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Ashinas Abu Ja ' far Ashinas ( Arabic أبو جعفر أشناس ) was a general of the Abbasid caliph al - Mu ' tasim , possibly of the sacred clan of the First Turkic empire , transcribed in Chinese as Ashina 阿史那 . While a folk etymology of his name is given in al - Tabari , al - Mu ' tasim gave him the first rank among his Turkish generals and a text of al - Mas ' udi described him as a great noble . The name Ashinas is only known for princes , it is quite certain that he was a late member of the imperial clan of the Turks . According to al - Tabari , he was purchased by al - Mu ' tasim in Baghdad during the reign of al - Ma ' mun , along with Itakh al - Khazari and Wasif . He was in charge at Samarra , the Abbasid capital at the time , of the Turkish troops of al - Mu ' tasim . When he died in 844 he was governor of Egypt , and the most powerful general serving the Abbasids .
William Douglas Lansford William Douglas Lansford ( July 13 , 1922 in Los Angeles – May 22 , 2013 ) was an author , screenwriter , and film producer . Biography . Born to a Scots Irish and English father and a Mexican mother , Lansford was raised in a Mexican neighbourhood in East Los Angeles . He had virtually no contact with his father until he was 14 . He enlisted in the U . S . Marine Corps in 1940 and served with the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade in Iceland , the 2nd Marine Raider Battalion on Guadalcanal , and Bougainville where he was promoted to sergeant and in the 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima Following the war , Lansford attended college under the G . I . Bill and worked as a reporter for the " Los Angeles Daily News " . During the Korean War he was commissioned as a U . S . Army officer where he became a captain whose duties included being a radio writer with the Armed Forces Radio Service , a Public Information Officer , and a company commander . Lansford began writing for publications in many American magazines . He wrote several non - fiction books such as the biographies " Stranger than Fiction : The Real Life Adventures of Jack London " ( 1958 ) and " Pancho Villa " ( 1965 ) . The latter was filmed as " Villa Rides " in 1968 with Lansford doing an early draft of the screenplay . Lansford wrote many teleplays for American television series such as " Four Star Playhouse " , " Wagon Train " , " Bonanza " , " The Rookies " , " Starsky and Hutch " , " CHiPs " , and " " . He also wrote the screenplays for made for TV movie s depicting Jesse James ( " The Intruders " ) and Charles Whitman ( " The Deadly Tower " ) . He produced , directed , and wrote the film " Adios East Los " Lansford died on May 22 , 2013 at his Playa del Rey home . The cause was complications of prostate cancer .
William Madden William Madden ( born 1843 ) was a Coal Heaver in the United States Navy and a Medal of Honor recipient for his role during the American Civil War . Madden enlisted in the Navy from New York in 1864 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Coal Heaver , U . S . Navy . Born : 1843 , England . Accredited to : New York . G . O . No . : 45 , December 31 , 1864 . Citation : On board the during the successful attacks against Fort Morgan , rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay , on 5 August 1864 . Stationed in the immediate vicinity of the shell whips , which were twice cleared of men by bursting shells , Madden remained steadfast at his post and performed his duties in the powder division throughout the furious action which resulted in the surrender of the prize rebel ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan .
John Rowan ( Vietnam veteran ) John Rowan is the sixth National President of Vietnam Veterans of America . He was elected August 13 , 2005 at the organization ' s Twelfth National Convention in Reno , Nevada . He served as a linguist in the U . S . Air Force Security Service during the Vietnam War . Rowan was a founding member and the first president of VVA Chapter 32 in Queens , New York . He recently retired as an investigator for the New York City Comptroller ' s Office . He lives in Middle Village , New York , with his wife , Mariann .
