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Spier Spencer Captain Spier Spencer ( c . 1770 – November 7 , 1811 ) was an Indiana militia officer who commanded a company of mounted riflemen known as the Yellow Jackets at the Battle of Tippecanoe . Spencer County , Indiana was named in his honor . Biography . A native of Virginia , Spencer moved to Kentucky with his parents . He married Elizabeth Polk , daughter of Capt . Charles Polk , in Bardstown , Nelson County , Kentucky on January 18 , 1793 . Spencer and his wife moved to Vincennes , Indiana . In 1809 Spencer was appointed by Governor William Henry Harrison as the first sheriff of Harrison County , Indiana . He moved his family to Corydon and served in that office until his death . Spencer and his wife ran " The Green Leaf Tavern , " in their large log home on Oak Street . Governor William Henry Harrison and Lieutenant Governor Ratliff Boon stayed there when they came on official business , as did delegates to the 1816 Indiana Constitution Convention . When tensions between the settlers and the Native Americans became serious , Spier Spencer organized a Harrison County mounted militia company known as the " Yellow Jackets " for their uniforms . They would engage in a campaign against the Shawnee Indians under Governor Harrison . Spencer was seriously wounded in the head and thighs during the November 7 , 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe . As he was being carried to safety , he was struck and killed by another musket ball . Spencer ' s death was described by General Harrison in his report to the secretary of war on the 18th of November : " . . . Spencer was wounded in the head . He exhorted his men to fight valiantly . He was shot through both thighs and fell ; still continuing to encourage them , he was raised up , and received a ball through his body , which put an immediate end to his existence . . . " Spencer and his men were praised for their bravery by General Harrison . In 1818 , Spencer County , Indiana , was named for him . Spencer County , Kentucky was created and named for him in 1824 . Spencer ' s widow continued operating The Green Leaf Tavern . When she married William Boone , she changed the name to the " Billy Boone Tavern " . However , the marriage was short lived and she divorced Boone in 1829 .
Frank A . Keating Frank Augustus Keating ( February 4 , 1895 - April 28 , 1973 ) was a career military officer who commanded the 102nd Infantry Division during World War II , was Governor of the U . S . Zone of Germany , and was Chief U . S . Military Advisor to Korea . He was born in New York City and entered military service on May 18 , 1915 . He served in combat in France from 1917 – 1918 and then became an instructor at the Infantry Weapons School in Chatillion - Sur - Seine , France . From 1921 - 1922 he was a student in the Company Officers ’ Course at Ft . Benning , Georgia , and shortly thereafter served in Japan , the Philippines and Hawaii . In 1939 he graduated from the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas and was assigned to the 15th Infantry at Camp Lewis , Washington where he served with Major Mark Clark and Lt . Colonel Dwight D . Eisenhower . In 1944 he assumed command of the 102nd Infantry Division . He served as Military Governor of Germany from May 1945 to January 1946 when he was assigned as Commander of Troops in Berlin , Deputy Military Governor of the U . S . Zone of Germany and Deputy to General Lucius D . Clay of the Allied Control Council . In 1950 he was appointed Chief U . S . Military Advisor to Korea and retired on August 31 , 1950 . Decorations . Major General Keating´s decorations include : Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster , Legion of Merit , Bronze Star Medal , Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster , Mexican Border Service Medal , World War I Victory Medal , American Defense Service Medal , American Campaign Medal , World War II Victory Medal , Army of Occupation Medal , National Defense Service Medal , Korean Service Medal , United Nations Korea Medal , Croix de guerre 1939 – 1945 with Palm , Commander of the Legion of Honour and the Order of the Red Banner .
Frederick Scourse Rear Admiral Frederick Scourse CB MBE is a former Royal Navy officer who became Acting Controller of the Navy . Naval career . Scourse joined the Royal Navy in 1962 and chose to specialize in submarine s . He was appointed Assistant Director for the Trident submarine programme and then Head of Reactor Safety before becoming Military Assistant to the Chief of Defence Procurement in 1987 . He went on to be Director - General of Surface Weapons in 1988 . In 1996 he was appointed Acting Controller of the Navy and Director - General of Surface Ships ; he retired in 1997 . In retirement he became Nuclear Weapons Safety Advisor to the Ministry of Defence as well as a consultant to the Office of Government Commerce .
