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Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld ( 1 May 1892 – 5 February 1929 ) was a German aviation pioneer and initiator of the first transatlantic flight from East to West . Biography . Hünefeld was born in Königsberg , East Prussia , the son of the owner of Braxeinswalde near Preußisch Eylau , where he grew up . He was blind on his left eye and near - sighted on his right , and his childhood was characterized by several serious diseases . After attending school in Berlin , he studied at Berlin University and came in contact with the first flight pioneers at Berlin ' s Johannisthal Air Field . At the beginning of World War I he tried join to the German Air Service as a volunteer , but was rejected due to his poor health . After that he volunteered again as a motorcyclist , and was wounded in September 1914 in Flanders , which led to a shortened left leg . Due to his handicaps he could not return to service and joined the German Diplomatic Service , serving in Sofia , Constantinople , and as an Imperial Vice Consul in the Netherlands . After the end of World War I he stayed in the Netherlands for one and a half years with the German Crown Prince Wilhelm , before returning to Germany , where he worked as spokesman for the Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company in Bremen . Transatlantic flight . After Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic from West to East in May 1927 , the idea of flying in the opposite direction , which is more difficult because of the prevailing winds , became more and more popular . In 1927 Hünefeld bought two Junkers W 33 aircraft from the Junkers company in Dessau , naming them after the two Norddeutscher Lloyd flagships and . His plans were supported by Hugo Junkers and Hermann Köhl , a World War I pilot and head of the " Deutsche Luft Hansa " Nightflight Branch . After some test flights , and breaking the record for flight duration , Hünefeld and Köhl flew to Baldonnel , Ireland , where they met James C . Fitzmaurice , the Irish Air Corps Commandant of the Baldonnel Airodrome . On 12 April 1928 these three left Baldonnel in the " Bremen " and crossed the Atlantic Ocean , landing at Greenly Island at the south coast of Labrador , Canada . Even though they failed to reach their initial goal , New York , they were the first to cross the Atlantic from Europe to America . Round the world flight . On 18 September 1928 von Hünefeld and Swedish pilot Karl Gunnar Lindner took off from Berlin in the " Europa " in an attempt to fly around the world . After they arrived in Tokyo on 20 October , the flight was abandoned because of poor weather conditions and Hünefeld ' s declining health . Hünefeld died in February 1929 in Berlin from stomach cancer and is buried in the " Landeseigener Friedhof Berlin - Steglitz " cemetery .
SM UC - 109 SM " UC - 109 " was a German Type UC III minelaying submarine or U - boat built for the German Imperial Navy ( ) during World War I . The U - boat was launched on 2 June 1918 and completed on 4 December 1918 . Because " UC - 109 " was finished after the end of fighting , she was never commissioned into the German Imperial Navy ; had she been so commissioned , she would have been named SM " UC - 109 " . " UC - 109 " was awarded to the United Kingdom as a war reparation and broken up in 1921 .
Roger A . Brady Roger Alan Brady ( born November 11 , 1946 ) is a former United States Air Force four - star general who last served as the 33rd Commander , U . S . Air Forces in Europe which he also concurrently served as Commander , NATO Allied Air Command , Ramstein and Director , Joint Air Power Competence Center , Kalkar , Germany from January 9 , 2008 to December 13 , 2010 . Prior to that he served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel from June 2004 to January 2008 . As Commander , U . S . Air Forces in Europe , he has responsibility for Air Force activities in the U . S . Africa Command theater . He retired from the Air Force on February 1 , 2011 . He has commanded a support group and flying training wing , and he was vice commander of an air logistics center . The general has served as a director of personnel , logistics , plans and programs , and operations at three major commands . His involvement in deployed operations includes service in Vietnam , deployment of NATO forces in support of Operation Desert Storm , securing coalition support for the stand - up of expeditionary wings during Operation Allied Force , and providing Total Force and Civil Reserve Air Fleet air mobility support to operations Noble Eagle , Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom . General Brady is a command pilot with more than 3 , 000 hours in T - 37 , T - 38 , T - 1 , KC - 135 , C - 21 and C - 5 . General Brady ' s retirement ceremony was held December 13 , 2010 at Ramstein AFB , Germany , and he ended active duty as of February 1 , 2011 . Since retirement , he has served on the board of trustees for Mid - Atlantic Christian University . Education . General Brady entered the Air Force in 1969 through the University of Oklahoma ROTC program . While at the University of Oklahoma , he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign services in 1968 , followed by a Master of Arts degree in political science from Colorado State University in 1969 . Brady received additional military training at Maxwell Air Force Base , and the National War College in addition to administrative and national security programs at Columbia University and Harvard University . Awards and decorations . " Other awards " References . Official Biography
