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USNS Asterion ( T - AF - 63 ) USNS Asterion ( T - AF - 63 ) was an " Asterion " - class stores ship acquired by the United States Navy in 1961 . Her task was to carry stores , refrigerated items , and equipment to ships in the fleet , and to remote stations and staging areas . Pre - commissioning activity . The second vessel to be named Asterion by the US Navy , " AF - 63 " was laid down under a United States Maritime Commission contract ( MCV hull 41 ) on 10 June 1944 at Los Angeles , California , by the California Shipbuilding Corporation . , as Arcadia Victory . Launched on 27 July 1944 and sponsored by Mrs . James T . Wishart , Arcadia Victory was delivered to her operators , the American President Lines ( APL ) , on 3 September 1944 . She operated under the APL shipping line ' s flag until laid up late in 1952 . Acquired by the Navy . Removed from the National Defense Reserve Fleet berthing area at Suisun Bay , California , on 7 November 1961 , Arcadia Victory was acquired by the US Navy from the United States Maritime Commission on 12 November 1961 . Renamed Asterion and classified as a store ship , AF - 63 , on 4 December 1961 , the ship was taken to the Willamette Iron and Steel Company . of Portland , Oregon , where she underwent conversion to a refrigerated stores ship . Assigned to MSTS . Placed in service with the US Navy ' s Military Sea Transportation Service , ( MSTS ) ( later Military Sealift Command , ( MSC ) in September 1962 as USNS " Asterion " ( T - AF - 63 ) , the ship operated in the MSTS ( later , MSC ) , Pacific Area , delivering fresh and frozen foods to Pacific and Far Eastern ports . On 5 June 1963 , Asterion suffered minor damage to her bow in a collision off San Francisco , California , with the Japanese freighter MV Kokoku Maru . The USCGC Magnolia ( WLB - 328 ) from US Coast Guard Base Yerba Buena Island San Francisco California responded to the vessels distress calls and provided assistance for both ships . The MV Kokoku Maru sustained heavy damage , and the USCGC Magnolia ( WLB - 328 ) evacuated 19 her crew to San Francisco California . Carrying " everything from steak and spuds , to mobile cranes and dynamite , " Asterion ; the winner of the MSTS " Smart Ship Award " in 1967 , operated in the Pacific Ocean for the next decade ; her " ports of call " ranged from Settahip , Thailand , and Saigon , South Vietnam , to Seattle , Washington , San Francisco , and Yokohama . As American involvement in the Vietnam War grew , Asterion ' s itinerary included the ports of Qui Nhon , Cam Ranh Bay , and Danang . Decommissioning . Asterion arrived at Yokohama on 8 June 1973 from her last voyage as a " reefer ship " and her name was struck from the Navy list on 15 June 1973 . Transferred , at Yokohama Japan , to the Maritime Administration for disposal , she was sold to N . W . Kennedy , Ltd . , of Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada , on 31 August 1973 . Final Disposition : fate unknown . References . US Department of Homeland Security . United States Coast Guard Historian ' s Office . http : / / www . uscg . mil / history /
163rd Infantry Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 163rd Infantry Brigade was a 1st Line unit in the British Territorial Army during the First World War and the Second World War . It remained in the U . K . for the duration of the Second World War . History . The 163rd ( Norfolk & Suffolk ) Brigade was assigned to the 54th ( East Anglian ) Division and served in the Middle East during the First World War . First World War units included : The brigade was part of the 54th ( East Anglian ) Infantry Division from September 3 , 1939 to December 13 , 1943 when that division was disbanded . The brigade then became a Lines of Communication unit for the 21st Army Group . It stayed in the United Kingdom for the duration of its service . The original battalions of the brigade were converted into the 53rd Infantry Brigade on September 18 , 1939 and the 163rd Brigade was reformed from the 161st Infantry Brigade . Second World War commanders included Brig . M . D . Jephson , Brig . R . A . D . Moseley , Brig . O . M . Wales , and Lieut . Col . A . L . Taffs .
