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41st Dogras The 41st Dogras were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army . They could trace their origins to 1900 , when thy were raised as the 41st ( Dogra ) Bengal Infantry . They went to China in 1904 to join an international force , staying there until 1908 . In World War I they served on the Western Front and in the Mesopotamia Campaign . There was a second battalion raised in 1917 . After World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments . In 1922 , the 41st Dogras now became the 3rd and 10th Battalions 17th Dogra Regiment . The regiment was allocated to the new Indian Army on independence .
234th Infantry Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 234th Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the First World War and Second World War . First World War . It was assigned to the 75th Division and served in the Middle East . Second World War . The brigade was re - formed on 1 April 1943 from the 4th ( Malta ) Infantry Brigade , which had garrisoned the island during its siege by air and sea by the Axis powers . The unit was formed as the main British military force for the operation to capture the Dodecanese Islands in late 1943 . The brigade , under Major General F . G . R . Brittorous , later replaced by Brigadier Robert Tilney , was landed on the island of Leros . The Brigade , together with other British , Italian and Allied forces , attempted to hold the Dodecanese islands against successive German air attacks and the landings of amphibious German forces , but without success . In the Battle of Kos and the Battle of Leros , German air superiority and tactical ability resulted in British defeats , and their garrisons were forced to surrender after a few days ' resistance . Component units on 16 November 1943 included :
Musical Ride The Musical Ride of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is a formal event showcasing the equestrian skills performed by 32 cavalry who are regular members of the force . The event is held in Canada and worldwide to promote the RCMP . The first official ride was held in 1887 in Regina , District of Assiniboia , and commanded by Inspector William George Matthews . The Musical Ride was featured on the Canadian fifty - dollar bill produced from 1969 to 1979 .
Chamber ( firearms ) In firearm s , the chamber is the portion of the barrel or firing cylinder in which the cartridge is inserted prior to being fired . Rifle s and pistol s generally have a single chamber in their barrels , while revolver s have multiple chambers in their cylinders and no chamber in their barrel . Thus rifles and pistols can be fired even with a detached magazine , while a revolver cannot be fired with its cylinder swung out . The act of " chambering " a cartridge means the insertion of a round into the chamber , either manually or through the action of the weapon , e . g . , pump - action , lever - action , bolt action , or automatic action generally in anticipation of Firing the weapon , without need to ' load ' the weapon upon decision to use it ( reducing the number of " actions " needed to discharge ) . In firearms design or modification , " chambering " is fitting a weapon for a particular caliber or round , so a Colt Model 1911 is " chambered " for . 45 ACP or . 38 Super , or " re - chambered " for . 38 / . 45 Clerke .
Friedrich Hermann Wölfert Friedrich Hermann Wölfert ( 17 November 1850 in Riethnordhausen , Kreis Sangerhausen - 12 June 1897 in Tempelhof ( in Berlin ) ) was a German publisher and aviation pioneer . Early life . From 1870 he studied theology and philosophy at Leipzig , and he founded his own publishing company in 1873 . He published over 50 books and newspapers , some of which he wrote himself . In the same year he married Christiane Trautmann , with whom he had two daughters . Human - powered airships . After meeting the forester Georg Baumgarten in 1879 , he became fascinated with airship flight and offered not only financial support but helped him further develop airships . Baumgarten had patented and experimented with his own airship designs , but his royal employer soon forbad him from airship work . Therefore they both continued work using Wölfert ' s name . Their first cooperative work , the ' ( three gondola airship ) flew on 31 January 1880 , and crashed . In 1881 further models were built , all of them , non - rigid designs . Due to their activities the ' was founded on 8 September 1881 . Wölfert neglected his publishing business , which was sold in 1881 . After Baumgarten ' s death in 1884 he continued the work and built a series of seven airships , including the human - powered " Deutschland " which flew in Berlin . Gottlieb Daimler ' s petrol engine . After flying another airship in Dresden in 1887 , a Leipzig illustrated newspaper printed a detailed account , describing it as a muscle - powered airship and hinting at a military project . Gottlieb Daimler noticed this article and , after patenting his new petrol engine for airflight , invited Wölfert to Cannstatt . On 10 August 1888 Wölfert ' s airship , driven by Daimler ' s so - called ( Grandfather Clock ) petrol engine , flew 10 kilometres from Cannstatt to Aldingen ( part of Remseck am Neckar ) and back . Other flights were made in Cannstatt , Ulm , Augsburg , Munich , and Vienna . He also offered the use of one for military purposes to the Berlin airship department . 1896 to 1897 . Wölfert wished to present his airship at the 1896 ( a large commercial exposition ) . A sponsor provided 50 , 000 Mark to build a hangar at the expo . At least three flights were made ; one on 20 May 1896 reached the then record height for an airship of . Later flights included the delivery of Post , from which some envelopes still exist . These successes led to support from the military and at the last , and fatal , flight at Tempelhof . Guests from Greece , China and Japan were present . Wölfert again named the airship " Deutschland " . It had a gas volume of 800 cubic metres and an eight horsepower Daimler motor . On 1897 - 06 - 12 it rose up about 200 m ( 670 ft ) but caught fire and crashed , killing both him and his mechanic . " " , a street not far from the accident site , was named after him on 4 August 1930 .
