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ZK - 383 The ZK - 383 is a submachine gun and was developed by the Koucký brothers who worked at the pre - war " Československá zbrojovka , akc . spol . " ( under its name of Zbrojovka Brno after World War II ) arms factory in Brno Czechoslovakia . It was produced at a slow rate from 1938 onwards and was exported as far as South America ; to Bolivia and Venezuela . History . The ZK - 383 was exported to many smaller European countries following its production start date in 1938 . The production of the ZK - 383 continued at Brno arms factory even during the German occupation during World War II . Most of the guns produced were supplied to the Waffen - SS . It continued to be produced in small numbers in the postwar period ; Bulgaria continued importing it right up until 1970 , 4 years after production finished . The ZK - 383 was slowly phased out by smaller and lighter submachine gun s such as the Škorpion vz . 61 and Sa vz . 23 . Design . The ZK - 383 was originally designed to be a squad automatic weapon much like the British Bren and Soviet DP28 , despite it shooting a pistol round and not a full sized rifle cartridge . It became an individual submachine gun which resembles the German MP 18 . For a submachine gun , the ZK - 383 was a heavy and robustly made weapon . Military versions possessed detachable barrels , an integrated bipod , and rifle type sights , components considered unusual in submachineguns of the era . The police variant , designated the ZK - 383 - P , lacked these features , as did the postwar ZK - 383 - H . Features . The ZK - 383 was fitted with a quickly detachable barrel . The lock / release mechanism was located beneath the front sight . It fires from an open bolt and by removing the bolt weight , the shooter could vary the cyclic rate between 500 to 700 rpm . The magazine fed in from the left hand side like the British Sten . The manual safety was located in front of the trigger on the left side of the weapon . The ZK - 383 had 2 firing modes , single and full auto . Selection was made via the use of a short or long trigger pull . The stock was made from wood and had a folding bipod . The guns featured a front peep sight and a rear adjustable leaf iron sight .
Marshall S . Roth Marshall S . Roth was a major general in the United States Air Force . Biography . Roth was born in Chicago , Illinois in 1901 . He died on January 3 , 1995 . Career . Roth graduated from the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in 1925 and the United States Military Academy in 1929 . During World War II he served with the Eighth Air Force , the Fifth Air Force , the Fourteenth Air Force , the Tenth Air Force , the Ninth Air Force , and the Fifteenth Air Force . Following the war he was given command of the 375th Troop Carrier Group and the 317th Troop Carrier Group . In 1948 he entered the National War College . Later in his career he served as Chief of Staff of Air Defense Command . His retirement was effective as of July 31 , 1967 . Awards he received include the Legion of Merit .
Nick Mamer Nicholas B . “ Nick ” Mamer ( 1897 – 1938 ) was a noted aviation pioneer and pilot in the Pacific Northwest during the 1920s and 1930s . Mamer served with the United States Army Air Service during World War I , and later settled in Spokane , Washington , establishing the Mamer Flying Service and Mamer Air Transport firms . Mamer was a flight instructor and charter pilot , and was involved in early forest fire patrol flights for the United States Forest Service . Among his flight pupils was Bob Johnson , a well - known aviation pioneer in Missoula , Montana . Mamer is perhaps best remembered for undertaking a pioneering long - distance endurance flight that began on August 15 , 1929 . The flight utilized a Buhl Airsedan biplane named the " Spokane Sun - God " ; Mamer was at the controls , and was accompanied by Art Walker acting as mechanic and refueling hoseman . Beginning in Spokane , Mamer and Walker flew to San Francisco , on to New York City and back to Spokane five days later , without intermediate stops . Aerial refueling was accomplished at a number of points along the flight path ( one was over Missoula on the return trip ) . Mamer and Walker did not sleep during those five days aloft . They set a number of records , one of which was a world ' s record non - stop flight of 7 , 200 miles . By the late 1930s Mamer was employed by Northwest Airlines , working as a pilot on that carrier ' s Seattle - Minneapolis route . On January 10 , 1938 , Mamer was at the controls of Northwest Airlines Flight 2 , a Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra when the plane crashed . Parts of the tail section were torn from the aircraft as it flew over the Bridger Range northeast of Bozeman , Montana and the plane went into a dive . Mamer , copilot Fred West and eight passengers died instantly . Later , an investigation revealed that the tail structure had failed on the new design from what is known as " natural resonance , or period of vibration " .
