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Norman Augustus Finch Norman Augustus Finch VC MSM ( 1890 – 1966 ) was an Sergeant in the Royal Marines who was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Biography . Finch was born 26 December 1890 in Birmingaham . He signed on to the Royal Marines in January 1908 and received basic training at Eastney . For the next four years he served on various ships and shore stations and in June 1913 was promoted to Bombardier and this was soon followed by further rises to Corporal in 1915 and Sergeant in 1917 . He joined the 4th Battalion on 23 March 1918 . He was 27 years old , and a sergeant in the Royal Marine Artillery , Royal Marines during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 22 / 23 April 1918 at Zeebrugge , Belgium , Sergeant Finch was second in command of the pom - poms and Lewis gun in the foretop of HMS " Vindictive " . At one period " Vindictive " was being hit every few seconds , but Sergeant Finch and the officer in command kept up a continuous fire , until two heavy shells made direct hits on the foretop killing or disabling everyone except Sergeant Finch who was , however , severely wounded . Nevertheless he remained in his battered and exposed position , harassing the enemy on the Mole until the foretop received another direct hit , putting the remainder of the armament completely out of action . His award was by virtue of ballot . He retired with the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant in December 1929 World War II brought Quartermaster Finch back to the Portsmouth Division in 1938 . He appears to have spent most of the war as Quarter Master , serving as a Storekeeper Officer ( Lieutenant ) at 104 ( Training ) RM Brigade , R . M . Training Group Dalditch , then Devon . On 15 August 1945 he was released from service and in 1964 was made Divisional Sergeant - Major of HM Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard . He died 15 March 1966 . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Marines Museum in Southsea .
8th Communications Battalion 8th Communication Battalion ( 8th Comm ) is a communications battalion in the United States Marine Corps . It is part of the II Marine Expeditionary Force ( II MEF ) and is headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune , North Carolina . Mission . On order , deploy task - organized , self - sustaining combat - ready detachments capable of providing command , control , communications , and computer ( C4 ) support to CG MARFORLANT , CG II MEF , Subordinate MAGTF , and MEU Commanders , in support of Joint and / or Combined operations in any environment and across the spectrum of combat alls conflict . Unit awards . Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation ( MUC ) : Lieutenant Colonel Kevin M . Shea Award on May 7 , 2010 for communications unit of the year 2009 .
Ernest Hayes ( British Army soldier ) Ernest Hayes Military Medal and Two Bars was a Corporal in the British Army . He was awarded the Military Medal three times for his conduct in World War I . He was one of only 180 men out of 115 , 600 to be awarded the Medal three times for his actions in that conflict . Early life . Ernest Hayes was born on 16 April 1898 , in Cotgrave , Nottinghamshire . Military career . Hayes enlisted with the King ' s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry , also known as the KOYLI , in 1916 . After initial training in England , he was then transferred to the Western front in France . During his time there , he took part in several major battles . He was awarded his first MM on 13 March 1918 . In the London Gazette it reads : " 203928 Pte . E . Hayes , Yorks . L . I . ( Cotgrave ) " . His second MM was awarded for his part in securing the Sambre canal on 4 November 1918 . The citation from the Army for his actions that day reads as : " No . 203928 Cpl . E . Hayes : - For gallantry & devotion to duty during the successful attack on the Sambre canal , S . W . of Landrecies on the 4th of November 1918 . In the face of an intense enemy artillery & machine gun barrage he led his Lewis gun section forward through very close country with great skill , onto his objective . On arrival there he consolidated his post & for some hours kept his gun team in action under heavy enemy fire . He was utterly regardless of personal danger & his calm method of picking up target after target had a most inspiring effect on the men in his post & other posts in his vicinity " . This was dated 26 November 1918 . His first bar was awarded in 1919 and is mentioned in the London Gazette on 23 July 1919 . His second bar was awarded in 1920 . Death . Ernest Hayes died on 19 February 1938 , he was just 39 years old . He is buried in Beeston cemetery , Nottinghamshire . His grave remained unmarked until 2005 , when his youngest daughter Barbara , with the help of the Royal British Legion , placed a memorial stone upon his grave .
