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John Drayton Baker John Drayton Baker ( born in Plainfield , New Jersey , on May 31 , 1915 ) was an American Naval aviator who was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions during World War II . Navy career . Baker enlisted in the U . S . Naval Reserve as seaman 2d class on 21 January 1941 at Brooklyn , New York . After flight instruction at Miami and Jacksonville , Florida , he was appointed naval aviator on 26 August 1941 and received a reserve ensign ’ s commission on 18 September . After serving for two months in the Advanced Carrier Training Group , Atlantic , " Baker " joined Fighting Squadron ( VF ) 42 on 8 December 1941 . Eight days later , the squadron , embarked in aircraft carrier USS Yorktown ( CV - 5 ) , sailed for the Pacific Ocean . Battle of Coral Sea . On the morning of 7 May 1942 , during the early phase of the Battle of the Coral Sea , " Baker " flew one of the Grumman F4F - 3 “ Wildcat ” fighters that escorted the planes of Torpedo Squadron ( VT ) 5 in their attack on the Japanese carrier Shoho . He assisted in the destruction of three fighters from the enemy carrier ’ s combat air patrol and enabled VT 5 to escape unscathed after its successful attack and to return to Yorktown without loss . Late that afternoon , planes from the Japanese carriers Zuikaku and Shokaku attempted a dusk attack on Task Force 17 , but ran into inclement weather and the combat air patrols from Yorktown and USS Lexington ( CV - 2 ) . One of the pilots who scrambled in the waning daylight to intercept the Japanese , " Baker " helped to break up the attack . Skillfully using his homing gear , " Baker " guided VF 42 ’ s airborne pilots back to the ship . However , as Yorktown ’ s gunners thought the circling planes to be Japanese and opened fire , VF 42 ’ s pilots scattered to avoid destruction . Thereafter , " Baker " proved unable to pick up the carrier ’ s homing signal , and became disoriented . Despite the determined efforts of Yorktown to guide the young pilot back to the ship by radio , he was never seen again . Awarded the Navy Cross . " Baker " received a Navy Cross , posthumously , for his achievements during the Coral Sea action . Namesake . USS Baker ( DE - 190 ) was named in his honor . The ship was laid down on 9 September 1943 at Port Newark , New Jersey , by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co . ; launched on 28 November 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Margaret Baker , the mother of Ens . Baker ; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 23 December 1943 ,
Cierva C . 40 The Cierva C . 40 was a British autogyro designed by J . A . J Bennett and assembled by the British Aircraft Manufacturing Company at London Air Park , Hanworth . Development . The C . 40 was the last autogiro designed by the Cierva company . Following the death of Cierva in 1936 the C . 40 was designed by J . A . J . Bennett and based on the earlier Cierva C . 30 . It had two side - by - side seats in a wooden fuselage and was powered by a Salmson 9NG radial engine . In 1938 the British Aircraft Manufacturing Company assembled nine C . 40s at London Air Park , Hanworth , and seven were delivered to the Royal Air Force . The remaining two were civilian registered to the Cierva company , one was lost in France in June 1940 , and the other was impressed into RAF service .
USS Dahlgren ( TB - 9 ) USS " Dahlgren " ( Torpedo Boat No . 9 / TB - 9 / Coast Torpedo Boat No . 4 ) , was a Coast Torpedo Boat . History . It was launched 29 May 1899 by Bath Iron Works , Bath , Maine ; sponsored by Mrs . J . V . Dahlgren , daughter - in - law of Rear Admiral Dahlgren ; and commissioned 16 June 1900 , Lieutenant M . H . Signor in command . Assigned to the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet , " Dahlgren " operated out of Portsmouth , N . H . , and Newport , R . I . , developing tactics for her new type of ship and training crews until 20 October 1900 when she returned to Portsmouth and was placed out of commission for repairs and alterations . In partial commission from 7 June 1902 , she sailed to Newport 13 June for an overhaul until 18 November 1902 . The next day she was placed in full commission and reported to New Suffolk , L . I . , to assume duty as a station ship until 28 October 1903 . She again went out of commission 22 December 1903 at New York Navy Yard . Assigned to the Naval Training Stations at Newport and New York during 1905 , " Dahlgren " was placed in reduced commission 13 December 1905 and reported to the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla at Norfolk . Changing her base to Charleston , South Carolina , 15 October 1908 , she continued to serve in torpedo developmental operations until placed in ordinary 14 March 1914 . After being fitted for minesweeping , " Dahlgren " was placed in full commission 1 April 1917 and served on escort and harbor entrance patrol at Norfolk until 5 December 1917 . Renamed Coast Torpedo Boat No . 4 , 1 August 1918 , she arrived at Philadelphia Navy Yard from Norfolk 27 January 1918 , " and there was placed out of commission 11 March 1919 . She was sold 19 July 1920 .
