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McGuire rig The “ McGuire Rig ” was used to extract soldiers from the jungles of Vietnam . It would be suspended from a helicopter and used to extract soldiers from areas without a suitable pick - up zone . It was simple , inexpensive , and effective . Although less comfortable than the STABO ( Short Tactical Air Borne Operations ) harness , it did not require the soldier to carry any special equipment . It was designed by Sergeant Major Charles T . McGuire , a member of Project DELTA , a Special Forces reconnaissance project . The McGuire Rig was fashioned from a wide , long A7A nylon cargo tie - down strap with a quick - fit buckle on one end . This was typically cut down to an length and a web loop ( wrist strap ) attached near the top end . This was used to form a sling loop and attached to an over length of 5 / 8 - inch nylon rope . Three ropes with McGuire Rigs attached could be dropped from a UH - 1 " Huey " helicopter , all on the same side . A deployment pack containing a sandbag carried each rope to the ground . A soldier attached his rucksack with a snap link , stepped into the loop , adjusted it , inserted his left hand in the wrist loop , and on signal the helicopter lifted off . The three men would lock arms to prevent oscillation and prevent falls if a rope was shot through . A wounded or unconscious man could fall from the harness unless secured . The system did not allow the extracted soldiers to be hoisted into the helicopter . They were flown out of the danger area and then set down in a clearing in order to board the helicopter . On a long flight the harness proved to be extremely uncomfortable . From the pilot ' s standpoint , performing an extraction using a McGuire Rig required intense concentration . Once the soldiers were in the rig , the pilot would attempt to hover straight up . But with the nearest ground reference over 100 feet away , it was difficult to discern when the chopper was moving . There was the distinct possibility , therefore , that the soldier ( s ) would be dragged through tree limbs during the extraction . CPT John W . " Jack " Green , III , flying a UH - 1B for the 145th Airlift Platoon in support of Project Delta was the first pilot to utilize the McGuire Rig in an emergency extraction . In mid - 1966 , 145th was blended into the 281st AHC which then assumed the mission of supporting Project Delta . Due to intense training with the MACV Recondo School and on the job training with Project Delta , the 281st AHC became highly proficient in usage of the McGuire Rig .
HMAS Silver Cloud HMAS " Silver Cloud " ( Q52 ) was a channel patrol boat operated by the Naval Auxiliary Patrol of the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) during World War II . " Silver Cloud " was a 40 ft cruiser built in 1933 by Lars Halvorsen and Sons . She was requisitioned and later commissioned by the RAN as a channel patrol boat . " Silver Cloud " was destroyed by fire and burnt to the waterline at Sydney on 12 July 1943 and scrapped on 22 July 1943 .
Battle of the Palm Grove The Battle of the Palm Grove ( 10 September 2010 - 13 September 2010 ) took place during the Iraq War when elements of the Second Advise and Assist Brigade ( Stryker Brigade Combat Team ) , 25th ID of the US Army supported 200 Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police in a search and sweep operation against 15 - 25 insurgents planting IED s in Hudaidy , Diyala Province . During the fighting , Apache attack helicopters and Air Force F - 16 fighters were called in . The fighter jets dropped two 500 - lb . bombs , but it seemed to no effect . After three days of clashes , the insurgent force managed to withdraw without suffering any casualties , while up to 33 members of the Iraqi security forces were killed or wounded and even two U . S . soldiers were also injured . The battle showed the continuing struggle of the Iraqi security forces with their abilities to take control of the security in the country , without the U . S . military . In the words of an Iraqi lieutenant , " If it wasn ' t for the American air support and artillery we would never have dreamed of entering that orchard " . It was also the last major battle of the war involving U . S . forces against insurgent elements .
Battle of Camerinum The Battle of Camerinum in 298 BC was the first battle of the Third Samnite War . In the battle , the Samnites , assisted by the Gauls , defeated the Romans , who were commanded by Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus . Scipio was supposed to have stopped the Gauls from crossing a mountain pass in the Apennines , but failed , and the combined force of Samnites and Gauls defeated Scipio ' s two legions .