Basra prison incident The Basra prison incident was an event involving British troops in Basra , Iraq . On 19 September 2005 , two undercover British Special Air Service soldiers disguised in Arab civilian garments and headdresses opened fire on Iraqi police officers after having been stopped at a roadblock . Two Iraqi officers were shot , at least one of whom died . The two British men were arrested and taken to the Al Jameat police station . British tanks encircled the jail where the men ( whose photographs have been widely circulated but whose names have not been made public ) were being held . A crowd gathered and began throwing stones and petrol bombs at the tanks , setting at least one ablaze . Three British soldiers were injured and , according to some reports , two demonstrators were killed . After nightfall , the British army returned and stormed the prison where the SAS men were being held , breaking down the walls and freeing the two SAS men . According to the governor of Basra province , Mohammed al - Waili , the British had used " more than ten tanks backed by helicopters " to carry out the raid . After the British army left , around 150 other prisoners fled the prison . The Ministry of Defence initially denied storming the prison . In later statements , it is explained that the soldiers would have likely been killed , and that the police force had been infiltrated by illegal militia groups . The Governor of the province , Muhammad al - Waili , denounced the event as " barbaric , savage and irresponsible " . On 25 December 2006 , British troops again raided the Al Jameat station , killing seven gunmen and freeing 127 prisoners being held by Shia militias there . They then blew up the building . A British Army spokesperson stated that the 127 prisoners freed had been tortured and that there were fears that they were about to be executed .
255th Indian Tank Brigade The 255th Indian Tank Brigade was an armoured brigade of the Indian Army during World War II . It was part of the Fourteenth Army and saw action in the Burma Campaign . 255th Tank Brigade ' s tactical sign was a black bull , with yellow horns and red eyes , on a royal blue triangle . The Brigade fought with the 17th Indian Infantry Division in Burma and was involved in the Battle of Meiktila , the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations and during Operation Dracula . The brigade was raised in June 1941 as 5th Indian Armoured Brigade and redesignated 255th Indian Armoured Brigade in October 1941 . The name was changed again to 255th Indian Tank Brigade in August 1944 . In October 1944 it moved to the Imphal plain and came under command of IV Corps . The brigade crossed the Irrawaddy under command of the 17th Indian Division in February 1945 . The brigade was redesignated in June 1946 as 1st Armoured Brigade and assigned to the 1st Armoured Division , with which it was serving at Secunderabad when the Partition of India took place in August 1947 .
Hanahoe Hanahoe ( " Group of One " ) was an unofficial private group of military officers in South Korea headed by Chun Doo - hwan , who later became President . The members were mostly graduates of the eleventh class of the Korean Military Academy in 1955 . Hanahoe formed the core of the group that eventually took control of the presidency and government from Choe Gyuha , ending the Fourth Republic . After its initial seizure of power on December 12 , 1979 , this private political organization maintained great influence in South Korean politics throughout the 1980s , but was later disbanded by force when Chun Doo - hwan and Roh Tae - Woo were put on trial in the middle of the 1990s soon after Kim Young - sam became president .
