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USNS Robert D . Conrad ( T - AGOR - 3 ) USNS " Robert D . Conrad " ( T - AGOR - 3 ) was a " Robert D . Conrad " - class oceanographic research ship that served the U . S . Navy from 1962 to 1989 . During that period – while operated by Columbia University — she provided valuable ocean - bottom information and underwater test data to the U . S . Navy and other U . S . agencies . Constructed at Jacksonville , Florida . " Robert D . Conrad " ( AGOR - 3 ) was laid down in January 1961 by Gibbs Shipyards , Inc . , Jacksonville , Florida ; launched on 26 May 1962 ; sponsored by Mrs . Edmund B . Taylor ; and completed and delivered to the Navy in November 1962 . Assigned to Columbia University . After delivery , the single screw , diesel - electric , oceanographic research ship , " Robert D . Conrad " , was assigned to the Lamont Geological Observatory , Columbia University , for operation . Complete with wet and dry laboratories , scientific and chart room , photo laboratory , scientific drafting room , a machine shop , two 24 " diameter tubes along the centerline for lowering instruments , and a retractable propeller in the bow to maintain position while working with equipment over the side , " Robert D . Conrad " worked for the Observatory ( renamed the Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory in 1993 ) for her entire career . Searching for the " Thresher " . Much of her work has been in cooperation with the Office of Naval Research and , during the spring and summer of 1963 , Submarine Development Group 2 as that group searched the ocean floor for traces of the submarine . The ship collected gravity and magnetics data on the seafloor ; created seismic images of rock layers below the ocean floor ; dredged rock samples ; took ocean - floor sediment cores ( creating what is now a collection of over 13 , 000 cores ) ; mapped the ocean floor with sonar ; and collected water samples to explore ocean currents , temperature , salinity , marine life and other data for a wide range of oceanographic research . Inactivation . " Robert D . Conrad " went out of service and was struck from the Navy List on 4 October 1989 . The old research ship was disposed of through scrapping 27 April 2004 .
Franz Schädle SS - Obersturmbannführer ( Lieutenant Colonel ) Franz Schädle ( 19 November 1906 – 1 May 1945 ) was the commander of Adolf Hitler ' s personal bodyguard ( the SS - Begleitkommando des Führers ) , from 5 January 1945 until his death on 1 May 1945 , aged 38 . Biography . He was born in Westerheim , Baden - Württemberg and after trade school he worked as a construction technician . He joined the SS on 1 February 1930 . On 1 March 1932 , Schädle became one of eight founding members of Hitler ' s personal bodyguard . He also served on the staff of Reichsführer - SS Heinrich Himmler from 1 May 1934 . Schädle guarded Hitler at his headquarters and accompanied him on all his trips . On 5 January 1945 , Schädle was appointed commander of the bodyguard unit . On 28 April 1945 he was wounded in the leg by shrapnel . According to Otto Günsche , Schädle was present at Hitler ' s cremation in the garden of the Reich Chancellery on 30 April 1945 . Schädle later committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth with a pistol , rather than attempt the break out from the Reich Chancellery to escape from the advancing Red Army . Film portrayal . Franz Schädle ' s suicide is depicted in a brief scene in the 2004 German film " Downfall " ( " Der Untergang " ) . Schädle is portrayed by Igor Bubenchikov .
Gerald Smedley Andrews Gerald Smedley Andrews , ( December 12 , 1903 – December 5 , 2005 ) was a Canadian frontier teacher , farm and ranch hand , cook , horse wrangler , engineer and soldier . Born in Winnipeg , Manitoba , he was educated in Vancouver , Toronto , Oxford and Dresden . From 1922 to 1930 , he was a school master at Big Bar Creek and Kelly Lake . In 1930 , he became a land surveyor until World War II . During World War II , he rose to the rank of Lieutenant - Colonel . From 1946 to 1950 , he served as Chief Air Survey Engineer for British Columbia . From 1952 to 1968 , he was the Surveyors General of the Province of British Columbia and Director of Mapping and Provincial Boundaries Commissioner . For his services , during World War II , he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire . In 1990 , he was awarded the Order of British Columbia and was made a Member of the Order of Canada .
