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James D . Halsell James Donald Halsell , Jr . ( born 29 September 1956 ) is a retired United States Air Force officer and a former NASA astronaut . He is a veteran of five Space Shuttle missions . He has been quoted as saying he loves floating in zero gravity and watching the earth from space . " It ' s amazing to hold a handful of Skittles and watch them float away from you , " Halsell has said . Biography . Halsell was born and raised in West Monroe , Louisiana and attended the United States Air Force Academy . After training as a test pilot , he worked on F - 4 , F - 16 and SR - 71 aircraft . Halsell was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1990 and was trained as a Space Shuttle pilot . He piloted missions STS - 65 ( 1994 ) and STS - 74 ( 1995 ) , and commanded missions STS - 83 , STS - 94 ( 1997 ) and STS - 101 ( 2000 ) . Halsell was Space Shuttle Program manager for launch integration at the Kennedy Space Center from 2000 – 2002 , responsible for giving the " go for launch " on 13 Shuttle missions . After the " Columbia " accident , he led the NASA Return to Flight Planning Team , responsible for converting the recommendations of the accident investigation board into Shuttle Program actions that resulted in resumption of missions in 2005 . Halsell earned a masters degree in Space Operations from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1985 . He retired from NASA in November 2006 to accept a position with ATK Launch Systems . Halsell is Vice President , Space Exploration Systems , and the ATK site manager at Marshall Space Flight Center , Huntsville , AL .
William Joseph Franks William Joseph Franks ( born 1830 , date of death unknown ) was a United States Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the American Civil War . Biography . Franks was born in Pittsboro , North Carolina in 1830 . He enlisted in the Navy on September 16 , 1863 . Franks distinguished himself in action at Yazoo City , Mississippi on March 5 , 1864 when he and his shipmates from the landed a 12 - pound howitzer to defend the city , which was threatened by strong Confederate forces . He and his group were in the thickest of the fighting , but it was never enough to drive them from their cannon . The actions of Franks and his men came to play the most important role in maintaining the Union position . Franks received the Medal of Honor and was promoted to Acting Master ' s Mate in recognition of his actions . Two of his shipmates , Seaman James Stoddard and Seaman Bartlett Laffey , were also awarded the medal for being on the gun crew . Franks was discharged from the Navy in August 1865 . Namesake . A " Fletcher " - class destroyer , , was named in his honor and launched on December 7 , 1942 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Seaman , U . S . Navy . Born : 1830 , Chatham County , N . C . Entered service at : Duvalls Bluff , Ark . G . O . No . : 32 , April 16 , 1864 . Citation : Served on board the U . S . S . Marmora off Yazoo City , Miss . , 5 March 1864 . Embarking from the Marmora with a 12 - pound howitzer mounted on a field carriage , Franks landed with the gun and crew in the midst of heated battle and , bravely standing by his gun despite enemy rifle fire which cut the gun carriage and rammer contributed to the turning back of the enemy during the fierce engagement .
Prestatyn Castle An earth mound , visible in fields to the south of the Prestatyn railway station , near Nant Hall , marks the site of an early wooden motte and bailey castle . Prestatyn Castle occupies a low - lying position , but still commands a view across much of the flat coastal plain and guarded the coast road between Rhuddlan and Chester . It consists of the remains of a motte c . 20m in diameter with surrounding ditch , and a bailey which , unusually , encloses the whole of the motte . Excavation in about 1913 revealed a substantial stone wall 1 . 2m thick surrounding the bailey , inside its ditch , but no trace of a structure on the motte . A slightly raised causeway approaches from the south ( away from the railway ) , but no detail is now visible where it meets the bailey ; there is no obvious entrance gap in the motte ditch . A rubbing stone for animals on top of the motte is presumably modern . King Henry II of England granted Prestatyn to Robert de Robert Banastre in 1165 . The castle was destroyed by Owain Gwynedd in 1167 . It does not appear to have been rebuilt , and the Banastre family fled to Lancashire where Robert held land under Henry de Lacy . References . Notes Bibliography
William Godshalk William Godshalk ( October 25 , 1817 – February 6 , 1891 ) was a Republican member of the U . S . House of Representatives from Pennsylvania . Biography . William Godshalk was born in East Nottingham Township , Pennsylvania . He moved with his parents to Bucks County , Pennsylvania , in 1818 . He attended the common schools and Union Academy in Doylestown , Pennsylvania . He learned the miller ’ s trade and in 1847 engaged in milling in Doylestown Township . During the American Civil War he served in the Union Army as a private in Company K , One Hundred and Fifty - third Regiment , Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry , from October 11 , 1862 , to July 23 , 1863 . He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1864 . He was elected as an associate judge of Bucks County in October 1871 and served five years . Godshalk was elected as a Republican to the Forty - sixth and Forty - seventh Congresses . He returned to milling , and died in New Britain , Pennsylvania . Interment in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Doylestown .
