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William Henry McCluskey William Henry McCluskey , ( 18 June 1839 – 5 October 1903 ) , Irish soldier and survivor of HMS Birkenhead . McCluskey was born in Armagh . In 1843 he emigrated with his parents to a farm near Cape Town . By the age of thirteen he had joined the Cape Mounted Rifles and was in this capacity aboard " HMS Birkenhead , " his unit being sent to fight in the war in the eastern province . According to an account of the incident : After the wars , he worked unsuccessfully in the gold and diamond fields . In 1877 he was commandeered into the Diamond Field Horse , where he gained the rank of Sergeant . His last military action was as a member of the Beaconsfield Town Arms during the siege of Kimberley . Retiring from the military , McCluskey worked for De Beers as a secuity guard , at Bultfontein . Here he was beaten to death in October 1903 . Michael Mongale was found guilty of his murder but escaped the death penalty due to insanity , instead serving life .
Blériot 195 The Blériot 195 was a French monoplane mail - carrier designed and built by Blériot Aéronautique , the one aircraft built was modified a number of times but failed to enter production . Design and development . The Blériot 195 was a large low - wing cantilever monoplane designed for use on mail flights across the North Atlantic . It was powered by four Hispano - Suiza 6Mb inline piston engines , which were mounted in tandem pairs above the wing on a complex of struts . Designated the 195 / 2 landplane , it first flew on 9 March 1929 . By the end of 1929 , it had been re - designated the 195 / 3 and test flown with twin floats . It was re - designated again as the 195 / 4 in early 1930 , when it was fitted with Gnome - Rhone Titan engines . It was put forward to meet a requirement for a seaplane to operate a mail service between Marseilles and Algiers , but in the end none of the designs submitted were accepted and the 195 was placed in to storage . In April 1931 it was brought out of storage and modified to be a landplane and designated the 195 / 6 ; it was then tested by Air Union as a cargo aircraft . It did not gain a certificate of airworthiness as a cargo carrier and was withdrawn from use .
Madh Fort Madh Fort ( also called Versova Fort ) is a small fort in northern Mumbai , India situated at Madh Island . It was built by the Portuguese and lost it in February 1739 during the war against Maratha empire . It is secluded and difficult to reach , about from Malad and is the last stop on route 271 of BEST bus service or via Versova by ferry boat . It is situated near Aksa Beach . The fort was built by the Portuguese as a watchtower in the 17th century . It offers a strategic view of the coastline and guards the Marve Creek . Its external façade is intact but internally it is dilapidated . It is under control of the Indian Air Force as it is located close to an Indian Naval base and permission is needed for accessing it . Madh Island fort is surrounded by local fishermen ' s communities . Some Bollywood movies like " Love Ke Liye Kuchh Bhi Karega " , and " Manmohan Desai ' s 1985 movie " Mard " have been shot at this location . Many episodes of the popular serial C . I . D has been shot in this location also .
Edgar A . Bras Sergeant Edgar A . Bras ( October 6 , 1841 to June 24 , 1923 ) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War . Bras received the country ' s highest award for bravery during combat , the Medal of Honor , for his action during the Battle of Spanish Fort in Alabama on 8 April 1865 . He was honored with the award on 8 June 1865 . Biography . Bras was born on 6 October 1841 in Jefferson County , Iowa . He enlisted at Louisa County , Iowa into the 8th Iowa Infantry . On 8 April 1865 , during the Battle of Spanish Fort , one of the efforts by Union forces to capture the forts protecting the city of Mobile , Alabama , Bras charged through the Confederate camp , capturing a flag from a color - bearer . It is for this act of bravery that he was awarded the Medal of Honor . Following the Civil War , Bras pursued farming , dwelling in several states , including Florida . His wife , Mary E . Bras , died a few years before him . Bras died on 24 June 1923 and his remains are interred at the Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale , Florida .
