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Banshee - class destroyer The Banshee class was a class of three torpedo boat destroyer s that served with the Royal Navy into the early part of the Twentieth century . They were all built by Laird at Birkenhead . Displacing 290 tons , they carried one 12 - pounder gun and two torpedo tube s . With they made a speed of 27 knots ( 50 km / h ) . " Banshee " had a length of , beam and draught of They carried a complement of 53 officers and men . Along with the near - identical " Ferret " - class torpedo boat destroyers they were all disposed of in 1911 / 1912 .
RAF Prestatyn RAF Station Prestatyn was an RAF radar post situated near Prestatyn , in Denbighshire , north - east Wales . The remains of some of the buildings are current . The rotor station is visible as a square building from most of Prestatyn , as it is situated on Gwaenysgor hill . The area around the post is fenced off as a TV satellite is alongside the buildings . The radar site was last used in the late 1960s and the area has remained unchanged since it was abandoned . There was once a gun turret mounted out to sea that could shoot up to 5 km .
William Symons William John Symons VC ( 10 July 1889 – 24 June 1948 ) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . He was 26 years old , and a second lieutenant in the 7th Battalion , ( Victoria ) , Australian Imperial Force during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 8 – 9 August 1915 , at Lone Pine , Gallipoli , Turkey , Symons was in command of a section of newly captured trenches and repelled several counter - attacks with great coolness . An enemy attack on an isolated sap early in the morning resulted in six officers becoming casualties and part of the sap being lost , but Symons retook it , shooting two Turks . The sap was then attacked from three sides and this officer managed , in the face of heavy fire , to build a barricade . On the enemy setting fire to the head cover , he extinguished it and rebuilt the barricade . His coolness and determination finally compelled the enemy to withdraw . He later achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel during World War II . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Australian War Memorial , Canberra , Australia .
18th Virginia Infantry The 18th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia . The 18th Virginia completed its organization in May , 1861 . Its members were recruited at Danville and Farmville , and in the counties of Nottoway , Cumberland , Prince Edward , Appomattox , Pittsylvania , and Charlotte . The unit fought at First Manassas under General Cocke , then was assigned to General Pickett ' s , Garnett ' s , and Hunton ' s Brigade . It participated in the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Gettysburg except when it was detached to Suffolk with Longstreet . Later it served in North Carolina , returned to Virginia , and took an active part in the battles of Drewry ' s Bluff and Cold Harbor . The 18th endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches north of the James River and saw action around Appomattox . It lost 6 killed and 13 wounded at First Manassas and in April , 1862 , had 700 men fit for duty . The unit reported 206 casualties during the Seven Days ' Battles , and of the 120 engaged in the Maryland Campaign , thirty - six percent of the 312 in action were killed , wounded , or missing . Many were captured at Sayler ' s Creek and only 2 officers and 32 men surrendered . The field officers were Colonels Henry A . Carrington and Robert E . Withers , Lieutenant Colonel George C . Cabell , and Major Edwin G . Wall . Robert Lewis Dabney briefly served as chaplain for the regiment , before becoming chief of staff for Stonewall Jackson .
Henri La Fayette Villaume Ducoudray Holstein Henri Louis La Fayette Villaume Ducoudray Holstein ( 23 September 1772 in Schwedt / Oder , Uckermark , Brandenburg , Prussia – 23 April 1839 in Albany , New York ) was a soldier in France and South America , and an author in the United States . Decoudray Holstein was an officer in the French army under Napoleon but , after being arrested by the latter , fled to America where he served under Gen . Simon Bolivar . He later moved to the United States , settling in Albany , New York , where he became a language teacher and editor of " The Zodiac " . Family . He married Maria del Carmen ( c . 1800 Colombia - 1 May 1855 Albany , New York ) ; they had son Lafayette Ducoudray Holstein ( 1 August 1826 New York - 7 April 1864 ) .
Michael Connolly ( Medal of Honor ) Michael Connolly ( born 1855 , date of death unknown ) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor . Biography . Born in 1855 in Boston , Massachusetts , Connolly joined the Navy from that state . By August 7 , 1876 , he was serving as an ordinary seaman on the . On that day , while " Plymouth " was in Halifax Harbor , Nova Scotia , he rescued a civilian from drowning . For this action , he was awarded the Medal of Honor weeks later , on August 24 . He deserted from the Navy the next month , and nothing is known from him after his desertion . Connolly ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : On board the U . S . S . " Plymouth " , Halifax Harbor , Nova Scotia , 7 August 1876 . Acting gallantly , Connolly succeeding in rescuing a citizen from drowning on this date .
