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Siege of Monrovia The Siege of Monrovia , which occurred in Monrovia , Liberia between July 18 and August 14 , 2003 , was a major military confrontation between the Armed Forces of Liberia and LURD rebels during the Second Liberian Civil War . The shelling of the city resulted in the deaths of some 1 , 000 civilians . Thousands of people were displaced from their homes as a result of the conflict . By mid - August , after a two - month siege , Liberian president Charles Taylor went into exile and peacekeepers arrived as a result of the siege . Background . In early 2003 , a rebel group , the Movement for Democracy in Liberia ( MODEL ) , emerged in the south , and by the summer of 2003 , Taylor ' s government controlled only a third of the country . Despite some setbacks , by mid - 2003 LURD rebels controlled the northern third of the country and was threatening the capital . Timeline . On August 14 , Rebels lifted their siege of Liberia ' s capital and 200 American troops landed to support a West African peace force . Women of Liberia . The Christian and Muslim women of Monrovia joined forces to create a peace movement called Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace . Thousands of women mobilized their efforts , staged silent nonviolence protests and forced a meeting with President Charles Taylor and extracted a promise from him to attend peace talks in Ghana . The women of Liberia became a political force against violence and against their government . Their actions brought about an agreement during the stalled peace talks . As a result , the women were able to achieve peace in Liberia after a 14 - year civil war and later helped bring to power the country ' s first female head of state , Ellen Johnson Sirleaf . The story is told in the 2008 documentary film " Pray the Devil Back to Hell " .
William Turner ( British Army officer ) Lieutenant General Sir William Francis Robert Turner KBE CB DSO ( 1907 – 1989 ) was a British Army General during the late 1950s and early 1960s . Military career . William Turner was commissioned into the King ' s Own Scottish Borderers in 1928 . He served in World War II with his Regiment which formed part of the British Expeditionary Force to France in 1939 . He was Commandant of the Junior Leaders School from 1940 to 1941 . In 1942 he was appointed Commanding Officer of 5th Bn King ' s Own Scottish Borderers , a post he held for the remainder of the War . After the War he went with his Regiment to Palestine for a while . He then held various General Staff Officer positions before becoming Commander of the British Military Mission to Greece in 1950 . He was then made Commander of 128th Infantry Brigade in 1952 . He was Brigadier on the General Staff at Headquarters Western Command from 1954 and was then appointed General Officer Commanding 44th ( Home Counties ) Division and Home Counties District in 1956 . He was also Deputy Constable of Dover Castle at that time . In 1959 he became President of the Regular Commissions Board and in 1961 he was appointed General Officer Commanding - in - Chief Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle : he retired in 1964 .
6th SS - Standarte The 6th SS - Standarte was a regimental command of the Allgemeine - SS situated in the city of Berlin . As the command was located in the capitol of Germany , the 6th Standarate was considered one of the more important SS units in Nazi Germany . The members of the Standarte themselves , however , were non - paid mustering troops of the " General - SS " as was the practice for most Allgemeine - SS regiments . The Standarte was first formed in October 1931 and was part of the so - called " Northern SS " under the control of Kurt Daluege . At the time , there was a divisional disunity in the SS , with SS units in southern Germany controlled by Heinrich Himmler and the northern units answering to Daluege . It was not until 1934 , after most of the SS headquarters offices had relocated to Berlin , that this division was eventually done away with . During Reichstag elections of 1931 , the 6th SS Standarte played a significant role in campaigning for the Nazi Party and repeated the effort again when Adolf Hitler ran for the office of President of Germany in 1932 . One early member of the Standarte , who would later become the Reichsführer - SS was Karl Hanke . After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 , the 6th SS - Standarte adopted the honor title of " Charlottenburg " and often participated in several major Nazi Party rallies held in the German capitol . A year later , during the Night of the Long Knives , the Standarte played a major role in rounding up the Sturmabteilung leadership in Berlin , although most SA executions were carried out by SD troops and Gestapo agents . One of the most notorious actions that the 6th SS - Standarte engaged in was " Kristallnacht " where Berlin SS men sought out and destroyed numerous Jewish synagogues and businesses . Shortly afterwards , the Standarte was granted a second honor title as " 6 SS - Standarte Eduard Felsen " . When World War II began in 1939 , the Berlin SS regiment slowly began losing its members to regular military service , since mustering Allgemeine - SS personnel were not exempt from conscription . The Standarte was still participating in ceremonial functions as late as 1944 , however , and in the last year of the war many of the remaining members became involved with the Volksturm and participated in the Battle of Berlin .
