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Iraqi Navy The Iraqi Navy is one of the components of the military of Iraq currently being reconstructed by UK - US Coalition forces in Iraq . Its primary responsibilities are the protection of Iraq ' s coastline and offshore assets . Initially called the " Iraqi Coastal Defense Force " , its official name was changed on 12 January 2005 . As of February 2006 , the navy has approximately 800 sailors and marines which form an Operational headquarters , two afloat squadrons , and two marine battalions . Headed by Rear Admiral Muhammad Jawad , the navy had plans to build six " Al Uboor " - class patrol boat s in Baghdad , with the first of the boats to enter service in September 2005 . This project however , was ultimately canceled . Additionally , two " Assad " - class corvette s built for Iraq in the 1980s by Italy were originally planned to be delivered sometime around 2006 – 2007 . The ships however , were found to be in a worse state than originally believed , forcing the Iraqi navy to reconsider the deal and instead buying 4 newer , smaller modified - Diciotti class vessels . The 5 British corvettes and 1 Soviet patrol boat operated by the Saddam - era Iraqi Navy were destroyed in the 2nd and 1st Gulf Wars respectively . Iraq ' s navy fleet contains the following ships : 1 , 500 sailors and officers , including 800 in the Iraqi Naval Battalion ( marines ) who guard the platforms . On 15 February 2006 the Iraqi Navy signed a $ 101 million contract with the Italian Government to provide four Saettia MK4 class Offshore - Patrol Vessels . The Saettia MK4 class is a modified Diciotti class offshore patrol boat , as originally used by the Guardia Costiera . The vessels are to be built by Fincantieri at Riva Trigoso , with modifications including increased crew capacity of 38 . The contract also comprises the provision of logistical support and crew training with each crew completing a 7 week training course . In cooperation with the Marina Militare ( Italian Navy ) , each commissioning crew is provided with a week ’ s bridge simulator course at the Academy in Livorno . In May 2009 , the first vessel , Patrol Ship 701 named " Fatah " ( Arabic for Opening ) , was handed over at the Muggiano , La Spezia shipyard . The crew hand been training since January 2009 , and would now be heading for Umm Qasr , a 20 day / 5 , 000 nautical miles journey via the Mediterranean , Suez Canal and Red Sea . There , additional training will be completed , before the vessel takes over duties from the British Royal Marine patrols , who will then revert to a training role of new crew . The vessels will be used to patrol the exclusive economic zone , control maritime traffic , for search and rescue and fire fighting
John E . Jones ( Medal of Honor ) John E . Jones ( born 1834 , date of death unknown ) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U . S . military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor , for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay . Born in 1834 in New York City , Jones was still living in the state of New York when he joined the Navy . He served in the Civil War as a quartermaster on the . Stationed at the ship ' s wheel during the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5 , 1864 , the wheel was rendered useless when the ropes which connected it to the tiller were destroyed by hostile fire . Although wounded , Jones helped send and receive signals before installing new wheel ropes . For this action , he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later , on December 31 , 1864 . Jones ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : Served as quartermaster on board the U . S . S . " Oneida " in the engagement at Mobile Bay , 5 August 1864 . Stationed at the wheel during the fierce action , Jones , though wounded , carried out his duties gallantly by going to the poop to assist at the signals after the wheel ropes were shot away and remained there until ordered to reeve new wheel ropes .
Guy - Pierre of Kersaint Guy Pierre Kersaint ( 1747 – 1822 ) was a French sailor , the brother of the sailor and politician Armand - Guy - Simon de Coetnempren , comte de Kersaint . He took part in the American war of independence . He did not accept the principles of the French Revolution , so he emigrated . He was restored to his rank in the French Navy in 1803 , and died in 1822 , after having been " prefect maritime " of Antwerp , and " prefect " of the " départment " of Meurthe .
