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Harold Houser Harold Alexander Houser ( March 31 , 1897 – September 3 , 1981 ) was a United States Navy Rear admiral , and the 35th Governor of American Samoa from September 10 , 1945 to April 22 , 1947 . Biography . Houser was born in Fort Valley , Georgia to Emmett and Mary Mathews Houser . Houser attended the Marion Military Institute , graduating in 1916 , before receiving an appointment to the United States Naval Academy on May 26 , 1917 . Houser graduated from the United States Naval Academy in the Class of 1921 . During his naval career , he served in numerous posts , including commanding the Naval Air Station Key West and serving as a gunnery officer aboard the " USS Omaha ( CL - 4 ) " . He was married to Vera Allen Houser . Naval career . Houser held posts in Panama , France , and Key West throughout his career . He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy on May 26 , 1917 from Georgia , and graduated in 1921 . While a Commander , Houser served as the gunnery officer of the " USS Omaha ( CL - 4 ) " . As a Captain , Houser commanded the Naval Air Station Key West . After becoming a Rear admiral , Houser served on the staff of the United States Secretary of Defense . Houser served numerous posts in the Office of Legislative Affairs , including becoming the legislative liaison for the Retired Officers Association . He became the Director of the Office of Legislative Liaison in 1949 . Governorship . Houser became Governor of American Samoa on September 10 , 1945 . While governor , he served as a representative of the United States Navy at a meeting of the major Pacific powers , including Australia and New Zealand . He ceded the office to Vernon Huber on April 22 , 1947 . He became a Rear admiral after leaving the governorship , and served as Director of the Office of Legislative Liaison at the Office of Legislative Affairs Death . Houser died of natural causes on September 3 , 1981 at the National Naval Medical Center . He is interred at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery , along with his wife .
Battle of Blain The Battle of Blain , also called the Battle of Messac , was fought on 24 May 843 by the forces of Lambert II of Nantes and Erispoe , prince of Brittany , against Renaud , Frankish Count of Nantes . It arose from Breton resistance to Frankish power within Brittany and disputes over control of the County of Nantes . The defeat of the Franks led to a period of Breton expansionism . Background . Following the break - up of the Carolingian empire , Nominoe , Duke of Brittany , rebelled against the authority of Charles the Bald and attempted to expand into Frankish territory . When Charles placed Renaud in command of the Frankish border zone as Count of Nantes , he incurred the enmity of Lambert II of Nantes , who believed that he was the rightful heir to the County . Lambert and Nominoe intended to join forces . While Nominoe prepared an army to attack Nantes , Renaud organised the defence of the city . However , when Renaud heard that Nominoe was incapacitated due to an illness he decided to strike first against the Bretons , who were now under the command of Nominoe ' s son Erispoe . Frankish forces advanced from Nantes to the river Vilaine , hoping to take the Bretons by surprise . Erispoe ' s troops had arrived at Messac and were in the process of crossing the Vilaine when Renaud launched his surprise attack . Erispoe ' s advanced force was completely routed , and his main army dangerously weakened . Battle . Sources differ about what happened next , though all agree that the tables were turned on Renaud by the timely arrival of Erispoe ' s ally Lambert II . According to one version of events , Erispoe was saved at Messac itself by Lambert , who had gathered soldiers on the borders of the Anjou , and had advanced on the Vilaine to join his forces with Nominoe . He completely surprised Renaud , and made a great carnage . With both armies present , Renaud ' s troops were nearly surrounded and were destroyed . However , the " Chronicle of Nantes " gives a slightly different version of events , asserting that Renaud , believing that he had crushed the Bretons at Messac , gathered his forces to return to Nantes . Arriving at Blain , he stopped to rest his troops . Meanwhile , Lambert had joined Erispoe , and with their combined armies they struck back at Renaud . The Frankish soldiers were lying on the grass near the edges of the river Isac , in complete abandonment , when suddenly Lambert ' s and Erispoe ' s armies attacked and destroyed them . Whichever version is correct , Renaud himself was killed in the aftermath of the battle . A Viking force under Hastein may also have joined the Bretons , though other evidence suggests that they arrived a little while later looking for plunder . Lambert took control of Nantes , but seems to have been unable to hold it . The Vikings plundered the city and murdered the bishop , Gohard . The Breton victory was followed by others , leading by 851 to the Treaty of Angers , in which the towns of Nantes and Rennes became possessions of Brittany and Erispoe was granted the title king of Brittany .