2009 Pakistan Army Mil Mi - 17 crash A Russian - made Mil Mi - 17 transport helicopter of the Pakistan Army crashed in the FATA , in Orakzai Agency on July 3 , 2009 . According to a source within the Army the crash was due to a technical fault . Some sources report that local people are saying it was due to militant activity . The crash site is Chapar Feroze Khel , from Peshawar , on the border of the semi - autonomous Orakzai and Khyber tribal agencies . The area is remote and also full of militants , which are hampering the rescue efforts . Official accounts state 26 soldiers as dead in the incident , but other sources put the toll at 41 people on board , all of them being killed , including 19 from the paramilitary Frontier Corps , 18 army personnel and 4 crew members . According to the Mil Mi - 17 specification , Mi - 17 ' s capacity is limited to 32 passengers . Most of the personnel on board were proceeding on leave . The helicopter was flying from Parachinar , the headquarters of Kurram Agency , to Peshawar . Previously there were unconfirmed reports that the helicopter might have been hit by ground fire from militants , with four casualties reported , but these have been overshadowed by Inter Services Public Relations ' report . There is an ongoing operation in the area against the militants linked to Al - Qaeda . Militants have claimed they have shot down the aircraft and the Taliban have captured the pilot ; if true this is the first such incident . Investigations . Army chief , Gen . Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has ordered an inquiry , but the crash prompted speculation whether the transport helicopter attracted militant gunfire and was shot down . This speculation is based on the fact that the area is a militant stronghold , and the militants had 12 . 7mm machine - guns to hit a low flying aircraft . Investigations are being carried out . An official said that it will take some time before the actual cause can be determined . According to sources the pilot had requested an emergency landing . They also blamed it on overloading of aircraft . Witness accounts say that it was flying at low altitude in the mountains . Weather was also not good in the area . According to one official , The weather was bad and the copter was flying low . It could either be because of the bad weather or excess weight . But nothing can be said with certainty until we retrieve the wreckage Taliban claims . Taliban from nearby Darra Adam Khel have claimed responsibility for the crash . A spokesman for the Taliban identifying himself as Muhammad called AFP and said : This was rejected by the military spokesmen , who again blamed it on " ' technical fault " . He further said that :
Chris Adams ( general ) Christopher S . Adams , Jr . ( born July 8 , 1930 ) is an American author and retired United States Air Force officer . Early life and education . Adams graduated from Tomball High School , Tarleton State University , Texas A & M University and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces . Air Force career . During his US Air Force career , he served as a wing commander , air division commander and senior staff officer with the Defense Nuclear Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff . He is a Command Pilot and Vietnam veteran , and logged over 8 , 000 hours in a variety of aircraft including the B - 36 , B - 52 , C - 141 and C - 47 ‘ Gooney Bird ’ in Vietnam . During his military career he received the Distinguished Service Medal , the Department of Defense Meritorious Service Medal , two Legions of Merit , two Air Medal s for service in Vietnam combat and numerous other awards ; as well as the Daughters of the American Revolution Medal of Honor . Civilian career . Adams retired from the Air Force with the grade of major general and Chief of Staff , Strategic Air Command in 1983 to accept an appointment as Associate Director at Los Alamos National Laboratory . He later joined Andrew Corporation as Vice President of Government Systems , where he spent fifteen years and traveled extensively in Saudi Arabia , China and the Soviet Union , including 23 extended visits to Russia , Ukraine and Belarus . Public service and writing . Adams served with numerous government agencies and university foundations , and was appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to serve on the Brazos River Authority Board of Directors . He is the author of ten books on the Cold War , three non - fiction and seven spy novel s .
