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Beverley Randolph ( aviator ) Beverley Randolph ( January 20 , 1923 – April 4 , 1958 ) , United States Navy , was a decorated naval aviator who is most noted for sacrificing his life to steer his disabled Grumman F - 11 away from a neighborhood to save the people below . Randolph flew over 23 combat missions during the Korean War with VF - 154 . Career . U . S . Naval Academy Midshipman . Randolph was on the Battalion Track and Bowling team and was also on the Reception Committee . He graduated on the year of the Academy ' s centennial , in 1945 . Naval Aviator . Randolph received his " wings of gold " as a Naval Aviator in 1947 . He attended the United States Naval Test Pilot School at the Naval Air Test Center , NAS Patuxent River , Maryland with the TPS Class 16 , the same class as Vice Admiral William Porter Lawrence . Test Pilot and Accident . In a letter from Captain F . B . Gilkerson to Randolph ' s parents unofficially addresses the events of the accident . The letter states the findings are based on circumstantial evidence based on the wreckage , witness interviews , and transcribed tape from radio transmissions . The findings are as follows : " About five minutes before the crash , Bev reported to the control tower and requested landing instructions . About two minutes later he reported in a very calm voice that he had an " indication " of fire in the afterburner section of the airplane . The tower cleared him to land on runway 6 and asked his position . Bev reported that he was 4 miles East and the tower offered runway 31 if desired . Bev said he would try to get in on runway 6 . The first indication that anyone had of real trouble came about a minute later when Bev reported that he was going to be short . From the investigation we have found that there was no actual fire and that the engine had been secured . We are convinced that Bev felt that he could make the field in a " flameout " ( no power ) landing . By the time he realized he could not make the runway he was over a housing area . He was high enough to eject at this point but he elected to ride the plane into the trees rather than endanger the people below " Family history . Randolph ' s parents and grandparents were from Virginia . His father was Percy Charrington Randolph and his mother was Jean McNeil Carson .
Nathan Elbaz Nathan Elbaz ( 17 October 1932 – 11 February 1954 ) was an Israel Defense Forces soldier that sacrificed his life for his friends , receiving the Medal of Distinguished Service . Biography . Elbaz was born in Morocco , to a Jewish family . He attended Hebrew school , and he and his friends dreamed of making aliyah . After the establishment of Israel in 1948 , Elbaz and his friends were determined to move there . When he was 18 , he left for Israel as part of Aliyat HaNoar ( " Youth Aliyah " ) . Elbaz was inducted into the IDF in 1952 and served in the Infantry Corps . During his service , he was entrusted with the task of disassembling hand grenade s . On 11 February 1954 , Elbaz and another soldier were disassembling grenades , when a grenade he was holding was accidentally activated . He immediately called out a warning to his comrades to take shelter , but when he saw that there was no way to throw the grenade without endangering them , he ran away from them , pressing it to his chest and was thus killed . For this action he received a posthumous citation from chief of staff Moshe Dayan . The citation was replaced with the Medal of Distinguished Service , after the latter was established in 1970 .
Adolf Baum ( Heer officer ) Adolf Baum ( 19 March 1914 – 15 September 2003 ) was a highly decorated Leutnant der Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
HMS Enard Bay ( K435 ) HMS " Enard Bay " ( K435 ) was a Bay - class anti - aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy , named for Enard Bay in Caithness . The ship was originally ordered from the Smiths Dock Company of South Bank , Middlesbrough on 25 January 1943 as the " Loch Bracadale " , and laid down on 27 May 1944 . However the contract was then changed , and the ship was completed to a revised design as a Bay - class anti - aircraft frigate , launched on 31 October 1944 , and completed on 4 January 1946 . Service history . After sea trials in December 1945 and January 1946 , " Enard Bay " sailed for the Mediterranean joining the Escort Flotilla at Malta on 7 February . She was first deployed in the eastern Mediterranean for the interception of merchant ships carrying illegal Jewish immigrants to Palestine . In June she returned to Malta , and in August was guard ship at Trieste , returning to the eastern Mediterranean in September for further interception patrols off Haifa . In January 1947 she returned to the UK to decommission and was placed into Plymouth Reserve Fleet , where she as used as an accommodation ship . In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II . " Enard Bay " was placed on the Disposal List in 1956 , and sold to the British Iron & Steel Corporation ( BISCO ) for demolition by Shipbreaking Industries at Faslane , where she arrived in tow on 15 November 1957 .
