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Samuel C . Means Samuel Carrington Means ( 1828 – 1891 ) was the founder and first captain of the independent Loudoun Rangers , the only organized body of men from Virginia to serve in the Union army during the American Civil War . Means was a successful gristmiller and businessman from Waterford , Virginia , with several ties through his business to Point of Rocks , Maryland , where he was station master for the B & O Railroad . After the secession of Virginia in May 1861 , Confederate authorities began to court him over the use of his mill ( the largest in Loudoun County ) . An erstwhile quaker and with considerable interests in loyal Maryland , Means was a unionist and would have none of it . Consequently the Confederates issued warrants for his arrest forcing Means to flee to Maryland on July 1 , 1861 leaving his family behind . Subsequent to his fleeing , the Confederate government seized all his property and assets in Virginia , including 28 horses , 42 hogs , 2 wagons all the flour and meal at his mill . When Union forces under John Geary invaded Loudoun in March 1862 , Means served as a scout for the force . For his service , Secretary of War Edwin M . Stanton issued him a captaincy with permission to raise a company of cavalry for border service in Loudoun and Maryland . The resulting Loudoun Rangers served as partisans in Loudoun for much of the war , but were eventually mustered into regular service leading to Means ' departure from the unit over the issue in 1864 .
Josiah Parker Josiah Parker ( 11 May 1751 – 11 March 1810 ) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia in the First through Sixth United States Congresses . Life . Parker was born at the Macclesfield Estate in Isle of Wight County , Virginia . In 1773 , he married the widow Mary Pierce Bridger . They had one child , Anne Pierce Parker ( ca 1775 , Isle of Wight Co . , VA - 21 March 1849 ) . In 1775 , Parker became a member of the state . He attended the Virginia Convention that met in March , July , and December of that year . Revolutionary War . When the American Revolutionary War began in April 1775 , Parker enlisted in the Continental Army . He was promptly commissioned a major in the 5th Virginia Regiment on 13 February 1776 , promoted to lieutenant colonel on 28 July 1777 , and became its colonel on 1 April 1778 . His regiment served in Virginia under General Charles Lee until the autumn of 1776 , when the 5th Virginia Regiment was transferred to George Washington ’ s army . The regiment thereafter saw action at the Battle of Trenton , Battle of Princeton , Battle of Brandywine , Battle of Germantown , Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston . Parker resigned from the army on 12 July 1778 and became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for 1778 , 1779 , 1782 and 1783 . During Cornwallis ' s Virginia campaign in 1781 , the notorious Colonel Tarleton ransacked his home . In August 1781 , Lafayette sent him to Portsmouth , Virginia on a reconnaissance . He found the British had embarked for Yorktown . Parker recovered 25 cannons the British had thrown into the sea to prevent their capture . Post - war . In 1786 , Parker was commisioned a naval officer at Portsmouth , Virginia . He ran to become a delegate to the 1788 Virginia Convention , since he opposed surrendering Virginia ' s hard won independence by ratifying the United States Constitution . However , he was elected to the First United States Congress , was reelected to the Second and Third Congresses . He was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth through Sixth United States Congress . Parker then returned home and engaged in agriculture . He died in 1810 , and was buried in the family cemetery on his plantation , " Macclesfield " , in Isle of Wight County , Virginia . The Col . Josiah Parker Family Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 .
