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AMX - VCI The AMX - VCI ( ) is one of the many variants of the French AMX - 13 light tank . It was the front line APC of the French Army until replaced by the AMX - 10P . History . Produced to the extent of some 3 , 000 vehicles from 1957 , it was initially produced as the AMX - 13 VTT ( ) carrying ten infantrymen and armed with an AA - 52 7 . 5 mm machine gun or 12 . 7 mm M2 Browning machine gun in an open mounting . In the final versions this had climbed to a turret equipped with a 20mm light autocannon , producing a vehicle that can be seen as an early example of the infantry fighting vehicle . = Variants = The AMX - 13 VCI itself was the basis for a number of variants : Combat history . A total of 30 AMX - VCI were reportedly delivered to the Lebanese Army in May 1983 , with a number of them being seized by the pro - Israeli South Lebanon Army ( SLA ) militia in February 1984 upon the defeat of the Lebanese government forces by Shia Muslim and Druze militias . The captured vehicles were quickly pressed into service by the SLA , who used them until the collapse of the militia in the wake of the Israeli withdrawal of April 2000 . VCIs up - armed with US M - 46 106mm recoilless rifles were later employed by Lebanese Army General Michel Aoun ’ s loyalist troops in the battles against his Christian rivals of the Lebanese Forces ( LF ) at East Beirut in February 1990 .
HMS Pembroke ( 1694 ) HMS " Pembroke " was a 60 - gun fourth - rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched at Deptford on 22 November 1694 . " Pembroke " was captured in 1709 , recaptured in 1711 , and finally sold to Spain in Genoa in 1713 and renamed " Lanfranco . " She saw action in the Siege of Barcelona under D . Andrés del Pez and participated in the expeditions to Genoa in 1714 , to Majorca in 1715 , and to South America in 1716 . In 1718 she captured two French privateer frigates off Montevideo . She sank shortly after in Buenos Aires . The Pembroke ' s bell . Since the 1960s , the bell from the " Pembroke " has served as a church bell at St . Bride ' s Anglican church in the town of Otorohanga , New Zealand . It was given to the church on its construction by a local family , the Westmacotts , and it was used for every service . The bell , which weighs 150 kg , was reported stolen from the church in the week beginning 13 June 2011 . The bell ' s clapper , which was removed between uses is still in the church ' s possession . The bell was found by scrap metal merchants and returned .
Kronens Artilleriregiment The Kronens Artilleriregiment ( ) was a Danish Army artillery regiment . On 1 August 1982 it was merged with Sjællandske Artilleriregiment to form Kongens Artilleriregiment . History . In 1684 three artillery corps were formed , " Danske Artillerikorps " , " Holstenske Artillerikorps " and " Norske Artillerikorps " . They were merged in 1764 to one corps , " Det kongelige Artillerikorps " . Kronens Artilleriregiment traces its origin back to this corps . In 1803 it was split up into three brigades , " Danske Artilleribrigade " , " Holstenske Artilleribrigade " ( the later Sjællandske Artilleriregiment ) and " Norske Artilleribrigade " ( disbanded in 1814 ) .
53rd Virginia Infantry The 53rd Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia . The 53rd Virginia was organized in December 1861 , by consolidating Tomlin ' s and Montague ' s Battalions , and Waddill ' s Infantry Company . Many of the men were recruited in Halifax , New Kent , Charles City , and Pittsylvania counties . It was assigned to General Armistead ' s , Barton ' s , and Steuart ' s Brigade , Army of Northern Virginia . The unit was active from Seven Pines to Gettysburg , served in North Carolina , then fought at Drewry ' s Bluff and Cold Harbor . Later it participated in the long Petersburg siege north of the James River and the Appomattox Campaign . This regiment contained 468 effectives in June , 1862 , lost 31 of the 128 engaged at Malvern Hill , and reported 11 casualties during the Maryland Campaign . Of the 435 who saw action at Gettysburg more than thirty percent were disabled , and there were 3 killed , 33 wounded , and 3 missing at Drewry ' s Bluff . Many were captured at Sayler ' s Creek , and 6 officers and 74 men surrendered on April 9 , 1865 . The field officers were Colonels William E . Starke , William R . Aylett , John Grammar , Jr . , Carter L . Stevenson , and Harrison B . Tomlin ; Lieutenant Colonels Rawley W . Martin , Edgar B . Montague , John C . Timberlake , and George M . Waddill ; and Majors Henry Edmundson and William Leigh .
