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John Martin Broomall John Martin Broomall ( January 19 , 1816 – June 3 , 1894 ) was a Republican member of the U . S . House of Representatives from Pennsylvania . Early life . John M . Broomall was born in Upper Chichester Township , Pennsylvania . He taught school for several years , studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Chester , Pennsylvania . He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1851 and 1852 . He served on the State revenue board in 1854 . He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1854 and in 1858 . He was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention . He moved to Media , Pennsylvania , in 1860 and continued the practice of law . Broomall served in the Union Army as Captain of Company C , Twenty - ninth Regiment , Pennsylvania Emergency Militia Infantry , from June 18 to August 1 , 1863 . United States House of Representatives . Broomall was elected as a Republican to the Thirty - eighth , Thirty - ninth , and Fortieth Congresses . He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Accounts during the Fortieth Congress . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1868 . He resumed the practice of law , and was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1874 . He was appointed judge of the courts of Delaware County , Pennsylvania , in March 1874 and served until January 1875 , being an unsuccessful candidate for election to succeed himself . He again resumed the practice of law in Media and died in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania in 1894 , aged 78 . Interment in Media Cemetery in Media , Pennsylvania . Legacy . The community of Broomall , Pennsylvania ( in Marple Township , Pennsylvania ) is named for John Martin Broomall .
German submarine U - 466 German submarine " U - 466 " was a Type VIIC U - boat built for the Nazi German Kriegsmarine for service during World War II . She was scuttled at sea on 19 August 1944 . She was laid down on 24 May 1941 by Deutsche Werke AG in Kiel as ' werk ' 297 , launched on 30 March 1942 and commissioned under " Kapitänleutnant " Gerhard Thäter , who remained with her for the rest of her career . " U - 466 " bore a " heart & sunburst " emblem on her conning tower . She began her service life in the 5th U - boat Flotilla , a training organization , before moving on to the 3rd and 29th flotillas for operational duties . " U - 466 " undertook five war patrols , spending a total of 182 days at sea , with no ships sunk or damaged . She was a member of five wolfpack s . Operational career . 1st and 2nd patrols . The U - boat departed Kiel for her first patrol on 12 January 1943 . She made her way to the Atlantic from Kiel through the so - called Faeroes gap - the stretch of water between Iceland and the Faeroe Islands . She arrived in La Pallice in occupied France via a spot southeast of Greenland on the 29th . Her second sortie also took her out into the mid - Atlantic . She departed La Pallice on 17 April 1943 and returned to the same place on 26 May after 40 days at sea . 3rd and 4th patrols . Her third foray took her to a point off Suriname in South America . She was unsuccessfully attacked by US B - 18 ' Bolo ' and B - 24 Liberator aircraft on 23 July 1943 . A day later , she was attacked by a B - 24 which dropped five depth charge s . This time the boat sustained damage . Five men were wounded , including the first officer . The boat ' s fourth patrol was cut short when she was badly damaged following an attack by escort vessels from Convoy MKS 29 . The submarine returned to her French base on 19 November 1943 after only 35 days away . 5th patrol . Her fifth patrol involved the U - boat ' s passage to Toulon in southern France . This voyage included trafficking the heavily defended Strait of Gibraltar . She passed the Rock on 22 March 1944 and arrived in Toulon on the 30th , having been attacked by the British submarine HMS " Uproar " . The vessel fired four torpedoes at the U - boat ; they all missed . Loss . " U - 466 " was severely damaged in a USAAF raid on Toulon . As a result , she was scuttled on 19 August 1944 following the Allied invasion of southern France ( Operation Dragoon . She was the last U - boat to be scuttled in the Mediterranean .
