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Childress Army Airfield Childress Army Airfield is a former World War II military airfield , located 4 . 8 miles west of Childress , Texas . It operated as a Bombardier training school for the United States Army Air Forces from 1942 until 1945 . History . Childress Army Airfield was initially authorized on 2 May 1942 and occupied an area of 2 , 474 acres . Construction of the field began immediately thereafter . An activation ceremony was held on 27 October 1942 , and Col . John W . White assumed command on 24 November . The base was assigned to the Army Air Forces Central Flying Training Command . The initial mission of Childress AAF was bombardier training and was one of the " West Texas Bombardier Quadrangle " schools of the Army Air Forces Training Command . The other bases in the quad were Midland Army Airfield , San Angelo Army Airfield and Big Spring Army Airfield . Training was performed with the Beechcraft AT - 11 Kansan . In addition , navigation training was added on 4 June 1943 . Units assigned to the base were : Operations . The Bombardier School opened and accepted its first class of cadets began training in late February 1943 and graduated in May . Members of this class ( 43 - 7 ) were dubbed the " Valentine of Steel " class , in reference to a dummy bomb that Mrs . White decorated as a Valentine to Hitler . Subsequent classes arrived at three - week intervals through the rest of the war and participated in an initial training program of eighteen weeks , later increased to twenty - four . Those who completed the work were designated flight officers or commissioned as second lieutenants . The base produced the first classes qualified in both precision bombing and dead - reckoning navigation . In 3 1 / 2 years Childress AAF graduated thirty - five classes of bombardier - navigators ; its 4 , 791 graduates made a tenth of the total World War II air force bombardier production . The first " All - American Precision Bombing Olympics " was held at Childress in May 1943 with seven air fields participating . Such meets were held there and at other training bases at three - week intervals thereafter until April 1944 . A special practice feature was skip - bombing on Lake Childress . A redeployment program for veteran bombardiers was instituted at the field to give retraining in line with development of bombing techniques . The War Department also established a prisoner of war camp at the base . Childress was renamed the 2512th Army Air Forces Base Unit on July 1 , 1944 . Postwar use . After the field was closed on December 21 , 1945 , it was given to the city and transformed into a municipal airport . Childress Municipal Airport is a commercial airport located within city limits , 4 miles west of central Childress , Texas . It is owned and operated by the city of Childress , Texas . A feature item of the CAAF museum exhibit is the Norden Bombsite , the great secret weapon of WWII , which was housed at CAAF during the war and was used to train bombardier pilots . It was stored in a vault in a small building which still stands ( although in ruin ) at the site of the airfield .
Uwajima Castle History . This castle was constructed by Tōdō Takatora , a Daimyō , in 1596 after being given a small fiefdom by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1595 . This castle experienced major repairs and expansion by Date Munetoshi in 1671 . Cultural Property . Uwajima castle has an Important Cultural Property selected by Japanese government :
Shaguma The " Red bear " ( 赤熊 , " Shaguma " ) wigs indicate officers from Tosa Jinshotai ( 迅衝隊 ) , the " White bear " ( 白熊 , " Haguma " ) wigs officers from Chōshū , and the " Black bear " ( 黒熊 , " Koguma " ) wigs officers from Satsuma . The " Shaguma " is also worn during processions such as the Gion Festival . It is sometimes thought to have been inspired by the " red hair " of the Dutch during their presence in Nagasaki .
Erich Axthammer Erich Axthammer ( born 3 December 1920 ) was a highly decorated Oberfeldwebel in the Luftwaffe 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 . Career . Born 3 December 1920 in Neumark , Austria , Axthammer joined the Luftwaffe in November 1938 , and during 1941 was posted to the eastern front with 7 . / Schlachtgeschwader 1 flying the Henschel Hs 123 ground attack biplane . On 10 March 1943 he flew his first combat mission near Krasnohrad on the eastern front , and flew over 300 missions before being awarded the German Cross in Gold in November 1943 . He then served with 1 . / Schlachtgeschwader 152 , 5 . / Schlachtgeschwader 77 and later 8 . / Schlachtgeschwader 10 by August 1944 . " Oberfeldwebel " Axthammer was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross in April 1945 , one of the last pilots to be thus awarded . During his wartime career he flew 530 missions , 300 with the Hs 123 and the remainder with the Focke - Wulf Fw 190 . He claimed four Soviet aircraft destroyed in aerial combat ( plus two unconfirmed victories ) and numerous ground targets , including 42 trucks , 27 other vehicles , two tanks , two artillery pieces , two anti - aircraft positions , and two aircraft on the ground . After the war he worked as a miner and in 1958 he joined the German Air Force of the Federal Republic of Germany . He served until 1979 retiring as a " Stabsfeldwebel " .
