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Alexandre Pierre Chevalier Moline de Saint - Yon Alexandre Pierre Moline de Saint - Yon ( 29 June 1786 , Lyon – 17 November 1870 , Bordeaux ) was a French general , writer , and politician . Biography . He was the son of Honore de Saint - Yon and Gabrielle Antoinette Rivoire Alexandre Moline , He graduated from the military school at Fontainebleau in 1805 , with the rank of second lieutenant . Promoted Lieutenant in 1807 , Captain in 1809 , he made the Prussian campaign before being sent to Spain under the command of Marshal Soult . Created a Knight of the Empire June 11 , 1810 , he was wounded in Saint - Jean - de - Luz ( 1813 ) , and was promoted to squadron leader and returned to France with Soult . Aide of Napoleon ' s campaign in France , he was present at Ligny and Waterloo ( 1815 ) . Put on half pay by the Second Restoration , he devoted himself to literature . The July Monarchy reactivated him . He became lieutenant - colonel ( 1830 ) , Colonel ( 1831 ) , Field Marshal ( 1835 ) , Lieutenant - General ( 1844 ) , Director of Personnel and Operations at the Department of War , Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor ( 7 November 1845 ) , peer of France ( November 10 , 1845 ) and on the same day , Minister of War . He retired as Major General June 8 , 1848 and never reappeared on the political scene .
GP - 25 The GP - 25 Kostyor is a Russian grenade launcher created to equip the AK series as an equivalent of the M - 203 . Description . The GP - 25 Kostyor ( ' Bonfire ' ) is a Russian under barrel grenade launcher for the AK - 47 series of assault rifles . They were first seen by the west in 1984 during the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan . The initial version was designated BG - 15 , and was fitted under the barrels of AK - 47 assault rifles . The main production version , the GP - 25 , has a different sighting system . The 40 - mm GP - 25 under - barrel grenade launcher is a standard issue weapon of the Russian Army . It is also used by Special Forces including spetnaz , the Federal Security Service ( formerly the KGB ) and Ministry of Justice . A simplified version called the GP - 30 is in use now , and can be fitted on most assault rifles used by Spetsnaz , such as the AN - 94 , OTS - 14 GROZA , and AK - 47 .
Battle of Palikao The Battle of Palikao ( French : " Le Combat de Palikao " , Chinese : 八里橋之戰 , lit . " Battle of the Eight - Mile Bridge " ) was fought at the bridge of Palikao by Anglo - French forces against China during the Second Opium War on the morning of 21 September 1860 . It allowed Western forces to take the capital Beijing and eventually defeat the Qing Empire . Battle . The combined Anglo - French force which had recently occupied Tianjin engaged a Chinese army numbering thousands at Baliqiao . A fierce battle ensued , with the Anglo - French force inflicting massive losses on the Chinese army . Beijing was invaded thereafter . On the Chinese side , Sengge Rinchen ' s troops , including elite Mongolian cavalry , were completely annihilated after several doomed frontal charges against concentrated firepower from the allied forces . The French troops were led by Charles Guillaume Cousin - Montauban , who was then awarded the title of " Count of Palikao " by Napoléon III . The British land forces were commanded by Sir James Hope Grant . Aftermath . With the Qing army devastated , Emperor Xianfeng fled the capital , leaving his brother , Prince Gong , to be in charge of negotiations . The Anglo - French forces entered Beijing on 6 October . Anglo - French troops in Beijing began looting the Summer Palace and the Old Summer Palace . Harry Smith Parkes and the surviving diplomatic prisoners were freed , Lord Elgin ordered the Summer Palaces be burnt down , starting on 18 October . The destruction of the Forbidden City was even discussed , as proposed by Lord Elgin to discourage the Chinese from using kidnapping as a bargaining tool , and to exact revenge on the mistreatment of their prisoners . In the Treaty of Tientsin , the Qing court agreed to all Western demands , including the payment of indemnities and the acceptance of foreign diplomats at the imperial court in Beijing . Because neither Qing nor Western diplomats discussed the opium trade , the Treaty effectively liberalized it .
