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Hermann Gilly Major Hermann Gilly ( born 16 September 1894 , date of death unknown ) was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories . He came to aviation service after two years infantry combat service , which saw him promoted to " Leutnant " in March 1916 while in Russia . He would not begin his flying career until November 1916 . He served as an artillery cooperation pilot in Italy from November 1917 to March 1918 . He was reassigned to a fighter unit , " Jagdstaffel 40 " effective 14 April 1918 . Gilly scored seven aerial victories from 24 May 1918 through war ' s end . He would not be discharged until 22 January 1919 . Hermann Gilly would also serve as a Major in the " Luftwaffe " in World War II . Early life and infantry service . Hermann Gilly was born in Donaueschingen on 16 September 1894 . He was working in a bank when World War I began . He joined Infantry Regiment Nr . 168 in October 1914 . He served much of his war as an infantryman . He was commissioned a " Leutnant " in March 1916 , while serving in Russia . In November 1916 , he transferred to the " Luftstreitkräfte " . Aerial service . Gilly graduated from pilot training , then flew with " Fliegerersatz - Abteilung " – ( Replacement Detachment ) 3 – while awaiting orders to combat duty . In November 1917 , he was posted to " " Flieger - Abteilung ( Artillerie ) " 24 – ( Flier Detachment ( Artillery ) 204 ) – near the Piave River in Italy . His unit ' s duties were artillery direction and reconnaissance . Gilly flew his first combat sortie on 17 November 1917 over Spresiano ; his rear seat aerial observer somehow went overboard at 2 , 500 meters altitude . Gilly was returned to France and assigned to " Jagdstaffel 40 " – ( Fighter Squadron 40 ) – on 14 April 1918 . He spent a brief interlude with " Jagdstaffel 29 " , was wounded , and returned to " Jasta 40 " . He would score seven aerial victories with them between 24 June 1918 and war ' s end . Post World War I . Hermann Gilly demobilized from military service on 22 January 1919 . He would return to his nation ' s military during World War II , serving as a Major in the " Luftwaffe " .
56th Virginia Infantry The 56th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia . The 56th Virginia completed its organization in September 1861 , with men from Louisa , Mecklenburg , Buckingham , Nelson and Charlotte counties . It moved to Tennessee and was attached to Floyd ' s Brigade , and was captured in the fight at Fort Donelson . After being exchanged , the unit returned to Virginia and was assigned to Pickett ' s , Garnett ' s , and Hunton ' s Brigade , Army of Northern Virginia . It fought with the army from the Seven Days ' Battles in 1862 to Cold Harbor in 1864 , except when it served under Lt . Gen . James Longstreet at Suffolk . The 56th then endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches north and south of the James River and saw action around Appomattox . In June 1862 , it contained 466 effectives and reported 100 casualties during the Seven Days ' Battles . This regiment carried only 40 men into action at Sharpsburg and eight were wounded . Of the 289 engaged at Gettysburg , more than 65 percent were disabled . Many were captured at Sayler ' s Creek , and only three officers and 26 men surrendered on April 9 , 1865 . The field officers were Colonels William E . Green , Philip P . Slaughter and William D . Stuart ; Lieutenant Colonel Timoleon Smith ; and Major John B . McPhail .
Raid on Gananoque Text from the Raid on Gananoque plaque Text from Gananoque Plaque : " On September 21 , 1812 , during the War of 1812 , a United States force of some 200 regulars and militia under Captain Benjamin Forsyth attacked Gananoque , Ontario . The village was an important forwarding point for supplies moving up the St . Lawrence River from Montreal to Kingston and was garrisoned by a detachment of the 2nd Leeds Militia under Colonel Joel Stone . After a spirited resistance , Colonel Stone withdrew his force comprising two subalterns and about forty soldiers , and the Americans seized the stores and burned the government depot . As a result of this raid , a blockhouse was begun in Gananoque the following month and completed in 1813 . " The actual number of American riflemen was closer to 100 . British and Canadian sources indicate that there were around 60 militia defending the outpost . Colonel Stone was absent at the time of the attack .