Ernst Zierke Ernst Zierke ( 6 May 1905 — 1972 ) was an " SS - Unterscharführer " ( Corporal ) who took part in Nazi Germany ' s Action T4 program and later worked at Bełżec and Sobibor extermination camp s during Operation Reinhard . Zierke helped to perpetrate the Holocaust . Zierke was born on 6 May 1905 . His father , a railroad worker , died in 1917 . Zierke took eight years of public schooling before working as a woodcutter on several estates . By 1930 , Zierke was unemployed , and he joined the Nazi Party and SA . He trained as a nurse at the Neuruppin hospital and eventually received a permanent civil service appointment . In late 1939 , he was recruited by Action T4 and worked as a nurse in the euthanasia program at the Grafeneck and Hadamar gassing centers . Zierke transferred to Eichberg hospital in late 1941 . From January to March 1942 , he was part of T4 ' s Organization Todt in Russia , then returned to Eichberg . From June 1942 to March 1943 he was a member of the Bełżec extermination camp staff . At Bełżec , Zierke worked primarily on the unloading ramp of arriving transports and supervised the undressing of the victims prior to them entering the gas chambers . He then worked briefly at the Dorohucza camp , from which he was sent to Sobibor extermination camp on November 5 , 1943 . Zierke ' s assigned task at Sobibor was to supervise the dismantling of the camp ' s structures . Zierke took part in the mass murder of the last group of more than thirty " worker Jews " ( " Arbeitsjuden " ) who had dismantled the camp at Sobibor . Zierke was acquitted at the Bełżec Trial in Munich in 1964 , and released from custody during the Sobibor Trial in Hagen on health grounds .
HMS Opal ( 1875 ) HMS " Opal " was an of the Royal Navy , laid down as " Magicienne " and built by William Doxford & Sons Ltd , Sunderland and launched on 9 March 1875 . She was completed with an armament of 14 64 - pounder muzzle - loading rifled guns ( 2 on bow and stern chasers , mounted on centre - line swivelling slides , and 12 on broadside slide mountings ) and initially commenced service on the Pacific Station , and while on passage in 1876 hit a rock in the Strait of Magellan . She was damaged and repairs were undertaken at Esquimalt . She returned to England in 1880 for refit , in which her broadside armament was reduced by 2 guns and she was re - rigged as a barque . She sailed for service on the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station in 1883 , before commencing service on the Australia Station in 1885 . She returned to England in 1890 and was placed into reserve . She was sold for breaking up at Sheerness in August 1892 .
USS Downes ( DD - 45 ) The first USS " Downes " ( DD - 45 ) was a " Cassin " - class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I . She was later transferred to the United States Coast Guard , where she was designated CG - 4 . She was named for Captain John Downes . Construction . " Downes " was launched on 8 November 1913 by New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden , New Jersey . She was sponsored by Mrs . M . H . Simons , great - granddaughter of Captain Downes and outfitted for service at Philadelphia Navy Yard . " Downes " was commissioned on 11 February 1915 , Lieutenant Commander A . W . Johnson in command . World War I . " Downes " conducted her shakedown off New York and in Chesapeake Bay , and then returned to Philadelphia Navy Yard , where she was placed in ordinary from 4 October 1915 – 26 May 1917 for the construction and installation of new machinery by the contractor . Fitted out for distant service , she sailed from New York on 18 October 1917 for Devonport , England , arriving on 7 November . " Downes " was based at Queenstown , Ireland , from 17 November 1917 – 5 December 1918 , and operated on convoy escort duty inbound to British ports , across the channel , and outbound to rendezvous with the ocean escorts . She patrolled against submarine s off the Irish coast , making numerous attacks with no sure results and with other destroyers aided distressed ships . On two occasions her efficiency won commendations from the British Admiralty , once for her protection of the torpedoed and again for the rescue and salvage of a British submarine . Inter - war period . " Downes " arrived at Brest , France on 6 December to meet and escort President Woodrow Wilson embarked in , passing in review before returning to Queenstown on 14 December . The day after Christmas she sailed for the United States , arriving at Norfolk , Virginia on 18 January 1919 . After winter maneuvers in Cuban waters , she returned to New York on 14 March . " Downes " reported to Norfolk on 5 May for overhaul and on 31 May was placed in ordinary . Returned to full commission , she sailed for Newport , Rhode Island on 12 May 1921 for summer maneuvers . From 22 October - 20 March 1922 , she lay at Charleston , South Carolina , and on 24 March arrived at Philadelphia Navy Yard . " Downes " was placed out of commission there on 6 June and laid up . She was transferred to the United States Coast Guard on 28 April 1924 . She initially served at the Academy as a practice ship . Later , she was part of the Rum Patrol . Returned to Naval custody at Philadelphia on 22 May 1931 , " Downes " was scrapped and sold on 22 August 1934 in accordance with the London Naval Treaty .
