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Thomas R . Bard Thomas Robert Bard ( December 8 , 1841March 5 , 1915 ) was a political leader in California who assisted in the organization of Ventura County and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1900 to 1905 as a Republican . He is known as the " Father of Port Hueneme " for his efforts in building and expanding the city , as well as the first and only deep water port in the area . He is one of the founders of the UNOCAL company . Early life . Born in Chambersburg , Franklin County , Pennsylvania on December 8 , 1841 , Bard attended the common schools , and graduated from the Chambersburg Academy in 1858 . He studied law in school , and before his graduation , he secured a job with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company . Later , he became an assistant to the superintendent of the Cumberland Valley Railroad . Other business ventures included the grain business in Hagerstown , Maryland . During the early part of the Civil War , Bard served as a volunteer Union scout during the invasions of Maryland and Pennsylvania by the Confederates . Political career . Thomas R . Bard moved to Ventura County , California in 1864 and served as a member of the board of supervisors of Santa Barbara County from 1868 to 1873 . In 1871 , he was appointed as a commissioner to organize Ventura County . During this time , he laid out the plans for Port Hueneme , California , the future site of his Berylwood estate . Bard was the California delegate to the 1884 Republican National Convention , and later served as the director of the California state board of agriculture from 1886 to 1887 . In 1887 , Bard became a founding board member of Occidental College . He was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill a vacancy in the term that began on March 4 , 1899 . He served from February 7 , 1900 to March 3 , 1905 . Bard was unsuccessful in his 1904 reelection bid . During his term Bard served as the chairman of the Committee of Fisheries ( for the Fifty - seventh Congress ) and served on the Committee on irrigation ( for the Fifty - eighth Congress ) . One of Thomas R . Bard ' s notable achievements during his time in office was to appoint George S . Patton , later General Patton , to West Point . Family and Later Life . Thomas R . Bard became a successful business man , and held profitable interests in several oil companies . He died at his Berylwood home in Port Hueneme , California on March 5 , 1915 and was interred in the family cemetery on his estate . Thomas R . Bard and his brother , Dr . Cephas Little Bard , established the Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital in Ventura as a memorial to their mother . His son , Archibald Philip Bard , became a noted physiologist and the dean of Johns Hopkins Medical School . See also . R . G . Surdam
Unity Resources Group Unity Resources Group is an Australian - owned private military company headquartered in Dubai , United Arab Emirates , founded in 2000 , which describes itself as having a " diverse client base , spanning government , non - government and multi - national business sectors . " The company is mainly staffed by Australian nationals and is a member of the Private Security Company Association of Iraq ( PSCAI ) and the International Peace Operations Association ( IPOA ) . Background . Unity Resources Group ( Unity ) is an integrated risk mitigation solutions provider for clients in complex , challenging and fragile environments globally . The group was established in Australia in 1996 and today operates across the core markets of Australia , Africa , The Americas , the Middle East , Central Asia and Europe . Services . Unity Resources Group currently offers the following services : Subsidiary Companies . Australia Asia Middle East Africa Europe Incidents . On , employees of the company shot at an approaching car in Baghdad . Two civilian women , both in the front seat , were killed : Marou Awanis , 48 , a mother of three , and Genevia Askander , 30 . The shooting has provoked strong outrage in Iraq , since it follows closely on the Blackwater Baghdad shootings of September 16 , 2007 that led to the Iraqi government ' s attempt to ban Blackwater from Iraq . Both women have been identified as Armenian Christians . The company defends the actions of its employees who fired over nineteen rounds of ammunition before speeding away from the scene . URG is the security provider for USAID contractor RTI International . RTI was however not the client under protection when the shooting occurred . The passengers in the back seat , including one child , survived the incident . In March 2006 , a URG employee was blamed in the shooting of a 72 - year - old Australian at a checkpoint in Baghdad . The victim , Professor Kays Juma , had been a resident of Baghdad for 25 years and drove through the city every day . It was alleged that he sped up his vehicle as he approached the guards .
SM UC - 77 SM " UC - 77 " was a German Type UC II minelaying submarine or U - boat in the German Imperial Navy ( ) during World War I . The U - boat was ordered on 12 January 1916 and was launched on 2 December 1916 . She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 29 December 1916 as SM " UC - 77 " . In 13 patrols " UC - 77 " was credited with sinking 4 ships , either by torpedo or by mines laid . " UC - 77 " was mined and sunk off Flanders on 14 July 1918 .
