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Virgilio N . Cordero , Jr . Brigadier General Virgilio Norberto Cordero , Jr . ( June 6 , 1893 - June 9 , 1980 ) was a highly decorated Puerto Rican soldier who served in the United States Army . Cordero authored various books about his experiences as a prisoner of war , and his participation in the infamous Bataan Death March of World War II . Early years . Cordero was born in San Juan , the capital city of Puerto Rico when the island was still a Spanish colony . There he received his primary and secondary education . He moved to the United States and earned a bachelors degree in engineering from Penn State University in 1917 . That year he also graduated from the ROTC ( Reserve Officers ' Training Corps ) program of that educational institution . Military career . In 1917 , Cordero enlisted in the United States Army after graduating from PSU . He served in World War I and by 1922 , according to the Official Army register , he held the rank of Captain of Infantry . On December 8 , 1941 , when Japanese planes attacked the U . S . military installations in the Philippines , Cordero , who by then held the rank of Colonel , was the Battalion Commander of the 31st Infantry Regiment . The 31st Infantry covered the withdrawal of American and Philippine forces to the Bataan Peninsula and fought for 4 months despite the fact that no help could come in from the outside after much of the Pacific fleet was destroyed at Pearl Harbor and mid - ocean bases at Guam and Wake Island were lost . The Bataan Defense Force surrendered on April 9 , 1942 , and Cordero and his men underwent brutal torture and humiliation during the Bataan Death March and nearly four years of captivity . Cordero was one of nearly 1 , 600 members of the 31st Infantry who were taken as prisoners . Half of these men perished while prisoners of the Japanese forces . Cordero gained his freedom when the Allied troops defeated the Japanese in 1945 . From July 1946 to November 1947 , he served in the US military base in Caserta , Italy before returning to the United States . While in Italy , he was awarded a Silver Star Medal and the Legion of Merit for his actions in Bataan . Post - World War II . Cordero continued to serve in the military retiring in 1953 after 36 years of service . Cordero wrote about his experiences as a prisoner of war and what he went through during the Bataan Death March . He authored " My Experiences during the War with Japan " , which was published in 1950 . In 1957 , he authored a revised Spanish version titled " Bataan y la Marcha de la Muerte " ; Volume 7 of " Colección Vida e Historia " , published by : A . Aguado . On June 9 , 1980 , Cordero died of lung ailment in the U . S . Navy Hospital in the Roosevelt Roads base in Ceiba , Puerto Rico . He was buried with full military honors in Section G , Plot 3 in the Puerto Rico National Cemetery located in the city of Bayamon , Puerto Rico . Cordero was survived by his wife , the former Gloria Haydon ( 1922 - 1981 ) of Needham , Massachusetts , four children and three grandchildren . Military decorations . Among the military decorations which Cordero earned were the following : Tabs :
Camp Marlboro Camp Marlboro was a U . S . Military Camp in Sadr City , Baghdad . It was built to facilitate military and peacekeeping operations in the densely populated Shia ghetto . Camp Marlboro was named as such because it was located on the premises of a cigarette factory , run by one of Saddam Hussein ' s cousins until the US forces occupied the compound . Marlboro is an American cigarette brand .