256th Intelligence Squadron The 256th Intelligence Squadron ( 256 IS ) is a unit of the Washington Air National Guard at Fairchild Air Force Base , Spokane , Washington . It is a geographically separate unit ( GSU ) assigned to the 252d Combat Communications Group at Camp Murray , Washington . Prior to converting to an intelligence mission , the 256th was a combat communications squadron . History . The 256th Mobile Communications Squadron was activated in 1971 at Paine Air National Guard Base in Everett , Washington . In 1976 , the squadron relocated to Camp Murray near Tacoma , Washington . In 1980 , the 256th was recognized by Governor Dixy Lee Ray for supporting the recovery efforts following the 1980 eruption of Mount St . Helens . The unit was redesignated as the 256th Combat Communications Squadron in 1984 . Several 256th personnel deployed to Saudi Arabia in during the 1991 Gulf War . In 1996 , the 256th relocated to the Four Lakes Communications Station , a former Nike missile site near Cheney , Washington . The unit took over facilities formerly used by the 105th Air Control Squadron , which was inactivated at the same time . The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission determined that Four Lakes should close and that the 256th should relocated to the nearby Fairchild Air Force Base . The move to Fairchild was completed in 2009 . Before relocating , the 256th deployed to Iraq as part of the Iraq War . After the move to Fairchild , the 256th began conversion to an intelligence mission , and it was redesignated as the 256th Intelligence Squadron in 2013 .
Herbert Berger Herbert Berger ( 24 November 1912 – 16 December 2000 ) was a highly decorated Leutnant der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
Siege of Viterbo The Siege of Viterbo was fought in 1243 between the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and the rebellious city of Viterbo , 50 km north to Rome . Frederick intervened when the Guelph party in the city expelled his garrison from the city , forcing the men , led by the imperial vicar Simeon , count of Chieti , to withdraw into the rocca of San Lorenzo . Frederick was reached by the news at Melfi , and immediately raised an army to set the matter , while the rebel citizens of Viterbo asked help to their traditional enemy , the pope . The emperor led the siege personally , but the maneuvers of his troops were unsuccessful , and the defenders were able to set on fire the imperial siege towers . Pope Innocent IV , fearing that the event could start a war with the emperor , intervened ; his legate , cardinal Otto of San Nicola in Carcere , convinced the rebels to sign a treaty of peace . However , after the signature , they treacherously attacked and massacred the imperial garrison . The pope punished the citizens of Viterbo only with a pecuniary mulct , and retained control of the city in the person of his legate , Ranieri of Viterbo .
51st Indian Infantry Brigade The 51st Indian Infantry Brigade was an formation of the Indian Army during World War II . It was formed in December 1941 , in India , and initially assigned to HQ Rawalpindi District . It was transferred to the 20th Indian Infantry Division in April 1942 , and transferred again in August 1942 to the 25th Indian Infantry Division where it remained until the end of the war .
Gulan Gulan ( alternatively Sher Gulan ) was an anti - Taliban militia leader , prior to the ouster of the Taliban . He was a member of a local anti - Taliban provisional administration that rose to power in Eastern Afghanistan , centred in Jalalabad , Nangarhar , before Hamid Karzai had assembled the his nation - wide provisional administration . According to " The Washington Post " Gulan lead one of the pincer movements in December 2001 that unsuccessfully tried to capture Osama bin Laden , and prevent his escape from Tora Bora to Pakistan . Guantanamo detainee Anwar Khan , reports handing in his weapons , and his brother ' s weapon to Gulan when his brother was killed fighting the Taliban in Tora Bora , and he chose to retire from the fighting . Khan told his Administrative Review Board that he and Gulan were under the command of Hazrat Ali , one of the militia commanders who nominated Hamid Karzai for the Presidency of the interim Afghan administration .