USS Narcissus ( WAGL - 238 ) USS " Narcissus " ( WAGL - 238 ) was built for the United States Coast Guard by Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Corporation , Duluth , Minnesota , in 1939 . Designed as a navigational aid tender , she was assigned to Wilmington , North Carolina . In 1940 she transferred to Portsmouth , Virginia . Executive Order 8929 of 1 November 1941 transferred the Coast Guard to the US Navy . Through the war years " Narcissus " continued to serve as a large inland buoy tender , operating out of Portsmouth . When the Coast Guard returned to the Treasury Department on 1 January 1946 , the tender remained in an active status . Through 1970 she has continued her buoytending duties from her permanent station at Portsmouth .
RAF Poulton RAF Poulton is a former Royal Air Force station located near Poulton , Cheshire and was operational from 1 March 1943 until 1945 . It was used as an Operational Training Unit ( OTU ) and Tactical Exercise Unit ( TEU ) for Hawker Hurricane s . History . It was part of 12 Group and was used as a satellite of RAF Hawarden . It had 8 Blister and 1 Bessonneau hangar s . Current use . Part of the site remains in use as a private airfield .
USS Guardian ( YAGR - 1 ) USS " Guardian " ( YAGR - 1 ) was a acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War II . Her task was to act as part of the radar defenses of the United States after the close of World War II . Built and placed into reserve . " Guardian " was launched as Liberty Ship SS " James G . Squires " 8 May 1945 by J . A . Jones Construction Co . , Inc . , Panama City , Florida ; sponsored by Mrs . Elisa Broome ; and delivered 31 May to Waterman Steamship Co . The ship served until 5 October 1945 , when she was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet , James River , Virginia . Reactivation . Taken out of reserve in 1954 , she was renamed " Guardian " , converted at Charleston Navy Yard , and commissioned YAGR - 1 at Norfolk , Virginia , 1 February 1955 , Lt . Comdr . Robert E . Euliss in command . The honor of " being the first " . The first ocean radar station ship was put up into service by the Navy , " Guardian " conducted shakedown in Roosevelt Roads , Puerto Rico , and surrounding waters , reporting to Newport , Rhode Island , her home port , 2 June 1955 . Equipped with highly sensitive radar gear to enable her to detect , track , and report any aircraft penetrating the continental United States , " Guardian " was attached to the Eastern Continental Air Defense Command . She and her sister ships spend 3 or 4 weeks at a time off the U . S . East Coast on radar picket duty , even in the heaviest winter weather in the North Atlantic Ocean . In addition to radar picket duty , " Guardian " participated in ASW exercises with both American and Canadian naval units and in local operations out of Newport and Key West , Florida . Her designation was changed to AGR - 1 on 28 September 1958 . Decommissioning . " Guardian " was decommissioned , 28 July 1965 , and struck from the Naval Vessel Register ( date unknown ) . She was returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet . Final disposition : she was scrapped in September 1971 at Bilbao , Spain . Military awards and honors . " Guardian ' s " crew was eligible for the following medals :
AK - 102 The AK - 102 assault rifle is a shortened carbine version of the AK - 101 rifle , which in turn was derived from the original AK - 47 design and its AK - 74 successor . The AK - 102 , AK - 104 , and AK - 105 are very similar in design , the only difference being the caliber and corresponding magazine type . The AK - 102 is an export version chambered to fire 5 . 56×45mm NATO ammunition . Compared to the AK - 101 and AK - 103 , which are full - size rifles of similar design , the AK - 102 , 104 , and 105 feature shortened barrels that make them a middle ground between a full rifle and the more compact AKS - 74U . Whereas the AK - 10x rifles have longer barrels , full - length gas pistons , and solid , side - folding polymer stocks , the AKS - 74U is shorter , and features a skeleton stock . The rifle ' s receiver is made of stamped steel . The magazine is lighter , and more durable than older models , being made out of reinforced fiberglass . The butt stock is made of plastic , making it lighter , more durable , and it is hollow , allowing a field kit to be stored in side of it . The 100 - series AKs are produced by the Izhmash factories in Izhevsk , Russia .