William Bradshaw ( VC ) William Bradshaw VC ( 12 February 1830 – 9 March 1861 ) , born in Thurles , County Tipperary , was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . He served during the Crimean War in the 50th Regiment of Foot transferring to the 90th Regiment of Foot . Bradshaw was 27 years old , and an in the 90th Regiment ( later known as The Cameronians ( Scottish Rifles ) ) , British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 26 September 1857 at Lucknow , India , for which he was awarded the VC : Later life . William Bradshaw died on 9 March 1861 and is buried at St Mary ' s Church graveyard , Thurles . Memorial is in the church . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Army Medical Services Museum " ( Aldershot , Hampshire England ) " . See also . Anthony Dickson Home
USS Onondaga ( 1863 ) USS " Onondaga " was a river monitor built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War . The ship spent her entire active career with the James River Flotilla , covering the water approaches to Richmond , Virginia , during the last year of the Civil War . After the war , she was purchased by France . American Service . Constructed in New York . " Onondaga " – the first U . S . Navy ship to bear the name – was a double - turreted monitor launched 29 July 1863 . She was built at the Continental Iron Works , Greenpoint , Brooklyn , under subcontract from George W . Quintard who built her engines at his neighboring Morgan Iron Works . She was sponsored by Sally Sedgwick , daughter of former U . S . Representative Charles B . Sedgwick and commissioned at New York Navy Yard on 24 March 1864 , with Captain Melancthon Smith in command . Assigned to the James River flotilla . With , the ship departed New York , New York , 21 April 1864 , and arrived at Hampton Roads two days later . Assigned to the James River Flotilla , " Onondaga " supported General Ulysses S . Grant ' s drive on Richmond , Virginia . On 24 November , together with the monitor , she engaged Confederate artillery batteries on the James River at Howlett ’ s Farm , Virginia , and resumed the attack 5 and 6 December . Early in January 1865 , most of the Union ironclads were withdrawn from the James River as Rear Admiral David D . Porter assembled a powerful fleet for the forthcoming attack on Fort Fisher , North Carolina . " Onondaga " was the only monitor left to guard Union forces along the James against Flag Officer John K . Mitchell ’ s Confederate James River Squadron . When the Southern squadron steamed down river to attack the weakened Union forces , " Onondaga " dropped downstream to a position where she could maneuver more easily . She and her supporting gunboat s awaited them only to have the attack blunted when Mitchell ’ s ironclads " Virginia II " and " Richmond " , gunboat " Drewry " , and torpedo boat " Scorpion " all ran aground trying to pass obstructions at Trent ' s Reach . After attacks by Northern shore batteries and " Onondaga " , " Drewry " exploded , " Scorpion " was abandoned , and the two Southern ironclads withdrew upriver when they were refloated the next day . Final war operations . " Onondaga " continued to support Union troops for the rest of the war , steamed north after its end and was decommissioned at New York City on 8 June 1865 . She was laid up at League Island , Pennsylvania . By Act of Congress approved 7 March 1867 , the monitor was sold to her builder , G . W . Quintard and subsequently resold to France . French Service . " Onondaga " retained her name and was rearmed in French service , receiving 9 . 4 - inch rifled guns in place of her U . S . battery of 8 - inch Parrott rifle s and 15 - inch Dahlgren smoothbore s . She was sold for scrap in 1904 .
Jungwon Air Base Jungwon Air Base ( sometimes K - 75 Air Base or Choongwon Air Base ) is located near Chungju city in North Chungcheong province , South Korea . Units stationed . The base is home to the ROKAF 19th Fighter Wing ( 제19전투비행단 ) , comprising :
Maritime Security Patrol Area The Maritime Security Patrol Area ( MSPA ) is specified patrol zone in the Gulf of Aden . Its borders are unmarked , but are a narrow , rectangular corridor between Somalia and Yemen , within the northern sector of the gulf . The MSPA was established 22 August 2008 by the Combined Task Force 150 , ( CTF - 150 ) a multinational , coalition naval task force in order to deter de - stabilizing activities , including piracy within this maritime geographical area . The establishment of the MSPA was directed by the Commander , United States Naval Central Command .
Battle of Rajgród ( 1794 ) The Battle of Rajgród was a battle of Kościuszko Uprising between Polish - Lithuanian commonwealth rebel army and the Kingdom of Prussia which took place in Rajgród on 1794 July 10 . Rebels using only the cold arms and without the heavy artillery were able to temporarily push out the Prussian army from the city .