Franciszek Dąbrowski Franciszek Dąbrowski ( 17 April 1904 in Budapest - 24 April 1962 in Kraków ) – was an officer of the Polish Navy during the Polish Defensive War against the Nazi German aggression in 1939 . In September 1939 he served at Westerplatte military transit depot which took part in the Battle of Westerplatte . The Polish garrison fought against overwhelming odds and repulsed all German attacks from 1 to 7 September . After the surrender he was imprisoned in several German POW camps . He wrote two books about his experiences during the Battle of Westerplatte - " Dziennik Bojowy załogi Westerplatte " ( 1945 ) and " Wspomnienia z obrony Westerplatte " ( 1957 ) . Dąbrowski was awarded the Order of Virtuti Militari V class , the Gold Cross of Merit , the Medal for Odra , Nysa and the Baltic and the Grunwaldzka Badge .
Yiannis Pharmakis Yiannis Pharmakis or Ioannis Farmakis ( ) ( 1772 – 1821 ) , born in Vlasti , Macedonia ( Greece ) , was a Greek revolutionary leader of the Greek War of Independence , active in Wallachia and Moldavia . Initially a commander of the Princely guard in Bucharest , Pharmakis joined the Philikí Etaireía movement and became an aide to Alexander Ypsilantis , establishing a permanent link with the non - Greek Oltenia n Pandurs led by Tudor Vladimirescu . He and Giorgakis Olympios reached an agreement with Tudor in the early months of 1821 , but , since the relation between the two factions soured as an effect of Russian and Ottoman Empire intervention , the two ( joined by Dimitrie Macedonski ) decided to arrest Vladimirescu ( who was to be executed on June 7 ) . As the insurgency crumbled under Turkish attacks , Pharmakis retreated to the Secu Monastery in Neamţ county , organising his last stand together with 380 to 500 of his men . Eventually he and his officers surrendered under conditions of general amnesty but the Ottoman troops captured and sent them to Constantinople , where they were publicly executed in 1821 .
Battle on the Irpin River The Battle on the Irpin River occurred in early 1320s between the armies of Gediminas , the Grand Duke of Lithuania , and Prince ( knyaz ) Stanislav of Kiev , allied with Oleg of Pereyaslavl ' and Roman of Bryansk . On the small Irpin River about south west of Kiev , Gediminas resoundingly defeated Stanislav and his allies . He then besieged and conquered Kiev sending Stanislav , the last descendant of the Rurik Dynasty to ever rule Kiev , into exile first in Bryansk and then in Ryazan . Theodor , brother of Gediminas , and Algimantas - Michael , son of Mindaugas from the Olshanski family , were installed in Kiev . As the result of these events the rulers of Kiev and other lands that used to be in the heartland of Kievan Rus ' had to accept the seniority of Lithuanian Grand Dukes . However , an account from 1331 possibly shows that Theodor was still paying a tribute to the Mongols . Lithuanians gained full control of the city only in 1362 after the Battle of Blue Waters against the Golden Horde . Historical basis . For a while historians did not believe that the battle actually took place . Information about it comes from generally confused and unreliable Ukrainian and Lithuanian Chronicles . No other sources actively collaborate with the story , many names mentioned in the chronicles do not appear anywhere else , details of the account are borrowed from earlier and later campaigns . However , more careful analysis of all available sources would show that while details and names are confused and tangled , the story has basis and should not be dismissed outright .