136th ( Durham ) Battalion , CEF The 136th ( Durham ) Battalion , CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War . Based in Kingston , Ontario , the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in Durham County , Ontario and Pontiac County , Quebec . After sailing to England in October 1916 , the battalion was absorbed into the 39th Battalion , CEF and 6th Reserve Battalion on October 6 , 1916 . The 136th ( Durham ) Battalion , CEF had one Officer Commanding : Lieut - Col . R . W . Smart . References . Meek , John F . " Over the Top ! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War . " Orangeville , Ont . : The Author , 1971 . List of Officers of the 136th Durham Overseas Battalion . Port Hope , Book of Remembrance 1919
HMS St . Kitts ( D18 ) HMS " St . Kitts " ( D18 ) was a Battle - class destroyer of the Royal Navy ( RN ) . She was named in honour of the Battle of St . Kitts which took place in 1782 . So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name . " St . Kitts " was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited on the Tyne . She was launched on 4 October 1944 and commissioned on 21 January 1946 . " St . Kitts " joined the 5th Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet upon commission . In 1948 , " St . Kitts " deployed to the Arctic to join the carrier HMS " Vengeance " , along with a variety of other ships , including other " Battle " - class destroyer during experiments in that region . In 1953 , " St . Kitts " took part in the large Fleet Review at Spithead to celebration the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II . " St . Kitts " was positioned in the middle of her sister - ships HMS " Camperdown " and HMS " Barfleur " . " St . Kitts " was subsequently placed in Reserve . In 1954 , " St . Kitts " joined the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla , also part of the Home Fleet . In 1955 , " St . Kitts " , still with the 3rd Flotilla , deployed to the Mediterranean , and took part in the Suez Crisis , which had occurred after the nationalisation of the Suez Canal by the Egyptian leader Nasser . During Operation Musketeer , the invasion of Egypt , " St . Kitts " performed a variety of duties , including escorting the carrier HMS " Eagle " , as well as performing naval bombardment of Port Said . That same year , " St . Kitts " , along with the rest of the Flotilla , left the Mediterranean to join the Home Fleet . In 1957 , " St . Kitts " was decommissioned , being scrapped in 1962 at Sunderland .
Frederick Hervey , 4th Marquess of Bristol Rear - Admiral Frederick William Fane Hervey , 4th Marquess of Bristol ( 1863 – 1951 ) was a British nobleman , naval officer and Conservative Party politician . Background . Hervey was the son of Lord Augustus Henry Charles Hervey ( 1837 – 1875 ) , the younger brother of the 3rd Marquess of Bristol . He was educated at Tonbridge School and Eastman ' s Royal Naval Academy before joining HMS " Britannia " as a cadet . He was a midshipman by the age of 15 . Naval and political career . In August 1901 he was appointed in command of the cruiser " HMS Prometheus " , which was commissioned to serve in the Channel Squadron the following September . He later became a Rear Admiral . Hervey was elected at the general election in January 1906 as Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Bury St Edmunds , but automatically resigned in August the following year when he succeeded his uncle to the peerages . Family . The 4th Marquess married the heiress Alice Frances Theodora Wythes ( 1875 – 1957 ) in 1896 . They had two daughters , Lady Phyllis Hervey and Lady Marjorie Hervey . Lord Bristol was succeeded by his youngest brother lord Herbert Hervey .
Rich Mountain order of battle The following is the organization of the Union and Confederate forces engaged at the Battle of Rich Mountain , during the American Civil War in 1861 . Union forces . Department of the Ohio ( Army of Occupation ) , MG George B . McClellan Confederate forces . Army of the Northwest , BG Robert S . Garnett
Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 49 Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 49 ( MALS - 49 ) is a reserve aviation logistics support unit of the United States Marine Corps . They are currently based at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh , New York and fall under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 49 ( MAG - 49 ) and the 4th Marine Aircraft Wing ( 4th MAW ) . The squadron 49 is the only MALS in the 4th MAW with an active duty core of maintenance and aviation supply personnel . MALS - 49 is currently structured with six separate and distinct divisions of maintenance , supporting three separate and distinct sites , along with five flying squadrons . History . MALS - 49 was activated on 1 July 1969 at Naval Air Station New York in Brooklyn , New York as Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 49 ( H & MS - 49 ) . The H & MS unit was relocated to Naval Air Station Lakehurst , New Jersey in 1970 and moved again to Naval Air Station Willow Grove , Pennsylvania in 1972 . In 1988 , the unit was redesignated as Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 49 with the headquarters located at NAS Willow Grove . During 1988 detachments were established at Andrews Air Force Base , Washington DC and Naval Air Station South Weymouth , Massachusetts . In 1992 , the Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 42 ( MALS - 42 ) detachment located at Stewart ANGB , Newburgh , New York was redesignated as a detachment of MALS - 49 , bringing the number of sites supported by MALS - 49 to four . In February 1994 the MALS - 49 flag was relocated from NAS Willow Groove to Stewart ANGB In 2004 , the unit activated reserve Marines in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom to serve as augmentees for MALS - 16 when they deployed to Iraq .
