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USS Dale ( 1839 ) USS " Dale ( later Oriole " ) was a sloop - of - war in the United States Navy launched on 8 November 1839 by at the Philadelphia Navy Yard , and commissioned on 11 December 1839 , Commander John Gwinn in command . She was taken to Norfolk Navy Yard and readied for sea . " Dale " s first cruise — on which she sailed from Norfolk on 13 December 1840 — took her around Cape Horn to the Pacific Station . Based at Valparaíso , Chile , she patrolled the eastern waters of the Pacific Ocean to protect American commerce and the whaling industry . Upon her return to the east coast in October 1843 , she went into ordinary at New York City until early in 1846 , when she was refitted for a second cruise in the Pacific . Sailing from New York on 6 June 1846 , " Dale " arrived at Valparaiso on 8 September , and cruised the coast of South America until ordered north for duty in the Mexican - American War . The sloop arrived off Monterey , California , in January 1847 , and through the remaining year of the war , cruised the coasts of Mexico and California . Not only did she capture several Mexican privateers and merchantmen , but landing parties she sent ashore raised the U . S . flag over the towns of Guaymas and Mulege . Thirty soldiers were landed at Mulege , but they were faced by artillery and significant opposition . Using the excuse of encroaching nightfall at a later date to justify their sudden departure , in truth the Battle of Mulege was a substantial victory for the Mexican forces , hence the current official appellation for the town , i . e . , " Heroica Mulege " . Following the ending of the war in February 1848 , " Dale " continued to patrol until the summer of 1849 , when she sailed for the east coast , arriving at New York on 22 August 1849 . In ordinary at New York from August 1849 - August 1850 , " Dale " made three extended cruises along the African coast to suppress the slave trade , during which she bombarded the small Kingdom of Johanna , in August 1851 . " Dale " went out of commission in May 1859 but recommissioned on 30 June 1861 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard , Kittery , Maine , and sailed to join the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron , capturing two schooner s on her passage to Port Royal , South Carolina . Here she served as store and guard ship until sailing north for repairs on 30 September 1862 . " Dale " arrived at Key West on 10 December for duty as ordnance store ship until 3 July 1865 . She was decommissioned at Philadelphia on 20 July , and was in ordinary at Norfolk until recommissioned on 29 May 1867 . She served as a training ship at the United States Naval Academy until 1884 , then as a receiving ship at Washington Navy Yard until 1894 . While at Norfolk on 22 January 1886 , Landsman Joseph H . Davis rescued a fellow sailor from drowning , for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor . Transferred to the Maryland Naval Militia in 1895 , the ship was renamed " Oriole " on 30 November 1904 , and transferred to the United States Coast Guard at Baltimore on 23 July 1906 . On 17 September 1921 " Oriole " was returned to the US Navy and sold as a hulk to Mr . William Mattson of Baltimore .
Martin James Monti Martin James Monti ( October 24 , 1921 – September 11 , 2000 ) was a United States airman who defected to the Axis powers and worked as a propaganda broadcaster and writer . After the end of World War II , he was caught and sentenced to long terms , first for desertion , then for treason . Monti enlisted in the Army Air Forces as an aviation cadet . He reported for training and later was commissioned as a flight officer . He subsequently qualified in the P - 39 Aircobra and the P - 38 Lightning , and was promoted to second lieutenant , when he was sent to Karachi , India ( now in Pakistan ) . Attached to the 126th Replacement Depot , by then a first lieutenant , he deserted the Army Air Forces . He hitched a ride aboard a C - 46 to Cairo , Egypt , and from there he traveled to Italy , via Tripoli , Libya . At Foggia he visited the 82nd Fighter Group , and then he made his way to Pomigliano Airfield , north of Naples , where the 354th Air Service Squadron prepared aircraft for assignment to line squadrons . He took note that an aircraft , a reconnaissance version of the P - 38 Lightning , needed work and required a test flight after repairs . He stole the aircraft and flew to Milan . There , he surrendered , or rather defected to the Nazis , and subsequently began work as a propaganda broadcaster under the pseudonym of " Captain Martin Wiethaupt " . At the end of 1944 , Monti made a microphone test at the recording studio of the SS Standarte ‘ Kurt Eggers ’ , a propaganda unit of the Waffen - SS , under the direction of Guenter d ' Alquen , in Berlin , Germany . He later joined them as a SS - Untersturmführer and participated in writing and composing a leaflet to be distributed by members of the German military forces , and among Allied prisoners of war . At the end of the war , Monti was in Italy when he surrendered to the Americans ( still wearing his SS uniform ) . In 1946 , he was sentenced to 15 years in prison on the charge of desertion , but was pardoned within a year on condition he join the army . He was serving as a sergeant when the FBI rearrested him in 1948 . He was charged with treason , as his propaganda activities as " Martin Wiethaupt " had been discovered by the FBI , and sentenced to 25 years in prison . Monti was paroled in 1960 .