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations / Low Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations / Low Intensity Conflict & Interdependent Capabilities , or ASD ( SO / LIC & IC ) is the principal civilian advisor to the U . S . Secretary of Defense on special operations and low - intensity conflict matters . Located within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy ( USD ( P ) ) , the ASD ( SO / LIC & IC ) is responsible primarily for the overall supervision ( to include oversight of policy and resources ) of special operations and low - intensity conflict activities . These activities , according to USSOCOM ' s 2007 Posture Statement , include counterterrorism ; unconventional warfare ; direct action ; special reconnaissance ; foreign internal defense ; civil affairs , information and psychological operations ; and counterproliferation of WMD . In addition to policy oversight for special operations and stability operations capabilities , the ASD ( SO / LIC & IC ) has policy oversight for strategic capabilities and force transformation and resources . This includes oversight of capability development to include general - purpose forces , space and information capabilities , nuclear and conventional strike capabilities , and missile defense . As such , ASD ( SO / LIC & IC ) , after the Secretary and Deputy Secretary , will be the principal official charged with oversight over all warfighting capabilities within the senior management of the Department of Defense . The ASD ( SO / LIC & IC ) is considered to be a part of the Office of the Secretary of Defense . Structure . This position was mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 ( P . L . 99 - 661 , passed 14 November 1986 ) . The position was officially established on 4 January 1988 , by Defense Directive 5138 . 3 . The post ' s responsibilities for strategic capabilities and forces transformation were added as a result of USD ( P ) Eric Edelman ' s 2006 reorganization of the DoD policy office . The ASD ( SO / LIC & IC ) is supported in his / her work by three Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Defense : Office Holders . The table below includes both the various titles of this post over time , as well as all the holders of those offices .
Kenneth S . Wilsbach Kenneth S . Wilsbach is a Brigadier General in the U . S . Air Force . He is currently the Commander of the 18th Wing at the Kadena Air Base , Japan . Wilsbach was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General on August 17 , 2009 . Prior to this position he served as Assistant Director of Operations for Pacific Air Forces which is located at the Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii . From 2006 through 2008 he served as Commander of the 53rd Wing , which is located at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida .
Decapitation strike In the theory of nuclear warfare , a decapitation strike is a first strike attack that aims to remove the command and control mechanisms of an opponent , in the hope that it will severely degrade or destroy its capacity for nuclear retaliation . Strategies against decapitation strikes include : A failed decapitation strike carries the risk of immediate , massive retaliation by the targeted opponent . Many countries with nuclear weapons specifically plan to prevent decapitation strikes by employing second strike capabilities . Such countries may have mobile land - based launch , sea launch , air launch , and underground launch facilities so that a nuclear launch on one area of the country will not totally negate its ability to retaliate . Other nuclear warfare doctrines explicitly exclude decapitation strikes on the basis that it is better to preserve the adversary ' s command and control structures so that a single authority remains that is capable of negotiating a surrender or ceasefire . Implementing fail - deadly mechanisms can be a way to deter decapitation strikes and respond to successful decapitation strikes . Non - nuclear use . Decapitation strikes may also apply to conventional warfare methods , such as car bombings and terrorist attacks .
USS Sentinel ( 1918 ) The second USS " Sentinel " , a motorboat built in 1918 by Richardson Boat Co . , North Tonawanda , New York , for the United States Coast Guard , was completed on 17 June 1918 and assigned to St . Mary ' s River patrol , Sault Ste . Marie , Michigan . Mission completion . Returned to the United States Coast Guard when the services were separated on 28 August 1919 , " Sentinel " served until 1935 , being renamed AB - 13 in 1923 .
Solothurn S - 18 / 100 The Solothurn S - 18 / 100 20 mm Anti - Tank Cannon was a Swiss and German anti - tank rifle used during the Second World War . It had a semi - automatic action in a bullpup configuration . As a result of its large , powerful ammunition , the gun had a tremendous recoil , and its size made portability difficult . The feed was either from a five or ( more usually ) ten - round magazine that was attached horizontally to the left side of the gun . The gun used 20×105mm belted - case ammunition which it shared with the S 18 - 350 aircraft cannon that was developed from the rifle . A Finnish source gives armour penetration of the gun ( probably achieved with the Hungarian APHE - T round , since it was the only type used in Finland ) as 20mm at a 60 - degree angle at 100 - metre distance , decreasing to 16mm at 500 metres . A variant of this design , the Solothurn - Arsenal , was manufactured without license in Estonia before WW2 , however only ten were produced prior to Soviet occupation . In March 1940 , with funds collected in Switzerland to help the Finnish war effort in the Winter War , Finland bought twelve S 18 - 154 anti - tank rifles from Solothurn , though the purchaser was nominally the Swiss army . The weapons arrived into Finland during the spring after the war had ended , but they were later used in the Continuation War . However , the guns were soon found to be obsolete in their intended role . Various models of the S - 18 series , including the Solothurn S - 18 / 1000 and the Solothurn S - 18 / 1100 were also used by Switzerland , Hungary , Germany , Italy , and the Netherlands . The Solothurn firearms company was owned by the German firm Rheinmetall , and used the Swiss company to manufacture arms which were prohibited for manufacture by any German firm , to get around arms limitations imposed upon them at the end of the First World War .
