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Hugh Sebag - Montefiore Nicholas Hugh Sebag - Montefiore ( born 5 March 1955 ) is a British writer . He trained as a barrister before becoming a journalist and then a non - fiction writer . His second book " " Dunkirk : Fight to the Last Man " " was published in 2006 ( by Viking in the UK : ISBN 0 - 670 - 91082 - 1 , and by Harvard University Press in the US : ISBN 978 - 0 - 674 - 02439 - 7 ) . His cousin Denzil was a platoon commander at Dunkirk . His previous book is " Enigma : The Battle for the Code " , the story of breaking the German Enigma machine code at Bletchley Park during World War II ( Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 2000 ) . His family owned Bletchley Park until they sold it to the British government in 1937 . His brother Simon Sebag Montefiore is also a writer , besides being an historian . Family history . Montefiore ' s father , Stephen Eric Sebag - Montefiore , is descended from a line of wealthy Sephardic Jews who were diplomats and bankers all over Europe . At the start of the 19th century , his great - great uncle , Sir Moses Montefiore , became a banking partner of N M Rothschild & Sons . His mother , Phyllis April Jaffé comes from a Lithuanian Jew ish family of poor scholars . Her parents fled the Russian Empire at the turn of the 20th century . They bought tickets for New York City , but were cheated , being instead dropped off at Cork , Ireland . During the Limerick Pogrom of 1904 they left Ireland and moved to Newcastle , England .
Robert Grierson Combe Robert Grierson Combe VC ( 5 August 1880 – 3 May 1917 ) , was a Canadian 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 . Combe is also considered Scottish since he was born in Aberdeen , Scotland . Details . Combe was 36 years old , and a lieutenant in the 27th Battalion , Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 3 May 1917 , south of Acheville , France , Lieutenant Combe steadied his company under intense fire and leading them through the enemy barrage reached the objective with only five men . He proceeded to bomb the enemy , inflicting heavy casualties and then , collecting small groups of men , succeeded in capturing the objective , together with 80 prisoners . He repeatedly charged the enemy , driving them before him , but while personally leading his bombers he was killed by a sniper . Combe was buried in a battlefield cemetery near Acheville close where he was killed , but later fighting saw the cemetery destroyed and his grave site lost . As such , R . G . Combe ' s name is inscribed on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial along with the names of the other Canadian soldiers who were killed in France and whose bodies were never recovered or identified or whose graves were lost . The battlefield on which Lt . Combe fell is just over seven kilometres away from the Vimy Monument , and on a clear day Acheville can be seen from the monument itself . The medal . Combe ' s medal is held by the Provincial Archives in Regina , Saskatchewan and is displayed on special occasions . It is the only publicly held Victoria Cross in the province .
Korps Speciale Troepen Korps Speciale Troepen ( KST ) was a Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ( KNIL ) special forces unit who was involved in the Indonesian National Revolution . formed in 1948 from the DST ( 1945 - 1948 ) and raised together with the Royal Netherlands East Indies army in 1950 . It consisted about 570 men . Later the 1st Parachute Company ( strength about 250 men ) integrated into the Corps . Both units were established shortly after the end of World War II for deployment against the Indonesian nationalists . They had a precursor in the Corps Insulinde that during WWII conducted secret missions against the Japanese in the occupied Dutch East Indies . The KST , that would become a maximum strength of 1250 men , was composed of Dutch War Volunteers ( OVW ' ers ) , and Indo - European and native soldiers , including Moluccans . The formation , which in its aftermath was renamed Special Forces Regiment ( RST ) was succeed by the present KCT ( Dutch Special Forces ) Campaigns . Troops of the KST , under command of Captain Raymond Westerling were active during the South Sulawesi Campaign , The paratroopers of the KST performed several airborne operations . At the beginning of the Second Police Action , late 1948 , they captured the airport of the Republican government center Yogyakarta as an introduction to capture this city and the the Indonesian leaders , including Sukarno . The Green en Red beret . The forces wore the Green beret , which was the official headdress of the British Commandos of World War II . Under the name No . 2 ( Dutch ) Troop , the first Dutch commandos were trained in Achnacarry , Scotland , as part of No . 10 ( Inter - Allied ) Commando ' . After the war , members of No . 2 Dutch troop served in Regiment Speciale Troepen ( 1945 – 1950 ) . The paramilitary wing of the KST No 1 parachute company wore the Red beret .
