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Nicolaas Nieuwoudt Lieutenant - General Nicolaas Nieuwoudt SSA SD SM ( 1929 – 1989 ) was a South African military commander . A medical doctor , he joined the South African Air Force ' s medical branch in 1960 , after five years private practise . He commanded the South African Medical Service , as Surgeon - General , from 1977 to 1988 . The SAMS was upgraded to rank equally with the Army , Air Force , and Navy in 1979 . Education . He obtained a medical degree from the University of Pretoria Honours and awards . He was awarded the following medals and decorations : References . " Militaria " - Official Professional Journal of the SADF ( Vol 12 / 2 : 1982 )
Arnoldus Vanderhorst Arnoldus Vanderhorst ( March 21 , 1748 – January 29 , 1815 ) was a general of the South Carolina militia during the Revolutionary War and the 38th Governor of South Carolina from 1794 to 1796 . Early life and career . Born in Christ Church Parish , Vanderhorst took up planting at his plantation on the eastern half of Kiawah Island in the Lowcountry . He participated in the Revolutionary War as an officer under the command of Francis Marion . During the war , he also served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1776 to 1780 and in the South Carolina Senate from 1780 to 1786 . After his service in the state Senate , Vanderhorst was elected mayor of Charleston for two terms . As governor . In 1794 , he was elected by the $ 3 as a Federalist to be Governor of South Carolina . During his administration , Vanderhorst pressed the legislature for the revision of the criminal code because the sentences were so harsh that jurors would grant acquittal . In addition , he advocated for a prison system similar to that of the state of Pennsylvania instead of the state jails that were of medieval barbarity . Later life . After leaving the governorship in 1796 , he returned to his plantation on Kiawah Island where he cultivated sea island cotton . Vanderhorst died on January 29 , 1815 and he was buried at the St . Michael ' s churchyard in Charleston . He also proposed the need for a state penitentiary . Later the state penitentiary named Central Correction Institution that was open until 1994 .
Malcolm ' s Additional Continental Regiment Malcolm ' s Additional Continental Regiment was one of the sixteen Additional Continental regiments authorized by the Second Continental Congress for the Continental Army . The regiment ' s colonel was William Malcolm , a wealthy New York merchant , and its lieutenant colonel was Aaron Burr . History . The regiment was authorized January 7 , 1777 for service in the Continental Army ; earlier independent companies established by Malcolm saw service at the 1776 Battle of White Plains . The regiment was assigned June 27 , 1777 to the Highlands Department , where it participated in the defense of the Hudson River . On September 23 , 1777 it was assigned to the Main Army , and spent the winter at Valley Forge . One of its lieutenants , Frederick Gotthold Enslin , was drummed out of the army in February 1778 for allegedly attempting sodomy . The regiment next saw action in the 1778 Battle of Monmouth , and then spent its remaining time in the Highlands Department , where Colonel Malcolm was at times commander at West Point . The regiment was broken up as follows : the Pennsylvania companies on January 13 , 1779 were assigned to the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment , and the New York companies on April 1 , 1779 were assigned to Spencer ' s Additional Continental Regiment .
John Molyneux ( VC ) John Molyneux VC ( 22 November 1890 – 25 March 1972 ) was an English 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 . Early life . John Molyneux was born on 22 November 1890 to mother Minnie Jane and coal miner father , Joseph , who worked as a hewer at Sherdley Colliery . Young John , who was always known as Jack , was educated at Holy Trinity school in Parr . He left school at twelve to work in the mines . Details . He was 26 years old , and a sergeant in the 2nd Battalion , The Royal Fusiliers , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 9 October 1917 east of Langemarck , Belgium , during an attack which was held up by machine - gun fire and causing many casualties , Sergeant Molyneux organised a bombing party to clear the trench in front of a house . Many of the enemy were killed and a machine - gun captured . The sergeant then called for someone to follow him and rushed for the house . By the time the extra men arrived he was in the thick of a hand - to - hand fight which only lasted a short time and the enemy surrendered . In addition to the dead and wounded between 20 or 30 prisoners were taken . He also won the Croix de Guerre ( Belgium ) . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Fusiliers Museum , Tower of London , England .
