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Services Sound and Vision Corporation The Services Sound and Vision Corporation ( SSVC ) is a British registered charity . Set up in the 1980s to " entertain and inform Britain ' s Armed Forces around the world " , its activities include the British Forces Broadcasting Service with its radio and TV operations , SSVC Cinemas , the British Defence Film Library , and its live events arm , Combined Services Entertainment ( a successor to ENSA ) .
William J . Yokes William J . Yokes ( 1918 – 1942 ) was a United States Navy sailor who distinguished himself during World War II and was killed in action . A U . S . Navy high - speed transport was named for him . Navy career . William John Yokes was born in Franklin , Pennsylvania , on 15 November 1918 . He enlisted in the U . S . Navy at Cleveland , Ohio , on 3 January 1942 . Yokes was a seaman second class attached to the Naval Armed Guard detachment aboard the merchant ship SS " Steel Navigator " , a straggler from Convoy ON - 137 , in the North Atlantic Ocean in October 1942 . For several days , heavy seas and high winds had caused a dangerous shift in ballast in " Steel Navigator " . Yokes acted beyond the scope of his duty when he and his shipmates volunteered to go below and perform the physically exhausting task of shifting ballast to trim the ship , working for some 30 hours without rest . On 19 October 1942 , the German submarine " U - 610 " attacked " Steel Navigator " . Lookout s aboard " Steel Navigator " spotted " U - 610 " s periscope , and the Naval Armed Guard unit swiftly manned its guns and opened fire . Soon the gunfire registered several near - misses on the periscope , and " U - 610 " withdrew temporarily . Later that day , " U - 610 " returned and torpedo ed " Steel Navigator " , sinking her immediately . Yokes was among the dead . Recognition . Seaman Second Class Yokes was commended posthumously by the U . S . Navys Chief of Naval Personnel , who cited Yokes ' s " courageous and unfailing devotion to duty . . . fortitude , skill and bravery " in conduct " in keeping with the highest traditions of the naval service . " Namesake . The destroyer escort USS " Yokes " ( DE - 668 ) was named for Seaman Second Class Yokes . She was converted during construction into the high - speed transport USS " Yokes " ( APD - 69 ) and was in commission as such from 1944 to 1946 .
Abu Sabaya Abu Sabaya ( July 18 , 1962 – June 21 , 2002 ) , born Aldam Tilao , was one of the leaders of the Abu Sayyaf in the southern Philippines until he was killed by soldiers of the Philippine Army in 2002 . Life . He was a former engineering student and police trainee and had lived in Saudi Arabia for several years . Prior to his death , the United States government had placed a US $ 5 , 000 , 000 reward on his arrest for the May 2001 kidnappings of two American missionaries and another American who was beheaded . According to the Philippine Army documents , Sabaya had dropped out of a criminology course to join the Moro National Liberation Front ( M . N . L . F . ) , an Islamic rebel group , who trained him in bomb - making and assassination . When the M . N . L . F . signed a peace treaty with the Philippine government in 1996 , Sabaya joined Filipinos working in Saudi Arabia . Upon his return to the Philippines he came into contact with Abdurajik Abubakar Janjalani , one of the founders of the Abu Sayyaf . Sabaya was accused of several hostage kidnappings . In Basilan , he was accused of being involved in 13 kidnappings incidents , including that of a Roman Catholic priest , schoolchildren and teachers . In reaction , the Philippine government offered a 5 , 000 , 000 peso reward for his capture . On June 21 , 2002 , after being tracked by United States and Philippine forces , Sabaya was confronted by a Special Warfare Group team of the Philippine Navy . After attempting to evade capture , Sabaya was shot and killed at sea . Four other members of the Abu Sayyaf survived and were arrested during the incident .