Air chief marshal ( Australia ) Air chief marshal is the highest active rank of the Royal Australian Air Force and was created as a direct equivalent of the British Royal Air Force rank of air chief marshal . It is also considered a four - star rank . The only time the rank is held is when the Chief of the Defence Force is an Air Force officer . Air chief marshal is a higher rank than air marshal and is a lower rank than Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force , which has only ever been awarded as an honorary rank . Air chief marshal is a direct equivalent of admiral in the Royal Australian Navy and general in the Australian Army . The insignia is three light blue bands ( each on a slightly wider black band ) over a light blue band on a black broad band . Australian air chief marshals . With the establishment of the Australian Air Board on 9 November 1920 , Australian Air Corps officers dropped their army ranks in favour of those based on the Royal Air Force . However , it was not until 1965 when Sir Frederick Scherger became Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and was promoted to air chief marshal that an RAAF officer attained the rank . Throughout the history of the RAAF , only three of its officers have held the rank . Apart from Scherger , they are Sir Neville McNamara ( in 1982 ) and Angus Houston ( in 2005 ) , the immediate previous Chief of the Defence Force . Sir Charles Burnett , the RAAF Chief of the Air Staff during World War II , held the rank but he was an RAF officer on loan service .
SS Dwinsk SS " Dwinsk was a British - flagged ocean liner sunk by " U - 151 " in World War I . The ship was previously the third Rotterdam for the Holland America Line , C . F . Tietgen " for the Scandinavian America Line , and , as " Dwinsk " , for the Russian American Line . The ship was put under Cunard Line management in 1917 , and sailed under the British flag until sunk on 18 June 1918 . History . SS " Rotterdam " was launched 18 February 1897 by Harland & Wolff in Belfast for the Holland America Line , the third ship by that name for the line . She sailed from Rotterdam , her namesake city , to Boulogne and New York on her maiden voyage 18 August 1897 . The ship began its final voyage on this route on 17 February 1906 . Purchased by the Scandinavian America Line on 5 April 1906 , the ship was renamed " C . F . Tietgen " after Carl Frederik Tietgen , a Danish merchant . The ship operated primarily on a Copenhagen - Kristiania - Kristiansand - New York route through 1913 . On 28 June 1906 the " Tietgen " collided with and sank the schooner " E . G . Hay " without loss of life . In July 1913 the ship was chartered to Nordisk Film A / S for the filming of " Atlantis " . Later in 1913 , the ship was sold to the Russian American Line and renamed " Dwinsk " , and operating between Libau and New York from 10 February 1914 . On 20 September 1914 , " Dwinsk " began sailing on an Archangel - Hammerfest - New York route . In 1917 , control of the ship passed to Cunard Line who reflagged her under the British flag , and retaining her existing name . On 18 June 1918 , under the command of Captain Henry Nelson , while steaming from France to Newport News , Virginia , " Dwinsk " was torpedoed by " U - 151 " about from Bermuda . After the ship sank , " U - 151 " remained in the area , using the survivors in seven lifeboats as a lure to try to sink additional Allied ships . Later the same day , spotted wreckage and the seven lifeboats , and as it approached the survivors , narrowly averted a torpedo strike launched by " U - 151 " . Six of the lifeboats were rescued by other ships ; the seventh lifeboat , in the charge of the Second Officer , Joseph William Coppin ( born 1881 , St Neot , Cornwall ) , with 22 men aboard was never heard from again . rescued two boats on 21 June , and picked up the final boat on 28 June .
USS Lardner ( DD - 286 ) The first USS " Lardner " ( DD - 286 ) was a " Clemson " - class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I . She was named for James L . Lardner . History . " Lardner " was launched by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation , Squantum , Massachusetts , 29 September 1919 ; sponsored by Miss Margaret Large , granddaughter of Rear Admiral Lardner ; and commissioned 10 December 1919 , Lieutenant Commander M . B . DeMott in command . Assigned to Destroyer Force , Atlantic Fleet , " Lardner " departed Newport , Rhode Island , for Cuba where she participated in tactical exercises , battle practice . and fleet maneuvers . She returned to Boston , Massachusetts 15 May 1920 and operated with destroyer squadrons patrolling off the Florida coast . On 28 August she joined the reserve fleet at Charleston , South Carolina to train Naval Reservists until departing for Jacksonville , Florida , in April 1921 . " Lardner " operated along the Atlantic coast through 1921 and 1922 . In January 1923 , she departed Boston and joined the Scouting Fleet off Cuba and in February joined the Pacific Fleet off Panama . " Lardner " departed for the United States arriving Norfolk , Virginia 24 April 1923 for refit , and then rejoined the Scouting Fleet off the New England coast until the winter when she sailed for the Caribbean , returning to the United States in the spring of 1924 . She patrolled along the Atlantic coast until September 1925 , and then departed New York for Guantanamo and Haiti returning to Charleston , 28 April 1926 . " Lardner " joined Destroyer Division 27 on 17 June 1926 , visiting several ports in northern Europe . September found " Lardner " off Gibraltar and in the Mediterranean , visiting various ports . " Lardner " departed for the United States towing , arriving at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 12 July 1927 . Between August 1927 and September 1929 , " Lardner " continued operations along the Atlantic coast with annual winter cruises to the Caribbean , often training Naval Reservists . Fate . " Lardner " decommissioned at Philadelphia 1 May 1930 , in accordance with the London Naval Treaty , and was struck from the Navy Register 22 October 1930 . She was sold for scrapping to the Boston Iron & Metal Company , Baltimore , Maryland , 17 January 1931 .