P29 Patrol Boat Patrol boat " P29 " was a Kondor I Class former Minesweeper and Patrol Boat that was scuttled as a dive site in 2007 off Ċirkewwa , Malta . It was built by Peenewerft shipyard to patrol the river banks between the East and West Germany and then was also used as a minesweeper for the East German Navy under the name " Boltenhagen " . It was purchased by Malta in 1992 along with its sister ships P30 ( formerly " Ueckermuende " ) and P31 ( formerly " Pasewalk " ) , and was used to secure the Maltese coast against smuggling and border control operations . It was sunk as an attraction for divers on 14 August 2007 to serve as a diving site . The P29 is 51 metres long and lies at a depth of around 35 metres but the entire dive may be done at 25 meters . The highest point of the wreck is situated only 12 metres deep from the surface . Since this wreck was quite recently sunk compare to the MV Rozi and other wreck sites in Malta , it requires some more time to attract a good amount of marine life inside and around it . Dennis O ’ Hare , an experienced Scottish diver , died while diving on this wreck in November 2010 .
General Armstrong The General Armstrong was an American brig built for privateer ing during the Atlantic Ocean theater of the War of 1812 . She was named for Brigadier General John Armstrong , Sr . who fought in the American Revolutionary War . War of 1812 . The " General Armstrong " had a crew of about 90 men , under the command of Captain Samuel Chester Reid , and was armed with seven guns , including a Long Tom . On 19 April 1814 , she captured the British armed merchantman " Fanny " , of eighteen guns and forty - five men , off the coast of Ireland . The engagement , which lasted about an hour , was described as a " " severe " " close range action . The entire battle was fought within " " pistol shot range " " and eventually the British struck their colors after losing several men either killed or wounded . The crew of the " General Armstrong " lost one killed and six wounded , the " Fanny " a like number . The British ship third rate later recaptured " Fanny " . " General Armstrong " is most remembered for her involvement in the Battle of Fayal from 26 to 27 September 1814 . In the engagement , the British brig - sloop and several boats armed with cannon and carrying sailors and marines , attempted to cut out the " General Armstrong " . " General Armstrong " repulsed the attacks but Captain Reid felt he had no chance of escaping the Azores so he ordered the scuttling of " General Armstrong " after fighting off the " Carnation " for a final time on 27 September . The Americans made it to shore where the Portuguese authorities protected them . Casualties amounted to two killed and seven wounded for the United States ; the British lost 36 men killed and 93 wounded . Two of their boats were sunk and two others were captured .