French ship Duc D ' Aquitaine ( 1754 ) Duc D ' Aquitaine was a 64 - gun ship of the line of the French Navy , launched in 1754 . On 30 May 1757 she was captured by the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS " Duc D ' Aquitaine " . She foundered in 1761 and was lost .
Heinrich Arntzen Leutnant Heinrich Arntzen ( born 11 September 1894 , date of death unknown ) was a World War I flying ace credited with eleven aerial victories . Arntzen flew as an observer with two artillery cooperation units during 1916 , FFA 34 and FFA 2 . He scored four victories with the latter unit , though details are sketchy . He then underwent pilot training and was assigned to Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 15 as both pilot and technical officer . On 13 August 1917 , he shot down a Caudron to become an ace . On 15 October 1917 , he shot down a French observation balloon . On 13 January 1918 , he was promoted to command of Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 50 . Between 25 January and 4 April 1918 , he downed three more French balloons , a British RE . 8 , and a French Breguet 14 , to bring his total to four enemy balloons and seven opposing airplanes . On 27 May 1918 , his career as a balloon buster ended with his being wounded by anti - aircraft fire while attacking one . References . " Above the Lines : The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service , Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 - 1918 " Norman L . R . Franks , et al . Grub Street , 1993 . ISBN 0 - 948817 - 73 - 9 , ISBN 978 - 0 - 948817 - 73 - 1 .
Leucarum Leucarum was a coastal auxiliary fort in the Roman province of Britannia . Its remains are located beneath the town of Loughor in the Welsh city of Swansea . The Romans built a rectangular or trapezoidal fort at the mouth of the River Loughor in the late 1st century to house a regiment of Roman auxiliary troops . Stone defences were added to the earthen ditch and rampart by 110 and the fort was occupied until the middle or end of that century . However , it was later abandoned for a time and in the early 3rd century the ditch naturally silted up . It appears to have been brought back into use during the rule of Carausius who was worried about Irish raids , but was abandoned again before the 4th century . A Norman castle was later built on the site .
10th Arkansas Cavalry Regiment ( Witt ' s ) Witt ' s 10th Arkansas Cavalry ( 1863 – 1865 ) was a Confederate Army Cavalry regiment during the American Civil War from the state of Arkansas . The unit was originally known as the 10th Arkansas Infantry Regiment , but was converted to cavalry after being exchanged following the fall of Port Hudson , La . Organization . The unit was mustered into Confederate Service in July 1861 at Springfield in Conway County . Its members were drawn from the counties of Cleburne , Van Buren , Conway , and Perry . The unit comprised the following volunteer companies : The unit was originally commanded by Colonel T . D . Merrick , who had formerly held the rank of Major General of the Arkansas Militia and who carried Governor Rector ' s demand for the surrender of the Little Rock Arsenal to its commander in February , 1861 . Battles . The regiment moved to Union City , Tennessee , where 150 men died from the effects of measles . Later it was involved in the conflicts at Shiloh and Baton Rouge , and in October , 1862 , contained 249 effectives . Attached to Buford ' s and Beall ' s Brigade , Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana , the 10th was part of the garrison that surrendered at Port Hudson on July 9 , 1863 . After being exchanged , the men returned to Arkansas and were reorganized as the 10th or Witt ' s Cavalry Regiment . The 10th Arkansas Infantry fought in the following engagements : After being reorganized as Witt ' s Cavalry Regiment , the unit was involved in the following engagements : Surrender . The 10th Arkansas surrendered with the garrison of Port Houston , Louisiana on July 9 , 1863 . After being exchanged , the men returned to Arkansas and were reorganized as the 10th or Witt ' s Cavalry Regiment . The unit then skirmished in Arkansas and on May 28 , 1865 , requested from the Federals terms under which it could surrender .
