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Syrian Islamic Liberation Front The Syrian Islamic Liberation Front ( SILF ; , " Jabhat Tahrīr Sūriyā al - Islāmiyyah " ) , is a coalition of Islamist rebel brigades who are fighting against the Bashar al - Assad government in the Syrian civil war . As of late 2012 , it was one of the strongest armed coalitions in Syria , representing up to half of Bashar al - Assad ' s armed opponents . Background . Founded in September 2012 after secret negotiations between the group ' s leaders , the group is headed by Ahmed Eissa al - Sheikh , the leader of the Suqour al - Sham Brigade . The coalition includes around 20 Islamist groups and has tens of thousands of fighters active throughout much of Syria , overshadowing the Free Syrian Army ( FSA ) in some regions . While some member groups appear to consider themselves members of both the Syrian Liberation Front and the FSA , Abu Issa says the group aims to maintain brotherly relations with the FSA while declining to offer full support and criticising those leaders of the FSA that remain in Turkey . The coalition includes some of the most important rebel units active in the civil war , including the Suqour al - Sham Brigade ( Idlib ) , Farouq Brigade ( Homs ) , Liwa al - Islam ( Damascus ) and Tawhid Brigade ( Aleppo ) . Other prominent groups in the coalition include Liwa Dawud , the Deir ez - Zor Revolutionary Council ( Deir ez - Zor ) , Tajamo Ansar al - Islam ( Damascus ) , Amr Ibn al - Aas Brigade ( Aleppo ) , and al - Naser Salaheddin Brigade ( Latakia ) . These groups are geographically scattered , vary in size and influence , and are dependent on different sources of funding . It is unclear how effectively the coalition coordinates between the varying groups or how durable the coalition will be . Weapons . Abu Issa says that the coalition obtains their weapons from attacks on the Syrian Armed Forces and from arms dealers inside and outside Syria , however , the group reportedly receives support from Turkey and Qatar . It has been accused by members of the FSA of monopolizing the supply of weapons through Turkey in order to marginalize unaffiliated rebel groups . Ideology . The group has a Sunni Islamist ideology . It includes both Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist inspired groups , however many of the more hardline Islamist groups active in the Syrian civil war are members of the Syrian Islamic Front . The group does not include the jihadist Al - Nusra Front , and Ahrar al - Sham withdrew from the group in protest at the killing of a jihadist leader by one of the other groups . Some in the FSA have criticized the group for its emphasis on an Islamic identity in a religiously mixed country . The group has a minimalist political platform , promising to protect minorities and stating that religious Muslim law is the point of reference for the group . In July 2013 , the leader of the group called for sectarian attacks on Alawite homes and villages , but retracted the statement weeks later .
Battle of West Point Background . The Battle of West Point was fought on April 16 , 1865 in West Point , Georgia , during General James H . Wilson ' s raid of the south during the American Civil War . This battle was fought at Fort Tyler seven days after Confederate General Robert E . Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S . Grant and two days after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln making it one of the last battles of the Civil War east of the Mississippi and Fort Tyler the last Confederate fort captured by the Union . The same day just 30 miles to the south , the Battle of Columbus , Georgia was fought by another division of Wilson ' s Raiders . Battle . On the morning of April 16 , the Union division of Wilson ’ s raid , led by Colonel Oscar Hugh La Grange and armed with muskets and heavy three pieces of heavy artillery , attacked Fort Tyler . The small group of Confederates , somewhere between 120 and 265 men , held the fort under the command of Brigadier General Robert C . Tyler . The battle raged on through most of the day as the outnumbered Confederates attempted to hold their fort . Around midday , during a stalemate , Tyler looked out onto the battlefield and was quickly shot dead by a sniper who was hiding out in a nearby cottage , which Tyler had been suggested to burn but refused because he did not want to leave his neighbors homeless . Shortly after the death of Tyler due to the sniper ’ s bullet and then his second - in - command the fort was overwhelmed by the Union soldiers and their back up leading to the Union victory . Casualties . After the battle , though this was one of the less deadly battles of the Civil War , there were still deaths on each side . For the Union , seven men were killed while twenty - nine were wounded . The Confederates ’ losses were much greater as the defeated party ; nineteen killed and twenty - eight wounded . The death of Brigadier General Tyler is noted as the last Confederate general to die in a battle . All those who died were buried in what is now known as the Fort Tyler Cemetery across the river . Significance . After the victory for the Union , they took control of the town of West Point and the vital bridges over the Chattahoochee River which helped to connect Alabama and Georgia . These were quickly burned , along with railroad cars full of supplies and goods ( though they did leave enough goods for the people of West Point to survive ) . This also made a good point for the Union to continue to march and meet with the rest of their company later for the Battle of Columbus .