Gregory A . Biscone Lieutenant General Gregory A . Biscone is the Commander , Office of the Defense Representative , Pakistan . He is the senior military representative in Pakistan and in concert with the U . S . Embassy Country Team , promotes and enhances U . S . security goals by assisting Pakistan military counterinsurgency efforts by building capacity and developing relationships with Pakistan military to strengthen and perpetuate a resilient and mutually beneficial defense relationship with Pakistan . General Biscone is a 1981 distinguished graduate of the U . S . Air Force Academy . His assignments include combat crew instructor duty and wing command in the B - 52 ; squadron , group and wing command in the B - 2 ; advanced systems acquisition ; and aide to the Commander , Air Combat Command . He also led the Joint Staff ' s Force Integration Branch , directed the Headquarters U . S . Executive Secretariat , and served as ACC ' s Assistant Director of Air and Space Operations . He has also been Deputy Director of Operations , U . S . Central Command , and Director , Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review , Headquarters U . S . Air Force . General Biscone commanded expeditionary forces and flew B - 52 missions in operations Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom . He also commanded B - 2 actions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with strikes from both continental United States and deployed locations . He is a command pilot with more than 3 , 800 hours . Flight information . Rating : Command pilot Flight hours : More than 3 , 800 Aircraft flown : T - 38 , B - 52 , B - 2
Charles Kleinsmith Charles Kleinsmith ( September 28 , 1904 – June 4 , 1942 ) was a petty officer in the United States Navy who was killed in action during the Battle of Midway in World War II . Biography . Charles Kleinsmith was born on September 28 , 1904 in Zionsville , Pennsylvania . He enlisted in the United States Navy on October 26 , 1922 as an apprentice seaman . Until honorably discharged on October 5 , 1926 as fireman second class , he served on board several ships , including the battleship s " Wyoming " ( BB - 32 ) and " Maryland " ( BB - 46 ) . Kleinsmith reenlisted in the Navy on December 20 , 1928 , and during the next 11 years he had duty on board the light cruiser s USS " Milwaukee " ( CL - 5 ) and USS " Cincinnati " ( CL - 6 ) , the heavy cruiser USS " Portland " ( CA - 33 ) , and the light cruiser USS " Honolulu " ( CL - 48 ) . He reported aboard the aircraft carrier USS " Saratoga " ( CV - 3 ) on December 27 , 1939 , and transferred to the aircraft carrier USS " Yorktown " ( CV - 5 ) on October 31 , 1940 . He achieved the rank of chief watertender . During the Battle of Midway on June 4 , 1942 , Chief Watertender Kleinsmith maintained auxiliary power on " Yorktown " after an intense Japan ese bombing attack extinguished the fires in all of her boilers but one . Despite the stifling fumes , intense heat , and imminence of explosion , he performed courageously , enabling the aircraft carrier to attain the speed necessary for launching planes to oppose a Japanese aerial torpedo attack . At the end of the attack , Kleinsmith was missing and presumed dead . Awards . Kleinsmith was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross . Namesakes . The destroyer escort USS " Kleinsmith " ( DE - 376 ) was named for Chief Kleinsmith in 1944 , but construction of the ship was cancelled a week later . The name was reassigned to another destroyer escort , USS " Kleinsmith " ( DE - 718 ) . Before launching , " Kleinsmith " was redesignated as a " Crosley " class fast transport and converted accordingly . She was in commission as the fast transport USS " Kleinsmith " ( APD - 134 ) from 1945 to 1960 .
Rufrius Crispinus Rufrius Crispinus was a knight who lived during the later Julio - Claudian dynasty . The satirist Juvenal spitefully described him as one the " dregs " of the " Nile " , indicating his Egyptian origin . It is believed he came to Rome as a fish merchant . Under the Roman Emperor Claudius he was the commander of the Praetorian Guard . In 47 , he suppressed a rebellion and was promoted by the Senate to the rank of praetor and was given one and half a million sesterces . In 51 , the Empress Agrippina the Younger removed him from the commander position and replaced him with Sextus Afranius Burrus . She regarded Crispinus loyal to Messalina ' s memory . Crispinus married Poppaea Sabina , who would become Empress ( also Nero ' s second wife ) and would bear him a son of the same name . They divorced , and Poppaea married Otho , whom she also divorced , then the Emperor Nero . He later became a member of the Roman Senate , due to property qualifications and enjoyed senator status . Martial passingly mentions his purple cloak suiting his complexion . In 65 , due to Nero ' s hate for him , he was banished . One year later , Nero ordered his execution . His son would also die at Nero ' s hand , by being drowned during a fishing trip . Also , his ex - wife was kicked to death by Nero . That Nero murdered the young son of Poppaea it is a claim difficult to believe , the young boy would have enever pose a threat to Nero rule because of his father low status . That he kicked his beloved wife Poppea while pregnant is also a claim that is coming solely from his detractors . She could have died of an internal hemorrhage while pregnant .
