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Gerald Birks Gerald Alfred Sigourney Birks , MC and Two Bars , RFC ( October 30 , 1894 – May 26 , 1991 ) was a Canadian fighter ace in World War I . He assisted in the founding of Khaki University during World War I Education . A son of William Birks , the owner of the Canadian Jewellers ( Henry Birks and Sons ) , he was descended from a Yorkshire farming family . He was educated at Montreal High School and McGill University . Military service . World War I . He originally enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 31 August 1915 . He was wounded on the Somme in 1916 . After transferring to the Royal Flying Corps , he soloed during pilot ' s training with only 2 hours stick time . Nevertheless , he had the considerable experience of 138 hours in his pilot ' s logbook when he shipped out to join 66 Squadron and its Sopwith Camel s in Italy . He was assigned to C Flight , and became a favored wingman of famed fellow Canadian ace Billy Barker . Birks ' first aerial victory came on 18 March 1918 , when he destroyed a Rumpler reconnaissance plane over Pravisdomini , killing an Austro - Hungarian named Shneeberger . Six days later , he set another recce machine afire , killing the crew of Poelzi and Suski . His third victory would not come until 2 May 1918 , when he wounded Leutnant K . Kosiuski and drove him into a crashlanding that destroyed his Albatros D . V . Two days later , Birks shot down and killed ace Karl Patzelt , as well as F . Frisch . In addition to killing both Austro - Hungarian pilots , he destroyed both their Albatros D . Vs ; they were credited as " captured " because they fell within Italian lines . The new ace flamed another D . V a week later , on 11 May . He destroyed two Berg fighters in five minutes on a morning patrol on 19 May . The following day , he ruined another . On 24 May 1918 , while flying wing with the redoubtable Barker , Birks was credited with shooting down Hungarian ace Lt . József Kiss , CO of Flik 55j ; Birks thus became a double ace . On 9 June 1918 , Birks set another Albatros D . V afire in midair . On the 21st , he capped his list of triumphs by destroying another D . V over Motta . Most unusually for a British pilot , he had no " soft " victories , such as " driven down out of control " . For his deadly courage , Birks was awarded both the Military Cross and a bar in lieu of a second award ; both were gazetted on 16 September 1916 . For the Military Cross , his citation read : " For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in destroying six enemy aeroplanes , two of which fell on our side of the lines . " For the Bar to the Military Cross , the official text read : " For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in destroying four enemy aeroplanes , two of which were destroyed in one fight . " Birks was placed on the RAF ' s unemployed list on 13 March 1919 . Post World War II . After the war , he became a patron of the arts , and was an active painter until his death . He died in 1991 in Toronto .
Werner von Bercken Werner Rudolf Alfred Fedor von Bercken ( 8 February 1897 – 29 February 1976 ) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions . 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 . Werner von Bercken was captured by the Red Army in 1945 and was held until 1955 .