HMAS Cairns ( J183 ) HMAS " Cairns " ( J183 ) , named for the city of Cairns , Queensland , was one of 60 " Bathurst " class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built for the Admiralty but manned by personnel of and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) . Construction . " Cairns " was laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough , Queensland on 31 March 1941 . She was launched on 7 October 1941 by Mrs . R . D . Walker , wife of the Works Manager of Walkers Limited , and commissioned into the RAN on 11 May 1942 . Operational history . Royal Australian Navy . From entering service until 16 October 1942 , " Cairns " was based in Fremantle and operated as a convoy escort , anti - submarine patroller , and minesweeper . On 16 October , the corvette was reassigned to the British Eastern Fleet and ordered to Kilindini , Kenya , arriving on 14 November . " Cairns " remained with the Eastern Fleet until January 1945 . Most of this time was spent on patrol or escort duties in the Indian Ocean . The corvette was reassigned to the Mediterranean from June until September 1943 . During this time , " Cairns " was involved in the Allied invasion of Sicily . On 11 February 1944 , a convoy " Cairns " was assigned to was attacked by Japanese submarine RO - 110 . The corvette was involved in the successful destruction of the submarine , but one convoy ship was torpedoed . Following a refit in Adelaide from May to July 1944 , " Cairns " was redeployed to Colombo , which was her base of operations until January 1945 , when the corvette was sent back to Australia . On arrivial in Australian waters , " Cairns " was assigned to the British Pacific Fleet . The ship received four battle honour s for her wartime service : " Pacific 1942 - 45 " , " Indian Ocean 1942 - 45 " , " Sicily 1943 " , and " Okinawa 1945 " . Royal Netherlands Navy . Following the end of World War II , all Admiralty - owned " Bathurst " class corvettes were disposed of . " Cairns " was paid off in Brisbane on 17 January 1946 . She was immediately recommissioned into the Royal Netherlands Navy ( RNN ) and renamed HNLMS " Ambon " . Indonesian Navy . Following four years of service with the RNN , the ship was transferred to the Indonesian Navy on 6 April 1950 and renamed KRI " Banteng " . Fate . The corvette was broken up for scrap in April 1968 .
Rudolf Schmidt Career . He joined Infantry Regiment 83 of the German Imperial Army in 1906 as an officer cadet and in World War I he served on the eastern and western fronts and by the end of the war he was a Hauptmann on the General Staff . He was then retained in the Reichswehr where he served as a staff officer and was promoted to Major in 1927 and Oberstleutnant in 1931 . On 1 October 1934 he was promoted to Oberst as commander of the 13th Infantry Regiment in Ludwigsburg . In October 1937 he was promoted to Generalmajor and appointed commander of the 1st Panzer Division in Weimar as the successor to Maximilian von Weichs . On 1 June 1938 he was promoted to Generalleutnant and led the unit through the invasion of Poland . On 1 February 1940 he was appointed commanding general of the XXXIX Panzer Corps . He led the Corps in France and was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross for his role in that campaign on 3 June 1940 . He was also promoted to General der Panzertruppe and appointed acting commander of the 2nd Army which was involved in the Battle of Moscow . On 25 December 1941 he was appointed the Supreme Commander of the 2nd Panzer Army ( replacing the sacked General Guderian ) . In January 1942 he was promoted to Generaloberst . Adolf Hitler held him in high regard , but on 10 April 1943 he was relieved of his command after the Gestapo arrested his brother on an unrelated matter and found letters that General Schmidt had written in which he was highly critical of Hitler ’ s conduct of the war and the Nazi Party . He appeared before a court martial but was acquitted and transferred to the leadership reserve on 30 September 1943 . He was never re - employed and in 1945 he was taken into Soviet captivity from his home in Weimar and in common with other Generals captured by the Russians he was not released until 1955 .
