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Shunji Isaki , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II . Biography . Isaki was a native of Fukuoka prefecture , and a graduate of the 42nd class of the Imperial Japanese Navy Academy in 1914 . He was ranked 23rd in a class of 117 cadets . As midshipman , Isaki served on the " Soya " and " Kashima " . After his commissioning as sub - lieutenant on December 13 , 1915 , he was assigned to the " Chikuma " and " Hirado " , but did not participate in any combat operations during World War I . After the war , he returned to school to study the latest techniques in naval artillery and torpedo warfare , and subsequently served on the " Yamashiro " , " Yakumo " and " Hiei " . As a lieutenant specializing in torpedoes , he then served on the " Yubari " and " Sendai " . His first command was the destroyer " Nara " from November 1 , 1926 . Promoted to lieutenant commander a month later , he subsequently was captain of the " Kuri " , " Ashi " , " Asanagi " , and " Yūnagi " , and " Shikinami " . After his promotion to captain in 1936 , he was re - assigned to command the Sendai in 1938 , followed by the " Mogami " , " Jintsu " , and " Maya " . Isaki was promoted to rear admiral on November 1 , 1942 . He commanded a destroyer squadron , DesRon2 from his flagship " Jintsu " during the Battle of Kolombangara against the Royal New Zealand Navy and the United States Navy on July 12 , 1943 . Although the battle was a victory for Japan , " Jintsu " was hit repeatedly by gunfire and torpedoes , destroying its bridge and killing Isaki . Isaki was posthumously promoted to vice admiral .
SS Creekirk SS " Creekirk was a cargo steamship that was built in Scotland in 1912 and sunk with all hands by a German submarine in 1940 . At her launch in 1912 she was named SS " Mariston . In her 28 year career she was renamed SS " Milcovul in 1913 , SS " Hyphaestos in 1933 and SS " Creekirk " in 1938 . Building and first owner . Robert Duncan and Company of Port Glasgow built the ship for W . S . Miller ' s Ellaston Steam Ship Company of Glasgow and completed her as " Mariston " in 1912 . She had six corrugated furnaces with a combined grate area of that heated two 180 lb / in single - ended boilers with a combined heating surface of . These fed one three - cylinder triple - expansion steam engine built by Rankin and Blackmore of Greenock . Her engine drove a single screw and was rated at 338 NHP . Changes of owner and name . In 1913 " Mariston " s owners sold her to Romania Prima Naţională de Navigație Maritimă , who renamed her " Milcovul " and registered her in Brăila on the River Danube . In August 1916 Romania entered the First World War , and by the end of the year " Milcovul " had been requisitioned as a transport ship for the Imperial Russian Navy . In 1918 German Empire forces captured her but that November the Central Powers conceded defeat to the Entente Powers and " Milcovul " s owners recovered her . " Milcovul " was in Romania Prima Naţională de Navigație Maritimă ' s fleet for two decades . When the Russian émigré Alexandre Vlasov took over the company in 1933 , " Milcovul " was sold to Ant . G . Yannoulatos and Sons , who renamed her " Hyphaestos " and registered her in Piraeus . Yannoulatos ran " Hyphaestos " for five years and then sold her in 1938 to the Cree Steam Ship Company Ltd of London . Cree renamed the ship " Creekirk " , registered her in London and appointed Muir , Young Ltd to manage her . Convoy SC - 7 and loss . In autumn 1940 " Creekirk " loaded 5 , 900 tons of iron ore at Wabana and Conception Bay in Newfoundland and then sailed to Sydney , Nova Scotia . There she joined Convoy SC - 7 , which on 5 October sailed for Liverpool . " Creekirk " was typical of SC 7 ' s 35 merchant ships : old , slow ( one source says she could manage only ) and vulnerable . " Creekirk " had only one DEMS professional military gunner : her armament would have been operated largely by members of her own Merchant Navy crew . At first the convoy had but one escort ship , the . On 16 October a wolf pack of U - boat s found SC 7 and quickly overwhelmed its inadequate defences . The attack continued for several days , and on 18 October it intensified as the number of U - boats increased . At 2112 hrs " Creekirk " was in the Western Approaches northwest of Rockall when Fritz Frauenheim ' s torpedoed her . She sank quickly with the loss of all hands : her Master Elie Robilliard , 34 crew and her one DEMS gunner .
