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484th Bombardment Squadron The 484th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 505th Bombardment Group . It was inactivated at Clark Field , Philippines on 10 June 1946 . History . Established in 1917 as the 72d Aero Squadron , was redesignated as the 484th Aero Squadron early in 1918 before being deployed to France . The squadron was a civil engineering organization at the Western Front constructing airfields and related facilities in Zone of Advance during 1918 until the Armistice on 11 November . Remained in France until early 1919 when returned to the United States and demobilized . B - 29 Superfortress operations against Japan . Re - Activated in March 1944 as a B - 29 Superfortress Very Heavy bombardment squadron . When training was completed moved to North Field Tinian in the Mariana Islands of the Central Pacific Area in January 1945 and assigned to XXI Bomber Command , Twentieth Air Force . It ' s mission was the strategic bombardment of the Japanese Home Islands and the destruction of its war - making capability . Flew " shakedown " missions against Japanese targets on Moen Island , Truk , and other points in the Carolines and Marianas . The squadron began combat missions over Japan on 25 February 1945 with a firebombing mission over Northeast Tokyo . The squadron continued to participate in wide area firebombing attack , but the first ten day blitz resulting in the Army Air Forces running out of incendiary bombs . Until then the squadron flew conventional strategic bombing missions using high explosive bombs . The squadron continued attacking urban areas with incendiary raids until the end of the war in August 1945 , attacking major Japanese cities , causing massive destruction of urbanized areas . Also conducted raids against strategic objectives , bombing aircraft factories , chemical plants , oil refineries , and other targets in Japan . The squadron flew its last combat missions on 14 August when hostilities ended . Afterwards , its B 29s carried relief supplies to Allied prisoner of war camps in Japan and Manchuria . Squadron was largely de - mobilized on Tinian during the fall of 1945 . Remained in Western Pacific , assigned to Twentieth Air Force . Moved to Clark Field to the Philippines in March 1946 . Inactivated at Clark Field on Luzon on June 15 , 1946 ; its low - hour aircraft flown to storage depots in the United States .
Indian Ocean in World War II Axis naval forces operated throughout the Indian Ocean during World War II ( 1939 – 45 ) . These activities included unrestricted submarine warfare , airstrike s by aircraft carrier s , covert raiding ships , capital ship s and raids by land - based heavy bomber s . Forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy , German " Kriegsmarine " and Italian " Regia Marina " struck at Allied targets in and off countries including Australia , Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ) , the Dutch East Indies ( Indonesia ) , British India , Madagascar and South Africa .
Georg Koßmala Georg Koßmala ( 22 October 1896 – 18 March 1945 ) was a Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II , and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Georg Koßmala was killed on 18 March 1945 in Oberglogau in Lower Silesia .
USRC Mohawk ( 1904 ) USRC " Mohawk " , was a steel steam powered revenue cutter built for the U . S . Revenue Cutter Service by William R . Trigg Company at Richmond , Virginia . She was commissioned into the United States Revenue Cutter Service on 10 May 1904 . Based at New York , New York , she cruised the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters between Gay Head , Massachusetts , and the Delaware breakwater . When the Revenue Cutter Service merged with the United States Lifesaving Service to form the United States Coast Guard in 1915 , she became a Coast Guard cutter . Her primary duties in the Revenue Cutter Service and Coast Guard were assisting vessels in distress and enforcing navigational laws as well as a derelict destroyer . " Mohawk " was temporarily transferred to the United States Navy on 6 April 1917 for service in World War I . She was the fourth ship known by that name commissioned into the Navy . While serving on coastal duty in connection with convoy operations , she was struck by the British tanker SS " Vennacher " and sank on 1 October 1917 off Sandy Hook , New Jersey . All hands were saved but the water was deemed too deep to warrant salvage operations .