Loyal American Regiment The Loyal American Regiment was a Royal Provincial regiment composed of American loyalists who served in the American Revolution from 1777 to 1783 . The unit fought in many engagements throughout the war and was among the thousands of loyalists exiled to Nova Scotia in 1783 . Regiment ' s history . The regiment was raised in mid - March 1777 by the wealthy commander of the regiment , Beverley Robinson . Robinson , a childhood friend of George Washington , commanded the unit until it was disbanded at the end of the war in 1783 . Several of Robinson ' s sons were officers in the regiment . Many of those enlisted in the regiment were Robinson ' s tenant farmer loyalists in lower Dutchess County and Westchester County , New York . The regiment was part of many engagements in the war , often in detachment strength . The Loyal American Regiment spent many months of the war at Kingsbridge , New York , defending the British position in New York City . A detachment from the regiment was captured in July 1779 when the fort at Stony Point , New York was captured by the American army . The unit is best known as being the first regiment to enter Fort Montgomery when it was taken by British - Loyalist forces on October 6 , 1777 . After the war . When the war was over , Loyalists were unwelcome in the former colonies . From New York City , Britain transported thousands of Loyalists to Nova Scotia throughout the early fall of 1783 . In all about 33 , 000 were settled in Nova Scotia , New Brunswick ( separated from Nova Scotia in 1793 ) , Prince Edward Island , and Quebec ( including areas that were eventually separated to form Upper Canada , eventually renamed Ontario ) . Many members of the Loyal American Regiment settled there ; some were among the first colonists of the newly formed province of New Brunswick . Present day . Reenactor s have recreated Robinson ' s unit wearing green coats , the standard issue for loyalist soldiers at the beginning of the war .
Battle of Vassilika The Battle of Vassilika was fought between Greek revolutionaries and the Ottoman Empire during the Greek War of Independence on August 25 , 1821 , near Thermopylae . The Greek insurgents managed to destroy an Ottoman relief army on its way to the forces of Omer Vrioni in Attica , and captured the supplies and baggage . 800 Turks were killed and 220 captured . Greek trophies included 18 flags , 2 cannons , and 800 horses . The Turks retreated to Lamia , to the north of Thermopylae . This victory prevented the Ottoman army in Attica and Evia to enter the Peloponnese and deliver the Ottoman garrisons besieged by the Greeks .
USS LSM - 60 USS " LSM - 60 " was a World War II era landing ship , medium ( LSM ) amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy . It was notable for being used as the float to suspend a fission bomb underwater during the Operation Crossroads BAKER test , becoming the first naval vessel to " use " a nuclear weapon . World War II Service . " LSM - 60 " ' s keel was laid on 7 July 1944 and she was launched on 29 July . She was commissioned on 25 August , LT . William W . Doar , USNR , commanding . " LSM - 60 " participated in the assault landings at Iwo Jima , where she earned one battle star . Operation Crossroads " ground " zero . In 1946 , the United States conducted the first nuclear weapon test s designed to measure nuclear explosion effects on ships , Operation Crossroads . The second shot of this test , BAKER , was designed to test the effects of an underwater nuclear blast on surface ships and submarines . " LSM - 60 " was modified with a well through the cargo deck and hull , a derrick to lower the bomb through the well , and a large antenna to receive the detonation signal . On 25 July , a standard Mk . 3A " Fat Man " type atomic bomb , nicknamed " Helen of Bikini " , placed in a watertight casing , was suspended 90 feet below " LSM - 60 " in the lagoon of Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands . At 0835 local time the bomb was detonated , destroying " LSM - 60 " and eight target ships , including . A seaman present claimed that " there was not one identifiable piece of the " LSM - 60 " ever located " , however a British naval constructor present reports he saw a square piece of " LSM - 60 " on the deck of a target ship afterward .