Fort Porter Fort Porter was constructed between 1841 and 1844 at Buffalo in Erie County , New York and named for General Peter Buell Porter . The site was bounded by Porter Avenue , Busti Avenue and the Erie Barge Canal . It was initially a square masonry two - story redoubt , 62 feet square , with crenelated walls surrounded by large earthworks and moat . The fort was considered the largest masonry " blockhouse " ever built ; it burned in November 1863 . The " castle " had been built in 1836 as a home for Col . James McKay . This was part of the government acquisition of land in 1841 and was used as the Commandant ' s Quarters . Fort Porter had not been used for some time when the Civil War started . It was used as Headquarters of the 74th Regiment , NYNG . Ten 60 by 18 foot barracks were constructed and used as a recruiting center . In 1898 , the post was reactivated for the Spanish – American War and used as Headquarters for 13th U . S . Infantry . In 1917 , it was reactivated again for World War I and used as U . S . Army Base Hospital 23 until the unit shipped out . At the close of World War I it was used as U . S . General Hospital 4 for returning wounded . In 1926 , the property was sold to provide approaches to new Peace Bridge at Front Park , and all evidence was removed . A boulder dedicated in 1899 , as a token of the city ' s esteem for the regiment was removed to a place outside of the Buffalo History Museum . Fort Porter had an American football team that was active in 1917 and in 1920 , playing teams in the informal New York Pro Football League .
No . 257 Squadron RAF History . In World War I . No . 257 Squadron was formed at Dundee on 18 August 1918 from Nos . 318 and 319 Flights . It flew both seaplanes and flying boats on anti - submarine patrols from Dundee until the end of the First World War and disbanded there on 30 June 1919 . In World War II . The squadron was re - formed on 17 May 1940 at RAF Hendon as a Fighter Squadron , equipped with Spitfires . The squadron became operational at RAF Northolt , where the squadron flew Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain , during which it was part of No . 11 Group RAF . The squadron was based in south - east England throughout the Battle of Britain and in March began taking part in sweeps over France . Night fighter patrols were also flown and in July 1942 converted to Typhoons which began low - level patrols in September to intercept enemy fighter - bomber raids . Escort missions were also flown and in July 1943 , it began offensive operations . The squadron started fighter - bombing sorties in January 1944 , and as part of Second Tactical Air Force moved to France in July to provide air support for the Allied armies . By October it was based in Belgium for attacks on enemy transport and battlefield targets . The Squadron disbanded on 5 March 1945 . During the Second World War the squadron was the Burma gift squadron ; the chinte in its logo is a Burmese effigy . Post War . On 1 September 1946 the squadron was re - formed at RAF Church Fenton as a fighter squadron , flying Gloster Meteor s until January 1955 . It then converted to Hawker Hunter s . On 31 March 1957 the squadron was disbanded for the third time . On Bloodhounds . The squadron re - emerged on 1 July 1960 at RAF Warboys as an air defence unit using Bristol Bloodhound missiles till 31 December 1963 , when the squadron was disbanded for the fourth time .
USS Retaliation ( 1798 ) The first USS " Retaliation " was a French privateer captured and then served in the United States Navy during Quasi - War with France . Service history . The U . S . warship , , commanded by Capt . Stephen Decatur , Sr . , captured a French privateer , " La Croyable " , off Great Egg Harbor Bay , New Jersey , on 7 July 1798 . Before her capture , the schooner had been preying upon shipping off the Delaware Capes and had taken a British brigantine and a Philadelphia merchantman , " Liberty " . She had also boarded and robbed coaster " Alexander Hamilton " . The U . S . Navy purchased " La Croyable " on 30 July 1798 , manned her at Philadelphia , renamed her " Retaliation " , and placed her under the command of Lt . William Bainbridge . " Retaliation " departed Norfolk on 28 October 1798 with and and cruised in the West Indies protecting American commerce during the Quasi - War with France . On 20 November , a pair of French frigate s , " Insurgente " and " Volontaire " , overtook " Retaliation " while her consorts were away on a chase and forced Bainbridge to surrender the hopelessly out - gunned schooner . However , even as a prisoner , the American officer managed to serve his country . He saved " Montezuma " and " Norfolk " by convincing the senior French commander that those American warships were too powerful for his frigates and induced him to abandon the chase . Renamed " Magicienne " by the French , the schooner again came into American hands on 28 June 1799 , when a broadside from forced her to haul down her colors . She performed convoy duty in the Caribbean before returning to Philadelphia in August . Her crew was then discharged and the schooner was sold on 29 November 1799 to Thomas and Peter Mackie .
