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Peter Pomegranate The Peter Pomegranate was a 16th - century warship completed for service in 1510 . Its name most likely was in honour of Saint Peter , founder of the Christian church , and after the badge of Queen Catharine of Aragon , a pomegranate . It had a tonnage of 450 when first built , but in 1536 it was rebuilt and enlarged to a tonnage of 600 ; at that date the name was shortened to " Peter " ( Catharine had fallen out of grace ; she died in 1536 ) . The ship ' s fate is not recorded , but it was last mentioned in records in 1558 . The " Peter Pomegranate " was a contemporary of the " Mary Rose " that sank during the Battle of the Solent in 1545 . Named in full in the roster as the " Peter Pomgarnarde " , she joined Edward Clinton ' s invasion fleet against Scotland in August 1547 . According to an inventory of 1547 , the rebuilt " Peter " had 185 sailors , 185 soldiers , and 30 gunners . Her armaments included ; 2 brass demi - cannons ; 2 brass culverin s ; 4 brass demi - culverins ; 4 brass sakers ; an iron culverin ; 3 iron sakers ; 9 iron port pieces ; 37 iron bases ; and 11 hagbuts . There were also 259 yew bows , 160 bills ; and 160 Moorish pikes .
SS Khedive Ismail SS " Khedive Ismail " was a steamship sunk by a Japanese submarine in 1944 with great loss of life . The 7 , 513 ton ship had been launched as " Aconcagua " by Scotts of Greenock in 1922 . When the " Aconcagua " passed into Egyptian ownership in 1935 she was renamed after Isma ' il Pasha , the Khedive of Egypt from 1863 until 1879 . In 1940 " Khedive Ismail " was requisitioned as a British troopship by the Ministry of War Transport ( MoWT ) . On 6 February 1944 Convoy KR - 8 sailed from Kilindini Harbour at Mombasa , Kenya to Colombo , Ceylon . The convoy consisted of five troop transports ( " Khedive Ismail " , " City of Paris " , " Varsova " , " Ekma " , and " Ellenga " ) , and a Navy escort led by the heavy cruiser . In the early afternoon of Saturday 12 February 1944 , the Japanese " I - 27 " , commanded by Lt - Cdr Toshiaki Fukumura , attacked the convoy in the One and a Half Degree Channel , south - west of the Maldives near coordinates . The submarine hit " Khedive Ismail " with two of four torpedoes launched . It took two minutes for the " Khedive Ismail " to sink . The ship was carrying 1 , 511 personnel including 178 crew , 996 officers and men of the East African Artillery ' s 301st Field Regiment , 271 Royal Navy personnel , and a detachment of 19 Wrens . Also on board were 53 nursing sisters accompanied by one matron , and 9 members of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry . Only 208 men and 6 women survived ; 1 , 297 people , including 77 women , lost their lives . The sinking was the third worst Allied shipping disaster of World War II and the single worst loss of female service personnel in the history of the Commonwealth of Nations . Among the dead was war correspondent Kenneth Gandar - Dower . As survivors struggled in the sea , " I - 27 " submerged and hid beneath them . While lowered boats to begin rescuing survivors , released depth charges . The destruction of a submarine that might sink more ships took precedence over the lives of the survivors . " I - 27 " under Commander Fukumura had a history of machine - gunning survivors of ships she had sunk , including and " Fort Mumford " . On " Petard " s third run , her depth charges forced " I - 27 " to the surface . Unable to sink her with shellfire , " Paladin " rammed the submarine , in the process causing considerable damage to herself . Finally a torpedo from " Petard " , the seventh she had fired , destroyed " I - 27 " .
