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2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment The 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry ( 1864 – 1865 ) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War . The regiment is separate from and has no connection with the 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment which served in the Confederate Army of Tennessee and is also separate from the 2nd Regiment , Arkansas State Troops , which participated in the Battle of Wilson ' s Creek . Organization . In September 1864 , the remnants of several Arkansas Infantry Regiments in the Trans - Mississippi Department were consolidated . There is some evidence that this consolidation may have occurred as a field consolidation as early as May 1864 . The 2nd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment was created by combining the following depleted units : Col . Thomas J . Reid , Jr . was selected to command the new consolidate regiment . All of these regiments had been captured at either the Siege of Vicksburg or Port Hudson and exchanged back in Arkansas . The consolidated regiment was assigned along with the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment ( Trans - Mississippi ) and 3rd Arkansas Consolidated Infantry Regiment s to the 2nd ( McNair ’ s ) Arkansas Brigade , 1st ( Churchill ’ s ) Arkansas Division , 2nd Corps , Trans - Mississippi Department , from September 1864 to May 1865 . Because of the lack of subsistence or forage in the devastated State , all of the infantry brigades were moved to camps around Marshall , Texas , where they remained inactive for the rest of the war . Surrender . This regiment was surrendered with the Department of the Trans - Mississippi , General Kirby Smith commanding , May 26 , 1865 . When the Trans - Mississippi Department surrendered , all of the Arkansas infantry regiments were encamped in and around Marshall , Texas ( war - ravaged Arkansas no longer able to subsist the army ) . The regiments were ordered to report to Shreveport , Louisiana , to be paroled . None of them did so . Some soldiers went to Shreveport on their own to be paroled , but the regiments simply disbanded without formally surrendering . A company or two managed to keep together until they got home . For example , Company G , 35th Arkansas Infantry Regiment , traveled back to Van Buren , Arkansas where they surrendered to the U . S . post commander in a formal ceremony , drawn up in front of the court - house , laying down their weapons , etc . But for the most part , the men simply went home . Many of the Arkansas Cavalry units , which had largely been furloughed for the winter of 1864 - 1865 following Price ' s disastrous Missouri Expedition did formally surrender at Jacksonport , Wittsburg , and a few other locations .
James A . Shelton James A . Shelton was born in Denton , Montana in 1916 , and enlisted in the United States Navy on 15 January 1941 . Appointed an aviation cadet on 20 March 1941 , he trained at Pensacola , Miami , and San Diego . Ensign Shelton was assigned to Scouting Squadron 6 ( VS - 6 ) on 17 April 1942 and was reported missing on 4 June 1942 during the Battle of Midway . For his heroism and devotion to duty , Ensign Shelton was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously . Namesake . Two ships have been named USS " Shelton " in his honor .
DSRV - 1 Mystic DSRV - 1 " Mystic " is a Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle that is rated to dive up to 1500 metres . DSRV1 was built by Lockheed for the U . S . Navy and launched 24 January 1970 . The senior engineer responsible for the project was Paul Philip Prelitz ( father of Chris Prelitz ) . Mr . Prelitz was also the senior engineer for the Sealab II " Man in the Sea " project . " Mystic " was launched on 24 January 1970 . The submarine , intended to be air transportable , was long , in diameter , and weighed 37 tons . The sub was capable of descending to below the surface and could carry 24 passengers at a time in addition to its crew . The sub was stationed at North Island Naval Station in San Diego and was never required to conduct an actual rescue operation . " Mystic " was decommissioned on September 30 , 2008 . The submarine may be donated to the Naval Undersea Museum . In fiction . In fiction , it was used in the 1978 film " Gray Lady Down " as a rescue vehicle following a submarine accident , as well as Tom Clancy ' s novel " The Hunt for Red October " and film based on it " The Hunt for Red October " to ferry men from the USS " Dallas " to the Red October .
