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No . 100 Squadron RAAF No . 100 Squadron was a Royal Australian Air Force bomber and maritime patrol squadron of World War II . The Squadron was formed in 1942 and was disbanded in 1946 . History . No . 100 Squadron was formed at RAAF Base Richmond on 15 February 1942 . The Squadron was formed from a nucleus of No . 100 Squadron RAF , which had been destroyed during the Malayan Campaign , and was named in this Squadron ' s honour . Despite this link No . 100 Squadron RAAF was an Australian squadron throughout its existence and should not be confused with its British namesake , which was re - formed as a heavy bomber squadron in Britain on 15 December 1942 . Flying from bases in Queensland and staging through Port Moresby , No . 100 Squadron flew its first combat missions in June 1942 , making it the first of the RAAF ' s Beaufort bomber - equipped squadrons to see combat . After completing its training the Squadron deployed to Milne Bay in New Guinea in October 1942 . In October 1942 , while participating in a training exercise off the coast of Townsville , Beaufort A9 - 26 of the No . 100 Squadron struck the mast of the wrecked SS City of Adelaide in Cockle Bay , Magnetic Island . The aircraft plunged into the shallow water below and the fuselage disintegrated on impact killing three RAAF officers and one US Navy Officer aboard . Flying from bases in eastern New Guinea No . 100 Squadron flew reconnaissance patrols and anti - shipping and bombing missions against the Japanese in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea mainland . While the squadron participated in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea it was not successful in sinking any ships in this battle and operated solely in the level bombing role from March 1943 . As a level bomber squadron No . 100 Squadron conducted bombing missions against Japanese facilities throughout New Guinea and surrounding islands , including the key base at Rabaul . The Squadron continued in this role until the end of the war and was disbanded at Finschafen on 19 August 1946 .
Thomas Darden Thomas Francis Darden , Jr . ( September 8 , 1900 – June 17 , 1961 ) was a U . S . Navy officer who achieved the rank of captain , the commander of a Navy light cruiser during World War II , and was the 37th Governor of American Samoa from July 7 , 1949 through February 23 , 1951 . Darden also served on the staffs of two U . S . Navy admirals during the War in the Pacific : rear admirals Henry Hughes Hough and Thomas L . Sprague . Darden served on and commanded warships , and then in the 1940s was appointed head of the " Special Programs Unit " . This unit trained African Americans for accelerated promotion in the Navy ; Darden himself advocated for racial integration in the Navy . Darden also served as the last military governor of American Samoa , and since February 1951 , his successors have all been civilians . Life . Darden was born on September 18 , 1900 in Brooklyn , New York . He died on June 17 , 1961 . He is buried at the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego , California . Naval career . While he was a lieutenant , Darden served as the aide - de - camp and the flag secretary for Rear Admiral Henry Hughes Hough . For a period of time following World War II , Darden served as an assistant to Chief of Naval Personnel Rear Admiral Thomas L . Sprague . Darden took command of the destroyer USS " Benham " ( DD - 397 ) on February 2 , 1939 . Then , during the War in the Pacific , Darden commanded the light cruiser USS " Denver " ( CL - 58 ) . In the latter 1940s , Darden headed the " Special Programs Unit " , a naval unit intended to address the continuing role of African Americans in the U . S . Navy . Darden advocated integrating Black personnel into the U . S . Navy . He and fellow naval officers in the program developed a course to prepare African American enlisted men for promotion to the rank of Chief Petty Officer . Many graduates of this program were given priority promotion , even when specific openings did not exist for them . Governorship . Darden was the last military governor of American Samoa . Darden took office on July 7 , 1949 , succeeding Captain Vernon Huber , and he left the office on February 23 , 1951 , to be succeeded by civilian governors from then on .