North Carolina State Navy The North Carolina State Navy during the American Revolutionary War consisted of a relatively modest number of ships , and was active from 1776 to 1779 . The state and the Continental Congress were concerned about the defense of Pamlico Sound , and the key Ocracoke Inlet , through which a large number of inbound merchant ships traveled , bringing war - related supplies from Europe and the West Indies . History . On December 21 , 1775 , the North Carolina passed a resolution authorizing the acquisition of three ships . Committees were established in Cape Fear , Edenton , and Newbern for their acquisition and outfitting . The provincial congress established pay scales in May 1776 , and by October of that year , the brigantine " Washington " entered service at Cape Fear , the " Pennsylvania Farmer " entered service at Newbern , and the " King Tammany " began service at Edenton . Staffing and supply issues , however , meant that these ships actually saw little service in 1776 . Some of the crew of the " Pennsylvania Farmer " , which lay idle due to a lack of ammunition , attempted to desert to the British fleet of Lord Dunmore . By the end of 1777 the expense of maintaining these ships led the state to begin selling them off . " Washington " was sold in December 1777 and " Pennsylvania Farmer " was auctioned off in May 1778 . The state embarked on a joint venture with Virginia in May 1776 , since the trade of both states depended on the security of Pamlico Sound . The entrance to Chesapeake Bay was regularly patrolled by the Royal Navy , so supply ships bringing goods from France , St . Eustatius , and other ports in the West Indies , instead entered the sound through the Ocracoke Inlet , and offloaded their cargos in the ports of both states that were accessible from the sound . Virginia constructed two ships , " Caswell " and " Washington " , for the purpose of monitoring Ocracoke , and North Carolina agreed to contribute to their outfitting and operating expenses . In 1778 , after Virginia complained that North Carolina was not contributing sufficiently to their upkeep , North Carolina purchased the " Caswell " and continued her use as a sentry at the Ocracoke Inlet . The " Caswell " sank in June 1779 , ending North Carolina ' s operation of ships during the war . Privateering and prize administration . The state established admiralty court s to adjudicate maritime matters , including the distribution of captured prizes . It also authorized privateer ing .
