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Fairchild BQ - 3 The Fairchild BQ - 3 , also known as the Model 79 , was an early unmanned combat aerial vehicle – referred to at the time as an " assault drone " – developed by Fairchild Aircraft from the company ' s AT - 21 Gunner advanced trainer during the Second World War for use by the United States Army Air Forces . Two examples of the type were built and flight - tested , however the progress of guided missiles rendered the assault drone quickly obsolete , and the type was not produced . Design and development . Development of the BQ - 3 began in October , 1942 , under a program for the development of " aerial torpedoes " , later and more commonly referred to as " assault drones " , that had been instigated in March of that year . Fairchild was awarded a contract for the construction of two XBQ - 3 prototypes , based largely on the AT - 21 Gunner advanced gunnery trainer already in United States Army Air Forces service . The XBQ - 3 was a twin - engined , low - wing aircraft , fitted with retractable tricycle landing gear and a twin - finned empennage ; although the aircraft was intended to be operated by radio control with television assist , a two - seat cockpit was included in the design for testing and ferry flights . Power was provided by two Ranger V - 770 inline piston engines , providing each ; up to of bombs could be carried by the aircraft in unmanned configuration . Flight testing . The first flight of the XBQ - 3 took place in July 1944 ; later that month , one of the prototypes was severely damaged in a forced landing . Despite the accident , flight testing continued ; however , the assault drone was determined to have no significant advantage over conventional bombers , and advances in the field of guided missile s were rapidly rendering the concept obsolete . As a result , the program was cancelled towards the end of 1944 .
Corps colours ( Waffen - SS ) Corps colours , or Troop - function colours ( ge : " Waffenfarbe ( n ) " ) were means the German Waffen - SS used to distinguish between different branches of service , corps , services or troop functions . The scheme of colors to indicate troop types was similar to that of the Wehrmacht Heer ( German Army ) from 1935 to 1945 . The colours appeared mainly on the piping around the shoulder boards showing a soldier ’ s rank . The table below contains some corps colours used by the SS from 1938 - 45 .
USS Coronado ( LCS - 4 ) ( PCU ) " Coronado " ( LCS - 4 ) will be an . She will be the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after Coronado , California . A contract was awarded to General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works in May 2009 for the construction of LCS - 4 . Design . " Coronado " will be the second LCS to feature a high - speed trimaran hull and will be designed to defeat littoral threats and provide access in coastal waters for missions such as mine warfare , anti - submarine warfare and surface warfare . There are two different LCS hull forms – the " Independence " - class aluminum trimaran , and the semiplaning monohull designed and built by Lockheed Martin . These seaframes will be outfitted with reconfigurable payloads , called mission packages , which can be changed out quickly . Mission packages are supported by special detachments that will deploy manned and unmanned vehicles and sensors . " Coronado " is being built by Austal USA in Mobile , Alabama . Construction . The ship ' s keel was laid on 17 December 2009 . She was launched and christened during a ceremony in Mobile Bay on 14 January 2012 by Susan Keith , the daughter of Eleanor Ring who christened the in 1966 . Fire is feared on all the ships of the Independence class , and the delivery of " Coronado " was delayed by two fires during her builder ' s trials . USS " Coronado " was delivered on 27 September 2013 . Commissioning is planned for April 2014 at her namesake city .
