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USS Isherwood ( DD - 284 ) USS " Isherwood " ( DD - 284 ) was a " Clemson " - class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I . She was named for Rear Admiral Benjamin F . Isherwood . " Isherwood " was launched on 10 September 1919 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation , Squantum , Massachusetts ; sponsored by Mrs . R . C . Walling ; and commissioned on 4 December 1919 at the Boston Navy Yard , Lieutenant Commander W . D . Brereton in command . Deployments . As a unit of the 43d Division , 1st Squadron , Destroyer Force , Atlantic Fleet , " Isherwood " conducted shakedown out of Boston until 26 January 1920 when she sailed for Cuba via Newport , Rhode Island . Arriving Guantanamo Bay 3 February she remained there engaging in target practice and drills until departing 26 April , escorting the battleship to receive the Secretary of the Navy at Lynnhaven Roads , Virginia . Following this assignment , " Isherwood " proceeded to Mexico for patrol duty on the Mexican coast until 21 June when she arrived in Boston for repairs . She sailed 21 October for Charleston , South Carolina to join the Destroyers in Reserve . Reserve status . " Isherwood " stayed in reserve status until 10 May 1921 when , with 50 percent complement , she sailed to the Boston Navy Yard , where she joined the Destroyer Force . Operating with reduced complement , she transported Naval Reservists between Boston and Newport and engaged in target practice until 4 August . Following repairs at the Boston Navy Yard ( 13 March – 8 May 1922 ) , " Isherwood " joined Destroyer Squadron 9 at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania and proceeded to Yorktown , Virginia , for exercises with the Fleet . She maneuvered in the area until 3 January 1923 when she rendezvoused with the Scouting Fleet Destroyers for training in the Caribbean ; at Beaufort , North Carolina ; and at Baltimore , Maryland . She continued her readiness operations in the Caribbean until 28 March 1925 . On 7 May 1925 , " Isherwood " , arrived Boston for a Naval Reserve cruise from Maine to the District of Columbia . She rejoined her squadron at Newport 31 August , and arrived at Guantanamo 24 September for maneuvers in the Caribbean . Having completed exercises with the Fleet , Isherwood arrived in Portsmouth , Virginia , 13 April , and departed 12 June for France via Newport and the Azores . Isherwood arrived St . Nazaire 29 June ; she then conducted a good will cruise to various British and Mediterranean ports . After her arrival in Boston 15 July 1927 , " Isherwood " resumed her schedule of reservist training cruises and fleet maneuvers in the Caribbean until June 1929 . Decommissioning . From Jacksonville , Florida , she received Naval Reservists for a summer cruise ( Maine to Massachusetts ) 29 June , and following their disembarkation 20 July , she underwent repairs at Newport and overhaul at Norfolk . towed her from Norfolk to the Philadelphia Navy Yard 26 August , and she decommissioned there 1 May 1930 . She was sold 17 January 1931 , and scrapped in 1934 by her purchasers .