Stalag VIII - A Stalag VIII - A was a German World War II prisoner - of - war camp , located just to the south of the town of Görlitz , Lower Silesia , east of the River Neisse ( now Zgorzelec , Poland ) . Camp history . Originally a Hitler Youth camp , in October 1939 it was modified to house about 15 , 000 Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive . By June 1940 most of the Poles had been transferred to other camps and replaced with Belgian and French troops taken prisoner during the Battle of France . At one time there were over 30 , 000 jammed into facilities designed for 15 , 000 . In 1941 a separate compound was created to house Soviet prisoners . In 1943 2 , 500 British Commonwealth soldiers came from the battles in Italy , and later in the same year an undefined number of Italian soldiers came from Albania . Finally in late December 1944 1 , 800 American s arrived , captured in the Battle of the Bulge . On 14 February 1945 the Americans and British were marched out of the camp westward in advance of the Soviet offensive into Germany . Notable inmates . It was at VIII - A that Olivier Messiaen , a French prisoner , finished composing " Quatuor pour la fin du temps " , a famous work of chamber music . With the help of a friendly German guard , he acquired manuscript paper and pencils , and was able to assemble three other POWs to help him perform the piece for the rest of the camp .
Hampton Wick War Memorial The Hampton Wick War Memorial is situated on the Hampton Wick side of Kingston Bridge , in the south - west suburbs of London , England . It is found between the bridge and the entrance to Home Park . Several dozen casualties of both world wars are commemorated . Most of these men will have been lost or buried abroad , but a few are buried in the London area . Some World War One casualties . Cecil Howard Sivers - 12th Bristol Battalion , the Gloucestershire Regiment . June 1899 to August 23 , 1918 , died at Pas de Calais , France , burial at Queens Cemetery , Bucquoy Son of Robert and Ethel of 27 Lower Teddington Road , now home to a religious order . Walter Henry Martin - Serjeant , RAF Son of Mrs Hickman , husband of Edith , died 6 November 1918 . Airman in training , he died days before the Armistice and his squadron never entered active service . He is buried at Chingford in Essex , the home of his squadron . Some World War Two casualties . Derek William Eves - Flying Officer , RAF , VR , 196 Squadron , Special Operations Pilot , Special Air Service ( SAS ) , operating under the Special Operations Executive , separate from Bomber Command . 196 Squadron took part in the D - Day landings and the assault on Arnhem . They liaised with the French Resistance and carried the SAS and were specialists in low - level flying . Derek was the son of William and Ella . He died 9 November 1944 , aged just twenty . At this time , his squadron was to prepare for the operation known as " Varsity " . Derek Eves failed to return from Operation Draught 7A , over the Zeidersee , Holland . Leonard Roy Hebberd - D - Day glider pilot , Army Air Corps - S . A . S . He took part in the D - Day landings and died three days later . Exact circumstances unknown because he was an S . A . S . officer . Leonard Hebberd is buried near to Hampton Wick , at Teddington Cemetery , with his mother and father . He died 9 June 1944 . William Timothy Udale - Sergeant , RAF , VR , 86 Squadron , Beaufort Fighter crew , engaged in coastal patrol . Member of the well - known Udale family of Wolsey Cottage , died 7 September 1941 .
Jianggezhuang Jianggezhuang is a Chinese naval base approximately 15 miles ( 24 km ) east of Qingdao on the Yellow Sea . The base spans a bay 1 . 2 miles ( 1 . 9 km ) across , with the main facilities located in the eastern portion of the bay . There are six piers , a dry dock , various service facilities and an underground submarine tunnel . The base hosts China ' s Type 092 - class ballistic missile submarine and Type 091 - class nuclear attack submarine s .