Charles François de Virot de Sombreuil Charles François de Virot ( also spelt Viraud or Vireaux ) marquis de Sombreuil ( 1725 , Ensisheim - 1794 , Paris ) was a French Royalist general of the Ancien Regime and French Revolutionary Wars . He rose to become maréchal de camp , hero of the Battle of Rocoux and governor of Les Invalides before being guillotined in 1794 .
Panjiayu tragedy The Panjiayu tragedy ( 潘家峪惨案 ) was a massacre conducted by Imperial Japanese Army on January 25 , 1941 in Panjiayu , Hebei , China . 1 , 230 Chinese people were killed . This tragedy was an example of the Three Alls Policy by the Japanese army in the Second Sino - Japanese War . The Chinese government built a memorial hall in that village in 1998 . This massacre was the result of detailed information gathering and analysis conducted by General Yasuji Okamura , who decreed that villages suspected of harboring or abetting the Chinese communist forces were to be completely destroyed as part of creating a buffer no - man ' s land around areas controlled by Japanese forces . In these " no - man ' s land , " nothing living or available shelters should exist . As part of the strategy , the Japanese deliberately attacked and massacred the village on Chinese New Years of 1941 .
Commander ' s Award for Civilian Service The Commander ' s Award for Civilian Service is an honorary award presented by the Department of the Army to civilian employees for commendable service or achievement . Employees who have a past record of excellence , normally recognized by the previous receipt of one or more honorary or performance awards , may be considered for this award . The Commander ' s Award for Civilian Service is comparable to the military Army Commendation Medal . Criteria . Any commander Colonel and above , or civilian equivalent may approve this award . Nominations reflect service or achievement of a lesser degree than recognized by the Superior Civilian Service Award . Employees who have established a pattern of excellence , normally recognized through the previous receipt of one or more honorary or monetary performance awards , may be considered for this award . Eligibility is determined by measuring contributions against the following example levels of achievement : Description . The medal of the award is a bronze disc , 32 mm in diameter . On the obverse of the medal , in the center , is a five pointed star between three equilateral triangles one point of each triangle extending past the edge of the disc . On the reserve is the inscription “ DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY ” above “ COMMANDER ’ S AWARD FOR CIVILIAN SERVICE ” separated into two lines . The medal is suspended from a green ribbon 35 mm in width . The ribbon contains a wide white stripe towards each edge with two thin white stripes in the middle .
USS Milwaukee ( AOR - 2 ) USS " Milwaukee " ( AOR - 2 ) was a commissioned by the U . S . Navy in 1969 She continued to support Navy requirements until 1994 when she was placed in the reserve fleet and later struck . History . " Milwaukee " was laid down on 29 November 1966 and launched on 1 January 1969 at the shipyard of the General Dynamics Corporation , Quincy , Massachusetts . On 1 November 1969 she was commissioned USS " Milwaukee " ( AOR - 2 ) and placed into service for the fleet . Operational service . During the Vietnam War USS " Milwaukee " participated in operation Vietnam Ceasefire from 12 November 1972 through 20 February 1973 . The USS " Milwaukee " ( AOR - 2 ) earned one campaign star for Vietnam War service . In September 1976 , returning from a routine deployment , the USS " Milwaukee " ( AOR - 2 ) along with the had the honor of transporting the world famous King Tutankhamun Exhibition to America for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City . On 1 March 1980 the Malaysian oil tanker " Santo Prestige " lost power and collided with the USS " Milwaukee " ( AOR - 2 ) which was moored in Norfolk , Virginia . The collision results in a 40 - by 15 - foot gash in the hull of the " Milwaukee " . In 1985 the USS " Milwaukee " ( AOR - 2 ) participated in the anti - submarine exercise Arctic SHAREM . Decommissioning . On 27 January 1994 the USS " Milwaukee " ( AOR - 2 ) was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 April 1997 . On 15 January 2009 , the " Milwaukee " was sold for $ 56 , 410 for scrapping to Bay Bridge Enterprises , Chesapeake , VA .
