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Battle of Coille Bhan The Battle of Coille Bhan ( Scottish Gaelic for " White Wood " ) was fought in 1721 near Attadale , in the county of Ross in the Scottish Highlands . It was fought between a British government force against Highlanders of the Clan Mackenzie . Background . The Battle of Coille Bhan followed on from the Battle of Glen Affric in 1721 when government forces had failed to take the lands of Mackenzie of Seaforth . The taxes being collected by Macknezie ’ s factor , Donald Murchison were being sent to Mackenzie himself who was living in exile in France for his part in the Jacobite Rising of 1715 , rather than the taxes going to the British crown . It was decided that a second attempt should be made to seize Mackenzie of Seaforth ’ s estates . This time 160 soldier ’ s of Colonel Kirk ’ s regiment left Inverness under the command of Captain McNeil who had previously served in the Highland Watch regiment . Unlike their predecessors who had been ambushed in Glen Affric , McNeil took a longer but easier route , from to Inverness to Dingwall , Strath - garve , and Loch Carron . Mackenzie ’ s force were led by Colonel Donald Murchison who had been in command at the previous conflict in Glen Affric . Donald Murchison marched his main force to the top of Mam Attadale while a relative of his , Kenneth Murchison went forward with 13 men , all armed with muskets to prepare for an ambush at Coille Bhan ( White Wood ) . The battle . Captain McNeil with 18 men of his government force advanced on Kenneth Murchison ’ s position . They received fire in which several of the government troops were wounded and one was killed . However McNeil persisted in attacking his enemy and eventually he defeated them and Kenneth Murchison ’ s men withdrew , as they were unable to resist any further . However although Captain McNeil had defeated this advance force , he soon heard of the larger group of Mackenzies waiting at Attadale under the command of Donald Murchison . As a result McNeil and his men returned to Inverness . Aftermath . No further attempts were made on Mackenzie of Seaforth ’ s lands . General George Wade , in his report to the King in 1725 , stated that the Mackenzie of Seaforth tenants , who were formerly reputed to be the richest of any in the Highlands , had now become poor , by neglecting their business , and applying themselves to the use of arms . " The rents " he says , " continue to be collected by one Donald Murchison , a servant of the late Earl ' s , who annually remits or carries the same to his master in France . The tenants , when in a condition , are said to have sent him free gifts in proportion to their circumstances , but are now a year and a - half in arrear of rent ” . William Mackenzie , 5th Earl of Seaforth did not return from exile in France to Scotland until 1726 .
John W . Lloyd John W . Lloyd was a Coxswain in the Union Navy and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Coxswain , U . S . Navy . Born . 1831 , New York , N . Y . Accredited to : New York . G . O . No . : 45 , December 31 , 1864 . Citation : Serving on board the U . S . S . Wyalusing during an attempt to destroy the rebel ram Albemarle in Roanoke River , 25 May 1864 , Lloyd participated in this daring plan by swimming the Roanoke River heavily weighted with a line which was used for hauling torpedoes across . Thwarted by discovery just before the completion of the plan , Lloyd cut the torpedo guiding line to prevent detection of the plan by the enemy and again swam the river , narrowly escaping enemy musket fire and regaining the ship in safety .
Operation Cannonball Operation Cannonball is an American Central Intelligence Agency operation that was disclosed in 2008 . Beginning in 2006 , it was intended as part of an effort to capture Osama Bin Laden and eliminate Al Qaeda forces in Pakistan . There was reportedly " mounting frustration " among Pentagon officials due to the ongoing delay and deployment of special forces units , as originally planned in the Cannonball program . The operation was reportedly hampered by conflicts between CIA offices , leading to large delays in the deployment of the program . Partially to blame for the presently failed deployment of the program was conflict among United States intelligence agencies , along with resources having been diverted to the War In Iraq . The existence of the covert program , and its various internal conflicts , was revealed to the public by the " New York Times " on June 30 , 2008 . The " New York Times " article was said to be " exposing highly classified Pentagon orders " .