RAAF Station Narromine RAAF Station Narromine was a Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) station located at Narromine , New South Wales , Australia . Narromine Airfield was requisitioned in July 1940 as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme during the Second World War . No . 5 Elementary Flying Training School ( 5EFTS ) operated from 1940 . The EFTS gave a recruit 50 hours of basic aviation instruction on a simple trainer such as a Tiger Moth . Pilots who showed promise went on to advanced training at a Service Flying Training School . Others went on to different specialties , such as Wireless Schools , Air Observer Schools or Bombing and Gunnery Schools . No . 8 Operational Training Unit ( 8OTU ) also operated from Narromine between 1942 until 1944 , when it was transferred to RAAF Station Parkes . No . 618 Squadron RAF arrived at Narromine in February 1945 equipped with de Havilland Mosquito Mk . VI aircraft for anti - shipping attacks in the Pacific area of operations , however was disbanded on 14 July 1945 .
2nd Libyan Division Pescatori The 2nd Libyan Division Pescatori was an Infantry Division of the Italian Army during World War II . In December 1940 , it was in Libya part of the Italian XXIII Corps a together with the 1 Blackshirt Division 23 Marzo and 2nd Blackshirt Division 28 Ottobre , took part in the Italian invasion of Egypt and was destroyed during Operation Compass . Egypt . The advance into Egypt started on 9 September , The plan of advance was modified to work around the shortage of transport . A flank move through the desert was cancelled and the 1 Libyan Division and the 2nd Libyan Division Pescatori were brought close to the coast road to act as a spearhead for the infantry divisions of XXIII Corps . The Maletti Group would operate as a flank guard . In essence , Berti was to use his artillery and tanks as escorts to his infantry as his force advanced through hostile territory . Following the Italian advance , the British planned a limited operation to push the Italians back . They had noted that the Italian defensive positions were dispersed with fortified camps separated by large distances which meant they could not provide mutual support . The attack Operation Compass , was originally planned as a five day raid . On 9 December , the 2nd Libyan Division was located at Tummar . The attack commenced on Tummar at 13 . 50 , after 7 Royal Tank Regiment had refuelled and re - armed and artillery had softened the defences up for an hour . Here too a north west approach was made and the tanks broke through the perimeter without too much difficulty and were followed twenty minutes later by the infantry . However , the defenders put up stronger opposition than at Nibeiwa but by 16 . 00 Tummar West was overrun , except for extreme north east corner . The tanks shifted their point of attack to Tummar East , the greater part of which was captured by nightfall . Sidi Barrani . On 10 December 16 Infantry Brigade was brought forward from the 4th Indian Division reserve and with elements of 11th Indian Brigade under command was sent forward in lorries to attack Sidi Barrani . Moving forward it was in position barring the south and south western exits to Sidi Barrani by 13 . 30 . At 16 . 00 , supported by the whole of the division ' s artillery , the attack , again with the support of 7th RTR , went in . The town was captured by nightfall and the remains of the two Libyan Divisions and the 4 Blackshirt Division were trapped between 16th Infantry Brigade and Selby Force . By 15 December Sollum and Halfya had been captured as well as Fort Capuzzo while all Italian forces had been cleared from Egypt .
Spanish ship Rayo ( 1751 ) The " Rayo " was an 80 - gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy . As was traditional for Spanish ships not named after a saint , its second , dedicatory name was " San Pedro Apóstol " . It fought at ; dismasted as a result of damage sustained in the battle , it was surrendered to a British prize crew of the HMS " Donegal " 3 days later , but ran aground and wrecked in the storm that followed . Her broken hull was set ablaze and destroyed by British sailors some days later . Service . Early . Construction on The Rayo started in 1748 in Havana , Cuba , alongside the Real Fénix and was launched in he summer of 1749 . It was commissioned in January 1751 , but was unable to leave port for the lack of crew . It took another year to find the enough men to sail . It left Havana for Cadiz with a minimal complement of 453 , accompagnied by the ships Princesa , Infante and Spanish ship Galicia and a cargo of sugar and timber . She remained in Cadiz for further outfits .