VFP - 62 Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 62 ( VFP - 62 ) was an aviation unit of the United States Navy in service from 1949 to 1968 . The squadron provided a detachment of reconnaissance planes for each of the Carrier Air Wing s of the U . S . Atlantic Fleet . VFP - 62 was established in January 1949 as Composite Squadron VC - 62 " Fighting Photos " and was equipped with Grumman F8F - 2P Bearcat and Vought F4U - 5P Corsair reconnaissance planes . The first detachment was assigned to Carrier Air Group 7 ( CVG - 7 ) aboard the aircraft carrier from September 1949 to January 1950 for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea . Detachments of the squadron operated from all attack carriers based on the U . S . East Coast . Only from September 1950 to February 1951 a detachment operated during the Korean War from the USS " Leyte " as part of CVG - 3 . In 1951 the squadron was equipped with the McDonnell F2H - 2P Banshee . On 2 July 1956 the squadron was redesignated Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron VFP - 62 and transitioned to the Grumman F9F - 6P Cougar ( later F9F - 8P ) . Three years later the squadron received its first Vought F8U - 1P Crusader aircraft , which were redesignated RF - 8A in 1962 . In 1966 these aircraft were upgraded to the RF - 8G . VFP - 62 is best known as the squadron who took the first low - level photos of the Soviet missile bases in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 . At the time , it was commanded by US Navy Commander William Ecker . In 2000 , the movie film , produced by Kevin Costner , showed the actions of Ecker and the other members of VFP - 62 during the Missile Crisis . From June 1966 to February 1967 VFP - 62 Det . 42 operated from the off Vietnam as part of CVW - 1 . VFP - 62 was disestablished on 1 January 1968 . Unit awards . On November 26 , 1962 , VFP - 62 was awarded the first peacetime Navy Unit Commendation personally by President John F . Kennedy .
833d Bombardment Squadron The 835th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last was assigned to the 486th Bombardment Group , stationed at Drew Field , Florida . It was inactivated on 7 November 1945 . History . Established as a B - 24 Liberator heavy bomber squadron in the fall of 1943 . Trained under Second Air Force . In March 1944 , after several months of training , the squadron was deployed to the European Theater of Operations ( ETO ) , being assigned to Eighth Air Force in England . From its base at Sudbury , the squadron began flying long - range strategic bombing missions over Nazi Germany and Occupied Europe , attacking enemy military and industrial targets primarily in Germany . In November 1944 unit re - equipped with B - 17 Flying Fortress es and reassigned from 2d to 4th Bombardment Division . Continued strategic bombardment attacks on enemy targets until German capitation in May 1945 . Personnel largely demobilized during the summer of 1945 ; small cadre of squadron returned to the United States assigned to Drew Field , Florida . Scheduled for re - equipping and re - manning as B - 29 Superfortress very heavy bomb squadron and deployment to Western Pacific . However , Japanese capitulation in August 1945 led to squadron ' s inactivation in November 1945 .
