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Ralph Houser Ralph Logan Houser ( 1914 – 2001 ) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps . He was born in Iowa in 1914 and graduated from the University of Iowa when he was 21 . After his graduation he was commissioned as a Marine officer . His pre - war assignments included the command of the Marine detachment on the aircraft carrier " USS Lexington " as well as a tour at Officer Candidate School in Quantico , VA . During World War II he was assigned to the 3rd Marine Division and participated in the Battle of Bougainville and the Battle of Guam , where he won the Navy Cross for successfully leading his battalion through a series of heavily fortified Japanese positions . Following the war , he trained Army units in amphibious tactics and served tours in Japan and China . He also served at the Pentagon for the Navy Inspector General . Following his retirement from the Marines , he attended George Washington University Law School and practiced in Annandale . He died at his home in Reston , VA on February 1 , 2001 of a heart attack and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery . Navy Cross citation . The NAVY CROSS is presented to RALPH L . HOUSER LIEUTENANT COLONEL , U . S . MARINE CORPS for extraordinary heroism as Commanding Officer of the Third Battalion , Third Marines , Third Marine Division , in action against enemy Japanese forces during the assault on enemy - held Guam , Marianas Islands , 21 through July 23 , 1944 . Realizing the absolute necessity of clearing the high ground in his sector for the protection of the beachhead , and deprived by casualties of sufficient troop leaders for his troop units , Lieutenant Colonel Houser personally led elements of his Battalion in continuous assaults against enemy positions , exposing himself time after time to hostile fire . After successfully leading his Battalion in the seizure of Chonito Cliff and observing that the left flank of his Battalion was being held up by strong Japanese resistance from Adelup Point , he proceeded to his leading elements despite wounds received in the previous action and , organizing a tank - infantry fighting group , led an assault on the hostile strong point . While exposed to enemy rifle , machine - gun , mortar and artillery fire , he maintained an aggressive attack until this strategic point was completely taken by his Battalion . Always cool and resourceful , Lieutenant Colonel Houser brilliantly led his men throughout this period until seriously wounded on July 23 , while assaulting a particularly well dug - in and defended strong point holding up the advance . By his forcefulness , leadership and outstanding courage in the face of strong hostile resistance , he served as an example to his officers and men and was primarily responsible for clearing the Japanese forces from his sector . His unswerving devotion to duty throughout was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service .
Herbert Taylor MacPherson Lieutenant - General Sir Herbert Taylor MacPherson ( 22 January 1827 – 20 October 1886 ) was a Scottish 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 . He was 30 years old , and a lieutenant in the 78th Highlanders ( later The Seaforth Highlanders ( Ross - shire Buffs , Duke of Albany ' s ) , British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 25 September 1857 at siege of Lucknow for which he was awarded the VC : Further information . He became Commander - in - Chief of the Madras Army in March 1886 and died in office in October 1886 . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of Queens Own Highlanders at Fort George , Inverness - shire , Scotland .
Alvensleben Convention The Alvensleben Convention was a treaty between the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia , named after general Gustav von Alvensleben . It was signed in St . Petersburg on 8 February 1863 by Alvensleben and Alexander Gorchakov . The Convention . In January 1863 an uprising against the Russian rule in Congress Poland occurred . Prussia immediately closed its border and mobilized the Prussian Army to secure its eastern provinces against a similar event . Initiated by Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck , Alvensleben , the Prussian King ’ s personal adjutant , was dispatched to Tsar Alexander II of Russia ’ s court to negotiate common measures on behalf of the insurgents . The two powers agreed on the right of each of their military forces to cross the border in pursuit of Polish revolutionaries and to extradite them to Russian military courts . The convention was never implemented as Russia dealt on its own with Polish uprising . Political consequences . In Prussia . Bismarck , who had just been appointed Prime Minister in September 1862 and ruled without a parliamentary majority , was however criticized by the Prussian liberal politicians like Hans Victor von Unruh and Heinrich von Sybel , who sympathized with the Poles although far less than in 1848 . The treaty led to clashes in the Prussian Landtag and after the president of the parliament interrupted Bismarck during a dispute over his Polish policy , he stated that he answered only to the king and was “ not subject to the disciplinary authority vested in the president of the parliament . ” The struggle between Bismarck and the diet continued and on 22 May 1863 the diet sent a sharp note to the king : " The House of Deputies has no further means of coming to terms with this ministry . . . Every further negotiation only streng thens our conviction that a chasm separates the advisors to the crown and the country . " As a result the king finally dissolved the diet . Meanwhile Bismarck backed down and on his instigation Gorchakov declared the convention has never been in force . International affairs . The convention was criticized by western liberals and led to a serious diplomatic crisis . Great Britain and the Austrian Empire protested and especially Napoleon III , Emperor of the Second French Empire , showed his sympathies towards the uprising and suggested the dismissal of Bismarck as Prussian Prime Minister . Empress Eugenie already showed a map of Europe to the Austrian ambassador , which contained an independent Poland and a major realignment of European frontiers . The convention improved Russo - Prussian relations , while Franco - Russian relations were strained by the open sympathy Napoleon III had shown towards the Poles . Bismarck himself later saw it as a precondition for the Russian neutrality in the Austro - Prussian and Franco - Prussian War .