No . 243 Squadron RAF No 243 Squadron was formed in August 1918 from Nos 414 and 415 Flights of the seaplane station at Cherbourg which had been functioning as an out - station of Calshot while part of the Royal Naval Air Service . Its seaplanes carried out anti - submarine patrols off the French coast and around the Channel Islands until the end of the war and it disbanded on 15 March 1919 . On 12 March 1941 , No . 243 reformed at Kallang as a fighter squadron for the defence of Singapore . The shortcomings of its Buffaloes were soon apparent and when Japanese fighters came within range , the squadron suffered heavy loses and by the end of January 1942 was operating its surviving aircraft as part of a mixed force , the other Buffalo squadrons being in a similar state . Its identity was gradually lost to the evacuation of redundant personnel and by the time all fighters were withdrawn from the Singapore airfields , it no longer existed as a unit , having been disbanded on 20 January 1942 . On 1 June 1942 , No . 243 reformed at Outston , taking over No . 242 Squadron ' s Spitfires and became operational on the 12th . After defensive duties , it turned its aircraft over to No . 232 Squadron at the end of September and in November sailed for North Africa , where it became operational again with Spitfires in Algeria in January 1943 . For the rest of the Tunisian campaign , it flew sweeps and provided escorts for day bombers attacking enemy bases and transport and in June moved to Malta for similar missions over Sicily . A few days after the Allied landings there , No . 243 moved into the beachhead , repeating this in September after the Salerno landings . In December 1943 , it moved to the Levant and after fully converting to Spitfire IXs left for Corsica in April 1944 . Escort missions and ground attack sweeps were flown over northern Italy and southern France and cover provivded for the Allied landings on the French Riviera in August before the squadron was again disbanded on 31 October 1944 . No . 243 reformed on 15 December 1944 at Morecambe , two days before embarking for Canada where it began training with Dakotas . In January 1945 , these began moving across the Pacific to Australia , where communications flights began between British bases in the South West Pacific area , mainly to British Pacific Fleet bases . By the end of the war the squadron was flying scheduled services and extended these to Hong Kong on its surrender . A large proportion of the squadron personnel was Australian and they were demobilised locally when No . 243 disbanded on 15 April 1946 . References . http : / / www . raf . mod . uk / history / 243squadron . cfm
André Debry André Léon Alphonse Debry ( 15 June 1898 – 31 August 2005 ) was , at age 107 , one of the last surviving French veterans of the First World War . He was later created an officer of the Legion d ' Honneur , both for his war record , and for his work as principal of a school . Debry was born in Rosières - en - Santerre ( Somme ) . He was a soldier in the First World War . After the war , he met Marguerite , the woman he later married on 12 August 1924 in his home town . In 2005 , André and Marguerite Debry were able to celebrate their 81st wedding anniversary ; this set a record for the longest marriage . They lived together in Argenton - sur - Creuse until his death , aged 107 . She died four months afterwards , aged 102 .
Prairie Grove Confederate order of battle The following Confederate Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Prairie Grove of the American Civil War on December 7 , 1862 , in Washington County , Arkansas . The Union order of battle is listed separately . First Corps , Trans - Mississippi Army . MG Thomas C . Hindman ( 11 , 059 men on the battlefield )
Bofors 12 cm M . 14 The Bofors 12 cm M . 14 was a howitzer used by the Netherlands in World War II as the Lichte Houwitze 12 cm L 14 . Captured guns were given a German designation after the Battle of the Netherlands as the 12 cm leFH 373 ( h ) although it is not certain that they were actually used by German forces . It was purchased from Sweden before World War I by the Netherlands . Forty - eight were still in service when the Germans attacked on 10 May 1940 . Norway also purchased four , and called them the 12 cm felthaubits M / 15 .
Siege of Thessalonica ( 1422 – 30 ) The siege of Thessalonica between 1422 and 1430 was an ultimately successful attempt by the Ottoman Empire under Murad II to take the Byzantine city of Thessalonica . Initially , the Sultan desired to capture the city in order to punish the ruling Byzantine Palaiologoi dynasty for their attempts at inciting rebellion within the Ottoman ranks . Toward this end , Murad II laid siege to the harbor of Thessalonica in 1422 . In 1423 , the Byzantine despot Andronikos Palaiologos handed the city to the Republic of Venice , which assumed the burden of its defence ( the rumour that it was sold is baseless ) . Siege . The Ottomans maintained their naval blockade until 1430 , when they assaulted and took the city . The Venetians had not realized how expensive the defense of the city was . Nonetheless , it held out despite severe hunger within the city . Murad II had been engaged in numerous battles with the Venetians , Karamanid s and numerous pretenders ; when all had been subdued , a large army was sent to Macedonia and the city was subjected to three days of pillage and destruction after its capture in 1430 . At that time population numbers were modest .
