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Nihal Hapuarachchi Brigadier H . A . Nihal Hapuarachchi , RSP , psc , SLE is a Sri Lankan Army officer and a military engineer , who is the current military spokesman , former Brigade Commander , 51 - 3 Brigade and Commandant , School of Military Engineering . He was also the former Director Recruitment Educated at the prestigious Royal College , Colombo , he captained the college volleyball team and won colours for three sports in 1978 . He joined the Sri Lanka Army in 1982 as Officer Cadet , following basic training at the Sri Lanka Military Academy , where won the President ' s Medal ; he was commissioned in to the Sri Lanka Engineers in as a Second Lieutenant . Hapuarachchi is a graduate of the Command and Staff College , Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies , Hawaii and holds a MBA from the University of Rajarata . He has undergone training at the College of Military Engineering , Pune , Military College of Engineering , Risalpur and at the Indian College of Defence Management . During his military service he had served as commanding officer of the 7th Field Engineer Regiment SLE , Chief Instructor at the Sri Lanka Military Academy as well as serving as a staff officer at the former Joint Operational Command , Volunteer Force Headquarters and as Brigadier , general staff at Security Forces Headquarters – Wanni during the height of the Sri Lankan civil war . Prior to taking up duties as the military spokesman he was the brigadier coordinating of the Defence Services Command and Staff College . General Nanayakkara has received the Rana Sura Padakkama ( RSP ) , the Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal , the Riviresa Campaign Services Medal , the Purna Bhumi Padakkama and the North and East Operations Medal .
USS Project ( AM - 278 ) USS " Project " ( AM – 278 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was decommissioned in 1947 after wartime service and transferred to the Philippine Navy in 1948 where she served under the name RPS " Samar " ( M - 33 ) . She was stricken from the Philippine Navy in 1960 ; beyond that , her fate is not reported in secondary source s . Career . " Project " was laid down 1 July 1943 by Gulf Ship Building Corp . , Chickasaw , Alabama ; launched 20 November 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Irene D . Jenkins ; and commissioned 22 August 1944 . " Project " departed U . S . Naval Repair Station , Algiers , Louisiana , 7 September for Little Creek , Virginia . En route , she drove off submarine " U – 518 " after it had torpedoed SS " George Ade " 125 miles ( 230 km ) off Wilmington , Delaware , 12 September . Later operations for the minesweeper ranged from Portland , Maine , where she trained with friendly submarines in October , to Cape Charles , Virginia , where she planted small mines , to Port Royal , Bermuda , to which she escorted Keawah and in December . " Project " continued Atlantic Ocean coast operations during the first half of 1945 but in July proceeded via the Panama Canal Zone to San Pedro , California . Engaging in minesweeping operations off California in August , the ship steamed to Pearl Harbor the 24th and on to Eniwetok and Saipan in September . After stopping at Buckner Bay , she reached Japan on the 20th . She remained in Japan ese waters in connection with Japanese minesweeping activity and to make exploratory sweeps in the Omai Saki area . " Project " was decommissioned , 13 June 1946 at Subic Bay , Philippines , and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 16 September 1947 . She was transferred to the Philippines on 24 May 1948 as RPS " Samar " ( M - 33 ) . She was later reclassified as a patrol corvette with pennant number of " PS - 33 " . She was stricken in 1960 . Her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary source s . Awards . " Project " received one battle star for U . S . World War II service .