USS Sakatonchee ( AOG - 19 ) USS " Sakatonchee " ( AOG - 19 ) was a " Mettawee " - class gasoline tanker acquired by the U . S . Navy for the dangerous task of transporting gasoline to warships in the fleet , and to remote Navy stations . " Sakatonchee " , MC hull 901 , was laid down on 13 August 1942 by East Coast Shipyards , Inc . , Bayonne , New Jersey ; launched on 22 May 1943 ; sponsored by Miss Mary Abate ; acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission on 15 January 1944 ; and commissioned on 17 January 1944 , Lt . Frederick C . Steinmetz in command . World War II service . Following shakedown off the U . S . East Coast , " Sakatonchee " steamed via Aruba and the Panama Canal to Milne Bay , New Guinea , arriving on 26 May 1944 . She supplied petroleum products to forward bases in western New Guinea , such as those at Biak and Noemfoor islands . Her operations supported the campaign at Palawan , Philippine Islands , where the Allies landed on 28 February 1945 , and at Balikpapan , Borneo , where the Allies landed on 1 July . Post - war decommissioning . In January 1946 , she arrived in San Francisco , California . Decommissioned on 29 March , she was struck from the Navy list on 1 May , transferred to the Maritime Commission on 1 July , and scrapped in 1964 . Military awards and honors . " Sakatonchee " received three battle stars for World War II service . Her crew was eligible for the following :
Battle of Ösel Island The Battle of Osel Island took place on May 24 , 1719 , during the Great Northern War . It was fought near the island of Saaremaa ( Ösel ) . It led to a victory for the Russian captain Naum Senyavin , whose forces captured three enemy vessels , sustaining as few as eighteen casualties . It was the first Russian naval victory which did not involve ramming or boarding actions .
David Lloyd Owen Major - General David Lanyon Lloyd Owen ( 10 October 1917 – 5 April 2001 ) was a British soldier and writer . During the Second World War he commanded the Long Range Desert Group . Early career . He joined the British Army in 1938 and was commissioned into the Queen ' s Royal Regiment . He was with the 2nd Battalion of this regiment in Palestine and the Western Desert from 1939 to July 1941 when he joined the Long Range Desert Group ( LRDG ) . Long Range Desert Group . He took part in a number of operations , including the SAS raid on Tobruk in August / September 1942 , which earned him the Military Cross . He was wounded in an air raid on the LRDG base at Kufra in October 1942 and nearly lost an arm . He rejoined the LRDG in February 1943 , when they underwent training in Lebanon before being sent to the Aegean . He took command of the LRDG at the end of 1943 after the death of his predecessor Jake Easonsmith during the Battle of Leros . He based himself at Bari in southern Italy from which he mounted a successful raid on Corfu and staged operations in the Dalmatian islands and Yugoslavia . In September 1944 , he was parachuted into Albania at night . Shortly after landing he fell 30 ft into a ravine and severely damaged his spine . Despite being in continual pain , Lloyd Owen directed special forces operations in the mountains for the next three months . Eventually Lloyd Owen was evacuated to Italy , was successfully operated on , and told not to return to his former activities . But he managed to bluff his way past a medical board and returned to Albania , although this time by boat . The LRDG was eventually disbanded in June 1945 . For his leadership in the Balkans , Lloyd Owen was awarded the Distinguished Service Order that year . Post - War . After the war , he had various appointments in Britain , including a period on the staff at Sandhurst . In 1952 , he was appointed Military Assistant to the High Commissioner in Malaya . He then commanded the 1st Battalion of the Queen ' s Royal Regiment from 1957 to 1959 . In the early 1960s he led 24 Infantry Brigade Group in Kenya and was then , from 1966 to 1968 , GOC , Cyprus District . From 1968 to 1969 he was GOC , Near East Land Forces and , from 1969 to 1972 , president of the Regular Commissions Board . He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1954 and Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1971 . He wrote several book about his experiences – " The Desert My Dwelling Place " published by Cassell in 1957 and again by Panther Books the following year , and more recently " Long Range Desert Group 1940 - 1945 : Providence Their Guide " , published by Leo Cooper / Pen & Sword Books in 2001 . He married Ursula Barclay ( known as Ursie ) and had three sons ; Michael , Piers and Christopher . By the time of his death , he had seven grandchildren .