Greayer Clover Greayer " Grubby " Clover ( c . 1897 - August 30 , 1918 ) was an American aviator in the First World War . He was the namesake for Clover Field , the original name of Santa Monica Airport in Santa Monica , California . He graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1915 , winning the state interscholastic tennis cup as a senior . He attended Stanford University for a year , then transferred to Yale University . He left Yale in his sophomore year to join the American Field Service in Europe as an ambulance driver . He persuaded five classmates to join him in this venture . In France , he served for six months in the French Army , seeing active duty in the trenches as Fort Malmaison was recaptured . On the United States entry into the war he joined the American service as a second lieutenant and began training as an aviator . He was killed on a formation practice run on August 30 , 1918 . An aspiring writer , he kept a diary while serving which was published in 1919 under the title " A Stop at Suzanne ' s : and lower flights " . Honors . What would eventually become Santa Monica Airport was originally named Clover Field in his honor . The field was dedicated to him in 1923 before a crowd of 50 , 000 . Cloverfield Boulevard in Santa Monica recalls the airport ' s original name . Greayer ' s Oak Park , named for him , is located where West Avenue 38 dead - ends into North Figueroa Street in Los Angeles . A group of childhood friends planted an oak tree in his honor there in the early 1920s . On present - day maps the name is often incorrectly given as " Greaver " . He and 19 other Los Angeles High School graduates who died in World War I are honored by a stained glass window in Los Angeles High School ' s Memorial Library .
National Maritime Intelligence - Integration Office The National Maritime Intelligence - Integration Office ( NMIO ) ( formerly the National Maritime Intelligence Center ( NMIC ) ) is a United States Navy military intelligence facility located in Suitland in Prince George ' s County , Maryland , southeast of Washington , DC . It is a part of the Suitland Federal Center . The mission statement of NMIO is as follows : The NMIO was established as a result of guidance from the 9 / 11 Commission , Presidential directives , and maritime security plans . Its goal is to anticipate and prevent threats to the people of the United States , its economy or interests abroad . The office ' s efforts focus on collaboration between local , state , and federal governments , as well as sources from the private sector , academia , and foreign partners . NMIO houses offices of the Office of Naval Intelligence ( ONI ) , the Naval Information Warfare Activity ( NIWA ) , the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity ( MCIA ) , and the Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center ( ICC ) . In 2012 , the office changed its name from the National Maritime Intelligence Center to the National Maritime Intelligence - Integration Office , explaining that the new name more accurately reflected its purposes . The Director of the NMIO is Rear Admiral ( Select ) Robert V . Hoppa ; the Deputy Director is Captain Jose A . Nieves ; the Assistant Director is Joseph D . Stewart .
Constantino of Braganza Dom Constantino of Braganza ( 1528 – 1575 ) was a Portuguese statesman and military commander of the 16th century . He was a member of the Most Serene House of Braganza . Biography . He was the son of Dom James , 4th Duke of Braganza from his second marriage . When he was 19 years old , he was appointed by King Dom John III of Portugal as his special ambassador to the baptism ceremony of King Henry II of France ' s son . In 1558 , he was appointed by the regent Dona Catherine of Habsburg ( King Dom John III ' s widow ) as the 20th Governor of Portuguese India , using also the title of 7th Viceroy . He left Lisbon on April 7 , 1558 , and arrived in Goa on September 3 . He was a remarkable organizer of the local State , and he conquered Daman , Ceylon ( nowadays known as Sri Lanka ) and the island of Manar . A first expedition , led by Viceroy Dom Constantino de Bragança in 1560 , failed to subdue Jaffna , but captured Mannar Island . By June 1619 , despite sharp resistance from Cankili II of Jaffna , there were two Portuguese expeditions ; a naval expedition that was repulsed by the Malabari corsairs and another expedition by Dom Phillippe de Oliveira and his land army of 5000 , which defeated Cankili and conquered Jaffna , strengthening Portuguese control of shipping routes through the Palk Strait . His government in India took three years and eight days , and during that period he made important reforms . He was considered by the historian C . R . Boxer one of the most fanatic Portuguese governors of India together with Dom Francisco Barreto ( 1555 – 1558 ) . He protected the poet Luis Vaz de Camões , during his stay in India . He was later governor of Ribeira Grande , in the island of Santo Antão , Portuguese Cape Verde , from 1562 . Dom Constantino afterwards returned to the Kingdom . There he married his cousin , D . Maria de Melo , daughter of the 1st Marquess of Ferreira and 1st Count of Tentúgal , D . Rodrigo de Melo , and Dona Brites de Menezes ( daughter of Dom Antão de Almada , 3rd Count of Avranches ) . The couple had no issue .