Amasa Cobb Amasa Cobb ( September 27 , 1823 – July 5 , 1905 ) was a Republican Wisconsin politician and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Biography . Born in Crawford County , Illinois , near Palestine , Illinois , Cobb moved to the Wisconsin Territory in 1842 and mined for lead . He served in the Mexican - American War as a private . After the war he studied law , passed the bar and set up practice in Mineral Point , Wisconsin . He was a district attorney from 1850 to 1854 , then was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate in 1855 , serving until 1856 . During his term , he was also the adjutant general of Wisconsin from 1855 to 1858 . He became a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1860 and served as speaker in 1861 . At the outset of the Civil War , on July 12 , 1861 , he joined the Union army as Colonel of the 5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment , serving in the Army of the Potomac in several campaigns and battles . Most notably , Cobb succeeded Brigadier General Winfield S . Hancock in command of a brigade in second division VI Corps at the Battle of Antietam , after Hancock was transferred to commend of first division II Corps . In the fall of 1862 , he was elected to the 38th Congress from Wisconsin ' s 3rd congressional district for a two - year term . Cobb was reelected to the 39th , 40th , and 41st Congresses , serving until 1871 . His last action with 5th Wisconsin Infantry was the Battle of Fredericksburg . Despite being a sitting Representative in the United States House of Representatives , he resumed his military career on September 29 , 1864 , when he was named as Colonel of the newly raised 43rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment . After arriving at Nashville , Tennessee in October , Cobb and his regiment guarded the important supply and railroad depot at Johnsonville in Benton County , Tennessee on the Tennessee River . On November 4 , Cobb ' s men fought off an attack by John Bell Hood ' s Confederates led by Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest in the Battle of Johnsonville . For the rest of the war , the regiment was positioned in various parts of Tennessee to guard railroads and supply routes , and Cobb briefly commanded a brigade under Major General Robert H . Milroy . He and his men were mustered out of the service on June 24 , 1865 in Nashville before returning to Wisconsin and civilian life . On January 13 , 1866 , President Andrew Johnson nominated Cobb for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13 , 1865 for his distinguished services at the Battles of Williamsburg , Golding ' s Farm , Virginia during the Seven Days Battles and Antietam , and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12 , 1866 . In 1871 , Cobb moved to Lincoln , Nebraska , where he started to practice law again . He was appointed mayor of Lincoln in 1873 , and then became associate justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court in 1878 to 1892 . The last four years , from 1888 to 1892 , he served as Nebraska ' s chief justice . Amasa Cobb died in Los Angeles , California on July 5 , 1905 . He was buried in Wyuka Cemetery , Lincoln , Nebraska . Retrieved on 2008 - 02 - 12
Militaria Militaria are artifact s or replicas of military , police , etc . , collected for their historical significance . Such antiques include firearms , swords , knives , and other equipment such as ; uniform s , helmet s , other military headgear , and armour ; military orders and decorations ; challenge coin s and awards ; badges , buttons and insignia ; military art , sculpture , and print s ; ephemera such as cigarette card s , photographs , antiquarian books , magazines and posters ; scale models and toy soldiers ; and items of combat equipment and field gear . Today , the collecting of militaria is an established hobby among many groups of people . Many European families , specifically those royal families with long martial tradition , have large collections of militaria passed down from generation to generation . Also , many people today collect militaria for investment purposes . An alternate name , used by many dealers , for militaria is ' military antiquities ' or ' military antiques ' .
USS St . Regis River ( LSM ( R ) - 529 ) USS " St . Regis River " ( LSM ( R ) - 529 ) was a LSM ( R ) - 501 class landing ship . Originally the ship only had the designation LSMR - 529 . She was laid down in June 1945 by the Brown Shipbuilding Co . at Houston , Texas , as LSMR - 529 , a rocket - armed medium landing ship ; launched in July 1945 ; and commissioned on 7 September 1945 . LSMR - 529 was active in Navy service from September 1945 until March 1946 , but remained in the United States . In March 1946 , she was placed out of commission , in reserve , and berthed at Green Cove Springs , Florida , where she remained for the next 14 years . On 1 October 1955 , LSMR - 529 was named " St . Regis River " . Never recommissioned , " St . Regis River " was sold to the Atlas Iron and Metal Corp . on 5 July 1960 for scrapping .
Robert Percival - Maxwell Colonel Robert David Percival - Maxwell DSO PC ( Ire ) ( 1870 – ? ) was a British soldier and member of the Senate of Northern Ireland and Down County Council . Percival - Maxwell was educated at Eton College . He played a significant part in the raising of the 36th ( Ulster ) Division on the outbreak of the First World War . He was commissioned Major in the 13th ( County Down ) Battalion , Royal Irish Rifles , which he had raised , in September 1914 and was appointed second - in - command in December 1914 . He was promoted to the temporary rank of Lieutenant - Colonel and commanded a battalion from November 1916 and commanded a battalion of the Royal Munster Fusiliers from May 1918 . He was seriously wounded during the war . He resigned his commission in January 1919 . He was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in the honours for the opening of the Parliament of Northern Ireland in July 1921 , entitling him to the style " The Right Honourable " .
