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Francis C . Flaherty Francis Charles Flaherty ( March 15 , 1919 – December 7 , 1941 ) was an officer in the United States Naval Reserve and a recipient of America ' s highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor . He was awarded the Medal of Honor for helping his crewmates escape the sinking at the expense of his own life , during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor . Biography . Francis Flaherty was born on March 15 , 1919 in Charlotte , Michigan . He was a parishioner at St . Mary ' s Catholic Church while living in Charlotte . He enlisted in the Naval Reserve in July 1940 and was commissioned as an Ensign in December of that year . At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor , Flaherty was serving on board the USS " Oklahoma " . The " Oklahoma " was based at Pearl Harbor for patrols and exercises , and was moored in Battleship Row when the attack began . Almost immediately after the first Japanese bombs fell , the ship was hit by three torpedo es and began to capsize . Those who could began to abandon ship as more torpedoes struck home . Ensign Flaherty remained in one of the ship ' s turrets , providing light so that the turret crew could escape . When the " Oklahoma " rolled completely over , he was trapped inside the hull along with many others . Thirty - two crewmembers of the " Oklahoma " were rescued from inside the hull over the next few days , but Ensign Flaherty was not among them . Over all , 429 men were entombed in the " Oklahoma " at Pearl Harbor , including Flaherty . The ship was raised for salvage in 1943 , and the remains inside were eventually interred in mass graves marked " Unknowns " at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu , Hawaii . Flaherty ' s name is inscribed in the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific , and a memorial headstone was placed in Maple Hill Cemetery in his hometown of Charlotte , Michigan . Medal of Honor citation . For conspicuous devotion to duty and extraordinary courage and complete disregard of his own life , above and beyond the call of duty , during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor , by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941 . When it was seen that the U . S . S . " Oklahoma " was going to capsize and the order was given to abandon ship , Ens . Flaherty remained in a turret , holding a flashlight so the remainder of the turret crew could see to escape , thereby sacrificing his own life .
USS Manistee ( YT - 173 ) USS " Manistee " ( YT ‑ 173 ) was a United States Navy harbor tug named for Manistee , Michigan , the first to bear the name - a Native American word meaning " island in the river " . Construction and commissioning . " Manistee " was built in 1941 as the tug " Carrie T . Meseck " by T . S . Marvel & Co . for Meseck Towing Lines , Inc . , of New York , New York . She was purchased for $ 285 , 000 by the Navy and renamed 29 May 1941 . Converted at the New York Naval Yard , " Manistee " was placed in service 8 August 1941 . Operational history . " Manistee " was immediately placed in service performing tug duties in New York Harbor . There , throughout the World War II period , she helped to insure the efficient flow of men and matériel in and out of that congested port to the war fronts in Europe and Africa . " Manistee " was redesignated YTB ‑ 173 on 15 May 1944 and continued to serve the 3rd Naval District for a year after the end of the war . On 30 August 1946 she was placed out of service at New York , and struck from the Naval Register on 13 December . Declared surplus , she was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 26 February 1947 . She was subsequently sold to her former owner and resumed service in New York Harbor as " Carrie T . Meseck " .
Aero A . 23 The Aero A . 23 was a Czechoslovakia n biplane airliner of the 1920s . Aero ' s previous airliner design , the A . 10 had been a relatively crude machine drawing heavily on World War I military aircraft . The A . 23 , designed in 1925 was relatively modern , although it still seated its pilot in an open cockpit above the passenger cabin . Seven A . 23s flew CSA ' s Prague - Marienbad ( Mariánské Lázně ) and Prague - Uzhhorod routes between 1926 and 1936 .