USS Dukes County ( LST - 735 ) USS " Dukes County " ( LST - 735 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . Named after Dukes County , Massachusetts , she was the only U . S . Naval vessel to bear the name . " LST - 735 " was laid down on 30 January 1944 at Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation of Neville Island ; launched on 11 March 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . G . W . Fearnside ; and commissioned on 26 April 1944 at New Orleans , Louisiana with Lieutenant Theodore F . Aldous in command . Service history . During World War II , " LST - 735 " was assigned to the Asiatic - Pacific theater and participated in the following operations : capture and occupation of Saipan ( August 1944 ) ; Lingayen Gulf landing ( January 1945 ) ; Zambales - Subic Bay ( January 1945 ) ; and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto ( March through June 1945 ) . " LST - 735 " was decommissioned in March 1946 and reactivated on 3 November 1950 when she performed service during the Korean War and after with Commander Mine Forces , Pacific . Assigned as a minesweeper support ship in July 1951 , she made a Korean War deployment in 1952 - 53 and had additional Western Pacific tours in 1953 - 54 and 1955 - 56 . Renamed USS " Dukes County " ( LST - 735 ) 1 July 1955 , the ship was subsequently decommissioned ( date unknown ) and leased to the Republic of China ( Taiwan ) in May 1957 and again renamed Chung Hai " ( LST - 219 ) " ' . Struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 November 1974 , she was sold to Taiwan in 1974 and renamed Kao Hsiung " ( AGC - 1 ) . Kao Hsiung is still serving with the Taiwan Navy and was visited in March 2012 by Fleet Master Chief John Minyard of Pacific Fleet Command . He reported that she is in outstanding condition and is battle ready . " LST - 735 " earned four battle star s for World War II service and three for Korean service .
Siege of Ta ' if The Siege of Taif took place in 630 , as the Muslims besieged the city of Taif after their victory in the Battle of Hunayn and Autas . However , the city did not succumb to the siege . One of their chieftains , Urwah ibn Mas ' ud , was absent in Yemen during that siege . Muhammad brought catapults and testudos to use against the fortress , but was unable to penetrate it , with the weapon . Battle . Sunni sources state regarding the Siege of Ta ' if : Abu Sufyan ibn Harb lost his first eye in the Siege of Taif . He told Muhammad of his loss for Allah to which Muhammad said " “ Which would you prefer : An eye in heaven or shall I pray to Allah that he brings it back ? ” " To this Abu Sufyan said he would rather have his eye in heaven . He lost his other eye in the Battle of Yarmouk . Blockade of Taif . A few unsuccessful attempts was made by the Prophet to break through the gates of Taif . Muhammad even allegedly copied the Roman Testudo formation in this siege , but it was reported that the Taif inhabitants break this siege by dropping hot irons upon the Muslim armies from the city walls . Alas , Muhammad threaten to burn and cut down the vineyard , as he saw no other way to force the people of Taif to surrender . He offered amnesty to those who surrendered themselves to Islam . Only 20 people surrendered and became followers of Muhammad . The siege went on for half a month and some soldiers were becoming impatient . Muhammad desired to get the chief of the Banu Hawazan ( called Malik ) on his side , and promised that his family will be released and all his property given back , if he embraced Islam . He accepted the offer and became a Muslim and engaged in a constant warfare with the citizens of Taif . Malik captured their cattle ' s wherever they grazed and put them in a difficult situation . Aftermath . Although the siege was unsuccessful , Muhammad vowed to return to Ta ' if after the sacred months in which fighting was forbidden were over . During this period , the inhabitants of Ta ' if , the Banu Thaqif , sent a delegation to Mecca ; they begged Muhammad to let them continue to worship their Goddess Al - lāt for a period of three years , Muhammad refused the proposal , he would only accpet their surrender if they agreed to adopt Islam immediately and let the Muslims destroy their temple , eventually the Banu Thaqif consented to Muhammad ' s demands : they surrendered and allowed the Muslims into their city to detsroy the temple .
Antonios Miaoulis Antonios Miaoulis ( ; 1800 – October 25 , 1836 ) was a Greek politician and a revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence . Biography . He was born on the island of Hydra and was the second son of the Hydriot admiral Andreas Miaoulis , a member of the historic Miaoulis family . He participated in many naval battles during the war , and when Otto of Bavaria became king , Antonios Miaoulis was appointed as his aide - de - camp . In this capacity he escorted Otto to Bavaria in 1836 , where he was to be married to Amalia of Oldenburg . He died there on 25 October of cholera . His sons were Andreas and Emmanouil .