Operation Sweeny During the Iraq War , Operation Sweeny was a counter - smuggling sweep of the Al Faw Peninsula and nearby waters conducted beginning on 15 October 2003 . Elements of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit , operating from the USS Peleliu , used small boats and landed units to capture a number of persons , boats and trucks smuggling fuel out of Iraq . Followed Operation Chamberlain , followed by Operation OK Corral
Bombing of France during World War II Between the German victory in the Battle of France and the liberation of the country , the Western Allies bombed many locations in France . In all 1 , 570 French cities and towns were bombed by Anglo - American forces between June 1940 and May 1945 . The total number of civilians killed was 68 , 778 men , women and children . ( including the 1 , 700 civilians killed in Royan ) . The total number of injured was more than 100 , 000 . The total number of houses completely destroyed by the bombings was 432 , 000 , the number of partly destroyed houses 890 , 000 . The most destroyed cities were the following : The bombings in Normandy before and after D - Day were especially terrible . The famous French historian Henri Amouroux in " La Grande histoire des Français sous l ’ Occupation " , says that 20 , 000 civilians were killed in Calvados department , 10 , 000 in Seine - Maritime , 14 , 800 in the Manche , 4 , 200 in the Orne , around 3 , 000 in the Eure . All together , that makes more than 50 000 killed . During the year 1943 alone , 7 , 458 French civilians died under allied bombs . The most terrible allied bombings during the German occupation were these : Boulogne - Billancourt near Paris ( 2 – 3 March 1942 , more than 600 killed people ) , Saint - Nazaire ( 9 , 14 , 17 and 18 November 1942 , 228 dead ) , Rennes ( 8 mars 1943 , 299 dead ) , Boulogne - Billancourt again ( 4 April 1943 , 403 dead ) , Le Portel ( 8 September 1943 , 510 dead ) , Paris western suburbs ( 9 and 15 September 1943 , 395 dead ) , Nantes ( 16 and 23 September 1943 , 1 , 247 dead ) , Toulon ( 24 November 1943 , 450 dead ) , Lille ( 9 – 10 April 1944 , 450 dead ) , Rouen ( 18 – 19 April 1944 , 900 dead ) , Noisy - le - Sec ( 18 – 19 April 1944 , 464 dead ) , Paris - La Chapelle ( 20 – 21 April 1944 , 670 dead ) , Sartrouville ( 27 – 28 May 1944 , 400 dead ) , Orléans ( 19 and 23 May 1944 , 300 dead ) , Saint - Etienne ( 26 May 1944 , more than 1 , 000 dead ) , Lyon ( 26 May 1944 , 717 dead ) , Marseille ( 27 May 1944 , 1 , 752 dead ) , Avignon ( 27 May 1944 , 525 dead ) , Lisieux ( 6 – 7 June 1944 , 700 dead ) , Vire ( 6 – 7 June 1944 , 400 dead ) , Caen ( 6 – 7 June 1944 , more than 1 , 000 dead ) , Le Havre ( 5 – 11 September 1944 , more than 5 , 000 dead ) , Royan ( 5 January 1945 , 1 , 700 dead ) , etc . During the day of May 27 alone , 1944 , 3 , 012 French civilians were killed by Anglo - American bombings on Marseille , Avignon , Nîmes , Amiens , Sartrouville , Maisons - Laffitte and Eauplet .
Ambrose Madden Ambrose Madden VC ( 1820 – 1 January 1863 ) was born in Cork and was an Irish 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 about 34 years old , and a sergeant - major in the 41st Regiment of Foot , British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 26 October 1854 , in the Crimea , at Little Inkerman , Sergeant Madden headed a party of men of the 41st Regiment which cut off and took prisoner one Russian officer and 14 privates , three of whom were personally captured by the sergeant . Further information . Madden was commissioned into the 2nd West India Regiment in 1858 and promoted to Lieutenant in 1861 . He died in Jamaica on 1 January 1863 .
Herbert Weiß Herbert Weiß ( 1 November 1899 – 19 February 1945 ) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Weiß was killed in action on 19 February 1945 at the Oder .
Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter ( September 10 , 1797 – February 26 , 1870 ) was a U . S . Representative from Ohio in Ohio during the 1840s . He retired from office before the end of the decade , although he had support to run again . Later , he served in the American Civil War as a captain . Settling in Millersburg , the county seat of Holmes County , Ohio , he and his brother , Moses Leadbetter , eventually came to own almost half the town . Their family remained prominent there for decades . He was also a relation through marriage of a prominent Millersburg citizen , Robert Justice . Biography . Leadbetter was born in Pittsfield , Berkshire County , Massachusetts , September 10 , 1797 . He attended the common schools ; moved to Ohio in 1816 and settled in Steubenville , Jefferson County , Ohio where he studied law ; was admitted to the bar in 1821 and commenced practice in Steubenville . Leadbetter was commissioned captain of the Second Company , Third Regiment , Sixth Division , Ohio Militia , in 1821 . He moved to Millersburg , Holmes County , in 1828 and continued the practice of law . He was commissioned quartermaster of the Fourth Division of the Ohio Militia in 1831 , and was county recorder 1831 - 1836 . He was elected as a Democrat to the th and th Congresses , ( March 4 , 1837 – March 3 , 1841 ) ; was not a candidate for renomination in 1840 . He resumed the practice of his profession ; also engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising . He was a member of the State constitutional convention in 1851 and served as a captain in the United States Civil War in 1862 . He died in Millersburg , Ohio , on February 26 , 1870 ; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery .
William Ambrose Wright William Ambrose Wright ( January 18 , 1844 – September 13 , 1929 ) was a soldier in the Army of the Confederate States of America , Comptroller General & Insurance Commissioner , 1879 – 1929 , Lawyer , Lieutenant , Confederate States of America , and a Statesman . Born at Louisville , Georgia , he was honored for 50 years of service to the State as Comptroller General ( The official responsible for Georgia ' s accounting activities ) . His grave is located in Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta , GA . Grave photo and inscription
1st Military Working Dog Regiment The 1st Military Working Dog Regiment , Royal Army Veterinary Corps is a British Army animal unit . It is responsible for providing trained dogs and handlers to support the main brigade of British troops deployed to Afghanistan in Operation Herrick . The regiment was formed on 26 March 2010 , and its headquarters is located at Chiron Barracks in Sennelager , Germany . Composition . The 1st Military Working Dog Regiment was established to command the Army ' s five military working dog support units . Until the regimental headquarters had been established these units were independent . As part of forming the regiment , an additional 162 soldiers were assigned to the RAVC . The regiment comprises approximately 284 personnel and 200 dogs . The regimental headquarters and the five squadrons are located in three different bases . As of 2011 , the regiment comprised the following sub - units :
Fort Buckner Fort Buckner is a small United States Army base located immediately south of Camp Foster , near Futenma , on Okinawa , Japan . The 58th Signal Battalion and E Co . of the 53rd Signal Battalion are the only units on the fort . All Army - specific support for the unit is located on Torii Station , but due to the joint force nature of United States military operations on Okinawa , many ancillary services for Fort Buckner units are located on Camp Foster , Camp Lester and Kadena Air Base . Fort Buckner was named in honor of LTG Simon Bolivar Buckner , Jr . , who commanded the 10th Army during the Battle of Okinawa during World War II .
36th Sikhs The 36th Sikhs was an infantry regiment in the British Indian Army . They could trace their origins to 1887 , when they were the 36th ( Sikh ) Bengal Infantry . They had one other change in title in 1901 , when they became the 36th Sikh Infantry . They finally became the 36th Sikhs in 1903 , after the Kitchener reforms of the Indian Army . During this time they fought an action in 1897 , in defence of the Samana Ridge against a huge army of Pathans in the Battle of Saragarhi . To honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Indian they took part in the Rawalpindi Parade 1905 . During World War I they were stationed as part of the Garrison of Tianjin in China and took part in the Siege of Tsingtao . After World War I the Indian government reformed the army again moving from single battalion regiment to multi battalion regiments . The 36th Sikhs now became the 4th Battalion 11th Sikh Regiment . After independence this was one of the regiments allocated to the new Indian Army .