Leo A . Brooks , Jr . Education . Brooks attended Sacramento ’ s Jesuit High School in 1975 . He then graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1979 and later earned a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1990 . He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Maxwell School of Government at Syracuse University as well as a Trustee at Norwich University . Decorations and awards . Brooks ' awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit ( one oak leaf cluster ) , Defense Meritorious Service Medal , Meritorious Service Medal ( four oak leaf clusters ) , Army Commendation Medal , Army Achievement Medal ( two oak leaf clusters ) , and Multinational Force and Observers Medal . He is authorized to wear the Expert Infantryman Badge , Ranger Tab , Master Parachutist Badge , Pathfinder Badge and Air Assault Badge .
Andrea Morisco Andrea Morisco ( in , " Andreas Mouriskos " ) was a Genoese pirate active in the Aegean Sea in the late 13th century , who in 1304 entered the service of the Byzantine Empire . As an admiral and corsair , he was active under Byzantine colours until 1308 , when he was captured and executed in Cyprus . Life . Morisco was a Genoese pirate , active at least since 1279 , who had had a successful career fighting against both the Turks and the Venetians . In late 1304 , Morisco with his two ships entered the service of the Byzantine emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos , who gave him the rank of " vestiarios " . The Venetians in retaliation attacked him and burned one of his ships , but in 1305 , he attacked the island of Tenedos , and with the aid of some passing Genoese ships recovered it for the Empire . At this time , the Byzantines became involved in open war against the mercenaries of the Catalan Company , whom they had invited to fight against the Turks , but who now had turned against Byzantium . In this war , Morisco supplied the town of Madyta , which was besieged by the Catalans , with food , and intercepted the passage of some Turkish allies of the Catalans from crossing over the Hellespont back into Anatolia — the latter a dubious success , as they proceeded to raid the Byzantine province of Thrace instead . For his service , Andronikos II made Morisco an admiral and gave him and his brother Lodovico the islands of Rhodes , Karpathos and Kasos as fiefs . During one of his fights with the Catalans in the Sea of Marmara , he was defeated and captured by the Catalans , but was able to buy his freedom and returned to Tenedos . In 1306 , he was back in action , and along with the Byzantines ' Genoese allies participated in the unsuccessful siege of Gallipoli , which was held by the Catalans . In 1307 and 1308 , along with other Byzantine - sponsored pirates , Morisco was active in the Aegean , attacking Venetians hipping off the Peloponnese . In 1308 , Morisco was captured by King Henry II of Cyprus , and executed by hanging in Famagusta .
Battle of Tuberneering The Battle of Tuberneering was fought on 4 June 1798 , during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 . it was fought between British troops and insurgents mobilised by the revolutionary organisation named the United Irishmen . The Crown forces were ambushed at Tuberneering in northern county Wexford in south eastern Ireland and routed . The battle was an ambush of a British force of 400 men under Lieutenant - Colonel Walpole , containing one troop of regular cavalry ( the 4rth Royal Irish Dragoon Guards ) and militia and Yeomanry auxiliaries . They were ambushed in a narrow defile by United Irish rebels . Walpole and 100 men were killed , the rest , throwing away their weapons and uniforms , fled . The regular Dragoons made an attempt to fight back but they were in a bad place for cavalry so they withdrew . This defeat allowed 3 cannon to be captured which were subsequently used against British troops at the battle of Arklow . The rebels were unable to take Arklow however . The day after the engagement at Tuberneering , the United Irishmen also tried to take New Ross in the south of county Wexford but were repulsed at a heavy cost .
HMS G10 HMS " G10 " was a British G class submarine of the Royal Navy from World War I . War service . Like the rest of her class , " G10 " ' s role was to patrol the North Sea in search of German U - boats . While on exercises , the submarine collided with a merchant vessel resulting in the destruction of the bridge and the periscopes .
USN Submarine Base , Ordnance Island , Bermuda US Navy Submarine Base , Ordnance Island . Ordnance Island , Bermuda , which sits near the King ' s Square , in St . George ' s , had gained its name as a Royal Army Ordnance Corps ( RAOC ) depot , supplying munitions to forts and batteries around the Colony . By the Second World War , it was no longer useful in this role , and the US Navy was allowed to use the Island from 1942 to 1945 as a submarine base .