Battle of Augusta The naval Battle of Augusta ( also known as the Battle of Agosta ) took place on 22 April 1676 during the Franco - Dutch War and was fought between a French fleet of 29 man - of - war , five frigate s and eight fireship s under Abraham Duquesne and a Dutch - Spanish fleet of 27 ( 17 Dutch , 10 Spanish ) plus five fireships with Dutch Lieutenant - Admiral - General Michiel de Ruyter in command . The battle was a short but intense affair and ended abruptly when Duquesne , after hearing that De Ruyter had been mortally wounded , retreated . Neither side lost a ship , though there were many dead and wounded , especially among the Dutch . Order of battle . France ( Abraham Duquesne ) . Third Squadron ( Gabaret ) . Fireships : Netherlands / Spain ( Michiel de Ruyter ) . Spanish ships . 10 or 12 ships among them :
Singapore Armed Forces Good Service Medal The Singapore Armed Forces Good Service Medal is awarded to a regular member of the Singapore Armed Forces ( SAF ) who has completed 5 years of continuous service . The medal may be awarded to NSmen who have served 2 years of full - time service as National Service Full - time ( NSF ) and 3 high - key In - Camp Training ( ICT ) served as NSmen . Eligibility is also based on an individual ' s attitude towards National Service , job performance and contributions to the SAF . Service medals . In the SAF , the medals for service are :
Hermann Ritter von Speck Hermann Ritter von Speck ( 8 August 1888 – 15 June 1940 ) was a highly decorated General der Artillerie in the Wehrmacht 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 . Hermann Ritter von Speck was killed on 15 June 1940 in Pont - sur - Yonne , France . He was posthumously awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross on 17 October 1940 . In 2010 , Jay Nordlinger spoke with von Speck ' s daughter , who claimed that the general deliberately sought death in battle : In his dying words , he did not say , “ Give my love to my family , ” or anything like that . He said , “ It had to be this way . ”
Junius Annius Bassus Iunius Annius Bassus was a praetorian prefect of the Roman Empire from 318 to 331 , during which time he also held the consulate . Many of the laws in the " Codex Theodosianus " are addressed to him . His son Junius Bassus was " praefectus urbi " , and his sarcophagus is the most ancient among those carved with Christian scenes . He built the basilica of Junius Bassus on the Esquiline Hill in Rome , famous for its " opus sectile " decoration .
Danish Defence agreement 2005 – 09 Danish Defence agreement 2005 – 2009 ( ) for the military of Denmark was signed June 10 , 2004 . It calls for a significant reconstruction of the entire Danish military . At present , it is about 60 % support structure and 40 % combat operational capability , in the future , it will be 40 % support structure and 60 % combat operational capability , resulting in more combat soldiers and fewer ' paper ' - soldiers . The reaction speed will be increased , with an entire brigade on standby readiness for global deployment ; the military will retain the capability to deploy 2 . 000 soldiers in international service , or 5 . 000 for a short time span . The standard mandatory conscription is modified . Generally this means fewer conscripts , shorter service time for them and only those who choose to will continue into the reaction force system .
Bernard Warburton - Lee Captain Bernard Armitage Warburton Warburton - Lee VC ( 13 September 1895 – 10 April 1940 ) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Spanish Civil War . In 1936 due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War , and because there was fear of social unrest in the naval station , the Foreign Office in London , organized a ship to repatriate all the remaining British citizens and on 22 July 1936 HMS " Witch " , captained by B . A . Warburton - Lee , departed from Ferrol in northwestern Spain back to Britain . World War II . Warburton - Lee was 44 years old , and a captain in the Royal Navy during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 10 April 1940 in Ofotfjord , Narvik , Norway , in the First Battle of Narvik Captain Warburton - Lee of HMS " Hardy " commanded the British 2nd Destroyer Flotilla consisting of five destroyers ( HMS " Hardy " , " Havock " , " Hostile " , " Hotspur " and " Hunter " ) in a surprise attack on German destroyers and merchant ships in a blinding snowstorm . This was successful , and was almost immediately followed by an engagement with five more German destroyers , during which Captain Warburton - Lee was mortally wounded by a shell which hit " Hardy " ' s bridge . For his exploits in this engagement he was awarded Britain ' s highest decoration for valour in combat , the Victoria Cross , posthumously . During World War II , only 23 Victoria Crosses were awarded to members of the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserve , and of those only approximately 11 survived . In 1942 he was also awarded the Norwegian War Cross . VC citation . Bernard Warburton - Lee ' s VC citation reads as follows : This was the first VC to be gazetted in the Second World War . Capt . Warburton - Lee married on 9 October 1924 , Elizabeth Campbell Swinton , the daughter of Capt . George Swinton of Kimmerghame ( see Clan Swinton ) .
HMS Portsmouth ( 1650 ) Portsmouth was a 38 - gun fourth - rate frigate of the English Royal Navy , originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England at Portsmouth , and launched in 1650 . By 1677 her armament had been increased to 46 guns . " Portsmouth " was blown up in action in 1689 .