RV Pacific Escort I RV " Pacific Escort I – previously the U . S . Army " LT - 535 – was an Army tugboat acquired by the U . S . Navy in 1985 as an escort for submarines and as a for - hire oceanographic research ship at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard . Construction . " LT 535 " was a Large Tug ( LT ) , Design 377 - A , 505 gross ton , vessel built as hull # 331 by Levingston Shipbuilding of Orange , Texas for the U . S . Army Transportation Corps during 1943 - 1944 . She was delivered to the Army April 26 , 1944 and placed in service as the U . S . Army " LT - 535 " . Service career . " LT - 535 " had been in service with the U . S . Army from 1945 to 1984 when she was acquired and placed in service with the U . S . Navy in 1985 , performing her duties with the Navy until finally struck at an unknown date and disposed of . U . S . Navy career . When acquired by the U . S . Navy in 1985 , she was renamed " Pacific Escort " was placed into service as an escort for American submarines . She was based at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard , in California , and was available for lease to commercial interests as a general research ship . Inactivation . " Pacific Escort " was struck from the Navy List at an unknown date and sold commercial as " Ataboy " ( IMO 8936906 ) . She is believed to be still in commercial service as " Brittania U III " in Nigeria .
Tupolev Tu - 107 The Tupolev Tu - 107 was a prototype Soviet military transport aircraft developed from the Tu - 104 . It featuring a rear ramp loading door and was intended to carry light vehicles , artillery pieces , or up to 70 paratroop ers . The fuselage was unpressurized which meant the paratroopers had to use oxygen masks . A single prototype was built and flown but the aircraft was not put in production .
Minden Day Minden Day is a regimental anniversary celebrated on August 1 by certain units of the British Army . It commemorates the participation of the forerunners of the regiments in the Battle of Minden on that date in 1759 . The celebration of the day involves the wearing of " Minden Roses " on the regimental head dress , and , in the case of the infantry regiments , the decoration of the regimental colours with garlands of roses . This recalls that the regiments wore wild roses at the battle that they had plucked from the hedgerows as they advanced to engage the enemy . Minden Day is celebrated by : The colours of roses varies : red is used by most of the units , but white is favoured by the Light Infantry and red and yellow by the Royal Anglians . In some cases this reflects parts of the regimental recruiting areas : the Light Infantry is associated with part of Yorkshire ( represented by a white rose ) , the Fusiliers with part of historic Lancashire and the Princess of Wales ' s area includes Hampshire ( both counties having red roses as insignia ) . In 1975 August 1 was adopted as Yorkshire Day , partly to reflect the presence of Yorkshire soldiers at the battle .
SM UB - 33 SM " UB - 33 " was a German Type UB II submarine or U - boat in the German Imperial Navy ( ) during World War I . The U - boat was ordered on 22 July 1915 and launched on 5 December 1915 . She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 22 April 1916 as SM " UB - 33 " . The submarine sank thirteen ships , damaged two others , and took a further three as prizes in seventeen patrols . " UB - 33 " was mined and sunk around the Varne Bank on 11 April 1918 . The wreck of " UB - 33 " lies below the surface of the water . The amount of clearance between the submarine and ships ' keels passing directly overhead is very small , making it a risk for the heavy cross - channel ship traffic in the area . In 2007 efforts began to lift and move the wreck to deeper waters to ensure safety for passing ships . The wreck is officially classified as a war grave and therefore it cannot be deliberately destroyed .