Fritz Buchenau Fritz Buchenau ( 4 June 1914 – 8 February 1991 ) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Fritz Buchenau joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1972 as a Brigadegeneral .
Ferdinand Schaal Ferdinand Friedrich Schaal ( 7 February 1889 — 9 October 1962 ) was a German career military officer and panzer commander in World War II . He commanded the 10th Panzer Division in the 1939 Invasion of Poland and directed the successful Siege of Calais in 1940 . Later , he became involved in the unsuccessful July 20 plot against Adolf Hitler and the implementation of Operation Walküre that was to follow . For this , he was imprisoned until the end of the war . Early life and World War I . Ferdinand was born on 7 February 1889 in Brunswick , Lower Saxony . In 1908 , at the age of 19 , Schaal joined the military as an officer in a regiment of dragoons . After World War I , he became a captain of cavalry in the Reichswehr . World War 2 . In April 1939 , as part of the lead - up to the invasion of Poland , Schaal was tapped to lead the new 10th Panzer Division . He continued to command that unit through the invasions of Poland , France , and the USSR . On 16 March 1942 , as the 10th Panzer Division returned to France from its bloody tour of the Eastern Front , Schaal was given the command of LVI Panzer Corps , which was also stationed in the Soviet Union . He served in that capacity until 1 August 1943 , when he became Wehrmacht commander in the military district of Bohemia and Moravia . Operation Walküre . His role in Operation Walküre was to involve subduing the Nazi party and establishing military control over Bohemia and Moravia . On the evening of 20 July 1944 , Schaal waited for clarification on how to proceed from General Friedrich Fromm , a co - conspirator in Berlin . None came , however , as the assassination attempt had failed and Fromm had decided to betray the other plotters . Schaal was arrested the next day on the orders of Heinrich Himmler and imprisoned . Unlike many of his compatriots in the German resistance , Schaal avoided execution and survived the war .
Distinguished Flying Cross ( United Kingdom ) The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom ' s Royal Air Force and other services , and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries , for " an act or acts of valour , courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy " . History . The award was established on 3 June 1918 , shortly after the formation of the RAF . It was originally awarded to air force commissioned officers and to Warrant Officer s . During the Second World War it was also awarded to Royal Artillery officers from the British Army serving on attachment to the RAF as pilots - cum - artillery directors . Since the Second World War , the award has been open to army and naval aviation officers , and since 1993 to other ranks as well ; the Distinguished Flying Medal , previously awarded to other ranks , has been discontinued . Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross are entitled to use the post - nominal letters " DFC " . A bar is added to the ribbon for holders of the DFC who received a second award . During the Great War , a total of approximately 1 , 100 DFCs were awarded , with 70 first bars and 3 second bars . During the Second World War , 20 , 354 DFCs were awarded ( the most of any award ) , with approximately 1 , 550 first bars and 45 second bars . Honorary awards were made on 964 occasions to aircrew from other non - commonwealth countries . In 2008 , Flight Lieutenant Michelle Goodman became the first woman to receive the DFC . Description . The cross is a cross flory and is 2⅛ inches wide . The horizontal and bottom bars are terminated with bumps , the upper bar with a rose . The front of the medal features aeroplane propellers superimposed on the vertical arms of the cross and wings on the horizontal arms . In the centre is a laurel wreath around the RAF monogram surmounted by an Imperial Crown . The reverse features the Royal Cypher in the centre and the year of issue engraved on the lower arm . The medal is issued named . The ribbon was originally white with purple broad horizontal stripes , but changed in 1919 to the current white with purple broad diagonal stripes . The medal was designed by Edward Carter Preston .
