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Paul Brecken Paul Ralph Brecken ( born : 1886 Halifax , Nova Scotia died : September 4 , 1960 , Calgary , Alberta ) was a municipal and provincial level politician and World War I veteran and teacher from Alberta , Canada . Early life . Paul completed High School in 1908 . In 1909 and went on to the University of Toronto . He attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Science . In 1910 He married his wife Jessie Copeland from Winnipeg , Manitoba . The two of them moved to Calgary before the outbreak of World War I . Paul became general secretary of the YMCA in Calgary . Military career . Paul left to fight overseas as an officer for the Canadian Army 4th Brigade in 1914 . He was wounded in action in 1918 and returned home . He became a longtime member of the Royal Canadian Legion after his military career . Teaching career . After Paul returned home from the war , he went back to school attending Normal School in Edmonton , Alberta . He graduated in 1921 . He then became a High School teacher at Crescent Heights High School in Calgary , Alberta and taught from 1921 to 1951 . Near the end of his teaching career , Paul got involved in city politics winning a seat as an Alderman . During his teaching years Paul became a member and later General Secretary of the Kiwanis Capital District , and also had involvement with the Canadian Club . Municipal politics . Paul Brecken served 2 stints as an Alderman for the City of Calgary . The first was a period of a year from January 1 , 1948 to December 31 , 1949 . He then served his last stint as Alderman from January 1 , 1952 to September 4 , 1960 the date of his death . He also served as a provincial representative during the years 1952 to 1955 . Provincial politics . Paul Brecken was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta as a member of the Conservative party in the 1952 Alberta general election . Paul served 1 term in term in the Legislative Assembly before his defeat in the 1955 Alberta general election .
John P . C . Shanks John Peter Cleaver Shanks ( June 17 , 1826 – January 23 , 1901 ) was a U . S . Representative from Indiana . Biography . Born in Martinsburg , Virginia ( now West Virginia ) , Shanks pursued an academic course . He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848 and commenced practice in Portland , Indiana , in 1849 . He served as prosecuting attorney of Jay County in 1850 and 1851 and served as member of the State house of representatives in 1855 . During the Civil War he served in the Union Army as a colonel and aide - de - camp . Shanks was elected as a Republican to the Thirty - seventh Congress ( March 4 , 1861 – March 3 , 1863 ) . He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862 to the Thirty - eighth Congress . Shanks was elected to the Fortieth and to the three succeeding Congresses ( March 4 , 1867 – March 3 , 1875 ) and served as chairman of the Committee on Militia ( Forty - first Congress ) and the Committee on Indian Affairs ( Forty - second Congress ) . He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1874 . He resumed the practice of his profession . He was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1879 . Shanks died in Portland , Indiana , January 23 , 1901 and was interred in Green Park Cemetery .
Thumama ibn al - Walid Thumāma ibn al - Walīd ibn Qa ‘ qā al - ‘ Absi ‘ was an Arab general of noble lineage from Syria , who served the Abbasid Caliphate . His family belonged to the old Arab tribal nobility ( " ashraf " ) and became affiliated with the Umayyad dynasty when Caliph Abd al - Malik ibn Marwan ( r . 685 – 705 ) married a cousin of Thumama ' s grandfather Qa ' qa ' ibn Khulayd al - ' Absi . His father al - Walid served the Umayyads as general and governor of Qinnasrin , but was tortured to death along with Thumama ' s uncle Abd al - Malik and other family members when the two brothers opposed the accession of al - Walid II ( r . 743 – 744 ) . Thumama survived the purge and served the Abbasids , who overthrew the Umayyads , as general against the Byzantine Empire . He led the annual summer raids into Byzantine Asia Minor in 777 and in 778 , when he was defeated by the Byzantine general Michael Lachanodrakon . He was also placed in charge of the expedition in 779 , but according to al - Tabari he failed to carry it out , and was replaced by al - Hasan ibn Qahtaba . Nothing more is known about Thumama , but his son Uthman was one of the local leaders of Qinnasrin who used the turmoil of the Fourth Fitna in the 810s to become virtually autonomous rulers of their localities .