Battle of Montiel ( 1143 ) On 1 March 1143 the Battle of Montiel was fought between Muño Alfonso and an army of knights from Ávila , Segovia , and Toledo on one side and a force of Almoravids on the other . The Christians were accompanied by priests . It was a decisive victory for Muño . Early in 1143 Muño set out with a hand - picked troop of 900 knights and 1 , 000 infantrymen of the local militias to raid the area around Córdoba . On his return through the Muradal Pass he caught sight of a pursuant Almoravid army , also composed of cavalry and infantry . Just past the castle of Calatrava on the road to Toledo , at Montiel in La Mancha , Muño turned to face the Muslims . The " Anales toledanos primeros " locate the battle on the " rio que dicen Adoro " ( river called Adoro ) , which may be either the Azuer near Montiel or the Algodor near Mora . The emir s of Seville and Granada were both killed , as well as several other Almoravid commanders . A large booty that included gold , silver , precious garments , livestock , weapons , and prisoners was taken . After the battle the victorious army returned to Toledo with the infantry carrying the booty . The heads of the two emirs and the other commanders were impaled on spears and marched about the city as trophies . Muño then ordered them hung from the towers , but the empress , Berenguela , had them taken down and given to some Jewish and Muslim physicians to be anointed with myrrh and aloes and sent to Córdoba , to their widows .
Chinese cruiser Jingyuen ( 1886 ) Jingyuan ( ) was an armored cruiser in the late Qing Dynasty Beiyang Fleet . Its sister ship was the . It should not be confused with the 1887 German - built ship of the same name , which also served in the Beiyang Fleet . Background . As part of his drive to create a modern navy following the Sino - French War , Viceroy Li Hongzhang turned to Armstrong Whitworth shipyards in Elswick , England , which had developed a new type of warship specifically for the export market called the protected cruiser . Design . " Jingyuen " was a typical “ Elswick ” protected cruiser design , with a steel housing , divided into waterproof compartments , a low forecastle , a single smokestack , and two masts . The prow was reinforced for ramming . The power plant was a triple expansion reciprocating steam engine with four cylindrical boilers , driving two screws . However , the ship was more lightly - armed that typical Elswick designs , with the main armament consisting of three breech - loading 8 - inch ( 209 mm ) Krupp cannon , two paired on a rotating platform in front of the ship , and one mounted on a rotating platform in the stern . Both mounts were protected by gun shield s . The secondary armament consisted of two 6 - inch ( 149 mm ) Armstrong gun s mounted on sponsons on either side of the deck . The ship also had eight 57 - mm rapid - fire guns and six 37 mm Hotchkiss gun s , as well as four torpedo s . Although the most modern vessels in the Beiyang Fleet at the time of the First Sino - Japanese War , " Zhiyuen " and " Jingyuen " suffered by comparison with similar Elswick designs in the Imperial Japanese Navy , such as the , which were more heavily armed . Service record . " Jingyuan " was laid down on 20 October 1885 , launched on 14 December 1886 , completed on 9 July 1887 . On arrival in China in 1888 , " Zhiyuen " and " Jingyuen " were both assigned to the Beiyang Fleet . In the summer of 1889 , both vessels were part of the flotilla let by Admiral Ding Ruchang , calling on the Russian naval base of Vladivostok . Both vessels were in the Battle of the Yalu River on 17 September 1894 . Early in the battle , the captain of " Zhiyuen " moved aggressively against the Japanese command vessel " Saikyō Maru " , inflicting considerable damage on it , and coming under counterattack by the Japanese flying squadron led by Admiral Tsuboi Kōzō ( , , , and ) . Conversely , the captain of " Jingyuen " kept his distance from combat , and refused to engage the Japanese fleet . " Jingyuen " also came under attack from the Japanese flying squadron , taking at least three hits , which killed two crewmen and wounded 17 others , and which set some fires ( which were soon extinguished ) . At the end of the battle , " Jingyuen " escaped with the other surviving Beiyang Fleet ships to Lushunkou and when that port was threatened during the Battle of Lushunkou , to Weihaiwei . During the Battle of Weihaiwei , after the shore batteries had been captured by the Imperial Japanese Army , " Jingyuen " came under attack . After several direct hits , the cruiser exploded and sank in shallow water at her anchorage .