Exercise Reforger Exercise Reforger ( from return of forces to Germany ) was an annual exercise conducted , during the Cold War , by NATO . The exercise was intended to ensure that NATO had the ability to quickly deploy forces to West Germany in the event of a conflict with the Warsaw Pact . The Reforger exercise itself was first conceived in 1967 . The Johnson administration announced plans to withdraw approximately two divisions from Europe during 1968 . As a demonstration of its continuing commitment to the defense of NATO and to illustrate its capability of rapid reinforcement , a large scale force deployment was planned that would deploy a division or more to West Germany in a regular annual exercise . The first such exercise was conducted beginning on 6 January 1969 . These exercises continued annually past the end of the Cold War , except for the year 1989 , until 1993 . Reforger 1975 marked the operational presence of the United States Marine Corps in Europe for the first time since World War I when the 2nd Marine Division ' s 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit ( 32nd MAU ) was deployed from Camp Lejeune , North Carolina as part of that exercise . Reforger 1988 was billed as the largest European ground maneuver since the end of World War II as 125 , 000 troops were deployed . Reforger was not merely a show of force — in the event of a conflict , it would be the actual plan to strengthen the NATO presence in Europe . In that instance , it would have been referred to as Operation Reforger . Important components in Reforger included the Military Airlift Command , the Military Sealift Command , and the Civil Reserve Air Fleet . The US Army also increased its rapid - reinforcement capability by prepositioning huge stocks of equipment and supplies in Europe at POMCUS sites . The maintenance of this equipment has provided extensive on - the - job training to reserve - component support units . Operation Bright Star , the biannual deployment of American army and air force units to Egypt , serves much the same purpose as Reforger did . REFORGER Units . The following units were earmarked to return to Germany in case of war :
1st Royal Bavarian Uhlans " Emperor William II , King of Prussia " The 1st Royal Bavarian Uhlans “ Emperor William II , King of Prussia ” ( " Königlich Bayerisches Ulanen - Regiment „ Kaiser Wilhelm II . , König von Preußen “ Nr . 1 " ) was a light cavalry regiment of the Royal Bavarian Army . The regiment was formed in 1863 as a Uhlans unit . It fought in the Austro - Prussian War , the Franco - Prussian War and World War I . In 1919 the regiment was disbanded .
Balashov ( air base ) Balashov ( also Balashov Southeast , Balasov ) is an air base in Russia located 9 km east of Balashov , Saratov Oblast . Satellite high - resolution imagery accessed in 2006 showed 65 Antonov An - 24 transport aircraft and a few helicopters . Michael Holm ' s data as of 2011 appears to suggest that Balashov as of 1990 was home to the 606th Training Aviation Regiment of the Balashov Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots , subordinated to the Air Forces of the Volga - Ural Military District .
Theodore Trithyrius Theodore Trithyrius ( died 636 ) , commonly known by his title as Theodore the Sacellarius , was a Byzantine treasurer of the state ( " sacellarius " ) and a military commander during the last years of the reign of Byzantine emperor Heraclius . Life . Based in Antioch during the 7th century , Trithyrius was a Greek Christian treasurer working for the Byzantine authority of Emperor Heraclius and extremely loyal to the emperor himself . He enjoyed supremacy under his title of " sacellarius " usually appointed to the state treasurer . In 634 , the emperor sent his brother Theodore to fighting the invading armies of Muslims in Ajnadayn where he was decisively defeated . On his retreat , Theodore blamed his brother ' s incestuous marriage to their niece Martina for the defeat of the Byzantine empire and delved into an argument with him . Heraclius stripped him of his command and sent him to Constantinople . With Theodore gone , Heraclius appointed Trithyrius to take lead as the commander of his brother ' s army . Historians cite that Heraclius wanted to give the reigns to Theodore not because he was loyal but because he shared his brother ' s name and that the force would not feel much about the replacement of his brother . In 635 , however , things were beginning to take a serious toll when the Byzantine armies failed considerably at other battles . This partly due to financial setbacks and the Byzantine empire failing to provide salaries for the troops , Trithyrius found himself in another role . For most times , Trithyrius ' s role with the army served as a constant reassurement . A certain lassitude had filled the air and Heraclius had to disband many regiments for economy ' s sake . There was no enthusiasm towards joining the army however the presence of the imperial paymaster encouraged mercenary recruitment . The Muslim conquest of Syria appeared a significant threat to the Byzantine empire and Heraclius thus ordered Trithyrius to lead an army to counter the attacks . His real role with the army is questionable but his involvement brought reassurance nonetheless . In August 636 , he charged down to the Yarmouk River an eastern tributary of the Jordan River to fight the Rashidun army at the Battle of Yarmouk . Against the opposing military leader Khalid ibn al - Walid , Trithyrius decided to give the command to Vahan , an Armenian prince as he felt he was not a formidable army commander . Although on 20 August 636 , he died at the hands of the Muslims along with Vahan and almost all his men .