Hinrich Ahrens Hinrich Ahrens ( 21 March 1921 – 31 December 2009 ) was a highly decorated Feldwebel 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 . Hinrich Ahrens was captured by Belgian forces in April 1945 and was held until September 1945 .
Thomas - Morse TM - 24 The Thomas - Morse TM - 24 was a prototype American two - seat observation aircraft of the 1920s . A single example was built in 1925 , but no production followed . Design and development . Thomas - Morse Aircraft had decided to specialize in all - metal aircraft after it lost an order for 200 MB - 3 fighters to Boeing , who had offered a much lower bid . Thomas Morse ' s chief designer , B . Douglas Thomas produced a series of all - metal aircraft , flying the unsuccessful MB - 9 fighter and MB - 10 trainer in 1921 , and selling two R - 5 racing aircraft to the United States Army Air Service in 1922 . In 1924 , Thomas - Morse flew the TM - 23 , a single - seat biplane fighter , which was again a failure , undergoing major redesign in an attempt to improve performance and handling but failing to obtain any orders . In 1924 , Thomas designed a single - engined two - seat observation aircraft , the TM - 24 , in a further attempt to find success with all - metal construction . The TM - 23 had a short fuselage in an attempt to improve maneuverability , which was covered in corrugated aluminium skinning , with the crew of two sitting in separate , tandem cockpits . The upper wing was much smaller than the lower wing , having a wingspan 5 feet less , with the wings braced by a single " N " - strut and an inverted " V " - strut on each side . Additional auxiliary tail surfaces were mounted on the aircraft ' s fin , above the main tailplane , which acted as trim tab s . The aircraft was powered by a Curtiss D12 water - cooled V12 engine driving a two - bladed propeller and cooled by radiators located in fairings in the lower wing - roots . The TM - 23 flew in early 1925 , being delivered to McCook Field for testing by the Army Air Service in February that year . While testing indicated that performance was good , the aircraft ' s landing speed was considered too - high , while its rudder was masked if the observer stood up in his cockpit to use his machine gun , while the TM - 24 was also considered frail by the testers . Further development was abandoned , with the prototype being dismantled at McCook Field , Thomas - Morse losing $ 46 , 000 on the project .
Avro CF - 100 Canuck The Avro Canada CF - 100 Canuck was a Canadian fighter jet employed between 1952 and 1981 . This was the only game designed in Canada to be mass - produced . The CF - 100 is not considered supersonic . Therefore could not exceed the speed of sound in level flight . 692 aircraft were produced in different variants , and 53 units were exported to Belgium . His successor , CF - 105 Arrow , also designed in Canada , was canceled in 1959 by a controversial decision by the government , the CF - 100 isn ' t under operation , however he still can be seen in Canadian museums .
Ernest E . Wood Ernest Edward Wood ( August 24 , 1875 – January 10 , 1952 ) was a U . S . Representative from Missouri . Born in Chico , California , Wood attended the public schools and was graduated from the Stockton ( California ) High School in 1892 . He was appointed as a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1893 and remained two years . After studying law , Wood was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in St . Louis , Missouri . Wood presented his credentials as a Democratic Member - elect to the Fifty - ninth Congress and served from March 4 , 1905 to June 23 , 1906 , when he was succeeded by Harry M . Coudrey , who contested his election . Wood moved to Los Angeles , California in 1907 and resumed the practice of law . He died in Los Angeles on January 10 , 1952 and was interred in Hollywood Cemetery , Hollywood , California .