Rohan Jayasinghe Brigadier Rohan M . Jayasinghe , USP , psc , SLAC ( 1956 - ) was a Sri Lankan military officer , former Director Armour ; brigade commander , armored brigade ; brigade commander , 212 Brigade and Military attaché , Sri Lankan Embassy , Washington DC . Educated at Royal College , Colombo , Jayasinghe joined the army in 1978 as a cadet officer , and was commissioned into the 1st Reconnaissance Regiment , Sri Lanka Armoured Corps in 1980 as a Second Lieutenant . Serving with the 1st Reconnaissance Regiment as a Troop Leader , Adjutant ; he went on the serve as a staff officer in the Joint Operations Headquarters , 22 Division , Armoured Brigade and 3 Division . Later he became the commanding officer of the 4th Armoured Regiment , Sri Lanka Armoured Corps and Chief Instructor of the Sri Lanka Military Academy and the Army Command and Staff College . Becoming the brigade commander of the 212 Brigade , he was also the co - ordinating Officer for Manna . Thereafter he became the Director of Armour and brigade commander of the Armoured Brigade . Appointed Deputy Commandant , Army Command and Staff College ; he was thereafter sent as the first Military attaché to the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington DC . Promoted to the rank of Brigadier he was assigned to the Security Forces Headquarters - East until is retirement in 2006 . Brigadier Jayasinghe was a graduate of the Armed Forces Command Staff College in Malaysia and holds a Diploma in Defence Diplomacy . He was awarded the service medals Uttama Seva Padakkama ( USP ) , the Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal , the North and East Operations Medal , Riviresa Campaign Services Medal , Purna Bhumi Padakkama and the Officer degree in Legion of Merit . After his retirement he became the General Manager of Human Resources of the Union Assurance PLC .
364th Bombardment Squadron The 364th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 307th Strategic Wing , stationed at U - Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield , Thailand . It was inactivated on 30 June 1975 . History . The squadron was established in June 1942 as a B - 17 Flying Fortress heavy bombardment unit ; it trained as part of the Second Air Force . It was deployed to the European Theater of Operations ( ETO ) in September 1942 , being assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England . The unit began flying long - range strategic bombardment missions on 17 November 1942 and attacked such targets as submarine pens , docks , harbours , shipyards , motor works and marshalling yards in France , Germany and the Low Countries . The squadron continued its attacks on enemy cities , manufacturing centers , transportation links and other targets until the German Capitulation in May 1945 . After combat missions ended , it moved to St Trond Air Base in Belgium in July 1945 where it conducted photo - mapping and intelligence - gathering flights called Project ' Casey Jones ' over Europe and North Africa . On 15 December 1945 the squadron moved to Lechfeld Airfield , Germany which it had bombed on 18 March 1944 and now used as an occupation base . The 364th Bomb Squadron was inactivated on December 1946 in Germany . Reactivated under Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) in 1951 with B - 47A ( later B ) Stratojet medium jet bombers , it began flying operational strategic bombardment and refueling missions from MacDill AFB , Florida . In 1955 , SAC upgraded the squadron to the B - 47E , the major production version of the Stratojet . The squadron , with B - 47s , was reassigned to Bunker Hill AFB , Indiana in May 1959 and in September 1960 , it was upgraded to the B - 58 Hustler supersonic medium bomber ; it was declared operationally ready in August 1962 . The squadron began phasing down B - 58 operations in 1969 , before being inactivated in 1970 . The squadron was reactivated in 1972 as a provisional B - 52D Stratofortress unit at U - Tapao Air Base in Thailand . It flew combat missions over Indochina until 15 August 1973 . The squadron remained on alert until June 1975 when it was inactivated once more .
Gerhard Dietrich ( pilot ) Gerhard Dietrich ( 30 April 1917 – 10 August 1982 ) was a highly decorated Fahnenjunker - Oberfeldwebel in the Luftwaffe during World War II , and 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 .
4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment ( Reorganized ) The 4th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry ( Reorganized ) was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 4th Michigan Infantry was organized at Adrian and Grand Rapids , Michigan and mustered into Federal service October 14 , 1864 . The new regiment assumed the number of the original 4th Michigan that had been discharged at the completion of their enlistment on June 30 , 1864 . The regiment was mustered out on June 10 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 7 enlisted men who were killed in action or motally wounded and 141 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 148 fatalities .