Regina Trench Regina Trench ( ) was a German trench dug along a ridge running from north - west of the village of Le Sars , south - west to Stuff Redoubt ( ) , close to the German fortifications at Thiepval on the Somme battlefield . It was the longest such trench on the German front during World War I . Attacked several times during the Battle of the Ancre Heights , the 5th Canadian Brigade briefly controlled a section of the trench on 1 October but were repulsed by counter attacks . An attack on 8 October by the 1st and 3rd Canadian Divisions on Regina Trench also failed ; on 21 October the 4th Canadian Division in an attack on the trench with the 18th , 25th and 39th divisions attacking the western part of the trench , ( known as " Stuff Trench " ) briefly captured sections of the trench but were again pushed out by German counter - attacks . Action . After two months of attacks and constant shelling the trench was taken by a night attack on 10 / 11 November by the 4th Canadian Division . The 46th ( S . Saskatchewan ) and 47th ( Br . Columbia ) battalions of the 10th Brigade , with a company of the 102nd Battalion , crept close to the line and attacked eight minutes after the barrage lifted , surprising the German garrison and taking and four machine - guns , for a loss of ; several German counter - attacks were defeated . Casualties . Losses in the 2nd Canadian Division October were . Casualties of the 3rd Canadian Division October were . The 18th Division lost casualties October . Canadian Corps casualties on 8 October were . When the Canadian Corps was relieved , its casualties during the Battle of the Somme were , roughly the forces involved . Commemoration . Regina Trench Cemetery . Regina Trench Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery situated astride the location of the infamous trench and contains and commemorations of men killed at or near the trenchline during the First World War . of the men are identified as British , , one American airman and of unknown soldiers , with special memorials to believed to be buried among them . Most of the men buried at Regina Trench fell in battle between October 1916 and February 1917 and the original portion of the cemetery ( now Plot II , Rows A to D ) was established during the winter of 1916 – 1917 . After the armistice in 1918 the Regina Trench location was selected as a " concentration cemetery " with mortal remains brought in from scattered graves and small battlefield cemeteries surrounding the nearby villages of Courcelette , Grandcourt and Miraumont . Unlike many CWGC cemeteries where men are laid one - to - a - grave , many of the graves contain more than one burial and where two names are shown on the one headstone , it is necessary to count the individual names in order to find the correct grave location . The CWGC website states that Regina Trench Cemetery is located in Grandcourt but this is somewhat misleading because while it is located between Grandcourt and Courcelette it is most easily reached by a rough road that runs approximately northwest of Courcelette village .
Lawrence S . Thomas , III Lawrence S . Thomas , III is a retired American brigadier general , most recently assigned as the chief of staff and commander of the New Jersey Air National Guard at Fort Dix , New Jersey . He graduated from Ohio University in 1977 , and he received his commission as an Ensign in the United States Navy that August . After becoming a Naval Aviator , Thomas qualified in the F - 14 Tomcat aircraft and was assigned to the USS " Nimitz " . He attended and graduated from the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School ( TOPGUN ) in 1981 , and was one of the Navy ’ s initial cadre for the F / A - 18 Hornet . Thomas joined the New Jersey Air National Guard in 1986 as a member of the 177th Fighter Wing in Atlantic City , after spending almost a decade aboard the USS Nimitz , NAS Lemoore , California and NAS Oceana , Virginia . He has participated in many missions , including deployment to Canada , Key West , and Saudi Arabia to enforce the southern no - fly zone in Iraq , F - 16 contingency missions over New York City , Washington D . C . , and Camp David following the September 11 , 2001 attacks . He has served as the operations officer for the 119th Fighter Squadron and both the Vice Commander and then Commander of the 177th Fighter Wing . In 2003 , he served as the commander of the 108th Air Refueling Wing during the wing ’ s mobilization for Operation Iraqi Freedom . He continues to command the 108th and 177th Wings as the commander of the New Jersey Air National Guard . During his tenure as commander , Thomas has engaged at the national level , including in the Base Realignment and Closure ( BRAC ) process . Thomas has received several decorations , including the Meritorious Service Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster ; the Aerial Achievement Medal ; the Air Force Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters ; the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award ; a Navy Unit Commendation ; a Navy " E " Ribbon ; the Navy Expeditionary Medal ; the National Defense Service Medal with one bronze star ; the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal ; the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal ; the Sea Service Ribbon with two bronze stars ; the Air Force Longevity Service Award with four oak leaf clusters ; an Air Force Training Ribbon ; and several awards and decorations from the New Jersey National Guard .