Fritz Kraemer SS - Brigadeführer Fritz Kraemer ( 12 December 1900 – 23 June 1959 ) was a German Waffen - SS and Heer officer , and a commander of the " I . SS - Panzer Corps Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler " and the 12 . SS - Panzer - Division " Hitlerjugend " . He was also a winner of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . Early life - Pre - war service . Kraemer was born in Stettin . He joined the Wehrmacht in 1918 and later attended the Berlin War Academy . In 1936 he was appointed the commander of 5 . Kompanie / Infanterieregiment 55 and by 1939 was reassigned to the 13 . Infanterie Division ( mot ) . Early war campaigns . Kraemer distinguished himself during the invasion of Poland and the campaign in the west . He won the Iron Cross second class and the Iron Cross first class on 6 October 1939 and 26 May 1940 respectively . On 11 October 1940 he was promoted to Ia ( chief assistant , operations ) of the 13 . Infantry Division which was the same day reorganized into the 13 . Panzer Division . War in Russia . During the operations in Russia with the 13 . Panzer Division , Fritz Kraemer once again proved himself to be an excellent commander and in 1942 was awarded both the German Cross in Gold and the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . Although he was a Heer officer , in January 1943 , Josef " Sepp " Dietrich selected Kraemer as the senior administrative officer ( Ia ) of the I . SS - Panzer Korps with the rank of SS - Oberführer . Soon Dietrich realized that Fritz Kraemer was an ideal choice for this position and officially admitted him into the SS on 1 August 1944 . He was given the rank of SS - Brigadeführer . Western front and postwar . During the battles in Normandy , Krämer acted as Dietrich ’ s deputy , and eventually succeeded Hubert Meyer as commander of the 12 . SS - Panzerdivision " Hitlerjugend " . However , he was in charge of the division only until 13 November 1944 when he was transferred to the reserves and Hugo Kraas assumed command of the division . For the remainder of the war , Kraemer served as a chief of staff with the 6 . Panzer - Armee and surrendered to the Americans , along with Dietrich , in May 1945 . He was tried at Dachau in 1946 for the involvement in the Malmedy Massacre and was sentenced to a ten year imprisonment . Following his release , he lived in Höxter , Germany until his death . Kraemer was buried with full military honors .
89th Medium Tank Battalion ( United States ) The 89th Medium Tank Battalion was an Armored tank unit of the United States Army . It was activated in Korea in August , 1950 and in November 1951 , it was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division . The unit participated no fewer than ten campaigns , from 1951 through the Armistice in 1953 with the 26th Division . It earned the Presidential Unit Citation and the Navy Unit Commendation . The 89th Tank Battalion returned to Hawaii with the 25th Infantry Division where it remained until deactivation in 1957 .
DMS Maritime DMS Maritime , formerly Defence Maritime Services , is an Australian company providing port services to the Australian Defence Force and Australian Customs Service National Marine Unit . DMS was founded in 1997 and currently operates 8 ocean going vessels and over 100 harbour craft and has around 350 staff . The services DMS is contracted to provide to the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) include operating tug boats and lighters at RAN bases , training members of the RAN , and maintaining the RAN warships .