87th Division ( United States ) The 87th Infantry Division ( " Golden Acorn " ) was a unit of the United States Army in World War I and World War II . World War II . Combat chronicle . The 87th Infantry Division arrived in Scotland , 22 October 1944 , and trained in England , 23 October - 30 November . It landed in France , 1 – 3 December , and moved to Metz , where , on 8 December , it went into action against and took Fort Driant . The Division then shifted to the vicinity of Gross Rederching near the Saar - German border on 10 December and captured Rimling , Obergailbach , and Guiderkirch . The 87th was moving into Germany when , on 16 December 1944 , German Field Marshal Von Rundstedt launched his offensive in the Ardennes forest ( The Battle of the Bulge ) . The Division was placed in SHAEF reserve , 24 – 28 December , then thrown into the Bulge battle in Belgium , 29 December . In a fluctuating battle , it captured Moircy on 30 December and Remagne on 31 December . On 2 January 1945 , it took Germont , on 10 January Tillet , and reached the Ourthe by the 13 January . On 15 January 1945 , the Division moved to Luxembourg to relieve the 4th Division along the Sauer and seized Wasserbillig on 23 January . The 87th moved to the vicinity of St . Vith , 28 January , and attacked and captured Schlierbach , Selz , and Hogden by the end of the month . After the fall of Neuendorf , 9 February , the Division went on the defensive until the 26 February , when Ormont and Hallschlag were taken in night attacks . The 87th crossed the Kyll River , 6 March , took Dollendorf on 8 March , and after a brief rest , returned to combat , 13 March 1945 , crossing the Moselle on 16th and clearing Koblenz , 18 – 19 March . The Division crossed the Rhine , 25 – 26 March , despite strong opposition , consolidated its bridgehead , and secured Grossenlinden and Langgöns . On 7 April , it jumped off in an attack which carried it through Thuringia into Saxony . Plauen fell , 17 April , and the Division took up defensive positions , 20 April , about 4 miles from the Czech border . On 6 May 1945 , it took Falkenstein and maintained its positions until VE - day . The 87th Division returned to the States in July 1945 expecting to be called upon to play a role in the defeat of the Japanese , but the sudden termination of the war in the Pacific while the division was reassembling at Fort Benning changed the future of the 87th . The Division was inactivated 21 September 1945 . Order of Battle . 87th Division Artillery Special Troops Honours . Decorations Postwar . The 87th Infantry Division was reformed in the Organized Reserve Corps after the war , in the Third Army area . It comprised units in Alabama , Tennessee , Mississippi , and Florida . It was inactivated in 1954 . http : / / www . history . army . mil / html / forcestruc / cbtchron / cbtchron . html .
Legio I Isaura Sagittaria Legio I " Isaura Sagitaria " was a " pseudocomitatensis " Roman legion , levied no later than under Diocletian , and possibly already present under Probus . As its name suggests , its legionaries could be used also as archers , an uncommon feature for Roman legions . According to " Notitia Dignitatum " , in the beginning of the 5th century the I " Isaura " was under the command of the " Magister Militum per Orientem " , but it is possible that in the beginning it was used to defend the Isauria region , together with the II and III " Isaura " .
Battle of Turnberry The Battle of Turnberry was a battle fought in February 1307 during the Scottish Wars of Independence near Turnberry , Ayrshire , Scotland . King Robert I of Scotland ' s invasion of his ancestral lands in Annandale and Carrick began in 1307 . The Carrick invasion force was led by Robert , his brother Edward de Brus , James Douglas , Lord of Douglas and Robert Boyd . The force comprised thirty three galleys . They sailed to Turnberry and landed near Turnberry Castle . The invasion force quickly overwhelmed the English forces of Henry de Percy , 1st Baron Percy encamped around Turnberry Castle , however failed to take the castle . Henry de Percy was forced to leave the castle after this defeat .
