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Gurkha Welfare Trust The Gurkha Welfare Trust ( GWT ) is a British charity , established in 1969 . It is the principal UK charity dedicated to the provision of aid to Gurkha ex - servicemen and their dependents in their homeland of Nepal , and increasingly in United Kingdom and elsewhere . Nepal has little industry , agriculture or infrastructure . Nepal also lacks any kind of public social welfare system . This means that the work of the Trust is critical in improving conditions for ex - servicemen and their dependents , who are often unable to work through illness or injury . The Trust operates through 19 centres across Nepal that are staffed by former Gurkhas who investigate cases of hardship and distress and recommend appropriate aid . The Trust pays a monthly stipend , enough for basic food , to about 8 , 000 needy Gurkha ex - servicemen and widows in Nepal who do not receive a military pension ( 15 years ' military service is required to earn such a pension ) . Medical treatment is also provided for them and their dependants . In addition , hardship grants are awarded to alleviate destitution following fire , flood and other natural disasters . The Trust also helps to fund the education of some 1 , 000 children each year . Tertiary grants are also provided based on academic performance . The Trust has built 123 new schools in the hills and has an extensive renovation programme for dilapidated classrooms ; it is currently concentrating on providing enhancements in existing schools , such as gymnasia , libraries and laboratories . Earthquake resistant designs are standard . The programme In partnership with Kadoorie Agriculture Aid Association , the Trust also provides vocational training to children of the Brigade and ex - servicemen in areas such as including electronics , bricklaying and sewing . Each year , by tradition , all serving Officer s and Other Ranks in the Brigade of Gurkhas contribute a day ' s pay to the Trust . The patron of the Trust is the Prince of Wales ; the chairman of the board of trustees is General Sir Peter Wall , and the current director is Colonel William Shuttlewood .
U - 2 Dragonfly ER - 2 Specifications research one 1 x 17 , 000 lbs . 62 ' 1 " 103 ' 4 " 14 , 900 lbs . 41 , 000 lbs . 2 , 170 lbs . 460 mph 510 mph 15 , 000 fpm 60 , 000 + feet 7 , 000 miles 1989 Lockheed U - 2 Click on the picture to hear the wav sound . NOTE : THE RC U - 2 MAY BE FOUND ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE PAGE . ER - 2 Specifications research one 1 x 17 , 000 lbs . 62 ' 1 " 103 ' 4 " 14 , 900 lbs . 41 , 000 lbs . 2 , 170 lbs . 460 mph 510 mph 15 , 000 fpm 60 , 000 + feet 7 , 000 miles 1989 The Lockheed U - 2 is the world ' s highest flying single engine piloted aircraft . It holds the current unlimited single engine aircraft altitude record of 68 , 700 feet . This was set on Nov . 24 , 1998 . The aircraft first flew flew on Aug . 6 , 1955 . Updated aircraft are still flying today . They are primarily used for intelligence gathering . Lockheed U - 2 aircraft have also been used for high altitude atmospheric research , global resources mapping , electronics , and satellite research and development . U - 2 development dates back to the early 1950 ' s . At the time the U . S . A . F . was looking for a high altitude , long range aircraft to fly reconnaissance over the Soviet Union , out of the range of conventional interceptors and surface to air missiles . The aircraft were deployed in 1956 to fly over the Soviet Union . The over flights contributed greatly to intelligence information . Shortly after they started , sufficient information was gathered to show that the United States and the Soviet Union had roughly equal numbers of long range missiles . Prior to the flights it was thought that the U . S . was far behind in long range missile deployment . The Lockheed U - 2 is probably best remembered as the aircraft that was downed by surface to air missiles while being flown over Russia by Francis Gary Powers on May 1 , 1960 . It is also remembered as the aircraft that discovered the build - up of missiles in Cuba on Aug . 29 , 1962 . U - 2 aircraft were also constantly gathering intelligence information on their flights over Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War . Today the high flying U - 2 surveillance planes continue to provide intelligence on areas of importance , primarily Korea and the Middle East . The USAF explored the possibility of turning U - 2 aircraft into remotely piloted vehicles . The pilot is the limiting factor to the aircraft ' s mission endurance . Without a pilot , endurance could be extended from a maximum of about 12 hours up to about 18 hours . Software development time and total cost involved was found to make such a conversion impractical . Instead , the Air Force has chosen to upgrade all U - 2 aircraft , extending their service life by an additional ten years . The oldest of the aircraft have been flying for over 41 years . A total of 86 Lockheed U - 2 aircraft were built of which 33 are still flying .