HMAS Maryborough ( J195 ) HMAS " Maryborough " ( J195 / B248 / A122 ) , named for the city of Maryborough , Queensland , was one of 60 " Bathurst " class corvettes constructed during World War II , and one of 20 built on Admiralty order but manned by personnel of and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) . She was the first naval vessel built in Queensland for the Royal Australian Navy during World War II . Construction . " Maryborough " was constructed by Walkers Limited in Maryborough , Queensland . She was laid down on 16 April 1940 , launched on 17 October 1940 by Mrs . A . Goldsmith , wife of the general manager of Walkers , and commissioned on 12 June 1941 . Engineer Rear Admiral Percival E . McNeil , third member of the Naval Board , Commander E . C . Rhodes , District Naval Officer and Lieutenant - Commander N . S . Pixley attended as official party with the rector , St . Pauls Church of England , Mayborough , Rev . A . E . Taylor leading a religious service before launching . Operational history . The ship served a brief period on Australia ' s east coast before departing in November 1941 for Singapore where she was assigned to the 21st Minesweeping Flotilla along with , and with the flotilla ' s commander , Commander Cant , in " Maryborough " . The flotilla was engaged in minesweeping , patrolling and escort duties throughout December . After the fall of Singapore " Maryborough " and the flotilla , now including and , were engaged in the defense of the Dutch East Indies , raiding oil refineries in Sumatra to deny them to the Japanese and patrolling the southern area of the Sunda Strait , in particular to prevent Japanese landings in small native craft , until 28 February when Commander Cant took the flotilla to Tjilatjap for replenishment . During the night orders came to return to the strait so that " Maryborough " and three other ships turned back but on 1 March Batavia was ordered evacuated and the ships , then about 50 miles east of Java Head headed again for Tjilatjap . There , as Java was evacuated , Commander Cant made space on his ships for about thirty passengers each and on the night of 2 March , the other ships already having left escorting evacuation ships , " Maryborough " departed escorting the Dutch ship bound for Fremantle . Those actions were followed by convoy duty in the South Atlantic to the Persian Gulf and involvement in raising the siege of Malta . From November 1942 until December 1944 , " Maryborough " was assigned to the British Eastern Fleet . For her wartime service , the corvette was awarded three battle honour s : " Pacific 1942 " , " Indian Ocean 1942 - 44 " , and " Sicily 1943 " . Fate . " Maryborough " paid off in December 1945 , and was sold to the Australian General Trading and Shipping Syndicate on 9 May 1947 , who renamed her " Isobel Queen " . For years she was berthed near Victoria Bridge , Brisbane but never sailed under her own power after sale by the navy in 1947 . She was later sold for scrap to Carr Enterprises in Brisbane , in 1953 .
KRI Tanjung Dalpele The KRI " Tanjung Dalpele " is an Indonesia n warship of the Tanjung Dalpele class . The contract for the USD $ 35 million ship was signed with Daewoo International in September 2003 . The ship is a Landing Platform Dock designed and built by Daesun Shipbuilding and Eng . Co . Ltd Pusan . Later the role for this ship has changed to a Hospital Ship , and the ship was renamed as KRI Dr Soeharso with pennant number 990 on the 1 August 2007 .
Tassets Tassets are a piece of plate armour designed to protect the upper legs . They take the form of separate plates hanging from the breastplate or faulds . They may be made from a single piece or segmented . The segmented style of tassets connected by sliding rivets produced during the 16th century is also known as " almain rivets " . The Japanese ( samurai ) form of the " tasset " is called , the " kusazuri " are attached to the bottom edge of the samurai chest armour ( Dou or dō ) .
FOB Carpenter Forward Operating Base Carpenter , near Salman Pak , Iraq , honored Specialist Four ( SP4 ) Thomas Carpenter , Jr . , U . S . Army , who was killed in a sapper attack on his base at Kontum , Vietnam , on January 10 , 1968 . His name is engraved on Panel 34E , Row 15 of the Vietnam War Memorial . FOB Carpenter was named by Charlie Troop , 1st Squadron , 10th Cavalry Regiment , out of Fort Hood , Texas , when they established the base in 2003 . SP4 Carpenter was a flight mechanic with the 615th Transportation Company Detachment attached to the 57th Aviation Assault Helicopter Company at Kontum . Born December 12 , 1946 , he was a native of Tuscaloosa , Alabama . He was one of 7 , 257 casualties among over 300 , 000 African - Americans who served in the war .