Takashi Nagase Nagase is also noted for his reconciliation with former British Army officer Eric Lomax , whom he interrogated and tortured at a Japanese prisoner - of - war camp in 1942 . Lomax then went on to mention his reconciliation with Nagase in his autobiography , " The Railway Man " . The book chronicled his experience before , during , and after World War II . It won the 1996 NCR Book Award and the J . R . Ackerley Prize for Autobiography . Nagase also wrote a book on his own experiences during and after the war entitled " Crosses and Tigers " , and financed a Buddhist temple at the bridge to atone for his actions during the war . The meeting between the two men was filmed as a documentary " Enemy , My Friend ? " ( 1995 ) , directed by Mike Finlason . After the end of World War II , Takashi Nagase became a devout Buddhist priest and tried to atone for the Japanese army ' s treatment of prisoners of war . Takashi has made more than 100 missions of atonement to the River Kwai in Thailand . He died in 2011 . In films . Nagase will be portrayed by Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada in the upcoming film " The Railway Man " , based on Lomax ' s autobiography . The film also stars Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman . He was previously portrayed by Yugo Saso in the 2001 film , " To End All Wars " .
Pentagon rapid response operation The Pentagon rapid response operation was created in October 2006 by the United States Department of Defense ( a . k . a . The Pentagon ) to " quickly respond to news media stories critical of . . . the war in Iraq , as well as other stories the Defense Department leadership doesn ' t like . " A Pentagon memo seen by the Associated Press news agency said the new unit would " develop messages " for the 24 - hour news cycle and aim to " correct the record " . The unit would reportedly monitor media such as weblogs and would also employ " surrogates " , or top politicians or lobbyist s who could be interviewed on TV and radio shows .
Boycott of Guantanamo Military Commissions In 2006 , after charges were laid against a number of detainees held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp s , a boycott against the judicial hearings was declared by Ali al - Bahlul . The boycott gained momentum in 2008 when more detainees faced Guantanamo military commission s The boycott has threatened the future of the tribunals , and reduced the credibility of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 as prisoners have resolved not to cooperate or recognise the American military proceedings , amidst claims that the tribunals were not impartial , the detainees had been abused or tortured into giving false confessions , and would find each detainee " Guilty " regardless of the facts . Public confidence in the fairness of the trials reached all - time lows after the boycotts began . Organised by the detainees themselves , American military defence attorneys have blamed peer pressure for convincing other prisoners to join the process . Six of the charged prisoners have appeared before a judge in 2008 , and five of them declared their intentions to boycott the proceedings . The Canadian Omar Khadr , accused of throwing a grenade when he was 15 - years old , is the only detainee facing charges who is not currently boycotting the hearings , as his lawyers have stressed this shows that he is not a threat and will " play by the rules " if released . He was however a former member of the boycott , announcing his intentions to boycott in March 2006 .
Chase Field Industrial Complex Chase Field Industrial Complex , formerly Naval Air Station Chase Field , is a former naval air station located in Beeville , Texas . The Texas Department of Criminal Justice operates a group of facilities collectively referred to as the Chase Field Criminal Justice Center on the grounds of the former air station . The TDCJ facilities include the Correctional Institutions Division Region IV Office , two transfer facilities ( Garza East Unit and Garza West Unit ) , and the Beeville Distribution Center .
Mental Cases Mental Cases is one of Wilfred Owen ' s more disturbing works . It describes war - torn men suffering from post - traumatic stress disorder , otherwise known as shell shock . Owen based the poem on his experience of Craiglockhart Military Hospital , near Edinburgh , where he was invaldided in the summer of 1917 , suffering from shell shock .
15th ( King ' s ) Parachute Battalion The 15th ( King ' s ) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment , raised by the British Army during the Second World War . The 15th Parachute Battalion was formed in India during 1945 from the 1st Battalion the King ' s Regiment ( Liverpool ) . Prior to this the battalion had been part of the Chindit special force . It was assigned to the 77th Indian Parachute Brigade , part of the 44th Indian Airborne Division . The war ended before the battalion was committed to any combat but a number of officers and sergeants parachuted into Japanese Prisoner of War Camps in Java , Sumatra , Bangkok and Singapore to provide aid to the prisoners . Territorial Army . The battalion was disbanded in December 1946 and reformed by the Territorial Army ( TA ) in 1947 as the 15th ( Scottish ) Parachute Battalion ( TA ) . In 1967 it was re - designated 15 PARA ( SV ) and came under command of the 44th Parachute Brigade . In June 1974 , Warrant Officer Class 2 John Gordon McRae , became the first territorial to be awarded the Queen ' s Gallantry Medal . During a practice parachute jump from a C - 130 the parachute of one of his men failed to open . The man crashed through McRae ’ s rigging and as he did so McRae managed to keep a hold of him and they both descended safely on the one parachute . During September 1974 the battalion suffered the highest loss of TA soldiers during a major NATO exercise . Dropped off course six men landed in the Kiel canal and drowned . Defence cuts in April 1993 , resulted in the amalgamation of the three remaining TA parachute battalions . The battalion numbered 4th Battalion , Parachute Regiment , retains a rifle company ( 15th ( Scottish ) Company ) based in Scotland . Notes .