Prva višegradska Brigada Prva Slavna Višegradska Brigada ( The First Višegrad Brigade ) was part of the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina . It was made up of refugees and genocide survivors from Višegrad . It defended the Visegrad area from mid - 1992 till May 1993 . Its commander was Ahmet Sejdić . After the fall of positions in the Rogatica area , faced with the possibility of being cut off with Goražde , decision was brought to safely pull out towards Goražde . This was done with the aim to one day liberate Višegrad . Unfortunately , that day never occurred . Today , Višegrad is a primarily Serb town .
Basana Basana was a location near Aachen or Aix - la - Chapelle where Richimerus I fought a battle with a combined army of Romans and Gauls in the year 99 AD . References . Source : Herman L . Hoeh . 1969 . Compendium of World History . Volume 2 . Based on the Frankish Chronicles .
Fitz Lee ( Medal of Honor ) Fitz Lee ( June 1866 – September 14 , 1899 ) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America ' s highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions at the Battle of Tayacoba in the Spanish – American War . Biography . Lee joined the Army from his birthplace of Dinwiddie County , Virginia , and by June 30 , 1898 he was serving as a Private in Troop M of the 10th Cavalry Regiment . On that day , American forces aboard the " Florida " near Trinidad , Cuba , dispatched a landing party to provide reconnaissance on Spanish outposts in the area . The party was discovered by Spanish scouts and came under heavy fire ; their boats were sunk by enemy cannon fire , leaving them stranded on shore . The men aboard the " Florida " launched several rescue attempts ; the first four were forced to retreat under heavy fire . The fifth attempt , manned by Lee and three other Privates of the 10th Cavalry ( Dennis Bell , William H . Thompkins and George H . Wanton ) under the command of Lieutenant Ahern , launched at night and successfully found and rescued the surviving members of the landing party . One year later , on June 23 , 1899 , four of the rescuers were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions in what had come to be known as the Battle of Tayacoba . Fitz Lee died less than three months after receiving the medal ; he was buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery , Leavenworth County , Kansas . Medal of Honor citation . Private Lee ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : Voluntarily went ashore in the face of the enemy and aided in the rescue of his wounded comrades ; this after several previous attempts had been frustrated .
6th Dragoon Regiment The 6th Dragoon Regiment ( ) was a cavalry unit of the French Army . History . Name . The regiment was set up on 14 September 1673 as the " Régiment d ' Hocquincourt " . It took the name " Régiment des dragons de la Reine " ( " Queen ' s Own Dragoon s " ) in 1675 , before becoming the " 6th Dragoon Regiment " in 1791 . It was renamed the " Dragons de Monsieur " in 1814 , briefly reverting to the " 6th Dragoon Regiment " during the Hundred Days , after which it was dissolved . It was raised again in 1816 as the " dragons de la Loire " and renamed the " 6th Dragoon Regiment " in 1825 . Dissolved again in 1940 , it was raised again as the " 6th Dragoon Regiment " in 1964 out of the " 3e Régiment de Spahis Algériens " . It was dissolved in 1992 .
French Forces in Berlin The French Forces in Berlin ( ) were the units of the French Armed Forces stationed in Cold War - era West Berlin according to the agreements of the Yalta Conference and Potsdam Conference . The troops were the French counterparts to the United States ' Berlin Brigade and the United Kingdom ' s Berlin Infantry Brigade in the city . History . By agreement of the Allies , Berlin was divided into four sectors after the unconditional surrender on May 8 , 1945 . The allied powers of France , the Soviet Union , the United Kingdom and the United States of America were each granted control of a sector , with permission to station troops there . After the withdrawal of the Soviet Union from the Allied Control Council and the start of the Berlin Crisis in 1961 , units from the other three countries were ordered to protect West Berlin against Soviet troops and against the GDR ' s own NVA troops , since the Federal Republic of Germany was not allowed to station Bundeswehr units in Berlin . The French Army first stationed troops in Berlin in 1947 . Their headquarters were called Quartier Napoléon . After the end of the Cold War and the Two Plus Four Agreement , all Allied troops left Berlin in July 1994 .