Asaiki Tamai Asaichi Tamai ( ) ( born December 25 , 1902 – died December 10 , 1964 ) was a colonel in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II . Early life . Tamai was born in the Ehime prefecture , attended Matsuyama Middle School in Matsuyama and graduated in 1924 . In December 1925 he was appointed as the lieutenant in Japanese navy . He cleared pilot licensing and certification in November 1929 .
6th Cavalry Division ( German Empire ) The 6th Cavalry Division ( " 6 . Kavallerie - Division " ) was a unit of the German Army in World War I . The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 . The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I . Combat chronicle . Initially assigned to IV Cavalry Corps preceding 4th and 5th Armies on the Western Front until October 1914 , transferred to Russia until October 1916 , and to Romania until February 1917 . Returned to the Western Front and in Alsace until July 1918 , Flanders until August 1918 , Artois to October 1918 and back to Flanders until the end of the war . Dismounted on 5 May 1918 and restructured to form 6th Cavalry " Schützen " Division . By the end of the war , it was serving under Guards Corps , 4th Army , " Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht " on the Western Front . A more detailed combat chronicle can be found at the German - language version of this article . Order of Battle on mobilisation . On formation , in August 1914 , the component units of the division were : See : Table of Organisation and Equipment 6th Cavalry " Schützen " Division . The 6th Cavalry Division was extensively reorganised in the course of the war , culminating in conversion to a Cavalry " Schützen " Division , that is to say , dismounted cavalry . Here , the cavalry brigades were renamed Cavalry " Schützen " Commands and performed a similar role to that of an infantry regiment command . Likewise , the cavalry regiments became Cavalry " Schützen " Regiments and alloted the role of an infantry battalion and their squadrons acted as infantry companies . However , these units were much weaker than normal infantry formations ( for example , a Schützen squadron had a strength of just 4 officers and 109 NCOs and other ranks , considerably less than that of an infantry company ) . Late World War I organization . Allied Intelligence rated this division as 4th Class ( of 4 classes ) . It ' s late war organisation was :
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins John DeWitt Clinton Atkins ( June 4 , 1825 – June 2 , 1908 ) was an American politician and a member of both the United States House of Representatives and Confederate Congress from Tennessee . Biography . Atkins was born at Manly ' s Chapel , Tennessee , in Henry County the son of John Atkins and Sarah ( Manley ) Atkins . He attended a private school in Paris , Tennessee , graduated from East Tennessee University at Knoxville in 1846 . He studied law , and was admitted to the bar , but he did not practice , instead engaging in agricultural pursuits . He married Elizabeth Bacon Porter on November 23 , 1847 . After her death in 1887 , He married Flora Crawford on June 24 , 1890 . Career . Atkins was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1849 to 1851 . He served in the Tennessee Senate from 1855 to 1857 . He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty - fifth Congress by Tennessee ' s 9th congressional district . He served from March 4 , 1857 to March 3 , 1859 , but he was not a successful candidate for re - election to the Thirty - sixth Congress . During the Civil War , Atkins served as lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Tennessee Regiment in the Confederate Army in 1861 . He was a delegate to the Confederate Provisional Congress in November 1861 . He then was elected to the First Confederate Congress and was reelected in 1863 to the Second Confederate Congress . Following the war , Atkins was elected as a Democrat to the Forty - third and the four succeeding Congresses by Tennessee ' s 7th congressional district , and then by the 8th congressional district after reapportionment . He served from March 4 , 1873 to March 3 , 1883 . During the Forty - fifth and Forty - sixth Congresses , he was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Appropriations . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882 . Atkins again engaged in agricultural pursuits near Paris , Tennessee in Henry County . He was appointed United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President Cleveland on March 21 , 1885 , and he served until June 13 , 1888 when he resigned . During his tenure as commissioner , Atkins forbade use of Native languages in reservation schools , stating in 1887 that " instruction of the Indians in the vernacular is not only of no use to them , but it is detrimental to the cause of their education and civilization " . He was an unsuccessful Democratic nomination for United States Senator in 1888 . He returned to agricultural pursuits ; retired from active pursuits in 1898 , and moved to Paris , Tennessee . Death . Atkins lived there in retirement until his death on June 2 , 1908 ( age 82 years , 364 days ) . He is interred at City Cemetery in Paris , Tennessee . A family friend who developed Atlanta ' s Atkins Park neighborhood named it in honor of the colonel .