Evangelos Florakis Evangelos Florakis ( , Tzoumerka 14 February 1943 – Paphos 10 July 2002 ) was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General . After retiring from the Hellenic Army , from 2000 until his death in a helicopter accident in 2002 he commanded the Cypriot National Guard . Life . Evangelos Florakis was born in Tzoumerka near Arta on 14 February 1943 . He entered the Hellenic Army Academy in 1962 and graduated as an Infantry Second Lieutenant four years later , seventh of his class . Trained as a special forces officer , he served as commanding officer of the 31st Infantry Regiment , and served twice in Cyprus , as an officer with ELDYK and later , as a Colonel , as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Cypriot National Guard . In 1994 he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier and served as Deputy Commander of the 15th Infantry Division and subsequently as CO of the 50th Mechanized Infantry Brigade . In 1996 he was promoted to Major General and given command of the 16th Mechanized Infantry Division . He subsequently served as Director of the Supreme War Academy in Thessaloniki . In 1999 , as a Lieutenant General , he assumed command of the II Army Corps , which he led until his retirement in May 2000 . He was immediately recalled to service as Chief of the Cypriot National Guard ( the senior command positions of the CNG are customarily filled by active or retired Greek officers ) , replacing Lt . General Dimitrios Dimou . Florakis was married to a Cypriot , Athina Savvidou from Paphos , and quickly became a popular and well - liked officer in Cyprus . He was killed in an accident on 10 July 2002 near Paphos , when his Bell 206 helicopter crashed . Aside from Florakis , the Air Force Commander Brigadier Stylianos Demenagas and three other officers were killed . Honours . Lt . General Florakis was awarded the Commander ' s crosses of the Order of Honour and of the Order of the Phoenix , as well as numerous other distinctions and commemorative medals . The main naval base of the CNG , the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base in Mari , was later named after him .
Tanaka Castle History . Tanaka Castle dates to 1537 the Sengoku period , when it was built by the Isshiki clan as an outlying fortification to protect the western approach to the headquarters of the Imagawa clan at Sunpu . It fell to the forces of Takeda Shingen in 1570 during his invasion of Suruga . Shingen assigned the castle to his general Yamagata Masakage . In 1572 , another of Shingen ’ s generals , Inagaki Nobuyasu , replaced Yamagata . The castle withstood an attack by the Tokugawa clan in 1582 . Following the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate , the castle as assigned to Sakai Tadatoshi , who had it completely rebuilt . The castle has an unusual circular layout with four concentric moats , which surrounded a small , 2 - story donjon . Subsequently , as headquarters for Tanaka Domain , it changed hands many times during the early Edo period before coming under the control of a branch of the Honda clan in 1730 . Tokugawa Ieyasu and subsequent shogun used the castle as an occasional base for falconry expeditions , and it was at Tanaka Castle that Tokugawa Ieyasu is alleged to have eaten tempura , just before his death . During the Bakumatsu period , in 1868 the Honda were reassigned to the newly created Nagao Domain in Awa Province in order to make way for an expanded Shizuoka Domain to be ruled by the ex - Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu . Tanaka Domain was assigned to one of his hatamoto , but was pulled down in 1872 , following the Meiji Restoration . The current structures include remnants of the moats and stonework , as well as a large restored " yagura " , reconstructed in 1992 to serve as a local history museum .
Mehdi Bakeri Mehdi Bakeri ( 1954 – 16 March 1985 ) was an Iranian war hero in the Iran – Iraq War . He was graduated in Mechanical Engineering from University of Tabriz . During the revolution on 1979 he joined to the revolution and just after revolution he was chosen as the mayor of Urmia , West Azerbaijan , Iran . Via start of the Iran - Iraq war he joined to the Sepah and became the commander of the Ashoura Corps , unit 31 , which was belonged to the Sepah ' s Iranian Azerbaijan provinces branch . He was killed in combat by Iraqi troops in Khuzestan province of Iran .