Johannes Frießner Johannes Friessner ( 22 March 1892 – 26 June 1971 ) was a German general during World War II . Born in Chemnitz , Kingdom of Saxony , Friessner enlisted in the German Army in 1911 and , after seeing extensive duty during World War I , served in the Reichswehr following the war . After his promotion to " Generalmajor " on 1 August 1940 , during World War II , Friessner was assigned to the Eastern Front where , on 1 May 1942 , he would be placed in command of the 102nd Infantry Division . Shortly after his promotion to " Generalleutnant " on 1 October 1942 , Friessner served as commander of the XXIII Corps from 19 January to 11 December 1943 ( during which time he was promoted " General der Infanterie " on 1 April ) . In February 1944 , Friessner was transferred to the Northern Front and assigned command to Sponheimer Group ( renamed army detachment " Narva " on 23 February ) . Winning promotion to " Generaloberst " on 1 July , Friessner held briefly command of Army Group North until 25 July before being sent to the southern front to command South Ukraine Army Group ( later renamed the Army Group Southeast ) . Unable to halt the four month Soviet offensive by Marshal Rodion Malinovsky ' s Second Ukrainian Front , Friessner was relieved of his command on 22 December . Holding no further command for remainder of the war , Friessner would live in retirement in Bayerisch Gmain until his death on 26 June 1971 . In 1951 , he was the chairman of the " Verbund Deutsche Soldaten " . During the early 1950s he was active in advising on the redevelopment of the German army : Bundeswehr ( see Searle ' s " Wehrmacht Generals " ) . In 1956 , Friessner wrote " Verratene Schlachten " ( Betrayed Battles ) , a memoir of his tour of command of the South Ukraine Army Group .
1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade ( United States ) 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade is a unit in the I Marine Expeditionary Force ( I MEF ) and is the " middleweight " crisis response force of choice in the European and Southern Command Areas of Operation . It is able to " operate independently , as a service component , or to lead a Joint Task Force " . History . Was stationed at Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Air Station until 1992 .
USS Cricket ( 1862 ) USS " Cricket " ( 1862 ) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . " Cricket " — armed with six 24 - pounder howitzers — was used by the Union Navy as a bombardment gunboat used to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy and to bombard riverside fortifications as required . Built at Pittsburgh in 1862 . " Cricket " , a stern - wheel steamer , was built at Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ; purchased 18 November 1862 at Cairo , Illinois , and commissioned 19 January 1863 , Acting Master A . R . Langhorne in command . Civil War service . Guard duty on the Mississippi River . Between 4 February and 7 April 1863 , " Cricket " served on guard duty at Memphis , Tennessee , during which time she seized a quantity of cotton on " Delta " and " Forest Queen " on 15 March and landed it at Cairo . Reassigned to the White River Station between Memphis and the Arkansas River , " Cricket " patrolled the Mississippi River to prevent the crossing of Confederate troops and supplies and to keep the banks free from hidden batteries and guerrillas . She engaged a battery above Argyle Landing on 2 May and another near Greenville , Mississippi , on 4 May . River expeditions off the Mississippi River . In August 1863 she joined and in an expedition up the White River . " Cricket " continued into the Little Red River and on 14 August captured the last two Confederate army transports in the area , " Kaskaskia " and " Thomas Sugg " , returning to the Mississippi River under frequent musket fire from Southern troops ashore . In November and December 1863 " Cricket " convoyed troop transports on the Tennessee River and cleared the river banks of guerrillas , as she supported Union Army movements . She then joined the naval forces on the Red River Station , and participated in an expedition up the Black and Ouachita Rivers in Louisiana from 29 February to 5 March 1864 , supporting the Army . " Cricket " selected as flagship for Admiral Porter . Serving as flagship for Admiral David D . Porter , " Cricket " and her squadron ascended the river as far as Springfield Landing , Louisiana , when news of a Confederate victory at Pleasant Hill , Louisiana , called them back to their station . Hampered by falling water and the difficulty of making sharp turns while going downstream with the current , the squadron was attacked again and again by Confederate troops as it returned to the Mississippi River . Almost captured by Confederate boarding party while Admiral Porter was aboard . On 26 April " Cricket " fought off capture when a boarding attempt was made suddenly by 1 , 200 soldiers as she ran past a battery of 18 artillery pieces . She was struck 38 times and lost half her officers and men . She brought Admiral Porter safely to and sailed to Mound City for repairs . Final operations and post - war decommissioning and sale . Out of commission from 31 May to 13 August 1864 when repairs were completed , " Cricket " returned to duty on the White River Station until the end of hostilities . She was decommissioned 30 June 1865 and sold 17 August 1865 at Mound City , Illinois .
ALC 50 The Australian Landing Craft 50 or ALC 50 was a class of Landing Craft Utility operated by the Australian Army . The two ALC 50s were built by Phoenix Shipyards in Devonport , Tasmania and were probably completed in 1960 . During their service with the Army they were named AB 3000 and AB 3001 . The ALC 50s were replaced by " Balikpapan " class landing craft heavy in the early 1970s .