Gilles de Souvré , Marquis de Courtanvaux , Baron de Lezines Gilles de Souvré , Marquis de Courtanvaux , Baron de Lezines ( c . 1540 – 1626 ) , marshal of France , belonged to an old family of the Perche . He accompanied the duke of Anjou to Poland in 1573 , and was appointed master of the wardrobe and captain of Vincennes when Anjou became Henry III . He remained in favour , despite the opposition of the queen - mother , Catherine de ' Medici , fought at Contras , defended Tours against the Leaguers , was named chévalier de Saint Esprit and governor of Touraine ( 1585 ) , and was one of the first to recognize Henry IV ( 1589 ) , who subsequently entrusted him with the education of the dauphin . Louis XIII rewarded him with the title of marshal in 1613 . He died in Paris in 1626 .
Robert Douglas , Count of Skenninge Robert Douglas ( 17 March 1611 , Standingstone Estate , by Traprain Law , Haddingtonshire – 28 May 1662 , Stockholm ) , Count of Skenninge , Baron of Skalby , was a Scottish Field Marshal ( 1657 – 1662 ) in the Swedish army , during the Thirty Years ' War and the Swedish - Polish wars . He was a commander in the later stages of the Thirty Years ' War . His father , Patrick Douglas , was the second son of William Douglas of Whittinghame . Youth . Scotland ' s numerous clans were often mounted warriors by tradition , training and capability . Sons of noble Scots families — particularly younger sons who had little expectation of adequate inheritance — often emigrated to serve in the armies of monarchs abroad . Young Robert Douglas was one such cadet of the Scottish gentry . In 1627 he was received as a page in the Swedish service under John Casimir , Count Palatine of Kleeburg , castellan of Stegeborg Castle , brother - in - law of King Gustav II . Career . In 1630 when Sweden joined the Thirty Years ' War , he joined the king and started serving in German battlefields . He rose in the officer ranks and in the later stages of the war he served as a commander : in 1635 a colonel , in 1643 a major - general . He participated in some of the most memorable battles of that war , at Leipzig in 1642 and Jankowitz in 1645 . Queen Christina of Sweden ennobled him as a baron in 1651 , and on 28 May 1654 , created him a count . In 1652 , she made him the kingdom ' s Lord Master of the Horse . In King Charles X Gustav ' s Polish war , he was with the king at the battle of Warsaw in 1656 . On 13 May 1657 , the king promoted him to field marshal . He served between 1658 - 1661 as military governor of Estonia and Livonia . In 1660 , he and the Swedes took Jacob , Duke of Courland as their prisoner . He also led the Swedish forces in the conquests of Valmiera and Mitau . Douglas was rewarded with numerous properties and fiefs in Sweden , such as Skänninge , Skälby , Zewen and Sannegården near Göteborg . Family . In 1646 Douglas married Hedvig Mörner , who bore him six sons ( of whom four lived to adulthood ) and a daughter . Three sons became officers and died without issue . The daughter married an Oxenstierna . The remaining son , Gustaf , was first of the Swedish - born noble line of Douglas . He became a colonel and governor of Västerbotten . The Swedish noble family of Douglas descends from him . His grandson , Count Gustav Otto Douglas , was captured by the Russians during the Battle of Poltava , entered Russian service , and in 1717 was made Peter the Great ’ s Governor General over Finland . In the 1890s the then head of the family , Count Ludvig Douglas , was a distinguished Swedish foreign minister and High Marshal of Sweden . The latter ’ s son , general Archibald Douglas - Stjernorp , was Commander in Chief of the Swedish Army during World War II . Robert Douglas is buried in the Douglas chapel in the church of Vreta Abbey .
Andrew George Board Air Commodore Andrew George Board ( 1878 – 1973 ) CMG DSO DL was an English soldier and airman , a pioneer aviator first gaining a licence in 1910 who later became an Royal Air Force Air Commodore . South Wales Borderers . Following a time in the militia Board was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers . In 1910 at his own expense he learned to fly at Hendon . On 29 November 1910 flying a Bleriot monoplane at Hendon he was awarded the Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificate No . 36 . In the 1911 Census he was listed as a Captain of the 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderersat at the Artillery Barracks Pretoria , South Africa . Royal Flying Corps . By 1914 Board had become a flying instructor at the Central Flying School at Netheravon , Wiltshire . On 28 Sep 1914 he became the officer commanding 7 Squadron RFC at Netheravon before moving to the western front in April 1915 to command 5 Squadron RFC . He later commanded the 10th Wing RFC before taking over the control of a 20th ( Reserve ) Wing in Egypt . With the formation of the Royal Air Force in 1918 Broad was awarded a permanent commission as a Lieutenant Colonel . He rose to the rank of Air Commodore before retiring in 1931 . In 1939 he re - joined the RAF as a Group Captain before retiring again in 1941 . In 1943 he became a Deputy Lieutenant in Caernarvon . Family . Board was born in Westerham , Kent on 11 May 1878 the third son of Major John Board and his wife Mary , his father was a Magistrate . In 1932 he married Mrs Phyllis Agnew at St James ' s Picadilly on the 18 August 1932 .