Gerard Anthony Hayes - McCoy Gerard A . Hayes - McCoy ( 1911 - 1975 ) was an Irish historian born in Galway . He attended University College Galway ( U . C . G . ) and served as auditor of the College ' s Literary and Debating Society in the 1931 / 1932 academic year . He edited " The Irish Sword " , the journal of the Military History Society of Ireland ( 1949 - 1972 ) and he became Professor of History at the National University of Ireland ( UCG ) in 1958 . He wrote primarily on military history , but also about Galway City , ships , historical figures in fiction , Robert Louis Stevenson and he even created a cartoon strip for the " Cork Examiner " . His work on the Scots mercenary forces in Ireland ( 1565 - 1603 ) established him as " one of the leading Irish scholars of his generation . " It was based on his PhD thesis which he completed at the University of Edinburgh in 1934 . Hayes - McCoy produced several more works on Irish military history , including a detailed examination of the tactics used during Elizabeth ' s Irish wars of 1593 - 1601 . Hayes - McCoy ' s papers are held at the James Hardiman Library , National University of Ireland , Galway .
USS Raccoon ( SP - 506 ) The first USS " Raccoon " ( SP - 506 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 . " Raccoon " was launched in 1915 as a private wooden - hulled motorboat of the same name by George Lawley & Son at Neponset , Massachusetts , and completed that year . On 5 May 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her from her owner , Francis W . Fabyan of Cambridge , Massachusetts , for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I . She was commissioned as USS " Raccoon " ( SP - 506 ) the same day with Chief Boatswain ' s Mate M . B . Saportas in command . " Raccoon " operated on section patrol duty at New London , Connecticut , until December 1917 , when she was transferred to Newport , Rhode Island . She patrolled at Newport through the end of World War I . " Raccoon " s armament was removed on 3 December 1918 , and she was returned to Fabyan on 17 January 1919 and resumed service as a private motorboat . Following two subsequent changes in ownership , she was renamed " Constance " in 1924 . She disappeared from mercantile registers in 1925 .
USS Roark ( FF - 1053 ) USS " Roark " ( FF - 1053 ) , originally designated DE - 1053 , was a Knox class frigate named for William Marshall Roark . " Roark " was laid down on 2 February 1966 by the Todd Shipyards Corporation in Seattle , Washington ; launched on 24 April 1967 , sponsored by Mrs . William M . Roark and Mrs . Frank F . Roark ; and commissioned on 22 November 1969 , with Commander Wayne L . Beech in command . Since completing shakedown in the spring of 1970 , " Roark " a unit of DesRon 21 , conducted training operations out of her homeport of San Diego , California , until the end of the year . With 1971 she began preparations for her first deployment with the 7th Fleet in the Western Pacific and departed from San Diego 7 January . After stopping at Pearl Harbor and refueling at Midway Island , " Roark " suffered a fire in her engine room . The damage was sufficient to require her return to Pearl Harbor for repairs . Almost two months later , in March , she was underway again for WestPac . She remained in the western Pacific until July , when she started for home , arriving in San Diego , California , on 10 August . For the remainder of 1971 , " Roark " operated out of San Diego . The new year , 1972 , brought with it another deployment to the Far East . She departed San Diego on 8 February and arrived in Subic Bay , Philippine Islands , on 29 February . She operated in the Western Pacific , primarily in the Vietnam area until 15 August , when she pointed her bow homeward . " Roark " entered San Diego 30 August and remained in the vicinity for the duration of 1972 and the first eight months of 1973 . She departed San Diego in August and arrived in Subic Bay on the 31st . After almost four months of deployment with the Seventh Fleet , " Roark " sailed into San Diego on 21 December 1973 . " Roark " transferred to the Naval Reserve in 1987 and was decommissioned 14 December 1991 . She was disposed of by scrapping , dismantling beginning on 13 October 2004 . Honors and awards . " Roark " received three campaign star s for Vietnam War service .