French ship Montebello ( 1812 ) Montebello was an " Océan " type 118 - gun ship of the line of the French Navy . She was launched in 1812 and refitted in 1821 . In 1851 , she was refitted to receive a steam engine . During trials , performance under sail was poor , probably because of the propeller which increased the drag . She took part in the Crimean war as admiral Armand Joseph Bruat ' s flagship , in June 1854 . An epidemic of cholera affected 300 sailors aboard , of whom 120 died , including Bruat . On 5 March 1855 she took part in the siege of Siege of Sevastopol , then in the expedition to Kerch and in the Battle of Kinburn . In 1860 " Montebello " replaced " Suffren " at Toulon as a school - ship for gunnery , and in 1867 , she was used as a floating barracks . She was scrapped in 1889 .
USS Barnes ( CVE - 20 ) USS " Barnes " ( AVG - 20 / ACV - 20 / CVE - 20 ) was an escort carrier in the United States Navy . She was the second ship to carry her name . " Barnes " was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract ; transferred to the United States Navy on 1 May 1942 ; launched on 22 May 1942 by Seattle - Tacoma Shipbuilding , Tacoma , Washington ; sponsored by Mrs . G . L . Hutchinson , widow of Lieutenant Hutchinson ; and commissioned on 20 February 1943 , Captain Cato Douglas Glover in command . Originally classified AVG - 20 , she was reclassified ACV - 20 on 20 August 1942 , CVE - 20 on 15 July 1943 , and CVHE - 20 on 12 June 1955 . Service history . The major task of " Barnes " throughout World War II was the transporting of aircraft and personnel from the United States to the forward areas of the Pacific . In addition she served as a combat , training and pilot qualifying carrier . While performing these duties she launched her planes on several raids against Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands operation from 20 November – 5 December 1943 , and provided invaluable aircraft replenishment to the various task groups of the 3rd Fleet during the western Caroline Islands operation from 6 September – 14 October 1944 , and the Luzon attacks on 19 October 1944 . After Japan ' s surrender , " Barnes " remained in the Far East on occupation duty until 3 November 1945 . Returning to the United States in March 1946 , " Barnes " remained on the west coast for a period of time and then steamed to Boston , Massachusetts , where she was placed out of commission in reserve on 29 August 1946 . Redesignated as a helicopter escort carrier ( CVHE - 20 ) on 12 June 1955 , she was stricken for disposal on 1 March 1959 . Awards . " Barnes " was awarded three battle star s for her service during World War II . References .
Iranian missile boat Joshan Joshan ( ) has been the name of a number of Iranian naval vessels . The latest " Joshan " is " P225 " , an Iranian fast attack / patrol missile boat claimed by the Iranian government as one of the best PT boats in the world . It was named for a vessel that was sunk by missiles fired from the during Operation Praying Mantis in the Persian Gulf on April 18 , 1988 . The new Joshan ' s launch was timed to coincide with Sacred Defense Week ( Sept . 22 - 28 ) and took place at Noshahr ’ s Imam Khomeini Marine Sciences University . " P225 " has a claimed speed of over and according to Iran ' s Navy commander Admiral Kouchaki . . . enjoys the world ' s latest technology , specially with regard to its military , electrical and electronic systems , frame and chassis , and it has the capabilities required for launching powerful missiles .