McCrae ' s Battalion Great War Memorial McCrae ' s Battalion Great War Memorial is a World War I memorial cairn located in the village of Contalmaison , France . It was unveiled in 2004 after being first proposed in 1920 . It commemorates the dead of the 16th Royal Scots volunteer battalion formed by Sir George McCrae , known as ' The Sporting Battalion ' , who participated in the First Battle of the Somme , July 1916 . The battalion was notable for its high number of professional sportsmen and fans drawn from the football clubs Heart of Midlothian FC , Hibernian FC , Raith Rovers FC , Falkirk FC and Dunfermline FC and a variety of other sporting clubs . The cairn has become something of a pilgrimage for Scottish football fans and sportsmen .
John Dickey ( American Revolution ) Captain John Dickey ( 1724 – 1808 ) was a Revolutionary War soldier who led the outnumbered North Carolina Patriot militia during the Battle of Ramsour ' s Mill . The battle did not involve regular Army troops , but was fought between Americans who supported the Revolution and those who supported the King . Early life . Born in Derry , Ireland about 1724 , Dickey came to America with his parents , George and Margaret ( Walker ) Dickey . They may have come with the Philip Tanner family , who were relations by marriage . John Dickey married Rachel Tanner about 1758 . Philip Tanner has the distinction of being the first man known killed by a puma in North America . The record of his death is one of the earliest extant records of Colonial America , and his tombstone at " The Stone Graveyard " , Lewisville , Chester County , Pennsylvania , displays a likeness of the creature .
SM U - 58 SM U - 58 was one of the 329 submarine s serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I . U - 58 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic . The boat was sunk with the loss of two men and the capture of the rest of the crew in the Action of 17 November 1917 .
Alexander Chambers Alexander Chambers ( August 23 , 1832 - January 2 , 1888 ) was a US Army officer , who became a general during the American Civil War . Chambers was born in Cattaraugus , New York . He graduated from West Point with the class of 1853 ( which also included John Schofield and Philip Sheridan ) , and was commissioned a second lieutenant . He fought in the Seminole War from 1855 , and was promoted to first lieutenant in 1859 . In May 1861 , shortly after the war started , he was promoted to captain , and performed recruiting duty in Iowa . Promoted to colonel in March 1862 , he took command of the 16th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment , leading it at the Battle of Shiloh and the Battle of Iuka , being wounded on both occasions . Returning to duty , he led a brigade in the Vicksburg Campaign . In August 1863 , he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers and led a division in the XVII Corps , but his appointment was revoked by the U . S . Senate in April 1864 . On December 8 , 1868 , President Andrew Johnson nominated Chambers for appointment to the brevet grade of brigadier general of volunteers , to rank from March 13 , 1865 , for the Battle of Champion ' s Hill , and the U . S . Senate confirmed the appointment on February 16 , 1869 . After the war , he reverted to the rank of captain and remained in the army and served as a military judge - advocate in Nebraska , receiving promotions to major and lieutenant colonel . He was also military attache to the Ottoman Empire from July 1877 to September 1878 . His last appointment was as garrison commander at Fort Townsend . He died in San Antonio , Texas with the rank of colonel in the 17th U . S . Infantry Regiment and was buried in Owatonna , Minnesota .