USS Joseph Hewes ( FF - 1078 ) USS " Joseph Hewes " ( FF - 1078 ) was a Knox class frigate of the US Navy . Constructed by Avondale Shipyard , Westwego , Louisiana and laid down 14 May 1969 , launched 7 March 1970 and delivered 6 April 1971 . She was commissioned 24 April 1971 , christened by Mrs . Caroline Groves Gayler , decommissioned 30 June 1994 and struck 11 January 1995 . She was disposed of through the Security Assistance Program ( SAP ) , transferred , cash sale , ex - US fleet hull foreign military sale , transferred to as Taiwan as " Lan Yang " ( FF - 935 ) .
SIAI - Marchetti SM . 1019 The SIAI - Marchetti SM . 1019 was an Italian STOL liaison monoplane built by SIAI - Marchetti for the Italian Army and based on the O - 1 Bird Dog . Development . To meet an Italian Army requirement for a short take - off liaison aircraft , SIAI - Marchetti modified the design of the Cessna 305A / O - 1 Bird Dog with a new turboprop engine and a revised tail unit . The prototype first flew on 24 May 1969 powered by a 317 hp ( 236 kW ) Allison 250 - B15C turboprop engine . It was evaluated against the Aermacchi AM . 3 and was successful and won a production order for 80 aircraft .
USS Albemarle ( 1863 ) USS " Albemarle " ( 1863 ) was a screw steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy as a ship ' s tender in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways . " Albermarle " and " Lion " seized by Union Navy forces . On the morning of 26 March 1862 , sidewheel gunboat " Delaware " — during an expedition to the Pungo River in Pamlico Sound , North Carolina , in search of Confederate shipping reported to be there — entered Pantego Creek and found two large schooners at its head . . . " which , " he reported , " proved to be the " Albemarle " and " Lion " owned by Boyle and Richard Reddick , of Suffolk , Virginia . " Two armed boats from the Union warship took possession of the Southern vessels , towed them down stream , and anchored them at the mouth of the creek . Early the next morning , " Delaware " received on board several families who professed loyalty to the Union and asked for protection . Later that day , the gunboat and its prizes then proceeded to New Bern , North Carolina . Assigned as a store ship for Union Navy blockade ships . Little information of the prizes ' movements during ensuing months seems to have survived , but " Albemarle " apparently remained in the North Carolina sounds . In any case , she and a schooner named " Knockern " were reported on 3 February 1863 to be off New Bern serving as storeships for Union forces in the sounds . On 4 May 1863 , a report from Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles stated that " Albemarle " was still there performing in the same capacity . North Carolina support operations . Only five days later , the Union Navy purchased the schooner from the New York City prize court . The fact that the schooner was serving as a storeship in the sounds during the ensuing summer strongly suggests that she never left North Carolina waters but was condemned in absentia . In any case , " Albemarle " — commanded by Acting Assistant Paymaster Emanuel Mellach until early spring 1865 and then by Acting Assistant Paymaster George R . Watkins — served in North Carolina waters as a storeship and an ordnance hulk through the end of the Civil War . Post - war decommissioning and sale . Late in July 1865 , she was towed to Hampton Roads , Virginia , and sold at public auction in the Norfolk Navy Yard on 19 October 1865 to a Capt . S . I . Bain . No record of her subsequent career seems to have survived .