32nd Regiment Alabama Infantry The 32nd Regiment Alabama Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War . Service . On Dec . 27 , 1861 , Alexander McKinstry of Mobile , Alabama wrote the Confederate States War Department requesting authority to raise a regiment . His offer to Secretary of War James Seddon included a proposal to arm each enlisted man in his regiment with a Bowie knife and a pike . At the time McKinstry already held a commission as Colonel , 48th Alabama Militia Regiment , based in Mobile County , Alabama . As an officer of militia , on Feb . 18 , 1862 , McKinstry purchased 854 uniform jackets and pants , 677 pair of shoes , plus shirts , great coats and flannel drawers . The Confederate Government later reimbursed the state for this clothing , suggesting that officers and men of McKinstry ' s 32nd Alabama Regiment received it . The regiment entered Confederate service at Camp Goodwin , near Mobile , Alabama , Apr . 18 , 1862 . " Companies and Their Captains " On Nov . 23 , 1863 , this regiment and the 58th Regiment Alabama Infantry were consolidated to form the 32nd and 58th ( Consolidated ) Alabama Infantry Regiment . Total strength and casualties . Abstract of the Field Return , Army of Mobile , Mar . 31 , 1862 . 16 officers , 579 enlisted men present for duty ; 616 aggregate present ; 638 aggregate present and absent .
Toruń Airport Toruń ( 209 thousand inhabitants , 0 , 6 million in a Two - City agglomeration ) . The airport in Toruń possesses already a runway of 4100 ft . There is a pressure from local politicians to adapt the local airport to serve domestic flights , and , after expanding the landing strip by ( version 1 – 200 meters , version II - 500 ) meters to over ( v . I - 1500 meters , version II - 2000 meters ) , also international flights to this tourist destination , that due to its unique gothic - styled city - centre is on the UNESCO world heritage list and is one of the favourite Polish tourist destinations . History . The airport was opened before the second World War in 1912 - 1913 , it served to military purposes . Airport infrastructure . There exists a railroad line nearby the terminal that can be used for passenger service .
293rd Combat Communications Squadron The United States Air Force ' s 293rd Combat Communications Squadron is a combat communications unit located at the Pacific Missile Range Facility and Hickam AFB , Hawaii . Mission . Federal mission . The 293 CBCS ' federal mission is to provide operationally - ready combat units , combat support units and qualified personnel for active duty in the United States Air Force in times of war , national emergencies , or operational contingencies . State Mission . The 293 CBCS ' state mission is to provide organized and trained units to the Governor of Hawaii and Adjutant General to protect Hawaii ' s citizens and property , preserve peace , and ensure public safety in response to natural or human - caused disasters . History . The 293rd Combat Communications Squadron ( 293 CBCS ) was activated into federal service on 6 March 1967 at Hickam AFB , Hawaii . From 6 March 1967 to 30 September 2008 , the 293 CBCS was co - located with its parent group , the 201st Combat Communications Group ( 201 CCG ) at Hickam Air Force Base . By direction of the Adjutant General and with concurrence of the National Guard Bureau , the 293rd became the first geographically split - operations combat communications squadron in both the Air Force and the Air National Guard . Effective 1 October 2008 , the 293rd ' s command element and 52 % of its assigned manpower was transferred to the US Navy ' s Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands to replace the inactivating 154th Air Control Squadron ( 154 ACS ) as the Hawaii National Guard ’ s lead command and control element for any natural or human - caused disasters on the Island of Kauai , while the remaining 48 % remained assigned to Hickam AFB as Operating Location A , 293 CBCS . Despite the geographic separation of 125 miles between the 293rd ' s two organizational elements , the squadron continues to be organized , operate , and deploy much like any other single - location Air Force / Air National Guard combat communications squadron .
