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204th Engineer Battalion ( United States ) The 204th Engineer Battalion was constituted on 1 December 1967 in the New York Army National Guard . This battalion was organized on 1 February 1967 from existing units in south - central New York . The headquarters of the unit was established in Binghamton , New York . History . The units which formed the battalion brought with them the campaign credits and unit awards earned in previous service to the United States . The Service Company has seven campaign credits for World War I and three credits for service in the Pacific during World War II . Company A has three campaign credits for World War I and another three for service in World War II . Company B has three World War I credits and nine World War II credits . Of the latter , five are for service in Europe and four are for service in the Pacific . The company also received a Meritorious Unit Commendation and a Philippine Presidential Unit Citation . Company C has one American Civil War credit , three World War I credits , and 10 World War II credits . Five of these are based on service of predecessor units in Europe and the other five are for service in the Pacific . In addition , Company C earned a Presidential Unit Citation for Saipan and a French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star for World War I service in the Meuse - Argonne . The unit was twice cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army . Recent service and the global War on Terror . The 204th Engineer Battalion offered assistance to New York following the 11 Sept . attacks on the World Trade Center . Elements of the battalion have been activated in support of the Global War on Terror , serving with distinction in both Afghanistan ( Operation Enduring Freedom ) and Iraq ( Operation Iraqi Freedom ) . Additionally , the battalion has been activated numerous times for state service including response to the 2006 Southern Tier floods , and the February 2007 snow storms in Oswego , NY . Current structure . In 2006 , the battalion was restructured to further meet the needs of the National Guard . Companies A ( Walton , NY ) and B ( Horseheads , NY ) were combined and redesignated the 827th Engineer Company . Company C ( Peekskill , NY ) was redesignated the 1156th Engineer Company . Additionally , the 152nd Engineer Company ( Buffalo , NY ) was reassigned to the 204th Engineer Battalion . The Battalion is assigned to the 53rd Troop Command , New York Army National Guard .
Battle of Cumberland Church The Battle of Cumberland Church was fought on April 7 , 1865 , as part of the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War . Near 2 p . m . on April 7 , the advance of the Union II Corps encountered Confederate forces entrenched on high ground near Cumberland Church . The Union forces attacked twice but were repulsed , and darkness halted the conflict . Union Brig . Gen . Thomas A . Smyth was mortally wounded nearby , and Brig . Gen . John Irvin Gregg was captured north of Farmville , Virginia . This clash is sometimes characterized as the final victory of the Army of Northern Virginia .
Ronald Bailey ( soldier ) Major General Ronald L . Bailey was the first African American to take command of the 1st Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps on Thursday , June 30 , 2011 . Education . He graduated from Austin Peay State University in Tennessee in 1977 and was commissioned a Marine second lieutenant that same year . He served as an infantry officer . When appointed to the Marine Corps Recruiting Command , Bailey said " . . . leadership is about influence and relationships – relationships with the American people . Our nation ’ s citizens expect us to be America ’ s expeditionary force in readiness committed to their protection at home and abroad ; we will honor that expectation with the professional and empathetic execution of our mission within their communities nationwide . " Career . His military appointments were published by Camp Pendleton Patch and by the Los Angeles Times on July 1 , 2011 . Bailey was appointed in January to head the Marine Corps Recruiting Command , where he will command more than 22 , 000 troops . He also served as commanding general of the San Diego Western Recruiting Region and Marine Corps Recruit Depot , according to a Marine Corps Base press release at the time .