Thomas B . Howard Admiral Thomas Benton Howard ( August 10 , 1854 – November 10 , 1920 ) was an admiral in the United States Navy . He served as commander in chief of the U . S . Pacific Fleet prior to United States entry into World War I . Biography . Born in Illinois , Howard received an at - large appointment to the U . S . Naval Academy , graduating in 1873 . During his career he served under George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay and successively commanded USS " Chesapeake " , USS " Nevada " , USS " Olympia " , USS " Tennessee " , and USS " Ohio " ( BB - 12 ) . As captain of USS " Ohio " , he sailed around the world with the Great White Fleet in 1908 - 1909 . In January 1914 , Howard was appointed commander in chief of the U . S . Pacific Fleet . The same year , during the Mexican Revolution , Howard commanded a squadron of American vessels in the Gulf of California . Their mission was to observe the Topolobampo naval campaign . Three of Howard ' s warships were present at the Fourth Battle of Topolobampo . When the Marines established camp for the second time on San Diego ' s North Island , they named it Camp Howard , in his honor . In 1915 , he became the fifth full admiral in the history of the U . S . Navy when the three commanders in chief of the Atlantic , Pacific , and Asiatic Fleets were each advanced to the temporary rank of full admiral . Upon relinquishing command of the Pacific Fleet in September 1915 , Howard reverted to his permanent rank of rear admiral . Howard retired on August 10 , 1916 . He was Superintendent of the U . S . Naval Observatory from March 31 , 1917 to March 4 , 1919 . He died in Annapolis , Maryland on November 10 , 1920 .
German torpedo boat T - 36 German torpedo - boat " T - 36 " was a torpedo boat ( a type of small destroyer popular in European navies ) built for the " Kriegsmarine " during the Second World War . Built by Schichau of Elbing , " T - 36 " was the last of fifteen Type 39 torpedo boats , sometimes referred to as the " Elbing " class . She was laid down in 1942 , launched on 5 February 1944 and commissioned on 9 December 1944 . " T - 36 " was assigned to general escort duties and stationed in the Baltic . In January 1945 " T - 36 " was involved in the aftermath of the " Wilhelm Gustloff " disaster . " Wilhelm Gustloff " was a passenger liner pressed into service as a transport for Operation Hannibal , the evacuation of East Prussia before the advancing Red Army . As she was fleeing Gotenhafen , on the night of 30 January , crowded with German Navy personnel , servicemen and civilians , she was torpedoed by Soviet submarine " S - 13 " . A number of ships attended , including " T - 36 " , in order to search for survivors . " T - 36 " was able to pick up 564 survivors from the disaster , which claimed over 9 , 000 lives . " T - 36 " was mined off Swinemunde on 4 May 1945 and disabled . She was sunk the following day by a Soviet air attack .
Stephen Rose Gilkyson Stephen Rose Gilkyson ( 1832 – 1892 ) was a Union Army officer that served in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War . He commanded first the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry as a lieutenant colonel ( most notably at the Battle of Gettysburg ) and the 40th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry as a Colonel .
RAF Drem Royal Air Force station Drem or more simply RAF Drem is a former Royal Air Force station , just north of the village of Drem in East Lothian , Scotland . The motto of the station was " Exiit Hinc Lumen " which means " Ascend from this Light " . History . The foundation of Drem as an air base , precedes the creation of the Royal Air Force ( RAF ) as by 1916 , an airfield had been established under the name West Fenton Aerodrome . From 1916 to 1917 , No . 77 Home Defence Squadron , Royal Flying Corps operated from Drem and in April 1918 , No . 2 Training Depot Station opened . Between April and 14 August 1918 , the American 41st Aero Squadron under the command of Lieut . Warren C . Woodward were temporarily based at Drem together with an aero repair flight company . The Americans called the airfield " Gullane " in its official history . The squadron transferred to St Maixent in France and arrived at its operational base of Romorantin on 29 August 1918 . By November 1918 , West Fenton had been renamed Gullane Aerodrome and with the post - war demobilisation the base was vacated in 1919 . From 1933 to 1939 , the airfield saw only occasional use by visiting squadrons . In 1939 the grass airstrip was resurfaced , and the unit was renamed RAF Drem . The station was then home to No . 13 Flying Training School . Following the outbreak of World War II , RAF Drem became an air defence fighter unit for the city of Edinburgh and the shipping area around the Firth of Forth , with Supermarine Spitfire of 602 Squadron based at Drem . On 16 October 1939 , the Luftwaffe made its first attack on Great Britain . Junkers Ju88 s of 1 / KG 30 led by Hauptmann Helmuth Pohle attacked British warships in the Firth of Forth . Spitfires from 603 Squadron joined 602 Squadron aircraft in a defensive counter - air sortie . Following the destruction of a Luftwaffe bomber aircraft by a 603 Squadron Spitfire , 602 Squadron pilot Flight Lieutenant George Pinkerton gained the second kill of the Second World War . In 1940 an airfield lighting system for night landings , the Drem Lighting System , was developed at RAF Drem . In 1942 Royal Navy personnel were posted to RAF Drem and in 1945 the unit was handed over to the Admiralty and renamed HMS Nighthawk . On 15 March 1946 the unit was returned to the Air Ministry although it was decommissioned not long after that . Current use . At present , the RAF Drem Museum is housed in what was RAF Drem ' s Mess accommodation .