USS Repose ( AH - 16 ) USS " Repose " ( AH - 16 ) was a in service with the United States Navy , active from May 1945 to January 1950 , from October 1950 to December 1954 , and from October 1965 to May 1970 . After another five years in reserve , she was sold for scrap in 1975 . History . USS " Repose " ( AH - 16 ) was built as " Marine Beaver " a Type C4 class ship in 1943 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co . , Chester , Pennsylvania . 11 , 141 tons . 520 x 71 . 6 x 24 . 18 . 7 knots . She was launched 8 August 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Pauline P . McIntire ; and acquired for conversion to a hospital ship by Bethelem Steel Co . , Shipbuilding Division , 56th Street Yard , Brooklyn , N . Y . Upon completion of her conversion to navy use , she was commissioned 26 May 1945 , Captain William O . Britton was in command . With a bed capacity of 750 and a complement of 564 , the " Repose " departed Norfolk on 8 July 1945 for the Pacific . Serving as a casualty transport from various ports in the Pacific Ocean , the " Repose " also served as a base hospital ship in Shanghai and later Tsingtao , China supporting the occupation forces in northern China . " Repose " remained in Asian waters , with an occasional return trip to the States until July 1949 . She was decommissioned , in reserve , at San Francisco on 19 January 1950 . " Repose " was activated on 26 August 1950 and sailed for Pusan Korea , picking up the navy crew in Yokosuka , Japan en route . Serving in Korean waters and evacuating patients to Japanese ports as necessary , the " Repose " remained on station until early 1954 with a short repair period in San Francisco from February to March 1953 and the installation of a helicopter landing pad . She remained at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard until her transfer to the Naval Reserve Fleet on 27 September 1954 ; and she was decommissioned on 21 December 1954 at Hunters Point Naval Ship Yard . After nearly 11 years in reserve at Suisun Bay , " Repose " was recommissioned on 16 October 1965 for service in Vietnam . Arriving on 3 January 1966 , she was permanently deployed to Southeast Asia and earned the nickname “ Angel of the Orient . ” Operating mainly in the I Corps area , she treated over 9 , 000 battle casualties and 24 , 000 inpatients while deployed . Notably , USS " Repose " was on station during the 1967 USS Forrestal fire that killed 134 sailors and injured 161 . Her medical staff also treated legendary marksman , Staff Sergeant Carlos Hathcock , in September 1969 after he and seven other U . S . Marines suffered extensive burns from an anti - tank mine blast . The " Repose " departed Vietnam 14 March 1970 and was decommissioned in May 1970 and used as a hospital annex for Long Beach Naval Hospital . This proved uneconomical and she was sold for scrap in 1975 . " Repose " received nine battle stars for Korean War service and nine for Vietnam service .
Alden Partridge Colvocoresses Colonel Alden Partridge Colvocoresses ( 1918 - March 27 , 2007 ) , US Army ( Ret . ) , developed in 1973 - 1979 the Space - oblique Mercator projection with John Parr Snyder and John L . Junkins . Colvocoresses was the first to realize that such a projection was needed and mathematically feasible , and in 1974 defined it geometrically as a projection that maps images from Landsat satellites , which he used to develop the first satellite map of the United States . Biography . Alden P . Colvocoresses was born the son of George M . Colvocoresses II and Alice Hagen in Humboldt , Arizona , in 1918 . He is the grandson of George Partridge Colvocoresses and the great - grandson of George Colvocoresses . He served in the United States Army in World War II , in the 16th Armored Engineer Battalion of the 1st Armored Division , pulling duties in North Africa and Europe . He was twice wounded in combat and has received the Purple Heart as well as two Silver Star s , one for capturing and destroying a German Mark IV tank in Tunisia and another for escaping from Italian captors in North Africa . Alden became involved with aerial photo mapping for the 1st Army , where he oversaw some of the photo mapping as preparation for the D - Day assault on Normandy . He also served in the Korean War and retired after playing a large role in mapping operations during the Vietnam War . He spent the rest of his career working for the U . S . Geological Survey ' s national mapping division , retiring in 1990 . He was a research cartographer on the Landsat satellite program and received two patents for models of remote sensing systems . He also discovered a reef in the Indian Ocean that was subsequently named for him . After leaving the Army , Alden was a pioneer in satellite mapping techniques , including the Space - oblique Mercator projection that maps images from Landsat satellites , which he used to develop the first satellite map of the United States . On May 8 , 2005 Colvocoresses gave his great - great - niece , Gretchen Herrboldt Hahn , graduate of NU 2005 , the commissioning oath as a 2nd Lieutenant in the U . S . Army . She became the first descendant of Norwich University founder Alden Partridge to graduate from Norwich in 138 years . Alden is the brother of Gretchen ' s maternal great - great grandmother and a key link in a military family whose roots are entwined deep in the Norwich tradition . He died March 27 , 2007 at Inova Fairfax Hospital . He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery .
Ettore J . Marsolo Ettore J . Marsolo served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II . He was awarded the Navy Cross for his action during the Battle of Tarawa . His award citation reads : " The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Private First Class Ettore J . Marsolo ( MCSN : 421262 ) , United States Marine Corps ( Reserve ) , for extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving with Company K , Third Battalion , Second Marines , SECOND Marine Division , during action against enemy Japanese forces at Betio Island , Tarawa Atoll , Gilbert Islands , on 20 November 1943 . Seriously wounded in the right arm after landing on the beachhead during the initial assault , Private First Class Marsolo refused to be evacuated and , unable to fire a weapon , volunteered to act as messenger for his Company Commander and carry the portable radio . Despite the intense pain of his wounds , he continued in this capacity throughout the day and , although constantly exposed to heavy enemy fire , delivered important messages until ordered to be evacuated . His indomitable fighting spirit and devotion to duty throughout reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Naval Service . " Marsolo was born in McKees Rocks , Pennsylvania , his home of record was Beloit , Wisconsin .
Frank William Gilligan Frank William Gilligan OBE ( born 20 September 1893 in London – 4 May 1960 in Wanganui , New Zealand ) was an English cricketer who played for Oxford University and was an integral part of the Essex county side for ten years . He went on to become headmaster of one New Zealand ' s top independent schools and was awarded an OBE in 1955 for his services to education . Background . Frank Gilligan was born on 20 September 1893 in Denmark Hill , London , the son of Willie Austin Gilligan and Alice Eliza ( née Kimpton ) . He was the oldest of four children , having two younger brothers and a sister Kathleen . His two younger brothers , Arthur Gilligan and Harold Gilligan both went on to captain England at cricket . All three brothers attended Dulwich College . Frank was in the school 1st XI for three years ( from 1911 to 1913 ) and was also an excellent Rugby Union player , playing for the 1st XV in 1912 and 1913 . He also held the school record for the mile in 1911 . From Dulwich College he had an Exhibition to Worcester College , Oxford to read English . However , whilst there World War I caused him to join the 12th Battalion Essex Regiment , and he was mentioned in despatches . First Class Cricket . Whilst at Oxford he won two cricket blues , one as captain , and graduated with honours in English . He went on to play seventy - nine matches for Essex between 1919 and 1929 . There he kept wicket taking 87 catches and making 33 stumpings and averaging 23 . 62 with the bat . In education . Frank joined Uppingham School in 1920 , where he eventually became a housemaster . He taught there until 1935 , under the headship of another Old Alleynian Reginald Owen . His background in cricket made him the ideal candidate to become the head of cricket at the school and it is reputed that he was responsible for a Golden Age of Uppingham cricket . From Uppingham he took the headship of Wanganui Collegiate School in New Zealand . He remained in that post for 18 years , leaving in 1954 . The Wanganui Collegian wrote " " He believed in good sportsmanship , modesty , tolerance , and seeing the other man ' s point of view , and he was himself an exemplar of these qualities . He would go to endless trouble to help anybody . To watch him taking a game was a liberal education in the art of coaching . A devotee of using one ' s feet to play slow bowling and of forward play . " " In 1955 he was appointed OBE for his services to education .
Akkaraipattu massacre Akkaraipattu massacre happened on 19 February 1986 when approximately 80 minority Sri Lankan Tamil farm workers were allegedly killed by the Sri Lankan Army personnel and their bodies burned in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka . Although the alleged massacre happened on 19 February 1986 , the incident came to light only few days later after community leaders visited the remote location near the town of Akkaraipattu , where the farm workers were shot . According to community leaders , the farm workers were threshing the paddy field s when troops appeared from the nearby jungle firing into the air . The women were freed , but the soldiers rounded up the men , tied their hands and made them sit on the road . The farm workers were taken back to the paddy fields and shot . Several empty cases of ammunition have been found in the field . Later the bodies were piled on top of the dry rice harvest and burned .