SS Wright ( T - AVB - 3 ) SS " Wright " ( T - AVB - 3 ) is one of two Aviation Logistics Support ( Roll - on / Roll - off ) Container Ships built for the United States Navy in 1968 . The lead ship of her class of two , she was originally laid down 1 June 1968 at Ingalls Shipbuilding , Inc . of Pascagoula , Mississippi as SS " Mormacsun , a Maritime Commission type ( C5 - S - 78 ) Ro - Ro vessel under Maritime Administration contract ( MA 224 ) for Moore - McCormack Lines . Launched 1 July 1969 , she was delivered to the Maritime Administration ( MARAD ) 1 February 1970 and subsequently renamed SS " Young America ( date unknown ) . Again renamed SS " Wright " ( T - AVB - 3 ) on 14 May 1986 , the ship was assigned to MARAD Ready Reserve Force ( RRF ) , MSC PM - 5 Sealift Program Office , Logistics Prepositioning Force . " Wright " provides support for Marine Corps helicopter s . SS " Wright " is outfitted with both a stern ramp and side ports . Their roll - on / roll - off deck runs the complete length of the ship . When outfitted with mobile facilities , the ships can service aircraft while anchored offshore . Currently SS " Wright " is maintained in reduced status ROS - 5 ( five day reactivation status ) at Baltimore , Maryland . Government service . In November 2012 the SS " Wright " was mobilized to support relief operations after Hurricane Sandy caused damage to the New York / New Jersey region . The ship served as lodging for American Red Cross volunteers , Americorps , FEMA corps , Montana Conservation Corps , Washington Conservation Corps and Virginia Military Institute all who were deployed to support the organizations Hurricane Sandy response . The ship shared a dock near the St George ferry on Staten Island , NY with the TS " Kennedy " which served as lodging for FEMA staff and contractors .
Royal Navy surface fleet The Surface Fleet is the name given to the collection of surface vessels ( as opposed to submarines or aircraft ) of the Royal Navy . At present it consists of two flotilla s based at Portsmouth and Devonport , both on the south coast of England , and a flotilla based at the Clyde Naval Base at Faslane in Scotland . The Surface Fleet consists of a wide variety of vessels , ranging from aircraft carriers to mine countermeasures vessels to offshore patrol vessels , but the backbone of the fleet consists of destroyers ( type 45 ) and frigates ( type 23 ) . The surface fleet has recently been engaged in numerous operations in the North and South Atlantic , the Caribbean , the Northern Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea , where the Cyprus Squadron is based . Closer to home , the surface fleet also conducts Fishery Protection Patrols in UK waters , in a formal agreement with DEFRA . The Fishery Protection Squadron is the largest front line squadron in the Royal Navy .
Bernard J . Ray Bernard James Ray ( June 9 , 1921 – November 17 , 1944 ) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in World War II during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest . Biography . Ray joined the Army from Baldwin , New York in 1943 , and by November 17 , 1944 was serving as a First Lieutenant in Company F , 8th Infantry Regiment , 4th Infantry Division . On that day , in the Hurtgen Forest near Schevenhütte , Germany , Ray exposed himself to intense enemy fire in an attempt to destroy a wire obstacle that was blocking his unit ' s path . Seriously wounded while setting up an explosive charge to blow up the obstacle , he realized that he would not be able to accomplish his mission if he did not detonate the charge immediately . Ray set off the explosives , killing himself but successfully destroying the wire barricade . He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor a year later , on December 8 , 1945 . Ray , aged 23 at his death , was buried in Long Island National Cemetery , Farmingdale , New York . Medal of Honor citation . First Lieutenant Ray ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : He was platoon leader with Company F , 8th Infantry , on November 17 , 1944 , during the drive through the Hurtgen Forest near Schevenhutte , Germany . The American forces attacked in wet , bitterly cold weather over rough , wooded terrain , meeting brutal resistance from positions spaced throughout the forest behind minefield s and wire obstacles . Small arms , machinegun , mortar , and artillery fire caused heavy casualties in the ranks when Company F was halted by a concertina - type wire barrier . Under heavy fire , 1st Lt . Ray reorganized his men and prepared to blow a path through the entanglement , a task which appeared impossible of accomplishment and from which others tried to dissuade him . With implacable determination to clear the way , he placed explosive caps in his pockets , obtained several bangalore torpedo es , and then wrapped a length of highly explosive primer cord about his body . He dashed forward under direct fire , reached the barbed wire and prepared his demolition charge as mortar shells , which were being aimed at him alone , came steadily nearer his completely exposed position . He had placed a torpedo under the wire and was connecting it to a charge he carried when he was severely wounded by a bursting mortar shell . Apparently realizing that he would fail in his self - imposed mission unless he completed it in a few moments he made a supremely gallant decision . With the primer cord still wound about his body and the explosive caps in his pocket , he completed a hasty wiring system and unhesitatingly thrust down on the handle of the charger , destroying himself with the wire barricade in the resulting blast . By the deliberate sacrifice of his life , 1st Lt . Ray enabled his company to continue its attack , resumption of which was of positive significance in gaining the approaches to the Cologne Plain .