Grey ' s Scouts Grey ' s Scouts were a Rhodesian mounted infantry unit raised in July 1975 and named after George Grey , a prominent soldier in the Second Matabele War . Based in Salisbury ( now Harare ) , they were known for their participation in the Rhodesian Bush War . The unit was disbanded in 11 November 1979 ( following the conclusion of the Bush War in 1979 ) and then became a regiment of the Special Forces of Zimbabwe in June 1980 . It was totally disbanded in July 1986 because of lack of resources . Use in the Rhodesian Bush War . The creation of the unit was probably inspired by the Dragoons of Angola , a Portuguese Army mounted unit , raised in 1966 , during the Portuguese Colonial War , to combat the guerrillas in Eastern Angola . A similar unit was being raised by the Portuguese in Rhodesia ' s neighboring Mozambique when the war ended in 1974 . Like the Dragoons of Angola , Grey ' s Scouts were used for tracking , reconnaissance , pursuit , and , most prominently , patrol in the Rhodesian Bush War . With measured variations in horse speed for training purposes , they would cover an area of over on the average day . Their routes often took them through active minefield s , which they were to inspect . In addition to this , the small stature and manoeuvrability of the crossbreeds they rode on was of repeated benefit to the Rhodesian forces in the construction of border defences ; the Scouts could transport materials and supplies over terrain impassable to vehicles . The horses themselves were mostly given in charity by sympathisers of the Rhodesian effort from South Africa and elsewhere . Constitution and training . Initially , the unit consisted of around 200 men , but this would eventually grow to over 1 , 000 . It conscripted soldiers from other infantry regiments of the Rhodesian Army , who were then instructed in equestrianism . Craftsmen such as farrier s , horsebreeders , smithers and manufacturers were employed internally . Grey ' s Scouts were trained as mounted infantry rather than cavalry , and were prepared for engagements on foot rather than on horseback . A tactic of rushing and fronting with their horses was implemented to significant success by Grey ' s Scouts and they were noted for their skill in launching shock attacks . The number of casualties Grey ' s Scouts suffered during the Rhodesian Bush War is known , and is recorded to be nine .
Anton Lopatin Anton Ivanovich Lopatin ( ) ( January 18 , 1897 - April 9 , 1965 ) was a Soviet officer during the Second World War , and Hero of the Soviet Union . Lopatin begun his service in the Red Army in 1918 , and participated in the Russian Civil War . After completing his command courses in 1927 . From 1937 Lopatin was appointed commander of a cavalry division . He began the Great Patriotic War in the rank of General - Major , and was promoted to the rank of General - Lieutenant 1942 . During the war he commanded the 31st Rifle Corps of the Southwestern Front ( from October 1940 ) , 9th Army ( from July 1941 ) , 62nd Army ( from August 1942 ) with the mission , to defend Stalingrad , 34th Army ( from October 1942 ) , 11th Army ( during March - July 1943 ) , and 20th Army ( September - October 1943 ) . During January - July 1944 Lopatin served as the Deputy Commander of the 43rd Army , and from July 1944 as Commanding Officer of the 13th Guards Corps with the 1st Baltic and 3rd Belorussian Front s . He also completed the Higher academic course at the Military Academy of the General Staff in 1947 . After the war Lopatin commanded a Rifle Corps , and occupied high ranking positions in Staffs of several Military Districts before retiring in 1954 . Honours and awards . Anton Lopatin was awarded three Orders of Lenin , two Orders of the Red Banner , two Orders of Kutuzov ( 1st class ) , Order of the Red Star , and numerous medals .