USS Davison ( DD - 618 ) USS " Davison " ( DD - 618 / DMS - 37 ) , a " Gleaves " - class destroyer , was named for Lieutenant Commander Gregory C . Davison ( 1871 – 1935 ) . Commander Davison specialized in torpedo boat operations . " Davison " was launched 19 July 1942 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co . , Kearny , New Jersey ; sponsored by Mrs . G . C . Davison ; and commissioned 11 September 1942 , with Lieutenant Commander W . C . Winn in command . She cleared New York on 13 November 1942 , screening transports carrying reinforcement troops and supplies to Safi , French Morocco between 8 December and 18 December . She returned to New York 10 January 1943 . After two more voyages to North Africa as a convoy escort between 8 February and 28 April , she sailed from Norfolk on 6 June for Oran , arriving 22 June . On 4 July she sortied with Task Force 85 ( TF 85 ) for the invasion of Sicily on 10 July , acting as convoy escort and patrol vessel off the transport area until returning to Oran on 22 July . Six days later , she was en route to New York , arriving 8 August , and sailing 21 August for another convoy voyage to Bizerte , then sailed again on 7 October to screen a convoy by way of Belfast , Northern Ireland , to Palermo , Sicily . " Davison " ' s group came under heavy air attack from German planes based in southern France on 6 November , while off Algiers . Her crew shot down at least one enemy plane , and aided survivors of the torpedo ed " Beatty " ( DD - 640 ) , and two merchantmen . She returned by way of Belfast to New York on 24 January 1944 . She made two escort voyages to Northern Ireland and Scotland between 11 February and 21 April escorting convoys from Norfolk and New York to Naples , Marseilles , and Oran until 7 June 1945 . On 8 June 1945 , " Davison " reported to Charleston , South Carolina , for conversion to a high - speed minesweeper . She was reclassified DMS - 37 , 23 June , and her crew was trained in mine - sweeping exercises in Chesapeake Bay until 27 August . She then sailed from Norfolk for the western Pacific , arriving at Okinawa on 15 October . She swept mines in the Yellow Sea , remaining in the Far East on occupation duty until 11 March 1946 when she left Yokosuka for San Francisco , arriving the last day of the month . " Davison " served in the western Pacific again from 12 September 1946 to 29 March 1947 , calling at Pearl Harbor , Eniwetok , Guam , various Chinese and Korean ports , and Kwajalein . On 10 March 1948 , she sailed west again , with a team from the Naval Research Laboratory for balloon tests in the Marshall Islands , returning to San Diego on 4 June . " Davison " was placed out of commission in reserve at San Diego on 24 June 1949 . On 15 July 1955 , she was reclassified DD - 618 . Stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 January 1972 , " Davison " was sold on 27 August 1973 and broken up for scrap . " Davison " received three battle star s for World War II service .
Battle of Caer Caradoc The Battle of Caer Caradoc was the final battle in Caratacus ' s resistance to Roman rule . Fought in 50 , the Romans defeated the Britons and thus secured the southern areas of the province of Britannia . Caratacus chose a battlefield in hilly country , placing the Britons on the higher ground . His forces were probably primarily made up of warriors from the Ordovices though there may have been some Silures as well . This position made both approach and retreat difficult for the Romans , and comparatively easy for his own forces . Where the slope was shallow , he built rough stone ramparts , and placed armed men in front of them . In front of them was a river , probably the Severn or Teme . The Roman commander , Publius Ostorius Scapula , was reluctant to assault the British lines , but the enthusiasm of his men won him over . The river was crossed without difficulty . The Roman soldiers came under a rain of missiles , but employed the testudo formation to protect themselves and dismantled the stone ramparts . Once inside the defences , the Romans broke through in bloody fighting . The Britons withdrew to the hilltops , but the Romans kept up the pursuit . Their lines broke , and they were caught between the heavily armed legionaries and the lightly armed auxiliaries . Caratacus ' s wife , son , and daughter were captured and his brother surrendered , but Caratacus himself escaped . He fled north , seeking refuge among the Brigantes . The Brigantian queen , Cartimandua , however , was loyal to Rome , and she handed him over in chains . He was exhibited as part of the emperor Claudius ' s Roman triumph in Rome . He gave a speech which persuaded the emperor to spare him and his family . His defeat was publicly likened by the Senators to some of Rome ' s greatest victories , and Ostorius Scapula was awarded triumphal ornaments for defeating him . The site of the battle is unknown . The hill fort on Caer Caradoc Hill in Shropshire is connected with the battle by virtue of its name . Local legend places it at British Camp in the Malvern Hills . However , the Severn , though visible from the latter location , is too distant to fit Tacitus ' s description of the site , and the Severn is not visible from the former location . A position just west of Caersws , where the remains of earthworks still stand , has also been suggested , as has a location near Chapel Lawn , Shropshire .