Battle of Capua ( 1348 ) The Battle of Capua was fought on January 10 , 1348 between the troops of Louis I of Hungary and those of the Kingdom of Naples , in the course of the former ' s invasion of Naples . The Neapolitan troops , led by Queen Joan ' s second husband Louis of Taranto , were in the fortified town of Capua . Most of King Louis ' s troops were Italian and German mercenaries and English longbowmen , considered unreliable ; his more loyal Hungarian knight s were unsuitable for the siege of fortress es . Therefore King Louis avoided Capua and headed for Benevento with his troops . To cover this manoeuvre he ordered Niccolò Gaetano , Count of Fondi , to attack the bridgehead of river Volturno with the Hungarian and German cavalry and Lombard infantry . Count Gaetano did not make a frontal attack against the bridgehead : he sent part of his force along the river Volturno , towards Orticella , where they crossed the river and launched a surprise attack on the right wing and rear of the Neapolitan army . The attacking troops consisted mainly of cavalry and some infantry . Around at 3 PM the Hungarian light cavalry got tired of the initial skirmishes which had ensued , and released a devastating flight of arrows on the Neapolitan cavalry ; most of the latter lost their horses and had to fight on foot . Louis of Taranto ordered a countermarch but these turned suddenly in rout . A smaller part of the Neapolitan army fled toward Teano , followed by Gaetano ’ s cavalry . Most of them were killed or captured . The larger part of the Neapolitan army retreated in poor conditions to Naples under Louis of Taranto . After the collapse the Neapolitan mercenaries started to escape from Capua , forcing the commander of Capua to capitulate . Some days later Queen Joan sailed to Provence , followed by her husband ; subsequently the Kingdom of Naples fell to King Louis . Louis ' Italian army . Louis ' Italian army contained German mercenary infantry , Hungarian heavy knights and light cavalry from Hungary , and remarkable English longbowmen .
Susan Mary Auld Susan Mary Auld ( 1915 – 2002 ) , born Susan Denham Christie in Tynemouth , was the first woman to graduate as a naval architect from Durham University . She studied under Sir Westcott Abell and went on to be a pioneering architect for the Royal Navy . She designed battleships for the Royal Navy and the floating vessels used to land Allied troops in France on D - Day in 1944 . Her grandfather was a founder of the company that later became the Swan Hunter Group of shipyards , and her father John was company chairman for many years .
2006 German troops controversy In October 2006 , German troops in Afghanistan were in the centre of an international scandal of them posing with human skulls . Six servicemen were suspended over the first case , and a total of 23 were being investigated in connection with the incident . The events took place during the War in Afghanistan ( 2001 - present ) , and included German soldiers taking photographs of each other posed with skulls , including kissing the skulls .
John Frederick Frelinghuysen John Frederick Frelinghuysen ( March 21 , 1776 – April 10 , 1833 ) was an American general and lawyer . Biography . John Frelinghuysen was born in Millstone , New Jersey on March 21 , 1776 to Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen and Gertrude Schenck . He had four siblings : Catharine , Maria , Theodore , and Frederick . John graduated from Queen ' s College ( now Rutgers University ) in 1792 after studying law , and he was admitted to the bar in the state of New Jersey in 1797 . He was a member representing Somerset County , New Jersey in the New Jersey Legislative Council ( now the New Jersey Senate ) from 1805 to 1814 and 1815 to 1820 , and served three consecutive five - year terms on the Surrogate Court for Somerset County , New Jersey . During the War of 1812 , he joined the military , and commanded the New Jersey State Militia at Sandy Hook , where his assignment was to prevent ships from attacking New York City . At the close of the war he was promoted to brigadier general . John Frelinghuysen married Louisa Mercer in 1797 , and they had two daughters : Gertrude and Mary Ann . Louisa died around 1809 and John married Elizabeth Mercereau Van Vechten on November 13 , 1811 . They had eight children : Louisa , Theodore , Frederick J . , Catharine , Sallie , Sophia , and Elizabeth LaGrange Frelinghuysen . John Frelinghuysen died in Millstone , New Jersey on April 10 , 1833 , and was buried in the Old Somerville Cemetery in Somerville , New Jersey . His tombstone reads : " Sacred to the memory of General John Frelinghuysen who died on the 10th day of April A . D . 1833 in the fifty eighth year of his age . . . " Legacy . His circa 1801 house was donated to the Raritan Public Library in 1970 and retains its 19th - century interior finishes and exterior appearance and serves as an active community library .
