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Robert Edwin Phillips Robert Edwin Phillips VC ( 11 April 1895 – 23 September 1968 ) was an English 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 . He was 21 years old , and a Temporary Lieutenant in the 13th Battalion , The Royal Warwickshire Regiment , British Army , attd . 9th ( S ) Battalion during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 25 January 1917 near Kut , Mesopotamia , Lieutenant Phillips went to the assistance of his commanding officer ( Edward Elers Delaval Henderson ) who was lying in the open mortally wounded while leading a counter - attack . The lieutenant went out with a comrade and , under the most intense fire , they succeeded in bringing their commanding officer back to our lines . He later achieved the rank of Captain . The Medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum ( Royal Warwickshire ) , Warwick , England .
George Edmund Badger George Edmund Badger ( April 17 , 1795May 11 , 1866 ) was a Whig U . S . senator from the state of North Carolina . Badger was born on April 17 , 1795 in New Bern , North Carolina . Following a partial college education at Yale University , he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1814 . Badger practiced law in North Carolina , was active in state politics , and served as a state superior court judge . A supporter of Andrew Jackson from the 1820s , he separated with him in the mid - 1830s , became a leader of the Whig party and helped carry the Whigs to victory in the 1840 Presidential election . Upon taking office , President William Henry Harrison appointed Badger as his Secretary of the Navy , and he continued in that post when John Tyler succeeded to the Presidency upon Harrison ' s death . Badger ' s brief term as Secretary was marked by efforts to strengthen the Navy in the face of tension with Great Britain , the establishment of the Home Squadron and continued interest in steamships . Badger resigned in September 1841 , during a general cabinet shakeup . He was elected to the Senate in 1846 to fill the unexpired term of William Henry Haywood , Jr . and remained a Senator until 1855 . He was nominated by President Millard Fillmore as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1853 , but was not confirmed by the Senate . John Archibald Campbell instead got the position . He was a Unionist during the secession crisis but thereafter supported the Confederate war effort . Badger died in Raleigh , North Carolina on May 11 , 1866 . Two Navy ships have been named in honor of Senator Badger : USS " George E . Badger " ( DD - 196 ) , and USS " Badger " ( FF - 1071 ) . A Liberty ship , the " SS George E . Badger " , also was named in his honor . Badger was a cousin of naval officers Oscar C . Badger , Charles J . Badger and Oscar C . Badger II .
George Callaghan Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Astley Callaghan GCB GCVO ( December 21 , 1852 – November 23 , 1920 ) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy . Naval career . Callaghan entered the British Royal Navy as a cadet in 1865 . In 1900 , under Sir Edward Seymour , he was in command of HMS " Endymion " and entered Peking as part of the British response to the Boxer Rebellion . He was mentioned in despatches and consequently was awarded the CB in November 1900 . In 1911 , he was named Commander - in - Chief of the Home Fleet , and his term in this command was announced to be extended to December 1914 . However , on the outbreak of World War I some months before that , when Callaghan was at sea on his flagship , the battleship HMS " Iron Duke " , his successor - designate Sir John Jellicoe received orders to immediately relieve the aging Callaghan of command of the fleet . Jellicoe objected to the order , believing it would cause tension in the fleet . Jellicoe ' s protests were brushed aside by the senior officials at the Admiralty , however , and he succeeded Callaghan in August 1914 . Callaghan , meanwhile , was transferred to the more defensive station of Commander - in - Chief , The Nore and served until 1918 , by which time he had been promoted to the Navy ' s highest rank , Admiral of the Fleet . He ended his days as King of Arms of the Order of the Bath and his funeral was held in Westminster Abbey . He was also appointed a " Grand Officier " of the Legion of Honour and was awarded the Order of the Crown of Italy . Family . His father ' s family had owned land near Cork city in Ireland that was being sold about the time of his birth there . In the 1870s his father Frederick Marcus Callaghan , J . P . , still owned over 5 , 000 acres in County Cork and lived there and in Bath . His grandfather Daniel had been an MP for Cork city in the 1830s - 40s . He married Edith Saumarez in 1876 , daughter of the Rev . Frederick Grosvenor , rector of Dunkerton .