Benjamin Handley Geary Major Benjamin Handley Geary VC ( 29 June 1891 – 26 May 1976 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . He was 23 years old , and a second lieutenant in the 4th Battalion , The East Surrey Regiment , British Army , attached to 1st Battalion during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 20 and 21 April 1915 on Hill 60 near Ypres , Belgium , Second Lieutenant Geary led his men across exposed open ground swept by fierce enemy fire to join survivors of the Bedfordshire Regiment in a crater at the top of the hill , which he held against artillery and bomb attacks during the evening and night . Each attack was repulsed mainly owing to the fine example and personal gallantry of Second Lieutenant Geary . He deliberately exposed himself to enemy fire in order to see by the light of flares the whereabouts of the enemy . He was severely wounded early on 21 April . Further information . At the start of World War II , he joined the Canadian Army , and achieved the rank of major . His grave and memorial are at St . Mark ' s Church Cemetery , Niagara - on - the - Lake , Ontario , Canada . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Canadian War Museum , Ottawa , Canada
Battle of Breitenfeld ( 1642 ) The Second Battle of Breitenfeld , also known as the First Battle of Leipzig ( 23 October 1642 ) , took place at Breitenfeld ( some north - east of Leipzig ) , Germany , during the Thirty Years ' War . The battle was a decisive victory for the Swedish army under the command of Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson over an Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire under the command of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria and his deputy , Prince - General Ottavio Piccolomini , Duke of Amalfi . Battle . In this second clash between ideologies for the prized Saxony city of Leipzig , the Protestant allied forces , led by Torstenson , defeated an army of the Holy Roman Empire , led by Leopold and his deputy , Prince - General Piccolomini . Like the first battle the second was a decisive victory for Swedish led forces in their intervention in the Thirty Years ' War on behalf of various Protestant " Princes " of the generally small German states against the German Catholic League formed to stamp out Protestantism in Central Europe . The Imperial army suffered 15 , 000 casualties , where of 5 , 000 were taken prisoner . Forty - six guns were also seized . 4 , 000 Swedes were killed or wounded ; among them , General Torsten Stålhandske , who led the Finnish " Hakkapeliitta " Cavalry , received a serious wound . Aftermath . The battle enabled Sweden to occupy Saxony . His defeat made Emperor Ferdinand III more willing to negotiate peace , and renounce the Preliminary of Hamburg .
Arthur S . Moreau , Jr . Admiral Arthur Stanley Moreau , Jr . ( June 3 , 1931 – December 8 , 1986 ) was a United States Navy four star admiral who served as Commander in Chief , U . S . Naval Forces Europe and Commander in Chief , Allied Forces Southern Europe ( CINCUSNAVEUR / CINCSOUTH ) from 1985 to 1986 . He died of a heart attack at a military hospital in Italy while still on active duty .
55th United States Colored Infantry Regiment The 55th United States Colored Infantry Regiment was a U . S . C . T . infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It was organized from the 1st Alabama Infantry ( African Descent ) in March 1864 and served in Tennessee . It served in various garrison roles in Tennessee and fought at the Battle of Brice ' s Crossroads . It was then transferred to Louisiana in February 1865 and again served in garrison duties until it was mustered out on December 31 .