Robert Wharton ( Philadelphia ) Robert Wharton ( January 12 , 1757 – March 7 , 1834 ) was the longest - serving Mayor of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Wharton was born in Philadelphia , January 12 , 1757 , the son of Joseph Wharton , a successful merchant . At an early age he left his studies , and was apprenticed to a hatter . He entered the counting - house of his brother Samuel , a Philadelphia merchant , but he spent much of his time in outdoor sports , and until 1818 was president of the famous fox - hunting club of Gloucester , New Jersey that was organized in 1766 . In 1790 he became a member of the Schuylkill Fishing Company , a social club , of which he was president 1812 – 1828 . Political career . He was a member of city council from 1792 till 1795 . In 1796 he was made alderman of Philadelphia , and in that year quelled a riot among the sailors , who had organized themselves into a body and demanded higher wages . After reading the riot act he requested them to disperse , and , being received with shouts of defiance , Wharton ordered each of his men " to take his man , " and the sailors were captured and imprisoned . He quelled the Walnut Street Prison riot in 1798 , and also took part in suppressing others . He was fifteen times elected mayor of Philadelphia between 1798 and 1824 . After serving two one - year terms , 1798 – 1800 , he declined nomination in 1800 . He served three more terms , 1806 – 1808 and 1810 – 1811 , then on being re - elected in 1811 , he declined to serve . Subsequently , he served nine more terms , 1814 – 1819 and 1820 – 1824 . His 14 years of service and 15 elections to the office make him the longest - serving and most - elected mayor in Philadelphia ' s history . Military service . He became a member of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry in 1798 and served as its captain from 1803 to 1811 . In 1810 , the six troops of cavalry in the city were organized into a regiment , of which Wharton was elected colonel . Later , he was elected brigadier - general of the state militia . He was vice - president of the Washington Benevolent Society , of which he was an original member . Wharton married Salome Chancellor . He died in Philadelphia , March 7 , 1834 .
William D . Dickey William Donaldson Dickey ( January 11 , 1845 - May 14 , 1924 ) was an American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for valor during the American Civil War . Biography . Dickey was commissioned as a First Lieutenant in November 1862 , and assigned to the 168th New York Infantry . He regiment mustered out with the 168th in October 1863 , and joined the 15th New York Heavy Artillery as a Captain in February 1864 . He was promoted to Major in May 1865 , and mustered out with the 15th in August 1865 . Dickey received the Medal of Honor on June 10 , 1896 , for his actions at the Second Battle of Petersburg . Medal of Honor citation . Citation : References .
Grenadiers ' and Rifles Guard Regiment Garderegiment Grenadiers en Jagers ( Grenadiers and Rifles Guards Regiment ) is a regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army ; it is one of two , along with the Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene that is classed as ' Guards ' . The regiment was formed in 1995 by the amalgamation of two antecedent regiments : History . These two regiments were formed in 1829 following the withdrawal of the regiments of Swiss mercenaries from Dutch service . Willem I ordered that two regiments would be formed to replace the Swiss , to serve as his guards . Both served with distinction , especially during the Second World War in the defence of The Hague . The regiment ' s single battalion currently serves in the airmobile role as part of 11 Luchtmobiele ( Airmobile ) Brigade . It is organised with an HQ Company ( Stafcompagnie ) , an anti - tank company ( Antitankcompagnie ) and three infantry companies ( Infanteriecompagnie ) . The three infantry companies and the anti - tank company perpetuate the two antecedent regiments , with ' A ' ( Koningscompagnie ) and ' D ' ( Wolvencompagnie ) companies being classed as Grenadier s and ' B ' ( Stiercompagnie ) and ' C ' ( Tijgercompagnie ) Companies being classed as Jagers ( Rifles ) .
Convoy PQ 7 Convoy PQ - 7 was the eighth of the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War by which the Western Allies supplied material aid to the Soviet Union in its fight with Nazi Germany . The Convoy was in two parts : PQ 7a sailed from Hvalfjörður , Iceland on 26 December 1941 and arrived at Murmansk on 12 January 1942 . PQ7b sailed from Hvalfjord , Iceland on 31 December 1941 and arrived in Murmansk on 11 January 1942 . Ships . PQ 7a . PQ 7a consisted of two merchant ships ; SS " Cold Harbor " ( Panama ) and SS " Waziristan " ( UK ) , and was escorted by two armed trawlers . SS " Waziristan " was sunk by the German submarine " U - 134 " on 2 January 1942 . PQ 7b . PQ 7b comprised nine merchant vessels ( two Panamanian , one Russian and seven British ) . The escort consisted of the destroyers HMS " Icarus " , HMS " Tartar " and two armed trawlers . All ships arrived safely .
Francis Egerton ( Royal Navy officer ) Admiral Francis Egerton ( 15 September 1824 – 15 December 1895 ) , known as Francis Leveson - Gower until 1833 , was a British naval commander and politician . Egerton was the second son of Francis Egerton , 1st Earl of Ellesmere , younger son of George Leveson - Gower , 1st Duke of Sutherland . His mother was Harriet Catherine , daughter of Charles Greville . He served in the Royal Navy and achieved the rank of Admiral . He also sat as Member of Parliament for Derbyshire East from 1868 to 1885 and for Derbyshire North - East from 1885 to 1886 . Egerton married Lady Louisa Caroline , daughter of William Cavendish , 7th Duke of Devonshire , and sister of Spencer Cavendish , 8th Duke of Devonshire , in 1865 . They had two sons and three daughters . He died in Chertsey , Surrey in December 1895 , aged 71 . His wife survived him by twelve years and died in September 1907 .