Gladstone Adams Captain Gladstone Adams ( 16 May 1880 – 1966 ) was , at one time , the Chairman of Whitley Bay Urban District Council . In April 1908 , he drove down to Crystal Palace Park in a 1904 Daracq - Caron motorcar to see Newcastle United play against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup final . It was such a novelty to see a car in those days that it was put into a car showroom window while he was there , because so many people wanted to see it . On the way back from the cup final , snow kept getting on the windscreen and Gladstone had to keep getting out of the car to clear it . This experience led to his invention of the windscreen wiper . In April 1911 , Gladstone patented the design of a windscreen wiper with Sloan & Lloyd Barnes , patent agents of Liverpool . In World War I , Adams served in the Royal Flying Corps , the forerunner of the RAF , as a photograph reconnaissance officer . One of his duties was to prove the death and then arrange the burial of Baron Manfred von Richthofen , the ' Red Baron ' , after he had been shot down and killed . When World War II broke out , Adams was sixty years of age , too old for active service . However , he joined the Whitley Bay Air Training Corps , and a trophy given by him to the cadets is still awarded each year and bears his name , the " Gladstone Adams Cup " . Gladstone was a professional photographer and he owned two studios , one in Barras Bridge in Newcastle and the other at 18 Station Road , Whitley Bay , which is still standing and is now a florist ' s shop , Whitley Bay . As well as running a business , Adams was also a local Councillor , becoming Chairman of Whitley Bay Urban District Council . One of his official duties at that time was to attend the Duke of Northumberland ' s wedding in St . Margaret ' s , Westminster . Gladstone and his brother also invented the sliding rowing seat and the trafficator , the forerunner of the indicator .
12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron The 12th Airborne Command and Control Squadron is a unit of the Georgia Air National Guard that flies the E - 8C Joint STARS . Its parent unit is the 461st Air Control Wing . History . Operation Ranch Hand began operations in January 1962 as Special Aerial Spray Flight of 309th Air Commando Squadron at Tan Son Nhut Air Base . In October 1966 , expansion of the program led to redesignation of the flight as a separate squadron , the 12th Air Commando Squadron . The 12th ACS would soon relocate to Bien Hoa where it would remain for the remainder of the war .
INS Ganga ( D94 ) INS " Ganga " ( D94 ) was a Type II " Hunt " class destroyer of the Indian Navy . She was leased from the Royal Navy in 1952 , where she served in World War II as HMS " Chiddingfold " ( L31 ) . History in the Royal Navy . HMS " Chiddingfold " ( L31 ) was ordered on 4 Sep 1939 under the 1939 War Emergency Build Programme . She was laid down as Job No . J1115 . She was commissioned around October 1941 . She earned battle honours in World War II for Norway , 1941 and English Channel , 1945 . Following the war , she was reduced to Reserve status early in 1946 and laid - up on 25 March 1946 . In 1950 she was transferred to the Reserve Fleet at Harwich and remained there until 1952 when negotiations were in hand for lease to the Indian Navy . History in the Indian Navy . The lease of HMS " Chiddingfold " to India was announced on 17 June 1952 . She underwent a refit by Messrs Crichton at Liverpool which was completed in June 1953 . She was commissioned as INS " Ganga " ( D94 ) on 18 June 1953 . The lease was extended in August 1956 , and she was sold to India in April 1958 . She was deployed as a training ship until 1975 , when she was struck from the active list , before being sold for scrapping .