Bedel ' s Regiment Bedel ' s Regiment was first raised as a single company of rangers in Coos , New Hampshire on May 26 , 1775 under the command of Timothy Bedel for the protection of northern New Hampshire during the early days of the American Revolutionary War . Between July 1775 and January 1776 eight more companies of rangers were recruited from the frontiermen of northern New Hampshire as the regiment joined the Continental Army and took part in the Siege of Fort St . Jean and the Battle of The Cedars during the Invasion of Canada . Most of the regiment was captured at The Cedars but were exchanged for British soldiers captured during the Canadian campaign eight days later . With the ending of the enlistments of the soldiers the regiment was disbanded on January 1 , 1777 at Coos , New Hampshire . Sources . State Builders : An Illustrated Historical and Biographical Record of the State of New Hampshire . State Builders Publishing Manchester , NH 1903
Clark G . Fiester Clark George Fiester ( 1934 – 1995 ) was a United States businessman who served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force ( Acquisition ) from 1993 until his death in a plane crash in 1995 . Biography . Clark G . Fiester was born on January 25 , 1934 . He was educated at Pennsylvania State University ( B . S . ) and Stanford University ( M . S . ) . He also later studied at the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School . In 1957 , Fiester joined GTE Government Systems Corp . ( which would be acquired by General Dynamics in 1999 ) , a company that designed and developed information security , electro - optics , and automated airport weather station s . Fiester was associated with GTE Government Systems Corp . for his entire career , eventually becoming a group vice president and general manager . On November 1 , 1993 , President of the United States Bill Clinton nominated Fiester to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force ( Acquisition ) , and he subsequently held office until his death . Fiester had been a long - time friend of United States Secretary of Defense William Perry , the two having met as undergraduates at Penn State . Fiester died in a plane crash near Alexander City , Alabama on April 17 , 1995 . He had been flying on an Air Force Learjet 35 from Andrews Air Force Base to Randolph Air Force Base when the crash occurred . Also killed in the crash were Colonel Jack Clark II , Fiester ' s military deputy ; Major General Glenn A . Profitt II ; and five other members of the Air Force . President Clinton granted a presidential waiver to allow Fiester to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery .
Siege of Barcelona ( 1651 ) The Siege of Barcelona took place between July 1651 and October 1652 during the Catalan Revolt when a large Spanish army descended on Barcelona and besieged the garrison made up of Catalans and French troops under Philippe de La Mothe - Houdancourt . The fifteen month siege eventually ended with a Spanish victory , and the effective defeat of the Catalan Revolt which had lasted since 1640 . Although French troops remained in parts of Catalonia for another seven years , no serious fighting took place , and in 1659 the Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed bringing a formal end to the conflict .
Gerda Steinhoff Gerda Steinhoff ( January 29 , 1922 – July 4 , 1946 ) born in Danzig - Langfuhr ( " " ) , was a Nazi concentration camp overseer following the 1939 German invasion of Poland . SS career . In 1939 , Steinhoff became a cook , married and had one child . In 1944 , because of the Nazi call for new guards , she joined the camp staff at Stutthof . On October 1 , 1944 , she became a Blockleiterin in Stutthof women ' s camp SK - III . There , she took part in selections of prisoners to be sent to the gas chamber s . On October 31 , 1944 , she was promoted to SS - Oberaufseherin and was assigned to the Danzig - Holm subcamp . On December 1 , 1944 she was reassigned to Bromberg - Ost female subcamp of Stutthof located in Bydgoszcz not far from Gdańsk . There on January 25 , 1945 , she received a medal for her loyalty and service to the Third Reich . She was devoted to her job in the camps and was known as a very ruthless overseer . Soon before the end of World War II , she fled the camp and went back home . Arrest , trial and execution . On May 25 , 1945 , she was arrested by Polish officials and sent to prison . She stood trial with the other SS women and kapos and was convicted and condemned to death for her involvement in the selections and what was called her sadistic abuse of prisoners . She was publicly hanged on July 4 , 1946 , on Biskupia Gorka Hill , near Gdańsk .
William Tecumseh Wilson William Tecumseh Wilson ( October 6 , 1823 – June 5 , 1905 ) was an American Union brevet brigadier general during the period of the American Civil War . He served with the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and the 123rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry . Wilson was captured near the end of the war at the Battle of High Bridge on April 6 , 1865 . He received a brevet promotion to brigadier general dated to March 13 , 1865 .
USS Berwind ( SP - 1671 ) USS " Berwind " ( SP - 1671 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel briefly in service during 1917 . " Berwind " was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1912 by the Atlantic Boat and Motor Works . On 8 October 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her from her owner , the Berwind Fuel Company of Duluth , Minnesota , for use as a section patrol boat during World War I . She was given the section patrol number SP - 1671 . Assigned to the 9th Naval District for use in patrolling the Great Lakes , " Berwind " was enrolled on the list of the districts vessels on 20 October 1917 . However , she quickly proved unsuitable for naval use , and the Navy returned her to the Berwind Fuel Company on 5 November 1917 .