Special Purpose Marine Air - Ground Task Force for Crisis Response In 2013 , following the 2012 Benghazi attack , Lt . Gen . Richard Tryon , Marine Corps deputy commandant for plans , policies and operations , announced the creation of a Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force that could fly in a company of Marines on MV - 22 Ospreys to respond to crises in Africa . However , this will require political work to secure a ground base nearby that the amphibious ships operating in the global commons of the world ' s oceans do not require . The task force self - deployed to Morón Air Base on 27 April 2013 . USMC spokesman Capt . Eric Flanagan has listed the responsibilities of the task force to be a first responder for American embassies in the area , to help evacuate Americans , and to provide humanitarian and disaster relief . Throughout 2013 , SP - MAGTF Crisis Response joined with regional military and civilian partners to establish positive relationships . In June , elements of the unit went to Italy during the 100th anniversary of Italian naval aviation where they showcased the U . S . Marine Corps ' MV - 22B Osprey . In August , SP - MAGTF Crisis Response ' s ground combat element , then comprised mostly from Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion took part in two separate bilateral training exercises with the Spanish Brigada de Infantería Ligera Paracaidista . The first was a live - fire event near Uceda and the second was a free - fall parachute exercise over Naval Station Rota Spain .
Madden baronets The Madden Baronetcy , of Kells , County Kilkenny , is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom . It was created in 1919 for the naval commander , Admiral Sir Charles Madden . He was succeeded by his son , the second Baronet , who was also a distinguished naval officer and served as Commander - in - Chief of the Home Fleet between 1963 and 1965 . Madden baronets , of Kells ( 1919 ) . The heir apparent is Samuel Charles John Madden ( born 1984 ) .
John Russell ( VC ) Captain John Fox Russell VC MC ( 27 January 1893 – 6 November 1917 ) was a Welsh 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 . He was born in Holyhead , Anglesey , on 27 January 1893 to William Fox Russell and Ethel Maria Fox Russell . At an early age , he passed the examination for a choristership at Magdalen College , Oxford , where he was educated for a few years before attending St . Bees School in Cumbria . While at School he was an enthusiastic member of the Officer Training Corps . He joined the Middlesex Hospital when only sixteen years of age and it was while he was in London that he joined the University of London Officers Training Corps , obtaining a commission in the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1914 . He was with them in camp when war was declared . Being anxious to qualify , he was seconded in order to complete his medical studies . After obtaining his degrees , he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps , and was attached to a battery of the Royal Field Artillery . He later re - joined his old regiment R . W . F 1st / 6th Battalion ( Anglesey and Caernarvonshire ) and went out to Egypt as medical officer . In the First Battle of Gaza he won the Military Cross . He was subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross at Tel - el - Khuwwilfeh , Palestine Citation . Russell was killed in action on 6 November 1917 and is buried at the Beersheba War Cemetery . A memorial to him and two other VC recipients , Captain Leefe Robinson VC , RFC and Captain Richard Wain VC , Tank Corps was erected at St Bees School . His Victoria Cross is on display at the Army Medical Services Museum , in the Defence Medical Services Training Centre , Keogh Barracks , Mytchett Place Road , Mytchett , in Surrey .
Rufus Lloyd Ketchum Rufus Lloyd Ketchum was a Sergeant in the United States Army during the Korean War . He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir . His award citation reads : Ketchum ' s home of record was Burnett , Wisconsin . He was killed in action on December 6 , 1950 .
Henry de Guénegaud Henri du Plessis - Guénégaud , Lord of the Plessis - Belleville , Marquis de La Garnache ( 1610 – 16 March 1676 ) was a French scholar who was Secretary of State of the royal household , and Naval Minister . Family . He was Son of Gabriel Guénégaud , Lord of the Plessis - Belleville 1638 and Marie La Croix , Dame du Plessis - Belleville 1655 . He married Isabel de Choiseul ; they had children : He was the brother of Claude ' s treasurer , brother - in - law of César d ' Albret who married his sister Madeleine . It was as secretary to Dubuisson Aubenay . He built the hôtel Guénégaud .