USS O ' Reilly ( DE - 330 ) USS O ' Reilly ( DE - 330 ) was an Edsall - class destroyer escort built for the U . S . Navy during World War II . It served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys . It was named in honor of Edward Joseph O ' Reilly who died in action in the Battle of Savo Island in the Eastern Solomons on 9 August 1942 . It was laid down on 29 July 1943 , by Consolidated Steel Corp . , Orange , Texas ; launched 14 November 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Bride O ' Reilly , mother of Lieut . O ' Reilly ; and commissioned 28 December 1943 , Lt . Comdr . William C . F . Robards in command . World War II North Atlantic operations . After fitting - out and sea trials in the Orange , Texas , and Galveston , Texas , " O ' Reilly " left on 18 January 1944 , for shakedown off Bermuda . This was followed by a ten - day availability in Charleston , South Carolina , before she sailed for Guantánamo Bay , Aruba , and Curaçao . On 9 March " O ' Reilly " picked up its first convoy , out of Curaçao , for Gibraltar and several North African ports , and arrived in Algiers on the 25th . It returned the following month , then made two more Mediterranean voyages from the West Indies and one from New York before undergoing repairs and upkeep at the New York Navy Yard in early September . " O ' Reilly " then switched convoy routes , and on 20 September began its first of five round trips across the North Atlantic to England . On 18 November , while heading to Plymouth , England , on the second of these , it attacked a submarine with unknown results . During its nine Atlantic crossings not one ship under iys protection was lost to submarine or air attack . Transfer to the Pacific Fleet . In April 1945 , with the European War well on the way to its conclusion , " O ' Reilly " was ordered to the Pacific . It left New York on 24 May , transited the Panama Canal 8 June , and proceeded to Pearl Harbor after a brief stop at San Diego , California . It conducted five weeks of local training in Hawaiian waters then , on 1 August , sailed for Leyte Gulf with stops at Eniwetok and other islands . At Leyte it spent several weeks in upkeep , then sailed on a good - will tour via Okinawa to Shanghai and Taiwan . Damaged on a Reef . While entering Buckner Bay , Okinawa , on 23 October , " O ' Reilly " struck a reef with one of its propellers and threw a shaft out of alignment . it remained there until 2 December for repairs , then sailed for Los Angeles , California , arriving the 22nd . Post - War inactivation and decommissioning . On 16 January 1946 , it departed for New York and there underwent pre - inactivation availability . It decommissioned 15 June 1946 and joined the Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs , Florida . During 1961 she shifted to Orange , Texas . She was struck from the Navy List on 15 January 1971 and sold for scrapping 10 April 1972 .
Adam Mohuczy Adam Mohuczy ( 1891 - 1953 ) was a Polish Navy officer . Captain of several ships and squadrons , Counter Admiral from 1946 and Chief of Staff and Commander of the Polish Navy from 1945 - 1947 . In 1949 arrested by Polish secret police , accused of sabotage , tortured . Died in prison in 1953 . In 1957 he was rehabilitated . Biography . Adam was born on 7 March 1891 in Vitebsk , Russian Empire . He enlisted in the Russian Navy to become a military officer , finishing the Naval Corps School in Saint Petersburg in 1911 . From 1912 to 1916 he served aboard a training ship , armored cruiser General - Admiral class " Gerzog Edinburgski " , next , armoured cruiser , " Rossiya " , battleship " Tsarievitch " , and submarine s " Akula " , " Bars " and " S - 12 " . Later he was an instructor in Mykolaiv Naval Academy . In 1917 he took a course of underwater swimming . In the aftermath of the First World War , Poland regained independence . Adam Mohuczy joined the Polish Navy ; first he served in the organizational structures in Warsaw and Toruń . He studied and graduated from École de Guerre Navale in Paris in 1926 .
Daniel Frazier Daniel Frazier ( ca . 1785 – 22 April 1833 ) , born James North , was a sailor in the United States Navy during the First Barbary War . Life . He was born in Dorchester County , Maryland , Frazier entered the navy as a seaman in 1802 . Serving in the Mediterranean Sea during the war with Tripoli , he took part in Stephen Decatur ' s renowned foray into Tripoli harbor to destroy the captured " Philadelphia " , and was again with Decatur in the attack on Tripoli on 3 August 1804 . He was severely wounded in the gunboat attack , and is believed by many historians to have received these wounds while protecting Decatur with his own body . This act of bravery is commonly attributed ( incorrectly ) to another sailor , Reuben James , due to an image with a tattoo displaying the name James . He died in New York City about 22 April 1833 . Legacy . The destroyer USS " Frazier " ( DD - 607 ) was named for him .