9th Virginia Infantry The 9th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . It fought mostly with the Army of Northern Virginia . The 9th Virginia completed its organization at Portsmouth , Virginia , in July , 1861 . Its members were from Portsmouth and the counties of Roanoke , Chesterfield , Isle of Wight , Nansemond , Lunenburg , Dinwiddie , and Norfolk . The regiment served in the Department of Norfolk and in June , 1862 , totalled 435 men . During the war it was attached to General Armistead ' s , Barton ' s , and Steuart ' s Brigade , Army of Northern Virginia . It fought in many conflicts from Seven Pines to Gettysburg and after serving in North Carolina participated in the Battle of Drewry ' s Bluff . Later the unit was involved in the Petersburg siege north of the James River and the Appomattox Campaign . It lost 9 killed , 34 wounded , and 23 missing of the 150 at Malvern Hill , and of the 318 engaged at Gettysburg more than half were disabled . The unit reported 47 casualties at Drewry ' s Bluff , and many captured at Five Forks and Sayler ' s Creek , and surrendered 2 officers and 37 men on April 9 , 1865 . Its field officers were Colonels David J . Godwin , James J . Phillips , and Francis H . Smith ; Lieutenant Colonels James S . Gilliam , John T . L . Preston , and William J . Richardson ; and Majors Stapleton Crutchfield , Makr B . Hardin , and John C . Owens .
Ralph Clem Ralph Clem was a Florida International University professor , USAF General ( Retired ) and Russian specialist . In addition to being a major professor and prior chair of the Department of International Relations at Florida International University , he also headed the Center for Transnational and Comparative Studies . While he is generally known for his Russian - focused research , his areas of expertise include economics and population studies and Ukraine . Dr . Clem maintains fluency in Russian and has been recognized for his distinguished service in education . Books . General Clem has authored scholarly articles and several books which focus on Russian economic and military topics . In the field of Russian studies he is an acknowledged expert and still continues to do consulting work . Some of his works include :
Henri I de Montmorency Henri I de Montmorency ( 15 June 1534 , Chantilly , Oise - 2 April 1614 ) , Marshal of France , and Constable of France , seigneur of Damville , served as governor of Languedoc from 1563 to 1614 . As " Gouverneur " , Damville came as the head of an army into Toulouse for nine months in 1570 and was chastized by the " capitouls " for letting Catholic property fall into the hands of a passing Protestant army without taking action . They accused him of being betraying the city and being in league with Protestants like his cousin Admiral Coligny . Damville responded by arresting four " bourgeois " and sending them to Paris with charges of slander . Damville also placed a " procureur - général " on the " Parlement " of Toulouse who was suspected of Protestantism . When Damville went into revolt in October 1574 ( aligning with the Protestants of lower Languedoc ) he was deprived of his office by the " Parlement " of Toulouse , and arrests were made of his associates charged with conspiracy against the king . He became Duke of Montmorency on his brother ' s death in 1579 . As a leader of the party called the " Politique s " he took a prominent part in the French Wars of Religion . In 1593 he was made constable of France , but Henry IV showed some anxiety to keep him away from Languedoc , which he ruled like a sovereign prince .
Fritz Gromotka Fritz Gromotka ( 2 June 1915 – 2 November 1979 ) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II . Fritz Gromotka was credited with 29 aerial victories , 27 on the Western Front and 2 on the Eastern Front . Gromotka was born on 2 June 1915 in Kronschkow in the Prussia n Province of Posen . In November 1940 , he was posted to 6 . / JG 27 , and during the Balkans Campaign of March – April 1941 claimed three victories over Greece , including two RAF Bristol Blenheim bombers of No . 211 Squadron on 13 April 1941 . " Unteroffizier " Gromotka participated in the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 , claiming two DB - 3 twin - engine bombers shot down on 25 June 1941 near Wilna . While returning from this mission , he ran out of fuel and forced - landed his Bf 109 E - 8 near Minsk . He returned to his unit on 28 June . Gromotka was posted to North Africa with II . / JG 27 in September 1941 . He was shot down in combat on 21 May 1942 , but was unhurt after crash - landing . By June 1942 he had claimed a further four victories over the Desert Air Force . In July 1942 Gromotka served as instructor at " Jagdfliegerschule 4 " . He returned to JG 27 in December 1942 , with 9 staffel based in the Mediterranean theatre . From September to December 1943 , Gromotka claimed another nine victories . He claimed a USAAF four - engine B - 24 bomber on 5 October near Eratini . In March 1944 III . / JG 27 departed the Mediterranean for " Reichsverteidigung " duties and deployment in June to the Normandy Invasion front . Gromotka was commissioned to Leutnant and was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 January 1945 for 29 victories . On 1 February 1945 , Gromotka was appointed " Staffelkapitän " of 9 . / JG 27 , a position he held until the end of the war . Fritz Gromotka was credited with 29 victories in 438 missions , including 9 four - engine bombers . During his combat career Gromotka had had to bale out five times . Gromotka died on 2 November 1979 at Remscheid .