Dewan Prem Chand Lieutenant - General Dewan Prem Chand ( Ret . ) ( 1916 — 2003 ) was a UN peacekeeper . He served as Force Commander in Democratic Republic of the Congo , Cyprus , Namibia and Zimbabwe . He served in the Indian Army . Early career . He was born on the 14th June 1916 . He was first commissioned a Second Lieutenant on the Special List on the 1st February 1938 . He was attached to the 1st battalion Dorset Regiment 24 February 1938 . He was accepted for the Indian Army and posted to the 5th battalion 10th Baluch Regiment on the 24th February 1939 . His senority as Second Lieutenant was antedated to 31 January 1937 and he was promoted Lieutenant 30 April 1939 . United Nations . Lieutenant General Chand commanded United Nations forces during two of their most sensitive peacekeeping operations , and also what is widely acknowledged as the United Nations most successful mission in Namibia . Katanga in the Congo ( 1962 ) . Lieutenant General Chand commanded United Nations forces in the breakaway Republic of the Congo ( Léopoldville ) province of Katanga in 1962 during the Congo Crisis . He was awarded an Indian medal for distinguished service , Vashisht Seva Medal for this operation . Cyprus ( 1970 - 76 ) . Lieutenant General Chand commanded United Nations forces on the divided island of Cyprus , from 1970 to 1976 . He was responsible for organising the escape of Makarios III from Cyprus during the 1974 coup that overthrew him . The same year , he protected Nicosia ' s International Airport from a Turkish invasion . The UN remained in control of the airport ( Doyle , Sambanis , 2006 , " Making War and Building Peace " , p . 273 ) . Rhodesia ( 1977 ) . The following year , he was called out of retirement to act as the UN secretary general ' s personal observer in Rhodesia , when discussions began to end Ian Smith ' s unilateral declaration of independence . United Nations Transition Assistance Group . Later , at the age of 72 in 1989 , he was appointed commander of the UN transition assistance group for Namibia . Lieutenant - General Dewan Prem Chand was the commander of the military component of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group in Namibia from 1989 - 90 . On 3 November 2003 he died at the age of 87 . He had been honoured with the Param Vishisht Seva Medal and the UN Peace Medal .
SCR - 245 The SCR - 245 Radio was a mobile Signal Corps Radio used by the U . S . Army before and during World War II , for short range ground communications , It was one of the first crystal sets used by the Army . Use . The SCR - 245 was standardized on 10 June 1937 , and used by Armored forces for command and control of tank units . it replaced the earlier SCR - 189 and was used primarily in the early M2 , M3 light tanks as well as the early M3 medium tanks . the sets large size required it to be mounted in the tanks sponsons . it was replaced by the SCR - 508 sets .
Vickers Venture The Vickers Type 94 Venture was a British army co - operation biplane of the 1920s , designed and built by Vickers , as a development of the Vixen . While six were built for the Royal Air Force , they were found unsuitable and were used for experimental work . Development and design . The Venture was a further development of the Vixen II to meet the requirements of Air Ministry Specification 45 / 23 , six aircraft being ordered . The Venture , like the Vixen which formed its basis , was a single bay biplane with a steel tube fuselage and wooden wings . It used the wings of the Vixen II with the lengthened fuselage of the Vixen III . The first Venture flew at Vickers factory at Brooklands on 3 June 1924 , being sent to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Martlesham for evaluation . While demonstrating what was said to be " docile " handling , further testing showed that the aircraft had poor longitudinal stability , had a long landing run and was considered too large for use in army co - operation , where it would be expected to operate out of small airstrips . While it underwent brief Service trials with No . 2 Squadron , the six Ventures were relegated to experimental purposes , the final aircraft being struck off charge in January 1933 .