USS Merrill ( DE - 392 ) USS Merrill ( DE - 392 ) was an Edsall - class destroyer escort built for the U . S . Navy during World War II . She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys . She was named in honor of Ensign Howard Deel Merrill who was declared dead as of 7 December 1941 , as a result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor . She was laid down 1 July 1943 by the Brown Shipbuilding Co . , Houston , Texas ; launched 29 August 1943 ; sponsored by Miss Dorothy E . Merrill , sister of " Ens . H . D . Merrill " ; and commissioned 27 November 1943 , Lt . Comdr . Irvin J . Stephens , USCG , in command . World War II North Atlantic operations . Following Bermuda shakedown , " Merrill " reported to the Atlantic Fleet at Norfolk , Virginia , 28 January 1944 . Assigned to CortDiv 45 , she began transatlantic escort duty with a North Africa bound convoy 12 February . The destroyer escort continued this duty between American and Mediterranean ports until war ended , successfully escorting 15 convoys across the Atlantic . Transfer to the Pacific Fleet . On 6 July 1945 , " Merrill " sailed for Guantánamo Bay for training , thence to Pearl Harbor . En route she received news of the Japanese capitulation on 14 August . Post - War Deactivation and Decommissioning . On 3 September she sailed for New York , arrived on the 26th , then on 19 October got underway for Jacksonville , Florida , and deactivation . On 1 May 1946 she decommissioned and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet and berthed at Green Cove Springs , Florida . Into 1969 she was berthed at the Orange , Texas , branch of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . On 2 April 1971 she was struck from the Navy list , and , on 30 September 1974 , she was sold for scrapping .
Sennoy ( airport ) Sennoy ( also given as Bagay Baranovka , Sennoe , or Sennoye ) is an air base in Saratov Oblast , Russia located 2 km south of Sennoy . It is a small training base , with training airspace about 5 – 10 km to the east . Units on the base include 343 IIAP ( 343rd Instructor Interceptor Aviation Regiment ) , equipped with Su - 17 aircraft in 1989 - 91 and MiG - 23 and MiG - 29E in the early 1990s . The unit has been reported to have disbanded in 1998 . However , another report says it had as many as 54 MiG - 29s by 2003 . The base also played host briefly to the 176th Fighter Aviation Regiment , flying MiG - 29s , when it returned from Mikha Tskhakaya ( Senaki ) , Georgia in 1992 ; it was quickly disbanded .
SLAF Colombo SLAF " Colombo " is the Sri Lanka Air Force headquarters in Colombo . In this capacity it has the offices of the Commander of the Air Force , Chief of Staff , the Board of Management ( BOM ) and Board of Directors ( BOD ) of the Sri Lanka Air Force . All air and ground operations are directed from SLAF " Colombo " . Apart from functioning as a headquarters , it is a limited air base for helicopter operations . Established soon after the formation of Royal Ceylon Air Forces was formed in 1951 at the former officers mess of the former Ceylon Rifle Regiment at Rifle green . The officer ' s mess was moved in the 1970s when the Trans Asia Hotel was made in its location . The mess is currently housed in the Cinnamon gardens area of Colombo . It is the only Officers ' Mess to be located outside a SLAF Station premises .