John C . Cremony Major John C . Cremony ( 1815 – August 24 , 1879 ) was an American newspaperman who enrolled in the Massachusetts Volunteers in 1846 , serving as a lieutenant . He served as a Spanish language interpreter for the U . S . Boundary Commission which laid out the Mexican and United States Border between 1849 – 1852 . He went on to serve as Captain in Company B , 2nd Regiment California Volunteer Cavalry a unit of California Volunteers , with the California Column in New Mexico Territory . He eventually achieved the rank of Major in 1864 and commanded the 1st Battalion of Native Cavalry , California Volunteers until 1866 . He was the first editor of San Francisco ' s " Weekly Sunday Times " newspaper . Cremony served most of his military career in the Southwest and personally knew Apache Chiefs Mangas Coloradas and Cochise . He was the first white man to become fluent in the Apache language , learning it in his role as an interpreter , and publishing the first written compilation of their language as a glossary for the army . As a result , Cremony was often able to resolve numerous issues between the military , reservation authorities and the Apaches . Not all of Cremony ' s discourses with the Apache were peaceful , however . He killed one warrior in a grueling knife fight and chronicled a non - stop 21 - hour chase when he was pursued by a band of Sierra Blanca Apache ( White Mountain Apache ) of some through the desert of New Mexico while on horseback ; of which were at a full gallop . Cremony authored " Life Among the Apaches " , published in 1869 , which described his experiences with the tribe . Historians of the West have come to deem many of Cremony ' s accounts of his Indian campaigns extravagant . The Arizona Evening Star compared his veracity to that of Baron Munchausen , and a soldier who served under him did not " believe anything he says except when he says he wants whiskey . " After retiring from the army , Cremony settled in San Francisco , becoming a founding member of the Bohemian Club and establishing the club ' s membership guidelines in 1872 . He died of tuberculosis on August 24 , 1879 and is buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park on the Laurel Hill Mound in San Francisco , California .
Steele Barracks ( Moorebank ) Steele Barracks is an Australian Army base in the Sydney suburb of Moorebank in New South Wales , near Liverpool . It is the home of the Royal Australian Engineers School of Military Engineering ( SME ) , which was established there in 1940 , as well as the RAE Museum , and the RAE Golf Club . It is also the location of the Regional Headquarters for the NSW Brigade of the Australian Army Cadets . The base is located on Moorebank Avenue and its main access road is the M5 South Western Motorway . It is situated adjacent to Holsworthy Barracks in the Liverpool Military Area . In the Federal government ' s 2010 – 11 Budget it was announced that $ 35 . 2 million would be spent over two years to move SME to Holsworthy . The move is scheduled to take place in 2014 , after which the site will be turned into an " intermodal container freight terminal " . The barracks is named after Major General Sir Clive Steele , an engineer officer who had a key role in expanding the Corps during the Second World War .
Tang Shizun Tang Shizun ( 唐式遵 ) ( born 1885 ) was a KMT general from Sichuan during World War II . Military / Government Positions . From 1926 to 1932 Shizun served as General Officer Commanding 1st Division , 21st Army . In 1935 he was promoted to Commander of the entire 21st Army . He served this position until 1939 , when he became Commander in Chief of the 23rd Army Group . During this time , he also served as Deputy Commander in Chief for the 3rd War Area . After taking a four - year hiatus starting in 1945 , he gained the office of Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Government . He died in office in 1950 .
USS Barnstable ( APA - 93 ) USS " Barnstable " ( APA - 93 ) was a that served with the US Navy during World War II . The vessel was launched 5 August 1943 by Western Pipe & Steel , Los Angeles , California , under a Maritime Commission contract as " Sea Snapper " ; acquired on a loan charter by the Navy 30 October , and commissioned the same day . Placed out of commission 3 November , " Barnstable " was outfitted as an APA by Commercial Iron Works , Portland , Oregon , and recommissioned 22 May 1944 , Captain T . M . Stokes in command . Operational history . Palau Islands . " Barnstable " arrived at Pearl Harbor 30 July 1944 and joined Transport Division 32 . Embarking troops and cargo she sailed to Guadalcanal for landing exercises 24 August - 8 September , in preparation for the assault on the Palau Islands . Arriving at Peleliu , Palau Islands , 15 September , " Barnstable " remained there until 21 September , and then took part in the occupation of Ulithi Atoll , Caroline Islands ( 23 – 25 September 1944 ) . Leyte . Returning to Manus , Admiralty Islands , " Barnstable " loaded troops and cargo and arrived in Leyte Gulf 20 October 1944 . She debarked troops for the assault waves and continued unloading cargo throughout the day . On the 21st she departed , arriving at the Palau Islands 23 October . " Barnstable " transported troops and cargo between New Caledonia and the