22nd Derajat Mountain Battery ( Frontier Force ) The 2nd Derajat Mountain Battery ( Frontier Force ) was an artillery battery in the British Indian Army . The battery was raised in 1851 , from disbanded Sikh artillerymen following the Second Sikh War . In 1857 , one detachment saw service against mutineers in Oudh and Bundlekand in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 . The Second Afghan War , saw the Derajat Mountain Battery with Lord Roberts throughout the war ; from the Battle of Peiwar Kotal and the Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment and then on to that most famous march south to the Battle of Kandahar . After the war , in addition to numerous minor Frontier campaigns throughout the Century , the 2nd took part in the Chitral Expedition . When Major - General Low ' s was in charge of the relief of Chitral Fort in 1895 , which was under siege after a local coup . Two years later it took part in the operations of the Tirah Campaign . To honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Indian they took part in the Rawalpindi Parade 1905 . In the Great War , the 2nd in 1916 joined the Indian Expeditionary Force B in the campaign against the Germans in German East Africa , where it would remain until the Armistice . After the war , the Battery saw service during the Third Afghan War of 1919 , the Mohmand and Bajaur Operations ( 1933 ) , Mohmand Campaign ( 1935 ) and operations in Waziristan against the Fakir of Ipi from 1936 . In World War II they were part of the force sent to the East African Campaign .
USS Seneca ( SP - 1240 ) The fourth USS " Seneca " ( SP - 427 ) was a United States Navy barge in commission from 1917 to 1919 . " Seneca " was built as a non - self - propelled commercial schooner barge of the same name in 1884 by John Roach & Sons at Chester , Pennsylvania . On 18 October 1917 , the U . S . Navy purchased her from the Luckenbach Steamship Company for use during World War I . Assigned the section patrol number SP - 1240 , she was commissioned in 1917 as USS " Seneca " ( SP - 1240 ) with Chief Boatswain ' s Mate Raymond Smith , USNRF , in command . " Seneca " first served as a coal barge for the Minesweeping Division at Tompkinsville , Staten Island , New York . In January 1918 , she moved to Providence , Rhode Island , and she spent the last months of World War I as a floating base at Shelburne , Nova Scotia , Canada . In February 1919 , " Seneca " relieved the submarine tender as temporary tender for Submarine Division 5 , and served as such , primarily as an accommodation ship , at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , from 4 March to 28 May 1919 and at Norfolk , Virginia , from 29 May 1919 until detached on 29 August 1919 . " Seneca " was ordered sold on 10 September 1919 and was delivered to her purchaser , the Neptune Line of New York City , on 1 October 1919 . " Seneca " should not be confused with the minesweeper and patrol vessel , which was in commission at the same time .
Operation Red Dagger Operation Sond Chara ( Red Dagger in Pashto ) was an 18 - day - long campaign with its aims and objectives centred around four Taliban strongholds near the town of Nad - e - Ali in Helmand Province , Afghanistan . The operation was named after the commando patch worn by members of 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines . 1 , 500 British troops were involved , supported by Danish , Estonian and Afghan forces in the pre - Christmas offensive , commencing on 7 December 2008 with a night attack on Taliban defences in a village south of the operational area . The offensive was aimed to make safe the area around the capital of Helmand , Lashkar Gah , after an increase of insurgent attacks in the province , for example , the 300 man Taliban attempt to overrun Lashkar Gah . As well as helping to secure a planned voter registration programme . The hard fought battles were against well - armed insurgents , who held fast and retaliated with 107mm Rockets but eventually withdrew under a barrage of British mortar , tank , and missile weapons . British Troops were fighting " knee - deep in mud during First World War - style trench battles . " Some sections of the Marines involved , fought while advancing over 60 km under fire and in poor conditions . CQB fighting was common , and some commanders reported fighting at ranges of 30 metres or less . By its climax on 25 December 2008 , 100 Taliban fighters , one reportedly a senior commander , were killed . By the end of the offensive five British