Bell Helicopter Bell Helicopter is an American rotorcraft manufacturer headquartered in Hurst , Texas , near Fort Worth . A division of Textron , Bell manufactures military helicopter and tiltrotor products in and around Fort Worth , as well as in Amarillo , Texas , and commercial rotorcraft products in Mirabel , Quebec , Canada . Bell provides training and support services worldwide . History . The company was founded on July 10 , 1935 as Bell Aircraft Corporation by Lawrence Dale Bell in Buffalo , New York . The company focused on designing and building of fighter aircraft . Their first fighters were the XFM - 1 Airacuda , a twin - engine fighter to attack bombers , and the P - 39 Airacobra . The P - 59 Airacomet , the first American jet fighter , and the P - 63 Kingcobra , the successor to the P - 39 and the Bell X - 1 were also Bell products . In 1941 , Bell hired Arthur M . Young , a talented inventor , to provide expertise for helicopter research and development . It was the foundation for what Bell hoped would be a broader economic base for his company that was not dependent on government contracts . The Bell 30 was their first full - size helicopter ( first flight December 29 , 1942 ) and the Bell 47 became the first helicopter rated by a civil aviation authority in the world and would become a civilian and military success . Textron purchased Bell Aerospace in 1960 . Bell Aerospace was composed of three divisions of Bell Aircraft Corporation , including its helicopter division , which had become its only division still producing complete aircraft . The helicopter division was renamed to Bell Helicopter Company and in a few years , with the success of the UH - 1 during the Vietnam War , it had established itself as the largest division of Textron . In January 1976 , Textron changed the name of the company again to Bell Helicopter Textron . Bell Helicopter has a close association with AgustaWestland . The partnership dates back to separate manufacturing and technology agreements with Agusta ( Bell 47 and Bell 206 ) and as a sublicence via Agusta with Westland ( Bell 47 ) . When the two European firms merged , the partnerships were retained , with the exception of the AB139 , which is now known as the AW139 .
AO - 62 assault rifle The AO - 62 is a 5 . 45x39mm calibre assault rifle that led to the development of the AN - 94 Abakan assault rifle . It is recoil operated with a special device that can resist recoil when the first three rounds are fired . This rifle predates the similarly operated Heckler & Koch G11 and AN - 94 assault rifles .
Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn Baron Friedrich Karl of Tettenborn ( 19 February 1778 , in what was then the Baden part of the County of Sponheim - 9 December 1845 , Vienna ) was a famous cavalry general in the Austrian and Russian armies during the Napoleonic Wars . Life . Tettenborn first studied at the Waltershausen Forstwissenschaft and then at the Universities of Göttingen and Jena . In 1794 he joined the Austrian military and quickly rose to captain during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars . In the Austro - French war he was in 1805 in the army under Mack , which dispersed after raising the siege of Ulm . At the battle of Wagram ( 1809 ) , he rose to the rank of major . After the Treaty of Schönbrunn he accompanied prince Schwarzenberg to Paris . At the outbreak of the Russian war of 1812 , he entered the Russian army as a lieutenant colonel . At the head of Kutuzov ' s vanguard , he was again the first to engage at Moscow , pursuing the French as far as the Beresina at the head of the light cavalry , raising the siege of Vilnius , going beyond the Neman River , chasing MacDonald through East Prussia and occupying Königsberg . Appointed oberst , he crossed the Vistula and Oder , joined up with general Tschernischew in Landsberg and then moved on Berlin . From there , he was dispatched to Hamburg , occupying it on 18 March 1813 after throwing back Morand at Bergedorf on the left bank of the Elbufer . Yet he had to leave the city to the advancing Davout on 30 May . His actions in Hamburg are judged critically . Fahl writes of von Tettenborn at this era " he observed Hamburg as a favourable location to enrich itself and to lead a straying life . He strove less for an earnest defence of the city than for collecting of an honorary award of 5 , 000 Friedriches d ' or and for his appointment as an honorary citizen he was also the first honorary citizen of Hamburg . " He then fought under Wallmoden against Davout and against Pécheux , after whose defeat he took Bremen on 15 October . In January 1814 he was delegated to use a single corps of light cavalry to maintain communications between the many separate Allied armies operating in France . After the peace , he withdrew to his estates , and in 1818 he left the service of Russia to join that of Baden . Here he resolved the territorial differences between Baden and Bayern and was active in the foundation of the constitution . In 1819 he went to Vienna as an envoy , where he died on 9 December 1845 .