USS Guinevere ( SP - 512 ) The first USS " Guinevere " ( SP - 512 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918 . " Guinevere " was built in 1908 as a private steam and sail yacht of the same name by George Lawley & Son at Neponset , Massachusetts . On 10 June 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her from her owner , Edgar Palmer of New York City , for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I . She was commissioned as USS " Guinevere " ( SP - 512 ) on 20 July 1917 with Lieutenant Guy Davis in command . " Guinevere " departed Coaling Station Newport at Newport , Rhode Island , on 1 August 1917 bound for St . John ' s , Dominion of Newfoundland ; the Azores ; and Brest , France . Arriving at Brest on 29 August 1917 , she commenced patrols of the French coast and began escorting convoys to Quiberon , Ushant , Lorient , and St . Nazaire , France . " Guinevere " ran aground and was wrecked off the French coast on 26 January 1918 with no loss of life . Her wreck was sold for scrapping to the French firm " Societe Americaine de Sauvetage " on 30 June 1919 .
Videsha Seva Padakkama The Videsha Seva Padakkama ( " Foreign Service Medal " ) medal will be granted to all ranks of the Regular and Volunteer Forces of the Army , Navy and Air Force of the Sri Lanka for active service outside the territorial limits of the Island , given that such service is linked with active service in an overseas military assignment or campaign or in the defense of Sri Lanka or for service connected with military or peace keeping operations conducted under the support of the United Nations Organization as defined in the regulations hereinafter made . < br > Every recipient of the medal will be eligible to use the post - nominal letters VSP after his name .
Charles W . Brooks Charles Wayland Brooks ( March 8 , 1897 – January 14 , 1957 ) was a Republican U . S . Senator from Illinois from 1940 to 1949 . Born in West Bureau , Illinois , Brooks served in the Marines during World War I as a first lieutenant from 1917 to 1919 ; while in combat he was wounded several times . Brooks ran for Governor of Illinois in 1936 but was defeated by incumbent Democrat Henry Horner . He was elected by a very narrow margin in 1940 to fill the senate vacancy caused by the death of J . Hamilton Lewis . Brooks was reelected in 1942 but was defeated in 1948 by Democrat Paul Douglas . Brooks returned to Chicago , Illinois , and died in 1957 from a massive heart attack . Family . Brooks married Gertrude Ackerly in August 1920 and they had a son , Russell ( b . 1924 ) . She divorced him in April 1943 in Reno , Nevada , citing cruelty . He married Mary Elizabeth Thomas Peavey , a widow and daughter of U . S . Senate colleague John W . Thomas of Idaho . They wed in May 1946 and remained married to his death . Mary Brooks later became a member of the Idaho Senate and for eight years was Director of the United States Mint during the Nixon and Ford administrations . Her son , John Peavey ( b . 1933 ) , is a former Democratic politician in Idaho , formerly a Republican .