Basil Argyros Basil Argyros ( , c . 970 – after 1023 ) was a Byzantine nobleman of the Argyros family and a brother of the emperor Romanos III . According to the " Synopsis Historion " by John Skylitzes , Basil Argyros was the " strategos " of Samos who was sent to fight the Italian rebel Meles c . 1010 – 11 . It is possible that the account of Basil ' s career in Italy is the result of Skylitzes ' conflation of Argyros with another contemporary Basil , surnamed Mesardonites , who was the catapan of Italy . On the other hand , he may have been a commander of the fleet sent to support Basil Mesardonites in his crackdown on the rebellion . He was recalled from Italy c . 1017 . Modern scholars such as Guilou and Vannier consider Basil Argyros and Basil Mesardonites to have been the same person , a view not shared by Alexander Kazhdan . After a gap in his recorded career , Basil appears as the first Byzantine commander of Vaspurakan , an Armenia n kingdom , which was surrendered by its king Senekerim - John to the emperor Basil II in 1021 / 22 . He was removed from the office for incompetence c . 1023 . The gap in Basil ' s career can tentatively be filled by the information provided on a seal discovered at Preslav , Bulgaria , on which Basil is named a patrician and " strategos " of Thrace . Basil and his family members played a role in the Byzantine interaction with the empire ' s eastern neighbors . The marriage of Basil ' s daughter Helena to the Georgian king Bagrat IV was part of a peace deal negotiated by Bagrat ' s mother Queen Maria , daughter of the former king John - Senekerim of Vaspurakan , in 1032 . Skylitzes also speaks of the sons of Basil as archon s who lived in the Anatolic Theme in the mid - 11th century . Basil ' s other daughter , whose name has not survived , was married to the general Constantine Diogenes and became the mother of the future emperor Romanos IV Diogenes .
USS PGM - 17 USS " PGM - 17 was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was laid down and launched as USS " PC - 1189 , a , but was renamed and reclassified before her November 1944 commissioning . She ran aground near Okinawa in May 1945 . She was salvaged a month later , but was never repaired . She was towed to deep water and sunk in October 1945 . Career . " PC - 1189 " was laid down on 10 August 1943 and launched 14 April 1944 . She was renamed and reclassified " PGM - 17 " , a " PGM - 9 " gunboat on 16 August 1944 . She was commissioned as USS " PGM - 17 " on 24 November 1944 and assigned to the Pacific theater . USS " PGM - 17 " participated in the assault and occupation of Okinawa between 25 March and 4 May 1945 before striking a reef . She was salvaged and towed to Zamami Shima , Kerama Retta and beached at Agana Ura . She was decommissioned on 2 June 1945 . USS " PGM - 17 " was disposed of by sinking off the of coast Kerama Retta in October 1945 . Service . After her commission , " PGM - 17 " was sent to the Pacific theater and was involved in the Battle of Okinawa . During the first days of the battle , " PGM - 17 " spotted and destroyed several Japanese mines with small arms fire . On the first day of the ground invasion of Okinawa , on 1 April 1945 , " PGM - 17 " shot down a Japanese Aicha " Val " dive bomber . " PGM - 17 " spent the month of April and the beginning of May scouting and destroying mines , offering assistance to disabled and damaged ships , running supplies , and fending off kamikaze attacks . On 4 May 1945 , USS " PGM - 17 " ran aground an uncharted coral reef off the coast of Kouri Jima . A salvage tug arrived a few hours later and prepared to tow the ship . At first , the hull had no damage , but as high waves caused " PGM - 17 " to relentlessly bash into the reef , it became clear that salvaging the ship was unlikely . On 5 May , the captain , Lieutenant Edwin L . Williams Jr . ordered all hands to abandon ship . The salvage attempt was abandoned due to rough waters . On 7 May 1945 , salvage ship USS " Deliver " ( AR - 23 ) began salvaging " PGM - 17 " . " Deliver " spent five days pumping water off " PGM - 17 " and patching the hull . However , " Deliver " was called off to assist USS " Hugh W . Hadley " ( DD - 774 ) which had been struck by three kamikaze aircraft . It wasn ' t until two weeks later that " LCI - 738 " began salvaging " PGM - 17 " on 27 May 1945 . After almost two weeks of salvage work , " PGM - 17 " was finally pulled off the reef on 9 June 1945 , spending over a month stranded on the reef . Despite heavy kamikaze attacks throughout the region , " PMG - 17 " managed to go the entire time without taking enemy fire . On 9 June 1945 , USS " PGM - 17 " was towed to the Agono Urn Cove on Zamami Shima where she was grounded on shallow water . On 2 July , she was decommissioned and left until October 1945 when she was towed out to deep waters and sunk .