George Sinclair ( mercenary ) George Sinclair ( c . 1580 – 1612 ) was a Scottish mercenary who fought in the Kalmar War , and was posthumously remembered in Norway . In Norway , his name is often rendered " Sinklar " . Early life . George Sinclair was the illegitimate son of a Caithness laird , David Sinclair of Stirkoke , and nephew of the Earl of Caithness . He was educated at Edinburgh High School and in 1595 participated in a mutiny which ended after the city officers stormed the school ; according to a Norwegian source Sinclair shot a bailie with a pistol . Career . Like many of his compatriots , Sinclair sought wealth and fame serving in the armies of Europe . When James VI passed a decree in 1607 allowing his subjects to serve overseas , Sinclair raised a contingent of men from his clan . An early German basket hilt sword , the Sinclair hilt , was named after him due to the popularity of these weapons among Scottish mercenaries . Many of these swords were brought back to Scotland and influenced the development of the basket - hilted claymore , a symbol of Scotland . Death . Sinclair ' s forces were taken to Norway in 1612 by the pirate Robert Stewart to fight Scotland ' s enemies the Danes , responsible for privateering . At the Battle of Kringen , Sinclair was ambushed by Norwegian militia along with 300 of his men while marching through Norway to join the army of the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus . Sinclair , riding at the head of the column and wearing a plumed helmet , was the first to fall ; he was shot by Sjelstad , a Norwegian militiaman . The officers , including the expedition leader , Colonel Ramsey , were ransomed while the remaining 15 survivors were conscripted into the Danish army . Captured Scottish weapons , including a pistol , a lochabar axe and several basket hilt claymore s , were put on display at the Gudbrandsdal Museum , Kvam , to commemorate the battle . Sinclair ' s grave has become a popular tourist attraction . The incident was long remembered as a symbol of Norwegian resistance . Legacy . Sinclair was immortalised in the poem " The Ballad of George Sinclair " translated into English from the original Danish and attributed to Adam Oehlenschläger , Denmark ' s national poet . Childe Sinclair and his menyie steered < br > Across the salt sea waves ; < br > But at Kringellens ' mountain gorge < br > They filled untimely graves . They crossed the stormy waves so blue , < br > for Swedish gold to fight ; < br > May burning curses on them fall < br > That strike not for the right ! The horned moon is gleaming red , < br > The waves are rolling deep ; < br > A mermaid trolled her demon lay - < br > Childe Sinclair woke from sleep . Turn round , turn round thou Scottish youth , < br > Or loud thy sire shall mourn ; < br > For if thou touchest Norway ' s strand , < br > Thou never shall return . Henrik Wergeland wrote a historical tragedy of the incident , " Sinklars Død " ( Death of Sinclair ) , in about 1840 . Wergeland also refers to the battle in his known poem " Norges Fjelde " ( mountains of Norway ) , where he calls the lumber barricade used in the ambush a " barricade of freedom " .
Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident The Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident was an incident that occurred on 5 April 1968 when an RAF Hawker Hunter pilot performed unauthorised stunt manoeuvres at Tower Bridge , London , and elsewhere , to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Royal Air Force and as a demonstration against Prime Minister Harold Wilson ' s government . Background . In the 1960s , the British defence industry saw a shifting emphasis from manned aircraft towards guided missile s , originating from the 1957 Defence White Paper by British Defence Minister Duncan Sandys . The British aircraft industry had slipped into general decline and morale in the aerial services of the British armed forces was low . Flight Lieutenant Alan Pollock , a flight commander in No . 1 ( F ) Squadron RAF , was further displeased that no aerial displays had been planned to mark the RAF ' s fiftieth anniversary . On 1 April , Pollock and other members of No . 1 Sqn took part in anniversary leaflet raids on other RAF stations and on 4 April visited Tangmere , where they performed a display . Incident . On 5 April 1968 Pollock decided on his own initiative to mark the occasion of the RAF anniversary with an unauthorised display . His flight left the soon - to - be - closed RAF Tangmere , Sussex to return to RAF West Raynham in Norfolk ; a route that took them over London . Immediately after take - off , Pollock left the flight and flew low level . Having " beaten up " Dunsfold Aerodrome ( Hawker ' s home airfield ) , he then took his Hawker Hunter FGA . 9 ( " XF442 " ) ground - attack , single - seater jet fighter over London at low level , circled the Houses of Parliament three times as a demonstration against Prime Minister Harold Wilson ' s government , dipped his wings over the Royal Air Force Memorial on the Embankment and finally flew under the top span of Tower Bridge . He later wrote of the decision to fly through Tower Bridge : Knowing that he was likely to be stripped of his flying status as a result of this display , he proceeded to " beat up " several airfields ( Wattisham , Lakenheath and Marham ) in inverted flight at an altitude of about 200 feet " en route " to his base at RAF West Raynham , where , within the hour , he was formally arrested by Flying Officer Roger Gilpin . Although other pilots had flown under the upper span of Tower Bridge , Pollock was the first to do so in a jet aircraft . Aftermath . In the immediate aftermath of the incident his unit was posted to North Africa without him while he remained on a charge . He was subsequently invalided out of the RAF on medical grounds . This avoided a court martial and the embarrassment to the government of Pollock giving a reason for his stunt and garnering public support .