HMS Goliath ( 1842 ) HMS " Goliath " was an 80 - gun two - deck second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 25 July 1842 at Chatham Dockyard . " Goliath " was fitted with screw propulsion in 1857 . In 1870 , she was converted into a pauper training ship for workhouse boys . " Goliath " was destroyed by fire on 22 December 1875 while at anchor in the River Thames near Grays . Of the approximately 500 on board , 23 boys were killed .
Ulster Tower The Ulster Tower is a memorial to the men of the 36th ( Ulster ) Division . The memorial was officially opened on 19 November 1921 and is a very close copy of Helen ' s Tower which stands in the grounds of the Clandeboye Estate , near Bangor , County Down in Northern Ireland . Many of the men of the Ulster Division trained in the estate before moving to England and then France early in 1916 . The tower ( plus a small cafe nearby ) is staffed by members of the Somme Association , which is based in Belfast . 1916 Battle . The Division attacked the Schwaben Redoubt , which is near the Ulster Tower , on 1 July 1916 . The Schwaben Redoubt was a little to the north - east of where the tower stands , and was a triangle of trenches with a frontage of 300 yards , a fearsome strongpoint with commanding views . It is also located close to the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme . The front lines were at the edge of Thiepval Wood which lies to the south - west of the road between the Thiepval Memorial and the Ulster Tower . Troops of the 109th Brigade crossed about 400 yards of no man ' s land , and kept on going . They entered the Schwaben Redoubt , and advanced on towards Stuff Redoubt , gaining in all around a mile , though not without losses . To their left , the 108th Brigade were successful in advancing near Thiepval , but less so nearer the River Ancre . The 107th Brigade supported them , but although men of the 36th Division held out for the day the Germans mounted counterattacks , and as their stocks of bombs and ammunition dwindled , many fell back with small parties remaining in the German front lines . The casualties suffered by the 36th Division on 1 July totalled over 5 , 000 . Memorial . At the entrance to the tower is a plaque commemorating the names of the nine men of the Division who won the Victoria Cross during the Somme . There is also a memorial here commemorating the part played by members of the Orange Order during the battle . The inscription on this memorial reads : Commemorations . The Inscription on the Memorial Reads : " This Memorial is Dedicated to the Men and Women of the Orange Institution Worldwide , who at the call of King and country , left all that was dear to them , endured hardness , faced danger , and finally passed out of the sight of man by the path of duty and self sacrifice , giving up their own lives that others might live in Freedom . Let those who come after see to it that their names be not forgotten . " There are 5 known Orangemen who were awarded the Victoria Cross . Orangemen Robert Dixon I2442 Toronto serving with the Princess Patricia ' s Canadian Light Infantry and Lieut J McCormick from Canada were recommended for the Victoria Cross .
Thomas Peacock ( United States Army officer ) First Lieutenant Thomas Peacock ( February 18 , 1920 - June 27 , 1948 ) was a United States army officer during the Second World War . He was famous for his service for the Easy Company , 2nd Battalion , 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 101st Airborne Division , United States Army during the Second World War . Peacock was portrayed in the HBO miniseries " Band of Brothers " by David Nicolle . Military Service . Peacock made a combat jump with the 101st airborne unit into Normandy on D - Day . After the battle in France , he was transferred to Easy Company as the assistant leader of the first platoon . Peacock participated in Operation Market Garden with Easy Company , and took charge of the first platoon when Lieutenant Hudson , the platoon leader , got hit . He also fought to defend the Island . Peacock also fought in the Battle of the Bulge . During the battle , Captain Lewis Nixon won a thirty - day - furlough to the States in a lottery , but he did not want to go . Peacock , who came in second , got the furlough . Peacock was generally considered by the men serving under him a big by - the - book officer and an incompetent combat leader . David Kenyon Webster had written a lot about his dissatisfaction towards Peacock in his book " Parachute Infrantry " . Floyd Talbert in his letter to Richard Winters described Peacock as ' a sincere and by the book officer , but not a soldier ' . In his biography " Silver Eagle " , Clancy Lyall called Peacock one of the idiot officers . So the men was happy to see him go and let someone else be in charge . Peacock later returned to the company to train the soldiers until the end of the war . After the War . Thomas was a graduate of Washington State college . He had taken his law degree at the University of Michigan , and had planned to practice law in Spokane and Pullman . However , Peacock died in an automobile accident happened on a country road a few miles west of Palouse along with his mother . His father and wife were injured in the same accident .