Ieronim Uborevich Ieronim Petrovich Uborevich ( ; January 14 , 1896 in Užpaliai , Utena County , Lithuania – June 12 , 1937 in Moscow ) was a Soviet military commander of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War , and eventually attained the rank of Army Commander , 1st Rank , equivalent to General of the Army after old Imperial ranks were reintroduced in 1940 . Early life . Uborevich was born into a Lithuanian farming family . From 1909 to 1914 he studied at a high school in Daugavpils in Latvia . In 1914 – 15 he attended the Petrograd Polytechnic . He joined the Konstantinovskoye Artillery School in 1915 graduating in 1916 and joining the Imperial Russian Army . Military career . Uborevich began his military career during World War I , serving as a junior officer in the Imperial Russian Army . He joined the Bolshevik Party in March 1917 . In January 1918 , he commanded a detachment of Red Guards in Belarus and was captured by the Germans but escaped . During the Russian Civil War , he served in a variety of command posts in the Red Army , commanding the 9th , 13th , and 14th Armies . He fought alongside Mikhail Tukhachevsky in the Polish – Soviet War and in suppressing the Tambov Rebellion in 1921 . In 1922 he became War Minister of the short - lived Far Eastern Republic , a buffer state between Soviet Russia and Japan . In 1925 he became commander of the North Caucasus Military District , and then in 1928 the Moscow Military District . He served as the Red Army ' s Chief of Armaments from 1928 – 1931 and Deputy Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council from 1930 to 1931 . From 1931 – 1937 , he was commander of the Belorussian Military District , one of the two ( along with the Kiev Military District ) key commands that would bear the brunt of any Soviet war along its western border . Great Purge . Uborevich was arrested during the Great Purge of the Red Army . In May 1937 , Uborevich was tried by the NKVD in an event known as the Case of Trotskyist Anti - Soviet Military Organization . He was executed in June 1937 and posthumously rehabilitated in 1957 .
Samuel Findlay Clark Lieutenant - General Samuel Findlay Clark , ( 1909 – 1998 ) CBE , CD was a Canadian soldier and Chief of the General Staff , the head of the Canadian Army from 1958 until 1961 . Education . Clark received his early education in Winnipeg and attended the University of Manitoba , graduating with a degree in electrical engineering ( BSc EE ) in 1932 . He subsequently attended the University of Saskatchewan to obtain a degree in mechanical engineering ( BSc ME ) in 1933 . Career . He enrolled in the Canadian Army in 1933 , joining the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals as a Lieutenant . In 1938 , he was promoted to Captain and posted to the Royal Military College of Canada ( RMC ) as an associate professor of electrical and mechanical engineering . At the time , the Harry Crerar was the RMC Commandant and Guy Simonds was the commander of a cadet company . He was appointed Adjutant of the I Canadian Corps Signals . He served in World War II , initially as Commanding Officer of 5th Canadian Armoured Division Signals Regiment , and from 1942 as a General Staff Officer at Canadian Military Headquarters in London . In 1943 he was made Chief Signals Officer at the Headquarters of II Canadian Corps and served in North West Europe . In 1945 he became Deputy Chief of the General Staff in Ottawa before becoming a member of the Military Committee of the Western European Union and then of NATO . He became Quartermaster - General of the Canadian Army in 1951 and General Officer Commanding Central Command at Oakville , Ontario in 1955 . He was appointed Chief of the General Staff in 1958 . Retirement . From until 1 October 1968 until 24 March 1973 , Clark served as Colonel Commandant of the new Communications and Electronics Branch . He died in 1998 .
USS Michael Monsoor ( DDG - 1001 ) USS " Michael Monsoor " ( DDG - 1001 ) is to be the second ship of the " Zumwalt " class of guided missile destroyer s . The " Michael Monsoor " will be a multi - mission surface combatant tailored for advanced land attack and littoral dominance . The ship ' s mission is to provide credible , independent forward presence and deterrence and to operate as an integral part of naval , joint or combined maritime forces . The " Michael Monsoor " will be the second Zumwalt - class destroyer . The ship will be 600 feet in length , have a beam of 80 . 7 feet and displace approximately 15 , 000 tons . " Michael Monsoor " will have a crew size of 148 officers and sailors ; it will make speed in excess of 30 knots . Namesake . The " Michael Monsoor " is named after Master - at - Arms Second Class Michael A . Monsoor ( 1981 – 2006 ) , a United States Navy SEAL killed during the Iraq War and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor . Construction . Assembly of modules for " Michael Monsoor " began in March 2010 . The keel laying and authentication ceremony for the " Michael Monsoor " was held at the General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works shipyard on 23 May 2013 . The " Michael Monsoor " is currently over 60 percent complete and is scheduled to be delivered in 2016 .