SM UB - 109 SM " UB - 109 " was a German Type UB III submarine or U - boat in the German Imperial Navy ( ) during World War I . She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 31 December 1917 as SM " UB - 109 " . " UB - 109 " was sunk by mine in the English Channel on 29 August 1918 . Construction . She was built by Blohm & Voss of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction , launched at Hamburg on 7 July 1917 . " UB - 109 " was commissioned later the same year . Like all Type UB III submarines , " UB - 109 " carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun . " UB - 109 " would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . " UB - 109 " had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged . Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged .
Cohors III Alpinorum equitata Cohors tertia Alpinorum equitata ( " 3rd part - mounted Cohort of Alpini " ) was a Roman auxiliary mixed infantry and cavalry regiment . " Alpini " was a generic name denoting several Celtic - speaking mountain tribes inhabiting the Alps between Italy and Gaul , which were organised as the Tres Alpes provinces . The regiment was probably raised as one of 4 - 6 Alpini units recruited after the final annexation of the western Alpine regions by emperor Augustus in 15 BC . It first appears in the datable epigraphic record in Dalmatia in 75 AD . It was still in Dalmatia in 93 . It probably remained there for the whole of the 2nd century and moved to Pannonia in the early 3rd century . However , in the absence of datable inscriptions , movements after 93 are speculative . The regiment ' s inscriptions have been found at the following Roman forts ( in likely order of occupation ) : Humac ; Burnum ; Salona ; Muć ; Baratsföldpuszta ( Pannonia ) . The names of 5 " praefecti " ( regimental commanders ) are preserved . None has a certain origin . 4 " centurion es " ( infantry officers ) and 2 " decurio nes " ( cavalry officers ) are recorded , although only one has a certain origin ( Celeia , Slovenia ) . Junior officers attested are a " signifer " ( standard - bearer ) , " tesserarius " ( watch officer ) and a " tubicen " ( trumpeter ) . Of these only the " tubicen " s origin is known : the Caturiges , a tribe in the Gallic Alps . The names of 13 " caligati " ( common soldiers ) are extant . One is of the Bodionti , probably a Gallic tribe . Another is from the Alpes Maritimae province , where the regiment was originally ( partially ) recruited .
Blaster ( flamethrower ) The Blaster ( also called the " BMW Flamethrower " ) was a 1998 invention by South African inventor Charl Fourie designed to provide a defence against carjacking s . The invention came in response to the increasingly severe violent crime situation in South Africa , which in 1998 had already made the country ( particularly Johannesburg ) the " per capita " murder , assault , rape and carjacking capital of the world . The Blaster was a liquefied petroleum gas flamethrower installed along the sides of the vehicle under the doors . Should a group of carjackers suddenly attack the vehicle while it is stopped in traffic ( the typical scenario ) , the occupant could flip a switch and direct 5 metre plumes of flame upward into the facial area of anyone trying to enter the vehicle through the doors or windows . Fourie claims it is unlikely to kill but would " definitely blind " the assailant . In South Africa , it is legal to use lethal force in self - defence if in fear of one ' s life , and ownership of flamethrowers is unrestricted . The device was controversial in South Africa , with some ( including the Automobile Association of South Africa ( AA ) ) speculating that the device might cause more carjackers to simply murder drivers with gunfire as a precautionary measure before approaching the vehicle , a tactic which was already fairly common . In any case , the device was not banned ( as is sometimes reported ) , but the high price tag limited its market and made it unprofitable . By 2001 , only a few hundred had been sold , and the device was taken off the market by Fourie , who instead started marketing a less expensive pocket - sized " personal flamethrower " . 2009 statistics report the murder rate in South Africa has decreased by nearly 50 % since 1999 , but the assault rate has stayed steady and the carjacking and rape rates have actually increased , remaining the highest " per capita " in the world , and there is still some use of Blaster - equipped vehicles in Johannesburg and elsewhere . The Blaster received ample ( and often satirical ) media coverage from abroad . In particular , it earned its inventor the 1999 Ig Nobel Peace Prize ( a parody of the real Nobel Prizes ) .