German submarine U - 133 ( 1941 ) German submarine " U - 133 " was a Type VIIC U - boat built for the Nazi German " Kriegsmarine " for service during World War II . She was laid down on 10 August 1940 by Vegesacker Werft , Bremen - Vegesack as " Werk " 12 , launched on 28 April 1941 and commissioned on 5 July that year . " U - 133 " sank after striking a mine , probably a German one , off Salamis Island on 14 March 1942 . All hands were lost in the event .
Lucius E . Polk Lucius Eugene Polk ( July 10 , 1833 – December 1 , 1892 ) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . He was the nephew of Leonidas Polk . Early life . Polk was born in Salisbury , North Carolina . When he was two years of age , the family moved near Columbia , Tennessee . Polk attended the University of Virginia in 1850 - 51 , before settling in Helena , Arkansas , where he was a planter . Civil War . In 1861 , Polk enlisted in the Yell Rifles as a private under Patrick Cleburne , who he served under during most of the War . At the Battle of Shiloh , then Junior Second Lieutenant Polk was wounded in the face . He was promoted to colonel of the 15th Arkansas Infantry Regiment following Shiloh . When Cleburne was promoted to divisional command , Polk was appointed brigadier general to date from December 13 , 1862 . Polk took part in fighting at Stones River , Chickamauga , Chattanooga , and in the Atlanta Campaign . In June 1864 , Polk was severely wounded ( the fourth time during the war ) at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain and was honorably discharged from the Army . Post War career . Polk returned to Columbia after his wounding at Kennesaw . He served as a delegate to the 1884 Democratic National Convention in Chicago . In 1887 he was elected to the Tennessee Senate . Death and legacy . Polk died in Columbia , Tennessee , and is buried at St . John ' s Church Cemetery at nearby Ashwood . His son Rufus King Polk was a Congressman from Pennsylvania .
Operation Red Dragon ( civil defense exercise ) Operation Red Dragon was a civil defense readiness exercise conducted in Wisconsin in June , 2009 . Army Reserve and National Guard units based at Fort McCoy along with police and rescue units in and around Milwaukee , Wisconsin simulated the response to a chemical attack against a large number of civilians at a sporting event . The 370th , 340th 310th and 130th Chemical Companies of the Army Reserve were mentioned in news reports as having taken part .
3rd Guards Infantry Division ( German Empire ) The 3rd Guards Infantry Division ( " 3 . Garde - Infanterie - Division " ) was a unit of the German Army , in World War I . The division was formed on the mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 as part of the Guards Reserve Corps . The division was disbanded in 1919 , during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I . It was a division of the Prussian Guards and was thus raised and recruited throughout the Kingdom of Prussia from the elite of recruits . Combat chronicle . The 3rd Guards Infantry Division began the war on the Western Front , participating in the capture of Namur . It was transferred to the Eastern Front in September 1914 , and saw action on arrival in the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes . It then fought in the Battle of Łódź . It continued fighting in the Carpathians and Galicia and then participated in the Gorlice - Tarnów Offensive . The division returned to the Western Front in April 1916 and entered the trenches in the Champagne region . In July 1916 , it fought in the Battle of the Somme . At the beginning of September 1916 , the division was again sent to the Eastern Front , returning in November . In 1917 , it participated in the Battle of Arras and the Battle of Passchendaele . It then fought against the Allied tank attack in November 1917 in the Battle of Cambrai . In 1918 , it fought in the German Spring Offensive . During the subsequent Allied offensives and counteroffensives , the division faced the French and Americans at Aisne - Marne and in the Meuse - Argonne Offensive . The division was rated as one of the best German divisions by Allied intelligence . Order of battle on mobilization . The order of battle of the 3rd Guards Infantry Division on mobilization was as follows : 1st Company / 28th ( 2nd Brandenburg ) Pioneer - Battalion Order of battle on July 1 , 1916 . The 3rd Guards Infantry Division was triangularized in May 1915 . The order of battle on July 1 , 1916 was as follows : 1st Company / 28th ( 2nd Brandenburg ) Pioneer - Battalion Order of battle on March 20 , 1918 . The 3rd Guards Infantry Division ' s order of battle on March 20 , 1918 was as follows :
French ship Patriote ( 1785 ) Patriote was a 74 - gun ship of the line of the French Navy . She was one of the French ships which had their hull doubled with copper . In September 1793 , during the Siege of Toulon , she was taken by the British , who removed her armament and embarked the French sailors sympathetic to the Republic . Admiral Hood having agreed to expel them , she then ferried them to Brest , where she arrived on 16 October . In 1794 she took part in the battle of the Glorious First of June , in the " Croisière du Grand Hiver " winter campaign in 1794 and 1795 , and in the Expédition d ' Irlande in December 1796 . From 1821 , she was used as a hulk .