HMS L15 HMS " L15 " was a British L class submarine built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company , Govan , Clyde . She was laid down on 16 November 1916 and was commissioned on an unknown date . HMS " L15 " was sold in February 1932 in Newport .
Ballylough Castle Ballylough Castle is a ruined castle in County Antrim , Northern Ireland , that was a stronghold of the MacQuillans and the MacDonnells in former times . Geography . Historically , it was situated in the parish of Billy . The area was divided into the townlands of Ballylough , Ballyloughmore and Ballyloughbeg . An 1847 publication described Ballylough as " a townland in that part of the parish which is in the barony of Dunluce Lower , now subdivided into Ballylough , Ballyloughmore , and Ballyloughbeg . " Part of the old structure is still visible in the rear of Ballylough House , but the lake ( " lough " ) has disappeared . The Giant ' s Causeway is located nearby . At the Belfast Field Naturalists ' Club of 1882 , there was a discussion of a recent review of a crannóg at Ballylough . Castle . Ballylough Castle was once a stronghold of the MacQuillans and the MacDonnells . This castleis mentioned by the Four Masters in 1544 , as Baile - an - locha . The castle was taken by the O ' Donnell s , who took arms , armour , brass , iron , butter , and provisions . In 1624 , the Earl of Antrim reportedly " granted the 120 acres of Ballylough with the 120 acres of Ballintoy to Archibald Stewart and in 1625 the Earl granted 100 acres at Ballylough Beg to Walter Kennedy " . Two chests from a Spanish ship of the Armada were kept by the Antrim family at Ballylough before being moving to Glenarm castle around 1740 .
Harel Brigade Harel Brigade ( , " Hativat Harel " ) is a reserve brigade of the Israel Defense Forces , today part of the Northern Command . It played a critical role in the 1948 Palestine war . History . War of Independence . The Harel Brigade was established on 16 April 1948 as a division of the Palmach , immediately after Operation Nachshon . It was composed of three battalions , 1 , 400 men , which had fought in Operation Nachshon in the Jerusalem area . Therefore its name Harel ( " Mountain of God " ) is taken from mount Zion in Jerusalem . This infantry unit was headed by Yitzhak Rabin , who was appointed its first commander . During the early phase of the 1948 Palestine War ( Israeli war of independence ) , the Palmach units became tactical combat units . In April 1948 , the Harel brigade ( AKA the 10th brigade ) was formed to command all units in the Jerusalem corridor and hills . The Brigade ' s main assignments were twofold : Upon its establishment , the brigade commenced with Operation Harel , a direct continuation of Operation Nachshon , between 16 and 21 April 1948 . On April 22 , the brigade was assigned to Operation Yevusi with the goal of taking control of the northern ridges overlooking Jerusalem , and then taking control of the city ' s southern neighborhoods . During this operation the brigade sustained thirty - three killed in the battle for Nebi Samuel and nineteen dead in the Katamon neighborhood . In Operation Maccabi during the first half of May 1948 , the Harel Brigade took control of the Jerusalem corridor and opened the road until Shaar Hagai . On 17 – 19 May , a Harel force took Mount Zion and entered the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem . Later the brigade took part in Operation Danny , Operation Horev , and Operation HaHar . The Palmach memorial website records 274 of its members dying while fighting with the Harel Brigade . Thirty four were killed at Nabi Samuel and eighteen in Katamon . Suez Crisis . During the Suez Crisis ( Kadesh Operation ) in 1956 , the brigade fought as an infantry brigade commanded by Shmuel Gudar . In 1959 , the brigade was made into a reserve unit of the Armored Corps . Six - Day War . During the Six - Day War the Harel Brigade used Sherman tank s in fighting at Radar Hill , North of Jerusalem , and went on to capture Ramallah .