Yakov Alksnis Yakov Ivanovich Alksnis ( , , born January 26 , 1897 – executed July 28 , 1938 ) was the commander of Red Army Air Forces in 1931 – 1937 . Biography . Jēkabs Alksnis was born in a farmer ' s family in Naukšēni parish , Vidzeme ( present - day Latvia ) . He attended school in Ramnieki ( 1907 – 1913 ) and a teachers seminary ( college ) in Valmiera ( 1913 – 1917 ) , where he joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party . In 1917 Alksnis was drafted into Imperial Russian Army ; he completed basic officers ' training in Odessa , and was assigned to the 15th Siberian Regiment , later 11th Siberian Regiment . After the Treaty of Brest - Litovsk he left Russian Army . He was drafted again , this time to Red Army , in 1919 , and in 1919 – 1921 held administrative and political assignments in Southern Russian theatre of war . After graduation from the Red Army Military Academy ( 1921 – 1924 ) Alksnis was appointed the head of logistics service of Red Air Forces ; in 1926 deputy commander of Red Air Forces . In 1929 he received wings of a fighter pilot at the Kacha pilot ' s school in Crimea and was later known to fly nearly every day . Defector Alexander Barmine described Alksnis as " a strict disciplinarian with high standards of efficiency . He would himself personally inspect flying officers . . . not that he was fussy or took the slightest interest in smartness for its own sake , but , as he explained to me , flying demands constant attention to detail . . . Headstrong he may have been , but he was a man of methode and brought a wholly new spirit into Soviet aviation . It is chiefly owing to him that the Air Force is the powerful weapon it is today . " According to Barmine , Alksnis was instrumental in making parachute jumping a sport for the masses . He was influenced by one of his subordinates who has seen parachutists entertaining public in the United States , at the time when Soviet pilots regarded parachutes " almost a clinical instrument " . In the same year he was involved in establishing one of the first sharashka s – an aircraft design bureau staffed by prisoners of Butyrki prison , including Nikolai Polikarpov and Dmitry Grigorovich . In 1930 – 1931 the sharashka , now based on Khodynka Field , produced the prototype for the successful Polikarpov I - 5 . In June 1931 Alksnis was promoted to the Commander of Red Air Forces , while Polikarpov and some of his staff were released on amnesty terms . In 1935 , Red Air Forces under Alksnis possessed world ' s largest bomber force ; aircraft production reached 8 , 000 in 1936 . In June 1937 Alknis sat on the board of the show trial against members of Trotskyist Anti - Soviet Military Organization ; he himself was arrested on November 23 , 1937 , charged with setting up a " Latvian fascist organization " and shot July 28 , 1938 . During the destalinization of late 1950s Alksnis was posthumously rehabilitated ; the Air Forces college in Riga was named in his honour . Viktor Alksnis ( born 1950 ) , grandson of Yakov Alksnis , is a right - wing Russian politician remembered for his pro - Union activities of late 1980s – early 1990s .
USS Sapphire ( PYc - 2 ) The second USS " Sapphire " ( PYc - 2 ) was a patrol boat in the United States Navy . Originally a private yacht and later a navy training vessel , " Sapphire " was built in 1929 and named " Buccaneer " by George Lawley & Son , Neponset , Massachusetts . It was acquired by the U . S . Navy from a later owner , Mr . Leon Mandel , Quonset , Massachusetts , on 1 November 1940 . The navy renamed the boat " Sapphire " , designated it PYc — 2 , and converted it for Navy use . It was officially commissioned at Boston on 6 June 1941 with Lt . A . N . Daniels , USNR , in command . Service history . World War II , 1941 – 1945 . In August 1941 , " Sapphire " was sent to Norfolk , Virginia to outfit her for sea duty . In September , " Sapphire " left Norfolk with orders to patrol and perform anti - mine operations in the area of the Panama Canal when on her southern course she was abruptly ordered to reverse course and proceeded north to her home port , New London , Connecticut . There , through World War II , the ship supported various Submarine School programs , but was primarily engaged in training prospective commanding officers in attack procedures and in testing sound equipment . On 21 May 1942 a German U - Boat attacked the American freighter " Plow City " ( 3 , 282 tons ) about 30 miles off Bermuda sinking her with two torpedoes . One crewman was killed and the remainder of the crew abandoned ship in the lifeboats . " Sapphire " was ordered to search and rescue the surviving crew and on 26 May 1942 she located 30 crewmen in lifeboats . " Sapphire " also engaged in anti - submarine patrols and some actions with German U - Boats . As one sailor ( Ed Hickey , SK1 ) on the " Sapphire " commented , " We knew we were a sitting duck for any U - Boat that we found since a converted yacht is no match even though we had some depth charges and a few other armaments . " Decommissioning and sale . With the end of the war , " Sapphire " was designated for inactivation . On 19 September 1945 , the boat departed New London and proceeded to Charleston , South Carolina , where she was decommissioned on 29 October 1945 . Struck from the Navy List on 13 November of the same year , she was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal through sale on 3 September 1946 .