Pierre Barthélemy , baron Portal Pierre - Barthélémy Portal of Albarèdes , Baron Portal , ( October 30 , 1765 Montauban ( Albarèdes ) – January 11 , 1845 Bordeaux ) was a French politician born into a Protestant family of Guienne . Biography . He created in 1789 a trading house , under the name Portal Larrode and Co . . He is a member of the Board of Trade ( 1801 ) and the Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux at the beginning of its creation ( 1803 ) . He was then Minister of Marine and Colonies ( December 1818 – December 1821 ) . He was a judge at the tribunal of commerce , mayor of Bordeaux , member for trade in Bordeaux to demand the restitution of goods seized by U . S . ships , appointed by Napoleon , master of requests in 1813 , member of the Tarn - et - Garonne in 1818 Peer of France , regent of the bank of Bordeaux . He was appointed hereditary baron by letters patent of 1818 , Baron - hereditary peerage by letters of 1821 . The Musée des Beaux - Arts of Bordeaux keeps a bust of him by the sculptor , Dominique Fortune Maggese . He is the brother of Paul Portal , president of the Chamber of Commerce of Bordeaux . His grandson , Count Stanislas Escayrac Lauture , French explorer , wrote an interesting account of his travels .
French aircraft carrier Painlevé Painlevé was the planned second ship of the " Joffre " class of aircraft carrier s for the French Navy . She was named in honour of Paul Painlevé . The ship was never laid down . History . " Painlevé " was to be built at the shipyards of AC de St . Nazaire Penhoet , but with work on the lead ship " Joffre " slowed and ultimately halted by the events of World War II , her keel was never laid down .
Rudolf Meister Rudolf Meister ( 1 August 1897 – 11 September 1958 ) was a highly decorated General der Flieger in the Luftwaffe during World War II who commanded the IV . Fliegerkorps . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Rudolf Meister was captured by American troops in May 1945 and was held until 1948 .
Dirk J . Debbink Dirk J . Debbink is a retired Vice Admiral in the United States Navy and former Chief of the Navy Reserve . Biography . A native of Oconomowoc , Wisconsin , Debbink holds a bachelor ' s degree from the United States Naval Academy and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business . He is also a registered professional engineer in Wisconsin . Career . Debbink graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1977 and was assigned to the USS Fanning ( FF - 1076 ) . Later assignments include serving aboard the USS Dale ( DLG - 19 ) and as Reserve Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the United States Pacific Fleet . He was named Deputy Chief of the Navy Reserve in 2007 before being named Chief of Navy Reserve the next year . Awards he has received include the Defense Superior Service Medal , Legion of Merit with award star , the Defense Meritorious Service Medal , the Meritorious Service Medal with award star , the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with award star , and the Navy Achievement Medal .