50th North Carolina Infantry The 50th Regiment North Carolina Infantry was a volunteer infantry regiment that served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and was organized early in the war near Raleigh , North Carolina . Service . 50th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in April 1862 , at Camp Mangum , near Raleigh , North Carolina . Men of this unit were raised in the counties of Person , Robeson , Johnston , Wayne , Rutherford , Moore , and Harnett . Ordered to Virginia , it fought under General Daniel at Malvern Cliff , then returned to North Carolina . Here the 50th saw action at New Bern and Washington , transferred to J . G . Martin ' s Brigade , and for a time served at Wilmington . Later part of the regiment was stationed at Plymouth and part at Washington . In November 1864 , it moved south and shared in the defense of Savannah and skirmished along the Rivers ' Bridge . Sent back to North Carolina it was placed in General Kirkland ' s Brigade . The unit continued the fight at Averasborough and fought its last battle at Bentonville . Battles . Below is a listing of the battles of the 50th Infantry Regiment : Total strength and casualties . At the end , the 50th surrendered with about 250 men on 26 April 1865 .
17th Indian Division The 17th Indian Division was formed in 1917 from units of the British Indian Army for service in the Mesopotamia Campaign during World War I . The division was involved in the Action at Fat - ha Gorge on the Little Zab between October 23 – 26 , 1918 and the Battle of Sharqat , October 28 – 30 , 1918 . At the end of the Great War it was part of the occupation force in Iraq until it was disbanded up in 1928 .
Walter IV , Count of Enghien Walter IV of Enghien ( died 1381 ) , Hainault nobleman and soldier , was the son of Sohier of Enghien . He was Count of Brienne as Walter VII and Lord of Enghien 1364 – 1381 . Appointed Marshal of Flanders by Louis II of Flanders , he energetically prosecuted the war against the rebellious Ghentois . He is notorious for his sack of the city of Geraardsbergen on July 7 , 1381 , wherein his troops burned and destroyed the town , killing many of its inhabitants . Rejoining the Flemish army besieging Ghent , he and a handful of companions were trapped by an ambush laid by the Ghentois , perhaps composed of survivors of Geraardsbergen . He and his illegitimate half - brother John were both cut down in the fighting . He was succeeded by his heir in proximity of blood , his uncle Louis of Enghien .
Hans Grünberg Hans " Specker " Grünberg 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 . Grünberg shot down 82 enemy aircraft in 550 missions . Military career . Grünberg first acted in combat role when he was serving with Jagdgeschwader 3 ( JG 3 ) based on the Eastern front , in August 1942 . Unteroffizier Grünberg achieved his first victory on 19 August 1942 , when he shot down a Soviet DB - 3 twin - engine bomber . By the end of 1942 , Grünberg had amassed 11 victories . He had bailed out four times during his time in the Soviet Union . On 16 July 1943 , it is possible he became a victim of a female fighter ace , Lydia Litvyak . Grünberg then flew with 5 . / JG 3 on Defense of the Reich duties based in Germany . On 9 May 1944 , Grünberg was appointed " Staffelkapitän " of 5 . / JG 3 in the place of Oberleutnant Leopold " Poldi " Münster was shot down and killed in action the day before . His last victory was claimed on 19 April , when he shot down a United States Army Air Forces B - 17 over Bohemia but he had to bail out of his Messerschmitt Me 262 near Prague in this engagement . He served out the remainder of the war with this unit . Grünberg was credited with 82 victories in 550 combat missions . He recorded 61 victories over the Eastern Front , including 27 Il - 2 Sturmoviks . Of his 21 victories recorded over the Western Front , at least 11 were four - engine bombers . He is credited with five victories with the Me - 262 jet fighter , all were four - engine bombers .
Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan ( ; born in a small coastal village Polikandy , Sri Lanka on October 16 , 1963 - May 18 , 2009 ) , also known by his " nom de guerre " , Colonel Soosai , was the head of the Sea Tigers , the naval wing of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam . Personal life . Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan was married to Sathvadevi and they had two children called Suresh and Madhi . The Sri Lankan Army claim that Soosai ' s wife and children are in custody after they fled to the army ' s side during war . LTTE . Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan joined LTTE in 1981 along with Pottu Amman . Sea Tigers . Colonel Soosai was known as the ' Admiral ' for the Sea Tigers . He led the sea tigers and attacked many of Sri Lankan Navy boats . After a major offensive in 2007 by the Sri Lankan Army , the Sea Tigers became less effective as the Sri Lankan Navy matched their strength with better weapons , and faster boats such as Super Dvora Mk II . The Sea Tigers was still effective until LTTE lost the war on 19 May 2009 . Unceasing Waves 3 . Colonel Soosai transported 1 , 200 cadres with Balraj behind enemy lines into Jaffna Peninsula . This was the first attack in which LTTE used sea to transport cadres for an attack which was likely to be unsuccessful . Soosai said this mission was a do or die mission because Balraj had to take control of Elephant Pass in order for the mission to be successful . Claimed Death . On May 18 , 2009 the Sri Lankan government claimed that Colonel Soosai was killed when a rocket hit the armored - plated van he was riding in after a two - hour firefight . Troops removed and claimed to have identified his body along with the rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and other rebel fighters . At the time of his apparent death , he was wanted by Interpol because the Magistrate Court in Wattala , Sri Lanka , had issued an arrest warrant on terrorism charges .
Thomas - Morse XP - 13 Viper The XP - 13 Viper was a prototype biplane fighter aircraft designed by the United States company Thomas - Morse Aircraft Corporation . The airplane was delivered to the United States Army in 1929 but they did not adopt it . Design and development . This aircraft was one of several B . Douglas Thomas designs built in hopes of a production contract from the Army , following the successful Thomas - Morse MB - 3 of 1919 . Financed by the company , and named the " Viper " , it was officially purchased by the Army in June 1929 and designated " XP - 13 " . The XP - 13 fuselage had a corrugated aluminum skin built over a metal frame ; the flying surfaces were also metal - framed , but covered with the traditional fabric . While designed to use the 600 hp Curtiss H - 1640 - 1 Chieftain engine , ( a novel 12 - cylinder two - row air - cooled radial with the rear cylinders directly behind the front cylinders rather than staggered as normal in a two - row radial ) for which the XP - 13 incorporated a complex system of baffles to direct cooling air over the engine , the engine simply would not stay cool enough , and in September 1930 it was replaced with a Pratt & Whitney SR1340C Wasp of 450 hp . Ironically , the lower - power engine actually resulted in a speed increase of 15 mph , at least partly because of the weight savings . In the end , the Army decided against production , Thomas - Morse was acquired by Consolidated Aircraft , and the prototype was lost to an inflight fire . Operators . United States Army Air Service
A . G . Forman Archibald George Forman ( 1910 - 1967 ) was a British naval officer who became the first Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy . Ghana Navy service . Forman was born in Brentford on 20 June 1910 . An acting sub - lieutenant in the Royal Navy aged 17 , he became a sub - lieutenant in 1931 , and lieutenant in 1933 . He became Lieutenant Commander at the start of 1941 , was mentioned in dispatches in 1942 , and became a Commander at the close of 1943 . In 1950 he was made Commodore . Retiring from active Navy service in July 1959 , he was seconded to the newly created Ghana Navy . Kwame Nkrumah , then the Ghana president , granted him a presidential commission as a Ghana naval officer with the rank of Commodore and appointed him Chief of Naval Staff . This was after the navy had been established in 1959 . After Nkrumah assumed the title of Supreme Commander in September , he replaced Commodore Forman with Lietenant - Colonel Daniel Hansen . As Captain A . G . Forman he received a CBE in 1962 .