Richard B . Anderson Richard Beatty Anderson ( June 26 , 1921 – February 1 , 1944 ) was a United States Marine who sacrificed his life during World War II and received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroism . Biography . Anderson was born in Tacoma , Washington on June 26 , 1921 and was raised in Agnew , Washington . He attended Macleay School in Agnew before graduating from Sequim High School in the nearby city of Sequim . He entered the Marine Corps on July 6 , 1942 in Oakland , California , receiving his recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego , California . Private Anderson then joined the Marine Barracks , Naval Receiving Station in San Diego in October 1942 . Promoted to private first class on April 12 , 1943 , he was ordered to the Infantry Battalion , Training Center , Camp Elliott , San Diego , shortly afterwards . He next joined his last unit , Company E , 2nd Battalion , 23rd Marines , and with his unit he departed from the United States in January 1944 . The following month he landed in the Marshall Islands , on Roi Island . Roi Island was the first pre - war Japanese territory to fall to Marines . PFC Anderson , a member of the invasion force , was hunting enemy sniper s . He hurled himself on a live grenade in a shell hole to save the lives of three buddies though he knew death for himself was almost certain . Anderson was evacuated to a ship , where he died of his wounds on February 1 , 1944 . He is buried at Lot # 5 Block C Section 1 # 182 at the New Tacoma Cemetery , 9212 Chambers Creek Road West , Tacoma , Washington . He posthumously received the Medal of Honor — the nation ' s highest military decoration — and the Purple Heart . Awards and honours . Medal of Honor citation . The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to PRIVATE FIRST CLASS RICHARD B . ANDERSON UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS for service as set forth in the following CITATION : / S / FRANKLIN D . ROOSEVELT Posthumous honors . In 1945 , the United States Navy destroyer was named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Anderson . The Port Angeles Federal Building was renamed the " Richard B . Anderson Federal Building " in his honor on September 2 , 2008 . During the renaming ceremony , a letter written by Harry Pearce was read ; Pearce was one of the three men that Anderson had saved .
USS Rathburne ( FF - 1057 ) The USS " Rathburne " ( FF - 1057 ) was a Knox class frigate of the US Navy . Despite the different spelling , she was named for Continental Navy officer John Rathbun ( 1746 - 1782 ) , and was laid down 8 January 1968 by Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company at Seattle , Washington . She was launched on 2 May 1969 , sponsored by Mrs . Charles A . Bowsher , and commissioned on 16 May 1970 with Commander Richard B . Evans in command . " Rathburne " appeared in a 1972 episode of the television series " Hawaii Five - O . " " Rathburne " was decommissioned on 14 February 1992 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 January 1995 . She was sunk as a target during fleet training exercise RIMPAC 2002 on 5 July 2002 .
254th Battalion ( Quinte ' s Own ) , CEF The 254th ( Quinte ' s Own ) Battalion , CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War . Based in Belleville , Ontario , the unit began recruiting in the autumn of 1916 in Hastings County . After sailing to England in June 1917 , the battalion was absorbed into the 6th Reserve Battalion , CEF upon arrival . The 254th ( Quinte ' s Own ) Battalion , CEF had one Officer Commanding : Lieut - Col . A . P . Allan .
USS Boy Scout ( SP - 53 ) USS " Boy Scout " ( SP - 53 ) , a wooden - hulled motorboat that served as a section patrol craft , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Boy Scouts of America and by extension for Scouting throughout the world . Her keel was laid down in 1916 at Lynn , Massachusetts , by Britt Brothers . She was acquired by the United States Navy from Albert Geiger , Jr . , of Brookline , Massachusetts , and classified as a section patrol ( SP ) craft . Initially assigned to First Naval District New England , " Boy Scout " was given the hull classification symbol SP - 53 and was shipped overseas for " aviation service " perhaps , in view of her speed , for use as a crash boat at a naval air station . However , records of her operations and ultimate fate have not survived . The edition of " Ship ' s Data , U . S . Naval Vessels " of 1 July 1920 described " Boy Scout " as " overseas " but did not state where , only adding the curious notation that she was " not definitely accounted for , and in the absence of further reports will not be listed hereafter . "