Sammy Hebert Samuel James Hebert ( March 31 , 1893 in Ottawa , Ontario – July 23 , 1965 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender . He played professionally from 1913 until 1924 in the National Hockey Association ( NHA ) , National Hockey League ( NHL ) and Western Canada Hockey League ( WCHL ) . Playing career . Hebert played for several amateur teams in Ottawa before turning professional in 1913 with the Toronto Ontarios of the NHA . In December 1914 , he returned home , traded to the Ottawa Senators for Skene Ronan . He played two games for Ottawa in the 1914 – 15 season before joining the military . After a year in the military , Hebert returned to professional hockey as a member of the Senators . He was part of a three - way trade with Ottawa and Montreal , ending up with the Quebec Bulldogs for the balance of the 1916 – 17 season . After the suspension of the NHA in 1917 , Hebert signed with the Torontos of the NHL , playing two games before being traded to Ottawa for cash . He played the following seasons with amateur competition , returning to professional hockey with the Saskatoon Sheiks of the WCHL in 1921 . He played two seasons with Saskatoon before rejoining the Senators in 1924 , playing two final games with the Senators to end his career . Transactions . Source : Personal life . Sammy Hebert had a wife , two sons and a daughter as well as six grandchildren he never met .
Operation Vegetarian Operation Vegetarian was a British military plan in 1942 to disseminate linseed cakes infected with anthrax onto the fields of Germany . These cakes would have been eaten by the cattle , which would then be consumed by the civilian population , causing the deaths of millions of German citizens . Furthermore , it would have wiped out the majority of Germany ' s cattle , creating a massive food shortage for the rest of the population that remained uninfected . The cakes themselves were tested on Gruinard Island , just off the coast of Scotland . Because of the widespread infection from the anthrax , the land remained contaminated until 1990 . However , the five million cakes made to be disseminated in Germany were eventually incinerated when World War II ended in 1945 , making the plan useless .
Military security Military security implies the capability of a nation - state to defend itself , and / or deter military aggression . Alternatively , military security implies the capability of a nation - state to enforce its policy choices by use of military force . The term " military security " is considered synonymous with " security " in much of its usage . One of the definitions of security given in the " Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms " , may be considered a definition of " military security " : This is traditionally , the earliest recognised form of national security . The scope of military seciurity has expanded from conventional forms of conflict between nation - state s to fourth - generation warfare between a state and non - state actors .
Taisto - class motor torpedo boat The Taisto class motor torpedo boats or T class was a Finnish - designed class of motor torpedo boat s , which saw with the Finnish Navy during World War II . In 1943 , the Finnish Navy was in great need for new motor torpedo boats and the Finnish ship designer Jarl Linblom studied the Finnish Navy ' s Italian - designed motor torpedo boats and improved the design . The improved hull design gave them better seaworthiness and the boats could reach up to 63 knots without armament . Six were manufactured at " Turun Veneveistämö " during the war , and called the " Taisto class " . In the summer of 1944 the motor torpedo boats participated in the battles near the Karelian Isthmus . On 21 June the Taistos were attacked by Soviet aircraft , who managed to sink " Tarmo " and damage " Tuuli " , resulting in the loss of two men . The T class served with distinction during the attempted conquer of the island of Hogland in Operation Tanne Ost . Five of the six vessels survived the war , and another two were manufactured after the war . The ships were converted into patrol boats in 1949 , in accordance with the Paris peace treaty . The T class vessels served until 1964 , when they were auctioned out .
821st Aero Repair Squadron The 821st Aero Repair Squadron was a repair squadron during World War I History . The 821st Aero Repair Squadron was activated in order to provide service and repair to aircraft flying within the United States during World War I . It was stationed on the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway , which was closed to racing during the United States ' participation in the war . The squadron was in New York awaiting embarkation to France when the Armistice with Germany was signed on 11 November 1918 , and as a result did not embark to France .
15th Alpini Regiment The 15th Alpini Regiment ( ) was a short lived ( 1992 – 1995 ) light Infantry regiment of the Italian Army , specializing in Mountain Combat . It was based in the city of Chiusaforte and consisted of the single Cividale battalion . The Alpini are a mountain infantry corps of the Italian Army , that distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II .