William R . Gruber William R . Gruber , a Brigadier General ( USA , ret . ) , was an instructor at the Army Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth when Dwight D . Eisenhower was a student there . Following Eisenhower ' s graduation , Gruber and his wife Helen were joined by Dwight D . and Mamie Eisenhower on a 17 - day , 1800 mile motor trip through Belgium , Germany , Switzerland and France in 1929 . They left Paris on August 28 , 1929 , and drove to Brussels , Belgium . Their route then took them to Bonn , Germany , south along the Rhine River to Coblenz , Heidelberg and through the Back Forest . They then went to Switzerland , spending seven days and visiting Zürich , Lucerne , Interlaken , Montreux , and Geneva , and surviving a harrowing crossing of the Furka Pass high in the Alps . From Switzerland the travelers went to Besançon , then to Romagne in France . While the ladies stayed there to visit with a mutual friend , Gruber and Eisenhower toured the World War I battlefields in the area . Eisenhower was an expert guide having just completed work on a guidebook for the Battle Monuments Commission . The Grubers and Eisenhowers returned to Paris on September 13 .
David Brant Dave Brant is a retired career Naval Criminal Investigative Service ( NCIS ) special agent and executive . He served NCIS from 1977 – 2005 , leading the agency as its director from 1997 until his retirement in December 2005 . Background and education . Brant received his undergraduate education at Bradley University and a master ' s degree from Indiana State University . During his time at NCIS , he graduated from the Senior Executive Course at the John F . Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University . Before joining NCIS , Brant was a police officer with the Miami - Dade Police Department . Accusations of Torture at Guantanamo . A twenty page statement issued on July 7 , 2004 describes a series of high - level meetings among the United States Department of the Navy ' s most senior lawyers , that were triggered by reports , from Brant , that the captives being held in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base were being subjected to questionable interrogation techniques . Alberto J . Mora ' s statement contained several quotations from Brant , about Brant ' s reluctance for the NCIS to be involved with the questionable interrogation techniques : Television Appearance . David Brant made a brief cameo appearance on the CBS drama " NCIS " playing a Special Agent of the same name in the episode " Frame Up " in Season 3 . This episode aired on November 22 , 2005 one month before his retirement . He is asked by the character Jethro Gibbs " I heard you were quitting " to which Brant responds " I like to refer to it as a lateral move into the recreational sector . . . Jethro " to which Gibbs explains to mossad liaison officer Ziva David , that it " . . . mostly means fishing and hitting a golf ball " .
Polemon ( son of Andromenes ) " For other uses , see Polemon " Polemon ( in Greek Πoλεμων ; lived 4th century BC ) , son of Andromenes the Stymphaean , was a Macedonian officer in the service of Alexander the Great ( 336 – 323 BC ) . The great intimacy between him and Philotas caused him to be suspected in 330 BC , together with his brothers Amyntas , Attalus , and Simmias , of participating in the treasonable designs imputed to Philotas : a charge to which Polemon had the imprudence to give countenance by taking to flight immediately on learning the arrest of Philotas . Amyntas , however , who remained , having successfully defended himself before the assembly of the army , obtained the pardon or acquittal of Polemon also . In the disputes that followed the death of Alexander ( 323 BC ) , Polemon , like his brother Attalus , distinguished himself as a warm partisan of Perdiccas . To conciliate the favour of the regent , he ineffectually tried to prevent Arrhidaeus from transporting the body of the deceased monarch to Egypt . He afterwards served under Alcetas , the brother of Perdiccas , and was taken prisoner by Antigonus in Pisidia , together with Attalus and Docimus , 320 BC . From this time he shared the fortunes of Attalus , included their imprisonment , their escape in 317 BC , and their finale capture a year after .