USS Abeona ( 1831 ) USS " Abeona " was a stern wheel steamer in the service of the United States Navy , named after the Roman goddess Abeona . She was built in 1831 at Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , purchased by the Navy on 21 December 1864 , converted to a " tinclad " gunboat at Mound City , Illinois , and commissioned there on 10 April 1865 ( one day after the surrender of Robert E . Lee ) with Acting Master Samuel Hall in command . From that day , the gunboat performed patrol and guard duty on the Mississippi River and its tributaries — primarily in the Mississippi Squadrons 5th ( the Mississippi between Natchez and Vicksburg ) and the 10th ( the Cumberland River and upper Ohio River ) Districts . After all organized Confederate resistance ceased and the South had begun its painful and uncertain return to a peaceful way of life , " Abeona " was decommissioned at Mound City on 4 August 1865 . She was sold there on 11 August 1865 to J . A . Williamson et al . and was redocumented under the same name on 17 October 1865 . The veteran stern wheeler operated on the Mississippi and its branches until she caught fire at Cincinnati on 7 March 1872 and was destroyed . As of 2004 , no other ships in the United States Navy have borne this name .
SS Cambridge ( 1916 ) Cambridge was built by JC Tecklenborg in Wesermünde , Germany in 1916 as the " Vogtland " . The ship was a twin - screw steel steamer , 524 . 5 feet in length , 56 . 7 feet in breadth , 37 . 3 feet in depth and of 10846 tons . Completed in 1919 , the ship was surrendered to the British in 1922 as part of the war reparations following World War I , sold to the Federal Steam Navigation Company , Ltd , and renamed . Sinking . On 7 November 1940 , the " Cambridge " was outbound from Melbourne to Sydney and Brisbane under the command of Captain Paddy Angell . At 11 : 00PM , two and a half miles south - east of Wilsons Promontory , she struck one of several German mines laid in Bass Strait . The mine exploded towards the aft of the ship , flooding the engine room . A distress signal was broadcast , without reply , before Captain Angell ordered the ship to be abandoned . The ship sank stern first , in just 45 minutes . Of the 56 crew aboard , all but one escaped in one of the three lifeboats ; ship ' s carpenter J . Kinnear returned to his cabin to retrieve money , but failed to escape despite the efforts of the rest of the crew to rescue him . The three lifeboats were rescued by the auxiliary minesweeper , HMAS " Orara " and taken to Port Welshpool .
Ric Killian Richard Killian is an American businessman , United States Army officer , and politician . Early life , education , and business career . Killian was born in Kaukauna , Wisconsin in 1964 . He was also raised there . In 1986 , he earned a BS in Organizational Leadership from the United States Military Academy at West Point . He was a Lieutenant / Captain of the United States Army from 1986 to 1991 . After that , he retired and has been a Colonel in the U . S . Army Reserve since . After retiring from the U . S . Army , Killian went into real estate . In 1995 , he was named President of Howey Construction & Development and served until that position until 2000 . He was then General Manager of NVR until 2003 . After that , he was Vice President of Orleans Home builders until he was appointed to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2006 . Early political career . In 1992 , he was elected to the Kaukauna Area School District Board of Education and served one term . In 2004 , he decided to run again to become a school board member , this time on the Mecklenburg Area Catholic School Board of Education . North Carolina House of Representatives . Elections . In August 2006 , incumbent Republican State Representative Doug Vinson , of North Carolina ' s 105th House District , decided to resign for personal reasons . One of the reason is that he was having financial problems making only $ 14 , 000 a year . Killian was appointed to the seat . He won re - election to a full term , as a Republican , and won unopposed . He won re - election unopposed in 2008 and 2010 . He left office in 2013 . 2012 congressional election . After redistricting , Killian decided to retire from the state legislature to run for the newly created North Carolina ' s 9th congressional district . He said “ She ( incumbent Sue Myrick ) fought against runaway spending , and she always provided excellent service to her constituents , and that will continue if I am elected . " U . S . Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain ( R - AZ ) endorsed Killian in March 2012 . Personal life . Ric married Debbi in 1991 and had four children . They are members of St . Matthew Catholic Church .
Edward W . Wynkoop Edward Wanshear Wynkoop ( 1836 - 1891 ) was a founder of the city of Denver , Colorado . Wynkoop Street in Denver is named after him . Wynkoop served as an officer in the First Colorado Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War , attaining the rank of major of volunteers , and was brevetted a lieutenant colonel in May 1865 . During a period as post commander at Fort Lyon , Colorado in 1864 , Wynkoop encouraged peace efforts with the Cheyennes , but was transferred in November 1864 to Fort Riley , Kansas , where he was posted at the time of the Sand Creek massacre . On behalf of the U . S . Army he investigated Col . John M . Chivington ' s conduct at Sand Creek , which led to Chivington ' s condemnation . In 1866 Wynkoop became an Indian agent for the Southern Cheyennes and Arapahos , resigning in December 1868 in protest of the destruction of Black Kettle ' s village in the Battle of Washita River . He later became warden of the New Mexico penitentiary and died in Santa Fe on September 11 , 1891 .