Battle of LaFourche Crossing The Battle of LaFourche Crossing ( also spelled Lafourche Crossing ) was a battle in Lafourche Parish , Louisiana , United States and fought on June 20 – 21 , 1863 , during the American Civil War as part of a campaign known as Taylor ’ s Operations in West Louisiana . Background . Confederate Major General Richard Taylor sent an expedition under Colonel James P . Major to break Union supply lines , disrupt military activities and force an enemy withdrawal from Brashear City and Port Hudson . Major set out from Washington , Louisiana , on Bayou Teche , heading south and east . While marching , his men conducted raids on Union forces , boats and plantations and in the process recaptured liberated slaves and captured animals and supplies . Battle . Brigadier General William H . Emory , commanding the defenses of New Orleans , assigned Lieutenant Colonel Albert Stickney to command in Brashear City and to stem the Confederate raid if possible . Emory informed Stickney of Major ’ s descent on LaFourche Crossing and ordered him to send troops . Feeling that no threat to Brashear City existed , Stickney , himself , led troops off to LaFourche Crossing , arriving on the morning of June 20 . That afternoon , Stickney ' s scouts reported that the enemy was advancing rapidly . Confederate forces began driving in Stickney ’ s pickets around 5 : 00 p . m . . Southern cavalry then advanced , but was driven back . After Union troops fired a few rounds , the Confederates withdrew in the direction of Thibodeaux . In the late afternoon of June 21 , the Confederates engaged the Union pickets , and fighting continued for more than an hour before the Rebels retired . At about 6 : 30 p . m . , the Confederates reappeared in force , started an artillery duel , and charged the Union lines at 7 : 00 p . m . An hour later , the Confederates disengaged and retired toward Thibodeaux . The Union held the field . Despite the defeat , Major ’ s raiders continued on to Brashear City .
HMS Sluys ( D60 ) HMS " Sluys " ( D60 ) was a Battle - class destroyer of the Royal Navy ( RN ) . She was named in honour of the Battle of Sluys which occurred in 1340 during the Hundred Years ' War , and which resulted in a decisive English victory over a French fleet . " Sluys " was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead . She was launched on 28 February 1945 and commissioned on 30 September 1946 . Upon commission , " Sluys " joined the 1st Destroyer Flotilla , part of the Home Fleet , which was based in the UK . In 1947 , " Sluys " , along with her sister - ship " Cadiz " , escorted the aircraft carrier HMS " Vengeance " , which was flying the flag of the First Sea Lord , to Norway , where the small group made a variety of fly - the - flag visits to ports , as well as performing other duties . In 1953 , " Sluys " was decommissioned and subsequently placed in Reserve . She was sold to Iran in 1967 after a major rebuild which completely changed her outline . After this major refit the ship appeared with a fully enclosed bridge and equipped with a seacat missile system . This despite tensions between the UK and Iran during the 1960s , which was centred around tensions and disputes in the Middle East . " Sluys " was renamed " Artemiz " upon joining the Iranian Navy . After some years service with the Iranian Navy " Sluys " underwent another major refit , this time carried out by the Russians , and received amongst other things , a brand new Russian surface to air missile system to replace the British seacat . However , she did keep her original 4 . 5 " mark 4 turrets , albeit with an updated radar and fire control system . It is reported that she remained in service into the 1990s , an astonishing service life , considering that by then , " Sluys " was very antiquated .
Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II The Pacific Ocean theatre , during World War II , was a major theatre of the war between the Allies and Japan . It was defined by the Allied powers ' Pacific Ocean Area command , which included most of the Pacific Ocean and its islands , while mainland Asia was excluded , as were the Philippines , the Dutch East Indies , Borneo , Australia , most of the Territory of New Guinea and the western part of the Solomon Islands . It officially came into existence on March 30 , 1942 , when US Admiral Chester Nimitz was appointed " Supreme Allied Commander Pacific Ocean Area " . In the other major theatre in the Pacific region , known as the South West Pacific theatre , Allied forces were commanded by US General Douglas MacArthur . Both Nimitz and MacArthur were overseen by the US Joint Chiefs and the western Allies Combined Chiefs of Staff ( CCoS ) . Most Japanese forces in the theatre were part of the of the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) , which was responsible for all Japanese warships , naval aircraft and marine infantry infantry units . The " Rengō Kantai " was led by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto , until he was killed in an attack by U . S . fighter planes in April 1943 . Yamamoto was succeeded by Admiral Mineichi Koga ( 1943 – 44 ) and Admiral Soemu Toyoda ( 1944 – 45 ) . The of the Imperial Japanese Army was responsible for Imperial Japanese Army ( IJA ) ground and air units in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific . The IJN and IJA did not formally utilize joint / combined staff at the operational level , and their command structures / geographical areas of operations overlapped each other and those of the Allies . In the Pacific Ocean theatre , Japanese forces fought primarily against the United States Navy and US Marine Corps . The United Kingdom , New Zealand , Australia , Canada and other Allied nations also contributed forces .