Roger Terry Lt . Roger " Bill " Terry ( August 13 , 1921 – June 11 , 2009 ) was one of the Tuskegee Airmen . He served in the U . S . Army Air Corps in World War II . In 1945 he was stationed at Freeman Field , Indiana , where he was excluded from the " whites only " officers club , PX and theatre , which German POW s were allowed to attend . He was the only individual to be discharged following the Freeman Field Mutiny . Terry died of heart failure on June 11 , 2009 . He was 87 .
Gilbert Ashton Gilbert Ashton MC ( 27 September 1896 – 6 February 1981 ) was an English cricketer who played 62 first - class matches between the wars , mostly for Cambridge University ( whom he captained in 1921 , and also captained at football ) and Worcestershire . His obituary in " Wisden " called him " a fine , aggressive stroke - player " and praised his fielding ability at cover point . His bowling was of the occasional variety , and after he left Cambridge became essentially non - existent . Career . Ashton played less cricket than his ability merited as his " day job " for four decades from 1921 until 1961 was that of headmaster of the prep school of Abberley Hall School near Worcester . However , he played for Worcestershire when he could during the holidays , and in 1922 , on only his second appearance for the county , he made 125 ( his career - best ) and 84 in a match against Northamptonshire at New Road . " Wisden " ' s obituary also praised his 36 for an England XI against Warwick Armstrong ' s Australians a year earlier , which gave the English hope after having been dismissed for 43 in the first innings , and helped lay the ground for a fine victory . After 1927 , Ashton ceased to play even semi - regular county cricket , and indeed after that year he was to make only two more first - class appearances : against Northamptonshire in June 1934 and , finally , against Leicestershire in July 1936 . He did very little in either game . He did , however , play a minor single - innings game for his county against the Royal Air Force aged 47 in 1944 ; he was lbw for nought . Before going up to Cambridge , Ashton had been captain of the Winchester College XI . Upon leaving the school , he served in the First World War in the Royal Field Artillery ; it was at this time that he won his MC . He also lost his left thumb during the war , although this was said not to have affected the quality of his fielding in later years . After retiring from playing , Ashton served as a magistrate , and was also President of Worcestershire CCC from 1967 to 1969 . He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire in 1968 . Family . Ashton ' s mother , Victoria Alexandrina Inglis , was the daughter of Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis , who commanded the British forces at the Siege of Lucknow and Julia Selina Thesiger . A number of his relatives played first - class cricket : his brothers Claude and Hubert had substantial careers for Cambridge and Essex , while another brother , Percy , had one game for Essex . Two uncles , Alfred Inglis and John Inglis reached first - class level briefly in the 1880s . Finally , Ashton ' s brother - in - law Ralph Huband played twice for Cambridge in 1923 .
French cruiser De Grasse The De Grasse was an anti - aircraft cruiser of the French Navy . She was the first French vessel named in honour of François Joseph Paul , marquis de Grasetilly , comte de Grasse . She was notoriously involved in the nuclear test campaigns in Mururoa . Initial design . The " De Grasse " was designed in the late 30s , as the lead ship of a series of three cruisers a little heavier than the preceding " La Galissonnière " class cruiser s , notably with an improved anti - aircraft equipment . The other two ships " Chateaurenault " and " Guichen " were cancelled . World War II capture . The unfinished ship ( some 28 % complete ) was captured in June 1940 by the invading Germans during the Second World War . In April 1942 the Germans began planning to convert " De Grasse " to a light aircraft carrier , provisionally named II . On 3 December 1942 Hitler ordered that " De Grasse " was to be built as an aircraft carrier for Germany but the work was stopped in February 1943 for several reasons , including a lack of materials and manpower and the threat of air attacks in Lorient . Post - war . After the war the hull was eventually launched in 1946 . The construction was halted again between 1946 and 1951 , when she was towed to the Brest Navy yard to be completed , to a significantly modified design as an anti - aircraft cruiser . The trials began on 17 August 1954 and she was commissioned on 10 September 1956 . Nuclear testing Flagship . She was used as an anti - aircraft cruiser and flagship within the Mediterranean squadron , until she was selected to join the Pacific Experimentation Centre to participate in the first nuclear tests in French Polynesia . She undertook some modification in from May 1964 until February 1966 , with the bridge being doubled , a 50 meters high quadripod mast mounted on the aft roof and half the armament removed . The ship was also made gas - tight and fitted with washdown facilities . The equipment was modernised and the crew was downsized to 560 men , to make accommodation available for 160 engineers and technicians . The ship was used for six testing campaigns between 1966 and 1972 . She was decommissioned in 1973 and was sold for scrap on 25 January 1974 . Scrapping took place in La Spezia ( Italy ) in 1975 .