63rd Infantry Division Cirene The 63rd Infantry Division Cirene was an infantry division of the Italian Army during World War II . The " Cirene " Division was sent to Libya in October 1939 . It took part in the Italian invasion of Egypt in September 1940 and was destroyed during the British counter - attack ( Operation Compass ) in January 1941 . Libya . The Italian invasion of Egypt started in September 1940 , with the objective of capturing the Suez Canal , but after the capture of Sidi Barrani on 16 September , the Italian Army formed a defensive line composed of big outposts separated by wide desert areas . At the southern end of the line was the " Cirene " Division in four strong points around the rocky hill of Bir Sofafi ; Alam Rabia , the crossroads at point 236 , the crossroads at Qabe Mahdi and point 226 at Bir Sofafi . They were separated from the next formation to the north , the Maletti Group by a gap . The opening stage of the British counter - attack Operation Compass was known by the Italians as the " Battle of the Marmarica " after the name of the coastal plain where the battle was fought . The British knew it as the " Battle of the Camps " after the individual Italian camps set up in a defensive line outside of Sidi Barrani . On 11 December a patrol from British 7th Support Group entered Rabia to find it empty . The " Cirene " Division had withdrawn from there and Sofafi overnight . An order to the withdrawing 4th Armoured Brigade to cut them off west of Sofafi arrived too late and they were able to make their way along the top of the escarpment to link with Italian forces at Halfya . By 15 December the Italian commander Annibale Bergonzoli had approximately 40 , 000 defenders under his command . The Italian divisions defending the perimeter of Bardia included remnants of the " Cirene " , the 62 Infantry Division Marmarica , the 1 Blackshirt Division 23 Marzo , and the 2 Blackshirt Division 28 Ottobre . These divisions guarded an perimeter which had a permanent anti - tank ditch , extensive wire fence , and a double row of concrete strong points . On 3 January 1941 , the British forces resumed their offensive . As the Allied forces advanced , the Italian units were surrounded , cut off from supply , and defeated . After some hard fighting , one position after another surrendered . The Australians captured Bardia on 5 January , taking 45 , 000 prisoners and 462 guns for a loss of 130 dead and 326 wounded of their own . However the fighting was fierce . An Australian historian later wrote that " in parts their defence was most efficient and often extremely brave . "
HMS Daring ( 1874 ) HMS " Daring " was a 4 - gun " Fantome " - class sloop of the Royal Navy . She was launched in 1874 and sold for breaking in 1889 after serving most of her career in the Pacific . Construction . " Daring " was constructed of an iron frame sheathed with teak and copper ( hence ' composite ' ) , and powered by a trunk engine provided by John Penn & Sons . She was fitted with a full barque rig of sails . History . " Daring " served on the Pacific and China Station s , working some of the time for the Canadian Government , including conducting hydrography , for which the Canadian Government bore half the cost . In Spring 1861 she carried Joseph Howe ( the Provincial Secretary at the time ) to the mouth of the Tangier River in Halifax County , Nova Scotia . There he arranged to have law and order restored by carving the gold diggings into appropriately sized lots , and offering them for rental for $ 40 . In 1877 Commander John Hammer made a sketch survey of the Skeena River entrance from " Daring " . Fate . She was sold to a Mr J Cohen in 1889 and broken up .
Athanasios Miaoulis Athanasios Miaoulis ( , 1815 – 7 June 1867 ) was a Prime Minister of Greece . Born in Hydra in 1815 the son of the famous Greek admiral Andreas Miaoulis , from whom he learned his navigation skills . Moreover , Athanasios learned much about naval affairs from reading the letters of Phillip Ioannou . He finished military school in Munich and served as an officer in the Greek Navy . He became an adjutant of King Otto and in 1855 became Naval Minister . He served as Prime Minister of Greece from 13 November 1857 until 26 May 1862 . After Otto ' s deposition Miaoulis followed him in exile . He died in Paris , France on 7 June 1867 .