Robert Downie Robert Downie VC , MM ( 12 January 1894 – 18 April 1968 ) was a Scottish 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 . World War I . Born on 12 January 1894 in Glasgow , Scotland , he was 22 years old , and a sergeant in the 2nd Battalion , The Royal Dublin Fusiliers , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 23 October 1916 east of Lesboeufs , France , when most of the officers had become casualties , Sergeant Downie , utterly regardless of personal danger and under very heavy fire , organised the attack which had been temporarily checked . At the critical moment he rushed forward shouting " Come on the Dubs ! " which had an immediate response and the line rushed forward at this call . Sergeant Downie accounted for several of the enemy and in addition captured a machine - gun , killing the team . Although wounded early in the fight , he remained with his company , giving valuable assistance while the position was being consolidated . On his homecoming , he arrived at Glasgow Central Station to be met by hundreds of people who carried him shoulder - high to a taxi . Springburn Road was decorated with flags and bunting and lined with hundreds more people , and his achievement was widely reported in the Glasgow press . Post World War I . On 8 June 1946 , Robert attended the World War II Victory Day Celebration Reception held at the Dorchester Hotel , London . He lived quietly in Carleston Street , Springburn , until his death in 1968 . Football fans at Celtic Park regularly saw him on a Saturday as he worked as a cashier at the turnstiles . A modest man , he often played down his bravery , saying he won the medals for having ' shot the cook ' . He died on 18 April 1968 . Downie has a grave / memorial at St . Kentigern ' s Cemetery , Glasgow , Scotland . Section 21 . Lair 506 . Headstone .
Joachim von Busse Ltn Joachim von Busse had commanded " Jasta " 20 since December 1917 , the unit probably receiving its first D VIIs during July 1918 . Von Busse who was a former " J " " äger " officer from Hohensalzen , was born on 14 May 1893 and transferred to the aviation service in March 1915 . Following the usual period on two - seaters – Fl . Abr 12 and KG4 – he moved to " Jasta " 3 in August 1917 . With four victories , von Busse was made CO of " Jasta " 20 and scored his next three kills in July 1918 before being wounded on 1 August . Returning to his command he took his score to 11 by November , most probably with the D VII . Von Busse received the Knight ' s Cross of the Royal Hohenzollern House Order , which was often simply known as ' the Hohenzollern ' . Franks , Norman L . R . , et al . " Above the Lines : The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service , Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 – 1918 " , Grub Street , 1993 .
Countermine System The Countermine System ( CMS ) , also known as Venom Darts , Venom Penetrators and GBU - 61 , is an anti - land - mine system consisting of chemical or explosive projectiles released from modified GPS - guided bombs . The darts are used to detonate or deactivate land mines in beach and surf zone s . The system was developed by the United States ( U . S . ) Navy and Boeing at an initial cost of US $ 153 - million . The CMS is expected to be field ready by 2016 . Description . The CMS typically consists of 4 , 000 . 50 - caliber darts containing the chemical Diethylenetriamine ( DETA ) or a small amount of explosive , carried by satellite - guided Joint Direct Attack Munitions ( JDAM ) systems . The tungsten tipped darts , each about long , are clustered in multiple layers within a tubular canister contained within the JDAM . The system uses data from the Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis ( COBRA ) system to locate surf zone mines . This positional data is used to program JDAM Assault Breaching System ( JABS ) bombs , which are dropped over mine field s from Air Force or Navy aircraft from an altitude of about . The JDAM bombs , identical in form to BLU - 109 bomb s , are equipped with a corkscrew mechanism that releases the inner canister with a rotational motion , causing panels to separate and the payload of darts to deploy in a diameter circular pattern . The darts penetrate the soil , or water and sand , at a velocity of per second . The darts , capable of penetrating more than of water or of sand , either detonate or deactivate the land mines . Remaining unactivated darts eventually become inert . Each CMS unit has a projected cost of $ 300 , 000 to $ 360 , 000 . Development . The system was developed by the U . S . Office of Naval Research to address the problem of 70 million hidden land mines , some which have killed or maimed more than 13 , 000 U . S . soldiers since 2001 . In 2008 , the Naval Surface Warfare Center awarded a $ 153 - million contract to Boeing to design and develop the system , along with a project team of defense contractors including Lockheed Martin , General Dynamics , and Nammo - Talley Defense Systems . The CMS is expected to be field operational by 2016 .
1st Guards Division ( Japan ) The Imperial Japanese Army ' s was formed from the Guards Mixed Brigade in June 1943 and a new Guards Regiment , the 6th , was added , with the 1st Guards Cavalry Regiment , 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment , 1st Guards Engineer Regiment and 1st Guards Transport Regiment , and other support units . Based in Tokyo , Japan until the end of World War II .