Herambalal Gupta Heramba Lal Gupta was an Indian Nationalist linked to the Berlin Committee and the Ghadar Party extensively involved in the Hindu - German Conspiracy , who later turned a British agent and passed in intelligence on Mahendra Pratap ' s Kabul Government . At the outbreak of World War I , Gupta was in Germany as member of the Berlin Committee , which within a short time established contacts with the Ghadar Party in the United States in what came to be called the Hindu - German Conspiracy . Efforts had begun as early as 1911 to procure arms and smuggle them into India . When a clear idea of the conspiracy emerged , more earnest and elaborate plans were made to obtain arms and to enlist international support . After the failure of the SS " Korea " mission , Herambalal Gupta took over the leadership of American wing of the conspiracy and began efforts to obtain men and arms . While the former resource was in plentiful supply with more and more Indians coming forward to join the Ghadarite cause , obtaining arms for the uprising proved to be more difficult . The revolutionaries started negotiations with the Chinese government through James Dietrich , who held Sun Yat Sen ' s power of attorney , to buy a million rifles . However , the deal fell through when it was realised that the weapons offered were obsolete flintlock s and muzzle loader s . From China , Gupta went to Japan to try to procure arms and to enlist Japanese support for the Indian independence movement . However , he was forced into hiding within 48 hours when he came to know that the Japanese had planned to hand him over to the British . Later reports indicated he was protected at this time by Toyama Mitsuru . The Ascendancy of Li Yuanhong to Chinese Presidency in 1916 , led to the negotiations reopening through his former private secretary who resided in the United States at the time . In exchange for allowing arms shipments to India via China ' s borders , China was offered German military assistance and the rights to 10 % of any material shipped to India via China . The negotiations were ultimately unsuccessful due to Sun Yat Sen ' s opposition to an alliance with Germany . Gupta is believed to have later met with Mahendra Pratap ' s Provisional Government of India in Kabul , but he defected in 1918 and turned over his intelligence to British Indian police .
Paul H . Carr Paul Henry Carr ( 13 February 1924 - 25 October 1944 ) was a U . S . Navy Gunner ' s Mate Third Class who received a Silver Star posthumously for his actions aboard USS " Samuel B . Roberts " ( DE 413 ) at the Battle off Samar during World War II . Carr served as the gun mount captain of the " Roberts " aft 5 - inch gun . In the ship ' s final action , Carr led his gunmount team to fire 324 rounds in 35 minutes . As he was dying , he was found at his station gripping the last unfired round . The Navy named the guided missile frigate for him . Carr came from Checotah , Oklahoma . He had married Goldie Lee Johnson of Checotah on 23 October 1943 , leaving her a widow a year and two days later . He was also survived by eight sisters , who kept an active interest in the ship named for their brother , USS " Carr " .
HMS Swiftsure ( 1673 ) HMS " Swiftsure " was a 70 - gun third - rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built by Sir Anthony Deane at Harwich , and launched in 1673 . By 1685 she had been reduced to a 66 - gun ship . In 1692 she saw action at the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue . She was rebuilt by Snelgrove of Deptford in 1696 as a 66 - gun third rate . In 1707 , she belonged to Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell ' s fleet . She saw action during the unsuccessful Battle of Toulon and was present during the great naval disaster off the Isles of Scilly when Shovell and four of his ships ( " Association " , " Firebrand " , " Romney " and " Eagle " ) were lost , claiming the lives of nearly 2 , 000 sailors . " Swiftsure " suffered little to no damage and finally managed to reach Portsmouth . She underwent a second rebuild at Woolwich Dockyard , relaunching on 20 November 1718 as a 70 - gun third rate of the 1706 Establishment . She was renamed HMS " Revenge " at this time . On 25 February 1740 " Revenge " was ordered to be taken to pieces at Deptford , and to be rebuilt as a 70 - gun third rate to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment . She was relaunched on 23 May 1742 . " Revenge " was sold out of the navy in 1787 .