Nuri Killigil Nuri Killigil , also known as Nuri Pasha ( 1889 – 1949 ) was a general in the Ottoman Army . He was the half - brother of Ottoman Minister of War , Enver Pasha . During World War II , he founded the Turkestan legion of the " Schutzstaffel " , the major paramilitary of Nazi Germany . Military career . Libya . Infantry Machine - Gun Captain Nuri Efendi was sent to Libya on an illegal Greek ship with Major Jafar al - Askari Bey and 10 , 000 gold . His mission was to archive operations of Teşkilat - ı Mahsusa forces with local forces against Italian and British forces . They landed on the shore between Tobruk and Sallum on February 21 , 1915 and then went to Ahmed Sharif es Senussi in Sallum . In 1917 , in an attempt to organize the efforts which was dispersed by the British , the Ottoman General Staff established the “ Africa Groups Command ” ( " Afrika Grupları Komutanlığı " ) , of which the primary objective was the coastal regions of Libya . Lieutenant Colonel Nuri Bey was appointed its first commander . And his chief of Staff was Staff Major Abdurrahman Nafiz Bey ( Gürman ) . Caucasus . Nuri Bey ' s elder brother Enver Pasha , who couldn ' t resist the lure of Pan - Turanism , called back Nuri Bey from Libya . Enver Pasha promoted him Mirliva Fahri ( honorary ) Ferik and gave the mission to form and command the Army of Islam . Nuri Bey came to Yelizavetpol ( present day : Ganja ) on May 25 , 1918 and began to organize his forces . The Army of Islam was formed officially on July 10 , 1918 At the end of the war , Nuri was arrested by British troops and held in detention in Batum , awaiting trial for wartime crimes . In August 1919 , his supporters ambushed guards escorting him and helped him escape to Erzurum . Later life . In 1938 , Killigil bought a coal mining plant in Turkey . He began to organize the production of guns , bullets , gas masks , and other war equipment . After some time , he announced the end of the production of weapons , but still secretly continued production . Killigil established contact with the Nazi Germany ambassador in Ankara in 1941 in order to win the support of Pan - Turkic cause . With his assistance , the Turkestan legion was formed by the " Schutzstaffel " . During World War II , Killigil was in Germany attempting to achieve the recognition of the independence of Azerbaijan . The attempts were unsuccessful . He was killed on March 2 , 1949 from an explosion in his factory that also killed 26 other people .
RAF North Killingholme Royal Air Force Station North Killingholme or more simply RAF North Killingholme is a former Royal Air Force station located south of Goxhill , Lincolnshire and north west of Immingham , Lincolnshire , England and used during the later years of the Second World War being located just to the west of the village of North Killingholme in North Lincolnshire . The airfield lies west of the village of North Killingholme , between the village and the north - south railway line to Goxhill , mostly in the parish of North Killingholme with the northern edge being skirted by the parish of East Halton . A 400kV pylon line traverses the airfield today from north to south . History . An airfield had initially opened in July 1914 , being the first aerodrome in Lincolnshire , then known as Lindsey . The airfield was built by George Wimpey ( to the north ) adjacent to the east - west railway which heads to Immingham docks , and north - east of Ulceby Junction . The station opened in November 1943 and became fully operational in January 1944 when 550 Squadron moved there from RAF Waltham . The station was with 1 Group . 550 squadron flew 190 operations from the base , with the loss of 58 Lancasters . Three Lancasters completed 100 operations each . 550 Squadron had the honour of opening the aerial attack on 5 June 1944 . It remained operational until October 1945 . 550 squadron was the only squadron to be based at North Killingholme and flew only Avro Lancaster s also No . 14 Base HQ was based at the airfield between 1944 and 1945 . Current use . After North Killingholme closed , the land reverted to agriculture use , but the layout of the station is very easy to see from aerial photographs . There is the North Killingholme Industrial Estate on the site . There is a large depot for Volvo construction equipment . Low Farm is on the north - west of the site . Another nearby airfield , RAF Kirmington became Humberside Airport .
Harry Powlett , 4th Duke of Bolton Harry Powlett , 4th Duke of Bolton PC ( 24 July 1691 – 9 October 1759 ) , known until 1754 as Lord Harry Powlett , was a British nobleman and Whig politician , the second son of Charles Paulet , 2nd Duke of Bolton and Frances Ramsden . He sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1754 , when he took his seat in the House of Lords . During the close of the War of the Spanish Succession , he served as an ADC to the Earl of Galway in Portugal , in 1710 . He married Catherine Parry ( d . 25 April 1744 ) , by whom he had four children : He was elected at the 1715 general election as a Member of Parliament ( MP ) for St Ives in Cornwall . He held the seat until the 1722 general election , when he was returned as MP for Hampshire . He held that seat until he succeeded to the peerage in 1754 , with one interruption . At the 1734 general election he was returned both for Hampshire and for Yarmouth . A petition was lodged against the Hampshire result , and he sat for Yarmouth until 1737 when the petition against the Hampshire result was withdrawn , then chose to represent Hampshire rather than Yarmouth for the remainder of the Parliament . From 1733 until 1742 , he was a Lord of the Admiralty . He was sworn a Privy Counsellor in 1755 .