360th Civil Affairs Brigade ( United States ) The 360th Civil Affairs Brigade is a civil affairs brigade of the United States Army stationed at Fort Jackson , South Carolina . It is a unit of the United States Army Reserve and falls under the wartime command of the XVIII Airborne Corps . As an Airborne unit , it has its own beret flash and parachute wing oval authorized by The Institute of Heraldry .
List of Medal of Honor recipients during peacetime Prior to World War II , the Medal of Honor could be awarded for actions not involving direct combat with the enemy ; 193 men earned the medal in this way . Most of the peacetime medals were awarded to members of the United States Navy for their actions during boiler explosions , man - overboard incidents , and other hazards of naval service . Given in the list below are the place and date of each recipient ' s Medal of Honor action , as well as their rank at the time of the action . A posthumous award is denoted by an asterisk after the recipient ' s name . Medal of Honor . The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces . The recipient must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy of the United States . Due to the nature of this medal , it is commonly presented posthumously . A Medal of Honor during peacetime has not been presented since 1939 .
Battle of Nagara - gawa The was a battle that took place along the banks of the Nagara River in Mino Province in April 1556 . The site of the battle is in present - day Gifu city , Gifu Prefecture , Japan . It was a battle between Saitō Dōsan and his son , Saitō Yoshitatsu , who had instigated a " coup d ' etat " . Background . In 1542 , Dōsan became the representative of the Toki clan and ruled over Mino Province as such . He had originally planned on passing his power onto Yoshitatsu , but in 1555 , he started thinking of passing it on to one of his other sons , Kiheiji ( 喜平次 ) . Battle . Yoshitatsu , who was living in Sagiyama Castle at the time , heard of his father ' s plans and , in 1556 , killed his two brothers in the family residence on Mount Inaba , starting the intrafamily skirmish . Yoshitatsu was able to gain the support of a large portion of the family ' s soldiers , gathering approximately 17 , 500 men . Dōsan , on the other hand , was only able to amass around 2 , 700 soldiers . Yoshitatsu handily won the battle , which ended in Dōsan ' s death . Dōsan ' s son - in - law , Oda Nobunaga , sent troops to support him , but they did not reach the battle in time to offer any help .
USS LST - 380 USS " LST - 380 " was a of the United States Navy during World War II , later loaned to the Royal Navy . " LST - 380 " was laid down on 10 December 1942 at Quincy , Massachusetts , by the Bethlehem Steel Company ; launched on 10 February 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . D . J . Callahan ; and commissioned on 15 February 1943 . During World War II , " LST - 380 " was assigned to the European theater and participated in the following operations : " LST - 380 " was transferred to the United Kingdom on 20 November 1944 and returned to United States Navy custody on 11 April 1946 . On 7 June 1946 , the tank landing ship was sold to the United States Military Government , Korea , and struck from the Navy list on 19 July 1946 . " LST - 380 " earned three battle star s for World War II service .