Admiralty Islands and then returned to Leyte , where she landed reinforcements ( 19 – 29 November 1944 ) . Luzon and Okinawa . Returning to New Guinea , she remained there until embarking troops and cargo for the landings at Lingayen Gulf , Luzon . She arrived 9 January and the following day landed her troops and cargo . She made several trips to the Philippines with reinforcements and then participated in the initial Okinawa landings ( 1 – 5 April ) . " Barnstable " returned to the west coast in April 1945 . After undergoing repairs , replacements were embarked and she returned to Manila . From Manila she made logistic runs to New Guinea . Upon the cessation of hostilities " Barnstable " participated in the occupation of Japan ( 12 – 26 October 1945 ) , making two runs from the Philippine Islands to Japan transporting Army troops . Decommissioning . She returned to California 17 November 1945 and operated along the west coast until January 1946 . In February she arrived on the east coast and commenced pre - inactivation overhaul . She was decommissioned 25 March 1946 and returned to the Maritime Commission the following day . " Barnstable " received four battle star s for her World War II service . Commercial service . In 1948 the Maritime Commission sold " Barnstable " to the Isthmian Steamship Company of New York , who renamed her " Steel Fabricator " . She was to remain in service with Isthmian Steamship until 1969 . In 1971 the vessel was sold to Reliance Carriers SA of Panama who renamed her " Reliance Dynasty " . She was sold again the following year to Valor Navigation Corporation of Panama who dubbed her " Grand Valor " . The vessel was scrapped in Kaohsiung , Taiwan in 1974 .
7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment The 7th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment ( 1863 – 1865 ) was a Confederate Army cavalry regiment during the American Civil War . Organization . This regiment was formed on July 25 , 1863 by adding independent companies to J . F . Hill ' s Arkansas Cavalry Battalion . The 7th Cavalry was commanded by Colonel John F . Hill , Lieutenant Colonel Oliver Basham , and Majors J . L . Adams and J . C . Ward . Many former members of the 10th Arkansas Militia Regiment joined this unit . The unit was composed of companies from the following counties : Battles . The unit served in General Cabell ' s Brigade , Trans - Mississippi Department , and fought in the following engagements : Surrender . This regiment surrendered at Galveston , Texas .
USS Courser ( AMS - 6 ) USS " Courser " ( MSC ( O ) - 6 / AMS - 6 / YMS - 201 ) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was the second ship of the U . S . Navy to be named " Courser " . History . " Courser " was laid down as " YMS - 201 " on 28 August 1942 by the Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co . of Kingston , New York ; launched 19 November 1942 ; and completed 24 July 1943 . On 17 February 1947 , " YMS - 201 " was reclassified as AMS - 6 , and named " Courser " the following day . " Courser " was reclassified MSC ( O ) - 6 on 7 February 1955 . " Courser " was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 November 1959 . Her ultimate fate is unknown .
Henry Darling Major - General Sir Henry Charles Darling KCB ( Uppingham , 28 February 1780 – 11 February 1845 ) . Major General in the British Army . Lt Governor to Tobago ( 1833 – 45 ) . Married before 1808 Isabella Cameron , eldest dau of Charles Cameron , sometime Governor of the Bahamas and Lady Margaret Hay . He was brother of General Sir Ralph Darling . He was father of Sir Charles Henry Darling , KCB .
Skoda M1909 machine gun The Skoda M1909 is a Machine gun of Austro - Hungarian ( Czech ) origin and was manufactured by the Škoda Works in Plzeň . Although it was unable to compete with the more reliable Schwarzlose m / 07 , it was used in the same period , albeit mostly with reserve and home guard battalions within the Austro - Hungarian armed forces . Overview . The M1909 is a delayed - blowback water cooled belt fed medium machine gun , chambered in the 8x50mm R round . As with all delayed blowback operated mechanisms chambered for powerful cartridges it suffers from relatively poor performance compared to recoil operated guns such as the Maxim .
USS Wasaka III ( SP - 342 ) USS " Wasaka III " ( SP - 342 ) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919 . " Wasaka III " was a wooden - hulled motorboat built at Lynn , Massachusetts , by Britt Brothers , boat builders . Acquired by the U . S . Navy in the spring of 1917 for World War I service from Mr . John J . Martin of Boston , Massachusetts , under a free - lease agreement , " Wasaka III " apparently was manned by the Navy on 22 April 1917 , as her deck log indicates that the first men — the most senior rating being a Machinist ' s Mate 2nd Class A . Rowbottom , USNRF — reported on board on that day . There is no record of a commissioning , and the deck log does not start until 1 June 1917 . Initially , " Wasaka III " - classified as SP - 342 — operated from the Commonwealth Pier at Boston . On 26 September 1917 , she shifted to the Bumkin Island section base , whence she operated for the duration of the war and into 1919 . " Wasaka III " s log ends on 31 March 1919 , and she was returned to her owner on 18 April 1919 .
Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service The Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service ( RANNS ) was a former female branch of the Royal Australian Navy . The RAANS was formed in October 1942 , wartime demands lead to a need to recruit women directly into the RAN . At its wartime peak the RAANS was made up of 56 nursing sisters with at least 12 months prior experience . The RANNS was disbanded 1948 but the demand for nurses was so great that the organisation was reformed in November 1948 . In June 1984 the RANNS and the other female branch of the RAN , the Women ' s Royal Australian Naval Service , were incorporated into the permanent force and all female nurses became members of the nursing branch of the RAN .
William Frederick Faulds William Frederick Faulds ( 1895 – 1950 ) was a South African soldier , and recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest award of the British Commonwealth , for gallantry " in the face of the enemy " , during the First World War . He was the first South African - born man serving with South African Forces to be awarded the VC . Faulds was born 19 February 1895 . When he was 21 years old , and a private in the 1st Battalion ( Cape ) of the South African Infantry Brigade during the First World War , he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 18 July 1916 at Delville Wood , France . The citation reads as follows : As a temporary Lieutenant , Faulds was also awarded the Military Cross for actions at Hedicourton 22 March 1918 . This citaiton , for the Military Cross reads : " In the retirement from the line east of Hendicourt , 22 March 1918 , he was commanding one of the platoons which formed the rear - guard . He handled his men most ably , and exposed himself freely . Though the enemy pressed hard , he , by his fearless and able leadership , checked them , and enabled the remainder of the battalion to withdraw with slight loss . " He later achieved the rank of captain . He died 16 February 1950 and was buried in Pioneer Cemetery , Harare . The Medal . His Victoria Cross was displayed at the National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg . This Victoria Cross was stolen off a display in 1994 and is still missing .
3rd Kure Special Naval Landing Force The 3rd Kure Special Naval Landing Force ( 3rd Kure SNLF ) were troops of the Imperial Japanese Navy ' s Special Naval Landing Forces . Formed at the Kure Naval District , the 3rd Kure SNLF participated in the invasion of Tulagai and the battles of Tulagi and Gavutu – Tanambogo and Milne Bay . On Guadacanal , the 3rd Kure SNLF detachment of 247 men were under the command of Lieutenant Yoshio Endo , the Tulagi detachment of 350 men were under the command of Commander Masaaki Suzuki and there was a detachment of 50 men at Gavutu . Commander Masaaki Suzuki , led the 3rd Kure SNLF reinforcements at Milne Bay on 29 August 1942 . The 3rd Kure SNLF was all but wiped out after the Solomon Islands campaign .
RMAS Salmaster ( A186 ) RMAS " Salmaster " ( A186 ) was a " Sal " - Class mooring and salvage vessel . It came under the Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service department of the Royal Navy , and was sold in 2001 . Built by Hall , Russell & Company in 1986 , her displacement is 2 , 200 tonnes and dimensions 77 m by 15 m by 4 m . Her complement is 19 and speed . Tasks include the laying and maintenance of underwater targets , navigation marks and moorings . She now operates for Gardline Shipping , a part of the Gardline group as MV Ocean Endeavour .
Fort Harrison Fort Harrison was an important component of the Confederate defenses of Richmond during the American Civil War . Named after Lieutenant William Harrison , a Confederate engineer , it was the largest in the series of fortification s that extended from New Market Road to the James River that also included Forts Hoke , Johnson , Gregg , and Gilmer . These earthworks were designed to protect the strategically important Chaffin ' s Bluff on the James . On September 29 , 1864 , 2 , 500 Union soldiers from Maj . Gen . Benjamin Butler ' s Army of the James overran Major Richard Cornelius Taylor ' s 200 - man Confederate garrison and captured the fort in the Battle of Chaffin ' s Farm . Brig . Gen . Hiram Burnham , a native of Maine and a brigade commander in XVIII Corps , was killed in the assault , and the Union - held fort was renamed Fort Burnham in his honor . Although the attacks of September 29 had succeeded in capturing only Fort Harrison , General Robert E . Lee saw the potential threat to Richmond and ordered a counterattack on September 30 . The attack failed , but Brig . Gen . George J . Stannard lost an arm while resisting Lee ' s assault . This failure forced the Confederates to realign their defenses farther west . Fort Burnham remained in Union hands until the end of the war . In 1930 , members of the Richmond Parks Corporation , a local preservation society , constructed a log cabin on the site to serve as their headquarters . Today , this building serves as the Fort Harrison visitor center , part of Richmond National Battlefield Park .