HMS R8 HMS " R8 " was a British R class submarine built by Vickers Limited at Barrow - in - Furness . She was laid down on 1 November 1917 and launched on 28 June 1918 . " R8 " was commissioned on 26 July 1918 . She came too late to see any combat in World War I , like most of the other R class submarines . In the Navy List for November 1918 she was based at Donegal . " R8 " was sold on 21 February 1923 to E . Suren .
USS Alkaid ( AK - 114 ) USS Alkaid ( AK - 114 ) was an " Crater " - class cargo ship commissioned by the U . S . Navy for service in World War II , named after Alkaid , the star in Big Dipper asterism or constellation Ursa Major . She was responsible for delivering troops , goods and equipment to locations in the war zone . " SS William G . Sumner " ( AK - 114 ) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract ( MCE hull 1211 ) on 13 September 1943 by the St . Johns River Shipbuilding Company , Jacksonville , Florida ; launched on 8 November 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . W . R . McQuaid ; renamed " Alkaid " on 13 November 1943 ; acquired by the Navy under a bareboat charter on 19 November 1943 ; converted for naval service by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co . , Jacksonville , Florida ; and , commissioned in Jacksonville on 27 March 1944 , Lt . Comdr . E . G . Gummer in command . World War II Pacific Theatre operations . Following a period of shakedown training off the U . S . East Coast , Alkaid sailed on 6 May for the Pacific Ocean , via Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , and the Panama Canal . On 14 June , the ship touched at Espiritu Santo and reported to Service Squadron 8 for duty . Inter - island service in the South Pacific . For the duration of her World War II service , " Alkaid " acted as an interisland transport . Some of the ports she visited included Noumea , New Caledonia ; Guadalcanal ; Tulagi ; Suva , Fiji ; Auckland and Wellington , New Zealand ; Espiritu Santo and Efate , New Hebrides ; Oro Bay , New Guinea ; Iwo Jima ; Guam ; and Eniwetok . Okinawa operations . On 15 May 1945 , " Alkaid " sailed from Ulithi with a convoy bound for Okinawa . She arrived off Hagushi beach on the 21st and operated there through the end of the month . End - of - war activity . " Alkaid " touched at Pearl Harbor in early August . She was undergoing availability when she received word of the Japanese surrender . In September , the ship got underway for Japan . After making calls at Eniwetok , Saipan , and Iwo Jima , " Alkaid " dropped anchor at Yokosuka , Japan , on 4 October . For the next one and one - half months , the ship served with the occupation forces in Japan . On 16 November , " Alkaid " left Japan with a load of homeward - bound American troops and reached Long Beach , California , on 9 December 1945 . On 4 January 1946 , " Alkaid " departed Long Beach for San Francisco , California , arriving on 6 January 1946 . Post - war decommissioning . The ship was decommissioned there , having traveled 59 , 119 miles , and was returned to the Maritime Commission on 11 March 1946 . Her name was struck from the Naval Register on 28 March 1946 . Military awards and honors . " Alkaid " won one battle star for her World War II service .