Welch ' s Regiment of Militia Welch ' s Regiment of Militia also known as the 10th New Hampshire Militia Regiment was called up at Candia , New Hampshire on September 27 , 1777 as reinforcements for the Continental Army during the Saratoga Campaign . The regiment marched quickly to join the gathering forces of Gen . Horatio Gates as he faced British Gen . John Burgoyne in northern New York . The regiment served in Gen . William Whipple ' s brigade of New Hampshire militia . With the surrender of Burgoyne ' s Army on October 17 the regiment was disbanded on November 8 , 1777 .
1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission The 1991 Base Realignment and Closure Commission preliminary list was released by the United States Department of Defense in 1991 as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission . It recommended closing 28 major United States military base s . Recommendations . Major facilities slated for closure included :
Opération Lamantin Opération Lamatin was a December 1977 – July 1978 military intervention by France on the behalf of the Mauritanian government , in its war against Sahrawi guerrilla fighters of the Polisario Front , seeking independence for Western Sahara . Background . Mauritania , a former French colony , had invaded and annexed the southern part of Western Sahara in 1975 , with Morocco seizing the northern portion ; both states were opposed by the Polisario resistance movement . Contrary to expectations , Mauritania ' s weak army was nearly overrun by the Polisario , especially after the latter gained access to modern weapon ry through striking an alliance with Algeria . France , who had along with former colonial power Spain , supported the takeover of Western Sahara , backed the regime of Mokhtar Ould Daddah , whom they had installed at the end of the colonial era in 1960 . Both Mauritania and Morocco were supplied with new military hardware and generous economic aid , to enable them to maintain their grip on the territory . French personnel trained the Mauritanian army and took up important positions in the economy . Lamantin operation . In December 1977 , President Giscard d ' Estaing ordered the French Air Force to deploy in Mauritania and start bombing Polisario columns with Napalm , after French technicians were taken as prisoners of war in a Polisario raid on the Zouerate iron mines , Mauritania ' s most precious economic asset ( they were later released unharmed ) . Ould Daddah ' s regime still proved unable to fend off the guerrillas , and his disastrous performance in the war was a major reason for the Mauritanian armed forces decision to overthrow him a year later and institute an immediate cease - fire with the Polisario . Mauritania subsequently pulled out of Western Sahara in 1979 and mended relations with their Sahrawi neighbours ( Mauritania recognized the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in 1984 ) , who carried on the fight against Morocco .
David A . Morse David Abner Morse ( 31 May 1907 – 1 December 1990 ) was an American bureaucrat who worked for the International Labor Organization . Biography . Born in New York on May 31 , 1907 , Morse graduated from Rutgers University in 1929 , where he was a member of the Cap and Skull Society , and from the Harvard Law School in 1932 . He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1932 . He later became Special Assistant to the United States Attorney General , Chief Counsel of the Petroleum Labour Policy Board in the US Department of the Interior , and Regional Attorney for the National Labour Relations Board in the metropolitan area of New York . Army and World War II . When war broke out , he gave up his law practice to join the army . From June 1943 to April 1944 , David Morse served as Captain in North Africa , Sicily and Italy , where he was appointed Chief of the Labor Division of the Allied Military Government . He drafted and put into effect the labour policy and programme in Sicily and Italy for the British and United States Governments and armies . As Chief of the Labor Section of the US Group Control Council for Germany under Generals Eisenhower and Clay , he prepared the labor policy and program for Germany . Promoted to Lieutenant - Colonel , he was awarded the Legion of Merit for his army services in 1946 . National Labor Relations Board . After his discharge from the army , Morse was appointed General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board . On July 1 , 1946 President Truman named him Assistant Secretary of Labor and Mr . Morse devoted his activities to the creation of the Department ' s programme of international affairs . Mr . Morse had been a delegate to the International Labour Organization ( ILO ) on two occasions and served as the United States Government representative on the Governing Body . In June 1948 , he was named chief of the United States delegation to the International Labour Conference . At the 105th session of the Governing Body in San Francisco in June 1948 , he was unanimously elected Director - General for a ten - year term . He was unanimously re - elected for five - year terms in May 1957 , in March 1962 , and in February 1967 . In 1969 , as a result of his inspired leadership , the ILO was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace . He resigned in February 1970 . David Morse died in New York on December 1 , 1990 .