Francisco da Silveira , Count of Amarante Francisco Silveira , Count of Amarante or Francisco Silveira , Conde de Amarante , born Francisco da Silveira Pinto da Fonseca Teixeira ( 1 September 1763 – 27 May 1821 ) joined the Portuguese army and fought in the Napoleonic Wars . In March 1809 he led a force which carried out the successful Siege of Chaves from its French garrison . He kept the French from capturing Amarante from 18 April to 3 May 1809 during the second French invasion of Portugal . Driven out , he later recaptured the place and helped cut off the forces of Nicolas Soult , forcing the French marshal to abandon his artillery and wagon trains in order to escape . He commanded a Portuguese division in Arthur Wellesley , Marquess of Wellington ' s Allied army at the Battle of Vitoria on 21 June 1813 .
John Hathorn John Hathorn ( January 9 , 1749 Wilmington , New Castle County , Delaware – February 19 , 1825 Warwick , Orange County , New York ) was an American politician from New York . Life . He completed preparatory studies and became a surveyor and a school teacher . He moved to Warwick , New York , then a part of the precinct of Goshen and married Elizabeth Welling . He was a captain in the local colonial militia , and became a colonel of the Fourth Orange County ( N . Y . ) Regiment February 7 , 1776 , and served throughout the Revolutionary War . He served on the committee appointed to determine an effective location for the Great Chain across the Hudson which prevented the British from advancing up the river , and himself wrote the report . He was one of the commanders of the Battle of Minisink . After the war , on September 26 , 1786 , Hathorn became a brigadier general of the Orange County militia , and on October 8 , 1793 , a major general of state militia . Hathorn was a member from Orange County of the New York State Assembly in 1778 , 1780 , from 1782 to 1785 , in 1795 and 1805 , and served as Speaker in 1784 . He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1786 to 1790 and from 1799 to 1803 , and was a member of the Council of Appointment in 1787 and 1789 . He was elected to the Confederation Congress in December 1788 but did not attend because it soon become defunct . In March 1789 , he was elected to the First United States Congress , and served from April 23 , 1789 , to March 3 , 1791 . He was elected as a Democratic - Republican to the Fourth United States Congress , and served from March 4 , 1795 to March 3 , 1797 . Hathorn engaged in mercantile pursuits until the time of his death . He was buried in Warwick Cemetery . His stone house still stands on Hathorn Rd . , with his and his wife ' s initials worked in red brick on the south gable of the house .
1st Expeditionary Force ( Ottoman Empire ) 1st Expeditionary Force or First Expeditionary Force of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkish : " Birinci Kuvve - i Seferiye " ) was one of the expeditionary forces of the Ottoman Army . Order of Battle . In December 1914 , the 1st Expeditionary Force was structured as follows :
USS L . Mendel Rivers ( SSN - 686 ) USS " L . Mendel Rivers " ( SSN - 686 ) , a " Sturgeon " - class attack submarine in commission from 1975 to 2001 , is the only ship of the United States Navy thus far to have been named for L . Mendel Rivers ( 1905 – 1970 ) , U . S . Representative from South Carolinas 1st Congressional District ( 1941 – 1970 ) . Construction and commissioning . The contract to build " L . Mendel Rivers " was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News , Virginia , on 1 July 1969 and her keel was laid down there on 26 June 1971 . She was launched on 2 June 1973 , sponsored by L . Mendel Rivers two daughters , Margaret Rivers Eastman and Marion Rivers , and commissioned on 1 February 1975 with Commander Roderic L . Wolfe in command . Service history . During the 1990s , " L . Mendel Rivers " was fitted with a dry - deck shelter which contained a hyperbaric chamber , airlock , and vehicle hangar that allowed her to deploy of SEAL Delivery Vehicle s . Decommissioning and disposal . " L . Mendel Rivers " was decommissioned on 10 May 2001 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day . Her scrapping via the Nuclear - Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton , Washington , was completed on 19 July 2002 . Commemoration . " L . Mendel Rivers " ships plaque is on display at the Patriot ' s Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant , South Carolina . the " L . Mendel Rivers " ships patch is on display at the Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton , Connecticut , with the patches of all Sturgeon - class attack submarine .