Daniel Atkins Daniel Atkins ( November 18 , 1866 – May 11 , 1923 ) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America ' s highest military decoration , the Medal of Honor . Biography . Atkins was born on November 18 , 1866 in Brunswick , Virginia . He enlisted in the U . S . Navy from the same state . While serving as Ship ' s Cook First Class on the , at sea on February 11 , 1898 , he and Gunner ' s Mate Third Class John Everetts attempted to save the drowning officer Ensign Joseph Breckinridge , who had fallen overboard . For their conduct on this occasion , both Atkins and Everetts were awarded the Medal of Honor . Atkins later obtained the rank of Chief Commissary Steward . Atkins died on May 11 , 1923 at Portsmouth , Virginia , and was buried in Captain Ted Conaway Memorial Naval Cemetery in the same city . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Ship ' s Cook , First Class , U . S . Navy . Born : 1867 , Brunswick , Va . Accredited to : Virginia . G . O . No . : 489 , May 20 , 1898 . Citation : On board the U . S . S . Cushing , 11 February 1898 . Showing gallant conduct , Atkins attempted to save the life of the late Ens . Joseph C . Breckenridge , U . S . Navy , who fell overboard at sea from that vessel on this date .
Operation Dawn ( 1997 ) Operation Dawn ( ) was a cross - border operation by the Turkish Armed Forces into northern Iraq between 25 September and 15 October 1997 against the Kurdistan Workers ' Party . Casualties . Turkey announced fatalities at a total of 31 personnel made out of 3 commissioned officers , 24 soldiers and 4 village guards . Turkey announced the injured at a total of 91 personnel made out of 5 commissioned officers 7 noncommissioned officers , 77 soldiers , and 2 village guards . Turkey announced the total number of militants neutralized at a total of 902 with 865 being killed and 37 being captured live or injured . Clashes between the PKK and KDP resulted in ' considerable losses ' for the KDP .
3rd Cavalry Division Amedeo Duca d ' Aosta The 3rd Cavalry Division " Amedeo Duca d ' Aosta " was an Cavalry or Celere ( Italian ) Division of the Italian Army during World War II . The division was formed in 1934 , and during World War II was mobilized in June 1940 . As a cavalry division it took part in the Invasion of Yugoslavia and was part of the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia . Almost destroyed during the Red Army ' s attack in December 1942 , the survivors returned to Italy in 1943 when the Division was disbanded . Eastern Front . The Division was transferred to the Eastern Front in August 1941 , as part of the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia ( " Corpo di Spedizione Italiano " ) . It was reorganized as a light mechanized division in March 1942 , with the addition of the 6th Bersaglieri Regiment from the 2 Cavalry Division Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro , the 120th Motorized Artillery Regiment , the XLVII Bersaglieri Motorcyclist Battalion , the LXVII Bersaglieri Corazzato Battalion ( two companies of L6 / 40 light tanks ) , the XIII Cavalleggeri di Alessandria Group ( two squadrons of Semovente 47 / 32 tank destroyers ) and an expanded complement of mortars and anti - tank weapons . The two cavalry regiments and the horse artillery regiment were removed from the Division to form the independent " Raggruppamento truppe a cavallo " and the " San Giorgio " Armoured Battalion returned to Italy . In April 1942 , they were further reinforced when the Croatian Light Transport Brigade arrived at the front and was attached to the 3rd Cavalry Division . In August , the Bersaglieri Regiment eliminated the Soviet bridgehead at Serafimovich . In the same month , with the support of German tanks , the Bersaglieri repelled a Soviet attack during the first defensive battle of the Don . By late autumn 1942 , they were placed on the left flank of the German 6th Army between the Hungarian and Romania n forces . The German 6th Army was then investing Soviet General Vasily Chuikov ' s 62nd Army in Stalingrad . The Italian line stretched along the River Don for more than from the positions of the Hungarian 2nd Army in Kalmiskowa to the positions of the Romanian 3rd Army in Veshenskaya . The Division was destroyed during fighting on the Don River in December 1942 . About half of the division remained which was formed into a kampfgruppe and continued to fight until February 1943 . The survivors were withdrawn to Italy in March 1943 and the Division was disbanded after a brief resistance against the German forces in September 1943 . Order of Battle August 1940 . The Division had undergone a level of mechanization . Each division had two cavalry regiments , a highly mobile infantry ( " Bersaglieri " ) regiment , an artillery regiment , and a light tank group . The squadrons of the cavalry regiments were horse - mounted and , other than a motorcycle company , the " Bersaglieri " were issued with bicycles . The light tank group had a total of 61 tanks . The tanks were typically L3s or L6s .