U . S . Army Center for Army Lessons Learned The Center for Army Lessons Learned ( CALL ) is an agent for change focused on the collection , analysis , dissemination , integration , and archiving of new concepts ; tactics , techniques , and procedures ( TTP ) ; and solutions throughout the Army from the tactical through theater / strategic levels of war . CALL is forward deployed around the globe and provides joint , interagency , intergovernmental , and multinational ( JIIM ) forces with historic and emerging observations , insights , and lessons ( OIL ) . The support provides valuable TTP to deployed and follow - on forces and helps improve the warfighting capabilities of the Army . CALL is a multi - media based operation that disseminates these lessons and other related materials through a variety of print and electronic media , including their web site . After the Army ’ s experience in Operation Urgent Fury , the Chief of Staff of the Army , General John Wickham , tasked the Army Studies Group to conduct an analysis of the Army ’ s ability to adapt forces to local conditions in combat . On June 15 , 1984 the Army Studies Group , headed by Colonel Wesley Clark , proposed a system for capturing lessons learned and adapting units for combat . The Chief of Staff of the Army quickly approved the recommended approach . CALL was officially stood up on August 1 , 1985 as a directorate of the Combined Arms Training Activity ( CATA ) located at Fort Leavenworth , KS .
Pedro de Almeida Portugal , 3rd Marquis of Alorna D . Pedro de Almeida Portugal , 3rd Marquis of Alorna ( 16 January 1754 – 2 January 1813 ) was a Portuguese general who served in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars . Military career . In November 1793 , Almeida was an adjutant general . He commanded Portuguese forces in Spain , fighting against the French . In 1798 , he became the commander of a unit of light troops known as the Alorna Legion . Almeida was promoted to major general in 1799 . He began conspiring with the French , and helped force the Portuguese court to Brazil in 1807 . He was promoted to lieutenant general in October of that year , and charged with the defense of Elvas . However , under the orders of the prince regent , he was forced to surrender Elvas to the Spanish on December 2 , 1807 . Almeida was governor of the Alentejo province until December 22 , 1807 , when Jean - Andoche Junot , the invading French general , made him inspector general and commander of all Portuguese forces stationed in the provinces of Beira , Trás - os - Montes , and Estremadura . On February 15 , 1808 , he was named inspector general of all Portuguese forces , and commanded them in Spain from March to June 1808 . On August 1 , 1808 , he was named a major general in the service of Napoleonic Spain . On April 22 , 1810 , Almeida was assigned to the staff of André Masséna , and played an important role in the Siege of Almeida . He entered France in July 1811 and was assigned to the Observation Corps of the Grand Armée on January 30 , 1812 . Named major general in the service of France on March 21 , 1812 , Almeida was put in charge of the 2nd company of Portuguese chasseur . He was then made commander of the Portuguese light cavalry regiment . He participated in the retreat from Russia and died during it in Königsberg . He was succeeded by his sister , Leonor de Almeida Portugal , 4th Marquise of Alorna . Marriage and descendants . Almeida married Henriqueta Julia Gabriela da Cunha ( 1787 - 1829 ) , eldest daughter of the Count of São Vicente , on February 19 , 1782 in Lisbon . The couple had two children .