USS Bullock ( AK - 165 ) USS " Bullock " ( AK - 165 ) was an " Alamosa " - class cargo ship commissioned by the U . S . Navy for service in World War II . She was responsible for delivering troops , goods and equipment to locations in the war zone . " Bullock " was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract ( MC hull 2110 ) on 26 September 1944 at Richmond , California , by Kaiser Cargo , Inc . ; launched on 2 December 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . J . L . Barker ; acquired by the Navy on 2 March 1945 ; and commissioned that same day , Lt . Henry N . Barkhausen in command . World War II Pacific Theatre operations . After a brief fitting out period at Oakland , California , the new cargo ship , with its inexperienced crew , got underway on 19 March 1945 for a shakedown cruise . Trial runs , tests of operating gear , and a full scale battle problem pointed out deficiencies in both ship and crew that received intensive work during the succeeding weeks . " Bullock " returned to San Francisco , California , on 12 April and loaded hull and engine spares , radio and radar gear , and frozen and chilled provisions to carry to the Admiralty Islands and the Philippine Islands . The cargo ship departed San Francisco on 20 April and headed for Manus where she arrived 23 days later . Operating in “ rear areas ” . Between 13 May and 14 December , " Bullock " ferried military passengers and cargo between Manus , the Philippines , the Netherlands East Indies , and New Guinea . Having entered the war late and consigned to rear areas , the cargo ship never faced an enemy air or surface attack , although , while underway , she still steered zigzag courses and held battle drills because the threat of submarine attack , remote though it was , still existed . " Bullock ' s " mission did not change with the cessation of hostilities in August . She continued to transport supplies until 14 December , when she weighed anchor at Manila Bay and headed for the United States . Post - war decommissioning . " Bullock " transited the Panama Canal on 28 January 1946 and reported to the Atlantic Fleet for duty . She arrived in Norfolk , Virginia , on 8 February , but received orders to Baltimore , Maryland , to be decommissioned . " Bullock " was decommissioned and returned to the Maritime Commission on 13 March 1946 , and her name was struck from the Navy list on 28 March 1946 . She was operated by Dichmann , Wright , and Pugh in 1947 and then sold to the Turkish government , for whom she began operation in 1948 under the name " SS Edirne " . Her ultimate fate is not known . Military awards and honors . The record does not indicate any battle stars for " Bullock " . However , her crew was eligible for the following medals :
Donskoye ( air base ) Donskoye ( also Bryusterort or Donskoe ) is an air base in Kaliningrad Oblast , Russia , located 1 km east of Donskoye ( formerly Gross Dirschkeim , lith . Tirškaimis ) . It is a very old airfield probably dating back to World War II , nearly at Russia ' s most extreme western point . The facility contains 25 aircraft pads , and appears to be in a severe state of decay . Its original length was 2000 m , but only 500 m remains . Its pads are occupied by a number of helicopters . Units stationed at Donskoe in the early 1990s included 396 OKPLVP ( 396th Independent Shipborne Anti - submarine Helicopter Regiment ) flying 22 Ka - 27 helicopters ; and 745 OPLVP ( 745th Independent Anti - submarine Helicopter Regiment ) flying 15 Mi - 14 helicopters and 5 Ka - 25 helicopters .
Rudolf Smola Rudolf Smola ( 3 August 1917 – 27 March 1945 ) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe during World War II and 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 . During his career he flew 600 + missions and was credited with 17 aerial victories . Rudolf Smola was killed on 27 March 1945 after being hit by Soviet ground fire near Zinten , East Prussia , during the East Prussian Offensive .