Sense and Destroy ARMor Project Sense and Destroy ARMor , or SADARM , is a US ' smart ' submunition capable of searching for , and destroying tank s within a given target area . History . Beginnings . The project ' s roots can be traced back to the early 1960s . The original platform for the submunition was the 203 mm M509 ICM projectile , and the concept was demonstrated in the late 1970s . By 1983 the project shifted focus to the 155 mm caliber and the target set was changed to self propelled howitzers and other lightly armored vehicles . With the approval for engineering development in 1986 the scope was expanded to include the larger diameter submunitions in the MLRS rockets . Several successful live - fire tests were conducted in 1989 , and production was scheduled for 1994 ; however , pre - production samples tested in 1993 gave poor results with only nine out of 42 submunitions hitting their targets . Fixes were applied and further testing resulted in 11 hits from 13 submunitions . Low - rate production began in 1995 , with further testing successfully conducted in April 1996 . Low - rate production continued with a total of 836 projectiles produced . Description . The M898 155 mm SADARM shell is fired from a normal 155 mm artillery gun , with a nose - mounted M762 / M767 fuse set to burst at 1 , 000 m above the target to release two SADARM submunitions . Once the submunition is ejected from the projectile , an initial ram - air parachute opens , to de - spin and slow the submunition . A second " vortex ring " parachute then deploys , to slowly spin the submunition , suspending it at approximately 30° from the vertical . As it spins , its sensors sweep a decreasing spiral track beneath the submunition to scan an area about 150 m in diameter . The sensors consist of a millimeter - wave radar , a passive millimeter - wave radiometer and an infrared telescope . A magnetometer is used as an aid in arming and aiming . When the submunition detects a target , its 1 . 5 kg LX - 14 explosive charge is detonated , to project an explosively formed penetrator that has enough energy to penetrate the thin top armor of most main battle tanks up to a range of around 152 m . If the submunition reaches the ground before it finds a target it self - destructs . The submunition was also intended to be used in MLRS rockets , with four or six being carried . Combat history . The system was used for the first time during combat during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq , with a total of 121 rounds reported fired by the 3rd Infantry Division with 48 vehicle kills attributed to 108 M898 SADARM projectiles .
USS PC - 1138 USS " PC - 1138 was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was later renamed Lapeer " ( PC - 1138 ) but never saw active service under that name . Career . " PC - 1138 " was laid down at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City , Michigan , on 9 January 1943 ; launched on 19 April 1943 ; and commissioned at New Orleans , Louisiana , on 17 September 1943 , with Lieutenant Gilbert N . Cooper in command . After shakedown off Florida , " PC - 1138 " departed New Orleans on 14 November escorting a convoy of LSTs to Coco Solo , Panama Canal Zone , arriving there on 22 November . She sailed on 5 December escorting the repair ship to Funafuti , then continued on to the New Hebrides on convoy escort duty . Escort runs from Funafuti continued until 1 May , when she sailed for the Solomon Islands , arriving at Florida Island on 6 May . She operated on patrol and escort duties in the Solomons , occasionally sailing to islands to the south , until departing for Ulithi , where she arrived on 14 December . Between December 1944 and July 1945 , " PC - 1138 " provided essential escort for ship movements related to the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns , sailing from Ulithi to the Palaus , Eniwetok , and Guam . She arrived at Pearl Harbor on 5 August , and operated out of there until sailing for the west coast on 20 May 1946 . After calling in San Francisco , California , she reached Astoria , Oregon , on 21 June , and was decommissioned there on 13 September 1946 . While berthed in reserve in the Columbia River , she was named " Lapeer " on 1 February 1956 , after Lapeer , Michigan . Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 April 1959 , and she was subsequently sold .