Forrest O . Rednour Forrest O . Rednour ( 1923 – 1943 ) was a United States Coast Guard sman who received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal posthumously for his actions during World War II . Biography . Forrest Orin Rednour was born in Cutler , Illinois , on 13 May 1923 . He enlisted in the United States Coast Guard at Chicago , Illinois , on 19 June 1941 . During the predawn darkness of 3 February 1943 , Rednour , wearing a rubber suit to ward off hypothermia , was among the members of the crew of the United States Coast Guard Cutter USCGC " Escanaba " ( WPG - 77 ) who voluntarily subjected themselves to pounding seas and bitter cold in the winter North Atlantic darkness for nearly four hours to rescue survivors from the torpedo ed United States Army Transport USAT " Dorchester " . Realizing the " . . . danger of being crushed between the rafts and the ship ' s side , or of being struck by a propeller blade if the engines backed , he swam in under the counter of the constantly maneuvering " Escanaba " and prevented many floating survivors from being caught in the suction of the screws , in one instance retrieving a loaded raft . " Rednour worked the longest of all retrievers and accounted for the greatest number of survivors , but finally had to quit when his rubber suit became torn . Rednour perished early on the morning of 13 June 1943 when " Escanaba " disintegrated in a massive explosion of undertermined cause in the North Atlantic Ocean off Ivituut , Greenland , with a loss of 101 of the 103 men aboard . Awards . Rednour was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroic action during the " Dorchester " rescue operations of 3 February 1943 . Namesakes . The United States Navy destroyer escort USS " Rednour " ( DE - 592 ) was named for Forrest Rednour . She was converted into a high - speed transport during construction and was in commission as such as USS " Rednour " ( APD - 102 ) from 1944 to 1946 . The United States Coast Guards Forrest O . Rednour Memorial Award Program For Excellence in Food Service / Food Service Specialist of the Year also is named for Rednour .
Sauda - class mine countermeasures vessel The Sauda class was a class of nine minesweeper s and one minehunter in service for the Royal Norwegian Navy from 1953 to 1996 . The class was designed at Sparkman & Stephens Inc . , New York , as an improvement of the NYMS class ( Norwegian Yard Mine Sweepers ) . Five of the vessels were built in the United States , three were built at Westermoen Båtbyggeri og Mek Verksted in Mandal , one at Skaaluren Skibsbyggeri in Rosendal and one at De Forenede Båtbyggerier in Risør . The class was fully financed by the US government as a part of the Military Assistance Program ( MAP ) . Most of the vessels were named after Norwegian rivers : " Sira " , " Tana " , " Alta " , " Ogna " , " Vosso " , " Glomma " , " Tista " , " Kvina " and " Utla " . Sauda is however a town , not a river . is the only vessel still in existence . She is a museum vessel owned by the Royal Norwegian Navy Museum but maintained and sailed by a dedicated friendship association . Some of the vessels were in service in the United States Navy and the Royal Belgian Navy before entering Norwegian service .
USS Ray K . Edwards ( APD - 96 ) USS " Ray K . Edwards " ( APD - 96 ) , ex - DE - 237 , was a United States Navy high - speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946 . Construction and commissioning . " Ray K . Edwards " was laid down as the " Rudderow " - class destroyer escort USS " Ray K . Edwards " ( DE - 237 ) on 1 December 1943 by the Charleston Navy Yard and was launched on 19 February 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Lena M . Edwards . The ship was reclassified as a " Crosley " - class high - speed transport and redesignated APD - 96 on 17 July 1944 . After conversion to her new role , she was commissioned on 11 June 1945 with Lieutenant Caldwell R . Keyser in command . Service history . Following shakedown off Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , " Ray K . Edwards " steamed for the Pacific . World War II ended on 15 August 1945 while she was en route . She reached San Diego , California , on 21 August 1945 and Pearl Harbor , Territory of Hawaii , on 12 September 1945 . There she became flagship of Transport Division 104 . " Ray K . Edwards " departed Pearl Harbor on 14 September 1945 bound for Eniwetok and Okinawa , whence she steamed to Japan . She passed through the Bungo Strait and anchored in Fukuru Wan on 8 October 1945 to replenish minesweepers , tank landing ships ( LSTs ) and infantry landing craft ( LCIs ) assigned to that area . She remained in Japan through the end of 1945 . Returning to the United States , " Ray K . Edwards " transited the Panama Canal on 24 April 1946 and , after visits to Boston , Massachusetts , Jacksonville , Florida , and Charleston , South Carolina , she was towed to Mayport , Florida , where she arrived on 13 August 1946 . Decommissioning and disposal . Decommissioned on 30 August 1946 , " Ray K . Edwards " was berthed at Green Cove Springs , Florida , as part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . She was stricken from the Navy List on 1 June 1960 , and sold on 15 June 1961 to Diamond Manufacturing Company of Georgia for scrapping .