Ahmed Brahim ( Al - Qaeda ) Ahmed Brahim ( born 1945 ) is a convicted Al - Qaeda member from Algeria . Spanish authorities arrested him in 2002 on charges that he was a chief financer for al - Qaeda in Spain . He is also alleged to have been a planner in the bombing of two US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 . Brahim is married to a Finnish national identified as Pirjo . Spanish counter - terrorism judge Baltasar Garzón has also alleged that Ahmed Brahim had " routine contacts " with Swiss - born Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan in 1999 .
Fedor Zinchenko Fedor Matveevich Zinchenko ( Russian : " Фёдор Матвеевич Зинченко " ; 19 September 1902 , Stavskovo , Tomsk Oblast , Russian Empire - 15 October 1991 , Cherkasy , Ukrainian SSR ) was a Soviet officer who commanded the 150th Rifle Division ' s 756th Regiment during the Storming of the Reichstag . The soldiers under his command raised the Victory Banner . Biography . Early life . Born to a peasant family , Zinchenko joined the Red Army at 1924 , becoming a member of the Communist Party two years later . On 1930 , he graduated from the Vladivostok Infantry School . He was appointed military commissar for the Leningrad Military Communications School . When Germany invaded the Soviet Union , the school was evacuated to Bashkiria . Zinchenko was appointed staff commissar of the 171st Rifle Division on November 1941 . The unit was sent to the front at early 1942 . On May 1944 , after completing infantry officers ' training , he was assigned to command the 756th Regiment , with which he fought in the Baltics and in Berlin . Battle of Berlin . On 22 May 1945 , the Regiment - as part of the 3rd Shock Army - reached the German capital . At the same day , the flag which would become the Victory Banner was handed to its commanders . After heavy combat in the streets , the Regiment ' s soldiers crossed the Spree in the direction of the Reichstag . On 30 April 1945 , shortly before 10 : 00 , Zinchenko ordered his intelligence officer , Captain Kondrashev , to select two scouts who will carry the Banner . Few minutes later , the entire scouts platoon appeared , each begging to perform the task . After some prodding from the Colonel , Kondrashev selected Yegorov and Kantaria . On 12 : 00 , a massive artillery strike hit the Reichstag . Then , the 150th and 171st Divisions ' soldiers attacked . After a bitter fight inside the building , and after several other Victory Banners were placed and destroyed , Kantaria and Yegorov - together with the 756 Regiment ' s 1st Battalion deputy commander for political affairs , Lieutenant Alexei Berest - hoisted their flag on the Reichstag ' s roof roughly at 03 : 00 , 1 May 1945 , attaching it to Wilhelm I ' s equestrian statue . Later years . After the war , Zinchenko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 31 May . All his three brothers died in battle . He retired from the army at 1950 , and lived to see the collapse of the Soviet Union , which was officially disbanded shortly after his death .
Siege of Pavia ( 569 – 72 ) The Siege of Pavia was a siege in 569 – 572 CE . The Lombards invaded Italy in 568 , but Ticinum ( modern Pavia ) held out until 572 . After its fall , the Lombards made it the capital of the Kingdom of the Lombards .
HMS Allington Castle ( K689 ) HMS " Allington Castle " was a Castle - class corvette of Britain ' s Royal Navy . She was named after Allington Castle in Kent . She was launched by Fleming and Ferguson Shipyard at Paisley , Scotland on 29 February 1944 as " Alington Castle " . Her name was changed in June 1944 whilst she was completing to " Allington Castle " . She was commissioned on 19 June 1944 and served as a convoy escort until the end of the Second World War . After the war , she remained in the Home Fleet based at Fleetwood until 1947 when she moved to the Harwich Reserve . Refitted on the Tyne in August 1949 she returned to the Harwich Reserve until 1952 when she was transferred to West Hartlepool where she remained until 1958 . She was sold and arrived for scrapping at Sunderland on 20 December 1958 .