soldiers , including an Australian serving with British forces , had been killed . After a raid south of Lashkar Gah , £2 million worth of opium was found , alongside IED s and other assorted drugs and explosives . Brigadier Gordon Messenger , commander of Task Force Helmand , classes the campaign as " very successful " . In respect of the Muslim festival of Eid al - Adha , a two - day ceasefire starting on 8 December 2008 was upheld . Recommencing operations on 11 December , 42 Commando Royal Marines attacked both from the ground and the air on Nad - e - Ali , securing an area which had been an insurgent stronghold . Commandos backed by the 2nd Battalion The Princesses of Wales ' s Royal Regiment and the Afghan National Army attacked and captured the town of Shin Kalay , west of Lashkar Gah . K Company ( Black Knights ) fought in the trenches surrounding area force the withdrawal of the insurgents . Whilst Royal Engineers found their efforts to build patrol bases hampered by the poor weather , heavy rain turning the ground into a sea of mud . Lima Company , 42 Commando saw the most ferocious close quarter fighting during the 360 degree battle for Zarghun Kalay , north west of Lashkar Gah , on 17 December . They were supported by Juliet Company during the following days . By the end of the operation the Marines of Lima Company Group had covered over 60 km on foot in the most arduous conditions . Involved in intense fire fights by day , and ‘ yomping ’ ( walking ) by night , the Marines slept rough , eating wherever and whenever they could for 17 days . Troops involved . The following troops were involved in the operation
USS Whirlwind ( SP - 221 ) The first USS " Whirlwind " ( SP - 221 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission in 1917 and again in 1918 . Construction , acquisition , and commissioning . " Whirlwind " was built as a civilian wooden - hulled , triple - screw , steam yacht of the same name in 1909 by the Charles L . Seabury Company and the Gas Engine and Power Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx , New York . The U . S . Navy purchased her from her owner , Julius Fleischmann of New York City , on 11 May 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel . She was commissioned at the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn , New York , as USS " Whirlwind " ( SP - 219 ) on 26 June 1917 with Lieutenant , junior grade , A . S . Johnstone , USNRF , in command . World War I service . First period in commission , 1917 . " Whirlwind " fitted out at the Charles L . Seabury Company shipyard , then arrived at New Haven , Connecticut , on 17 August 1917 . She soon commenced patrols off the Cornfield Point lightship . Her duties included hailing passing vessels and seeing that they kept within their designated channels and that other section patrol boats were on their stations . She also escorted Allied ships through the nets that guarded those waters . In the course of one of her normal cruises , she prevented the steamer SS " Noreg " , out of Nova Scotia , Canada , from fouling the antisubmarine net during a heavy squall on 24 August 1917 . Early in September 1917 she inspected the 11th Division of the 3rd Naval District s local patrol forces on station in Long Island Sound . By early September 1917 , it had become apparent that " Whirlwind " s sea - keeping qualities left much to be desired . Her heavy rolling and pitching caused the Navy to cease using her as an offshore patrol vessel . She arrived at the Charles L . Seabury Company shipyard at Morris Heights on 13 September 1917 for overhaul , then was decommissioned at the Marine Basin at Brooklyn on 8 December 1917 . Second period in commission , 1918 . Reconsidered for naval use in a different nautical environment , " Whirlwind " was recommissioned at Waukegan , Illinois , on 29 September 1918 . Operating out of Naval Training Station Great Lakes at Great Lakes , Illinois , she cruised to Waukegan and Chicago , Illinois , and to Milwaukee and Manitowoc , Wisconsin , before proceeding to Detroit , Michigan . During this time , she made three cruises on Lake Michigan with family members of Naval Training Station Great Lakes commandant Captain William A . Moffett — a Medal of Honor recipient , future rear admiral , and future Chief of the Navys Bureau of Aeronautics — embarked . Final disposition . After her arrival at detroit , " Whirlwind " was decommissioned there on 3 December 1918 . She was stricken from the Navy List on 24 April 1919 and sold on 30 June 1919 .