Harvey Possinger Harvey Possinger was the second most highly decorated veteran of World War II . He received every medal for valor in combat except for the Medal of Honor which was promised to him by General Douglas MacArthur . However , his paperwork was lost and he never received the medal . Military career . Drafted in April 1942 , he was able to skip basic training due to civilian military training and left the Continental United States in May . Possinger was assigned to B Company , 35th Infantry Regiment , of the 25th Infantry Division . The 25th Infantry was called into Guadalcanal to relieve the 1st Marine Division in November . Possinger , along with the rest of his unit , arrived at Guadalcanal on December 17 , 1942 . After weeks of heavy fighting , the island was secure . This was the first major victory for American forces and the first piece of real estate the U . S . took back from Japan . The next mission for the 35th Infantry ( dubbed “ The Cacti ” ) was to seize and secure the island of Vella Lavella in the Northern Solomons . They made their assault on the island on August 15 , 1943 and had it secure by September 18 of the same year . Possinger was wounded three times on Vella Lavalla and was awarded the Bronze Star for his heroic actions throughout the campaign in the Northern Solomons . Next up was the island of Luzon in the Philippines . Possinger was hit in the left arm and on March 8 , 1945 he was wounded for the fifth and final time ; this time he took a bullet to the chest at Belete Pass . He was hit trying to save his buddies who were ambushed . They sent Possinger home after that , saying it was because he was to receive the Medal of Honor .
HMS Hawke ( 1891 ) HMS " Hawke " , launched in 1891 , was the sixth British warship to be named " Hawke " . She was an " Edgar " - class protected cruiser . Service . In 1897 - 1898 , " Hawke " — under the command of Captain Sir Richard Poore — was in action in the Mediterranean in the operations which led to the pacification of Crete and the appointment of Prince George of Greece as High Commissioner under the suzerain ty of the Sultan of Turkey . At one point , she was used as a troopship , taking on a Greek military force in Platania Bay and transporting them back to Greece . In August 1901 " Hawke " was paid off at Chatham and placed in the Fleet Reserve . Collision with the " Olympic " . On 20 September 1911 , " Hawke " , under command of Commander W . F . Blunt , collided in the Solent with the White Star liner RMS " Olympic " . In the course of the collision , " Hawke " lost her prow . ( This was replaced by a straight bow ) . The subsequent trial pronounced " Hawke " to be free from any blame . During the trial , a theory was advanced that the large amount of water displaced by the " Olympic " had generated a suction that had drawn " Hawke " off course . The decision of the first court to try the case provoked a series of legal appeals . Sinking . Early in the First World War , " Hawke " , commanded by Capt . Hugh P . E . T . Williams , was engaged in various operations in the North Sea . On 15 October 1914 " Hawke " , sailing with her sister ship , was torpedoed by German submarine " U - 9 " . The submarine ' s first torpedo missed " Theseus " but hit " Hawke " , igniting a magazine and causing a tremendous explosion which ripped much of the ship apart . " Hawke " sank in a few minutes with the loss of her captain , 26 officers and 497 men ; only 70 of her 594 crew survived .
Crumstone Irma Crumstone Irma , aka Irma , was an Alsatian who assisted in the rescue of 191 people trapped under blitzed buildings while serving with London ' s Civil Defence Services during the Second World War . During this period she worked with her handler and owner , Mrs Margaret Griffin , and another dog named Psyche . Noted for her ability to tell if buried victims were dead or alive , she was awarded the Dickin Medal in 1945 , and is buried at the PDSA Animal Cemetery , Ilford . Rescue career . Irma was initially used as a messenger dog to relay messages when telephone lines were down . She was teamed with another dog from the same kennel , named Crumstone Psyche ( commonly referred to as Psyche ) , and they were both retrained to become search and rescue dogs . The pair of dogs were handled by their owner , Mrs Margaret Griffin , and together the two dogs found 233 people , of which 21 were found alive . In one incident , Irma refused to give up on the scent of two girls who were trapped under a fallen building for two days . Irma specialised in being able to bark differently depending on whether the buried victim was dead or alive . This included one occasion when Irma signaled with an " alive " bark and rescuers dug out a victim who was apparently dead . Irma was proved correct , as the man eventually stirred . Following their work during the Second World War they became demonstration dogs along with Crumstone Storm at the Dog School in Gloucester . Awards . She was awarded the Dickin Medal on 12 January 1945 with a citation that read " For being responsible for the rescue of persons trapped under blitzed buildings while serving with the Civil Defences of London . " Irma , along with Jet was one of two dogs to participate in the London Victory Celebrations of 1946 held in Pall Mall , London on 8 June 1946 . Both wore their Dickin Medals during the parade . Irma ' s owner , Mrs Margaret Griffin , was awarded the British Empire Medal for her work in training her dogs and accompanying them on rescue missions .