Battle of Dandanaqan The Battle of Dandanaqan was fought in 1040 between the Seljuqs and the Ghaznavid Empire . The battle ended with a Seljuq victory and brought down the Ghaznavid domination in the Khorasan . Preparations . When the Seljuq leader Tughrul and his brother Chaghri began raising an army , they were seen as a threat to the Ghaznavid territories . Following the looting of border cities by Seljuq raids , Sultan Mas ' ud I ( son of Mahmud of Ghazni ) decided to expel Seljuqs from his territories . The battle . During the march of Sultan Mas ' ud ' s army to Sarakhs the Seljuq raiders harassed the Ghaznavid army with hit - and - run tactics . Seljuq raiders also destroyed the supply lines of Ghaznavids , cutting them off from the nearby water wells . The discipline and morale of the Ghaznavid army dropped seriously . Finally , on May 23 , 1040 , around 20 , 000 Seljuk soldiers engaged in battle with an estimated 50 , 000 Ghaznavid soldiers in Dandanaqan , between Merv and Sarakhs . Aftermath . The Seljuks occupied Khorasan and the cities of the area encountering little resistance . Tughrul ' s successful siege of Isfahan in 1050 - 1051 , led to the establishment of an empire which would later be called the " Great Seljuk Empire " . On Mas ' ud ' s retreat to India , he was overthrown and later murdered in prison .
USS Clinton ( APA - 144 ) USS " Clinton " ( APA - 144 / LPA - 144 ) was an " Haskell " - class attack transport acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War II for the task of transporting troops to and from combat areas . The second ship to be named " Clinton " by the Navy , " APA - 144 " was launched 29 November 1944 by California Shipbuilding Co . , Wilmington , California , under a Maritime Commission contract ; sponsored by Mrs . L . N . Green ; transferred to the Navy 1 February 1945 ; converted at U . S . Naval Station , Astoria , Oregon ; and commissioned 1 February 1945 , Commander J . A . Ivaldi , USNR , in command . World War II service . " Clinton " cleared San Francisco , California , 17 April 1945 and sailed to land Marine replacement troops and equipment on Okinawa between 27 and 31 May . She transferred battle casualties to Guam where she embarked ground forces of the 7th Bomber Command for transportation to Okinawa , arriving 2 July . When she sailed 6 days later she was carrying over 1 , 000 Okinawan and Korean prisoners of war for internment in the Hawaiian Islands . " Clinton " cleared Honolulu 5 August carrying replacement troops to Saipan . End - of - war operations . She sailed on to Manila to embark Army occupation troops whom she landed at Tsingtao , China , 11 October 1945 . Arriving at Haiphong , French Indo - China , 26 October , she loaded Chinese troops and equipment and carried them to Chinwangtao and Taku for the reoccupation of northern China . Based on an anecdotal description of one of its crew members , the ship may have also been assigned to transport troops to Yokohama to assist in the post - war occupation there . Assigned to " Operation Magic Carpet " duty , " Clinton " embarked homeward - bound servicemen at Manila and sailed 28 November for San Pedro , California , arriving 18 December . She continued to the U . S . East Coast , arriving at Norfolk , Virginia , 2 February 1946 . Post - war decommissioning . " Clinton " was decommissioned 2 May 1946 and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 1 October 1958 . Military awards and honors . " Clinton " received one battle star for World War II service . References . < BR >
Moku Daihatsu - class landing craft The Moku Daihatsu Class or 15m landing craft was a type of landing craft , used by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II . It was similar to the Landing Craft , Vehicle , Personnel ( LCVP ) , with a bow ramp that was lowered to disembark cargo upon riding up onto the beach . It was constructed of a plwood hull and powered by a gasoline engine . The landing craft had problems with the plywood decomposing quickly in the tropics .