AN / APQ - 153 Emerson Electric ' s AN / APQ - 153 was an I band radar system developed for the Northrop F - 5 E fighter aircraft . Required to fit into the tight confines of the originally radar - less F - 5 , the system offered relatively simple air - to - air modes and a short detection range . The AN / APQ - 157 was a similar system with dual displays and controls for the twin - seat F - 5F trainer . Many of the F - 5 ' s still flying have been upgraded to the improved AN / APQ - 159 . The APQ - 153 was a relatively simple Pulse - Doppler radar intended to improve gunnery on the F - 5 . It offered four modes of operation ; AA1 and AA2 air - to - air target search at different ranges , " dogfight " which locked onto the closest target and offered ranging and gun cueing , and finally a missile bore - sight cueing mode that calculated the engagement envelope of the AIM - 9 Sidewinder and gave the pilot directional cues to help them fly into the envelope . The antenna was necessarily small , a parabolic dish that was stabilized to account for maneuvering . This was connected to a small B - Scope display in the cockpit .
HMS Nubian ( 1909 ) HMS " Nubian " was a Royal Navy Tribal class destroyer . Her bows were destroyed by a torpedo from a German destroyer on the night of 26 – 27 October 1916 off Folkestone during the Battle of Dover Strait . She was taken in tow and run ashore near Dover . Another Tribal class destroyer , " Zulu " had her stern blown off by a mine near Dunkirk on 8 November 1916 and towed to Calais . Both wrecks were towed to Chatham Dockyard and the undamaged portions joined where " Zubian " was constructed out of the bows of " Zulu " and the midsection and stern of " Nubian " . " Zubian " served until the end of the war , sinking the mine - laying U - boat " UC - 50 " on 4 February 1918 off the coast of Essex , and was broken up at Sunderland in 1919 .
Chevrolet G506 trucks The Chevrolet G506 trucks were a series of - ton trucks used by the U . S . Army during and after World War II . History . The G506 was a U . S Army Ordnance Corps supply catalog designation for the 1 . 5 - ton , 4X4 , truck chassis built in large numbers by the Chevrolet Motor Division of GM . The basic G506 truck chassis were used for several different models that saw service throughout World War II and the Korean War . All of the G506 series trucks were powered by the Chevrolet 235 cu . in . 83 hp . six - cylinder engine mated to a four - speed transmission and two - speed transfer case . It had a wheelbase of 145 inches . During World War II , The U . S . sent 151 , 053 1 . 5 - ton trucks of the G506 type to Russia as part of the Lend Lease program . Russian supply capability improved dramatically in the spring and summer of 1943 , mainly as the result of the American trucks that were arriving in large numbers . ( * Model G7128 Book Symbol NQ - M6 Bomb service truck G35 )
Ichabod Alden Ichabod Alden ( August 11 , 1739 – November 11 , 1778 ) was an American Revolutionary War officer and commanding officer during the Cherry Valley Massacre . The great - grandson of the Mayflower pilgrim John Alden , Ichabod Alden was born in Duxbury , Massachusetts . Appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the Plymouth militia regiment in 1775 , Alden first saw action serving with the 25th Continental Regiment during the Siege of Boston . Following his promotion to Colonel in November 1776 , Alden was assigned to the 7th Massachusetts Regiment stationed at the garrison of Cherry Valley , New York . Although commanding between 200 and 300 men , Alden ' s limited military experience and lack of knowledge regarding local Indian tactics or customs would prove to be a great disadvantage as in early November 1778 , receiving a warning of an attack by local tribes , Alden made minimal preparations . On November 11 , a combined force of 600 Indians led by Joseph Brant and 200 Tories known as Butler ' s Rangers under Major Walter Butler launched a surprise attack after the capture of several of Alden ' s scouts provided intelligence of the situation in the valley . In the attack 32 civilians and 16 soldiers were killed , and 71 residents were captured . The officers of the regiment were quartered in private homes , and Alden was killed in an attempt to reach the fort from a house on the outskirts of the fort . His executive officer , Lt . Col . William Stacy , was taken prisoner . The attack , retaliation for the defeat at the Battle of Oriskany , would later provoke an expedition against the villages and agricultural crops of the Iroquois League led by Gen . John Sullivan in 1779 .