Wallace H . Nutting Wallace Hall Nutting ( born June 3 , 1928 ) is a retired United States Army general who served as Commander in Chief , United States Southern Command ( USCINCSOUTH ) from 1979 to 1983 and as Commander in Chief , United States Readiness Command ( USCINCRED ) from 1983 to 1985 . Early life and education . Nutting was born on June 3 , 1928 , in Newtown , Massachusetts . Career . Nutting ' s military service began when he served in the Maine National Guard . After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1946 , he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy , graduating in 1950 . He saw combat in the Korean War and served as a commander during two tours in the Vietnam War . His commands include the 1st Squadron , 10th Cavalry , 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam ; the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment ; the 3rd Armored Division ; United States Southern Command from 1979 to 1983 ; and United States Readiness Command from 1983 to 1985 . Later life . Nutting retired in 1985 and settled in Biddeford , Maine with his wife Jane , where he served as mayor from 2003 to 2007 . Nutting has also served as a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Higher Defense Studies at the National Defense University and is an Associate Fellow at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University . He was chairman of the University of Southern Maine ' s Senior College board . On May 28 , 2008 , Nutting received the West Point Distinguished Graduate Award from the academy ' s Association of Graduates in a ceremony at West Point .
Werner Damsch Werner Damsch ( 22 July 1918 — 7 November 1994 ) was a Hauptsturmführer ( Captain ) in the Waffen - SS during World War II , who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross , which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II . Werner Dansch was born on the 22 July 1918 . During World War II he was commander of the I . Battalion , 25th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment , 12th SS Panzer Division " Hitlerjugend " , when he was awarded the Knight ' s Cross in April 1945 . He survived the war and died on the 7 November 1994 .
Fred Pusey Fred Pusey ( born Frederick Leonard Pusey , London 4 July 1909 – 1983 , Surrey ) was a British film art director and production designer , and a Second World War camouflage officer . His artistic skill was put to use on large - scale deception schemes in the Western Desert , including a dummy railhead and a dummy port . Biography . Early work . Pusey began his career working in an architect ' s office in 1925 . In 1930 he became an art director at British and Dominion Films . Pusey was fortunate to be able to work as assistant art director with Vincent Korda ' s 1936 film " Things to Come " , which predicted a German invasion of Poland in 1940 and the bombing of a London - like city , as well as " Four Feathers " and " The Drum " . He worked as set designer for films including " Land Without Music " and " The Challenge " . Wartime camouflage and film . Pusey made creative contributions to major camouflage and deception schemes in the Western Desert , collaborating closely with Steven Sykes . He worked on the camouflage for the dummy railhead , a deception for Operation Crusader . He also worked on the dummy port at Ras el Hillal . According to Geoffrey Barkas , Pusey was ideal for the job , as he was " round - faced , amiably beaming , full of ideas and approaching them in a very methodical fashion " . He and Sykes worked out and put into practice a plan to make the wrecked port appear serviceable . They used a very large painted canvas , with some skilful scene painting by Pusey , to make a destroyed tunnel appear to have been repaired , and the ruined jetty to be in use . They built dummy oil storage tanks , stores , vehicles , camps and tracks . Pusey became head of production in the SEAC Film Unit during the war . Postwar TV and film . After the war , Pusey travelled up the River Amazon in Brazil for " End of the River " in 1946 . He worked as production designer on TV series including " Callan " , " Special Branch " , and " The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes " . Filmography . Pusey worked as art director or production designer between 1932 and 1976 on films and TV programs including :
Battle of Ware Bottom Church The Battle of Ware Bottom Church was fought on May 20 , 1864 , between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War . The Union troops were led by Benjamin Butler , while the Confederates were led by P . G . T . Beauregard . The Confederates were victorious , and Butler ' s forces remained in their Bermuda Hundred defenses . Following the battle , the confederates began digging a critical set of defensive earthworks that became known as the Howlett Line .