Charles A . Stafford Charles Arthur Stafford ( 8 December 1908 - March 3 , 1942 ) was a Captain and physician in the Medical Corps of the United States Army during World War II . Stafford was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions in the Battle of Java . Early life . Stafford was born 8 December 1908 in Kemmerer , Lincoln , Wyoming , the son of Dr . Charles Duncan Stafford ( 1871 – 1938 ) and Mary Eliabeth ( Mabel ) Sellon ( 1886 – 1972 ) . He was the oldest of three children , with two younger sisters : Mary Marguerite and Jacqueline Maurice ( Penny ) . He attended Kemmerer High School and Kemper Military College before enrolling in Rush Medical College in Chicago , Illinois . On 14 August 1940 , he married Kathryn Louise Froscher ( 1910 – 2000 ) . They had one child , Mildred Ann who was born about 1941 . Kathryn would eventually remarry after Stafford ' s death , to John Hall . Military career . Stafford entered the Army in Wyoming , but was listed as being from Hinsdale , Illinois . Stafford was the flight surgeon of the 9th squadron of the 7th Bombardment Wing , stationed at Djokjakarta in early February 1942 , when 22 sailors from U . S . Navy cruiser s and wounded in the Battle of Makassar Strait arrived . Stafford and local Dutch doctors worked late in the night to treat the sailors , most of whom had suffered severe burns . When the Japanese invaded Java on February 28 , 1942 , Stafford was instrumental in getting the sailors evacuated on the freighter " Abbekerk " . In early March 1942 the Allied forces were evacuating civilians and wounded from Java through Broome , Western Australia , and on to Perth . Fearing a Japanese air attack , airplanes carrying evacuees were ordered to take off from Broome by 10 : 00 on March 3 , 1942 . At almost exactly that time , B - 24 Liberator " Arabian Nights " ( # 40 - 2370 ) of the 19th Bombardment Group ( Heavy ) , carrying Stafford and 33 wounded , took off from Broome for Perth . As the plane climbed through , a flight of six Japanese A6M Zero fighter planes attacked Broome . Imperial Japanese Navy Warrant Officer Osamu Kudo was credited with shooting down " Arabian Nights " , which crashed offshore . Despite his efforts to save the wounded men , Stafford and all but two enlisted men — one of whom died after the arduous swim back to land — were killed in the crash and sinking of the aircraft . Stafford ’ s remains were unrecoverable , but he was later memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in the Philippines . Honors and awards . For his " devotion to duty and coolness under fire ” in caring for the wounded sailors from " Houston " and " Marblehead " , Stafford was posthumously awarded the Silver Star on July 18 , 1942 . Stafford was also awarded the Purple Heart . Namesake . In 1944 , the U . S . Army hospital ship " Charles A . Stafford " was named in his honor .
Common Data Link Common Data Link ( CDL ) is a secure U . S . military communications protocol . It was established by the U . S . Department of Defense in 1991 as the military ' s primary protocol for image ry and signals intelligence . CDL operates within the at data rates up to 274 Mbit / s . CDL allows for full duplex data exchange . The FY06 Authorization Act ( Public Law 109 - 163 ) requires use of CDL for all imagery , unless waiver is granted . The primary reason waivers are granted is from the inability to carry the 300 pound radios on a small ( 30 pound ) aircraft . Emerging technology expects to field a 2 - pound version by the end of the decade ( 2010 ) . The Tactical Common Data Link ( TCDL ) is a secure data link being developed by the U . S . military to send secure data and streaming video links from airborne platforms to ground stations . The TCDL can accept data from many different sources , then encrypt , multiplex , encode , transmit , demultiplex , and route this data at high speeds . It uses a K narrowband uplink that is used for both payload and vehicle control , and a wideband downlink for data transfer . The TCDL uses both directional and omnidirectional antennas to transmit and receive the K band signal . The TCDL was designed for UAV s , specifically the MQ - 8B Fire Scout , as well as manned non - fighter environments . The TCDL transmits radar , imagery , video , and other sensor information at rates from 1 . 544 Mbit / s to 10 . 7 Mbit / s over ranges of 200 km . It has a bit error rate of 10e - 6 with COMSEC and 10e - 8 without COMSEC . It is also intended that the TCDL will in time support the required higher CDL rates of 45 , 137 , and 274 Mbit / s .
Buren R . Sherman Buren Robinson Sherman ( May 28 , 1836November 11 , 1904 ) was the 12th Governor of Iowa , serving from 1882 to 1886 . Biography . Sherman was born in Phelps , Ontario County , New York on May 28 , 1836 . He studied law after his family moved to Iowa in 1855 and was admitted to the bar in 1859 . Sherman then practiced law in Vinton , Iowa in 1860 , but only until 1861 , when he signed up with the 13th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment for the Union Army . He retired as a captain in mid - 1863 due to injuries suffered at Shiloh . Sherman was elected county judge of Benton County upon his return , resigning from the post in 1866 to accept a position in the office of the clerk of the district court . From 1874 to 1881 he was the Iowa state auditor . Sherman was elected governor of Iowa in 1882 and was the first occupant of the governor ' s office in the Iowa State Capitol ; however , it was his successor , William Larrabee , who first occupied the office for a full term . In 1885 , he was awarded an LL . D . from the University of Iowa . He was also a freemason who was especially active in Scottish Rite Masonry and helped found the Des Moines Scottish Rite Consistory . Sherman died November 11 , 1904 , and is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton , Iowa .