James B . Gordon James Byron Gordon ( November 2 , 1822 – May 18 , 1864 ) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . He was killed in action at the Battle of Meadow Bridge . Early life . Gordon was born in Wilkes County , North Carolina to Nathaniel and Sarah Gwyn Gordon . James B . Gordon was a distant cousin of Confederate General John Brown Gordon . After studying at Emory and Henry College in Emory , Virginia , he returned to Wilkes County and became a successful mercantile businessman and a prominent member of the community . He served several terms as a Wilkes County commissioner and spent one term in the North Carolina state legislature . Civil War . With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 , Gordon enlisted as a lieutenant in the " Wilkes County Guards " . When his unit was merged with regular Confederate Army units , he was promoted to captain , and then major , of the 1st North Carolina Cavalry regiment . He served under the command of famed Confederate cavalry general J . E . B . Stuart for most of the war . On November 26 , 1861 , Gordon led the first charge of his regiment and won praise for his bravery from General Stuart . In early 1862 , he was promoted to lieutenant colonel , and a year later was made a full colonel of cavalry . During the Army of Northern Virginia ' s retreat after the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863 , Colonel Gordon defeated Union forces at Hagerstown , Maryland , thereby helping the Confederates escape into Virginia . In September 1863 , he was promoted to brigadier general and assigned command of the North Carolina Cavalry Brigade . He defeated Union troops in a battle near Culpeper Court House in October 1863 , but was seriously wounded shortly afterwards . In May 1864 , Gordon joined with other Confederate cavalry units under J . E . B . Stuart to halt the advance of Union Maj . Gen . Philip Sheridan towards Richmond , Virginia , the Confederate capital . Death . On May 11 Stuart was killed in the Battle of Yellow Tavern , and Gordon assumed the role of defending Richmond . On May 12 , 1864 , Gordon ' s cavalry held Sheridan ' s troops at Meadow Bridge , just north of Richmond , long enough for Confederate reinforcements to arrive and save the city . However , Gordon was mortally wounded in this battle and died within a week . He was buried with full military honors in the cemetery of St . Paul ' s Episcopalian church in Wilkesboro , North Carolina .
2nd / 11th Battalion , Ulster Defence Regiment The 2nd / / 11th ( County Armagh ) Battalion , Ulster Defence Regiment was formed in 1991 as a result of an amalgamation between the 2nd Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment and the 11th Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment . The resultant 2 / 11 UDR was subsumed into the Royal Irish Rangers in 1992 as part of the Options for Change amalgamations and was renamed the 6th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment . Uniform , armament & equipment . See : Ulster Defence Regiment Uniform , armament & equipment
153 ( Highland ) Transport Regiment 153rd ( Highland ) Transport Regiment , Royal Corps of Transport , was a regiment of the Territorial Army in the United Kingdom . The regiment was formed in 1967 from a number of territorial transport regiments , with two transport squadrons and an ambulance squadron . A third transport squadron was formed in 1969 taking many of the soldiers who had served in the The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry / Scottish Horse when it was converted into a cadre in that year . The cadre was disbanded in 1975 and its lineage was not passed onto the Highland Yeomanry Squadron though as a concession the men were allowed to wear the Atholl Bonnet headdress of The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry / Scottish Horse . In 1992 , 239 Squadron was disbanded when the Barrack it was based in was required to house the reformed Fife and Forfar Yeomanry / Scottish Horse Squadron of The Scottish Yeomanry . The regiment was amalgamated with 154th ( Lowland ) Transport Regiment in 1993 , to form The Scottish Transport Regiment of the Royal Logistic Corps Squadrons . 153 ( Highland ) Regiment RCT Pipes and Drums . As a result of the reorganisation of Britain ' s reserve forces on 1 April 1967 the Pipes and Drums of 153 ( Highland ) Regiment RCT were formed from the bands of the 51st ( Highland ) Divisional Regiment RCT ( TA ) and the band of 433 ( Fourth ) Regiment RCT ( TA ) . The majority of the pipers and drummers of this new regiment were drawn from the 51st ( Highland ) Divisional Regiment , a regiment which was formed in 1908 as a territorial unit of the Scottish Land Forces . The Pipes and Drums of 153 Regiment were formed in 1937 on an unofficial basis , supported by contributions from the Regiment ' s Officers and their friends . As it was an unofficial band each piper and drummer also had to be a trained soldier and although the band was accorded official status in 1953 this tradition continued . Indeed , in 1940 the Pipes and Drums went to war with the 51st Highland Division and many of its members were taken prisoner at Sy Valery - en - Caux after the collapse of France . When the Territorial Army was reconstituted on 1947 the Regiment ' s Pipes and Drums were also reformed under Major David Brodie RCT . The band went from strength to strength and in 1963 the Pipes and Drums began to take up competitive piping seriously . Since then they won almost every major trophy at Highland Games and Competitions . They won the Grade II World Championships in 1963 and 1966 and the Army Pipe Band Championships for three years in succession from 1967 to 1969 . By 1969 they were the only military corps of Pipes and Drums - regular or volunteer - up to the standard of , and competing to , Grade I standard in Scottish Pipe Band Association competitions . The Pipes and Drums made highly successful tours of Germany in 1968 and 1970 playing in Hanover , Hameln , Bielefeld and Bad Munder as well as giving performances to units of the British Army of the Rhine .