Henry Lewis ( Medal of Honor ) Henry Lewis ( December 14 , 1844 – March 29 , 1930 ) was a soldier in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Corporal , Company B , 47th Ohio Infantry . Place and date : At Vicksburg , Miss . , May 3 , 1863 . Entered service at : Adrian , Mich . Born : December 14 , 1842 , Van Buren Township , Wayne County , Mich . Date of issue : April 17 , 1917 . Citation : Was one of a party that volunteered and attempted to run the enemy ' s batteries with a steam tug and two barges loaded with subsistence stores .
USS Choctaw ( 1856 ) USS " Choctaw " ( 1856 ) was a large ( 1 , 004 - ton ) steamer built for the merchant service , but acquired by the Union Navy during the second year of the American Civil War . " Choctaw " , with her crew of 106 , was outfitted by the Navy as a ram with heavy rifled guns and was used both as a gunboat and as a ram on the rivers of the Confederate States of America . Built in Indiana in 1853 , launched in 1856 . " Choctaw " , a sidewheel steamer , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Choctaw Indian tribe , formerly of Alabama and Mississippi , now resident in Oklahoma . She was built for the merchant service ; her keel was laid down at New Albany , Indiana , in 1853 . She was launched in 1856 . She was purchased by the United States Army in 27 September 1862 and converted into an ironclad ram , then transferred to commissioned into the United States Navy at St . Louis , Missouri on 23 March 1863 with Lieutenant Commander Francis M . Ramsay in command . Civil War operations . From 23 April 1863 , until the end of the war , " Choctaw " operated in the Mississippi River and its tributaries . Between 29 April and 1 May 1863 , she stood up the Yazoo River for a feigned attack on Haynes ' Bluff , Mississippi , designed to prevent the Confederates from reinforcing Grand Gulf . During this action , she was struck 53 times . Remaining in the Yazoo , she took part in attacks with the Union Army which led to the destruction of Confederate works at Haynes ' Bluff and the burning of the navy yard and ships lying there , at Yazoo City , between 18 and 23 May . On 6 and 7 June , she joined in repelling a Confederate attack at Milliken ' s Bend , Louisiana , after which she rescued a large number of Confederates from the river and sent them in as prisoners . Between 7 March and 15 May 1864 , she took part in the operations leading to the capture of Fort DeRussy . Post - war decommissioning . " Choctaw " arrived at Algiers , Louisiana , on 20 July 1865 , and was placed out of commission on 22 July 1865 . She was sold at New Orleans , Louisiana on 28 March 1866 .
Lucius Vorenus Lucius Vorenus ( given as L . Varenus in some translations ) was one of the two soldiers of the 11th Legion ( Legio XI Claudia ) mentioned in the personal writings of Julius Caesar . The other soldier mentioned was Titus Pullo . He appears , along with Titus Pullo , in Caesar ' s " Commentarii de Bello Gallico , " Book 5 , Chapter 44 . The episode describes the two as centurion s , approaching the first ranks , who shared a bitter personal rivalry . It relates how Pullo charged the enemy ( the Nervii ) in the heat of battle . Pullo casts his javelin into one of the enemy from a short distance , but his belt is simultaneously pierced by a spear , preventing him from drawing his sword , and he is surrounded by other Nervii . Just then Lucius Vorenus , following Pullo from the fortifications , reached the site of the mêlée and engaged the enemy in hand - to - hand combat . After slaying one of the enemy and driving back the rest , Vorenus lost his footing on the irregular terrain . As the Nervii drew closer to him , Pullo came to his rescue . After slaying many of their opponents , the two retreated to the fortifications amidst roaring applause from their comrades .