Norfolk Fighter Wing The Norfolk Fighter Wing is a former United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with the I Fighter Command , stationed at Norfolk Airport , Virginia The wing reported to First Air Force and was responsible for the air defense of the Norfolk area during World War II . The unit was not manned after July 1944 , and inactivated after the end of the war on 3 April 1946 . History . The unit was constituted as the " Norfolk Air Defense Wing " on 6 August 1942 and activated on 11 August 1942 . It was inactivated on 3 April 1946 and disbanded on 8 October 1948 . For the period it was active is was assigned to I Fighter Command and stationed at Norfolk Airport , Virginia , It operated with attached AAF organizations and co - operating naval aircraft .
Bình An massacre The Bình An massacre was a massacre conducted by the ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army on 26 February 1966 of unarmed citizens in Gò Dài hamlet , and other places in what was then Bình An commune , today known as xã Tây Vinh , Tây Sơn District of Bình Định Province in South Vietnam . The Capital Division troops killed 380 villagers within an hour . After the war the Gò Dài Memorial Tower for the victims was built in the village . The victims ' names are listed on the stone monument .
Savoia - Marchetti SM . 92 SM . 92 was a heavy fighter / bomber based on the Savoia - Marchetti SM . 88 . The SM . 92 did away with the mid - wing crew nacelle . The crew of two sat in the left fuselage only . Two DB 605 engines were fitted . Armament consisted of three 20 mm MG 151 cannon , two in the mid - wing and one in the right fuselage , and three 12 . 7 mm machine guns , one under each engine , and one remotely controlled in the tail . A bombload of up to 2 , 000 kg ( 4 , 400 lb ) could be carried under the inner wing , and 160 kg ( 350 lb ) bombs were carried under the outer wings . The maximum speed was increased , but still did not meet that required . It had a complex and advanced structure which contributed to difficulties in producing a working prototype . The prototype " MM . 531 " flew for the first time in October 1943 and logged over 21 hours of flight time . In March 1944 it was mistaken for a P - 38 Lightning and attacked by a Macchi C . 205 . The aircraft survived by performing evasive manoeuvres , but it was so badly damaged that it was grounded for months . The SM . 92 was destroyed by Allied bombing in 1944 .
39th Air Division The 39th Air Division ( 39th AD ) is an inactive United States Air Force organization . Its last assignment was with Fifth Air Force , being stationed at Misawa Air Base , Japan . It was inactivated on 15 January 1968 . History . Components . Wings Squadrons Operational history . Throughout the 1950s and 1960s the 39th Air Division controlled all of the units responsible for the air defense of north Japan , which included northern Honshu and Hokkaido islands and the contiguous territorial waters . In this role the 39th trained the assigned units and controlled aerial interception missions when Japanese air space was violated . The division also controlled air refueling and ECM missions , and trained personnel of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force in flying operations , radar operations and maintenance , and proper radio procedures . After the Soviet Union shot down an RB - 29 aircraft on 7 November 1954 , the 39th provided fighter escort for all friendly reconnaissance aircraft flying near Soviet territory and the Northern Air Defense Sector . The division also supported combat operations during the Vietnam War .
Polish 16th Observation Escadrille The 16th Observation Escadrille was a unit of the Polish Air Force at the beginning of the second world war . The unit was under direct command of the Polish HQ . Air crew . Commanding officer : kpt . obs . Eugeniusz Lech . Equipment . 7 Lublin R - XIIID airplanes and 2 RWD - 8 .
Royal Canadian Naval Air Service The Royal Canadian Naval Air Service ( RCNAS ) was established in 1918 during the First World War in response to the Royal Canadian Navy ' s recommendation that defensive air patrols be established off Canada ' s Atlantic coast to protect shipping from German U - boat s . Britain warned Canada that an attack by a new class of U - boat that could voyage across the Atlantic was possible . Although U - boats were few in number and not yet capable of posing a major threat in open ocean where ships were difficult to locate , they could be a threat near ports , bays or channels where ships would be certain to be grouped together . Aircraft had proven themselves in similar defensive situations such as convoys , where aircraft forced submarines to remain submerged . The United States already had aircraft and bases to defend its own shores , but it was concluded that additional stations in Canada would be needed . The United States supplied aircraft and personnel while Canada recruited and trained its own aircrew and support personnel who were intended to replace the Americans . RCNAS aircrew were trained in the United States and the United Kingdom . The United States Naval Flying Corps flew convoy escort missions and reconnaissance patrols from two air stations which were established in Nova Scotia near convoy assembly ports : Escorts were provided to ships leaving and entering port . No U - boats were ever located , however , although 110 , 000 tons of shipping were sunk in North American waters in the last two months of the war . The war ended before the RCNAS aircrew had completed training and the RCNAS was disbanded . The Air Board took control of both stations . The Halifax station would remain in operation , while the North Sydney station was left inactive until the Second World War .