ANF Les Mureaux 170 The ANF Les Mureaux 170 was a prototype French fighter aircraft of the 1930s . It was a single - engined , single - seat parasol monoplane , but only two were built , the type being rejected for service by the French Air Force . Design and development . In 1930 , the French Air Ministry issued a C . 1 specification for a single seat fighter , with the ability to reach 350 km / h ( 217 mph ) and to be fitted with a supercharged engine . ANF Les Mureaux produced the ANF Les Mureaux 170 , an parasol winged monoplane of all - metal construction powered by a single Hispano - Suiza 12X brs V12 engine . Its wings were slightly gulled and tapered out to give maximum chord and thickness midway along the wing , near where they were braced by struts to the fuselage . A fixed tailwheel undercarriage was fitted . The pilot sat in an open cockpit , and was armed by two Vickers machine gun s mounted in the wings . The first prototype flew on 19 November 1932 , Although it demonstrated good performance , being described as the " fastest French service aircraft " , it had a poor view from the cockpit when landing the aircraft , and despite a second prototype being flown in March 1934 , the type was not chosen for production , with orders instead being placed for the Dewoitine D . 500 and Blériot - SPAD S . 510 . It did , however , form the basis of the ANF Les Mureaux 180 two - seat fighter , also unsuccessful .
377th Theater Sustainment Command ( United States ) The 377th Theater Sustainment Command ( TSC ) is a unit of the US Army . The unit was activated in New Orleans , Louisiana November 1948 as the 377th Transportation Major Port . On September 11 , 1950 the 377th was called to Camp Kilmer , New Jersey . Later , the unit moved to Fort Eustis , Virginia and stayed on active Federal Service until October 10 , 1952 . From 1953 until 1963 , the 377th remained in a Reserve status and experienced several changes in unit designation . On December 31 , 1965 , the unit was re - designated as the 377th Support Brigade under the Army Logistical Concept . On October 16 , 1979 , it was renamed the 377th Corps Support Command . It retained the designation until July 16 , 1981 when it was designated as a Theater Army Area Command ( TAACOM ) . On October 1 , 1998 the TAACOM wartime mission expanded and the unit designation was changed to the 377th Theater Support Command . The TSC serves as a Force Support Package unit with an ongoing support mission in its area of operation . Over 500 downtrace units throughout the United States , Puerto Rico , Guam and the Virgin Islands provide support to the TSC for training and wartime mission guidance . Whether at home station , deployed across the country or overseas , the TSC trains to achieve its peacetime and wartime mission of providing command and control of assigned units to ensure and maintain a high state of readiness . The TSC prepares wartime - aligned units to accomplish their mission by developing , executing and evaluating training . The TSC provides daily logistics support to its wartime higher headquarters for missions and exercises .