Cervelliere cervelliere ( cervellière , cervelliera ; , " cerebrarium " , " cerebrerium , cerebotarium " ) is a hemispherical , close - fitting skull cap of steel or iron . It was worn as a helmet during the medieval period . History . It was first introduced during the late 12th century and was the primary head protection for Crusaders at that time and was worn either alone or more often over or under a mail coif . Also the great helm could be worn over a cervelliere , and by the late 13th century this would be the usual practice . Over time , the head grew more pointed and the back of the skull cap elongated to cover the neck , thus evolving into the bascinet . Cerveillieres were worn throughout the medieval period and even during the Renaissance . Cheap and easy to produce , they were much used by commoners and non - professional soldiers who could not afford more advanced protection . Ancedotally , contemporary medieval literature credit the invention of the cervellière to astrologer Michael Scot ca . 1233 , though not seriously entertained by most historians . The " Chronicon Nonantulanum " records that the astrologer devised the iron - plate cap shortly before his own predicted death , which he still inevitably met when a stone weighing two ounces fell on his protected head
Aubrey McDade Aubrey L . McDade , Jr . is a United States Marine Corps who was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in Iraq War , in which he rescued two U . S . Marines during an enemy ambush in the Second Battle of Fallujah , in November 2004 . He is the fifteeneth U . S . Marine to receive the Navy Cross in the Global War on Terror . Early life and career . Aubrey McDade enlisted in the U . S . Marine Corps in November 1999 , after graduating from Western Hills High School in Fort Worth , Texas . McDade ' s first tour of duty in the Iraq War was from March 2003 , to October 2003 . He returned to Iraq for a second deployment from June 2004 through February 2005 . Second Battle of Fallujah . On the night of November 11 , 2004 , during the Second Battle of Fallujah , McDade was a machine gun squad leader with 1st Battalion , 8th Marines , 1st Marine Division , when his squad was attacked and pinned down by small arms and machine gun fire in an alley . Two U . S . Marines were injured . McDade , in the rear , rushed to the front of his squad , directing machine gun fire at the attackers . Under fire , McDade then rescued two of the wounded Marines , one at a time . A third Marine was killed in the attack and his body was recovered . McDade was originally awarded the Silver Star for his action ; the award was subsequently upgraded to the Navy Cross . Navy Cross . On January 19 , 2007 , Staff Sergeant McDade was presented with the Navy Cross during a recruit graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island where he served as a drill instructor for 1st Recruit Training Battalion , Charlie Company . On January 23 , 2007 , SSgt . McDade was the guest of First Lady Laura Bush at the State of the Union Address .
George Kemball Major - General Sir George Vero Kemball , KCMG , CB , DSO , R . A . ( 1859 – 1941 ) was a British Army officer of the 19th and early 20th century . He was a career officer in the British Army spending most of his career in India and Africa . Early life and family . George Kemball was the son of Major - General John Shaw Kemball . He had a younger brother , Arnold Henry Grant Kemball , who commanded the 54th ( Kootenay ) Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War . His father and uncle were both generals in the British Army . His grandfather , Vero Shaw Kemball , had been the Surgeon - General for Bombay . Other ancestors served various regiments of the British Army , including the Black Watch , as well as the Indian Army . In 1889 , he married Hattie Elliot . With his brother , he attended Twyford before going to Harrow . Military career . Early career . After attending Twyford School and Harrow , he obtained a commission as a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1878 . After serving in the Second Afghan War ( 1878 – 1880 ) , he was promoted to Captain in 1886 . In 1895 , he was assigned to the staff of the Chitral Relief Force , working as the Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General for Intelligence , for which he was mentioned in dispatches and be brevetted to major . In 1898 , he was promoted to Major . In 1897 , Kemball took part in the Tochi Expedition along the North - West Frontier , for which he was also mentioned in dispatches . In 1900 , Kemball saw action in Africa , campaigning in Nigeria in the Kaduna Expedition . Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1901 , and made a local Brigadier General , Kemball remained in Africa , taking command of an expedition against the Bida and Kontagora for which he would receive the D . S . O . He also commanded British forces in the Kano - Sokoto Expedition in 1903 , for which he was rewarded with a C . B . Service in Africa and first commands . After the Kano - Sokoto Expedition , Kemball was recalled to London where he was involved in the recruiting and selection of personnel for service in Nigeria . From 1909 until 1913 , he worked at the War Office . In 1914 , he returned to India where he was given command of a brigade and promoted to Major General . Great War service . During World War I , Kemball served in Mesopotamia and was involved in efforts to relieve the Siege of Kut . He commanded the 28th Indian Infantry Brigade of the 7th ( Meerut ) Division through the battles of 1916 . He was wounded at the Battle of Sanniyat in April 1916 . For his service in the Mesopotamian Campaign , he was knighted and made a Knight Commander of Order of St Michael and St George . After his service in the Mesopotamian Campaign , he returned to India where he was given command of a division in 1917 . He remained in command of the division until 1919 . After his retirement , from 1927 to 1929 he served as the Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery . Kemball died in 1941 , succeeded by his wife and children .