Roy Tackett Roy Tackett ( also known as Horrible Old Roy Tackett ) was a rifleman with the United States Marine Corps during World War II . He has been credited with introducing science fiction to Japan when he was stationed there as part of the American occupation . Career . During the early 1950s Tackett was a Drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island . He retired in 1962 with 20 years of service and went on to co - found Bubonicon in 1969 with the writer Robert E . Vardeman . That same year he was the Guest of Honor at Westercon . He produced more than 100 issues of his fanzine Dynatron during the 1960s , and was the TransAtlantic Fan Fund winner for 1976 . Roy was the Fan Guest of Honor at the 1997 Worldcon in San Antonio , Texas . As part of the run up to the ceremony in San Antonio , Mojo Press released " The Least Horrible of Roy Tackett " which consisted of selected short stories he had written over the previous 50 years . Personal life . Roy Tackett died in 2003 of heart failure brought on by years of heavy smoking , and was buried in the Santa Fe National Cemetery along with his wife , and fellow Marine , of over 40 years , Crystal Tackett ( 1923 - 1989 ) . In 2008 , the science fiction writer and long time friend Jack Speer was buried nearby .
Cuvier Grover Cuvier Grover ( July 24 , 1828 – June 6 , 1885 ) was a career officer in the United States Army and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Biography . Grover was born in Bethel , Maine , the younger brother of Governor and Senator La Fayette Grover of Oregon . A graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1850 , Grover was stationed in the western frontier before being transferred to help in defense preparations of Washington , D . C . , at the outbreak of the Civil War . He was appointed brigadier general of volunteers in April 1862 , but with a date of rank of April 14 , 1861 , the day after the evacuation of Fort Sumter , making him one of the more senior generals in the Army . He served as a brigade commander in the III Corps of the Army of the Potomac , in which role he won distinction at the Battle of Williamsburg and was brevet ted lieutenant colonel in the regular army , and winning promotion to full colonel for gallantry at the Battle of Seven Pines . His brigade was later transferred to the command of Maj . Gen . John Pope and cited for bravery in leading a bayonet charge against Confederate forces of Stonewall Jackson at the Second Battle of Bull Run . Grover was transferred to the Department of the Gulf in December 1862 and commanded a division in the XIX Corps during the capture of Baton Rouge and the Siege of Port Hudson . Returning to the East in August 1864 , he participated in the Third Battle of Winchester , Fisher ' s Hill , and Cedar Creek , where he was wounded and brevetted to the rank of major general of volunteers . Before the war ' s end , Grover was brevetted to major general in the regular army on March 13 , 1865 , before returning to frontier and garrison duty with the U . S . Cavalry . Grover died in Atlantic City , New Jersey , and is buried in West Point Cemetery .
Renée Bordereau Renée Bordereau ( born 1770 Soulaines - sur - Aubance - 1824 ) , nicknamed " The Angevin " , was a French woman who disguised herself as a man and fought as a Royalist cavalier in the troops of Charles Melchior Artus de Bonchamps during the Vendéan insurrection against the French Revolution ( in 1793 ) . She is reputed to have killed some twenty of the opposing revolutionary " Bleues " with her own hands . A unit led by her threw six hundred Republican soldiers from the heights of Roche - de - Mûrs in the commune of Mûrs - Erigné , south of the town of Angers , Pays de la Loire , into the Louet River below . Her effectiveness is as a soldier is attested by independent sources , including Madame de La Rochejaquelein , who reported " She was of ordinary height and very ugly . One day at Cholet , they pointed her out to me . ' See that soldier who has sleeves of a color different from his coat . That ' s a girl who fights like a lion . ' . . . Her unbelievable courage was celebrated throughout the whole army . " Of one of her own experiences , Bordereau wrote : " Arriving near the Loire , I destroyed five of my enemies , and finishing off the day , I broke my sword on the head of the last one . . . Seeing only one horseman near me , I doubled back to our army . I alone , killed twenty - one that day . I ' m not the one who counted them , but those who followed me , and if they hadn ' t said so , I wouldn ' t have spoken about it myself . "
Bisnovat SK - 2 The SK - 2 ( " Skorostnii Krylo " – high speed wing ) , was a fighter aircraft designed and built in the USSR from 1940 . Development . After working as an engineer under Tairov at the OKO in Kiev , Bisnovat was permitted to form his own OKB with the task of designing and building a high speed research aircraft , which emerged as the SK - 1 . The performance and handling of this aircraft prompted authorization for a fighter derivative Construction of the SK - 2 was of light - alloy stressed skin , with single plate web spar wings skinned with light - alloy sheet , smoothed to mirror finish accurate profiles using marquisette fabric , cork dust , open weave and adhesive as filler . Initially the wing was of NACA 23014 . 5 profile with slotted Vlasov style flaps , and fabric covered ailerons . The tail - unit also had fabric covered control surfaces , and trim tabs , with all controls 100 % mass balanced . The M - 105 engine was fitted in a low drag installation with a pressurised coolant system which required a radiator of only 0 . 17m ^ 2 frontal area ( approx ½ that of a similar unpressurised coolant system ) , hydraulically retractable main and tail undercarriages with fully closing doors also reduced drag . The SK - 2 was a minimum change fighter derivative of the SK - 1 with a normal protruding enclosed cockpit , normal light alloy wing skinning , enlarged fin and rudder , and two 12 . 7mm BS machine - guns in the top decking of the forward fuselage . Flown in October 1940 by G . M . Shiyanov , but no production was authorised .