Marine Protector - class coastal patrol boat The Marine Protector class is a class of coastal patrol boats of the United States Coast Guard . The 87 - foot - long vessels are based on the Stan 2600 design by Damen Group , and were built by Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport , Louisiana . Each boat is named after a marine predator . The Coast Guard placed its original order in 1999 for 50 boats , which were delivered by mid - 2002 . Several additional orders brought the class to a total of 73 ships , with the last , , being completed in October 2009 . Four additional vessels were built for Foreign Military Sales , with two each going to Malta and Yemen . The Marine Protector class replaced the 82 - foot Point class . These older boats had one small and one large berthing area , and they had to stop for five or more minutes to deploy or retrieve their pursuit inflatable boat via a small crane . The last Point class cutter was decommissioned in 2003 . General characteristics . Missions include combating smuggling , illegal immigration , marine fisheries enforcement and search and rescue support . Since the September 11 , 2001 attacks many have a homeland security mission in the form of ports waterways and coastal security ( PWCS ) patrols . Boarding parties can be launched while the vessel is underway , through the cutter ' s stern launching ramp . The attached rigid hull inflatable boat ( RHIB ) has been upgraded since the initial inception of this class of cutter , in an effort to increase speed and sea state sustainability for boarding parties and rescue and assistance teams . The stern launching system requires just a single crewmember to remain on deck to launch or retrieve the boarding party . The cutter burns approximately 165 gallons of diesel per hour at its max speed of 26 knots . Like all new US Coast Guard vessels the " Marine Protector " - class are designed to accommodate crews of mixed gender with five separate small berthing spaces accommodating standard crews of ten with maximum berthing for 12 . The Armed Forces of Malta Maritime Squadron Protector Class vessel designated P - 52 holds the record for the largest search and rescue case performed by a vessel of this class . In 2010 , P - 52 rescued 139 people from a small vessel in Maltese waters .
No . 148 Squadron RAF No . 148 Squadron of the Royal Air Force has been part of the RAF since World War I . History . As No . 148 ( SD ) Squadron it was reformed as a special duties squadron and part of the Balkan Air Force in World War II . It dropped men and materiel behind enemy lines in the occupied countries such as Yugoslavia , Poland etc . No . 148 operated the Vickers Valiant nuclear bomber out of RAF Marham , Norfolk from the 1 July 1956 until the 28 April 1965 . Aircraft operated . Date of introduction of aircraft into 148 squadron
USS Hornbill ( AMc - 13 ) USS " Hornbill " ( AMc - 13 ) was a coastal minesweeper of the United States Navy , named after the hornbill . The ship was launched as the fishing boat " J . A . Martinolich " in 1938 by the Martinolich Repair Basin , Tacoma , Washington . She was taken over by the Navy , and commissioned on 7 December 1940 . West Coast assignment . " Hornbill " was assigned to the mine force in the 12th Naval District . She engaged in coastal sweeping of the main ship channel for magnetic and acoustic type mines . After the attack on Pearl Harbor , her service became more valuable with the Japanese threat to U . S . West Coast sea traffic . Collision and sinking . On the morning of 30 June 1942 , a lumber schooner , " Esther Johnson " , on passage from Coos Bay , Oregon , collided with " Hornbill " in San Francisco Bay . Approximately thirty minutes after the collision the minesweeper sank . The crew was saved and a small amount of equipment was safely removed to the lumber schooner . She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 24 July 1942 .
Paravane ( weapon ) The paravane , a form of towed underwater " glider " , was developed ( 1914 - 1916 ) by Cdr Usborne and Lt Burney , financed by Sir George White , founder of the Bristol Aeroplane Company . Usage . Initially developed to destroy naval mines , the paravane would be strung out and streamed alongside the towing ship , normally from the bow . The wings of the paravane would tend to force the body away from the towing ship , placing a lateral tension on the towing wire . If the tow cable snagged the cable anchoring a mine then the anchoring cable would be cut , allowing the mine to float to the surface where it could be destroyed by gunfire . If the anchor cable would not part , the mine and the paravane would be brought together and the mine would explode harmlessly against the paravane . The cable could then be retrieved and a replacement paravane fitted . Lt Burney developed explosive paravanes as an anti - submarine weapon , a " high speed sweep " . It was a paravane , containing of TNT towed by an armoured electric cable . The warhead was fired automatically as soon as the submarine touched the paravane or towing cable , or by hand from the ship ' s bridge . It could be quickly deployed into the water , could be towed up to , and recovery if unsuccessful was reasonably simple .
HMS Cassandra ( 1806 ) HMS " Cassandra " was an " Adonis " - class schooner of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War . She was built at Bermuda using Bermudan cedar and completed in 1806 . She was commissioned in October 1806 under the command of Lieutenant George Le Blanc . She was ordered to carry dispatches to the squadron blockading Bordeaux . When she met up with on 13 August 1807 , Le Blanc left " Cassandra " to take the dispatches to " Naiad " . Two sudden squalls rolled " Cassandra " over on her beam ends , capsizing her and causing her to sink stern first . Eleven men , and one woman and her child drowned .