British Commonwealth Occupation Force The British Commonwealth Occupation Force ( BCOF ) , was the name of the joint Australian , British , Indian and New Zealand military forces in occupied Japan , from 21 February 1946 until the end of occupation in 1952 . At its peak , BCOF comprised about 40 , 000 personnel , equal to about 25 % of the number of US military personnel in Japan . While US forces were responsible for military government , BCOF was responsible for supervising demilitarisation and the disposal of Japan ' s war industries . BCOF was also responsible for occupation of the western prefectures of Shimane , Yamaguchi , Tottori , Okayama , Hiroshima and Shikoku Island . They were also supported by the Women ' s Auxiliary Service ( Burma ) . BCOF headquarters was at Kure . For most of the occupation period Australia contributed the majority of the BCOF ' s personnel . The initial BCOF presence included the Australian 34th Brigade , the 9th Brigade , 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force ( J Force ) , and BRINDIV , a British / Indian division of two brigade groups , the British 5th Infantry Brigade Group ( from 2nd Infantry Division in India ) , and the 268th Indian Infantry Brigade . Major General David Cowan commanded BRINJAP Division from 1945 to 1947 . The position of commanding officer was always filled by Australians : Lt Gen . John Northcott , February to June 1946 ; Lt Gen . Horace Robertson , June 1946 to November 1951 , and ; Lt Gen . William Bridgeford from November 1951 until the end of the occupation . The British Pacific Fleet initially provided most of the naval forces . The air contingent , known as BCAIR , initially comprised the Royal Australian Air Force No . 81 Fighter Wing , flying P - 51 Mustangs , four Spitfire squadrons ( including No . 11 and No . 17 of the Royal Air Force and No . 4 of the Indian Air Force ) , and No . 14 squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force flying F4U Corsair . During 1947 , the BCOF began to wind down its presence in Japan . However , BCOF bases provided staging posts for Commonwealth forces deployed to the Korean War , from 1949 onwards . BCOF was effectively wound - up in 1951 , as control of Commonwealth forces in Japan was transferred to British Commonwealth Forces Korea .
Samuel Meyers Mills , Jr . Brigadier General Samuel Myers Mills , Jr . , ( born December 15 , 1842 , in Pottersville , Pennsylvania , and died September 8 , 1907 , in Cottage City , Prince George ' s County , Maryland ) served as the United States Army ' s chief of artillery from 1905 to 1906 . He was the great - grandson of William Mills , a soldier in the American Revolution who enlisted in January 1776 and served seven years in Captain Caleb North ' s Company under Colonel Anthony Wayne . The fortification on Corregidor Island , the Philippines , was designated a United States Military Reservation in 1907 and named Fort Mills in Brigadier General Mills ' s honor . Fort Mills , nicknamed " The Rock " , was twice the site of heavy fighting during World War II , initially as the site of the Allies ' last defense of the Philippines on May 2 , 1942 , after their defeat at Bataan , and subsequently during the Allied liberation of the Philippines under Gen . Douglas MacArthur in February 1945 . In Mills ' s honor , the USS General Samuel M . Mills , Jr . , a mine planter ship , was built in 1908 - 09 by the New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden , New Jersey , for the Submarine Mine Service of the United States Coast Artillery Corps , a division of the United States Army , Office of the Quartermaster General . After being retrofitted as a cable ship , she was renamed the USCG Pequot and during World War II laid cable along the eastern seaboard of the United States , bolstering US defenses .
Projekt 206FM class minehunter The Project 206FM class ( NATO reporting name : " Krogulec " - class ) , originally designated Project 206F , were mine - countermeasure vessel s of the Polish Navy built during the mid - 1960s . Class history . The twelve ships of this class were built at the " Komuny Paryskiej " Shipyard in Gdynia as coastal minesweepers Project 206F class , and served as the 9th Coastal Defence Flotilla at Hel . Most of the class were decommissioned by the early 1990s , though three were modernised around 2000 , and remain in service as minehunter s ( their designation was changed to Project 206FM for " Modernized " ) Ships . The 12 ships in the class were :
Ronald W . Clark Ronald William Clark ( 2 November 1916 – 1987 ) was a British author of biography , fiction and non - fiction . Born in London , Clark was educated King ' s College School . In 1933 , he embarked on a career as a journalist , and served as a war correspondent during the Second World War after being turned down for military service on medical grounds . As a war correspondent , Clark landed on Juno Beach with the Canadians on D - Day . He followed the war until the end , and remained in Germany to report on the major War Crimes trials . After returning to Britain in 1948 , Clark embarked on a career as an author . He wrote extensively on subjects ranging from mountain climbing ( over a dozen titles ) , the atomic bomb , Balmoral Castle , and world explorers , as well as novels of alternate history . He also wrote a number of biographies of a diverse range of historical figures , including : Charles Darwin , Thomas Edison , Albert Einstein , Benjamin Franklin , Sigmund Freud , J . B . S . Haldane , V . I . Lenin , Bertrand Russell , Ernst Chain , and William F . Friedman .