssef was alleged to have been linked to the 1972 Munich Massacre , in which 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were killed in the crossfire between the German police and the Black September group . This prompted Israel to launch a revenge campaign called Operation Wrath of God , with Youssef as a principal target . In 1973 , Israel sent commandos to Beirut , Lebanon to kill a number of high level PLO officials in Operation Spring of Youth . Youssef and his wife were killed by gunfire in their bedroom when troops stormed into their Beirut apartment .
Franklin J . Phillips Franklin J . Phillips ( October 20 , 1874 – July 16 , 1900 ) also known as Harry Fisher , was a soldier and Marine , and after serving in the United States Marine Corps as a private , he posthumously received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Boxer Rebellion . Private Phillips was the first Marine whose Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously . Phillips is interred in Versailles Cemetery , McKeesport . Medal of Honor citation . Original Citation . Rank and Organization : Private , U . S . Marine Corps . Born : October 20 , 1874 , McKeesport , Pa . Accredited to : Pennsylvania . G . O . No . : 55 , July 19 , 1901 . Citation : Served in the presence of the enemy at the battle of Peking , China , 20 June to 16 July 1900 . Assisting in the erection of barricades during the action , Fisher was killed by the heavy fire of the enemy . Later Citation . PRIVATE FRANKLIN J . PHILLIPS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS For service as set forth in the following CITATION : ( signed ) William McKinley Prior service and controversy . After the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor , it was discovered that Private Fisher had previously served in the U . S . 1st Infantry Regiment , United States Army and had deserted after being refused sick leave for malaria contracted during the Spanish - American War . He attempted to return to duty after his recovery and petitioned the adjutant general , who acted under orders of the Assistant Secretary of War and " discharged Private Phillips without honor from the service of the United States for desertion " . Phillips enlisted in the Marine Corps , two months later under the name " Harry Fisher " and served honorably until his death . After Phillips ' death , his mother , Mrs . W . C . Means wrote Brigadier General Charles Heywood , Commandant of the Marine Corps to request that her son ' s name be changed to Franklin J . Phillips and on May 11 , 1901 , General Heywood refused this request on the grounds that " no change can be made in a man ' s record after his death " and Mrs . Means accepted the Medal on behalf of Harry Fisher on August 15 , 1901 . In 1988 , under the orders of Commandant General Alfred M . Gray , Jr . , the references to Harry Fisher were redacted and Franklin J . Phillips replaced " Harry Fisher " in all official records . Namesake vessel . In 1985 the " MV Private Harry Fisher " was commissioned under Military Sealift Command and in 1988 was duly renamed the " MV Private Franklin J . Phillips " .
Reinhardt ' s fund Reinhardt ' s fund ( named after its creator , Fritz Reinhardt ) was a set of Nazi German bank accounts where the money and valuables stolen from concentration and death camp victims were kept . The money was used to finance a number of important German construction projects - including the construction of new concentration camps .
820th Radar Squadron The 820th Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the Boston Air Defense Sector , stationed at Fort Heath , Massachusetts . It was inactivated on 1 December 1962 . The unit was a General Surveillance Radar Squadron providing for the air defense of the United States . It is unique in that it is the only unit originally activated as a Radar Squadron that was redesignated as an Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron An earlier 820th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron had been programmed for activation at Robins AFB , GA , but that action was cancelled . Lineage . Assignments Stations
Helmut Belser Helmut Belser ( 23 December 1915 – 19 June 1942 ) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II . Belser claimed 36 aerial victories , 1 over the Western Front and 12 over the Eastern Front and 23 over the Mediterranean Front . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Belser was killed in a flying accident 19 June 1942 at the Castel - Benito Aerodrome .
Happyton Bonyongwe Happyton Bonyongwe is the director general of the Zimbabwe an government intelligence agency , the Central Intelligence Organisation ( CIO ) . He is a retired Brigadier in the Zimbabwe National Army . He reports directly to president Robert Mugabe , bypassing the Minister for Security Didymus Mutasa .
A - 21 Saint - Laurent - sur - Mer Saint - Laurent - sur - Mer is an abandoned World War II military airfield , which is located near the commune of Saint - Laurent - sur - Mer in the Basse - Normandie region of northern France . Located just outside of Saint - Laurent - sur - Mer , the United States Army Air Forces established a temporary airfield shortly after D - Day on 8 June 1944 , shortly after the Allied landings in France . It was the first airfield established in the liberated area of Normandy , being constructed by the IX Engineering Command , 834th Engineer Aviation Battalion . History . Known as Advanced Landing Ground " A - 21 " , the airfield consisted of a single 3400 ' compressed earth runway aligned 11 / 28 . In addition , with tents were used for billeting and also for support facilities ; an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure ; a dump for supplies , ammunition , and gasoline drums , along with a drinkable water and minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting . The airfield was completed as emergency airstrip E - 1 at the end of D - Day , the invasion of France . On 8 and 9 June 1944 an RAF Ames Type 15 GCI ( Ground Control Interceptor ) radar site was active on the west side of the airfield , but it moved to St . Pieree du Mont in the night of 9 and 10 June . It was expanded and then taken into service by IX Service Command as a transport airfield accepting aircraft up to the size of a C - 47 . The C - 47s brought fresh infantry to the beachhead and flew out again with casualties . It was also used as an emergency landing airfield for combat aircraft . After the Americans moved east into Central France with the advancing Allied Armies , the airfield was closed on 25 August 1944 . Today the airfield is indistinguishable from the agricultural fields in the area .