Mitchell W . Stout Mitchell William Stout ( February 24 , 1950 – March 12 , 1970 ) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in the Vietnam War . Biography . Stout joined the Army from Raleigh , North Carolina with a military occupational specialty of 16F ( Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember ) in 1968 . By March 12 , 1970 was serving as a Sergeant in Battery C , 1st Battalion , 44th Artillery Regiment . On that day , at Khe Gio Bridge in the Republic of Vietnam , Stout picked up an enemy - thrown grenade and used his body to shield his comrades at the expense of his own life . Stout , aged 20 at his death , was buried in Virtue Cemetery , Concord , Tennessee . Medal of Honor citation . Sergeant Stout ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : Sgt . Stout distinguished himself during an attack by a North Vietnamese Army Sapper company on his unit ' s firing position at Khe Gio Bridge . Sgt . Stout was in a bunker with members of a searchlight crew when the position came under heavy enemy mortar fire and ground attack . When the intensity of the mortar attack subsided , an enemy grenade was thrown into the bunker . Displaying great courage , Sgt . Stout ran to the grenade , picked it up , and started out of the bunker . As he reached the door , the grenade exploded . By holding the grenade close to his body and shielding its blast , he protected his fellow soldiers in the bunker from further injury or death . Sgt . Stout ' s conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action , at the cost of his own life , are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon him , his unit and the U . S . Army . Other . The gym on main post Fort Bliss is named in his honor . SGT Stout is the only US Army Air Defense Artillerymen to earn the Medal of Honor . The I - 75 bridge across the Tennessee River at Loudon , Tennessee was named in honor of Sgt . Stout .
SM U - 15 ( Germany ) SM " U - 15 " was one of the three Type U 13 gasoline - powered U - boat s produced by the German Empire for the Imperial German Navy . On 9 August 1914 , " U - 15 " became the first U - boat loss to an enemy warship after it was rammed by British light cruiser . Constructed by Kaiserliche Werft Danzig , " U - 15 " was ordered on 23 February 1909 and was commissioned three years later on 7 July 1912 . The boat left port for its first patrol on 1 August 1914 , but on 9 August , " U - 15 " was forced to lie stopped on the surface off the coast of Fair Isle , after its engines had failed . While stranded on the surface , the British warship HMS " Birmingham " spotted the boat through a thick fog and could hear hammering from inside the boat as the crew tried to repair the damaged engines . The " Birmingham " ' s Captain Arthur Duff ordered his crew to fire on the U - boat , but missed . As " U - 15 " attempted to dive to avoid the attack , Duff ordered for his ship to ram the submarine at full speed , cutting it in half and killing all 23 members of its crew .
Valentin Feurstein Valentin Feurstein ( 1 January 1885 – 8 June 1970 ) was an Austrian military officer serving in the Austrian and German armies . Feurstein served in the Austrian Bundesheer in the 1930s . He served as Commander of 3 . Division ( stationed in St . Pölten ) . After the " Anschluss " and the incorporation of the Bundesheer into it , Feurstein served as a General in the Wehrmacht . He commanded the 2nd Mountain Division in Fall Weiss and during the Norwegian Campaign . In 1941 he was promoted to full General of the mountain troops ( Gen . d . Geb . Tr . ) . He also served on the Italian front in 1943 . Feurstein was City Commander of Bregenz in 1945 and tried to declare Bregenz as non - combat zone . He was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross on 12 August 1944 . He died on 8 June 1970 .