USS Bergall ( SSN - 667 ) USS " Bergall " ( SSN - 667 ) , a " Sturgeon " - class attack submarine , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bergall , a small fish found along the Atlantic coast of North America from the Chesapeake Bay to Labrador . Construction and commissioning . The contract to build " Bergall " was awarded to General Dynamics Electric Boat on 9 March 1965 and her keel was laid down on 16 April 1966 . She was launched on 17 February 1968 , sponsored by Mrs . Ray C . Needham , and commissioned on 13 June 1969 with Commander Billy F . Tally in command . Service history . 1969 - 1984 . 1983 Deployed on North Atlantic Patrol for 3 months . 1983 Upon return to Norfolk , VA , SUBRON 6 , she immediately resupplied then got underway for a second North Atlantic Patrol taking the billet left vacant by the USS Lipscomb SSN685 , unable to leave the pier due to engineering difficulties . Summer 1984 Compliment of ships divers is made ready with qualification of crew members Matthew Cronley MM1SSDV , Curt Escher RM2SSDV and David Finch ET2SSDV . October 1984 CDR Steven V . Mladineo turns over command to CDR Stephen Gibbs . January 1985 Deployed for the North Atlantic then after refit at Holy Loch , Scotland sailed for the Mediterranean where she performed several patrols in support of 6th fleet operations . April 1985 Refit Sardinia , Italy then returned to operations in support of the 6th fleet . June 1985 Bergall returned home to SUBRON 6 Norfolk , VA after 6 months away . Collision with USS " Kittiwake " ( ASR - 13 ) , 1984 . On 23 April 1984 , the submarine rescue vessel collided with " Bergall " at Norfolk , Virginia , while " Bergall " was moored to the pier aft of " Kittiwake " . " Kittiwake " was getting underway for the first time since she had undergone maintenance , during which her main drive motor was re - wired improperly , causing it and the screw it drove to rotate in the opposite direction from that ordered by personnel on " Kittiwake " s bridge . This was unknown to " Kittiwake " s bridge personnel , who found that " Kittiwake " started to drift aft when they were expecting her to move forward . Noting the backward motion , they ordered an increase in the motor drive speed in order to correct it and get " Kittiwake " moving forward , but unwittingly caused " Kittiwake " to move further aft and at a higher speed . Still not realizing that " Kittiwake " s main drive motor operating in reverse of what they expected , " Kittiwake " s bridge personnel then ordered another increase in " Kittiwake " s forward speed , which only served to increase her speed astern . This continued until " Kittiwake " s stern backed into " Bergall " s sonar dome . Decommissioning and disposal . " Bergall " was decommissioned on 6 June 1996 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 6 June 1997 . Her scrapping via the Nuclear - Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton , Washington , was completed on 29 September 1997 .
1st Florida Cavalry The 1st Florida Cavalry was a Confederate army unit during the U . S . Civil War , originally organized in July 1861 at Tallahassee . Members of the regiment came primarily from Alachua , Clay , Columbia , Duval , Leon , Levy , Nassau and Suwannee counties . It left for the western theater in 1862 . Battles . The 1st Florida Cavalry Regiment surrendered in North Carolina in April 1865 .
George H . Littlefield George H . Littlefield ( May 2 , 1842 – December 25 , 1919 ) was a corporal in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Corporal , Company G , 1st Maine Veteran Infantry . Place and date : At Fort Fisher , Va . , March 25 , 1865 . Entered service at : Skowhegan , Maine . Birth : Skowhegan , Maine . Date of issue : June 22 , 1885 . Citation : The color Corporal having been wounded , this soldier picked up the flag and bore it to the front , to the great encouragement of the charging column .