Brothers Van Raemdonck The brothers Van Raemdonck , Edward and Frans , came from Temse and became a symbol of brotherly love in Flanders . They were both sergeants of the 6th company of the 24th " Linieregiment " . Edward and Frans died on the night of 25 and 26 March 1917 after an attack on the Stampkot at Steenstrate , the spot where a monument was erected for them later on . The monument was constructed out of concrete blocks that came from the Stampkot . The brothers lay buried in the IJzertoren ( the Yser Tower , named after the river Yser ) . Flemish Movement . The dead bodies of both brothers were stored eighteen days after their death in an area which was plagued by shell bursts . The proposal to ask for an armistice of half an hour in the area where the dead bodies were lying , in order to get them out of harm ’ s way and to bury them decently at Westvleteren had been brutally rejected by General Bernheim . To General Mahieu he would have explained : " Je n ' en vois pas la nécessité . D ' ailleurs il s ’ est avéré que le plus jeune des deux était un flamingant " " ( " I do not see the need . Moreover , it seems the younger of the two was a flamingant " ) . At which General Mahieu would have replied : " " En effet " " ( " indeed " ) . Their dead bodies were shot to pieces in September 1917 during a French attack . The text of the " In Memoriam " card , drawn up by O . Dambre , mentioned the following events : " " In a run on the first line of the enemy , both had behaved themselves marvellously . Under an appalling bombing the men returned after having accomplished their task . Edward came near to the Yser and looked around with his flaming eyes . . . Not seeing his brother at the venue , he refused to pass the Yser , willing to complete his acts of valour with an act of ideal brotherly love . In the middle of the most horrible cannonade , he goes in search of his brother . . . What exactly happened then ? Eighteen days afterwards , in between our lines and those of the enemy , both were found in each other ' s arms for ever . . . dead . " " This exhibition of heroic brotherly love till death became a symbol of the Flemish movement . Flemish newspapers wrote touching , compassionate articles on the subject for weeks on end . A pen drawing by Joe English made the depiction of heartfelt brotherly love strongly recognisable as a kind of icon .
HMS Sentinel ( P256 ) HMS " Sentinel " was an S class submarine of the Royal Navy , and part of the Third Group built of that class . She was built by Scotts of Greenock and launched on July 27 , 1945 . Commissioned after the end of the Second World War , she had a relatively peaceful career . In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II . " Sentinel " was sold on February 28 , 1962 , being broken up at Gillingham .
Fort Reuenthal Fort Reuenthal is a 20th - century Swiss fortification located in the Aargau canton near the Swiss border with Germany . Built between 1937 and 1939 , the fort overlooks the Rhine where it bends around the town of Full - Reuenthal , and was intended to prevent a crossing of the Rhine at the hydroelectric plant at Dogern . It was a component of the Swiss Border Line of defenses . It is armed with two artillery blocks for 75mm guns and two machine gun blocks . The fort uses camouflage , with house - like superstructures over some positions . Deactivated as a military post in 1988 , it is operated as a museum . Description . Fort Reuenthal is located just south of Full - Reuenthal . It overlooks the Rhine and the hydroelectric station spanning the river at Dogern . It is part of the Border Line defenses built by Switzerland in the late 1930s , prior to a shift in Swiss priorities to the National Redoubt in the Alps . Work on the fort was started in 1937 , and completed in 1939 . The fort ' s armament comprised two artillery blocks with 75mm guns and three machine gun blocks . Present situation . Fort Reuenthal is operated by the Swiss Military Museum ( " Schweizerische Militärmuseum Full " ) , whose display facility is located about away in the direction of the Leibstadt Nuclear Power Plant .
Fort Frank Fort Frank ( Carabao Island , the Philippines ) was one of the defense fort s at the entrance to Manila Bay established by the United States . The entire island was designated as Fort Frank , in honor of Brigadier General Royal T . Frank , as part of the harbor defenses of Manila and Subic Bays built by the Philippine Department of the US Army in the early 1900s . Geography . Carabao Island the former name San Jose is located near the southern end of the entrance to Manila Bay about off the coast of the province of Cavite . The long , narrow island is surrounded by sheer cliffs over . The whole island and fort has an area of with the highest elevation at . History . The establishment of the Islands of Manila bay as military reservations was requested by Army President Theodore Roosevelt and enacted by Executive Order on April 11 , 1902 . On Feb 21 , 1942 , thirty four soldiers were killed by Japanese Artillery when a round ricocheted into a tunnel at Fort Frank .