1st Alpine Division Taurinense The 1st Alpine Division Taurinense was a World War II light Infantry division of the Italian Army which specialised in Mountain Combat . The " Alpini " that formed the divisions are a highly decorated and elite mountain corps of the Italian Army consisting of both infantry and artillery units . Today , the traditions and name of the 1st Alpine Division Taurinense are carried on by the Alpine Brigade Taurinense . Formation . The Taurinense division was constituted on 10 September 1935 through the reorganization of the existing 1st Superior Alpini Command . The headquarters of the division was in the city of Turin and the majority of its soldiers were drafted from the surrounding valleys — hence the name " " Taurinense " " , from the Roman name of the city of Turin Augusta Taurinorum . Ethiopia . When Italy decided to invade Ethiopia in 1935 , the " Exilles " and " Intra " battalions and two artillery batteries from each of the divisions were attached to the 5 Alpine Division Pusteria and sent to Eritrea . The detached units returned to the Taurinense after the Pusteria ' s return to Italy in 1937 . France . From 10 June to 24 June 1940 the division advanced with other Italian units into Southern France and occupied Bourg - Saint - Maurice , where it was garrisoned after the end of hostilities . It remained in France until January 1942 , at which point it was sent to Mostar in the Independent State of Croatia to take part in anti - partisan operations . Yugoslavia . After arriving in Mostar , the division was placed under the command of the Italian XIV Army Corps and participated in the third Axis anti - Partisan offensive on the Yugoslavian Front . The division captured Trnovo , and also reached and blocked Kalinovik where it made contact with elements of the 22 Infantry Division Cacciatori delle Alpi ; but , overall , the offensive was a failure . In August 1942 the division was sent to Montenegro . A year later the division took part in the fifth Axis anti - Partisan offensive , but did not complete its objectives there either . After the signing of the armistice between Italy and the Allied armed forces on 3 September 1943 and after the German invasion of Italy on 8 September , the division dislocated around the Bay of Kotor surrendered to German forces and was subsequently dissolved . However , some of its units ( mainly the " Ivrea " battalion and " Aosta " artillery group ) refused to surrender and with other Italian units stationed in the Balkans formed the Italian Partisan Division Garibaldi — fighting now under command of the II Yugoslav partisan Corps against the German Forces .
326th Airlift Squadron The 326th Airlift Squadron ( 326 AS ) is part of the 512th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base , Delaware . It operates C - 17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission world wide . Mission . Fly peacetime missions as an adjunct to , or a corollary of , training . Be prepared to be the initial and primary source of augmentation of the active forces in an emergency , requiring rapid and substantial expansion of the active forces . History . The 326th trained for overseas troop carrier operations from , April – August 1944 . It moved to Asia , and transported troops and supplies to forward areas in China and India from , September 1944 - September 1945 . The 326th trained in the Reserve for troop carrier operations from , 1947 - 1951 . The squadron resumed training in the Reserve for airlift missions in 1952 . It has since taken part in various contingency and humanitarian airlift operations worldwide .
Assistant Secretary of the Navy ( Installations and Environment ) The Assistant Secretary of the Navy ( Installations and Environment ) ( abbreviated ASN ( I & E ) ) is a civilian office in the United States Navy established in 1990 . The Assistant Secretary of the Navy ( Installations and Environment ) reports to the Under Secretary of the Navy , who in turn reports to the United States Secretary of the Navy . The Assistant Secretary of the Navy ( Installations and Environment ) is responsible for acquiring and disposing of the Navy ' s real property ; constructing and maintaining all US naval installations ; overseeing occupational health and safety issues for all Navy personnel ( military and civilian ) ; overseeing the Navy ' s environmental protection , planning , and restoration efforts ; and overseeing the Navy ' s efforts to conserve cultural and natural resources .
Charles Elliot ( Royal Navy officer ) Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot KCB ( 12 December 1818 – 21 May 1895 ) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander - in - Chief , Plymouth . Naval career . Born the son of Gilbert Elliot - Murray - Kynynmound , 2nd Earl of Minto , Elliot joined the Royal Navy in 1832 . Promoted Commander in 1840 , he took charge of HMS " Hazard " later that year . Promoted Captain in 1841 he commanded HMS " Spartan " and then , during the Second Opium War , HMS " Sybille " . Later he commanded HMS " Cressy " and then HMS " St Jean d ' Acre " . He was appointed Commander - in - chief , South East Coast of America in 1864 , Commander - in - Chief , The Nore in 1870 and Commander - in - Chief , Plymouth in 1880 . He retired in 1888 . Family . In 1863 he married Louisa Blackett ; they had four sons . In 1874 he married Lady Harriette Emily Liddell ; they had two daughters .