USS Jefferson ( 1814 ) USS " Jefferson " was a brig in the United States Navy during the War of 1812 . She was named for Thomas Jefferson . " Jefferson " was built at Sackett ' s Harbor , New York , for service in Commodore Isaac Chauncey ' s fleet on Lake Ontario and launched 7 April 1814 . She was manned by a crew from sloop of war which had been laid up at Baltimore because of the British blockade of Chesapeake Bay . Comdr . Charles G . Ridgeley was her captain . Most of the guns for the new American ships had not reached Sackett ' s Harbor by 19 May when the British fleet arrived off the American base and began a strict blockade . " Jefferson " finally sailed with Chauncey ' s fleet on 31 July and arrived off Niagara on 5 August . With and she blockaded several English vessels inside the river while Chauncey with the rest of the fleet sailed on to Kingston to challenge the main English squadron . After remaining on blockade duty off Niagara for over a month , " Jefferson " sailed for Kingston to rejoin Chauncey . During the passage , on 12 September , a severe storm arose , which before abating three days later , almost swamped the brig . Ten of her guns were thrown overboard in the struggle to save the ship . " Jefferson " rejoined her fleet on 17 September and operated with it during the remainder of the navigation season attempting to draw Sir James Yeo ' s ships into a decisive contest . Toward the end of November she was laid up for the winter . Peace obviated " Jefferson ' s " planned return to commission in the spring . She apparently remained in ordinary until sold on 30 April 1825 .
87th Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 87th Brigade was a formation of the British Army . It was originally formed from regular army battalions serving away from home in the British Empire . It was assigned to the 29th Division and served on the Western Front and the Gallipoli Campaign and in Egypt during the First World War .
James Hanway Plumridge Admiral Sir James Hanway Plumridge , KCB , MP ( c . 1788 – 29 November 1863 ) was a British naval officer whose career extended from Trafalgar to the Crimean War , and a Liberal Party Member of Parliament ( MP ) . Plumridge was born in London and entered the navy in 1799 . As a Midshipman on board " Defence " ( 74 ) he took part in the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805 . His first command was " Crocus " in 1814 and he was master of several ships thereafter but though he became a Post Captain in 1822 , he did not go to sea again for nine years , when he commanded " Magicienne " on the East Indies Station 1831 to 1835 . In 1841 he became Superintendent of the Packet service at Falmouth . At the 1837 general election he stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in the Penryn and Falmouth , but he won the seat in 1841 . He did not seek re - election at the 1847 general election . He then returned to the East Indies , with the rank of Commodore . He was raised to the rank of Rear - Admiral in 1852 . In 1854 , in the Crimean War , he was assigned to the fleet headed by Vice - Admiral Sir Charles Napier for operations in the Baltic to command a detached ‘ flying squadron ’ of steamships . Flying his flag in the frigate HMS " Leopard " , Plumridge operated in the Gulf of Bothnia , bombarding a number of Finnish settlements to destroy fortifications , telegraph apparatus , and capture enemy shipping . He was afterwards sharply criticized for firing on civilian settlements . Furthermore , the destroyed Finnish commodities were for the greater part actually bought by British customers and often paid in advance , Plumridge effectively pillaging on his own nations ' s goods . On 21 June his force bombarded the fortress of Bomarsund on the Åland Islands , expending most of their ammunition for little result . It was on this occasion that a midshipman of the gunboat HMS " Hecla " won the first - ever Victoria Cross . In common with the other commanders of the 1854 Baltic campaign Plumridge ' s command was not renewed in 1855 , but he was awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath . He became a Vice - Admiral in 1857 and Admiral in April 1863 , but died in November of the same year . His maternal niece Catherine German married Hermann Philip Rée and their great - great - great - grandson is Rt . Hon David Cameron MP .
Hendrik Merkus de Kock Hendrik Merkus , Baron de Kock ( May 25 , 1779 – April 12 , 1845 ) was a Dutch military general , minister and senator . Hendrik Merkus de Kock was born in Heusden , in the Republic of the United Netherlands on May 25 , 1779 . In 1801 he joined the Batavian navy , and by 1807 was posted to the Dutch East Indies . In 1821 he commanded a military expedition to Palembang to suppress a local uprising . Later , as lieutenant governor - general ( 1826 – 1830 ) , De Kock led the fight against Prince Diponegoro in the Java War . The triumphant commander was declared a baron in 1835 , and served in the Dutch government as minister of foreign affairs and minister of state from 1836 to 1842 . He remained a member of the upper chamber of parliament until his death . He died in The Hague on April 12 , 1845 .