59th Troop Carrier Squadron The 59th Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 61st Troop Carrier Group , based at Waller Field , Trinidad . It was inactivated on 31 Jul 1945 . History . Activated in June 1942 as a I Troop Carrier Command C - 47 Skytrain troop carrier squadron , trained in the United States . Assigned to Twelfth Air Force and deployed North Africa during May 1943 . The squadron ' s aircraft flew supplies to front - line units in Algeria and Tunisia during the North African Campaign as soon as suitable landing strips were available and evacuated casualties back to rear area field hospitals . Squadron engaged in combat operations , dropping airborne units into Sicily during the Operation Husky invasion and later into areas around Anzio , Italy as part of Operation Shingle , the invasion of mainland Italy and the initiation of the Italian Campaign , January 1944 . Moved north though Italy , in 1943 in support of Allied ground forces , evacuated wounded personnel and flew missions behind enemy lines in Italy and the Balkans to haul guns , ammunition , food , clothing , medical supplies , and other materials to the partisans and to drop propaganda leaflets . Was moved to England in February 1944 , assigned to IX Troop Carrier Command , Ninth Air Force . Prepared for the invasion of Nazi - occupied Europe . In June 1944 , subordinate units dropped paratroops in Normandy , subsequently flying numerous missions to bring in reinforcements and needed supplies . During the airborne attack on the Netherlands ( Operation Market Garden , September 1944 ) , the squadron dropped paratroops , towed gliders , and flew resupply missions . Several of its subordinate units also participated in the invasion of southern France in August 1944 . The 50th supported the 101st Airborne Division in the Battle of the Bulge by towing gliders full of supplies near Bastogne on 27 December 1944 . When the Allies made the air assault across the Rhine River in March 1945 , each aircraft towed two gliders with troops of the 17th Airborne Division and released them near Wesel . The squadron also hauled food , clothing , medicine , gasoline , ordnance equipment , and other supplies to the front lines and evacuated patients to rear zone hospitals . In late May 1945 , after V - E Day , the squadron was moved to Waller Field , Trinidad and attached to Air Transport Command . From Trinidad , the squadron ferried returning military personnel to Morrision Field , Florida , where they were sent on to other bases or prepared for separation after the war . The squadron was inactivated in place as an administrative unit on 31 Jul 1945 .
Siege of Fort Henry ( 1782 ) The Siege of Fort Henry ( September 11 – 13 , 1782 ) was an assault on the American Fort Henry , a frontier fort on the western reaches of Virginia that is now the site of Wheeling , West Virginia . The attackers were a band of about 300 Native Americans , probably led by Simon Girty ' s brother George , and accompanied by a company of British provincial troops , and under the overall leadership of British Captain Pratt . Their demand to surrender the fort was rejected by Ebenezer Zane ' s garrison , and a small cannon at the fort was sufficient to repulse repeated assaults . Betty Zane performed a notable act of courage during the siege . During a pause in the action she proposed to fetch a keg of gunpowder from her brother ' s cabin , pointing out that their enemies might not fire on her because she was a woman . As she calmly walked to the cabin which was situated from the fort , the astounded attackers simply gaped at her . But when she dashed out of the place with the powder keg , the native Americans began firing . She managed to race back to the fort safely with the precious gunpowder .
AEG G . I The AEG G . I ( originally designated as the K . I ) was a three - seat , twin - engined German biplane bomber aircraft of World War I . It was tested and found to be viable for air - fighting in the latter half of 1915 but performed poorly , necessitating the development of the AEG G . II .
543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group The 543d Aircraft Control and Warning Group is a disbanded United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 31st Air Division , Air Defense Command , stationed at Fort Snelling , Minnesota . It was inactivated on 10 February 1952 . History . The unit was a Command and Control organization of General Surveillance radar squadrons providing for the air defense of the United States . The unit was inactivated due to an ADC reorganization , and its assigned radar squadrons were transferred to various Air Divisions .
Werner Winter Werner Winter ( 26 March 1912 – 9 September 1972 ) was a German U - boat commander in World War II and recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . He reached the rank of " Korvettenkapitän " with the " Kriegsmarine " during World War II , and later that of " Kapitän zur See " with the " Bundesmarine " . Career . Winter joined the " Reichsmarine " in April 1930 , serving aboard the battleship and the light cruiser " Emden " then transferred to the U - boat force in July 1935 . He served for a few months aboard , before taking command of the U - boat in October 1937 . In September 1939 he made two short and unsuccessful combat patrols , before joining the staff of the BdU , but returned in July 1941 to take command of from Viktor Schütze , making three successful patrols , sinking fifteen merchant ships , for a total of 79 , 302 tons of Allied shipping , including the . In July 1942 he took command of " 1st U - boat Flotilla " in Brest , France , where he was captured after the city ' s surrender in August 1944 , and was finally released in November 1947 . Winter joined the " Bundesmarine " in 1957 , commanding the from July 1961 to September 1962 , retiring in March 1970 with the rank of " Kapitän zur See " .