United States O - class submarine The United States Navy ' s O class submarines were created out of the lessons learned from the United States L class submarine . The O class were more robust with greater power and endurance for ocean patrols . The O class were built much faster than previous classes and were commissioned in 1918 . The group 2 boats entered service just before the end of World War I . Eight of the group 1 boats survived to serve in World War II as training boats when they were recommissioned in 1941 . The class originally operated in the anti - submarine role off the USA ' s East Coast . Two of the boats , and , came under fire from a British merchantman in the Atlantic on 24 July 1918 . The steamer scored six hits on " O - 4 " ' s conning tower and pressure hull before her identity was discovered . " O - 4 " suffered minor damage caused by shell splinters . to boats formed part of the twenty - strong submarine force that left Newport , Rhode Island on 2 November 1918 for the Azores but the task force was recalled after the Armistice was signed nine days later . The second group of boats suffered from electrical problems . was immediately sent to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for a five - month overhaul . sank the patrol boat Mary Alice in a collision while she ( O - 13 ) was submerged . also underwent a refit but was sent into reserve soon after before she went into service at Coco Solo in the Panama Canal Zone . This also involved another overhaul . also underwent a refit soon after commissioning and later suffered a fire in her conning tower in December 1919 . All of the group 2 boats were decommissioned in July 1924 and were scrapped in July 1930 under the terms of the London Naval Treaty . however was used in an Arctic expedition by Sir Hubert Wilkins and was renamed Nautilus . After being returned to the US Navy , she was sunk in a Norwegian fjord in November 1931 . The first group served well although was rammed by a cargo ship and sunk near the Panama Canal with the loss of three crew members . All of the group 1 boats were recommissioned in 1941 to serve as training boats based at New London , Connecticut . The remaining boats were taken out of service four months later except for which sank in deep submergence trials in June 1941 . Thirty - three of her crew were lost . Boats in class . Group 1 Group 2
USS Harold J . Ellison ( DE - 545 ) USS " Harold J . Ellison " ( DE - 545 ) was a proposed World War II United States Navy " John C . Butler " - class destroyer escort that was never completed . " Harold J . Ellison " s keel was laid at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston , Massachusetts . However , her construction was cancelled on 10 June 1944 before she could be launched . The incomplete ship was scrapped . The name " Harold J . Ellison " was reassigned to the destroyer USS " Harold J . Ellison " ( DD - 864 ) .
Charles R . Ware Charles R . Ware ( 1911 – 1942 ) was a United States Navy officer awarded a posthumous Navy Cross for his actions at the Battle of Midway during World War II . Biography . Charles Rollins Ware was born on 11 March 1911 in Knoxville , Tennessee . He enlisted in the United States Navy on 14 June 1929 , and in 1930 was appointed to the United States Naval Academy . After graduation in 1934 , Ware served on the battleship USS " Texas " ( BB - 35 ) and the destroyer USS " Dahlgren " ( DD - 187 ) until February 1940 , when he entered flight training at Naval Air Station Pensacola at Pensacola , Florida . Serving as a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber pilot with Scouting Squadron 6 ( VS - 6 ) based on the aircraft carrier USS " Enterprise " ( CV - 6 ) , Lieutenant Ware and his division of six SBDs attacked the carrier " Kaga " on 4 June 1942 , one of four Japanese carriers sunk in the Battle of Midway . During their return to the " Enterprise " they successfully fought off attacks by Japanese fighters , but ran out of fuel and were forced to ditch in the vast Pacific . One crew was rescued and another crew was picked up by a Japanese destroyer and later executed when the enemy sailors learned of their fleet ' s losses . Ware and the other SBD crewmen were reported missing in action . Awards . Ware was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism in pressing home his attack on the Japan ese fleet in the face of fierce fighter opposition and formidable antiaircraft fire . Namesakes . The planned destroyer escort USS " Charles R . Ware " ( DE - 547 ) was named for Lieutenant Ware , but her construction was cancelled in 1944 before construction could begin . In 1945 the destroyer USS " Charles R . Ware " ( DD - 865 ) was named in his honor . She was in commission from 1945 to 1974 .