Harry W . Brown Harry W . Brown VC ( 10 May 1898 – 17 August 1917 ) was a Canadian First World War 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 . Background . Harry Brown , from Gananoque , Ontario , was born on 10 May 1898 . He was a farmer in civilian life . He enlisted with the Depot Regiment , Canadian Mounted Rifles on 18 August 1916 at London , Ontario , where , according to his attestation paper , he was residing at the time . After being sent overseas , he was transferred to the 10th Battalion , CEF . Brown was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 16 August 1917 , during the Battle of Hill 70 against the Germans , when Brown and another soldier ran the gauntlet with an " important message " . Brown sustained mortal injury , and died the following day , 17 August . Citation . Harry Brown ' s Victoria Cross is displayed at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa , Canada . The 10th Battalion , CEF is perpetuated by the Calgary Highlanders of the Canadian Army Reserve .
Battle of São Salvador The Battle of São Salvador was a military engagement during the Kongo Civil War that pitted the remnants of Dona Beatriz ' s Antonianism religious movement against the orthodox Catholic followers of King Pedro IV . Lead up to Battle . Toward the end of the Kongo Civil War , the religious leader Dona Beatriz had successfully started a movement to reoccupy the abandoned capital of São Salvador and attempt to bring an end to the bloodshed between the ruling kandas of Kongo . During her resettlement of Kongo , she had attracted the support of Pedro Constantino da Silva also known as " Kibenga " . Seeking to exploit the movement , Kibenga lent his support to it while at the same time undermining King Pedro IV . King Pedro IV had been working toward restoring Kongo after decades of civil war , even going so far as to name Kibenga Prince of Kongo . Kibenga , who had switched allegiance on more than one occasion , betrayed King Pedro and threw his military support behind the Antonians . When Dona Beatriz was captured and executed by Pedro IV , Kibenga was left in charge of a religious movement he didn ' t really believe in . King Pedro IV had issued a pardon to all partisans ( Kinlaza and Kimpanzu alike ) in hopes of forestalling further bloodshed . When this as well as Pedro ' s Capuchin allies were unable to rein in Kibenga , Pedro IV led a sort of holy war to retake the capital and stamp out the Antonians once and for all . The Battle and Aftermath . Brandishing only a cross and going with the support of the church , Pedro IV marched on São Salvador with an army of 20 , 000 men against Kibenga and his Antonians . In the engagement that followed , the Antonians were utterly routed . Kibenga tried to appeal to the pardon , but was killed and decapitated in the chaos of battle . At long last , Pedro IV was back in the capital for good . The battle marked the end of the period where rival claimants ruled in name only from fortified positions throughout the kingdom . King Pedro IV continued his policy of peaceful resolution engaging in only one more major battle before his death in 1718 .
Semiz Ali Pasha Semiz Ali Pasha was an Ottoman statesman and served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1561 - 1565 . He was previously the beylerbey ( governor ) of Egypt Eyalet . Semiz Ali Pasha was born in Bosnia , and replaced Rüstem Pasha as a Grand Vizier . After palace schooling , he discharged high - level functions along the Ottoman Empire . His epithet " Semiz " means " fat " in Turkish .