Marine Wing Support Group 17 Marine Wing Support Group 17 ( MWSG - 17 ) is a United States Marine Corps aviation ground support unit based at Marine Corps Base Camp Butler , Japan . They are currently composed of two squadrons that provide the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing ( 1st MAW ) and III Marine Expeditionary Force with complete airfield operation services ( less air traffic control ) , engineer and transportation support , medical assistance , food services , security support , and other direct combat and combat service support to the Aviation Combat Element . Mission . Provide the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing with organic and deployable aviation ground support to contingencies and exercises within the USPACOM area of responsibility . History . Marine Wing Support Group 17 was activated on July 1 , 1953 at Itami , Japan and designated as Marine Wing Service Group 17 . Later that same year , MWSG - 17 was relocated to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni , Japan where its Marines served until 1966 . That year it was re - designated as Marine Wing Support Group 17 and deployed to the Republic of Vietnam . MWSG - 17 actively participated in the Vietnam War from September 1966 until August 1970 while operating from Da Nang Air Base , Vietnam . During this period , the Group earned a Presidential Unit Citation as well as a Meritorious Unit Commendation . In the summer of 1970 , MWSG - 17 returned home from Vietnam to MCAS Iwakuni . Nine years later , MWSG - 17 moved to Okinawa , Japan and took up residence at Camp Foster .
HMAS Mavie HMAS " Mavie " was a 19 - ton auxiliary patrol boat operated by the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) during World War II . The wooden lugger " Mavie " was built at Fremantle , Western Australia in 1903 . It was long , with a beam of . On 12 December 1941 , " Mavie " was seized from its Japanese owner , Jiro Muramats , as he was a citizen of a country at war with Australia . It was requisitioned by the RAN , and was renamed and commissioned for service at Darwin as the channel patrol boat HMAS " Mavie " , on 31 December 1941 . " Mavie " was attacked by Japanese aircraft in the air raids on Darwin on 19 February 1942 , near the Stokes Hill Wharf in Darwin Harbour . " Mavie " was sunk by a near miss , although the crew of four survived . " Mavie " was salvaged in 1959 - 60 when the Fujita Salvage Company salvaged the cargo ship " Neptuna " , which had also been sunk in the raid . Following a reorganisation of the RAN battle honour s system , " Mavie " s service and loss was retroactively recognised with the honour " Darwin 1942 " .
Brazilian Naval School The Brazilian Naval School ( " Escola Naval " in Portuguese ) is an Academy of the Brazilian Navy , the Brazilian equivalent of the US Naval Academy , located in Rio de Janeiro , on Villegagnon Island just inside of Guanabara Bay . The Brazilian Naval Academy is an institution of higher education , which aims to train officers of the Brazilian Navy . History . The Brazilian Naval School has its direct origins in the Portuguese Naval Academy created in Lisbon , Portugal in the 18th century . In 1782 , the Company of Midshipmen ( " Companhia dos Guardas - Marinhas " ) was created to frame and train the midshipmen ( naval officer candidates ) of the Portuguese Navy . The Company of Midshipmen was installed in the building of the Naval Arsenal of Lisbon . The Royal Academy of the Midshipmen ( " Academia Real dos Guardas - Marinhas " ) was created in 1792 , as a university - level naval academy , which integrated the Company of Midshipmen as its student corps . With the invasion of Portugal by the Army of Napoleon and the transference of the Portuguese Royal Court to Colonial Brazil , the Royal Academy of the Midshipmen and its Company of Midshipmen are also transferred there and installed in Rio de Janeiro , in 1808 . One year following the independence of Brazil , in 1823 , the faculty and the students of the Academy of the Midshipmen had to chose either the Brazilian or the Portuguese nationality . Those that choose the Portuguese nationality return to Portugal and the others stay in Brazil . Then , two academies come into existence : the Imperial Academy of Midshipmen ( " Academia Imperial dos Guardas - Marinhas " ) in the Empire of Brazil and the Royal Academy of Midshipmen in the Kingdom of Portugal . The Brazilian Imperial Academy of Midshipmen become the School of Navy ( " Escola de Marinha " ) , in 1858 . In 1887 , it become the Naval School ( " Escola Naval " ) . Regatta . To celebrate its foundation , every year the Navy promotes the traditional Naval School Regatta , the largest sailing race in Latin America . Academics . " Naval " " Marine Corps " " Others "
Erich Weißflog Erich Weißflog ( 29 November 1919 – 10 January 1999 ) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant 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 .