Albatros L 84 The Albatros L 84 was a German tandem two - seat , single - bay fighter biplane first flown in 1931 . Four of the five examples produced were built by Focke - Wulf Flugzeugbau , into which Albatros Flugzeugwerke was amalgamated in that year . Powered by a water - cooled 490 kW ( 660 hp ) BMW VI u 7 . 3Z V12 engine , the L 84 had a fabric - covered fuselage constructed of welded steel tubes , and wooden wings skinned with plywood . Its armament comprised three 7 . 92 mm ( . 312 in ) machine gun s , two in fixed forward - firing positions and the third ring - mounted in the aft cockpit . Only the first prototype was completed before Albatros became part of Focke - Wulf , and this was destroyed during flight testing . A second example was flown in February 1933 by Focke - Wulf under the designation L 84C , using a modified cooling system . The Reichswehr initially ordered twelve L 84s but cancelled the order after only three had been completed . Of these , one was designated L 84E and was tested with the Rolls - Royce Kestrel IIIS engine ; another , L 84F , was fitted with a fuel - injected version of the BMW VIu . At least one L 84 was delivered to China .
36th Reserve Division ( German Empire ) The 36th Reserve Division ( " 36 . Reserve - Division " ) was a unit of the Imperial German Army , in World War I . The division was formed on the mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 and was disbanded during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I . The division was a reserve division of the I Reserve Corps and was raised primarily in Pomerania Province and West Prussia Province . Combat chronicle . The 36th Reserve Division began the war on the Eastern Front . It fought in the Battle of Gumbinnen , the Battle of Tannenberg , and the First Battle of the Masurian Lakes . In 1915 , it saw action in the Gorlice - Tarnów Offensive . It remained in the Baltic region until September 1916 , and then went to Galicia . In May 1917 , the division was transferred to the Western Front , arriving in June . It was deployed to various parts of the line until war ' s end , spending most of 1918 in the Flanders region . Allied intelligence rated the division as third class in 1918 . Order of battle on mobilization . The order of battle of the 36th Reserve Division on mobilization was as follows : Order of battle on March 28 , 1918 . The 36th Reserve Division was triangularized in September 1916 . Over the course of the war , other changes took place , including the formation of the artillery and signals commands . The order of battle on April 11 , 1918 was as follows :
Afghanistan Liberation Organization Afghanistan Liberation Organization ( , " Sazman - i Rihayi Afghanistan " , ALO ) is a Maoist political group in Afghanistan . It was founded by Dr . Faiz Ahmad and some others in 1973 . ALO is one of several organization that grew out of the " Sholaye Javid " ( Eternal Flame ) movement . ALO was originally named Revolutionary Group of the Peoples of Afghanistan ( گروه انقلابی خلقهای افغانستان , RGPA ) ; it was renamed in 1980 . It was highly critical of the Soviet war in Afghanistan and actively fought against what it considered social imperialism . In June 1979 , RGPA convened the Mujahedin Freedom Fighters Front of Afghanistan together with Islamist elements , as a united front against the pro - Soviet government . Along with some other Islamist groups , RGPA directed an uprising in Kabul and other cities on August 5 , 1979 , that became known as the Bala Hissar uprising . The uprising was suppressed by the government and tens of ALO cadres were killed and arrested . Some of the central committee members like Mohammad Mohsin , Mohammad Dawod and others were executed in the Pul - e - Charkhi prison . ALO had many fronts against the Soviets and pro - Soviet Afghan communists in different parts of Afghanistan and was attacked by both the Soviet forces and the fundamentalist groups of Mujahideen . They lost over 120 of its cadres during the war . Dr . Faiz Ahmad himself was assassinated on November 12 , 1986 along with his 6 other comrades by the Hizb - e Islami militia of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar . More recently , ALO has directed its energies towards opposing the American occupation of Afghanistan and the regime of President Hamid Karzai .