Sinan Pasha Koca Sinan Pasha ( ; 1506 – 3 April 1596 ) was an Ottoman grand vizier , military commander , and statesman . Life . Of Albanian origin , Sinan Pasha was appointed governor of Ottoman Egypt in 1569 , and was subsequently involved until 1571 in the conquest of Yemen . In 1574 he commanded the great expedition against Tunis , which , in spite of the resistance of the Spanish garrison , was added to the Ottoman Empire . In 1580 , Sinan commanded the army against the Safavids in the Ottoman – Safavid War ( 1578 – 1590 ) , and was appointed grand vizier by Sultan Murad III . He was , however , disgraced and exiled in the following year , owing to the defeat of his lieutenant Mehmed Pasha , at Gori ( during an attempt to provision the Ottoman garrison of Tbilisi ) . He subsequently became governor of Damascus and , in 1589 , after the great revolt of the Janissaries , was appointed grand vizier for the second time . He was involved in the competition for the throne in Wallachia between Mihnea Turcitul and Petru Cercel , and ultimately sided with the former ( overseeing Petru ' s execution in March 1590 ) . Another revolt of Janissaries led to his dismissal in 1591 , but in 1593 he was again recalled to become grand vizier for the third time , and in the same year he commanded the Ottoman army in the Long War against the Habsburgs , he was faced with massive casualties on the northern front , which was weakened by the death of Bosniak commander Hasan - paša Predojević during the Battle of Sisak . In spite of his victories he was again deposed in February 1595 , shortly after the accession of Mehmed III , and banished to Malkara . In August , Sinan was in power again , called on to lead the expedition against Prince Michael the Brave of Wallachia . His defeat in the Battle of Călugăreni , the Battle of Giurgiu , and the series of unsuccessful confrontations with the Habsburgs ( culminating in the devastating siege and fall of Ottoman - held Esztergom ) , brought him once more into disfavour , and he was deprived of the seal of office ( 19 November ) . The death of his successor , Lala Mehmed Pasha , three days later , was looked on as a sign from heaven , and Sinan became grand vizier for the fifth time . He died suddenly in the spring of 1596 , leaving behind a large fortune . Public works . In 1590 he built the Pearl Kiosk above the seaward walls on the sea of Marmara . It served as Murat III ' s final residence before his death . One of his final projects in Konstantiniyye was a külliye completed in 1593 - 4 by Davut Aga , the chief imperial architect of the time . It is distinguished by the complex masonry and decorations of its türbe and sebil .
Ursel Airfield Ursel Airfield is a former military airfield , located 10 . 2 km southwest of Eeklo in East Flanders , Belgium . History . The airfield was established in the 1930s for the Belgian Air Force . Its use and the units stationed there are undetermined . After the Battle of Belgium in May 1940 , it was taken over by the Luftwaffe and used as an auxiliary airfield during the occupation period . The area was liberated by British Army forces in September 1944 , and Royal Engineers converted the airfield to Royal Air Force use , designating the field as Advanced Landing Ground B - 67 . Four squadrons Typhoon fighter - bombers operated from the field , their mission being to break the resistance of German troops at the Dutch island of Walcheren , which controlled the entrance to the harbours of Antwerp . Once the entrance to Antwerp was cleared , the RAF moved out and the airfield was abandoned . After the war , the airfield was dismantled and today the land is used in agriculture .
Battle of West Henan – North Hubei The Battle of West Henan – North Hubei ( ) , was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino - Japanese War . It was in northern Hubei and western Henan . While it was a tactical stalemate , the battle was also an operational victory for the Japanese forces , who seized control of local airbases , denying Chinese forces of any localized air support .
Gerald Kirk Gerald Kirk ( 14 July 1883 – 24 April 1915 ) was an English football player who played for Bradford City and Leeds United . He served in the Great War with the King ' s Own Lancaster Regiment , rising to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant . He died in battle on 24 April 1915 at Poperinge .
French ship Wagram ( 1810 ) The Wagram was a first - rate 118 - gun ship of the line of the French Navy , of the " Océan " type , designed by Jacques - Noël Sané . Begun as " Monarque " , she was commissioned as " Wagram " in Toulon on 15 June 1810 under Captain Baudin . She took part in the Action of 5 November 1813 . 29 August 1814 , after the Hundred Days , she was transferred from Toulon to Brest , along with " Austerlitz " and " Commerce de Paris " . She was eventually struck and broken up on 1836 .
John Morrow Godfrey John Morrow Godfrey ( June 28 , 1912 – March 8 , 2001 ) was a Canadian pilot , lawyer and politician . Education . Born in Port Credit , Ontario , he was educated at the Royal Military College of Canada in 1929 and at Osgoode Hall Law School . Career . During World War II , he was a pilot and Wing Commander with the Royal Canadian Air Force in the United Kingdom and France . After the war , he was a named partner in the law firm of Campbell , Godfrey and Lewtas ( now Fasken Martineau DuMoulin ) . He was a fundraiser for the Liberal Party of Canada . In 1973 , he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Rosedale , Ontario . A Liberal , he retired on his 75th birthday in 1987 . Family . His son John Godfrey is a former Member of Parliament , cabinet minister , historian and economist .
212th Coast Artillery ( United States ) The 212th Coast Artillery was a Coast Artillery regiment in the New York National Guard . Lineage . Origanally organized as 12th New York Volunteer Infantry in 1859 , broken up into Pioneer Infantry 4 January 1918 . Redesignated 14 May 1924 as 212th Coast Artillery ( AA ) Regiment broken up 10 September 1943 at Seattle , Washington as follows - A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1 / 8 inches ( 2 . 86 cm ) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned : Vair , a chief nebuly Gules . Attached below the shield a Red scroll turned Silver inscribed “ PRO PATRIA ” in Silver letters . The shield of vair represents the allocation of the Regiment to southern New York , as fur constituted a great part of the early trade of this state . Vair originated from the fur of a kind of squirrel ( the vair ) which was bluey - gray upon the back and white underneath . The red chief is for Artillery and the nebuly partition line is the heraldic symbol for clouds , the field of antiaircraft fire . The motto translates to “ For Country . ” The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 212th Coast Artillery Regiment on 25 November 1927 . It was redesignated for the 773d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion on 21 August 1952 . It was redesignated for the 773d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion on 25 March 1958 . The insignia was redesignated for the 212th Artillery Regiment on 3 April 1962 . Vair , a chief nebuly Gules . That for the regiments and separate battalions of the New York Army National Guard : On a wreath of the colors Argent and Azure , the full - rigged ship “ Half Moon ” all Proper . Motto : PRO PATRIA ( For Country ) . The shield of vair represents the allocation of the Regiment to southern New York , as fur constituted a great part of the early trade of this state . Vair originated from the fur of a kind of squirrel ( the vair ) which was bluey - gray upon the back and white underneath . The red chief is for Artillery and the nebuly partition line is the heraldic symbol for clouds , the field of antiaircraft fire . The crest is that of the New York Army National Guard . Coat of arms . Background . The coat of arms was originally approved for the 212th Coast Artillery Regiment on 29 November 1927 . It was redesignated for the 773d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion on 21 August 1952 . It was redesignated for the 773d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion on 25 March 1958 . The insignia was redesignated for the 212th Artillery Regiment on 3 April 1962 . Campaign streamers . Unknown Decorations . Unknown
Rifle Company Butterworth Rifle Company Butterworth is an Australian Army infantry company based at RMAF Base Butterworth in Butterworth , Penang , Malaysia . Rifle Company Butterworth was established in 1973 to provide a protective and quick - reaction force for RAAF Base Butterworth during a resurgence of the Communist insurgency in Malaysia . While RAAF Base Butterworth was handed to the Royal Malaysian Air Force in 1988 and the insurgency officially ended in 1989 , Rifle Company Butterworth has been maintained as a means of providing Australian soldiers with training in jungle warfare and cross - training with the Malaysian Army . The company is staffed on a rotational basis , with both Regular and Reserve personnel being deployed on a quarterly basis .
Sawar Muhammad Hussain Sawar Muhammad Hussain Janjua ( Urdu : محمد حسین ) was born in Janjua family of Dhok Pir Bakhsh ( now Dhok Muhammad Hussain Janjua named after him in commemoration of his Gallantry ) near Jatli in Gujar Khan on June 18 , 1949 . He joined Pakistan Army as a driver on September 3 , 1966 at a very young age of 17 years . Although he was only a driver he always yearned to participate in active battle .
USAT John L . Clem John L . Clem began her service life as the United States Navy troop transport USS " Santa Ana " ( ID - 2869 ) . Between the wars she served as a commercial ocean liner under various names . In 1941 she was acquired by the U . S . Army and assigned the name USAT " John L . Clem , about which time she was also briefly assigned a US Navy ID , AP - 36 . She did not serve with the Navy however , and spent most of the war as an Army transport until being converted into a hospital ship , the USAHS " John L . Clem . Pre - World War II service . " Santa Ana " , a 5 , 000 gross ton ( 8890 tons displacement ) transport , was built in 1918 at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania by William Cramp and Sons , as a civilian passenger liner . She was taken over by the Navy upon completion and placed in commission in February 1919 . As a unit of the Cruiser and Transport Force , she made four round - trip voyages to bring World War I veterans from France . USS " Santa Ana " completed this work in July 1919 and , later in that month , was decommissioned and turned over to the U . S . Shipping Board . Between the World Wars she operated commercially under the names " Santa Ana " , " Guatemala " , " Santa Cecilia " and " Irwin " . World War II . In March 1941 the U . S . Army purchased the " Irwin " . Renamed " John L . Clem " , she was converted to a troopship at New York City , and operated between the United States East and Gulf Coasts and ports in the Caribbean and Central America from June 1941 to September 1943 . She was then sent to Mobile , Alabama , where she was converted to a hospital ship . Upon completion of this work in June 1944 , " John L . Clem " steamed across the Atlantic to begin duty in the western Mediterranean . She returned to the U . S . in June 1945 to begin preparations for service in the Pacific . However , Japan surrendered and the plans were cancelled . Postwar service . After the Japanese surrender , " John L . Clem " was reconverted to a transport and used to carry workers between Jamaica and Florida . She was turned over to the War Shipping Administration early in 1946 and later assigned to the U . S . Public Health Service . In December of that year she was laid up in the Maritime Commission ' s National Defense Reserve Fleet at Brunswick , Georgia , under her previous name of " Irwin " . The ship was sold for scrapping in January 1948 .
Bernard McBride Bernard McBride ( born 1845 , date of death unknown ) was an American soldier in the U . S . Army who served with the 8th U . S . Cavalry during the Indian Wars . He was one of 34 men received the Medal of Honor for " bravery in scouts and actions " in several engagements against the Apache Indians in the Arizona Territory from August to October 1868 . Biography . Born in Brooklyn , New York , in 1845 , Bernard McBride enlisted in the U . S . Army in Washington , D . C . and was sent out west for frontier duty in the Arizona Territory . McBride served with the 8th U . S . Cavalry and , from August to October 1868 , was part of a small force numbering 50 - 60 troopers assigned to protect settlements from Apache raiding parties . He and his fellow soldiers spent the next three months in heavy fighting with the Apache , most often in the form of ambushes and sniper attacks , during their patrols . He was among the 34 soldiers who were received the Medal of Honor , in one of the U . S . Army ' s largest Medal of Honor presentations at the time , for " bravery in scouts and actions against Indians " on July 24 , 1869 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Private , Company B , 8th U . S . Cavalry . Place and date : Arizona , August to October 1868 . Entered service at : - - - - - - . Birth : Brooklyn , N . Y . Date of issue : 24 July 1869 . Citation : Bravery in scouts and actions against Indians .