Wolfgang Heyda Wolfgang Heyda ( 14 November 1913 – 21 August 1947 ) was a German U - boat commander during World War II . War service . After U - boat commander training aboard , Lieutenant Commander Heyda took command of on 21 June 1941 , and began his first war patrol on 11 November 1941 . Near Gibraltar Heyda would become embroiled in a great convoy battle , and find himself a victim in the battle of the Atlantic . Commander Frederic John Walker , C . B . D . S . O . , commander of the 36th Escort Group sank four U - boats on his first war patrol , including " U - 434 " . Heyda was eventually sent to the Bowmanville POW camp in Ontario , near Toronto , Canada . Prisoner of war . At Bowmanville in October 1942 an insurrection of the prisoners protesting their being shackled took place for three days . The insurrection became known as the Battle of Bowmanville . Commander Otto Kretschmer was instrumental in the rebellion , having assaulted a Canadian guard and taking him prisoner . Escape attempt . Operation Kiebitz , a plan to have Otto Kretschmer , Horst Elfe , Hans Ey and Hans Joachim Knebel - Döberitz escape and picked up by a U - boat , was developed in 1942 and was to be executed in September 1943 . Knebel - Döberitz was the former adjutant of Admiral Karl Dönitz . The successful escape of Otto Kretschmer , a top U - boat ace , would be sensational . However , the escape plan was foiled , and Heyda made an escape via electric wire s over a barbed wire fence . He then traveled to Pointe de Maisonnette , New Brunswick on Chaleur Bay where he was to be picked up by a U - boat . Police forces in Canada and the United States started a manhunt for the escaped POW . Heyda was captured on the beach at Pointe de Maisonnette where Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Navy were waiting for the U - boat to surface off - shore ( the RCN had a substantial anti - submarine task force led by hidden nearby ) . Heyda was taken to the Pointe de Maisonnette lighthouse where Lieutenant Commander Desmond Piers of the Royal Canadian Navy commanded the operation . There , Piers confronted Heyda who claimed to be a tourist on vacation . Depth charge s were heard in the bay , but the commander of , Lieutenant Commander Rolf Schauenburg , evaded the attacking ships and made it safely into the Atlantic only to be sunk six weeks later by the RCN . Death . Heyda was returned to Camp 30 and was eventually released as a POW in May 1947 . Heyda died of polio on 21 August 1947 in the Kiel University health clinic just three months after his release .
James Jonas Madison Commander James Jonas Madison ( May 20 , 1884 – December 25 , 1922 ) was an officer in the United States Naval Reserve and a World War I recipient of the Medal of Honor . Biography . Born in Jersey City , New Jersey , Madison was appointed lieutenant in the Naval Reserve on May 8 , 1917 . He was the commanding officer of the cargo steamship , when on September 30 , 1918 , she was attacked and sunk by the German submarine " U152 " , Commander Madison , in spite of severe wounds which later necessitated the amputation of a leg , continued to direct and maneuver the ship until forced to order her abandoned . Due to his injuries , he retired in August 1920 , following his promotion to commander . He remained hospitalized for the rest of his life . Madison died the US Naval Hospital in Brooklyn , New York on December 25 , 1922 . He was interred at Fairview Cemetery ( Fairview , New Jersey ) . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Lieutenant Commander , U . S . Naval Reserve Force . Born : May 20 , 1884 , Jersey City , N . J . Appointed from : Mississippi . Citation : For exceptionally heroic service in a position of great responsibility as commanding officer of the U . S . S . Ticonderoga , when , on 4 October 1918 , that vessel was attacked by an enemy submarine and was sunk after a prolonged and gallant resistance . The submarine opened fire at a range of 500 yards , the first shots taking effect on the bridge and forecastle , 1 of the 2 forward guns of the Ticonderoga being disabled by the second shot . The fire was returned and the fight continued for nearly 2 hours . Lt . Comdr . Madison was severely wounded early in the fight , but caused himself to be placed in a chair on the bridge and continued to direct the fire and to maneuver the ship . When the order was finally given to abandon the sinking ship , he became unconscious from loss of blood , but was lowered into a lifeboat and was saved , with 31 others , out of a total number of 236 on board . Namesake . was named for him .