Albert W . Waldron Major General Albert Whitney Waldron ( 1892 – 1961 ) was an American soldier and General during World War II . He relieved Major General Edwin F . Harding , as the commander of the 32nd Infantry Division during the Battle of Buna – Gona and was wounded in the shoulder on 5 December 1942 after being shot by a sniper . He received the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal for his actions during World War II .
Arthur Hill ( politician ) Major Arthur Hill ( 30 December 1873 – 27 June 1913 ) was a British soldier and Unionist politician . A member of the Hill family headed by the Marquess of Downshire , he was the only child of Lord Arthur Hill by his first wife Annie Nisida Denham Cookes , daughter of Lieutenant - Colonel George Denham Cookes . His mother died only a few days after his birth . Hill succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for UK Parliament constituency at a by - election in 1898 , aged 24 , and became the Baby of the House . During his seven years in Parliament , he never once spoke , and voted in only 106 divisions . He retired in 1905 . In 1902 he was President of London Cabdrivers Athletic Club . Hill was also a major in the 5th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles . Hill married Roberta Menges , widow of Halsey Corwin , in 1908 . They had no children . He died in June 1913 , aged 39 .
Kaj Larsen Kaj Larsen is an American journalist . He worked for the " Vanguard " international news documentary investigative reporting show on Current TV beginning in 2005 . In 2010 he became a producer and correspondent for CNN until he was laid off in 2012 after CNN abolished their investigative news departments . He is currently a consultant for the HBO television show " The Newsroom " . Larsen was born in Santa Cruz , California . He graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a degree in political science and a master ' s degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School , where he was awarded a fellowship from the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press , Politics and Public Policy . He was also a joint fellow at Tufts University Jebsen Center for Counter - Terrorism studies . He was a Navy SEAL for five years . Larsen helped develop the " Vanguard " journalism series , which received an Emmy Award . He had himself waterboarded on TV and was the first western TV journalist in Mogadishu in over a decade . He has reported from Yemen , Cambodia , Colombia , and Haiti . In 2010 , Larsen joined CNN as a correspondent for the Special Investigations and Documentary Unit covering the drug war in Mexico , the floods in Pakistan and Wikileaks . He has appeared as a guest on ABC , NBC , MSNBC , and The Huffington Post . He was the senior correspondent and host of Current TV ' s " The Current Election " and has consulted on Aaron Sorkin ' s HBO fictional news program " The Newsroom " . As a producer Larsen worked on " US Navy Pirate Hunters " , a one - hour special for Spike TV , and " Lockup " , the MSNBC show about life in an American prison . He has received an Emmy nomination , a Peabody nomination , two Telly Awards , and several Golden Cine Awards . A two time national champion open - water swimmer , he placed third in the Escape from Alcatraz duathalon . He helped launch The Mission Continues , providing fellowships to veterans , and continues serves on the group ' s board of directors .
Thomas Burke ( Medal of Honor ) Thomas Burke ( 1833 – April 23 , 1899 ) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor . A native of Ireland , Burke immigrated to the U . S . and joined the Navy from the state of New York . By May 10 , 1866 , he was serving as a seaman on the . On that day , while the " De Soto " was off the coast of Eastport , Maine , he and two shipmates rescued two sailors from the from drowning . For this action , he and his shipmates , Seaman Richard Bates and Captain of the Afterguard John Brown , were awarded the Medal of Honor three months later , on August 1 . Burke ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : For heroic conduct , with 2 comrades , in rescuing from drowning James Rose and John Russell , seamen , of the U . S . S . " Winooski " , off Eastport , Maine , 10 May 1866 . Burke died at age 65 or 66 and was buried at John Howard Cemetery on the grounds of St . Elizabeths Hospital in Washington , D . C .