Georg Böhnk Georg Böhnk ( 18 February 1919 – 11 May 1972 ) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
Comité de Défense des Juifs The Comité de Défense des Juifs or CDJ ( , ) was an organization of the Belgian Resistance , affiliated to the " Front de l ' Indépendance " , founded by the Jewish Communist Hertz Jospa and his wife Have Groisman ( Yvonne Jospa ) of the Jewish Revolutionary organization " Solidarité juive " in September 1942 . The " CDJ " had thirty - odd members in its children ' s section alone . These members formed an effective committee and came from all political and religious horizons , overcoming their divergent views to unite for the sake of saving Jewish children . The " CDJ " succeeded in saving about 2 , 000 of the 5 , 000 children who became " enfants cachés " ( " hidden children " , hidden among non - Jewish Belgian families , convents , etc . ) . The " CDJ " was also involved in other aspects of the resistance , producing the clandestine publications such as " Unser Worth " ( " Our Word " ) . The " CDJ " also functioned as a national organisation in the field of social services . The section Kinderen ( Children ) became responsible for hiding and supporting those who had gone underground . The co - operation and assistance from the non - Jewish sector was remarkable . Thanks to ' unarmed resistance fighters ' more than 3 , 000 Jews were rescued from deportation . The price paid for this campaign , however , was high . Many members of the " CDJ " together with their fellow collaborators were arrested by the authorities .
Eric Simms ( ornithologist ) Eric Arthur Simms , DFC ( 24 August 1921 – 1 March 2009 ) was an English ornithologist , naturalist , writer , sound recordist , broadcaster and conservationist , as well as a decorated wartime Bomber Command pilot / bomb - aimer . He was born on 24 August 1921 , the youngest of three brothers , in 1921 in London , where his father was head gardener at the private gardens in Ladbroke Square . He won a scholarship to Latymer Upper School and in 1939 began to read history at Merton College , Oxford , where he also took up bird ringing and joined the University Air Squadron , and , without completing his studies , was sent for aircrew training in Canada and the United States in 1941 . He was called up , joining the Royal Air Force in 1941 and by 1943 Leading Aircraftman , and was then commissioned as a pilot officer on probation in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 19 March 1943 , serving as a bomb aimer and second pilot in Lancaster bomber s , in which he flew 27 raids over Germany . On 14 November 1944 he was awarded Distinguished Flying Cross , the citation praising his " skill and determination which have been an inspiration to the crews with which he flies " and a " complete disregard for danger in the face of the heaviest enemy defences " . After demobilisation , he worked as a teacher in Warwickshire , and served on the research committee of the West Midland Bird Club . He then worked for the BBC , initially as a wildlife sound recordist , before making more than 7 , 000 radio broadcasts and hundreds of television appearances . He was a passionate believer in bringing natural history to a wider audience , and was a resident naturalist at the BBC . He is credited with starting the " Countryside " radio programme in 1952 . As a guest on " Desert Island Discs " in 1976 , one of his eight choices was a recording of a blackbird he had made near his London home . Simms also appeared in Sir John Betjeman ' s 1973 TV documentary " Metro - land " , about the Metropolitan Railway line running northwest out of London . He was featured birdwatching in Gladstone Park , near to his home in Dollis Hill . In 1980 he and his wife Thelma ( who was Section Officer Thelma Jackson , WAAF , when they married ) retired to South Witham , near Grantham , Lincolnshire . He died on 1 March 2009 . Thelma had died in 2001 . They had a daughter and a son , Amanda and David , and four granddaughters . Bibliography . Simms was a prolific writer of over twenty books and numerous articles .