Defence Services Secretary The Defence Services Secretary is a senior member of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom . Responsibilities . The Defence Services Secretary is the senior member of the Royal Household responsible for liaison between the Sovereign and the British Armed Forces . He is answerable to the Secretary of State for Defence and the Chief of Defence Staff for tri - service appointments , national ceremonial events and honours , decorations , awards and medals . In recent years the Defence Services Secretary has been double - hatted with the role of Assistant Chief of Defence Staff ( Personnel ) . List of Defence Services Secretaries . Defence Services Secretaries have been :
Madras Pioneers The term Madras Pioneers related to bodies of Pioneers as well as Sappers and Miners which were part of the Madras Presidency Army . The Madras Engineer Group were raised as two companies of pioneers in 1780 called the Madras Pioneers , which were expanded and titled ' Corps of Madras Pioneers ' but later renamed the ' Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners ' in 1831 . In addition , a separate Corps of Madras Pioneers was also in existence in the late 19th century and early 20th century which was disbanded in 1933 , along with other pioneer battalions of the British Indian Army . The troops , equipment and regimental property of the disbanded pioneer battalions were absorbed into the Sappers and Miners of their respective presidencies ; in the case of Madras Pioneers , with the Madras Sappers . Lt Gen SM Shrinagesh , was the senior - most Indian officer to be commissioned into the Madras Pioneers and due to this affiliation became the first Senior Colonel Commandant of the Corps of Engineers after independence .
Cooperative 09 Cooperative 09 or more commonly Cooperative Longbow / Cooperative Lancer 09 is the name of NATO military exercise held in Georgia within the framework of Partnership for Peace , Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative programmes from May 6 until June 3 , 2009 . Exercises were conducted 30 km from Tbilisi at the Vaziani military base . Spanish Lieutenant General Cayetano Miro Valls was the commander of drills . Cooperative exercises are held annually in order to help NATO and its allies to maintain high level of cooperation during crisis response operations . 1100 soldiers from 14 countries took part in exercise , including 9 NATO members ( Albania , Canada , Croatia , Greece , Hungary , Spain , Turkey , United Kingdom and the United States ) and 5 PfP nations ( Azerbaijan , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Macedonia , Georgia and Ukraine ) . Initially 18 countries were supposed to take part , but Armenia , Moldova , Serbia and Kazakhstan canceled their attendance in response to troop mutiny in Georgia . Exercises consist of two parts , Cooperative Longbow 09 and Cooperative Lancer 09 . " Longbow " is a Command Post exercise ( CPX ) and is focused on training and exercising NATO staff skills in order to improve interoperability between NATO and partner nations during crisis response operations at the multinational brigade level . " Lancer " is designed to provide basic training on peace support operations at the battalion level . Russia strongly opposed to the drills in Georgia , Russian President Dmitry Medvedev referred to them as " an open provocation " and said the exercises were assisting Georgia ' s rearmament after the conflict with Russia over South Ossetia .
Denton Castle Denton Castle is a motte and bailey castle built in the village of Denton , Norfolk , England . History . Denton Castle was built after 1088 , following the Norman invasion of England , probably by William d ' Albini , who linked his estate at Denton to that at Buckenham , where he also built a castle . The motte is around 150 feet in diameter , surrounded by a protective ditch , with an adjacent , horseshoe - shaped bailey . The castle may have been destroyed around 1254 . Today the castle is a scheduled monument .
Aniela Krzywoń Aniela Krzywoń ( May 27 , 1925 - October 12 , 1943 ) was a Polish soldier . She joined the Ludowe Wojsko Polskie in 1943 ; that year she saved important documents from the flames but died due to sustained injuries . For that she received the highest Polish military decoration , Virtuti Militari , and high Soviet decorations - Order of Lenin and the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union . She was the first Polish female decorated with the Gold Star .