HMS Albemarle ( 1680 ) HMS " Albemarle " was a 90 - gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched in 1680 at Harwich . She was rebuilt in 1704 at Chatham Dockyard , remaining a 90 - gun second rater . She was also renamed HMS " Union " at this time . She underwent a second rebuild at Chatham , from where she was relaunched on 8 February 1726 as a 90 - gun second rater built to the 1719 Establishment . " Union " was broken up in 1749 .
Charles Brunier Charles Brunier ( 31 May 1901 – 26 January 2007 ) was a convicted murderer and French veteran of both the First and Second World Wars who claimed , in 2005 , to have been the inspiration for " Papillon " . Circumstantial evidence , including his butterfly tattoo and his having been on Devil ' s Island at the time , supports the claim . Biography . Brunier served in Syria in 1918 and was wounded in action , also receiving the " Croix de Guerre " for saving a lieutenant ' s life . However , in 1923 , he was accused of murder and armed robbery , and later convicted ; as a result his military medals were revoked , and he was not on the official list of French World War I veterans , although he did serve . He was sent to the penal colony off the coast of French Guiana , but was recalled to serve in World War II and released from prison in 1948 . In 1992 Brunier moved into an old people ' s home in the suburbs of Paris , where he lived until his death in 2007 at the age of 105 .
John Christian Keener John Christian Keener ( February 7 , 1819 – January 19 , 1906 ) was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church , South , elected in 1870 . Early life . John was born February 7 , 1819 in Baltimore , Maryland , USA . His father , Christian Keener , was in his day a man of mark and one of the best - known Methodists of Baltimore . John was a pupil at Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy , from which he graduated . At the age of 9 John was taken into the home of Doctor Wilbur Fisk , who was Principal , and kept under his care for three years . John then became a member of the first graduating class of Wesleyan University ( 1835 ) , when Dr . Fisk became its first President . Conversion and business career . Keener was converted to the Christian faith in Baltimore at the age of 19 ( 1838 ) . He was Superintendent of a Sunday school in Wesley chapel charge for two years , and in this work he felt the divine call to preach . After graduating from college , he entered the mercantile business as a wholesale druggist , becoming prosperous and successful . He continued in business until 1841 , when he resolved to close up his business and abandon secular pursuits . Ordained ministry . He then went south and was licensed to preach . Rev . Keener joined the Alabama Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1843 , and when the church was divided in 1844 remained with the Church , South . He was transferred to the Louisiana Conference in 1848 . He was appointed to various churches in Alabama until 1853 , when he went to New Orleans where he was Pastor successively of the Poydras Street , Carondelet Street , and Felicity Street churches . He was Presiding Elder of that District in 1858 and 1860 , living in New Orleans for twenty years total , all but two years during the American Civil War . Rev . Keener was highly esteemed by Jefferson Davis , and served as Superintendent of C . S . A . Chaplain s west of the Mississippi River during the Civil War . He was Presiding Elder again , 1865 - 70 . From 1866 to 1870 he also edited the " New Orleans Christian Advocate , " an important periodical of his denomination . All three of his sons followed him into the Methodist ministry . Keener the preacher . He was a student , not only of theology , but also of general literature . He had a delicate perception of literary beauty . One commentator wrote of him , Episcopal ministry . Bishop Keener was elected to the Episcopacy in 1870 . In 1873 he founded a M . E . Church , South Mission in Mexico . He resided in a suburb of New Orleans , though he traveled through every part of the Church . He continued to pay special attention to the Mexico mission , its development and promising condition thought to have been largely due to this attention and his personal labor bestowed upon it . Bishop Keener was honored with the D . D . degree in 1854 , and that of LL . D . in 1880 . He retired from the active Episcopacy in 1898 , and died on January 19 , 1906 in New Orleans , Louisiana , where he was also buried .