Strange Cargo ( B - 29 ) Strange Cargo was the name of a B - 29 Superfortress ( B - 29 - 36 - MO 44 - 27300 , Victor number 73 ) modified to carry the atomic bomb in World War II . Airplane history . Assigned to the 393d Bomb Squadron , 509th Composite Group , it was one of 15 Silverplate B - 29s used by the 509th , " Strange Cargo " was built at the Glenn L . Martin Aircraft Plant at Omaha , Nebraska , as a Block 35 aircraft . It was one of 10 modified as a Silverplate and re - designated " Block 36 " . Delivered on April 2 , 1945 , to the USAAF , it was assigned to Crew A - 4 ( 1st Lt . Joseph E . Westover ) , aircraft commander ) and flown to Wendover Army Air Field , Utah . It left Wendover on June 5 , 1945 , for North Field , Tinian and arrived June 11 . It was originally assigned the Victor ( unit - assigned identification ) number 3 but on August 1 was given the large ' A ' tail markings of the 497th Bomb Group as a security measure and had its Victor changed to 73 to avoid misidentification with actual 497th BG aircraft . It was named " Strange Cargo " and its nose art applied after the atomic bomb missions . While at Tinian , Westover and crew A - 4 flew " Strange Cargo " on 11 practice bombing missions and three combat pumpkin bomb missions against Japanese industrial targets at Nagasaki , Tsuruga , and Toyoda . The plane flew one other pumpkin bomb mission to Fukushima under Capt . Frederick C . Bock and crew C - 13 . In November 1945 it returned with the 509th to Roswell Army Air Field , New Mexico . From March to August 1946 it was assigned to the Operation Crossroads task force , then rejoined the 509th BG at Roswell . In June 1949 " Strange Cargo " was transferred to the 97th Bombardment Group at Biggs Air Force Base , Texas , then sent to McClellan Air Force Base in August 1949 for modification to WB - 29 specifications at the Sacramento Air Materiel Area . Subsequent assignments as a WB - 29 were to : " Strange Cargo " was modified again in August 1954 , this time as a TB - 29 trainer at Tinker AFB and at the Mobile Air Materiel Area , Nashville , Tennessee . It was then assigned to : Its last assignment was to RAF Brize Norton , United Kingdom , where it was scrapped after an unspecified accident in August 1957 . Other aircraft named " Strange Cargo " . An FB - 111A strategic bomber of the USAF , serial 69 - 6508 , carried the name and nose art of " Strange Cargo " on its nosewheel doors during its service with the 509th Bomb Wing at Pease Air Force Base , New Hampshire , in the 1970s and 1980s .
John W . Meagher John William Meagher ( December 5 , 1917 – April 14 , 1996 ) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II . Meagher joined the Army from his birthplace of Jersey City , New Jersey , and by June 19 , 1945 was serving as a technical sergeant in Company E , 305th Infantry Regiment , 77th Infantry Division . On that day , near Ōzato , Okinawa , he prevented the tank he was riding on from being disabled by an enemy soldier and then single - handedly destroyed two enemy positions . For his actions , he was awarded the Medal of Honor one year later , on June 26 , 1946 . Meagher left the Army while still a technical sergeant . He died at age 78 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery . He is survived by his wife and two daughters . His eldest son John W . Meagher died in 2008 . Medal of Honor citation . Technical Sergeant Meagher ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : He displayed conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty . In the heat of the fight , he mounted an assault tank , and , with bullets splattering about him , designated targets to the gunner . Seeing an enemy soldier carrying an explosive charge dash for the tank treads , he shouted fire orders to the gunner , leaped from the tank , and bayonet ed the charging soldier . Knocked unconscious and his rifle destroyed , he regained consciousness , secured a machinegun from the tank , and began a furious 1 - man assault on the enemy . Firing from his hip , moving through vicious crossfire that ripped through his clothing , he charged the nearest pillbox , killing 6 . Going on amid the hail of bullets and grenades , he dashed for a second enemy gun , running out of ammunition just as he reached the position . He grasped his empty gun by the barrel and in a violent onslaught killed the crew . By his fearless assaults T / Sgt . Meagher single - handedly broke the enemy resistance , enabling his platoon to take its objective and continue the advance .