USRC Jefferson Davis ( 1853 ) USRC " Jefferson Davis " was a United States Revenue Cutter Service topsail schooner of the " Cushing " class built in 1853 . She was named for Jefferson Davis , then United States Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce , and later president of the Confederate States of America . Construction . The ship , a topsail schooner , was built by J . M . Hood of Bristol , Rhode Island for US $ 9 , 000 . History . After surviving a hurricane in 1853 with slight damage , the ship put into Charleston , South Carolina for repairs , then sailed to around Cape Horn and arrived at San Francisco in July 1854 to serve on the West Coast . Continuing up the coast to arrive in Port Townsend , Washington September 28 , 1854 , " Jefferson Davis " became the first cutter stationed north of San Francisco . Under Captain William C . Pease , " Jefferson Davis " participated in the suppression of a Native American uprising in Olympia , Washington in 1855 , during the Puget Sound War . Later , in Bellingham , Washington , the entire crew except for the captain deserted to join the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush . One Coast Guard source says " Jefferson Davis " was converted to a " Marine Hospital Boat " in 1862 ; however , other sources ( including exhibit text in the Coast Guard Museum / Northwest ) say that it was sold that year to Grennan & Craney Co . of Utsalady , Washington for US $ 2920 . According to one of the latter sources , Grennan & Craney Co . " refitted and sent her to China , carrying as cargo a flat - bottomed sternwheeler , which was to be supplied with the engines from Tom Wright ' s old " Enterprise " , dismantled on the Chehalis . " Coupeville , Washington , on Whidbey Island was named for Captain Thomas Coupe , once " Jefferson Davis " s sailing master .
Commodore - in - Chief Commodore - in - Chief is an honorary Royal Navy appointment bestowed by the Queen on various members of the Royal Family on 8 August 2006 . Previously there have been honorary Royal Colonel s in the British Army and honorary Air Commodore s and Air Commodores - in - Chief in the Royal Air Force , but no parallel affiliations with the Royal Navy . Admiral Sir Jonathon Band , First Sea Lord , said on news of the appointments : " I am delighted at the news of these appointments . They firmly underline the strength of the bond between the Royal Family and the Armed Forces , not least the Naval Service in which so many members of the Royal family have served with great distinction over the years . " Commodore - in - Chief is an appointment rather than a rank . Holding an appointment of Commodore - in - Chief does not confer upon the holder the rank of Commodore or indeed any other rank . Members of the Royal Family wear the uniform of their rank and are not issued with a different uniform for the appointment .
4th Parachute Brigade ( Argentina ) The 4th Parachute Brigade is a unit of the Argentine Army specialised in airbone assault operations . It is based in Córdoba , Córdoba Province . The Rapid Deployment Force ( FDR ) is based on this unit . The members of the unit wear the red berets of the paratroopers with unit badges . As of 2009 it consists of :
Joseph Dana Webster Joseph Dana Webster was a United States civil engineer and soldier most noted for administrative services during the American Civil War , where he served as chief of staff to both Ulysses S . Grant and William T . Sherman . Webster was born in New Hampshire in 1811 . He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1832 and worked as a civil engineer . He joined the U . S . army in 1838 , serving as 2nd lieutenant in the U . S . Topographical Engineers . He fought in the Mexican – American War and by 1853 was captain of the U . S . Engineers . Webster resigned from the army in 1854 . A few years later the outbreak of the Civil War brought Webster back into the service of the army . On June 1 , 1861 he was appointed major in the U . S . Army Paymaster s . In September he became chief of staff to Ulysses S . Grant . On February 1 , 1862 Webster was appointed colonel of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment , but remained as Grant ' s chief of staff through the battles of Belmont , Fort Henry , Fort Donelson , and Shiloh . On the eve of the first day ' s fighting at Shiloh , Webster was instrumental in massing the artillery in support of Grant ' s last line of defense near Pittsburg Landing . On November 29 , 1862 he was promoted to brigadier general of U . S . volunteers . In early November 1862 , Webster was assigned as the superintendent of railroads in the Department of the Tennessee . He next served as the Chief of Transportation for the Army of the Tennessee , during the siege of Vicksburg , and later for the entire Military Division of Mississippi . When William T . Sherman became commander of the Military Division of Mississippi he selected General Webster as his chief of staff . Webster served Sherman in this capacity through the Atlanta Campaign , March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign . On March 13 , 1865 Webster was brevetted to major general of U . S . volunteers and resigned on November 6 , 1865 . After the war he worked as a collector for the Bureau of Internal Revenue .