India ( battle honour ) India was a battle honour awarded to the following regiments of the British Army for their service during the conquest of British India between 1787 and 1826 : References . Norman , C . B . : " Battle Honours Of The British Army , From Tangier , 1662 , To The Commencement Of The Reign Of King Edward VII " . John Murray 1911 .
Alfred Gruenther Alfred Maximilian Gruenther ( March 3 , 1899 – May 30 , 1983 ) as a four - star General after World War II , served as the Supreme Allied Commander ( SACEUR ) in Europe from 1953 to 1956 . Life and Military career . Gruenther was born in Platte Center , Nebraska . He attended St . Thomas Academy in Saint Paul , Minnesota . He graduated fourth in his class at the United States Military Academy in 1918 . He was the youngest four - star general in U . S . history , advisor and planner to top generals in World War II . He served as chief of staff of the Third Army , Fifth Army , 15th Army Group , and was the principal American planner of the allied invasions of North Africa in 1942 and Italy in 1943 . He is sometimes credited to be the youngest major general in the U . S . Army in World War II , but that distinction goes to James M . Gavin , who , as commander of the 82nd Airborne Division , was promoted to major general at the age of 37 . Gruenther was promoted to the temporary rank of major general at the age of 43 or 44 . After World War II , he became deputy commander of U . S . forces in Austria in 1945 , and was appointed supreme allied commander in Europe / commander - in - chief of the U . S . European Command in 1953 , serving in that capacity until his retirement in 1956 . He appeared on the cover of " Time " , February 6 , 1956 . General Gruenther retired from military service in 1956 . After retiring from the Army , he served as president of American Red Cross from 1957 to 1964 and was a member of the Draper Committee , even appearing as a guest on February 10 , 1957 ' s successful TV quiz show What ' s My Line . Gruenther received a Litt . D . from Bates College in 1958 . Gruenther was the recipient of many nations ' medals , including the Distinguished Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters and honorary degrees from American universities . His great - grandson , captain Lucas Gruenther , also became a distinguished member of the military before passing away on January 28 , 2013 , during a training mission over the Adriatic Sea in an F - 16 jet fighter at the age of 32 .
Arnail François , marquis de Jaucourt Arnail François , marquis de Jaucourt , " comte de l ' Empire " ( 14 November 1757 – 5 February 1852 ) was a French aristocrat and politician . Biography . Military career and Revolution . Jaucourt was born in Tournon ( Seine - et - Marne ) of a Protestant family , protected by Louis Joseph de Bourbon , prince de Condé , whose Dragoon regiment he entered at the age of fifteen . He became colonel of his regiment , and made himself known for his welcoming of the French Revolution and his affiliation with the Feuillants . A deputy to the Legislative Assembly in 1791 , elected by the " départment " of Seine - et - Marne , he generally voted with the minority . As his views came to be considered too moderate by his colleagues , he resigned in 1792 , and was soon after arrested on suspicion of being a reactionary . Madame de Staël obtained his release from Louis Pierre Manuel just before the September Massacres . He subsequently accompanied Charles Maurice de Talleyrand - Périgord on his mission to the Kingdom of Great Britain , returning to France after the execution of King Louis XVI . Consulate and First Empire . He took refuge in Switzerland to escape the Reign of Terror , and returned only after Napoleon Bonaparte ' s 18 Brumaire coup and the establishment of the French Consulate , entering the tribunate , of which he was the president for a short period . In 1803 , Jaucourt entered the French Senate , and next year , upon the establishment of the First Empire , he became attached to the household of Joseph Bonaparte . He accompanied Joseph to the Kingdom of Naples , and was created a count of the Empire by Napoleon . Restoration , July Monarchy , and later years . During the following years , Jaucourt distanced himself from the imperial cause , and , with the Bourbon Restoration he became Minister of State and a Peer of France . After the outcome of the Hundred Days ( during which he stood by Louis XVIII ) , he was Naval Minister in July – September 1815 , but held no further office . He devoted himself to the support of the Protestant interest in France , and tried to reduce the effects of the White Terror . A member of the upper house after the July Revolution and throughout the reign of Louis Philippe ( the " July Monarchy " ) , he was driven into private life by the establishment of the Second Republic , but lived to see the 1851 coup and to rally to the government of Louis - Napoléon Bonaparte , dying in Paris the next year .