Itakura Katsukiyo Biography . Itakura , born to the Hisamatsu - Matsudaira of the Kuwana Domain , was adopted by Itakura Katsutsune , the lord of the Matsuyama domain . As a student of Yamada Hōkoku , Itakura worked to reform his domain ' s administration and finances . Itakura entered the ranks of the shogunate bureaucracy . He served as " jisha - bugyō " in 1857 - 1859 and again in 1861 - 1862 . He became a rōjū in 1862 . Itakura fought in the Boshin War , and served as a staff officer of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei . He joined the Ezo Republic , and fought at Hakodate . After a short time in prison , he was released in the early 1870s , and later became priest of the Tōshōgu Shrine in Ueno .
Siegfried Simsch Siegfried Simsch ( 6 September 1913 – 8 June 1944 ) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Siegfried Simsch was killed on 8 June 1944 over Rennes , France . During his career he was credited with 54 aerial victories .
Fritz Biermeier Fritz Biermeier ( 19 May 1913 — 11 October 1944 ) was a Sturmbannführer ( Storm Unit Leader / Major ) in the Waffen SS who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross with Oakleaves during World War II . He was born 19 May 1913 in Augsburg and after volunteering for the SS he was given the SS service number 142 869 and the NSDAP party number 4 137 044 and was a graduate of the SS Junker school at Braunschweig in 1937 . He would go onto command the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd SS Panzer Regiment , 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf being awarded a posthumous Oakleaves to the Knight ' s Cross .
Battle of Khirbet al - Joz The Battle of Khirbet Al - Joz , was fought between forces of the Syrian Army and the FSA , for control of the town . On 6 October , the FSA launched an attack on the government occupied village of Kirbet Al - Joz , near the Turkish border . The FSA took control of the village after a 12 hour long battle with government forces . Battle . Rebel offensive . On 6 October , rebels launched an offensive on the border village Khirbet al - Joz in the Idlib governate . The FSA was said to first attacked a government border outpost just west of the village . Which left 3 rebels and 15 government soldiers dead . Fighting later intensified in Khirbet al - Joz itself , as rebels attempted to retake the village . Activists claimed that the rebels had captured a 3 - story high water tower in the center of Khirbet al - Joz , after 12 hours of fighting with government forces . On 7 October , the FSA released a statement indicating that they ' ve taken full control of Khirbet al - Joz and its surroundings . The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the capture and put the number of dead at 40 soldiers including 5 officers and 9 rebels . Aftermath . In late October , the Syrian army conducted a series of airstrkes on rebel positions near Khirbet al - Joz .
Erwin Fleig Ervin Fleig ( 6 December 1912 – 1 March 1986 ) was a former German Luftwaffe fighter ace and recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Ervin Fleig was credited with 66 victories in 506 missions . Career . Erwin Fleig spent his entire War time career flying with Jagdgeschwader 51 ( JG 51 ) and became Werner Mölders " Rottenflieger " ( wingman ) . He had joined JG 51 in June 1940 . Fleig claimed his first victory on 11 August 1940 , when he shot down a Spitfire over the English Channel . He claimed seven aerial victories during the Battle of Britain , six of them were Spitfire fighters . During Operation Barbarossa , the German invasion of the Soviet Union , he accumulated a further 57 victories . He was Hermann Joppien ' s wingman on 28 August 1941 , when Joppien was killed as they attacked Soviet bombers near Bryansk . On the 29th of May 1942 Fleig was shot down in Szokoloje . Taken as a Prisoner of war , Fleig wasn ' t released until the fifties . Erwin Fleig was credited with 66 aerial victories in 506 missions . Nine of his victories were scored on the Western Front , six were Spitfires .
Otto Büsing Otto Karl Gerd Lorenz Adolf Büsing ( 22 August 1896 – 8 March 1944 ) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht 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 . Otto Büsing was killed on 8 March 1944 near Kirovohrad , Ukraine . He was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor .