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Frederick William Hall Frederick William Hall , VC ( 21 February 1885 – 24 April 1915 ) was a Canadian 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 . Life . Hall was born in Kilkenny , Ireland on 21 February 1885 . His father was a British Army soldier from London . Hall emigrated to Canada approximately 1910 , and lived in Winnipeg , Manitoba . He was 30 years old , and a Company Sergeant - Major in the 8th ( Winnipeg Rifles ) Battalion , Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War when he performed a deed for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross . It was on the night of April 24 , 1915 during the Second Battle of Ypres in Belgium that Hall discovered a number of men were missing . On the ridge above he could hear moans from the wounded men . Under cover of darkness , he went to the top of the ridge on two separate occasions and returned each time with a wounded man . By nine o ' clock on the morning of the 24th there were still men missing . In full daylight and under sustained and intense enemy fire , Hall , Cpl Payne and Pvt Rogerson crawled out toward the wounded . Payne and Rogerson were both wounded , but returned to the shelter of the front line . When a wounded man who was lying some 15 yards from the trench called for help , Company Sergeant - Major Hall endeavored to reach him in the face of very heavy enfilade fire by the enemy . He then made a second most gallant attempt , and was in the act of lifting up the wounded man to bring him in when he fell , mortally wounded in the head . The soldier he had attempted to help was also shot and killed . Tributes . Frederick William Hall lived on Pine Street , in Winnipeg , Manitoba . In 1925 , Pine Street was renamed Valour Road because three of Canada ' s Victoria Cross recipients resided on the same 700 block of that street : Frederick Hall , Leo Clarke and Robert Shankland . It is believed to be the only street in the British Commonwealth to have three Victoria Cross recipients to live on it , let alone the same block . A bronze plaque is mounted on a street lamp at the corner of Portage Avenue and Valour Road to tell the tale of these three men . , References . Listed in order of publication year External links . city
USS LST - 353 USS " LST - 353 " was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . It was destroyed on 21 May 1944 when an explosion on its deck sparked the West Loch Disaster in Pearl Harbor naval base . Construction and service . LST - 353 was laid down on 15 July 1942 at the Charleston Navy Yard ; launched on 12 October 1942 ; sponsored by Mrs . Estelle Lynette Cushman ; and commissioned on 27 November 1942 with Lieutenant L . E . Reynolds , Jr . , USNR , in command . During World War II , LST - 353 was assigned to the Asiatic - Pacific theater and participated in the following operations : the consolidation of the southern Solomons ( June , 1943 ) ; the New Georgia - Rendova - Vangunu occupation ( July , 1943 ) ; the Vella Lavella occupation ( August , 1943 ) ; and the occupation and defense of Cape Torokina ( November , 1943 ) . Loss . On 21 May 1944 she was sunk by internal explosion while moored in West Loch at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 18 July 1944 . Five other LSTs were so damaged from the fire caused by the explosion that they too sank , including , , , and . Two others were severely damaged . In all 163 sailors were killed ; 396 wounded . LST - 353 earned three battle star s and the Navy Unit Commendation for World War II service .
Shahraplakan Shahraplakan , rendered Sarablangas ( ) in Greek sources , was a Sassanid Persian general who participated in the Byzantine - Sassanid War of 602 – 628 . Biography . Shahraplakan first appears in 624 , when the Persian shah Khosrau II ( r . 590 – 628 ) entrusted him with the command of the so - called " New Army " , composed of the regiments of " Khosroēgetai " and " Perozitai " according to Theophanes the Confessor . With this army , Shahraplakan was to counter the Byzantine emperor Heraclius ( r . 610 – 641 ) , who had invaded Persarmenia and was wintering in Caucasian Albania . Shahraplakan ' s army was successful in recovering many towns and driving the Byzantines back to the Siwnik area , and sought to capture key passes so as to prevent Heraclius from descending south into northwestern Persia ( Atropatene ) . Heraclius , however , managed to avoid encirclement through a series of maneuvers . Shahraplakan followed him but did not engage him , hoping first to join with the army led by another Persian general , Shahrbaraz . Although Heraclius launched several sorties against Shahraplakan to prevent this , the two Persian armies eventually joined . Encouraged by reports from Byzantine deserters , the two Persian generals decided not to await the arrival of a third army under their rival Shahin , but to attack Heraclius . In the battle that followed , the Sassanid Persians were defeated . One source records that Shahraplakan was killed in that battle ( " struck by a sword in his back " ) , but he re - appears later . In 627 , he was sent with a force of about 1 , 000 elite men to the relief of Tiflis , then being besieged by the Byzantines and their " Khazar " ( in reality probably Gökturk ) allies . Their arrival reinforced the garrison and gave heart to the defenders , but the city eventually fell ( probably in late 628 ) . As the siege dragged on , however , in mid - September 627 Heraclius left the Turks to continue the siege , while he with his army and a large Turkish contingent turned south towards Persia . Shahraplakan , with his much smaller force , could do nothing to prevent the Byzantine emperor ' s advance .
Medium endurance cutter The " Reliance " - class vessels have hull numbers in the range WMEC - 615 through WMEC - 630 . Entering service between 1964 and 1969 , the " Reliance " - class cutters were meant to replace the cutters of the Prohibition era and were the first major cutter replacement project since the s from World War II . Ships in class . " Courageous " was decommissioned on 19 September 2001 . She was transferred to the government of Sri Lanka on 24 June 2004 as ( P - 621 ) . " Durable " was decommissioned on 20 September 2001 . In 2003 she was transferred to the Coast Guard of the Colombian Navy as ARC " Valle del Cauca " ( PO - 44 ) .
Sopwith Bulldog The Sopwith 2FR . 2 Bulldog was a prototype British two - seat fighter of the First World War . A single - engined biplane , the Bulldog was a fighter / reconnaissance aircraft intended to replace the Bristol F . 2 Fighter , but was unsuccessful , with no replacement for the Bristol Fighter being purchased . Development and design . In August 1917 , the Sopwith Aviation Company started design of a two - seat fighter reconnaissance aircraft intended to replace the Bristol F . 2 Fighter , and received permission to build prototypes of the Sopwith FR . 2 . It was intended to power the FR . 2 with a 200 hp ( 149 kW ) Hispano - Suiza 8 water - cooled V - 8 engine , but the Hispano was in great demand , and it was decided to switch to the new Clerget 11 , an eleven - cylinder rotary engine , a change which led to the prospective design being redesignated 2FR . 2 . The Bulldog was a compact single - bay biplane resembling the first prototype Sopwith Snipe single - seat fighter . The pilot sat under the upper wing , with his head and shoulders protruding through a large gap in the centre section , while the observer ' s cockpit was aft of the trailing edge of the upper wing . Armament was two synchronised Vickers machine gun s in a hump ahead of the pilot , while the observer / gunner was provided with two Lewis gun s , one on a telescopic mounting forward of the observer ' s cockpit , and the second on a pillar mounting to give rearward defence . The first prototype appeared early in 1918 , but it was overweight and handled poorly . It was quickly rebuilt with much larger two - bay wings , which improved the handling , but the prototype ' s performance remained disappointing , not even matching that of the aircraft it was intended to replace . The poor performance was in part due to the Clerget engine ' s failure to provide the expected power , producing only 200 hp ( 149 kW ) instead of the expected 260 hp ( 194 kW ) . The second prototype was fitted with a 360 hp ( 267 kW ) ABC Dragonfly radial engine , becoming the Bulldog Mk . II , with the first prototype becoming the Bulldog Mk . I . However , although the Dragonfly gave much more power than the Clerget , it was hopelessly unreliable , with one test pilot stating that " . . . I never remember being able to get all cylinders to fire at the same time " and " I don ' t remember that we got a single successful performance with the engine . " Work on a third prototype was abandoned because of the failure of the first two aircraft , although the second prototype continued in use until at least March 1919 carrying out test flights in futile attempts to solve the problems of the Dragonfly .
Earl E . Stone Earl Everett Stone ( December 2 , 1895 - September 24 , 1989 ) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy . He is most noted for being the first director of Armed Forces Security Agency , the predecessor to the National Security Agency . Early Life and Career . Earl Everett Stone was born on December 2 , 1895 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . Stone attended the United States Naval Academy and graduated on June 29 , 1917 . He was also commissioned an Ensign on that date . He served also with the U . S . Navy during World War I . From March 1919 until June 1923 , Stone served as aide and radio officer on the staff of Commander Base Force , Pacific Fleet . In June 1925 , Stone attended the Naval Postgraduate School and earned his Master in Communications engineering . Later , Stone would be sailing aboard the USS Ohio ( BB - 12 ) when it and two other dreadnoughts became the first to sail through the Panama Canal . During World War I , he served aboard the USS Cleveland ( C - 19 ) . World War II . Stone was serving as the Executive Officer of the USS California ( BB - 44 ) on December 7 , 1941 when it was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor . The vessel would later be raised and salvaged would play an active role in World War II . Stone was promoted and transferred to become the first Commanding Officer of the USS Wisconsin ( BB - 64 ) . He would remain in the capacity until 1945 , at which time he was succeeded by John W . Roper . Following the war , Stone would be named Chief of Naval Communications and Commandant of the Naval Postgraduate School before retiring in 1957 . He died in 1989 . Awards he received include the Legion of Merit with award star . Decorations . Here is the ribbon bar of Rear Admiral Earl E . Stone :
7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 7th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . For much of the war , it was a part of the famed " Gibraltar Brigade " in the Army of the Potomac . It was famed primarily for two major actions , a determined charge on the Sunken Road at Antietam and a late evening counterattack on East Cemetery Hill at Gettysburg that helped push back an attack by the Louisiana Tigers . Service . The 7th West Virginia ( originally the 7th Virginia ) was organized at Grafton , Portland , Greenland , Cameron , Morgantown and Wheeling , in western Virginia between July 16 , 1861 , and December 3 , 1861 . It was initially attached to the Railroad District of West Virginia , and provided guard duty for the railroads against Confederate raiders . The 7th fought in the 1862 Valley Campaign in Nathaniel Banks ' V Corps , seeing action in a number of small engagements before fighting in the Battle of Port Republic in late May . It was assigned to the II Corps and would remain in that organization for the rest of the war . A part of Nathan Kimball ' s brigade during the September 1862 Maryland Campaign , the 7th Virginia took part in the attack on the Sunken Road ( " Bloody Lane " ) at Antietam . Following the battle , the regiment helped garrison Harper ' s Ferry until the end of October , when it marched through the Loudoun Valley to Falmouth , Virginia . The 7th next saw action at the Battle of Fredericksburg in the II Corps assault , and participated in the ill - fated Mud March . In late April and early May 1863 , the 7th West Virginia participated in the Chancellorsville Campaign . In June , the regiment marched northward into Pennsylvania during the Gettysburg Campaign and took a defensive position on Cemetery Ridge on July 2 . In the evening , along with the 4th Ohio and 14th Indiana , it was sent to help stop the attack of Jubal Early on Cemetery Hill . In the autumn of that same year , the 7th participated in the Mine Run and Bristoe campaigns . In February 1864 , the 7th was engaged in fighting at Morton ' s Ford , and then took part in the Overland Campaign , including the Battle of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania , where it was involved in the attack on the Salient or " Bloody Angle . " For the bulk of the year , the regiment was active during the Siege of Petersburg . In early 1865 , the 7th fought at the Battle of Hatcher ' s Run and then the fall of Petersburg . It subsequently marched in pursuit of the retreating Army of Northern Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign . The regiment marched in the Grand Review in Washington , D . C . on May 23 before being transported to Louisville , Kentucky . The 7th West Virginia was mustered out of Federal service on June 1 , 1865 . Casualties . During its term of service , the regiment lost 9 officers and 133 enlisted men killed and mortally wounded , and 4 officers and 154 enlisted men by disease , for a total of 300 fatalities .
Janet C . Wolfenbarger Janet Carol Wolfenbarger ( born 1958 ) is a United States Air Force four - star general who currently serves as the 8th and current Commander , Air Force Materiel Command at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio . She assumed her current assignment on June 5 , 2012 . Military career . Wolfenbarger was commissioned as an intelligence analyst at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida upon graduation from the United States Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering sciences in 1980 . Along with her various duty assignments she furthered her education with a Master of Science degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1985 and another Master of Science degree in national resource strategy from Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1994 . She is also a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College . Her major awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit and the Meritorious Service Medal . Wolfenbarger is the U . S . Air Force ' s highest - ranking woman , a distinction held until January 1 , 2010 , by Lt . Gen . Terry Gabreski , whom Wolfenbarger succeeded at Wright - Patterson . On February 6 , 2012 , President Obama nominated Wolfenbarger to become the first woman four - star general for the Air Force . This was confirmed by the US Senate on March 26 , 2012 , and she assumed her new rank , and became Commander , Air Force Materiel Command , on June 5 , 2012 . Janet Wolfenbarger graduated from Beavercreek High School in Beavercreek , Ohio in 1976 . She is the daughter of Eldon and Shirley Libby of Paicines , California . She is married to Craig " Wolf " Wolfenbarger . The couple resides on Wright - Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio .
105 Squadron SAAF 105 Squadron is a reserve squadron of the South African Air Force . The squadron operations include coastal reconnaissance , command and control and radio relay in crime prevention operations in co - operation with the South African Police and Army . The squadron is based at AFB Durban . These reserve squadrons are used to fill a pilot and aircraft gap within the SAAF by making use of civilian pilots and their privately owned aircraft . Most flying takes place over weekends and because pilots have a good knowledge of the local terrain in the area where they live and commonly fly , the squadron is mostly used in a crime prevention role .
1st Submarine Flotilla ( Sweden ) The 1st Submarine Flotilla ( Swedish : " Första ubåtsflottiljen " or " 1 . ubflj " ) is a unit of the Swedish Navy which has operated in various forms since 1904 . Its headquarter is located in Karlskrona , Blekinge . There are five submarines in the flotilla , three of Gotland class and two of Södermanland class .
USS Oscar Austin ( DDG - 79 ) USS " Oscar Austin " ( DDG - 79 ) is an " Arleigh Burke " - class destroyer in the United States Navy . The ship is currently part of Carrier Strike Group Ten . " Oscar Austin " is named for Private First Class Oscar P . Austin , USMC , a recipient of the Medal of Honor . His mother , Mildred Austin , was the matron of honor at the commissioning . " Oscar Austin " ' s maiden deployment in late 2002 resulted in her participation in the opening strikes of Operation Iraqi Freedom . " Oscar Austin " deployed in September 2005 , once again in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom . The ship returned from a successful deployment in March 2006 . As of 2007 , " Oscar Austin " was operating in Destroyer Squadron 26 . As of 2008 the " Oscar Austin " is the first combatant ship to deploy with a Scan Eagle UAV developed and flown by Insitu Inc . Flight IIA Ships . " Oscar Austin " is the first ship of the Flight IIA subclass of the " Arleigh Burke " class . Compared to previous Burkes , Flight IIAs are four feet and six inches ( 1 . 4 m ) longer , displace about 900 tons more , carry six more VLS cells , and have a hangar that can house two SH - 60 Seahawk helicopter s . To prevent the additional superstructure aft from fouling radar returns , the rear - facing SPY - 1D panels are one deck higher . " Oscar Austin " is one of two Flight IIA ships using the older 5 ″ / 54 caliber naval rifle ( the other is " Roosevelt " ( DDG - 80 ) ) which cannot use certain advanced munitions that require the longer 5 " / 62 caliber gun mounted by USS " Winston S Churchill " and later Burkes . They have their Harpoon anti - ship missiles removed to reduce costs .