23rd Infantry Regiment ( Imperial Japanese Army ) The 23rd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment in the Imperial Japanese Army . The regiment was attached to the 6th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Division and participated during the Second Sino - Japanese War . The regiment fought in the later stages of World War II , assigned to the Japanese Seventeenth Army at Bougainville Island in the Solomon Islands .
MS City of Rayville The SS " City of Rayville , also referred to as the MV and / or MS " City of Rayville was a 5883 - ton American steamship . She was built in 1920 by Oscar Daniels & Co . of Tampa , Florida . Sinking . The SS " City of Rayville " was the first American vessel sunk during World War II , and was sunk by a German mine just off Cape Otway , Australia . This field of approximately 100 mines had already claimed the British steamer , less than 24 hours previously off Wilsons Promontory . On 8 November 1940 , " City of Rayville " sailed into the Bass Strait and at 7 : 47 pm , she hit a mine . The explosion was powerful enough to rip out the foremast , as shrapnel ( including ingots of lead , the vessel ' s cargo being 1 , 500 tons — 37 , 520 bars — of Port Pirie lead ) rained down on the ship ' s decks . The 38 crew members were able to safely abandon the vessel in lifeboats , although one mariner ( James Bryan of Norfolk , Virginia ) re - entered the vessel to find his personal items and subsequently drowned . The vessel sank , bow first , in 35 minutes . The lightkeeper stationed at Cape Otway Lightstation witnessed the sinking , and three boats from Apollo Bay went in search of survivors . The ship ' s lifeboats were found , and successfully towed back to Apollo Bay , arriving at dawn , 9 November 1940 . This preceded the attack on Pearl Harbor , in December 1941 , by more than a year , and resulted in the death of the first US seaman in World War II . Wreck . The site of the wreck is approximately south of Cape Otway , with the vessel at a depth of . The wreck ' s general location had been known since 2002 , but it was finally pinpointed using advanced sonar equipment . Commemoration . In memory of this event , a group of villas in the little village of Apollo Bay ( from Cape Otway ) , is named " Rayville Boat Houses " . Moreover , the villas themselves are baptized according to the names of the local fishermen who rescued the victims : Lincoln Allen , Les Barrand , Harry Blyth , Bill Burwood , Roy Fisk , Jock Muir , Bill Ovens , James Slater and Len Stephens . These villas have been built by Ross Stephens , one rescuer ' s father .
HMS Mercury ( 1878 ) HMS " Mercury " was an " Iris " - class second class cruiser of the Royal Navy . The two ships of the class were the first all steel ships in the Royal Navy . She was distinguished from the " Iris " by her straight bow , which gave her a slightly shorter length of 315 feet . The ship carried a complement of 275 officers and men . " Mercury " was laid down at Pembroke Dockyard on 16 March 1876 , launched on 17 April 1878 and completed on 18 September 1879 . Originally equipped with a light barque rig , her sails were soon removed and the class became the first " mastless cruisers " . She had an " unprecedented amount of space taken up with machinery " , but was thought of so highly that she was rearmed three times during her service . " Mercury " served with the Portsmouth Reserve from 1879 to 1890 , in China from 1890 to 1895 and with the Portsmouth Reserve again from 1895 to 1903 . She served as a navigation school ship for navigating officers from 1903 to 1905 and a submarine depot ship at Portsmouth from 1906 to 1913 , and at Harwich in 1913 . There were plans to rename her " Columbine " in 1912 , but these were rescinded and instead she was hulked at Rosyth in 1914 with the port depot ship there , HMS " Columbine " , the former . She was moved to Chatham , where she became an accommodation ship from 7 January 1918 , and was paid off in March 1919 . She was eventually sold for scrap to the Forth Shipbreaking Company , at Bo ' ness , on 9 July 1919 .