HMS Dartmouth ( 1698 ) HMS " Dartmouth " was a 50 - gun fourth - rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 3 March 1698 at Southampton . She was rebuilt according to the 1706 Establishment at Woolwich Dockyard , relaunching on 7 August 1716 . On 8 October 1736 , " Dartmouth " was ordered to be taken to pieces at Woolwich and rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment . She was relaunched on 22 April 1741 . Fate . " Dartmouth " blew up near Cape St Vincent on 18 October 1747 in action with the Spanish ship of the line " Glorioso " .
RAF News The RAF News is the tabloid newspaper of the Royal Air Force . Published every fortnight , the paper brings the latest news , features on topical issues and life in the service , developments in military aviation and air power , reviews of significant events and changing times during the history of the RAF . The RAF News is available on subscription or can be ordered through news agents , and is sent to many different parts of the world . See also . Navy News
Donjon de Maurepas The Donjon de Maurepas is a ruined medieval castle in the town of Maurepas , in the French " département " of Yvelines ( Île de France ) . History . Since the 8th century , the village of Maurepas ( formerly spelled " Malrepast " ) belonged to the Abbey of Saint - Denis . Facing the Normans invasions , they left the domain to the Lords of Chevreuse ; the castle was given to the family of Malrepast . A wooden keep was replaced by a stronger castle . During the Hundred Years ' War , the Lords of Malrepast abandoned the castle ; it was then used as a haunt by a band of plunderers . In 1425 , the English captured and hung all the occupants of the castle . The castle was then occupied by Aymon de Massy . In 1432 the English conquered the area and dismantled the castle . After the war , the domain of Maurepas returned to the family of Chevreuse , but the castle remained a ruin . Today , only the keep , which is 20m high ( 60 feet ) , remains on a low motte . A farm leans on the ruins . The keep has been listed by the French Ministry of Culture as a " monument historique " since 1926 .
Fuji T - 3 The Fuji T - 3 is a primary military trainer aircraft used by the Japan Air Self Defense Force , manufactured by Fuji Heavy Industries . Its first flight was in 1974 . In the course of its service life , 50 units were produced . It is being replaced by the Fuji T - 7 . Development . The KM - 2B was a further development of the Fuji KM - 2 ( itself a four seat development of the T - 34 Mentor with a more powerful engine ) for use as a primary trainer for the Japan Air Self - Defense Force ( JASDF ) . It combined the structure and engine of the KM - 2 with the tandem cockpit of the T - 34 Mentor . Its first flight was on 17 January 1978 . Fifty were purchased by the JASDF as the Fuji T - 3 , and production continued until 1982 . Operational history . The Fuji T - 3 served with the 11 and 12 Hiko Kyoikudan ( flying training wings ) of the JASDF . It is currently being replaced with the Fuji T - 7 , a turboprop variant of the T - 3 with a Allison 250 engine .
French ship Soleil - Royal ( 1749 ) The Soleil - Royal was a ship in the French navy , the third ship of that name . She was the first 80 - gun two - decker to use the 24 - pounder long gun on her second battery , giving her a considerable firepower for the time and allowing her to challenge three - deckers . Her name " Soleil - Royal " , honouring the French crown and usually reserved for the largest units of the Navy , testifies of the change of focus from large three - deckers onto strong two - deckers . She was Brienne ' s flagship at the battle of Quiberon Bay , where she ran aground and was burnt to prevent her capture .
Georges Malbrunot George Malbrunot is a French journalist working for " Le Figaro " who , along with Christian Chesnot and their Syrian driver Muhammed al - Jundi , was taken hostage on August 20 , 2004 , by the Islamic Army in Iraq . This group gave the French government a 48 - hour deadline to repeal its law against girls wearing the Muslim veil in school . The ultimatum was delivered by means of video broadcast on the Arab TV channel Al Jazeera at 6 . 30 p . m . GMT on August 26 . Muhammed al - Jundi was freed by U . S . Marines in November 2004 in Fallujah . Both French hostages were released on December 21 , 2004 . Recently , 3 . 9 . 2013 he interviewed Syrian president Bashar al - Assad on the usage of chemical weapons in Syria .