854th Bombardment Squadron The 854th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with 491st Bombardment Group stationed at McChord Field , Washington . History . Activated 1 October 1943 at Davis - Monthan Field , Arizona as a B - 24 Liberator heavy bomb squadron ; assigned to II Bomber Command for training . Reassigned to Biggs Field near El Paso , Texas on 11 November 1943 and trained there until January 1944 when , during training , most of ground unit was transferred to Pratt Army Airfield , Kansas , to augment a new B - 29 Superfortress group being trained by Second Air Force . Throughout November and December , personnel strength was further reduced by transfer to other B - 24 groups of personnel . Reassigned to Pueblo Army Air Base , Colorado in January 1944 to complete training . New B - 24s were assigned to the group from Consolidated and training was completed by April . After training was completed the air echelon was then deployed to the European Theater of Operations ( ETO ) . Began movement overseas on 21 April 1944 via South Atlantic Route via Morrison Field , Florida , via Trinidad , Brazil , Dakar and Marrakesh , French Morocco , then to the United Kingdom . Performed strategic bombardment combat missions over Nazi Germany and enemy held territory striking communications centers , oil refineries , storage depots , industrial areas , shipyards , and other targets in such places as Berlin , Hamburg , Kassel , Cologne , Gelsenkirchen , Bielefeld , Hanover , and Magdeburg ; on one occasion attacked the headquarters of the German General Staff at Zossen , Germany . Continued operations until end of combat in Europe , April 1945 . Squadron returned to United States and was programmed for B - 29 operations in Pacific . End of war with Japan in August 1945 led to squadron demobilization and inactivation in September 1945 .
Labour Battalions ( Ottoman Empire ) Ottoman labour battalions ( , , Greek : Τάγματα Εργασίας , " Tagmata Ergasias " , but more often the transliterated Turkish name αμελέ ταμπουρού is used ) was a form of unfree labour in the late Ottoman Empire . The term is associated with disarmament and murder of Ottoman Armenian soldiers during World War I , of Pontic and Anatolian Greeks during the Turkish War of Independence ( see : Greek genocide , Central Army . ) Armenians in labour battalions . Armenians did not serve in the Ottoman Empire until 1908 . Soon after the Young Turk Revolution , which declared that unfair treatments between Muslim and Christian members of the Empire would end ; the Armenians , now treated as equal citizens , became subject to conscription like other members of the society . This meant that they had to serve in the military . On February 25 , 1915 , the Ottoman War minister Enver Pasha sent an order to all military units that Armenians in the active Ottoman forces be demobilized and assigned to the Labour battalion . Enver ordered that all Armenians in the Ottoman forces , some as old as sixty , to be disarmed , demobilized and assigned to labour battalion units . The Ottoman Army had high rate of desertion , and the number of Armenian deserters appears to have been especially large . Enver claimed Armenian soldiers in the Ottoman Army joined Armenian guerrilla bands or went over to the Armenian volunteer units in the Russian Army . Depictions . The Greek novelist Elias Venezis later described the situation in his work " Number 31328 " ( " Το Νούμερο 31328 " ) . Leyla Neyzi has published a study of the diary of Yaşar Paker , a member of the Jewish community of early 20th century Ankara who was drafted to the Labour Battalions twice , first during the Greco - Turkish War ( 1919 - 1922 ) and then during World War II in which Turkey did not take part . Neyzi ' s paper on the basis of Paker ' s diary published by Jewish Social Studies presents an overall picture for the conditions in these battalions , which were composed entirely of non - Muslims .
Battle of Smithfield Crossing The Battle of Smithfield Crossing was a small battle during the American Civil War fought August 25 through August 29 , 1864 , in Jefferson and Berkeley counties in West Virginia . On August 29 , two Confederate infantry divisions under Lieutenant General Jubal Early crossed Opequon Creek at Smithfield Crossing and forced back Wesley Merritt ' s Union cavalry division . However , a counterattack from Ricketts ' infantry division stopped the Confederate advance . The results were inconclusive .