Hermann Böckel Dr . jur . Hermann Böckel ( 13 September 1894 – 2 February 1984 ) was a highly decorated Oberst der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Hermann Böckel was captured in May 1945 .
Patrouille Suisse The Patrouille Suisse is an aerobatic team of the Swiss Air Force . The team flies six Northrop F - 5E Tiger II fighter / bomber jets . History . The Patrouille Suisse flew its Hawker Hunters for the last time in 1994 and transferred to the faster and more maneuverable Northrop F - 5E Tiger II . In 1996 smoke systems were installed to increase the team ' s visual appeal . In April the following year , a Pilatus PC - 6 Porter single - engine turboprop light aircraft , painted in the team ' s colour scheme , was added for the team to use as a support aircraft . In February 2013 , the Swiss Minister of Defence , Ueli Maurer , stated that the Patrouille Suisse would be disbanded by early 2016 due to the withdrawal of the F - 5 from Swiss Air Force service . Aircraft . The Patrol Suisse currently flies six Northrop F - 5E Tiger II aircraft . These six are the only ones in the fleet to be fitted with smoke generators . They are also used for other purposes such as training and , by the Target squadron 12 , as target tugs because of their high visibility colouring . Pilatus PC - 6 V - 622 " Felix " is also painted in the Patrol Suisse coulours and is used to transport the Commander , speaker , and groundcrew .
Archibald Wilson Air Marshal Archibald Oliver Garfield Wilson ICD OBE DFC ( USA ) , commonly Archie Wilson , was a Rhodesian fighter pilot who served in the Royal Air Force during World War II . He went on to become a senior commander and then Air Marshall in the Rhodesian Air Force in the 1960s and early 1970s . After retirement , he served two terms in the Rhodesian House of Assembly . He later served in the Zimbabwe - Rhodesian Parliament Upper House in 1979 and then in the Zimbabwe Parliament in 1980 . He held four cabinet portfolios . He resigned in 1982 to emigrate , with his wife Lorna , to Australia ' s Gold Coast in 1982 . He became a citizen of Australia in 1988 . Air force career . Wilson joined the Southern Rhodesian Air Force in 1939 . He served in World War II as a pilot and then as Officer Commanding No . 238 Squadron from 1943 . After the War he held command positions in Southern Rhodesian Air Force ( later the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Air Force , the Royal Rhodesian Air Force and the Rhodesian Air Force ) . Wilson was involved in directing the Rhodesian counter - insurgency operations in Nyasaland , the Aden Protectorate , Zambia and Rhodesia . From 1968 to 1973 he was Rhodesian Chief of the Air Staff when he was the architect of the restructured Rhodesian Air Force . He retired from Air Force service in 1973 . There is more about him on these WebSites : - Politics . As a member of Ian Smith ' s Rhodesian Front , Wilson was elected to the House of Assembly as the member for Arundel at the Rhodesian general election in 1974 . He retained his seat during the 1977 general election .
Thomas Barratt Thomas Barratt VC ( 5 May 1895 – 27 July 1917 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Barratt was born on 5 May 1895 to James and Sarah Ann Barratt . He was 22 years old , and a private in the 7th Battalion , The South Staffordshire Regiment , British Army during the First World War when he performed the act for which he was awarded the VC and which led to his death on 27 July 1917 north of Ypres , Belgium His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Staffordshire Regiment Museum , Whittington Barracks , Lichfield , Staffordshire , England . He was commemorated in Tipton by a block of flats being named Barratt Court . When these flats were renovated the plaque erected in his memory went missing . A replacement plaque was unveiled at a ceremony in May 2012 .
James Healy ( aviator ) Lieutenant ( later Colonel ) James Andrew Healy was a World War I flying ace credited with five victories . He stayed in service , and became technical advisor for the movie " Wings " . After a retirement for disability , he returned to service during World War II .
Battle of Cardal The Battle of Cardal ( also known as Battle of Cordón ) , on 20 January 1807 , was the main conflict between the Spanish defense forces of Montevideo , Uruguay , and British troops during the siege of Montevideo during the second British invasion of the River Plate . The British won an easy victory over the outnumbered opposing forces , which paved the way for the fall of the city ,