Joe Deakin Joe Deakin ( " Joseph Edmund Deakin ; " 6 February 1879 – 30 June 1972 ) was a British athlete who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London . He was born in Shelton , Staffordshire and died in Dulwich . Joe Deakin served with the Rifle Brigade and fought in the Boer War . During this time he set South African records at both the 880 yards and 1 mile . While posted to Ireland , he ran with Clonliffe Harriers and won the Irish 1 mile and 4 mile titles in 1901 . Returning to England , he joined Herne Hill Harriers in 1903 and soon established a reputation as one of the country ' s finest cross - country runners . He finished second in the English national cross - country championships in 1907 and showed sufficient form in track races during the early part of the 1908 season to be selected to race in three events at the Olympic Games . Deakin won his first round heat of the 1500 metres event with a time of 4 : 13 . 6 . Despite being one of the slowest first round winners , Deakin won by seventy - five yards . His time in the final was better , though he still finished sixth at 4 : 07 . 9 . The next morning Deakin led the British team home to victory in the 3 mile team race . After a celebratory lunch , complete with champagne refreshment , he lined for the heats of the five miles competition . Unsurprisingly , he dropped out of the race before the finish . Deakin joined Surrey AC after the Olympics and competed for his new club in the Polytechnic Marathon . He finished in 20th place . After service in World War I , which saw him temporarily blinded , he returned to racing and improved his previous marathon performancee by finishing 8th in the 1920 " Poly " . He continued in competition as a veteran and his last race was not until the eve of his 90th birthday . He died just three years after his last outing .
E . S . Campbell Earnal Spurgeon Campbell ( born December 28 , 1921 , Eldridge , Alabama ) is an honored World War II veteran of the United States Merchant Marine . His part in the rescue of 19 Norwegian refugees was recorded in " The Last Voyage of the SS Henry Bacon . " This was later recognized by several governments , including Russia and Norway . Campbell went on to become Vice President , Engineering and Technical Services , of Radio Free Europe . In " Waves Astern " , his autobiography , he recalls eight decades of adventures to exotic and sometimes isolated destinations while serving his country . Campbell recalls the February night in a lifeboat in the Arctic filled with terrified refugees , his efforts to send SOS signals in gale - force winds , and of their miraculous rescue . Decades later , he and the survivors were reunited when he was honored by the Norwegian government . Campbell ' s odyssey includes Cold War episodes in Eniwetok and Thule , Greenland and a 20 - year career with Radio Free Europe .
Saddam Line The Saddam Line consisted of defensive fortification s constructed by Saddam Hussein ' s Iraqi Army on Kuwait ' s border with Saudi Arabia after Iraq had invaded and occupied Kuwait in August 1990 . The Western media presented fears that it would present a formidable obstacle to the liberation of Kuwait , consisting of " flame trenches " ( ditches filled with oil to be ignited in case of attack ) and " sand berms , trench works , tank ditches , barbed wire and minefields " , backed by the threat of chemical and biological weapons . However , those fears turned out to be unwarranted . The coalition assault , beginning at 4 a . m . on February 24 , 1991 , met " only sporadic resistance " , and by 6 : 45 a . m . , troops had broken through the Saddam Line , showing it to be a " fraud promoted equally by the Iraqis and the U . S . military and their compliant media . "
M / 71 mine The M / 71 is a large Egypt ian metal cased anti - tank blast mine based on the Russia n TM - 46 landmine . It is found in Egypt and Somalia . The mine is normally painted sand colored . The fuse is susceptible to overpressure and the mine is easily detectable .