Stuart Greeves Major - General Sir Stuart Greeves KBE CB DSO and Bar MC and Bar ( 1897 – 1989 ) was a British Indian Army officer . Born in 1897 , Stuart Greeves was educated at Northampton School . When war broke out in September 1914 , Sam Greeves joined 7th Battalion , Northamptonshire Regiment as a volunteer . In 1915 , he was deployed to the Western Front where for the next three years he took part in active combat operations with the Northamptonshire Regiment and the Lancashire Fusiliers in France and Belgium . In 1918 , he was promoted to Lieutenant , and after the Armistice he opted to join the British Indian Army . On promotion to Captain in 1922 , he served on the North West Frontier . In 1932 he was appointed Brigade Major of the Wana Brigade , North West Frontier , India , 1932 - 1936 : served in Burma , 1943 – 1945 ; Citation for Distinguished Service Order . Brigadier ( Temporary ) Stuart Greeves CBE , DSO , MC Brigadier Greeves commanded 80th Indian Infantry Brigade of 20th Indian Division . After the capture of Monyra on 22 January 1945 , his Brigade was ordered to clear the large area of the Irrawaddy and Chidwin confluence up to the Habet River and deceive the enemy into believing that a crossing was to take place in that area . This difficult task he planned and carried out most admirable and achieved his both his objects by hard fighting and tireless manoeuvre , during which he himself was always right forward , enthusing his troops and setting a wonderful example of fearlessness and dash , at all times completely regardless of his own safety , and quite indifferent to the fire of the enemy artillery , automatics and snipers to which he was subjected in each of the many actions fought by his Brigade . Later , after a small bridgehead had been established across the Irrawaddy , he disengaged his Brigade with great skill and speed , and crossed over into the bridgehead ; and thanks to fine planning , determination and speed , inflicted defeat after defeat on the Japanese , not only in close battle in the bridgehead area itself , but in a lightning sweep which carried his Brigade in four days over 35 miles of difficult country through the enemy ’ s artillery area , completely disorganizing it and various units of the 31st and 53rd Japanese Divisions to a position to threaten seriously the main Mandalay – Meiktila Road near Kyaukse . His troops killed a great number of the enemy during this drive , destroyed many dumps of ammunition , petrol and supplies , and captured no less than eleven guns most of whose crews fought them to the last . As usual , Brigadier Greeves was in the forefront of all the actions fought . He has throughout shown all the qualities of a great and fearless leader , and has carried out with his Brigade in one month the many difficult tasks given to him in such a brilliant way that he is most thoroughly deserving of the immediate award of a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order .
Tiberius Sempronius Longus ( consul 218 BC ) Tiberius Sempronius Longus ( " c . " 260 BC – 210 BC ) was a Roman consul during the Second Punic War and a contemporary of Publius Cornelius Scipio . In 218 BC , Sempronius was sent to Africa with 160 quinquereme s to gather forces and supplies , while Scipio was sent to Iberia to intercept Hannibal . It was at this time , striking from Lilybaeum , on the island of Sicily , that Sempronius Longus captured Malta from the Carthaginians . Shortly thereafter , with Scipio wounded and pursued by Hannibal ' s forces after the Battle of Ticinus , the Senate sent for Tiberius Sempronius Longus . Upon his arrival in December , and reportedly against Scipio ' s advice , Sempronius Longus led an ambitious attack at the Battle of the Trebia . His army charged into a trap and was enveloped by the forces of Hannibal ' s brother , Mago . Although it was a crushing Roman defeat , Tiberius Sempronius Longus and a force of 10 , 000 infantry men fought their way through the rear Carthaginian lines and to safety . In January 217 BC Sempronius Longus returned to Rome to oversee the elections for the new consuls . He was succeeded by Gaius Flaminius Nepos and returned to his army at their winter encampment . In 215 BC , Sempronius fought Hanno at Grumentum . Sempronius ' army killed 2 , 000 enemy men and captured 280 more , pushing Hanno out of Lucania back to Bruttium and allowing the towns of Vercellium , Vescellium , and Sicilinum to be recaptured for Rome . In 194 BC , his son , Tiberius Sempronius Longus , became consul and supervised the migration of Roman colonists in Gaul .