Chengtu Airfield Chengtu Airfield is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield in China , located approximately 10 miles south of Chengdu ( Sichuan Province ) in the People ’ s Republic of China . History . Chengtu was a prewar airfield , also known as Chungsing Chang , Fenghwangshan and Makiashipen . It was a major command and control base for Tenth Air Force , being the home of the 312th Fighter Wing from July 1944 until August 1945 . The wing commanded three fighter groups ( 33d , 81st and 311th ) in central China as well as provided support to Twentieth Air Force B - 29 Superfortress groups which staged strategic bombardment missions over Japan though bases in the Chengtu area from their home bases in India ( see : Operation Matterhorn ) . Also , the 426th Night Fighter Squadron operated P - 61 Black Widow night interceptor aircraft from the airfield , providing a night defense against Japanese fighter and bomber raids at night in the area , along with the B - 29 bases before their move to the Marianas . The base used until 30 September 1945 when operations ceased and the facility was closed . The Chengdu area has grown considerably since the war ended , and the former wartime airfield has been redeveloped into the urban area . Several multi - lane freeways have been built over the wartime airfield , and industrial and other estates now use the land . A small section of concrete runway remains in a field , being the last evidence of the area ' s wartime history .
William Everhart William Everhart ( May 17 , 1785 – October 30 , 1868 ) was a member of the U . S . House of Representatives from Pennsylvania . William Everhart ( father of James Bowen Everhart and Benjamin Matlack Everhart ) was born in Chester County , Pennsylvania . His father was a soldier in the Continental Army . He attended the common schools and became a civil engineer . Everhart served in the War of 1812 as captain of a company of riflemen . He was the only passenger saved from the packet ship " Albion " , wrecked off the coast of Ireland in 1822 . Upon his return to Pennsylvania he platted a large addition to the city of West Chester , Pennsylvania . Everhart was elected as a Whig to the Thirty - third Congress . He was not a candidate for renomination . He engaged in mercantile pursuits , and died in West Chester in 1868 . Interment in Oakland Cemetery . He built the William Everhart Buildings in 1833 at West Chester , and resided at the William Everhart House in West Whiteland Township ; they are both listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
George Francis Henrechon George Francis Henrechon ( November 22 , 1885 – August 16 , 1929 ) was a United States Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Moro Rebellion in the Philippine – American War . He is buried at Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery , Bloomfield , Connecticut . His grave can be locatetd in Section F , Lot 430 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Machinist ' s Mate Second Class , U . S . Navy . Born : November 22 , 1885 , Hartford , Conn . Accredited to : California . G . O . No . : 138 , December 13 , 1911 Citation : While attached to the , Henrechon was one of a shore party moving in to capture Mundang , Philippine Islands , on 24 September 1911 . Ordered to take station within 100 yards of a group of nipa huts close to the trail , Henrechon advanced and stood guard as the leader and his scout party first searched the surrounding deep grasses , then moved into the open area before the huts . Instantly enemy Moros opened point - blank fire on the exposed men and approximately 20 Moros rushed the small group from inside the huts and from other concealed positions . Henrechon , responding to the calls for help , was one of the first on the scene . When his rifle jammed after the first shot , he closed in with rifle , using it as a club to break the stock over the head of the nearest Moro and then , drawing his pistol , started in pursuit of the fleeing outlaws . Henrechon ' s aggressive charging of the enemy under heavy fire and in the face of great odds contributed materially to the success of the engagement .
Christopher Courtney Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Lloyd Courtney , GBE , KCB , DSO ( 27 June 1890 – 22 October 1976 ) was a senior British Royal Air Force officer . RAF career . Courtney joined the Royal Navy in May 1905 as a midshipman at Britannia Naval College . By late 1909 he was an acting sub - lieutenant on board " HMS Commonwealth " . He fought in World War I initially as Officer Commanding Killingholme Royal Naval Air Station . He continued his war service as Officer Commanding Royal Naval Air Station Dover , Officer Commanding No . 4 Wing RNAS and then Officer Commanding No . 7 Squadron RNAS . In April 1918 , with the creation of the Royal Air Force , Courtney transferred from the Navy to the RAF and at that time he was appointed Deputy Director of Aircraft Equipment at the newly established Air Ministry . Just before the end of World War I , Courtney was promoted to acting brigadier - general and sent France to command the 11th Brigade which was being established as a subordinate formation of the RAF ' s Independent Air Force . However , once the armistice was declared , the Independent Air Force ' s commander , Major - General Sir Hugh Trenchard , returned home and Courtney succeeded him as commander . After the War he served as Officer Commanding , No 2 ( Indian ) Wing and then after a tour on the Directing Staff at the RAF Staff College , Andover , he was appointed Deputy Director of Operations and Intelligence at the Air Ministry . He briefly served as Air Officer Commanding RAF Iraq Command on a temporary basis in late 1932 . He was made Director of Training at the Air Ministry in 1933 , Director of Staff Duties in 1934 and Deputy Chief of the Air Staff and Director of Operations & Intelligence in 1935 . After that he was appointed Air Officer Commanding RAF Iraq Command in 1937 and Air Officer Commanding - in - Chief Reserve Command in February 1939 . He became Air Member for Supply and Organisation in January 1940 and remained in that post throughout the remainder of World War II until he retired in 1945 . External links .