BRP Nicolas Mahusay ( PG - 116 ) BRP " Nicolas Mahusay " ( PG - 116 ) is a " Tomas Batillo " class fast attack craft of the Philippine Navy . It was transferred by the South Korean government in 1998 . It was initially acquired as a spare parts hulk , but the need for additional ships led to its commissioning with the Philippine Navy on 2 July 1998 . It was upgraded under the Patrol Killer Medium - Republic of the Philippines ( PKM - RP ) Program of 2006 by Propmech Corp . , the program includes the reinforcement of its hull , replacing the engines , radar , navigation and communication systems , and changing the weapons fit - out to include crane and space for rigid hull inflatable boat . The upgrades were completed in 2008 . The ship received the Philippine Navy Plaque of Merit on 2009 , being adjudged as the patrol gunboat of the year . Technical Details . The ship was originally powered by 2 MTU MD 16V 538 TB90 diesel engines with total output of 6 , 000 horsepower . From 2007 , Propmech was contracted to replace the old engines with new Caterpillar 3516C diesel engines with a total output of 6 , 300 horsepower . The ship is equipped with a Koden Electronics MDC 1500 Series navigation and surface search radar , which replaced the previously installed radar during the refurbishing works in 2007 .
Gaje Ghale Gaje Ghale ( ) VC ( 1 August 1918 – 28 March 2000 ) was a Nepal ese 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 . Details . He was 20 years old , and a Havildar in the 2nd Battalion of the 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles in the Indian Army during World War II when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . During the period 24 / 27 May 1943 in the Chin Hills , Burma ( now Myanmar ) , Havildar Gaje Ghale was in charge of a platoon of young soldiers engaged in attacking a strong Japanese position . Wounded in the arm , chest and leg he nevertheless continued to lead assault after assault , encouraging his men by shouting the Gurkha ' s battle - cry . Spurred on by the irresistible will of their leader , the platoon stormed and captured the position which the havildar then held and consolidated under heavy fire , refusing to go to the Regimental Aid post until ordered to do so . He later achieved the rank of Hon . Captain . born at Gorkha district of Nepal .
Arbeia Arbeia was a large Roman fort in South Shields , Tyne & Wear , England , now ruined , and which has been partially reconstructed . It was first excavated in the 1870s and all modern buildings on the site were cleared in the 1970s . It is managed by Tyne and Wear Museums as Arbeia Roman Fort and Museum . Original fort . The fort stands on the Lawe Top , overlooking the River Tyne . Founded around 120 , it later became the maritime supply fort for Hadrian ' s Wall , and contains the only permanent stone - built granaries yet found in Britain . It was occupied until the Romans left Britain in the 5th century . A possible meaning for " Arbeia " is " fort of the Arab troops " , referring to the fact that part of its garrison at one time was a squadron of Mesopotamian boatmen from the Tigris . We also know that a squadron of Spanish cavalry , the First Asturian , was stationed there . It was common for forts to be manned by units originally from elsewhere in the empire , though often enough these would assimilate and end up by recruiting locally . Museum . Two monuments in the museum at Arbeia testify to the cosmopolitan nature of its shifting population . One commemorates Regina , a British woman of the Catuvellauni tribe ( approximately modern Hertfordshire ) . She was first the slave , then the freedwoman and wife of Barates , a merchant from Palmyra ( now part of Syria ) who , evidently missing her greatly , set up a gravestone after she died at the age of 30 . ( Barates himself is buried at the nearby fort of Coria ( Corbridge ) . ) The second commemorates Victor , another former slave , freed by Numerianus of the First Asturian cavalry , who also arranged his funeral ( " piantissime " : with all devotion ) when Victor died at the age of 20 . The stone records that Victor was " of the Moorish nation " . The museum also holds an altarpiece to a previously unknown god and a tablet with the name of the Emperor Alexander Severus ( died 235 ) chiselled off . Reconstruction . A Roman gatehouse and barracks have been reconstructed on their original foundations . The gatehouse holds many displays related to the history of the fort , and its upper levels provide an overview of the archaeological site .