AGM - 80 Viper AGM - 80 Viper is the designation of an American air to surface missile with infrared seeker and inertial guidance system . Based upon the AGM - 12C Bullpup - B , the AGM - 80A Viper was developed by Chrysler at the end of the 60s , but was cancelled in the 1970s .
Somerset cannon The Somerset cannon was a British cannon designed within the Admiralty and manufactured by Armstrong ' s . Its genesis was the unexpected failure of the Armstrong breech - loading rifles recently developed and installed on Royal Navy ships . The " Somerset " was a 6 . 5 ton 9 . 2 - inch calibre smoothbore muzzle - loader , firing a 100 - pound shot . With a charge of 33 pounds of gunpowder , a steel shot could penetrate 5 . 5 inches of armour at 800 yards . Providing a mounting which could reliably be worked at sea proved difficult for a piece of this size . Traditional truck carriages were inadequate ; historical research revealed that a carriage which was suitable had been suggested by Captain Sir Thomas Hardy ( Nelson ' s Flag Captain ) many years before . In this system the gun - carriage remained stationary , and the recoil of the gun was absorbed by a system of sliding friction blocks attached to the carriage and to the gun . The gun was issued for service , and was mounted in HM Ships , , and , but its performance was so poor , largely due to difficulties in controlling the gun , that it was withdrawn from service .
7th Virginia Regiment The 7th Virginia Regiment was raised on January 11 , 1776 at Gloucester , Virginia for service with the Continental Army . The regiment would see action at the Battle of Brandywine , Battle of Germantown ( after which it wintered at Valley Forge ) , Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston . Most of the regiment was captured at Charlestown , South Carolina on May 12 , 1780 by the British and the regiment was formally disbanded on January 1 , 1783 . A 3rd Virginia Detachment made up of the 7th Virginia Regiment was at the so - called Waxhaw Massacre in 1780 . Further reading . Cecere , Michael . " Captain Thomas Posey and the 7th Virginia Regiment . " Westminster , MD : Heritage Books , 2005 . ISBN 0 - 7884 - 3584 - 1 .
Susan Hibbert Susan Hibbert ( born Susan Nona Heald ) ( 21 May 1924 – 2 February 2009 ) was one of the secretaries who typed the English versions of the German surrender document at the conclusion of the Second World War . After her death , there was believed to be only one surviving witness to the surrender ceremony , Albert Meserlin , who himself died on 29 March 2009 . Hibbert was born the elder child of the Right Honourable Sir Lionel Heald ( 1897 - 1981 ) and his first wife Flavia Forbes ( 1902 - 1959 ) , the daughter of Lt . - Col . James Stewart Forbes and Angela Selina Blanca St . Clair - Erskine . Through her maternal grandmother , Hibbert was a great - grandchild of Robert St Clair - Erskine , 4th Earl of Rosslyn . During World War II Heald served as a sergeant in the Women ' s Auxiliary Territorial Service . She was assigned to type the English version of the German surrender . Three other secretaries typed the French , German and Russian versions . She and the other typists were present at the signing ceremony . Another assignment she received was to type the message informing the War Office in London that the war was over . Later she worked in the Allied Control Commission , first in Frankfurt , and then in Berlin , where she met her husband Basil , a former RAF fighter pilot . In 1950 her father Lionel Heald was elected as member of parliament for Chertsey , subsequently serving for two years as Attorney General in Winston Churchill ' s final administration . Susan became his secretary , and continued to work at Westminster for him and other Conservative MPs for the next 35 years . Her husband Basil , a former RAF pilot , died in 2001 ; the couple had no children .