Gold Selleck Silliman Gold Selleck Silliman ( 1732 – 1790 ) was born in Fairfield , Connecticut , graduated from Yale University and practiced law and served as a crown attorney before the American Revolution . He became a militia General during the American War for Independence . Biography . Silliman was appointed as a Colonel of the Fourth Regiment Connecticut militia in May , 1775 and became Brigadier General in 1776 . He patrolled the southwestern border of Connecticut , where the loyalists of Westchester County , New York caused constant irritation and concern for patriot towns and farms along the Connecticut coast . He also fought with the main army during the New York Campaign of 1776 and opposed the British raid on Danbury in 1777 . At the beginning of Tryon ' s raid on Danbury , Connecticut , the General was at his home in Fairfield . As soon as he heard word of the British landing on the coast , he sent out expresses to alarm the nearby towns and to collect the militia . By Noon the next day he arrived in Redding , Connecticut with five hundred men and was joined by Major General David Wooster and Brigadier General Benedict Arnold in the Battle of Ridgefield . One night in May 1779 , nine tories crossed the sound in a whale boat from Lloyd ’ s Neck . One of the tories had been previously employed by Silliman as a carpenter , so he knew the house well . Eight of the men forced their way into the house at midnight and took the general and his son . They were taken to Oyster Bay , New York and finally to Flatbush . The Americans had no prisoner of equal rank to exchange for General Silliman , so they captured one . The Honorable Thomas Jones , a highly reputed loyalist , was captured in November 1779 by U . S . Naval Captain David Hawley and brought back to Connecticut . Silliman and Jones were exchanged in May 1780 , with the General ’ s son being exchanged as well . These heroic events were accurately depicted in the 1994 TV movie Mary Silliman ' s War by Heritage Films based on the 1984 biography by Richard & Joy Buel . General Silliman died in 1790 . Family . The General ' s son Benjamin Silliman was born in a tavern , originally the home of Ebenezer Hawley in Trumbull , Connecticut , after his mother , Mary Silliman , fled Fairfield ahead of the invading British troops . Benjamin Silliman was the first professor of science at Yale University and the first to distill petroleum .
John de Ros , 7th Baron de Ros John de Ros , 7th Baron de Ros of Helmsley ( c . 1397 – 22 March 1421 ) was an English nobleman . He was the eldest son of William de Ros , 6th Baron de Ros , and Margaret Fitzalan ( d . 3 July 1438 ) , the daughter of John FitzAlan , 1st Baron Arundel , by Eleanor Maltravers ( d . 3 July 1438 ) , younger daughter and coheir of Sir John Maltravers . He served as a soldier of Henry V of England during the Hundred Years ' War . Six years after the Battle of Agincourt , John participated in the Battle of Baugé . He was among the casualties along with his brother William de Ros , Thomas of Lancaster , 1st Duke of Clarence , the governor of Normandy and others . He was buried at the Belvoir Priory . Marriage . John de Ros married Margery le Despencer , daughter and heiress of Philip le Despencer , 2nd Baron le Despencer , but had no issue by her . After his death , Margery married Roger Wentworth ( d . 24 October 1452 ) , esquire , younger son of John Wentworth of Elmsall , Yorkshire , by whom she had issue . She was fined £1000 for having contracted a dishonourable marriage far beneath her station .
Stridsbåt 90 Stridsbåt 90 ( Engl : Combat boat 90 ) is a Swedish is a class of fast military assault craft . It is used by the Swedish Coastal Rangers and the rest of the marines . It replcaced the older Combat boat : Stridsbåt 200 ( Engl : Combat boat 200 ) on the 1990 : s and the Stridsbåt 90 is still in service today .