Information Warfare Wing RAAF The Information Warfare Wing ( IWWG ) of the Royal Australian Air Force ' s Aerospace Operational Support Group ( AOSG ) is the Australian Defence Force ' s central institution dealing with tactical information warfare . Although under the command of the Air Force , the IWWG draws personnel from both the Australian Army and Navy . In turn the IWWG develops and manages information warfare capabilities for land and maritime theatres in addition to aerospace . Units . The Information Warfare Wing contains the following units :
Frederic von Franquemont Friedrich von Franquemont ( 5 March 1770 Ludwigsburg - 2 January 1842 ) was a Württemberg Infantry General under Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars and later Württemberg State and Secretary of War . Life . Franquemont was the son of an illegitimate union of Charles Eugene , Duke of Württemberg ( 1728 - 1793 ) and the dancer Regina Monti . He was already on 5 July 1775 , at the age of five years , as a pupil in the High School Karl added . In 1787 , he left school as a second lieutenant and went to the Württemberg Cape Regiment , which served for the Dutch East India Company . He served first in South Africa , then in Batavia , and Trincomalee in Ceylon , where in 1795 , he was captured by the British . Held in Madras , he came to England and was released in 1800 . Then , he joined the Württemberg service . First , he became captain and then rose in rapid succession , so in 1807 , he was colonel of the 1st Battalion of the Kronprinz Regiment . In 1808 , he was Major General . In 1812 , he was lieutenant general , he commanded the Foot Guards in 1814 . On 6 November 1813 , he was promoted to field - marshal . In the Napoleonic Wars , he was on the side of Napoleon , at the Battle of Wartenburg , Battle of Bautzen , where he was severely wounded , and Battle of Dennewitz . In 1815 , Franquemont was chief of Württemberg Expeditionary Force in the Allied forces . After the war he was appointed on 9 November 1816 by William I of Württemberg , Minister of State and head of the War Department ( War Minister ) . Of 9 November 1816 to 10 August 1829 , he was also a member of the Privy Council . In 1818 , King William awarded him with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg crown . In 1819 , he was appointed member for life of the Württemberg Chamber of lords . In 1820 , he reorganized with Baron Ernst von hill the Württemberg military . In 1823 , he ended his career as a minister and became commander of No . 6 Crown Prince Infantry Regiment . In August 1829 , he resigned from his post for health reasons .
Thomas Miller Beach Thomas Miller Beach ( who used the alias Major Henri Le Caron ) ( September 26 , 1841 - April 1 , 1894 ) was an English spy . His services enabled the British Government to take measures which led to the fiasco of the Canadian invasion of 1870 and Kiel ' s surrender in 1871 , and he supplied full details concerning the various Irish - American associations , in which he himself was a prominent member . His infiltration of the Fenians and subsequent reports and espionage greatly aided Canada in protecting itself from the Fenian raids which took place from 1866 - 1871 . For twenty - five years he lived in Detroit , Michigan and other places in the United States , paying occasional visits to Europe , and all the time carrying his life in his hand . Early career . Beach was born in Colchester , England . He had an adventurous character , and when nineteen years old went to Paris , where he found employment in business connected with America . Army life . Infected with the excitement of the American Civil War , he crossed the Atlantic in 1861 and enlisted in the Northern army , taking the name of Henri Le Caron . In 1864 , he married a young lady who had helped him to escape from some Confederate marauders ; and by the end of the war he rose to the rank of major . In 1865 , through a companion in arms named John O ' Neill , he was brought into contact with Fenianism , and having learnt of the Fenian plot against Canada ( the Fenian raids ) , he mentioned the designs when writing home to his father in England . Beach ' s father told his local M . P . , who in turn told the Home Secretary , and the latter asked Beach to arrange for further information . Irish connections . He was proficient in medicine , among other qualifications for this post , and he remained for years on intimate terms with the most extreme men in the Fenian organization . He was in the secrets of the " new departure " in 1879 - 1881 , and in the latter year had an interview with Charles Stewart Parnell at the House of Commons , when the Irish leader allegedly spoke sympathetically of an armed revolution in Ireland . End of career . The Parnell Commission of 1889 put an end to Beach ' s spying career . He was subpoenaed by " The Times " , and in the witness - box the whole story came out , all the efforts of Sir Charles Russell in cross - examination failing to shake his testimony . Nevertheless , " The Times " lost the case , Beach ' s career , for good or evil , was at an end , and Parnell , who had always insisted that he was opposed to violence , was completely exonerated . Autobiography . Beach published the story of his life , " Twenty - five Years in the Secret Service " , in 1892 and it had an immense circulation , but he had to be constantly guarded , his acquaintances were hampered from seeing him , and he was the victim of a painful disease , peritonitis , from which he died on 1 April 1894 .