Virgil A . Richard Brigadier General Virgil Almos Richard ( September 4 , 1937 – September 11 , 2013 ) was a retired US Army General who served 32 years of active military service of which 30 were devoted to Financial Management . Richard became an outspoken critic of the " Don ' t ask , don ' t tell " policy of the U . S . Armed Forces and gained national media attention as a part of a small group of high - ranking military officers who came out as gay after retirement . Early life . Richard was born in Anthony , Kansas , and grew up in rural Wakita , Oklahoma . He received his BS in accounting from Oklahoma State University ( where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity ) , his Master of Business Administration ( Managerial Economics ) from George Washington University and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of Columbia University , the U . S . Army Command and General Staff College and the U . S . Army War College . He is also an ROTC Distinguished Military Graduate . Career . Richard was an Officer of the Association of the United States Army chapters in Alaska and Indiana , Commander of the Harker Heights , Texas American Legion Post and Assistant State Treasurer of the Texas Department of the American Legion . He was also a Board Member of the Austin Exchange Club , The Texas District Exchange Clubs , and formerly a Board Member of the Capital City Men ' s Chorus in Austin , Texas . He is a recipient of the Army Distinguished Service Medal , the Bronze Star with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster , the Legion of Merit with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters , Army Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters , Joint Service Commendation Medal , and the Army Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster . Personal life . Richard has three sons from his marriage to the late Bonnie Raylene Farrar . Throughout his military career , Richard had assignments in Honolulu , HI , Anchorage , AK , Indianapolis , IN , Washington , DC , and retired in 1991 at Fort Hood , TX . From 1998 until his death , he lived in Austin , Texas with his partner of 16 years , David W . Potter .
Russell Reeder Russell Potter " Red " Reeder , Jr . ( March 4 , 1902 – February 22 , 1998 ) was a United States Army officer and author . Biography . Reeder was born in Fort Leavenworth , Kansas on March 4 , 1902 . His father , Russell Potter Reeder Sr . , was a West Point graduate and Reeder and his family moved to different military bases around the country . He wrote about his army upbringing in the book " Born at Reveille " . At the age of eleven , he saved the life of a drowning younger child in Casco Bay , Maine . For this achievement , he was awarded the Treasury Department Silver Lifesaving Medal . Reeder entered West Point when he was eighteen years old in 1920 and played football and baseball as a cadet . He attended West Point for six years and graduated in 1926 . During the bombing of Pearl Harbor , Reeder was stationed in California . By the end of December 1941 , he had joined the Army operations division and was transferred to a military base in Washington . Reeder was sent to England in April 1944 , to command the 12th Infantry Regiment within the Fourth Infantry Division . Reeder ' s regiment of 3 , 000 soldiers fought on Utah beach during D - Day . On June 11 , 1944 , during the Battle of Normandy , Reeder received a shrapnel wound in his ankle that almost severed his left leg . Reeder was taken back to England , and from there was taken to the Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington and his leg was amputated . After retiring from military service in 1946 , Reeder became an athletic director at West Point . He quit this job after 20 years in 1967 and pursued a career in nonfiction writing . Of his nonfiction works , " Medal of Honor Heroes " and " The West Point Story " were written for the Landmark series of historical literature for children . Reeder ' s sister Nardi Reeder Campion was an author and co - wrote Marty Maher ' s " Bringing Up the Brass " that was filmed as " The Long Grey Line " with Nardi co - writing the screenplay . Red Reeder had a cameo as a Commandant of Cadets in the film . In 1997 , Reeder was awarded the Distinguished Graduate Award by the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy . Reeder died on February 22 , 1998 at the age of 95 . He survived his wife and younger sister , and has four children , ten grandchildren , and fifteen great - grandchildren . Decorations . Colonel Reeder ’ s military decorations include the Distinguished Service Cross , the Silver Star , the Legion of Merit , the Bronze Star , the Purple Heart , the Combat Infantryman Badge , and two decorations awarded by France : the Croix de Guerre avec Palm and the Légion d ' honneur .