DAF YP - 408 The DAF YP408 is a Dutch 6x8 armoured car , with three out of four axles driven . It has a 6 - litre , 6 - cylinder diesel engine , 5 - speed gearbox and 2 - speed transfer case . Prototypes were developed in the later 1950s , production took place in the 1960s and YP408s were used until the 1980s . A few examples are still use by the Polícia Aérea ( Portuguese Air Force Military Police ) .
Regiment de Meuron The Regiment de Meuron was a regiment of infantry originally raised in Switzerland in 1781 . The regiment was named for its commander , Colonel Charles - Daniel de Meuron , who was born in Neuchâtel in 1738 . It served the Dutch East India Company in Ceylon and Cape Town . With the British eyes on Ceylon a delegation was sent to see Count de Meuron where a deal was struck to hand over control of the Regiment to the British . The Regiment refused to fight the Dutch , and they greatly reduced the strength of Dutch forces in Ceylon and gave fortification details to the British . They subsequently entered British service , with the understanding that the British would enroll them at the same rate as regular British soldiers and give them the back pay owed by the Dutch East India Co . By 1798 , this had all been straightened out , and the Regiment de Meuron were fully entered into British service . They served in the Mysore Campaign of 1799 , the Mediterranean and Peninsula Campaign s of the Napoleonic Wars 1806 to 1812 , and finally went to Canada to serve in the War of 1812 and the Red River Colony . Rue des Meurons in the Winnipeg suburb of Saint Boniface is named after the regiment .
6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion The 6th Arkansas Cavalry Battalion ( 1861 – October 25 , 1864 ) was a Confederate Army cavalry battalion during the American Civil War . Organization . The 6th Battalion Arkansas Cavalry ( also sometimes known as the 1st , Phifer ' s , White ' s and McNeill ' s Battalion ) was organized in August 1861 at Pocahontas , Arkansas , originally composed of four Arkansas companies and two Louisiana companies , which were consolidated about April 20 , 1862 , into two Arkansas companies and one Louisiana company . In May 1862 , the battalion was consolidated with the 2nd ( Barnett ' s ) Battalion Arkansas Cavalry and formed the 2nd ( Slemons ' ) Regiment Arkansas Cavalry , pursuant to Special Orders No . 60 , Headquarters , Corinth , Mississippi , May 15 , 1862 . The Field and Staff Officers were : Companies : On May 15 , 1862 , this battalion was consolidated with the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion ( Major Major William D . Barnett ) at Corinth , Mississippi , to form the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment . The companies of the former 6th Battalion became Companies A - C and the companies of the former 2nd Battalion became Companies D - E - F - G - H of the 2nd Regiment . On August 18 , 1862 , the chronically - understrength Company F ( formerly Co . E , Second Battalion ) was consolidated into Company E ( formerly C , Second Battalion ) , and Companies G and H were redesignated as Companies F and G , respectively . Battles . During its brief existence , the 6th Battalion was assigned to Hardee ' s Division of the Confederate Central Army of Kentucky , and fought in the battles of Brownsville , Kentucky , November 20 , 1861 ; Rowlett ' s Station , Kentucky , December 17 , 1861 ; and Shiloh , Tennessee , April 6 – 7 , 1862 . As part of the 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment , under Colonel William Ferguson Slemons , the former 6th Battalion troops would go on to establish an impressive record under General Nathan Bedford Forrest . The unit served in the Army of the West and the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana , and took an active part in the Battles of Iuka , Corinth , and Hatchie Bridge . In 1864 , the regiment was transferred to the Trans - Mississippi Army and participated in fought in Arkansas , Missouri and Kansas . The regiment was assigned to W . A . Crawford ' s , J . C . Wright ' s , and W . F . Slemon ' s Brigade in the Trans - Mississippi Department . After fighting at the Battle of Poison Spring , the regiment participated in Price ' s Missouri Expedition . Surrender . The 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment was captured at the Battle of Mine Creek on October 25 , 1864 , and apparently was never exchanged or reformed .