Sempronius Densus Sempronius Densus was a centurion in the Praetorian Guard in the 1st century . He was bodyguard to the deputy emperor , and is remembered by history for his courage and loyalty in singlehandedly defending his charge from scores of armed assassins , while all his comrades deserted or switched sides . On January 10 , 69 , the emperor Galba chose a man to become his deputy and heir . One of Galba ' s advisors had led Marcus Otho to expect to be appointed to this office , but instead Galba chose one Piso Licinianus . This unexpected choice led Otho to conspire to assassinate both of them and seize power . On January 15 Otho struck . Galba and Piso were being carried on litters through the street when they were accosted by a large company of renegade Praetorians in Otho ' s employ . The Praetorians were supposed to be the personal bodyguard of the emperor , but now they intended his death . Of all the soldiers present , only Sempronius Densus stood firm , while his colleagues either joined in the murder or melted away . While Piso fled to seek a safe hiding place , Sempronius bought him time to escape , first remonstrating with the assassins and then fighting them to the death . At this point sources differ slightly . According to Plutarch , Sempronius gave his life defending both Galba and Piso : After Sempronius finally fell , the assassins surrounded Galba and killed him . Tacitus however describes Galba ' s death as occurring first in the order of events , followed by the centurion ' s last stand , in which Sempronius uses a pugio . Dio Cassius simply relates : However , all of the sources agree on what happened next . While most of the assassins hacked Galba ' s corpse to pieces and paraded his severed head on a pole , two of them sought out Piso , who had taken refuge in the Temple of Vesta . They dragged him outside and killed him at the door . Around 120 people later claimed credit for killing Galba and Piso , hoping that Otho would reward them . However , in April that year Otho was deposed by Vitellius , who replaced him as emperor . Vitellius found the list of their names and ordered them all executed . He also disbanded the Praetorian Guard ( although the Guard was reinstated by the next emperor , Vespasian ) . Although ultimately unsuccessful , Sempronius Densus ' s last stand is recorded by historians as being the only heroic act done in Rome that day . " " This is why I have recorded his name , for he is most worthy of being mentioned . " " — Dio Cassius .
Congressional Silver Medal A Congressional Silver Medal is an award bestowed by the United States Congress . They have been made in either non - portable ( not designed to be worn ) or decoration ( designed to be worn ) form . Congress has been authorizing since George Washington received the first one in 1776 . Occasionally Congress will authorize a silver medal in conjunction with the higher award . Special Congressional Silver Medal . In 1976 , President Gerald Ford presented , on behalf of Congress , a silver medal " equivalent to a noncombat Medal of Honor " to Brigadier General Charles " Chuck " Yeager , " for contributing immeasurably to aerospace science by risking his life in piloting the XS - 1 research airplane faster than the speed of sound on October 14 , 1947 . " This apparently unique award — equivalent to a noncombat Medal of Honor — is sometimes referred to as a Special Congressional Silver Medal .
Richard Taylor ( Medal of Honor ) Richard Taylor ( 1834 – 1890 ) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War . He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Cedar Creek fought near Middletown , Virginia on October 19 , 1864 . The battle was the decisive engagement of Major General Philip Sheridan ’ s Valley Campaigns of 1864 and was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley . Taylor joined the Army from Indiana in August 1861 , and mustered out with his regiment in August 1865 . Medal of Honor citation . “ The President of the United States of America , in the name of Congress , takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Richard Taylor , United States Army , for extraordinary heroism on 19 October 1864 , while serving with Company E , 18th Indiana Infantry , in action at Cedar Creek , Virginia , for capture of flag . ”
John Chrystie John Chrystie was a United States Army Lieutenant Colonel who played a major but controversial part in the Battle of Queenston Heights during the War of 1812 . He joined the Regular Army in 1808 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 13th U . S . Infantry by 1812 . At Queenston Heights , he was to command the regular contingent in the initial crossing of the Niagara River from New York State into Ontario . He crossed over the Canadian side of the river once a secure foothold had been established , but his boat crew panicked and returned to the American side of the river , and was absent when the U . S . troops who had crossed were cut off and forced to surrender . He was blamed for the American defeat by Colonel Solomon Van Rensselaer and other officers . Chrystie was accused of cowardice after the incident . Chrystie died of natural causes in July 1813 . There is a street named for him on the Lower East Side of Manhattan .