24th Georgia Volunteer Infantry The 24th Georgia Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . The regiment was part of Thomas Cobb ' s brigade at the Battle of Fredericksburg . Organization . The 24th Infantry Regiment , organized during the summer of 1861 , recruited its members in White , Banks , Towns , Rabun , Gwinnett , Elbert , Hall , Franklin and , Habersham counties . The field officers were Colonels Robert McMillan and C . C . Sanders , Lieutenant Colonels Joseph N . Chandler and Thomas E . Winn , and Majors Robert E . McMillan and Frederick C . Smith . After serving in the Department of North Carolina , the unit moved to Virginia where it was brigaded under Generals H . Cobb , T . R . R . Cobb , Wofford , and DuBose . Service record . The 24th Infantry Regiment fought in the difficult campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days Battles to Gettysburg , then moved to Georgia with Longstreet . The 24th was not engaged at Chickamauga , but did see action in the Knoxville Campaign . The regiment returned to Virginia and participated in the conflicts at The Wilderness , Spotsylvania , and Cold Harbor , was active in the Shenandoah Valley , and ended the war at Appomattox . Soon after being mustered into Confederate service the regiment was moved to Lynchburg , Virginia . Within a week of arriving there , however , it was ordered to Goldsborough , North Carolina . There it joined the Department of North Carolina . The unit remained there until early in 1862 . Returning to Virginia , the unit was placed in the Army of Northern Virginia . It served in that army until the summer of 1863 . At that time it was moved to Georgia where it served in the Army of Tennessee . It next saw service in the Department of East Tennessee . In the spring of 1864 the regiment returned to the Army of Northern Virginia , remaining in that army until mid - summer 1864 . It then moved to the Shenandoah Valley where it served in the Army of the Valley District . Finally , in December 1864 , the unit returned to the Army of Northern Virginia , serving in that army for the remainder of the war . Listed below are the specific higher command assignments of the regiment . Casualties . In April 1862 , this regiment totaled 660 effectives , lost 43 percent of the 292 engaged at Crampton ' s Gap , and had four killed , 39 wounded , and two missing at Sharpsburg . It sustained 36 casualties at Fredericksburg , reported 14 killed and 73 wounded at Chancellorsville , and of the 303 at Gettysburg , 17 percent were disabled . Many were captured at Sayler ' s Creek and only four officers and 56 men surrendered on April 9 , 1865 . In popular culture . In the movie , " Gods and Generals " , it is identified as " Brigadier General Thomas R . R . Cobb ' s Irish Regiment , Georgia , C . S . A . " .
32nd Brigade ( Australia ) The 32nd Brigade was a formation of the Australian Army during World War II . The brigade was formed in February 1942 , as part of the Newcastle Covering Force and then the 10th Division of the militia . The Brigade was disbanded upon the disbandment of the 10th Division on 27 August 1942 .