Richard C . Sanders Richard Condie Sanders ( August 19 , 1915 – September 20 , 1976 ) was the youngest general officer in the history of the United States Air Force . Born in 1915 , in Salt Lake City , Utah , he graduated from the University of Utah in 1937 , with a Bachelor of Science degree , and was appointed a second lieutenant , Field Artillery Reserve on September 4 , 1936 , while still in college . He served on extended active duty from July 28 , 1937 , to June 30 , 1938 , and from July 5 , 1938 , to September 30 , 1938 . He then enlisted as a flying cadet on October 4 , 1938 , and , on completion of his training , was commissioned a second lieutenant , Air Reserve , on August 25 , 1939 . He was called to active duty the next day and was commissioned a second lieutenant , Air Corps , Regular Army , on July 1 , 1940 . Service . In July 1937 , he was ordered to Fort Lewis , Washington , serving with the 10th Field Artillery as a battalion reconnaissance and supply officer . He was with the 5th Infantry Brigade on Civilian Conservation Corps duty at Camp Soda Springs , Yakima , Washington , from July to September 1938 , when he began his primary flying training at Randolph Field , Texas . Upon graduation from the Air Corps Primary Flying School , he went to Kelly Field , Texas , for advanced training , and upon graduation from the Air Corps Advanced Flying School in September 1939 , was assigned to Mitchell Field , Long Island , N . Y . , as assistant squadron adjutant , 18th Reconnaissance Squadron . He later served at Langley Field , Virginia , and Greenville Army Air Base , South Carolina , with the 18th Reconnaissance Squadron as intelligence and engineering officer . In February 1942 , he was assigned to the Tenth Air Force at Patterson Field , Ohio , and Fort Myers , Florida . He was assigned to the IX Bomber Command in August 1942 , and served overseas in the North African and European Theater of Operations as executive officer of a Bombardment Group , chief of staff , XX Bomber Command , and in November 1943 , became commanding officer of a bombardment group . In January 1944 , he was named administrative officer of the IX Bomber Command in the European Theater of Operations , promoted to Brigadier General June 1944 ( age 28 ) , and in November 1944 , was announced as chief of staff of the IX Bomber Command which was then serving in France . In August 1945 , he became commanding general of the 99th Bomber Group in Germany and three months later , was assigned to Headquarters Air Forces Personnel Distribution Command , Louisville , Kentucky . In March 1946 , he was announced as commanding that installation . He retired on July 1 , 1950 . Decorations . He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in January 1943 , for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight against the enemy in the Middle East Theater . He was awarded an oak leaf cluster to this decoration in May 1943 . In January 1943 , he was given the Air Medal and won two oak leaf cluster s in January 1944 . In January 1946 , he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal .
Second Battle of Donaldsonville The Second Battle of Donaldsonville was an American Civil War battle took place on June 28 , 1863 in Ascension Parish , Louisiana . Background . On June 28 , 1863 , Confederate Brig . Gen . Jean Alfred Mouton ordered Brig . Gen . Tom Green ' s and Col . James Patrick Major ' s brigades to take Donaldsonville , Louisiana . The Union had built Fort Butler , which the Rebels had to take before occupying the town . Forces engaged . The Union forces were the Fort Butler Garrison : two companies of the 28th Maine Volunteer Infantry and some convalescents from various regiments . The Confederate forces were Tom Green ' s Texas Brigade and Colonel James Patrick Major ' s Texas Brigade . Battle . On the night of June 27 , Green , within a mile and a half of the fort , began moving troops ahead to attack . The attack started soon after midnight , and the Confederates quickly surrounded the fort and began passing through the various obstructions . Unfortunately , those troops attacking along the levee came to a ditch , unknown to them , too wide to cross , that saved the day for the Union garrison . A Union gunboat , USS Princess Royal , came to the garrison ' s aid also and began shelling the attackers . Futile Confederate assaults continued for some time but they eventually ceased their operations and retired . Result . This point on the Mississippi River remained in Union hands and many other Mississippi River towns were occupied by the Yankees : the Confederates could harass but not eliminate these Union enclaves .
No . 14 Squadron SLAF No . 14 Squadron is a training squadron of the Sri Lanka Air Force . It operated the Hongdu JL - 8 from SLAF China Bay for advanced flying training . The training at the squadron can be divided in to two sections . They are Advance Flying Training and Fighter Conversion Training . The flying cadets who complete the Advance Flying Training chosen in to three main streams of flying in the SLAF . The flying cadets who are chosen in to the fighter jet have to remain further at the squadron to follow the fighter conversion training . History . This Squadron was part of the vision of the Commander of the Air Force at the time ( Year 2001 ) Air Chief Marshal J Weerakkodi to have advanced flying training for the local flying cadets within the Sri Lanka Air Force . Aircraft operated . Year of introduction