John Barraclough ( RAF officer ) Air Chief Marshal Sir John Barraclough ( 2 May 1918 – 10 May 2008 ) was a World War II pilot who went on to become Vice - Chief of the Defence Staff . Early life . Barraclough was born on 2 May 1918 . He was educated at Cranbrook School , in Cranbrook , Kent . Military career . Barraclough joined the Artists Rifles in 1935 . He was commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1938 . He served in World War II flying maritime patrol aircraft . On 29 October 1940 , it was gazetted that he was promoted to flying officer on 3 September 1940 . However , on 14 January 1941 , this was substituted for the granting of the war substantive rank of flying officer back dated to 12 August 1940 . He was promoted to war substantive flight lieutenant on 12 August 1941 . By February 1943 , he was an acting squadron leader and flying with No . 209 Squadron RAF which was stationed in East Africa . On 14 March 1943 , he was promoted to flight lieutenant . By the end of 1945 , he was an acting wing commander . He became Commanding Officer of RAF Biggin Hill in 1955 and of RAF Middleton St . George in 1957 . In 1958 he took charge of Operations and Training at Headquarters Far East Air Force . He became Director of Public Relations for the RAF in 1961 and Air Officer Commanding No . 19 Group RAF in 1964 . He then became Air Office Administration for Bomber Command in 1967 and for Strike Command in 1968 . In 1970 he became Vice - Chief of the Defence Staff and in 1972 he was made Air Secretary . His last appointment was as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1974 . He was appointed Honorary Inspector - General of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force on 1 January 1984 . Family . In 1946 he married Maureen McCormack and they went on to have one daughter . Honours and decorations . Barraclough was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross ( DFC ) on 16 February 1943 " for gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations " . It was gazetted in the 1946 New Year Honours , that he had been Mentioned in Despatches . He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath ( CB ) in the 1969 New Year Honours .
Warwick Line The Warwick Line ( also known as the Warwick – Yorktown line ) was a defensive works across the Virginia Peninsula maintained along the Warwick River by Confederate General John B . Magruder against much larger Union forces under General George B . McClellan during the American Civil War in 1861 – 62 . The main line extended 12 miles from Yorktown to the Warwick River and downstream to Lee ' s Mill , then westward to Skiffe ' s Creek , which flowed into the James River at Mulberry Island , where the line was anchored on the east by a four - gun battery at Mulberry Island Point . The south end of Mulberry Island ( now part of Fort Eustis ) is located at the confluence of the Warwick and James Rivers . Through elaborate ruse tactics , " Prince John " Magruder , who was also an amateur actor , deceived McClellan and held the line for about 30 days , a delay which helped provide valuable time for the ultimately successful defense of Richmond led by General Robert E . Lee , prolonging the war almost three additional years .
Robert Penn Robert Penn ( October 10 , 1872 – June 8 , 1912 at Las Animas , Colorado ) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America ' s highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions during the Spanish - American War . Biography . On July 20 , 1898 , Penn was serving as a Fireman First Class on the off the coast of Santiago de Cuba when a boiler accident occurred . For his actions during the incident , Penn was issued the Medal of Honor five months later , on December 14 , 1898 . Medal of Honor citation . Fireman Penn ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : On board the U . S . S . " Iowa " off Santiago de Cuba , 20 July 1898 . Performing his duty at the risk of serious scalding at the time of the blowing out of the manhole gasket on board the vessel , Penn hauled the fire while standing on a board thrown across a coal bucket 1 foot above the boiling water which was still blowing from the boiler .