Presidential Order on Rank Designation and Uniform of Soldiers In Germany , the Presidential Order on Rank Designation and Uniform of Soldiers ( " Anordnung des Bundespräsidenten über die Dienstgradbezeichnungen und die Uniform der Soldaten " ) is a presidential decree on the ranks and uniforms of the German Federal Defence Forces ( " Bundeswehr " ) .
Curt von Morgen Curt Ernst von Morgen ( 1 November 1858 in Neiße – 15 February 1928 in Lübeck ) was a Prussian explorer and officer , later General of Infantry during World War I . He was a recipient of Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves . Military service . On 27 January 1912 , he was promoted to Generalmajor and assigned as commander of the 81st Infantry Brigade in Lübeck . On 9 August 1913 , when the emperor visited the town , he reported to him . World War I . On mobilisation for World War I in August 1914 , he became commander of the 3rd Reserve Division from Danzig , and promoted to Generalleutnant on the 19th of that month . He commanded this division as part of the 8th Army in the pivotal Battle of Tannenberg at the opening of the war on the Eastern Front , and at the subsequent First Battle of the Masurian Lakes . For his performance in this period , he was awarded the Pour le Mérite on 1 December 1914 . On 24 November 1914 , he took over command of I Reserve Corps from Otto von Below . He led this Corps for almost the entire war , only swapping places with Richard Wellman in command of XIV Reserve Corps in August 1918 . He was awarded the Oakleaves to the Pour le Mérite ( signifying a second award ) on 11 December 1916 . Later life . After his retirement he became General of Infanterie and returned to Lübeck . Family . His son Heinrich - Joachim von Morgen ( 1902 – 1932 ) was an early German race car driver . His daughter Elizabeth married in 1923 the aircraft designer Anthony Fokker . + " Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee und des XIII . ( Königlich Württembergischen ) Armeekorps für 1914 " , Hrsg . : Kriegsministerium , Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914 , S . 82
USS Cochrane ( DDG - 21 ) USS " Cochrane " ( DDG - 21 ) , named for Vice Admiral Edward L . Cochrane , USN , was a " Charles F . Adams " - class guided missile armed destroyer . The " Cochrane " was laid down by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company at Seattle , Washington on 31 July 1961 , launched on 18 July 1962 and commissioned on 21 March 1964 . In April 1975 " Cochrane " participated in Operation Frequent Wind , the evacuation of Saigon , Vietnam . On 1 October 1980 " Cochrane " rescued 104 Vietnamese refugees 620 miles east of Saigon . " Cochrane " was decommissioned on 1 October 1990 , struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 20 November 1992 and sold for scrap to International Shipbreaking , Incorporated , of Brownsville in Texas on 14 November 2000 .
Sean McCann ( soldier ) Lieutenant General Sean McCann is the current Irish Defence Forces Chief of Staff . He assumed command in 2010 upon the retirement of Lieutenant General Dermot Earley , DSM . McCann joined in the Army as a cadet in 1970 . Commissioned as a Cavalry officer he was previously an instructor at the United Nations Training School Ireland and the Military College , Director of Cavalry , Director of Operations , and most recently Deputy Chief of Staff ( Ops ) . McCann has been deployed overseas six times to Lebanon , Israel , the Iraqi / Kuwaiti border and the former Yugoslavia . McCann is a graduate of University College Galway and the United States Army Command and General Staff College . In October 2011 , McCann was honoured as an inductee into the International Hall of Fame of the Army Command and General Staff College . The Hall of Fame honours previous international graduates who have reached the highest positions in their respective armed forces or similar positions in multinational military organizations . Sean McCann is President , 2013 - 2015 of Newbridge RFC .
David Ejoor Major - General David Akpode Ejoor rcds psc ( born 10 January 1932 ) is a retired Nigerian Army officer and politician . He was once governor of the now - defunct Mid - Western Region . David Ejoor was the governor of the Mid - Western State of Nigeria , during the Biafra Civil War . He then served as Chief of Army Staff from January 1971 to July 1975 .