Battle of Enogai The Battle of Enogai was a battle between United States and Imperial Japanese Army and Navy forces on 10 – 11 July 1943 during the New Georgia Campaign in the Solomon Islands during the Pacific War . In the battle , U . S . Marine Raiders , supported by two United States Army infantry battalions , attacked and destroyed a Japanese garrison guarding the small port of Enogai on the Dragons Peninsula on New Georgia . After conducting an unsuccessful follow - up attack on nearby Bairoko , the American forces remained in the Enogai area until the end of the New Georgia Campaign .
William Keller ( Medal of Honor ) William G . Keller ( April 19 , 1876 – September 20 , 1963 ) was a private serving in the United States Army during the Spanish – American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery . Biography . Keller was born April 19 , 1876 in Buffalo , New York and entered the army from same location . He was sent to the Spanish – American War with Company F , 10th U . S . Infantry as a private where he received the Medal of Honor for assisting in the rescue of wounded while under heavy enemy fire . He died September 20 , 1963 and is buried in Lake View Cemetery , Cleveland , Ohio . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Private , Company F , 10th U . S . Infantry . Place and date : At Santiago de Cuba , 1 July 1898 . Entered service at : Buffalo , N . Y . Birth : Buffalo , N . Y . Date of issue : 22 June 1899 . Citation : Gallantly assisted in the rescue of the wounded from in front of the lines and under heavy fire of the enemy .
Ernie Stires Ernest Stires ( December 17 , 1925 – May 4 , 2008 ) was an American composer , musician , and mentor . His jazz - based classical music has been performed both throughout the United States and abroad . Stires was born in Alexandria , Virginia , to a family of musicians . His grandparents were the mezzo - soprano Louise Homer and the American art song composer Sidney Homer , while his cousin was the composer Samuel Barber . He was educated first at the Episcopal High School in Alexandria and then at Harvard and Dartmouth , finally graduating from Trinity College in Connecticut . After service as a U . S . Navy pilot in World War II , Stires worked as a television advertising executive , first for NBC in California and then later for CBS in Boston . Although he had begun improvising jazz on the piano while still a small child , he did not devote himself to music as a career until 1962 when he studied composition with Nicolas Slonimsky and Francis Judd Cooke . He moved to Vermont in 1967 where he was an administrator for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and the Bennington Composers Conference and one of the founding members of the Consortium of Vermont Composers . He also worked as a volunteer teaching basic music theory and composition to young musicians in his community . Amongst his students were Trey Anastasio , a member of the band Phish , film composer / guitarist John Kasiewicz , and Jamie Masefield of the Jazz Mandolin Project . Stires ' electric guitar concerto , " Chat Rooms " , was written expressly for Anastasio who premiered it in 2001 with the Vermont Youth Orchestra under Troy Peters , an event covered on national television . In 2004 , his violin concerto was premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York in a performance by the Vermont Youth Orchestra with Ruotao Mao , first violinist of the Amabile Quartet , as the soloist . Ernie Stires died in Vermont on May 4 , 2008 at the age of 82 .
Action of 3 May 1657 The Action of 3 May 1657 was a battle that took place on 3 May 1657 and was a victory for Venice over Algeria . Venetian casualties were 117 killed and 346 wounded . Few details are known . Ships involved . Venice ( Mocenigo ) . 6 galleasses ? < br > 19 galleys ? < br > Algeria . " Perla " ( flag ? ? ) - Captured < br > " Fontana Rose " - Captured < br > " Sette Teste " - Aground and burnt < br > " Doi Lioni " - Aground and burnt < br > " Luna Biscaina " - Aground and burnt < br > " Molin de Vento " - Captured < br > " Tigra " - Aground and burnt < br > " Lione " < br > " ? " ( ex - Venetian " Croce d ' Oro " , captured earlier that year ) - Captured < br >