USS Breton ( CVE - 23 ) USS " Breton " ( CVE - 23 ) ( previously AVG - 23 then ACV - 23 ) was a Bogue class escort carrier of the United States Navy . " Breton " was in service as an escort carrier from 1943 to 1946 and as an aircraft transport from 1958 to 1970 . " Breton " launched on 27 June 1942 by Seattle - Tacoma Shipbuilding of Tacoma , Washington under a Maritime Commission contract ; sponsored by Mrs . A . H . Rooks , widow of Captain Rooks ; and commissioned on 12 April 1943 , Captain E . C . Ewen in command . Service history . Throughout her World War II service , " Breton " operated with the Carrier Transport Squadron , Pacific Fleet . Her sailings carried her throughout the Pacific supplying men , materiel , and aircraft to units of the fleet engaged in making strikes on the enemy . While engaged in these duties , " Breton " took part in the capture and occupation of Saipan ( 11 June – 10 August 1944 ) ; the Battle of the Philippine Sea ( 19 – 20 June ) ; the 2nd Bonins raid ( 24 June ) ; and the assault and occupation of Okinawa ( 6 – 7 April 1945 ) . Upon her return to the west coast in January 1946 after serving as a unit of the Far Eastern occupation forces , " Breton " prepared for inactivation at Tacoma , and went out of commission in reserve there on 30 August 1946 . She was reclassified CVHE - 23 on 12 June 1955 . On 1 July 1958 , she was redesignated as a utility carrier , CVU - 23 , and then again on 7 May 1959 as an aviation transport , T - AKV - 42 . " Breton " was put out of service in 1971 and stricken for disposal on 6 August 1972 , where she was subsequently sold for scrap . Awards . " Breton " received four battle star s for her World War II service .
Partisans Armés The Belgian Army of Partisans ( ) , better known as the Armed Partisans ( ) or PA was a group of the Belgian resistance during World War II and affiliated to the Belgian Communist Party . In 1941 , many of its members left to join the " Front de l ' Independance " while the rest of the group was undermined in 1943 when almost all the leadership of the group and the Communist Party were arrested by German forces . 13 , 246 people are recognized as having been members of the PA at some point during the war . The group suffered heavy casualties and 1 , 200 were killed and a further 3 , 000 were arrested and sent to prison camps .
Nathaniel Freeman ( physician ) Nathaniel Freeman ( 1741 – September 20 , 1827 ) was an American physician and jurist . He was a Brigadier General during the American Revolutionary War and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1775 . Biography . Nathaniel Freeman born in Dennis , Barnstable County , Massachusetts in 1741 . He settled at Sandwich ( also Barnstable County ) in 1763 where he established a medical practice . He also studied Law . In 1773 , Freeman became chairman of the Committee of Correspondence of Safety of Sandwich . He was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1775 and was appointed colonel of a militia regiment . Freeman served during the American Revolutionary War , commanding a militia regiment in the Rhode Island expedition , and from 1781 to 1791 he was brigadier general of militia . He was also a judge of probate and of the Court of Common Pleas .
USS Magnet ( YDG - 9 ) The third USS " Magnet " ( ADG - 9 ) was a degaussing vessel of the United States Navy , named after the magnet ( the third U . S . Naval vessel to bear the name ) . Originally planned as a patrol craft escort ( PCE - 879 ) , she was laid down on 27 May 1943 by the Albina Engine & Machine Works of Portland , Oregon ; launched 30 September 1943 ; reclassified YDG - 9 on 23 December 1943 ; and commissioned 10 July 1944 . Service history . Following shakedown and training out of San Pedro , California , " YDG - 9 " continued operations on the west coast , first for the 11th Naval District and then as a unit of ServRon 8 . Later assigned to SevRon 6 to service , in close proximity , the striking forces as they moved closer to Japan , she established and operated degaussing ranges and provided facilities for inspection , calibration , and adjustment of shipboard degaussing equipment in forward areas , primarily for minesweepers . After World War II ended , she operated with mine groups at Okinawa and , after 29 January 1946 at Sasebo , Japan as those groups cleared the waters to allow safe passage to both military and merchant shipping . Returning to the United States later in the year , she decommissioned 11 December 1946 at San Diego where she remained berthed , into 1969 , as a unit of the Pacific Reserve Fleet . After entering the Reserve Fleet , YDG - 9 was reclassified ADG - 9 on 1 November 1947 , and named " Magnet " on 1 February 1955 , the third U . S . Navy ship of the name . Struck from the Naval Register on 21 February 1975 , " Magnet " was sunk as a target on 4 March 1976 off the California coast at at a depth of 1 , 050 fathoms .