Heinz Polz Heinz Polz ( born 6 November 1916 ) was an Oberwachtmeister in the Luftwaffe 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 .
Arnold of Torroja Arnold of Torroja ( in Catalan , Arnau de Torroja ) was a Aragonese knight and the ninth Grand Master of the Knights Templar from 1181 until his death in 1184 . Personal life . While no date of birth survives for Torroja , he was very old at his death , being in excess of 70 years when he was elected as Grand Master . He had served in the order for many years and was the Templar Master in both Crown of Aragon and Provence . Military Record . Reconquista . Torroja ' s military career had mainly been focused on the Reconquista , fighting Muslims for the Crown of Aragon and for Portugal but was principally active in Aragon . His appointment as Grand Master was likely due to his image as an outsider i . e . an experienced Templar whose power base was outside the Holy Land . This appealed to the order as the previous Grand Master Odo de St Amand had become embroiled in Jerusalem ' s politics but it did mean that Torroja was inexperienced in the " political situation of the Latin States " . He became the order ' s new leader in 1181 . Conflict with the Hospitallers . During the Grand Master ' s reign the Knights Hospitaller reached a new peak in their influence . There had been rivalry between orders previously but factionalism in the face of renewed Muslim pressure was unacceptable . The two Grand Masters met for mediation with Pope Lucius III and King Baldwin IV and the problems were resolved . In fact Torroja is recorded as a skilled diplomat himself acting as a mediator between several political groups in the East . He also conducted successful peace negotiations with Saladin after raids by Raynald of Châtillon in Transjordan . Embassy to Europe . In 1184 , Torroja set out with Patriarch Heraclius and Grand Master Roger de Moulins of the Knights Hospitaller to gather European support for the Kingdom of Jerusalem . They planned to visit Italy , England and France , but he fell ill and died at Verona on September 30 , 1184 . He was succeeded as Grand Master by Gérard de Ridefort .
Courtney Whitney Major General Courtney Whitney ( May 20 , 1897 - March 21 , 1969 ) was an American lawyer and Army commander during World War II who later served as a senior official during the occupation of Japan . Biography . Born in Washington , D . C . , Whitney enlisted in the U . S . Army in 1917 and became a pursuit pilot . He received his law degree from George Washington University in 1927 and left the Army to open a private practice in Manila . In 1940 , Whitney returned to active duty . He worked in intelligence in Washington and was assigned to serve as the intelligence officer to the 14th Air Force in China when General Douglas MacArthur requested that he be assigned to the Southwest Pacific Theater . Whitney returned to Leyte Gulf alongside MacArthur in 1944 . In his biography of Douglas MacArthur , William Manchester states that Lieutenant Colonel Courtney Whitney , a " ultraconservative Manila corporation lawyer " was assigned to MacArthur ' s staff , promoted , and assigned responsibility for Philippine civil affairs . Manchester states that : After Japan surrendered , Whitney accompanied MacArthur to Atsugi Air Base and became Chief of the Government Section at GHQ . With Lt . Col . Milo Rowell , he drafted the Constitution of Japan and sent it to the Diet for approval . Whitney remained close to MacArthur through the occupation , and served alongside MacArthur during the Korean War . He resigned from the Army after MacArthur was removed from command in 1951 . In 1956 , Whitney ' s biography of his commander , " MacArthur : His Rendezvous With History " , was published . Whitney is buried at Arlington National Cemetery .
Henry Edward Kenny Henry Edward Kenny VC ( Hackney London 27 July 1888 – 6 May 1979 ) , 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 . Details . He was 27 years old , and a private in the 1st Battalion , Loyal North Lancashire Regiment , British Army during the First World War when the deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 25 September 1915 near Loos , France , Private Kenny went out on six different occasions under very heavy shell , rifle and machine - gun fire . Each time he carried into a place of safety a wounded man who had been lying in the open . He was himself wounded as he handed the last wounded soldier over the parapet . He later achieved the rank of Sergeant . He died on 6 May 1979 , at the age of 90 . The Medal . His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum , London .