Aggressive - class minesweeper The " Aggressive " - class minesweepers are a class of US - built minesweeper s . They are designated as " MSO " ( Mine Sweeper Ocean ) , distinguishing them from the smaller coastal MSCs and inshore MSIs . Besides the US Navy , this class of vessels has also been used by the Belgian Navy and the Norwegian Navy , among others . Background . Minesweeping , or the disposal of naval mine s , by these vessels is performed in different ways : Construction and disposition . Of the 53 constructed for the United States Navy , 10 were built at Higgins Corp . , New Orleans , Louisiana , 9 at J . M . Martinac Shipbuilding Corp . , Tacoma , Washington , 8 at Wilmington Boat Works Inc . , Wilmington , California , 6 at Luders Marine Construction Co . of Stamford , Connecticut , 4 at Broward Marine Inc , Fort Lauderdale , Florida , 4 at Martinolich Shipbuilding Co . , San Diego , California , 3 at Burger Boat Company , Manitowoc , Wisconsin , 3 at Colberg Boat Works , Stockton , California , 2 at Fulton Shipyard , Antioch , California , 2 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and 2 at Seattle Shipbuilding and Drydocking Co . , Seattle , Washington . 33 of the class were decommissioned before the mid - 1970s . Four ex - USN ships were sold to the Republic of China Navy 1994 and re - classed as s . They were still in active service in 2012 . was decommissioned 30 September 1994 in Tacoma , Washington and was the last " Aggressive " class minesweeper in US Navy active service . General development of minesweeping . Minesweepers have been in operation since World War I and originally involved a simple metal detector , which sailors used to locate mines . This practice was dangerous not only from the risk of missing and detonating a mine , but also because the enemy would be making the task harder for the sweepers by keeping them under constant , heavy fire . Minesweepers were greatly admired by their peers because of their bravery . " Aggressive " class minesweepers used AN / SQQ - 14 mine hunting sonar to locate moored or bottom mines . They used electromagnetic cables to set off mines or other cables to cut their mooring lines , and various magnetic and acoustical devices to set off mines . Toward the end of their use , the class also employed remote submersibles like Super Sea Rover to locate mines . Today , active minesweepers or minehunters are frequently used . The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom uses small submarine s that are controlled by wireless operators on board the several minesweeping frigate s that it possesses . Sweden produced a robotic Self - propelled Acoustic / Magnetic Minesweeper ( SAM ) , which proved its worth during Operation Desert Storm , when it was successfully used for minesweeping by the US Navy . SAMs are currently in service with the Swedish Navy , the Japanese Navy , the Royal Navy and the US Navy , though not necessarily aboard " Aggressive " class minesweepers .
RMAS Fiona ( A148 ) RMAS " Fiona " was a Felicity class water tractor , built in 1973 by Hancocks . She displaced 80 tons , and was powered by a single Voith - Schneider propeller which generated 600 bhp and gave her a maximum speed of 10 knots . In 2007 , she was placed on the Ministry of Defence Disposal Sales Agency website for £70 , 000 .
Domenico Pellegrini Giampietro Domenico Pellegrini Giampietro ( August 30 , 1899 , Brienza , in Basilicata — June 18 , 1970 , Montevideo ) was an Italian academic , economist , lawyer , politician , and ( in his final years ) journalist . As a young man living in Caserta , Pellegrini Giampietro founded a nationalist legion named " Sempre pronti " ( " Always Ready " ) . He was a decorated infantry lieutenant in World War I , and joined the Fascist movement in 1922 , as a member of the Benito Mussolini ' s Partito Nazionale Fascista ( PNF ) , and took part in the March on Rome . In the period , Pellegrini Giampietro became associated with certain clubs of the Freemasonry . A major figure of Campanian - elected fascists ( together with Alfredo Rocco , Bruno Spampanato , and the economist Alberto Beneduce ) , he received a diploma in Law in 1926 , and became lawyer for the next eight years . He was one who took Fascism into academia , lecturing on " Comparative public law and doctrinary history of Fascism " at Naples University . He also worked in several credit union s . Pellegrini Giampietro was a volunteer infantry captain on Francisco Franco ' s side in the Spanish Civil War , and was twice decorated . Upun his return , he received numerous political appointments - notably , he was a counsellor for the " Corporazioni " and the " Fasci " , and deputy - secretary in the Ministry of Finance in 1943 . He joined Mussolini in Northern Italy after the latter ' s ousting and Italy ' s commitment to the Allies in World War II , becoming an official of the Nazi German - controlled Italian Social Republic ( the " republic of Salò " ) . As Finance minister , he also set up , in 1944 , its infamous " Brigate Nera " paramilitary force . At the end of the war , Pellegrini Giampietro was arrested and charged with collaborating with the enemy . He escaped and in 1949 , he took refuge in Brazil , then Argentina , and finally Uruguay . He kept on working as a banker , and edited the magazine " Sintesi " . Domenico Pellegrini Giampietro wrote on the theory of Fascism : his 1941 volume " Aspetti spirituali del fascismo " ( " Spiritual Aspects of Fascism " ) dealt with the more mystical qualities of the dogma , while " L ' oro di Salò " ( " The Gold of Salò " ) attempted to explain his actions as planner for the Republic ' s economy ( notably , in early 1945 he had printed only 10 , 881 million although the print of 137 , 840 million had been authorized ) , as well as launching accusations at people who would have been responsible for plundering the wealth ammased by Mussolini ' s government .