Robert Anderson ( Medal of Honor ) Robert Anderson ( December 25 , 1843 – June 20 , 1900 ) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor . Biography . A native of Ireland , Anderson was born December 25 , 1843 joined the Navy from New Hampshire and served as a quartermaster on the and the short - lived . During the First Battle of Charleston Harbor on April 7 , 1863 , Anderson was at the wheel of the " Keokuk " as it took heavy fire from the Confederate s . When a shell hit the wheelhouse , he used his body to shield his commanding officer from flying debris . For his service aboard the " Crusader " and " Keokuk " , and specifically his actions at Charleston Harbor , he was awarded the Medal of Honor on July 10 , 1863 . Anderson died at age 56 and was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Portsmouth , New Hampshire . Medal of Honor citation . Anderson ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : Served on board the U . S . S . " Crusader " and the " Keokuk " during various actions of those vessels . Carrying out his duties skillfully while on board the U . S . S . " Crusader " , Q . M . Anderson , on all occasions , set forth the greatest intrepidity and devotion . During the attack on Charleston , while serving on board the U . S . S . " Keokuk " , Q . M . Anderson was stationed at the wheel when shot penetrated the house and , with the scattering of the iron , used his own body as a shield for his commanding officer .
Firebase Bastogne Firebase Bastogne was a United States firebase in South Vietnam , at ( MGRS 48QYD620095 ) . It was located along Highway 547 halfway between the city of Huế and the A Shau Valley , a feeder route from the Ho Chi Minh Trail . Bastogne was constructed in 1968 by the 101st Airborne Division . It was later closed , but reopened in August 1969 by the 2nd / 501st Infantry , 101st Airborne Division . It was overrun by the North Vietnamese Army in 1972 during the Easter Offensive . It was recaptured later in 1972 by ARVN Forces with American air support . Firebase Bastogne was the largest firebase in Northern I Corp . It was also the closest to the A Shau Valley sitting along QL 547 , the road from the City of Huế to the Valley . Bastogne had three artillery batteries : 105 , 155 , and heavies ( 175 and 8 inch two of each in one battery ) . It also had 2 twin 40 - MM " Dusters " ( from D Battery 1 / 44th Artillery / 108th Artillery group ) , 2 quad 50 ' s and 1 searchlight .
USS Wolffish ( SS - 434 ) USS " Wolffish " ( SS - 434 ) was a proposed United States Navy World War II " Balao " - class submarine . She has been the only U . S . Navy ship named for the wolffish ( any of several large marine blennies , with strong teeth and great ferocity ) , although several U . S . Navy ships have been named for the seawolf , which is another name for the same fish . " Wolffish " s construction by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29 July 1944 .
William Pulteney ( British Army officer ) Lieutenant - General Sir William Pulteney Pulteney , GCVO , KCB , KCMG , DSO ( 18 May 1861 – 14 November 1941 ) was a British general during the First World War . Military career . Educated at Eton College , Pulteney was commissioned into the Oxford Militia in 1878 . In 1881 he transferred to the Scots Guards and served in various campaigns in Africa including the Anglo - Egyptian War and the Second Boer War . He was given command of 1st Bn Scots Guards in 1900 , 16th Brigade in Southern Ireland on 1908 and the 6th Division in Southern Ireland in 1910 . Pulteney commanded III Corps from 5 August 1914 to 19 February 1918 . He then headed 23rd Army Corps from 20 February 1918 to 15 April 1919 . He was not highly regarded as an officer , being described by one of his subordinates as " the most completely ignorant general I served during the war " . After World War I he was specially employed by the British Military Mission to Japan until retired in 1920 . He then served as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod for over twenty years from 1920 until 1941 . He was created a KCB , 1915 ; a KCMG , 1917 , and a KCVO , 1918 . Pulteney was married in 1917 to Jessie , daughter of Sir John Arnott , Baronet .