HMS Royal Sovereign ( 1701 ) HMS " Royal Sovereign " was a 100 - gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built at Woolwich Dockyard and launched in July 1701 . She had been built using some of the salvageable timbers from the previous , which had been destroyed by fire in 1697 . She was Admiral George Rooke ' s flagship in the War of the Spanish Succession . " Royal Sovereign " formed the basis for the dimensions for 100 - gun ships in the 1719 Establishment , being a generally well - regarded vessel . In practice , only " Royal Sovereign " herself was affected by this Establishment , being the only first rate ship either built or rebuilt to the Establishment in its original form , but the " Royal William " and " Britannia " had been rebuilt to the same dimensions ( approximately ) when both were re - launched in 1719 . She underwent her rebuild to the 1719 Establishment at Chatham after an order of 18 February 1724 , being relaunched on 28 September 1728 . The rebuilt " Royal Sovereign " remained in service until she was broken up in 1768 .
USS LST - 884 USS " LST - 884 " was an " LST - 542 " - class tank landing ship in the United States Navy . Like many of her class , she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation . " LST - 884 " was laid down on 23 July 1944 at Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , by the Dravo Corporation ; launched on 30 September 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Michael Durkin ; and commissioned on 10 October 1944 . Service history . During World War II , " LST - 884 " was assigned to the Asiatic - Pacific theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945 and the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April 1945 . Due to extensive damage resulting from a kamikaze attack on 1 April 1945 , " LST - 884 " was decommissioned on 16 February 1946 , and her hulk was sunk on 6 May 1946 . The ship was struck from the Navy list on 21 May 1946 . " LST - 884 " earned two battle star s for World War II service .
WS2400 The WS2400 is a 8x8 special heavy duty truck developed and built by Wanshan Special Vehicle and used by the People ' s Liberation Army of the People ' s Republic of China as a transport / erector launcher platform and is a reversed engineered version of the MAZ - 543 missile Transporter erector launcher . The WS2400 is used as the base for the DF - 11 SRBM and A - 100 MRL platforms .
Texas Medal of Valor Eligibility . The Lone Star Medal of Valor is the second highest military decoration that may be awarded to a member of the Texas Military Forces . This includes Air National Guard , Army National Guard , and State Guard . This medal may also be awarded to federal military personnel , or state military personnel of other states . It is sometimes referred to as the " Texas Medal of Valor " . Only the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor is of higher rank . This medal is awarded for conspicuous valor and gallantry involving the possible loss of life by the recipient . Texas code . The medal comes under the following Texas code : < br > Government Code , Title 4 , Subtitle C . , Chapter 431 , Subchapter J . Awards , Section 431 . 132 . Lone Star Medal of Valor . " The Lone Star Medal of Valor shall be awarded to a member of the military forces of this state , another state , or the United States who performs specific acts of bravery or outstanding courage , or who performs within an exceptionally short period a closely related series of heroic acts , if the acts involve personal hazard or danger and the voluntary risk of life and result in an accomplishment so exceptional and outstanding as to clearly set the person apart from the person ' s comrades or from other persons in similar cicumstances . Awarding of the medal requires a lesser degree of gallantry than awarding of the Texas Legislature Medal of Honor , but requires that the acts be performed with marked distinction . " Recipients . Recent recipients of the Lone Star Medal of Valor include : This medal ranks second only to the Legislative Medal of Honor , the state ' s highest military decoration .
USS Tamarack ( SP - 561 ) USS " Tamarack " ( SP - 561 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 . " Tamarack " was built as a private motor yacht of the same name by Nevins Shipyard at City Island in the Bronx , New York , in 1915 to a design by the firm of Swasey , Raymond , and Page . On 25 June 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner , Leonard Breed of Flushing , New York , for use as a section patrol craft during World War I . She was commissioned as USS " Tamarack " ( SP - 561 ) on 18 September 1917 . Assigned to the 3rd Naval District , " Tamarack " served on patrol duties along the coasts of Connecticut , New York , and New Jersey for the rest of World War I and into early 1919 . " Tamarack " was returned to Beard on 21 February 1919 and stricken from the Navy List the same day . She returned to civilian service , and later was renamed " Elmarlu " .