Heather Erxleben Heather Erxleben ( born 1966 ) is a former Canadian Forces soldier who was the first female to graduate from a Regular Force infantry trades training course . She graduated from the PPCLI Battle School in CFB Wainwright , Alberta on January 19 , 1989 . 21 other women had attempted to pass the 16 month training course , but she was the first to succeed . Her first assignment after training was to 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia ' s Canadian Light Infantry , at that time stationed in BC . She was in the military for three years , and left the services after her initial commitment was completed . Before her time in the Canadian Forces , Erxleben drove a truck for a lumber company . As of 2006 , Heather Erxleben is a nurse in British Columbia . In May 2006 , when interviewed by the " Toronto Star " regarding the death of Captain Nichola Goddard , the first female Canadian soldier killed in combat , Erxleben commented : “ It ' s just throwing the clock back , it ' s going back in time — not going forward . . . If it was a man ( killed ) , wouldn ' t it be just as important ? ”
Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic Strike Fighter Wing , U . S . Atlantic Fleet ( SFWL ) ( aka Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic , SFWL , STRKFIGHTWINGLANT ) is the U . S . Navy ' s largest type wing with 18 squadrons flying more than 300 aircraft composed of six different variants of the F / A - 18 Hornet and Super Hornet . The wing , based at NAS Oceana , is also home to the east coast F / A - 18 Fleet Replacement Squadron ( FRS ) which trains pilots and Weapon Systems Officer s ( WSOs ) in the Hornet and Super Hornet before they are assigned to operational fleet squadrons . The fleet squadrons deploy as part of Carrier Air Wing s ( CVWs ) on aircraft carrier s on both the east and west coasts . History . The wing was established in 1970 as Commander , Light Attack Wing ( CLAW ) at NAS Cecil Field , Florida . With the introduction of the F / A - 18 in the late 1980s , the command was redesignated as SFWL , and the new logo was designed by Lt Jeff Greer . As a result of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission ( BRAC ) decision to close NAS Cecil Field in 1999 , the wing relocated to NAS Oceana , Virginia in 1998 . In 2006 , SFWL subsumed the staff of Commander , Fighter Wing Atlantic upon the retirement of the F - 14 Tomcat and that wing ' s disestablishment . Mission . Strike Fighter Wing ' s mission is to provide U . S . Atlantic Fleet commanders with combat - ready Strike Fighter squadrons which are fully trained , properly manned , well maintained and supported . The wing is responsible for the readiness , training , administration , and maintenance support of all Atlantic Fleet F / A - 18A - F Hornet and Super Hornet squadrons . Although this basic responsibility extends throughout the deployment cycle of individual units , direct operational control of fleet squadrons is generally retained by Carrier Air Wing commanders , whether deployed or not . The Wing is also the lead advocate for issues , maintenance developments and operational readiness factors impacting the VFA community . Organization . SFWL is commanded by a Navy captain , who is also known as the Wing " Commodore " . The wing staff consists of approximately 50 officer , enlisted and civilian personnel . CSFWL reports directly to Commander , Naval Air Force U . S . Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk , Va . Assigned units . Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic exercises administrative and operational command over one Fleet Replacement Squadron ( VFA - 106 ) and administrative command over 16 operational fleet F / A - 18 squadrons . Each Strike - Fighter squadron normally consists of 10 - 12 aircraft , 22 officers and approximately 190 enlisted personnel . Additionally , CSFWL exercises command over Strike Fighter Weapons School Atlantic .
Garz Castle Garz Castle is a Slavic fort , of the type known as a burgwall , located southwest of the town of Garz on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen . The earthworks have an oval shape , are about 200 metres long and 140 metres wide . There is an entrance roughly in the middle of the western side . Towards the lake of Garzer See to the south ( in the direction of Renz ) the ramparts are lower . It lies up to 15 metres higher than the town of Garz . History . The castle was mentioned in 1165 as " Borgar Gardz " , when there were small - scale skirmishes with Danish warriors in front of the castle . The castle itself does not appear to have come under attack , but gradually fell into ruins afterwards . In 1300 , the Prince of Rügen , Vitslav III , built a new castle and a chapel inside the original fort . After his death in 1325 , the castle finally fell into disrepair . On the ramparts is now a war memorial to those who fell in the First World War and , in its immediate vicinity , is the Ernst Moritz Arndt Museum , where one can learn more about the history of the place . Today . The Garz fort is now a protected archaeological site . It ranks , in terms of size and degree of preservation , as one of the most important Slavic strongholds . Originally , it was confused with the castle of Charenza , which was been reported in historical chronicles . However , recent interdisciplinary research in 2004 and 2005 has shown that the fort at Venz ( between Gingst and Trent onat the Neuendorfer Wiek ) is much more likely to be the prince ' s castle and temple of Charenza , which was surrendered without a fight on 16 June 1168 to the King of Denmark Valdemar I and his army commander , Absalon of Roskilde , after negotiations had been held . This was one day after the conquest of the Jaromarsburg castle and temple site on Cape Arkona .