Alexander Gordon Lyle Alexander Gordon Lyle ( November 12 , 1889 – July 15 , 1955 ) was an officer in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War I . He is one of only three dental officers to have received the medal , the others being Weedon Osborne and Ben L . Salomon . Biography . Lyle was born in Gloucester , Massachusetts on November 12 , 1889 . After graduating High School he went to Baltimore College , graduating in 1912 with a degree in dentistry . He accepted a commission in the Navy as a Lieutenant ( junior grade ) in 1915 while living in Massachusetts and retired August 1 , 1948 at the rank of Vice Admiral . Lyle was serving as a dental officer with the 5th Regiment of the United States Marine Corps on the French front during World War I . On April 23 , 1918 he risked his life to rescue a corporal who had been seriously wounded during heavy shellfire . He saved the corporal ' s life by treating his wounds using surgical aid and became one of only two dental officers in history to receive the Medal of Honor . At the time of the award the Navy still had two different versions of the Medal of Honor , one for combat operations and one for noncombat operations . For his actions saving the corporal ' s life Lyle received the combat version of the Medal , known as the Tiffany Cross . He died July 15 , 1955 in Portsmouth , Rhode Island and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery Arlington , Virginia . His grave can be found in section 2 , lot 1114 - 1 . His wife Ruth Haire Lyle was buried with him when she died in 1963 . Vice Admiral Lyle ' s medal can be seen on display at the National Naval Medical Center , Bethesda , Maryland . In addition to the Medal of Honor Lyle also received the Legion of Merit , the Silver Star ( with palms ) and the Italian War Cross . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Lieutenant Commander ( Dental Corps ) , U . S . Navy . Born : November 12 , 1889 , Gloucester , Mass . Appointed from : Massachusetts . Other Navy award : Legion of Merit . Citation : For extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty while serving with the 5th Regiment , U . S . Marine Corps . Under heavy shellfire , on April 23 , 1918 , on the French Front , Lt . Comdr . Lyle rushed to the assistance of Cpl . Thomas Regan , who was seriously wounded , and administered such effective surgical aid while bombardment was still continuing , as to save the life of Cpl . Regan .
Battle of Jezzine ( 1941 ) The Battle of Jezzine ( 13 June 1941 ) was part of the Australian 7th Division ' s advance on Beirut during the five - week - long Syria - Lebanon campaign by the Allies against Vichy French forces in Syria and Lebanon . Jezzine , Lebanon , is about halfway between the Lebanese border with Palestine and Beirut . This battle was one of several hard fought actions during the Australian advance on Beirut . When his company suffered casualties from intense machine gun fire , Private Jim Gordon , 2 / 31st Battalion , took it upon himself to crawl forward and neutralise the enemy post with rifle and bayonet . Gordon , originally from Rockingham , Western Australia , was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions near Jezzine . Jezzine Barracks in Townsville , Queensland , is named after this battle .