A . T . Anderson Brigadier - General A . T . Anderson , CMG ( 1886 – 1949 ) was an Australian brigadier - general who was in the Royal Artillery . Anderson was the son of William Mather Anderson ( Chief Inspector of the Oriental Bank in London and Acting Governor of Mauritius at one time ) and Mary Anne Neilley ( born and married in Australia and died in England ) . He was born on 28 August 1868 in Mauritius . On 8 October 1908 , Anderson married Ethel Campbell in Ahmednagar , India . During World War I , he served in the 7th ( Meerut ) Division and was commanded the 48th ( South Midland ) Division artillery from 1920 through 1924 . He retired from the military in 1924 and settled in Sydney . Anderson is said to have received the French Légion d ' honneur medal in the park at Cambrai in 1916 . However , the Musée de la Légion d ' honneur says that Augustin Thomas Anderson , a colonel in the British Army , received the medal on 12 December 1918 . From 1927 through 1939 he was the private secretary to Sir Dudley de Chair , the Governor of New South Wales , Australia , Sir Philip Game , and Sir Alexander Hore - Ruthven . In 1939 he became the Comptroller to the Governor General . Anderson died on 22 February 1949 in Turramurra , New South Wales , Australia .
23rd Chemical Battalion The 23rd Chemical Battalion is a chemical battalion of the United States Army first formed in 1944 . The battalion is part of the 1ABCT 2ID " Second to None " . Composition . The 23rd Chemical Battalion is currently composed of : As of 10 Jun , the following companies were reassigned from the 23d CM BN . Campaign participation credit . World War II : Normandy ; Northern France ; Rhineland ; Ardennes - Alsace ; Central Europe ; Korean War : UN Defensive ; UN Offensive ; CCF Intervention ; First UN Counteroffensive ; CCF Spring Offensive ; UN Summer - Fall Offensive ; Second Korean Winter ; Korea , Summer - Fall 1952 ; Third Korean Winter ; Korea , Summer 1953 ;
Charles F . Manderson Charles Frederick Manderson ( February 9 , 1837September 28 , 1911 ) was a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1883 to 1895 . Biography . Born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , he attended school there and then moved to Canton , Ohio , in 1856 , where he studied law . In 1859 , he was admitted to the bar and commenced practice ; in 1860 , he was the city solicitor of Canton . Manderson entered the Army during the Civil War as a first lieutenant , and rose through the ranks to resign as a colonel in 1865 ; he was also Brevet ted brigadier general of volunteers that year . He resumed the practice of law in Canton and was twice elected attorney of Stark County , Ohio . In 1869 , he moved to Omaha , Nebraska , and continued to practice law , and was the city attorney of Omaha for six years , as well as being a member of the State s in 1871 and in 1875 . Manderson was elected as a Republican to the U . S . Senate in 1883 , was reelected in 1888 and served from March 4 , 1883 , to March 4 , 1895 . During the Fifty - first , Fifty - second and Fifty - third Congresses , Manderson served as president pro tempore of the Senate . He was also chairman of the Committee on Printing in the Forty - eighth through Fifty - second Congresses . Manderson was appointed general solicitor of the Burlington system of railroads west of the Missouri River , and was vice president of the American Bar Association in 1899 and president in 1900 . He died on board the steamship " Cedric " in the harbor of Liverpool , England , on September 28 , 1911 , and was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery , Omaha .