UGM - 133 Trident II UGM - 133 Trident II , or Trident D5 is a submarine - launched ballistic missile , built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale , California , and deployed with the US and Royal Navies . It was first deployed in 1990 , and is still in service . Trident II was designed to be more sophisticated than Trident I ( retired in 2002 ) , and have a greater range and payload capacity . It is accurate enough to be used as a first strike weapon . All three stages of the Trident II are made of graphite epoxy , making the missile much lighter than its predecessor . Trident II missiles are carried by US and British s . was the first submarine to be armed with Trident IIs . Trident II missiles are currently carried by fourteen " Ohio " class and four " Vanguard " class SSBN s , with 24 missiles on each " Ohio " class and 16 missiles on each " Vanguard " class . The four oldest " Ohio " class submarines were withdrawn from the strategic role and converted to SSGNs beginning in 2002 , capable of firing up to 168 Tomahawk missiles each and supporting SEAL operations . There have been 148 successful test flights of the D5 missile since 1989 , with the most recent being from a Ohio - class submarine in September 2013 . The development contract for Trident II was issued in October 1983 . The first Trident II launch occurred in January 1987 , and the first submarine launch was attempted by " Tennessee " , the first D - 5 ship of the " Ohio " class , in March 1989 . The launch attempt failed because the plume of water following the missile rose to greater height than expected , resulting in water being in the nozzle when the motor ignited . Once the problem was understood relatively simple changes were very quickly made but the problem delayed the Initial Operational Capability ( IOC ) of Trident II until March 1990 . It is estimated that 540 missiles will be built by 2013 . The Trident D5LE ( life - extension ) version will remain in service until 2042 .
Bahamas in the American Civil War Although a territory of the British Empire , during the American Civil War , the Bahamas were affected by the great conflict . Much as in the age of pirates the Bahamas were a haven for the swashbucklers , between 1861 to 1865 the Bahamas were a haven for blockade runner s aligned with the Confederate States of America . Although Florida is still only 55 miles away , the state had few ports of any real consequence at the time . Hence , blockade runners would make their trips from Nassau to Charleston , South Carolina , the largest Confederate port on the Atlantic Coast . Grand Bahama Island was losing population throughout the 19th century , in favor of Nassau . With the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 , the population of the area doubled , due to the actions of the blockade runners . In Nassau , things would also be altered by the war . The first blockade runner docked at Nassau on December 5 , 1861 . By the end of the war , 397 ships sailed from the Confederacy to Nassau , and 588 went from Nassau to the Confederacy . The newly built Grand Victoria Hotel was meant to have Americans arrive as tourists , but instead the Americans that visited it were blockade runners . Every night the runners would hold parties celebrating their most recent successes past the Union Navy . Also to be seen at the hotel were Union spies , Confederate officers , and reporters . In 1860 Nassau imports were valued at £234 , 029 , and exports were worth £157 , 350 . At 1864 , at the pinnacle of trade from the South to Nassau , imports were valued at £5 , 346 , 112 , and exports at £4 , 672 , 398 . A blockade runner would take cotton from Charleston to Nassau , a distance of 560 miles away , and a sailing time of 48 hours . As the Union had a blockade around all Southern ports , blockade runners had to be fast . Blockade runners would trade the cotton at Nassau for British goods , with the cotton eventually finding its way to British cotton mills . After the war ended , the Bahamas would fall into hard times that it would not recover from until another period of American turmoil hit ; Prohibition . In this case , Scotch whisky was what went to the United States , and as when the war ended , when Prohibition ended , so too did the Bahamas ' fortunes . A considerable number of Bahamians can trace their ancestry back to Southerners who left the States both before and during the war .
Marcia Anderson Marcia Carol Martin Anderson ( " née " Mahan ) became in 2011 the first African - American woman to achieve the rank of major general in the United States Army Reserve . She was born 1958 in Beloit , Wisconsin , and finished school in East St . Louis , Illinois . As a civilian , General Anderson serves as clerk for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Wisconsin . A graduate of Creighton University and Rutgers Law School , she is married to Amos Charles Anderson . The couple lives in Wisconsin . Her military awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit , Meritorious Service Medal ( with 3 Oak Leaf Cluster s ) , Army Commendation Medal , Army Achievement Medal , Parachutist Badge , and Physical Fitness Badge .
Rapid anti - personnel minefield breaching system The rapid anti - personnel minefield breaching system or RAMBS II is a British rifle grenade used to breach obstacles and clear minefield s . It is designed to replace the Bangalore torpedo , offering a more effective and flexible alternative . When deployed , the RAMBS II will clear a path 60 metres long and 0 . 6 wide , compared to the Bangalore ' s span of 15 metres long and 1 meter wide .