Otto Christoph von Sparr Otto Christoph Freiherr von Sparr ( 13 November 1599 or 1605 – 9 May 1668 ) was a " Generalfeldmarschall " of Brandenburg - Prussia . Sparr came from a noble family from the Margraviate of Brandenburg . He was born either in Lichterfelde near Eberswalde in 1599 or Prenden near Bernau in 1605 . Sparr was an imperial officer during the Thirty Years ' War . He campaignly mainly in northwestern Germany during the war , having a largely independent command in Westphalia . He besieged Essen in 1641 and fought near Stargard . Sparr was captured near Warendorf . After the war in 1649 , Sparr led the Electorate of Cologne ' s campaign against Liège ; in December of that year he entered the service of Frederick William , Elector of Brandenburg . The troops from the various territories of Elector Frederick William had traditionally been in separate commands . In 1651 , the elector granted Sparr command over all garrison troops outside of Brandenburg and the Duchy of Prussia ; command over all of Brandenburg - Prussia ' s troops followed in 1655 . Sparr acted as Frederick William ' s Chief of Staff when the elector personally led troops , such as at the 1656 Battle of Warsaw . During the final day of the battle , " Generalfeldzeugmeister " ( Master of Ordnance ) von Sparr led Brandenburg ' s successful assault on the Polish forces . He was promoted to Field Marshal in 1657 . Sparr fought against Sweden in 1658 and conquered the fortress of Demmin the following year . From 1663 - 64 he led Brandenburg ' s contingent in Hungary against the Ottoman Empire , for which he was named an imperial Generalfeldmarschall and Reichsgraf . His last command was the submission of Magdeburg in 1666 . Sparr was a proponent of artillery and pioneers . He also began to develop a group of officers into what became the General Staff . Sparr died in Prenden in 1668 . His tomb , designed by Artus Quellinus , is in Berlin ' s Marienkirche . In 1892 , the Berlin suburb Wedding named the street Sprarrstraße ( after 1897 Sparrplatz ) after the field marshal .
Al - Qasim ibn Harun al - Rashid Al - Qasim ibn Harun al - Rashid was the third son of the Abbasid Caliph Harun al - Rashid ( r . 786 – 809 ) , and for a time third - in - line to the Abbasid throne . Biography . Qasim was Harun ' s third son , born to a slave concubine named Qasif . Sukaynah , Harun ' s eldest daughter , was also Qasim ' s full sister . In his youth , Qasim was placed under the tutorship of the influential general Abd al - Malik ibn Salih . Thanks to Abd al - Malik ' s influence with Harun , Qasim was named as third in line of succession in 802 or 803 , shortly after the so - called " Meccan documents " which established the precedence in succession of his elder brothers Muhammad ( the Caliph al - Amin , r . 809 – 813 ) and Abdallah ( the Caliph al - Ma ' mun , r . 813 – 833 ) . On this occasion , Qasim also received the honorific epithet ( " laqab " ) al - Mu ' tamin ( " the Trusted " ) . However , Harun also stipulated that Abdallah could , once Caliph , alter the succession in favour of his own sons . In addition , Harun entrusted Qasim with the command over the Byzantine frontier provinces ( the " al - thughur wa - al - ' awasim " ) , with his seat at Manbij . In this capacity , in July – August 803 , Qasim led a raid into Byzantine Asia Minor . He besieged the strategic fortress of Koron , while his lieutenant al - ' Abbas ibn Ja ' far ibn Muhammad ibn al - Ash ' ath was dispatched to besiege another fortress , known to the Arabs as Sinan . The Byzantines , however , offered to release 320 Muslim prisoners if he departed , and he agreed . In February 808 , when Harun departed his residence Raqqa for his second expedition to Khurasan , he left Qasim behind as his deputy in Raqqa , with Khuzayma ibn Khazim as his aide . After Harun ' s death and the accession of al - Amin in 809 , Qasim was confirmed in his position as governor of the " al - ' awasim " and of Qinnasrin , but was apparently removed from his governorship of the Jazira ( Upper Mesopotamia ) , where Khuzayma ibn Khazim was appointed instead . In 810 , however , Qasim was removed from all his governorships in favour of Khuzayma , and brought to live under close supervision in Baghdad . Amin shortly after forbade his mention in the prayers , along with Abdallah al - Ma ' mun , who had risen in near - revolt in Khurasan . In the civil war that followed , Ma ' mun was triumphant , defeating and killing his brother Amin in 813 . Immediately after , Qasim was formally deposed from his position as successor .