Ulric L . Crocker Ulric Lyona Crocker ( September 5 , 1843 – February 2 , 1913 ) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War . He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Cedar Creek fought near Middletown , Virginia on October 19 , 1864 . The battle was the decisive engagement of Major General Philip Sheridan ’ s Valley Campaigns of 1864 and was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley . Medal of Honor citation . “ The President of the United States of America , in the name of Congress , takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Ulric Lyona Crocker , United States Army , for extraordinary heroism on 19 October 1864 , while serving with Company M , 6th Michigan Cavalry , in action at Cedar Creek , Virginia , for capture of flag of 18th Georgia ( Confederate States of America ) . ”
Joseph Frye Joseph Frye ( March 19 , 1712 – July 25 , 1794 ) was a renowned military leader from colonial Maine . Born in Andover , Massachusetts , he obtained the rank of general in the Massachusetts militia after serving in King George ' s War and the French and Indian War . For services during that conflict , the Massachusetts General Court in 1762 granted him a township on the Saco River which had once been the Sokokis Abenaki village of Pequawket . In 1777 , the plantation was incorporated as Fryeburg , Maine , named in his honor . Frye is best known for the role he played expanding the colonial frontier into lands formerly held by both the French and Abenakis . He is regarded as the successor of John Lovewell , and also an enemy of Molly Ockett , leader and sage among dispossessed Algonquian peoples . Frye served in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War , first as a major general of Massachusetts militia , and then briefly as a brigadier general in the Continental Army . He resigned on April 23 , 1776 , because his age made him ill - suited for active duty .
Ancient Warfare ( magazine ) Ancient Warfare is a glossy , bi - monthly military history magazine published by the Dutch publishing company Karwansaray . The magazine was founded by Jasper Oorthuys , who now serves as Managing Director and editor - in - chief . The current editor is Josho Brouwers . Most of the magazine ' s feature articles focus on a central theme per issue . These include articles on a specific general , campaign or more abstract phenomenon such as siege s . Each issue usually starts off with a historical introduction to the theme . The introduction is usually followed by an article that delves into relevant sources for the theme , such as a historical narrative or an archaeological source . The theme is then fleshed out by articles on warriors , battles and generals that fit that issue ' s theme . Among the authors are well - known specialists like Bob Bennett , Duncan B . Campbell , Ross Cowan , Raffaele D ' Amato , Lukas de Blois , Stephen English , Adrian Murdoch , Joseph Pietrykowski , Jona Lendering , and Mike Roberts . The magazine also includes news and letters from readers , as well as reviews of relevant books , games , models , and museums . The illustrations include original artwork , maps and photographs of artifacts . Online free features of the magazine include the editor ' s blog and a podcast which is published to coincide with the magazine themes . Other spin - offs were specials on the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest and the nature of a " centuria " . Since 2012 , the yearly special is published in the form of a hardcover book . The first was " Edge of Empire " ( 2012 ) , a reworked English translation of an originally Dutch book by Jona Lendering and Arjan Bosman on the Roman occupation of the Low Countries . The magazine is registered as ISSN 1874 - 7019 .
Donald B . Duncan Donald Bradley Duncan ( 1896 – 1975 ) was an admiral in the United States Navy , who played an important role in aircraft - carrier operations during World War II . Duncan graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1917 , and was assigned to the USS Oklahoma ( BB - 37 ) . He received a masters degree in radio engineering from Harvard University in 1925 . In 1941 , he was the first commander of the USS " Long Island " , the Navy ' s first escort aircraft carrier . As the air operations officer to Admiral Ernest J . King , Duncan assisted with the planning for the Doolittle Raid , and was the one who proposed the use of both the B - 25 Mitchell bombers and the " Hornet " ( CV - 8 ) for the raid . He was then appointed to be the first commanding officer of the carrier " Essex " ( CV - 9 ) . Duncan held several important staff and operational positions following the war . He served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations ( Air ) from March 6 , 1947 to January 20 , 1948 . He commanded the 2nd Task Fleet after 1948 , and was the Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1951 to 1956 . Following his retirement from the navy on March 1 , 1957 , he served as Governor of the Naval Home until May 1962 . He died on September 8 , 1975 . References . " An oral history recorded in 1964 is in the Butler Library at Columbia University . "