Adalbert , Duke of Lorraine Adalbert ( 1000 – 11 November 1048 in Thuin ) was the Duke of Upper Lorraine from 1047 until his death . He was the first son of Gerard de Bouzonville ( Gerhard ) , Count of Metz , and Gisela ( Gisella ) . Gothelo I , Duke of Lower Lorraine and Upper Lorraine , died in 1044 and was succeeded by his son Godfrey II in Upper Lorraine but was refused Lower Lorraine . Irritated , to say the least , Godfrey rebelled in that same year and devastated his suzerain ' s lands in Lower Lorraine . He was soon defeated and Adalbert named in his place in Upper Lorraine . Godfrey , however , continued to fight for all Lorraine and Adalbert died in battle against him at Thuin on 11 November 1048 . He had no known children , and Henry III , Holy Roman Emperor immediately nominated his brother Gerhard to succeed him .
Malik Kafur Malik Kafur ( died 1316 ) , was a slave who became a head general in the army of Alauddin Khilji , ruler of the Delhi sultanate from 1296 to 1316 AD . Kafur was originally seized by Alauddin ' s army after the army conquered the city of Khambhat . Kafur was castrated and made a eunuch . A eunuch is a person with no gender . They are called Chakkas . Malik Kafur was also called Hazar Dinari as he was bought by Sultan Alauddin ' s general Nusrat Khan for a thousand dinars . Kafur rose quickly in the army . In 1305 Kafur defeated the Mongols at the Battle of Amroha and between 1309 and 1311 , Malik Kafur led two campaigns in south India . The first against Warangal and other against Dwar Samudra , Mabar and Madurai . Kafur was made " malik naib " , the senior commander of the army after its southern campaigns . In 1294 Kafur led the sultan ' s army against the capital city of the Yadava kingdom , Devagiri . Kafur led further invasions southward into the Kakatiya dynasty , winning immense riches for the sultanate and sacking many Hindu temples . according to legend he was rumored to kill alauddin khilji The booty from Warangal included the famous Koh - i - Noor diamond . During the course of the attack he sacked and plundered many Hindu temples including the famous Hoyasaleshwara temple in Halebidu . According to Muslim historian Ziauddin Barani , Kafur came back to Delhi with 241 tonnes of gold , 20 , 000 horses and 612 elephants laden with the looted treasure .
USS LST - 996 USS " LST - 996 " 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 - 996 " was laid down on 27 March 1944 at the Boston Navy Yard ; launched on 2 May 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Ursula A . Hall ; and commissioned on 23 May 1944 , Ens . C . A . Leach , Jr . , USNR , in command . During World War II , " LST - 996 " was assigned to the European theater and participated in the Operation Dragoon , the invasion of southern France , in August and September 1944 . Transferred to the Asiatic - Pacific theater , she engaged in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April through June 1945 . She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 22 April 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 8 May that same year . On 12 October 1947 , the ship was sold to the Hugo Neu Steel Products Corp . , New York , N . Y . , for scrapping . " LST - 996 " earned two battle stars for World War II service .
25th Antisubmarine Wing The 25th Antisubmarine Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with the Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command , based in New York City , New York . It was the principal United States Army Air Forces Unit conducting anti - submarine warfare off the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada until it was disbanded on 15 October 1943 . In 1985 the wing was reconstituted and redesignated the 525th Combat Crew Training Group , but has never been active with that designation . History . The 25th Antisubmarine Wing was activated in November 1942 to combat German U - Boats in the coastal waters of the United States . The wing ' s tactical area of responsibility ranged from Labrador south along the Atlantic Coast to the Georgia / Florida border and seaward to approximately 100 miles from coastline . The wing was disbanded in 15 October 1943 when irs mission was transferred to United States Navy . Most of the wing ' s components were transferred to Second Air Force where many of them became cadres for newly forming bombardment group s . In 1985 the wing was reconstituted as the 525th Combat Crew Training Group , but has never been active since then .