USS Ibex ( IX - 119 ) USS " Ibex " ( IX - 119 ) , an " Armadillo " - class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ibex , a variety of wild goat found in Europe , Asia , and Africa . Her keel was laid down as " Nicholas Longworth " under a Maritime Commission contract ( T . EC2 - S - C1 ) by the California Shipbuilding Corporation in Wilmington , California , on 16 October 1943 . She was renamed " Ibex " on 27 October , launched on 15 November sponsored by Mrs . A . T . Olson , acquired by the Navy 13 December 1943 ; and commissioned the same day with Lieutenant Commander John L . Frazer in command . After shakedown off the West Coast , " Ibex " departed San Pedro , California , on 23 January 1944 , arriving Noumea , New Caledonia , on 18 February . Operating as a floating storage ship she transported gasoline and lube oil in the South Pacific for the next eight months . From October until the end of World War II she operated with Servron 8 , Third Fleet , which supplied the fighting units during the most crucial months of the war . After VJ Day she remained in the Far East servicing the occupation forces ; then returned to the United States early in 1946 . " Ibex " decommissioned at Norfolk , Virginia , on 28 June 1946 and was returned to the Maritime Commission on 30 June . In 1948 she was sold to T . J . Stevenson Company , Inc . and renamed " Helen Stevenson " .
Great Hog Swindle The Great Hog Swindle is the term given to a Union program that purchased hogs from Kentucky farmers during the American Civil War . According to the Kentucky Encyclopedia , on October 28 , 1864 , Stephen G . Burbridge , the military commander of Kentucky , issued a proclamation that was designed to get Kentuckians to sell their surplus hogs to the Union government at lower than prevailing prices . Interstate hog shipments were prohibited , permits were required for farmers to drive hogs to market , and other regulations were enforced . The scheme cost Kentucky farmers an estimated $ 300 , 000 . President Abraham Lincoln ordered the program halted after one month , because it was widely reviled in a state that was at best a hesitant ally of the Union .
23 April 2009 Iraqi suicide attacks The 23 April 2009 Iraqi suicide attacks were two separate suicide attack s which occurred in Baghdad and Muqdadiyah , Iraq , on 23 April 2009 . At least seventy - six people are known to have died in the attacks , including several Iranian pilgrims . The " Los Angeles Times " puts the death toll at seventy - nine . Most of the forty - eight people killed in Muqdadiyah , near Baqubah , Diyala Province , are believed to have been Iranian nationals . According to the BBC , if the death tolls are confirmed , these attacks were the most lethal of 2009 . Attacks . Baghdad . At least eighty people are known to have died in Baghdad when an explosive belt was detonated by a female . Police were said to have been assisting and administering aid to homeless people in the Basil square in the Alwehda district . Over fifty people were wounded in the attack . A minimum of six National Police officers were killed , with one police officer describing how he carried off three bodies belonging to his colleagues whose uniforms were " drenched in blood " . Five children and two Red Crescent volunteers were counted amongst the dead . Thirty - five - year - old Issam Salim , a survivor injured by shrapnel as he waited for a bus , said : " I turned around as I fell to the ground and saw a big fire break out with black smoke . Women and children are crying from pain beside me in the hospital . Some of them suffered burns . " The scene in the aftermath of the attack was said to have been marked by chaos . Muqdadiyah . At least forty - eight people , all but two of whom were Iranian pilgrims , were killed and approximately sixty - three others were injured when the New Khanaqin restaurant in Muqdadiyah was targeted at 12 : 45 pm The Iranians had paused for lunch as they embarked on a pilgrimage to a Shi ' a Muslim religious site in Baghdad . Sixty - four - year - old pilgrim , Kadhumi Sadiq , said : " While the waiter was serving us food a powerful explosion took place and the restaurant turned black . I suffered burns on my head , chest and hands " . The restaurant was left demolished in the aftermath of the attack . Abdulnasir al - Muntasirbillah , the recently sworn - in mayor of the region , visited the local hospital , describing the scene as " catastrophic " and the attack as dirty and cowardly . Reaction . Baghdad ' s security spokesman , Maj - Gen Qassim Moussawi , stated the attack displayed " the fingerprints of al - Qaeda " . " The Washington Post " called 23 April " the bloodiest day in Iraq this year " . Reuters said it " appeared to be Iraq ' s bloodiest day in over a year " and surpassed an 11 December 2008 attack in Kirkuk which killed fifty . These attacks were followed a day later by two more suicide attacks which killed sixty people at the al - Kādhimiya Mosque in Baghdad .