Francis M . Cunningham First Sergeant Francis M . Cunningham ( December 31 , 1837 to May 11 , 1919 ) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War . Cunningham received the country ' s highest award for bravery during combat , the Medal of Honor , for his action during the Battle of Sayler ' s Creek in Virginia on 6 April 1865 . He was honored with the award on 3 May 1865 . Biography . Cunningham was born in Somerset , Pennsylvania on 31 December 1837 . He enlisted into the 1st West Virginia Cavalry at Springfield , Pennsylvania . He died on 11 May 1919 and his remains are interred at the Sugar Grove Cemetery in Pennsylvania .
Dou Xian Dou Xian ( ; Wade - Giles : Tou Hsien , d . AD 92 ) was a prominent Chinese general and statesman of the Eastern Han Dynasty . A native of modern - day Xianyang , Shaanxi Province , he was part of the powerful Dou clan which dominated court politics during his tenure . However , his father Dou Xun fell into disgrace and died in 70 , leaving Dou Xian an orphan . His fortunes were greatly enhanced , though , when his two sisters entered the imperial harem in 77 . In the following year , the older of these two sisters became Empress Zhangde , the wife of Emperor Zhang of Han , and lasted briefly as empress dowager and regent during the early reign of Emperor He of Han . The biography of Dou Xian can be found in Chapter LIII of the Hou Hanshu .
William Munroe ( American soldier ) Colonel William Munroe ( October 28 , 1742 – October 30 , 1827 ) was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War . He was the orderly sergeant of the Lexington militia at the Battle of Lexington and Concord and as a lieutenant at the Battle of Saratoga . He was also a militia colonel and a prominent man politically in the town of Lexington . Ancestry . William Munroe was the great grandson of William Munroe , who was captured at the Battle of Worcester by Oliver Cromwell ' s troops , and taken to Boston as an indentured servant . He worked hard and quickly bought his freedom . He settled in the settlement of Cambridge Farms Parish , ( later Lexington , Massachusetts ) , Massachusetts , in a part of the town called Scotland . Family . William Munroe was married to Anna Smith and they had six children . After her death in 1781 he later married Polly Rodgers . His obituary from the American Mercury ( CT ) , Nov . 20 , 1820 , p . 1 reports : Death of another Revolutionary Hero . - - Businesses and occupations . Munroe owned two businesses in April 1775 . One was his tavern , known as Munroe Tavern , and the other was a retail shop . Several pages of his ledger survive . He was also the orderly sergeant of the Lexington militia . Roles in the Battles of Lexington and Concord . William Munroe fought in the Battle of Lexington acting as orderly sergeant in the company commanded by Captain John Parker . Later in the day , his home , Munroe Tavern , was occupied by Colonel Percy . Percy placed a cannon on the tavern ' s land , and used it as a field hospital and refuge for retreating troops . In March 1825 , fifty years after the battle , Munroe gave a sworn testimony about his activities in April 19 , 1775 . Roles in the Battle of Saratoga . William Munroe served at the Battle of Saratoga under the rank of lieutenant . Later life . William Munroe was a Captain in militia when he marched with a body of men towards Springfield during the Shays Rebellion in 1786 . The Munroe family was visited by the first President of the United States , George Washington , in November 1789 . He was a selectman for nine years and represented his town for two years .