Gary L . North Gary Lewis North , is a retired United States Air Force four - star general who served as Commander , Pacific Air Forces and Executive Director , Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff at Hickam Air Force Base , Hawaii from August 19 , 2009 to August 9 , 2012 . Pacific Air Forces is responsible for Air Force activities spread over half the globe in a command that supports 45 , 000 Airmen serving principally in Hawaii , Alaska , Guam , Korea and Japan . General North was commissioned in 1976 as a distinguished graduate from East Carolina University ' s ROTC program . He has held numerous operational , command and staff positions , and has completed four long and four short overseas tours . The general has served two tours on the Joint Staff , serving as executive officer to the Director of the Joint Staff , and as Director of Politico - Military Affairs for Asia - Pacific , where he was responsible for regional planning and policy for the Asia - Pacific , South Asia and Central Asia regions . He has served on the Air Force Staff as the Chief , Joint Requirements Division and Deputy Director of Joint Matters , and as the Director for Operations , U . S . Pacific Command , Camp H . M . Smith , Hawaii . Prior to his current assignment , General North was the Commander , 9th Air Force and U . S . Air Forces Central , Shaw Air Force Base , S . C . , comprising six wings in the 9th AF and eight air expeditionary wings in Air Forces Central , and served as the U . S . Central Command Combined Forces Air Component Commander and service functional Air Component Commander for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan . General North has also commanded the 33rd Fighter Squadron at Shaw Air Force Base , S . C . ; 35th Operations Group at Misawa Air Base , Japan ; 8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base , South Korea ; and the 18th Wing at Kadena AB , Japan . He is a command pilot with more than 4 , 500 flying hours , primarily in the F - 4 , F - 15 and F - 16 . He flew 83 combat missions in Operations Desert Storm , Southern Watch , Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom .
Slovenian Seafarers Barracks The Slovenian Seafarers Barracks ( ) is the sole barracks of the Slovenian Navy . It is situated in Ankaran in southwestern Slovenia . The barracks were first used by the Slovenian Navy detachment in 1999 . It is one of the smallest and newest barracks in Slovenia .
Distinguished Conduct Medal The Distinguished Conduct Medal ( DCM ) was ( until 1993 ) an extremely high level award for bravery . It was a second level military decoration awarded to other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to non - commissioned personnel of other Commonwealth countries . The medal was instituted in 1854 , during the Crimean War , to recognise gallantry within the other ranks , for which it was equivalent of the Distinguished Service Order ( DSO ) awarded for bravery to commissioned officers , but the DCM ranked well below the DSO in precedence . From 1942 , members of the Navy and Air Force were entitled to the award . In the aftermath of the 1993 review of the honours system , as part of the drive to remove distinctions of rank in awards for bravery , the DCM was discontinued ( along with the award of the DSO specifically for gallantry and of the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal ) . These three decorations were replaced by the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross , which now serves as the second level award for gallantry for all ranks across the whole armed forces . Bars were awarded to the DCM in recognition of the performance of further acts of gallantry meriting the award . Recipients are entitled to the post - nominal letters DCM .
Frank Wormald Frank Wormald CB ( 1868 - 1915 ) , was a soldier in the British Army . He served in the Second Boer War and the First World War being promoted to brigadier - general and given the command of the 5th Cavalry Brigade . History . Frank Worldald was born in Dewsbury Yorkshire 10 February 1868 , the son of mill owner John and Annie Wormald . When married he and his wife Gwynifred resided at 10 Walton Place London , adjacent to Harrods . He was a successful big game hunter in India and Africa and became a well known polo player . He joined the British Army in 1889 , serving in the 12th ( Prince of Wales ' s Royal ) Lancers . He fought in the Second Boer War , in 1912 he was given command of his regiment , serving in the First World War . Serving on the Western Front in France from August 1914 . Wounded in his regiments successful charge against the German 1st and 2nd Garde Dragoner on 28 August 1914 , he was out of action for three weeks . He was promoted to brigadier - general in July 1915 and given command of the 5th Cavalry Brigade . He was killed on 3 October 1915 , while inspecting front line trenches where his brigade were working digging and clearing up battlefield debris . He is buried at Nedonchel Churchyard in France .
Charles T . Hillyer Charles T . Hillyer was a 19th - century politician and soldier from Connecticut . In 1853 Hillyer moved from East Granby , Connecticut to Hartford , Connecticut . Hillyer served in 1837 as a State Senator from Connecticut ' s 3rd Senate District . In 1842 Hillyer was serving as a Justice of the Peace in Granby , Connecticut . He latter served as a Union Army General in the American Civil War . He was a leading supporter of the YMCA in Hartford when it was founded in the 1880s . Hillyer was a founding member of the board of the Hartford and Connecticut Valley Railroad in 1880 . Hillyer served on the railroad ' s board until 1888 .