Saint - Pierre - du - Mont Airfield Saint - Pierre - du - Mont Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield which is located in the Calvados department in the Basse - Normandie region in northern France . Located just north of Saint - Pierre - du - Mont along the English Channel coast , it was a United States Army Air Force temporary airfield established shortly after the D - Day landings in France . The airfield was one of the first established in the liberated area of Normandy , being constructed by the IX Engineering Command , 834th Engineer Aviation Battalion . History . Known as Advanced Landing Ground " A - 1 " , the airfield consisted of a single 5000 ' ( 1500m ) Square - Mesh Track runway aligned 15 / 33 . In addition , with tents were used for billeting and also for support facilities ; an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure ; a dump for supplies , ammunition , and gasoline drums , along with a drinkable water and minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting . Construction of the airfield began on 7 June , the day after the initial invasion , and was completed on 8 June at 1800 hrs The airfield was completed only 2 days after the D - Day landings in France . It was pressed into service as Emergency Landing Strip 1 ( ELS A - 1 ) with a 1000x35m / 3400x120ft untracked ( grass / dirt ) runway . It served only small observation aircraft at that time . Just over 24 hours later ( 18 : 45 ) it had been upgraded from a Refuelling and Rearming Strip ( RRS A - 1 ) to an Advanced Landing Ground ( ALG A - 1 ) , able to handle aircraft up to the C - 47 transport . From 10 June 1944 an RAF Ames Type 15 GCI radar site became active at the airfield , the only survivor of three that were accidentally sent to the Normandy beaches on D - Day , instead of D - Day + 3 of the invasion . After his day trip to Normandy on June 12 , General " Hap " Arnold , USAAF commander , returned to the UK from A - 1 . Combat units stationed at the airfield were the 366th Fighter Group , which based P - 47 Thunderbolt fighters at the field from 13 June through 5 September 1944 . The fighter planes flew support missions during the Allied invasion of Normandy , patrolling roads in front of the beachhead ; stafing German military vehicles and dropping bombs on gun emplacements , anti - aircraft artillery and concentrations of German troops when spotted . In addition to the fighters , elements of the 416th and 322d Bomb Groups dispatched B - 26 Marauder medium bombers from their bases in England to Saint - Pierre - du - Mont to attack German strong points in Normandy during the initial battles around Saint - Lô After the Americans moved east into Central France with the advancing Allied Armies , the airfield was dismantled in September 1944 and the land returned to agricultural use . Today there is little or no physical evidence of its existence or its location .
2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing The Forward Operating Base Marez bombing took place on December 21 , 2004 . Fourteen U . S . soldiers , four U . S . citizen Halliburton employees , and four Iraqi soldiers allied with the U . S . military were killed in an attack on a dining hall at the Forward Operating Base next to the main U . S . military airfield at Mosul . Pentagon report . The Pentagon reported that 72 other personnel were injured in the attack carried out by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest and the uniform of the Iraqi security services . The Islamist insurgent group Army of Ansar al - Sunna ( partly evolved from Ansar al - Islam ) took credit for the attack in an Internet statement . The bomber entered the mess tent and approached a large group of U . S . soldiers , detonating himself and killing 22 people . It was the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers , with 14 soldiers killed . After Attack . Weeks before the attack , soldiers from the base intercepted a document that mentioned a proposal for a massive " Beirut " - type attack on U . S . forces . The reference was apparently to the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing in which 241 U . S . service members were killed . Following the discovery of the papers , commanders at the base — which is about three miles south of Mosul and is used by both U . S . troops and the interim Iraqi National Guard forces — ratcheted up already tight security . Ansar al - Sunnah said the suicide bomber was a 24 - year - old man from Mosul who worked at the base for two months and had provided information about the base to the group . Sergeant Lynn R . Poulin Sr . of Freedom , Maine
693d Radar Squadron The 693d Radar Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 20th Air Division , Aerospace Defense Command , stationed at Dauphin Island Air Force Station , Alabama . It was inactivated on 30 September 1970 . The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States . Lineage . Assignments Stations
Orlando E . Caruana Private Orlando E . Caruana ( June 23 , 1844 to September 14 , 1917 ) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War . Caruana received the country ' s highest award for bravery during combat , the Medal of Honor , for his action during the Battle of New Bern in North Carolina on 14 March 1862 and the Battle of South Mountain in Maryland on 14 September 1862 . He was honored with the award on 14 November 1890 . Biography . Caruana was born on 23 June 1844 in Valletta , Malta . He enlisted into the 51st New York Infantry . He received two medals of honor . The first was earned on 14 March 1862 during the Battle of New Bern when he took the battle flag from the wounded color bearer , helping off the battlefield . The second medal was earned on 14 September that same year when he , along with three other men , volunteered to scout out the enemy ' s position in Maryland during the Battle of South Mountain . The other three men were killed but he managed to escape and rejoin his company . He died on 14 September 1917 and his remains are interred at the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington D . C .