Denis Dynon Denis Dynon VC ( September 1822 – 16 February 1863 ) was an Irish 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 . Details . Born in born Kilmannon , Queen ' s County , he first enlisted in the 44th Regiment of Foot , transferring into the 53rd Regiment of Foot in 1844 . He served in the Sutlej Campaign of 1845 - 46 ( battles of Aliwal and Sobraon ) and the Punjab Campaign of 1848 - 49 . Dynon was about 35 years old , and a sergeant in the ( later The King ' s Shropshire Light Infantry ) , British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 2 October 1857 at Chota Behar , India for which he and Lieutenant John Charles Campbell Daunt were awarded the VC : Further information . He was forced to leave the army due to ill health and was admitted to Kilmainham Hospital in Dublin . He died on 16 February 1863 . His burial place is unknown . His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum , London . References . Listed in order of publication year
Byron Weston Captain Byron Curtis Weston ( April 9 , 1832 - November 8 , 1898 ) was a native of Massachusetts who founded the Weston Paper Company in 1863 ( which ceased to exist following its sale in 2008 ) and served as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1880 to 1883 . He came from an old New England Congregationalist family of extraordinary wealth . In 1865 , he married Julia Clark Mitchell , with whom he had ten children , including Julia Carolyn Weston , mother to the well known chef Julia Child . They lived in a mansion known as Westonholme , in Dalton , Massachusetts . Weston was known for his gifts to the community , including the Grace Episcopal Church in his hometown and funds towards the debt incurred for the grading and draining of an athletic field and monies toward upkeep and a grandstand at Williams College . Weston received an honorary M . A . from Williams College in 1886 and the field , still used today , was named Weston Field in his honor .
Transparent Armor Gun Shield Built by BAE Systems , the Transparent Armor Gun shield , or TAGS , is a visually transparent protective gun shield for operators of vehicle - mounted machine guns . It borrows on the experience of the Israeli Defense Force in using such armor on a variety of vehicles . The shield is intended to provide protection for its user while maintaining visibility . It can be mounted on several models of armoured fighting vehicle s ( AFVs ) , including the M113 , M1 Abrams and Stryker , as well as on the HMMWV .
French submarine Favorite ( Q195 ) The Favorite ( " Favourite " ) was an " Aurore " class submarine of the French Navy . She was captured by the Germans in June 1940 and recommissioned in the " Kriegsmarine " as UF - 2 in May 1941 . Career . The " Favorite " was laid down in 1937 in Rouen , and launched in September 1938 . She never participated in any patrols with the French Navy . After her capture , she was commissioned into the German Navy on 5 November 1942 and used as a training ship in the 5th Flotilla ( Kiel ) from November 1942 to October 1943 , as well as in the " U - Abwehrschule " ( Bergen ) , from November 1943 to July 1944 . She was decommissioned on 5 July 1944 , and scuttled at Gotenhafen in 1945 . Commanders . The submarine was initially commanded by Krvkpt . Georg Lange , who served from November 1942 to October 1943 . He lost command due to the loss of the boat . Oblt . Heinrich Gehrken , served from the time Georg Lange lost the boat , until July 1944 .
8th Support Group ( United Kingdom ) The 8th Support Group was a brigade - size formation attached to the 8th Armoured Division , composed of regular British Army units . The Support Group as part of 8th Armoured Division was sent to North Africa but never saw active service as a complete formation . As the division could not be provided with a lorried infantry brigade , it was broken up and was finally disbanded in Egypt on 1 January 1943 . Following the Second Battle of El Alamein a plan was put forth to use the remains of the division as a self - contained pursuit force to dart forward into the German – Italian rear as far as possibly Tobruk ; however the plan to use the division was shelved and units in the forward area were used instead .