438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron 438 " City of Montreal " Tactical Helicopter Squadron is a unit of the Canadian Forces under Royal Canadian Air Force . The squadron operates the CH - 146 Griffon tactical helicopter from CFB St . Hubert in Quebec , Canada . Its tasks include transport , reconnaissance , search and rescue , and support to local law enforcement . The motto " Going Down " was adopted during the Second World War when operating on Hawker Typhoon s over occupied Europe . This was the flight leader ' s instruction to begin diving attacks with bombs and / or cannons . History . Authorized at Montreal , Quebec , on September 1 , 1934 as No . 18 Squadron . It was renumbered No . 118 Squadron on November 17 , 1937 . In its pre - war years , the unit flew the de Havilland DH . 60 Moth . A book was written and published on the history of the Squadron : " Le 438 Escadron tactique d ' hélicoptères 1934 - 2009 " by Jerry Fielden and Michel Pratt was published in August 2010 . Second World War . Still then numbered as No . 118 ( Fighter ) Squadron , the unit moved to Dartmouth , Nova Scotia in October 1939 as the only operational fighter squadron on the east coast of Canada . On January 16 , 1942 , two squadron Kittyhawks spotted and attacked a surfaced German U - boat barely 10 miles from Halifax . F / O W . P . Roberts flying Kittyhawk AK851 was able to fire six bursts and obtain a number of hits around the conning tower . Embarking for Europe on November 2 , 1943 , the unit was renumbered No . 438 Squadron , and was part of 2TAF ' s 143 Wing RCAF . Aircraft operated : Postwar . Aircraft operated :
Gheorghe Răscănescu Gheorghe Răscănescu ( 30 January 1900 - 1967 ) was a Romania n Officer during World War II . He was born in Crăcăoani , Neamţ County . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross ( ) . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded by the Third Reich to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or outstanding military leadership . Sentenced to 10 years for “ trying to overthrow the political order ” ; released from prison in 1962 .
Stomach division In military terminology , a stomach division is a unit created for the purpose of containing combatants of disuse in the front lines . Its name originates from its original conception , in which men suffering from stomach illnesses were moved to a single division to avoid spreading disease further . The German 70th Infantry Division of World War II was an example . Usage . During the Battle of the Bulge , the German soldiers suffering from illnesses not deemed severe enough to prevent them from fighting were placed in such a division . To keep them well enough to fight , they were fed on a specialised diet and were allowed their own latrines to avoid spreading their illnesses . Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks of XXX Corps used this term in an interview for the documentary series " The World at War " , where he described a unit of sick troops being amongst the only German forces protecting the Rhein in Belgium
85 Combat Flying School SAAF 85 Combat Flying School is a unit of the South African Air Force ( SAAF ) . It is a jet flight - training and combat operations school , it was first formed in 1982 at AFB Pietersberg ( It was known as Advanced Flying School from 1967 ) . It relocated to AFB Hoedspruit on 1 January 1993 due to the closure of AFB Pietersberg . The school also has a wartime reserve role , although it has publicly been stated that the school will not be used operationally unless a very urgent need arises . Aircraft used previously : The school has been relocated to AFB Makhado from AFB Hoedspruit into a new purpose built facility with state - of - the - art computer - aided flight training instruments . The school shares this facility with the SAAF Gripen community . During October 2007 there were several pilots that went solo on the Hawk Mk . 120 . The squadron also participated in the annual South Africa National Defence Force preparation exercises and fired live cannon rounds and dropped live bombs . They also had a successful weapons deployment exercise to AFB Bloemspruit in 2007 .
Chief of the General Staff ( Kenya ) The Chief of Defence Forces ( CDF ) is the highest - ranking military officer in the Kenya Defence forces and the principal military adviser to the President of the Republic of Kenya and the National Security Council . The CDF outranks all respective heads of each service branch and has operational command authority over the service branches . He leads the meetings and coordinates the efforts of the Service Commander , comprising the CDF , the Commander of the Kenya Army and Kenya Air Force , Kenya Navy and the Commandant of Military Intelligence . The CDF has offices in Ulinzi House . The Office of Chief of Defence Forces ( CDF ) is considered very important and highly prestigious , because the CDF as a body has command authority over the Armed Forces . The chain of command is from the President ( as the Commander in Chief ) , directly to the CDF . The CDF , as a Principal Adviser , does have authority over personnel assignments and oversight over resources and personnel allocated to the commands within the respective services . The Chairman may also transmit communications to the service commanders from the President . He also performs all other functions as assigned from time to time by the President . The CDF may also allocate those duties and responsibilities to other officers under his name . The Defence Headquarters has two principal advisers : one military , the CDF ; and one civilian , the Permanent Secretary . Neither of these is subordinate to the other . They share responsibility for much of the Military ' s business , reflecting the input that both military and civilian personnel make to policy , financial , administrative and operational matters . The Current Chief of Defence Forces ( CDF ) . Gen Julius Waweru Karangi is the current CDF .