Jean - François , comte de Durat Jean - François , comte de Durat ( 30 October 1736 - 1804 ) was a French noble and military officer . He was Governor of Grenada from 1779 to 1783 . Born at Chateau Vauchaussades , Combrailles , in the Auvergne , ' s family had a history of military service . In 1751 he entered the French Army , serving in the Seven Years ' War . He distinguished himself in the Siege of Fort St Philip , and was assigned to coastal defences until 1759 , when he joined a planned expedition against Ireland that failed due to British blockades of the French ports . He was sent to the West Indies in 1763 , serving as artillery chief at Martinique . In 1774 he was awarded the Order of Saint Louis for his service . By 1778 he had risen to lieutenant colonel of the Regiment de Cambrésis . The following year he was part of comte d ' Estaing ' s expedition to capture Grenada , leading an advance unit that participated in the storming of Hospital Hill . D ' Estaing rewarded Durat by appointing him governor of the island , a post he held until the British retook control under terms of the 1783 Treaty of Paris . Durat ' s governance was reported by the British residents to be harsh , and there was a backlash against the French residents afterward . These divisions contributed to the near - success of the Fédon Rebellion in 1795 - 96 . After his return to France , he was promoted to brigadier general in 1784 , and field marshal in 1788 . He died at his home , Chateau Vauchaussade , on 20 January 1830 . He was twice married . By his second wife he had a son who followed him into military service , dying of wounds sustained at Jena in 1806 .
USS Swan ( AMS - 37 ) The second USS " Swan " was laid down on 12 August 1943 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co . , at Jacksonville , Florida , as Patrol Craft , Sweeper , PCS - 1438 ; and was redesignated Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper YMS - 470 , on 27 September 1943 . Launched on 5 April 1944 ; the ship was completed and commissioned on 14 October 1944 . World War II Pacific Ocean operations . " YMS - 470 " operated along the east coast of the United States until March 1945 . She then sailed to the South $ 3 and operated in the vicinity of New Caledonia and the New Hebrides until August . From there , the minesweeper moved north for duty at Okinawa and in Japan , in connection with post - war minesweeping and the occupation of Japan . " YMS - 470 " returned to the United States in mid - April 1946 and , on 1 June , was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Stockton , California . While there , she was named USS " Swan " and redesignated AMS - 37 . Post - war operations . In 1950 , with the outbreak of hostilities in Korea , " Swan " was called back to active service . She was towed to the Bethlehem Pacific Coast Corp . yard at San Francisco , California , where she was recommissioned on 8 November 1950 . For just over three years , the ship trained crews for minesweepers serving in the Far East . She operated with Mine Squadron 5 on the west coast , first as flagship of Mine Division ( MinDiv ) 55 and later of MinDiv 51 . In January 1954 , " Swan " was reassigned to MinDiv 45 of the Atlantic Fleet and home ported at the Minecraft Base in Charleston , South Carolina . A year later , she joined MinDiv 44 as a school ship at the Mine Warfare School at Yorktown , Virginia . She was redesignated MSC ( O ) - 37 on 1 August 1955 , and reported to the Florida Group , Atlantic Reserve Fleet for inactivation and decommissioning . Decommissioning . USS " Swan " was decommissioned on 6 October 1955 and berthed at Green Cove Springs , Florida . Her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 November 1959 , and she was sold to the General Motors Defense Research Laboratories at Santa Barbara , California , for conversion to a research vessel .