508th Air Refueling Squadron The United States Air Force ' s 508th Air Refueling Squadron was an air refueling unit that operated the Boeing KB - 29 at Turner AFB , Georgia . It was last active on 1 July 1957 Established in 1953 to provide strategic air refueling for the 508th Strategic Fighter Wing . Advances in technology soon made escort fighter wings obsolete . A single atomic bomb had more explosive power than all the conventional bombs dropped during all of World War II , so only one of them could certainly destroy a target far more effectively than a formation of bombers . SAC ' s missions were based on the use of an individual airplane , not a formation of them . Lineage . 608th Bombardment Squadron 508th Air Refueling Squadron
Battle of Verdun ( 1792 ) The first Battle of Verdun was fought on August 20 , 1792 , between French Revolutionary forces and a Prussian army during the opening months of the War of the First Coalition . The Prussians were victorious , gaining a clear westward path to Paris .
Douaumont ossuary The Douaumont ossuary ( French : " L ' ossuaire de Douaumont " ) is a memorial containing the remains of soldiers who died on the battlefield during the Battle of Verdun in World War I . It is located in Douaumont , France , within the Verdun battlefield . It has been designated a " nécropole nationale " , or " national cemetery " . History . During the 300 days of the Battle of Verdun ( 21 February 1916 – 19 December 1916 ) approximately 230 , 000 men died out of a total of 700 , 000 casualties ( dead , wounded and missing ) . The battle became known in German as " Die Hölle von Verdun " ( English : The Hell of Verdun ) , or in French as " L ' Enfer de Verdun " , and was conducted on a battlefield covering less than . Ossuary information . The ossuary is a memorial containing the remains of both French and German soldiers who died on the Verdun battlefield . Through small outside windows , the skeletal remains of at least 130 , 000 unidentified combatants of both nations can be seen filling up alcoves at the lower edge of the building . On the inside of the ossuary building , the ceiling and walls are partly covered by plaques bearing names of French soldiers who fell during the Battle of Verdun . A few of the names are from fighting that took place in the area during World War II , as well as for veterans of the Indochina and Algerian War s . The families of the soldiers that are recognized here by name contributed for those individual plaques . In front of the monument , and sloping downhill , lies the largest single French military cemetery of the First World War with 16 , 142 graves . It was initiated in 1923 by Verdun veteran André Maginot , who would later design the Maginot Line . The ossuary was officially inaugurated on 7 August 1932 by French President Albert Lebrun . Architecture . The architects of the ossuary were Léon Azéma , Max Edrei and Jacques Hardy ; George Desvallières designed the stained glass windows . The tower is high and has a panoramic view of the battlefields . The tower contains a bronze death - bell , weighing over , called " Bourdon de la Victoire " , which is sounded at official ceremonies . It was offered by an American benefactor Anne Thornburn Van Buren , in 1927 . At the top of the tower a rotating red and white " lantern of the dead " shines on the battlefields at night . The cloister is long and contains 42 interior alcoves .
Jean Baptiste de Caux of Blacquetot Jean Baptiste de Caux of Blacquetot ( 24 May 1723 , Montreuil , Pas - de - Calais - 8 September 1796 ) was a French general . He was appointed Marechal de Camp on 1 March 1780 , and Lieutenant General on 20 May 1791 . His son was Louis Victor de Blacquetot de Caux .
8th Royal Tank Regiment The 8th Royal Tank Regiment ( 8 RTR ) was an armoured regiment of the British Army until 1960 . It was part of the Royal Tank Regiment , itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps . It originally saw action as H Battalion , Tank Corps in 1917 . In the North African campaign it was part of 23rd Armoured Brigade In 1960 , it amalgamated with 5th Royal Tank Regiment .