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina ( lived 3rd century BC ) was a Roman politician involved in the First Punic War . Scipio Asina was a patrician member of the Scipio nes branch of the famous Cornelii , a family with a history as old as the Roman Republic itself . He was son of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus and brother of Lucius Cornelius Scipio ( consul 259 BC ) . Elected senior consul for the year 261 BC , Scipio Asina had the honour of commanding the first Roman fleet launched to the Mediterranean Sea . While patrolling the waters of the Messina strait between Italy and Sicily with the first vessels , Scipio Asina received the information that Lipara , in the Lipari Islands , was about to change to the Roman side . Eager to secure such an important port and to cover himself with glory , he rushed to the islands without considering security . It is not sure if the Carthaginians planned the whole affair , but the Roman fleet was trapped in the harbour by Hannibal Gisco . Without naval warfare experience , the crews panicked and escaped to land , leaving the ships unattended and Scipio Asina to be made prisoner by the Carthaginians . Although there was hardly any fighting , the encounter is known as the Battle of the Lipari Islands . His mishap earned him the pejorative " cognomen " of " Asina " ( " female donkey " in Latin ) , given by witty political opponents . Neither the humiliation , nor that he was the first Roman admiral to lose a battle , ended his career ; in 254 BC , Scipio Asina was elected consul for the second time and , with his partner Aulus Atilius Caiatinus , succeeded in the conquest of Panormus ( Palermo , now capital of Sicily ) .
Besby Holmes Lieutenant Colonel Besby Frank Holmes , 1917 – 2006 , a World War II fighter pilot who in 1943 took part in the famous — and famously controversial — mission to kill legendary Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto , who planned the attack on Pearl Harbor . Holmes died of a stroke July 23 at Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae , California .
48th Infantry Division ( Wehrmacht ) Operational history . Formed in West Flanders from the 171st Reserve Division from Poles and other non Germans the 48th was transferred to France after the collapse of the Normandy Front . First engaged in the Chartres area by the 3rd US Army it preformed poorly being continually driven back by the 3rd Army through Metz and Finally the Siegfried Line where it collapsed altogether and was absorbed into the 559th Infantry Division . Reorganized into a Volksgrenadier division in Austria it was sent to the Eastern Front assigned to the German 8th Army defending Vienna where it surrendered to the Soviets . References . Mitcham , W , Samuel . Hitlers Legions
Steven E . Foster Steven E . Foster is a Major General in the United States Air National Guard and is the mobilization assistant to the commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command . Previously assignments include commander of the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard . He has acquired more than 3 , 800 hours flying in a Cessna T - 37 Tweet , Northrop T - 38 Talon , Cessna O - 2 Skymaster , Fairchild Republic A - 10 Thunderbolt II , and General Dynamics F - 16 Fighting Falcon . As a civilian he pilots a McDonnell Douglas MD - 11 for FedEx Express . Awards he has received include the Legion of Merit , the Meritorious Service Medal , the Air Medal , the Aerial Achievement Medal , the Air Force Commendation Medal , the Army Commendation Medal , the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with valor device , the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award , the Combat Readiness Medal with silver oak leaf cluster and four bronze oak leaf clusters , the National Defense Service Medal , the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal , the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal , the Air Force Overseas Ribbon , the Air Force Longevity Service Award with silver oak leaf cluster , the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with hourglass device , the Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon with service star , the Air Force Training Ribbon .
USS Myrtle ( 1862 ) The first USS " Myrtle " was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat and as a dispatch boat assigned to assist Union Navy ships patrolling Confederate waterways . Assigned to the Mississippi Squadron . " Myrtle " , a twin screw tug , was acquired as " Resolute " by the Navy from the U . S . War Department 30 September 1862 ; renamed Myrtle 15 October 1862 ; and assigned to Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter ’ s Mississippi Squadron . During the remainder of the Civil War she operated at Cairo , Illinois , providing tug and towing services for the squadron and serving as a dispatch boat . She served on both the Mississippi River and the Ohio River and in 1865 transferred her base of operations to Mound City , Illinois . She was turned over to the naval station at Mound City 8 August 1865 . She was sold at public auction 17 August 1865 to E . H . Ellis .