Battle of Manzikert ( 1054 ) The Battle of Manzikert in 1054 was a successful defense of the city of Manzikert by Byzantine forces under Basil Apocapes against the Seljuk Turks led by Toğrül . Seventeen years later , the Turks would experience greater success against Romanus Diogenes under Alp Arslan at the same place .
Caproni Ca . 100 The Caproni Ca . 100 was the standard trainer aircraft of the " Regia Aeronautica " in the 1930s . Large numbers of this tandem , two - seat , inverted sesquiplane were built , powered by different engines . Design and development . The Ca . 100 ( Caproncino , little Caproni , was a nickname , rather than one given by the manufacturer ) was based on the de Havilland DH . 60 Moth , for which Caproni had a production licence . They revised the wings to create an inverted sesquiplane configuration and also redesigned the tailplane . Otherwise , its wings followed those of the Moth in having no sweep or stagger . It was a wooden framed , fabric covered single engine aircraft with a square section fuselage built around four longerons , with tandem open cockpits . It had a fixed , conventional undercarriage . Fuel was carried , Moth style , in a streamlined tank on the centre section of the upper wing . It first flew in late 1928 , piloted by Domenico Antonini , at Milan - Taliedo . Ca . 100s were powered by a variety of engines . The most common of these were the 85 kW ( 115 hp ) Isotta Fraschini Asso 80 R and the 108 kW ( 145 hp ) Colombo S . 63 , both 6 - cylinder air - cooled inline engines , and the uncowled 63 kW ( 85 hp ) Fiat A . 50 and 104 kW ( 140 hp ) A . 54 7 - cylinder radials . Other engines in the 60 - 100 kW ( 80 - 135 hp ) range included the Walter NZ - 85 , Farini T . 58 , Fiat A . 53 , Fiat A . 60 radials and the inline Colombo S . 53 , Cirrus Major , de Havilland Gipsy , de Havilland Gipsy Major engines . Operational history . The Regia Aeronautica received 680 Ca . 100s . These were mostly used as primary trainers , though some undertook liaison work . There were exports to Peru and Portugal . Some aircraft were built as civilian tourers . After adoption by the Regia Aeronautica , Ca . 100s were built by several other Italian firms , including Macchi , as well as by Caproni . Some 30 Macchi built examples were fitted with floats and designated Ca . 100 Idro . The design was also produced by Caproni ' s Bulgarian subsidiary as the KN - 1 . Twelve Ca . 100s were built under licence by the Peruvian government from 1935 . One example of the Ca . 100 Idro seaplane version was used to establish a world seaplane altitude record of 5 , 018 m ( 16 , 462 ft ) in 1931 . Survivors . The last flying original landplane Ca . 100 , " I - ABMT " is ex - military , " MM55194 " . The Aero Club Como floatplane " I - ABOU " , ex - " MM65156 " , has been rebuilt after a take - off collision in 2006 , flying again in September 2010 . At least one replica also flies . Aircraft on display . The Italian Air Force Museum at Vigna di Valle acquired landplane " I - GTAB " in May 2007 ; it is now marked with the registration " FIR - 9 " , appropriate to a Ca . 100 serving at the Florence basic Flying School in the mid - 1930s . Floatplane ex - " I - DISC " and " MM56237 " is in the Museo dell ' Aeronautica Gianni Caproni , Trento . Ex - " I - BIZZ " and " MM56271 " is in the Royal Saudi Air Force Museum .
220th Coastal Division ( Italy ) The 220th Coastal Division was an infantry division of the Italian Army during World War II . The division was located in the Lazio coastal region of Italy . Coastal divisions , were second line divisions , usually formed from men in there forties and fifties intended to perform labouring and second lined duties . Recruited locally they were often commanded by officers called out of retirement . Their equipment was also second rate . The Prime Minister of Italy , Benito Mussolini had hoped to obtain large quantities of arms and equipment from the disbanded Vichy French army , but this had often been sabotaged or arrived with no ammunition .