Charles B . MacDonald " This article refers to Charles B . MacDonald , military historian . For the U . S . golfer , refer to Charles B . Macdonald . " Charles B . MacDonald ( November 23 , 1923 – December 4 , 1990 ) was a former Deputy Chief Historian for the United States Army . He wrote several of the Army ' s official histories of World War II . War service . After graduating from Presbyterian College , MacDonald was commissioned as a US Army officer through ROTC and deployed to Europe . By September 1944 , as a 21 year old captain , he commanded a rifle company in the 23rd Infantry Regiment . His company was intended to be part of the effort to capture the Huertgen Forest . They had been transferred north from the area which was , soon after , overrun by the Germans in the first moves of the Battle of the Bulge . In the event , they were redeployed to defend a crossroads against the German advance . They were forced to retreat but the enemy had been delayed for long enough to allow the rest of MacDonald ' s division to deploy . He received the Silver Star for the action . MacDonald was wounded a month later , on January 17 , 1945 , while leading his company in a counterattack . After two months ' convalescence , he was given command of another company in his old regiment , which he led until the end of the war . He also received the Purple Heart . His first book , " Company Commander " , was published in 1947 , while his wartime experiences were fresh in his mind . Historian . MacDonald wrote the final volume of the Green Series on the European Theatre , " The Last Offensive " . He retired as Deputy Chief Historian , United States Army Center of Military History in 1979 . After his retirement , MacDonald wrote " A Time for Trumpets " , his last book , a personal history of the Ardennes Offensive which concentrates on the first two weeks of the battle , which he spent five years researching . MacDonald also wrote or co - wrote two other books of the Green Series , " The Siegfried Line Campaign " and " Three Battles : Arnaville , Altuzzo , and Schmidt " . He also contributed to " Command Decisions " . MacDonald suffered from cancer and lung disease and he died on December 4 , 1990 at his home in Arlington , Virginia .
Joshua Anaja Colonel Joshua Umaru Anaja was the military governor of Plateau State , Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo . On 1 October 1979 he handed over to the elected civilian governor Solomon Lar , who assured him that his government would inherit any realistic obligations made the out - going military government . Promoted to Brigadier , Anaja was Director of the Department of Joint Studies at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College , Jaji from 1 February 1984 to 25 May 1985 . Anaja died in mysterious circumstances .
Amos M . Gailliard Jr . Brigadier General Amos M . Gailliard Jr . served on active duty during the Korean War in the United States Army and as a Major transferred into the National Guard in the State of New York . In 1951 , he graduated from South Carolina State University and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha . He was commander of the 14th Group , New York Guard which was upgraded to brigade status under his leadership and provided support operations at the TWA flight 800 disaster recovery site . On August 1995 , he was promoted to Brigadier General in the New York Guard . On February 28 , 2005 , he was awarded a Distinguished Alumnus award from Dr . Andrew Hugine Jr . the President of South Carolina State University . On October 2 , 2008 , he presented the Order of Saint Maurice to LTC . John W . Peterkin .
Taiaha A Taiaha ( ) is a traditional weapon of the Māori of New Zealand . It is a wooden , or sometimes whale bone , close quarters , staff weapon used for short sharp strikes or stabbing thrusts with quick footwork on the part of the wielder . Taiaha are usually between in length . They have three main parts : the " arero " ( tongue ) , used for stabbing the opponent and parrying , the " upoko " ( head ) , the base from which the tongue protrudes , and the " ate " ( liver ) or " tinana " ( body ) , the long flat blade which is also used for striking and parrying . Use . Mau rakau is the martial art that teaches the use of the taiaha and other Māori weapons in combat . As with other martial arts styles , students of the taiaha spends years mastering the skills of timing , balance and co - ordination necessary to wield the weapon effectively . The taiaha is widely known due to its use in the " wero " — the traditional Māori challenge during the Pōwhiri ( formal welcoming ceremony ) . A " wero " is commonly given to heads of state and visiting dignitaries welcomed to New Zealand . The taiaha is one of many cultural items which are used to introduce youngsters in school to Māori culture . They are also used in present - day " kapa haka " competitions , and training with the taiaha is seen as part of the Māori cultural revival . See also . Other Māori weapons :
Russian corvette Steregushchiy The Steregushchiy ( Стерегущий - Watchful ) is the lead ship of the latest class of corvette s of the Russian Navy , the " Steregushchiy " class . The ship was built by the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St . Petersburg and was laid down in December 2001 , launched in May 2006 and joined the Russian navy on 17 November 2007 . In total , the Russian Navy have publicly announced that they expect to buy at least 20 of these ships , for all four major fleets .
António Raposo Tavares António Raposo Tavares " o Velho " ( Portuguese : " the old one " ) ( 1598 – 1658 ) was a Portuguese colonial bandeirante who explored mainland eastern South America and claimed it for Portugal , extending the territory of the colony beyond the limits imposed by the treaty of Tordesillas . Raposo Tavares was partly of Jewish origin according to the Jewish historian Anita Novinsky . Biography . Tavares was born in São Miguel do Pinheiro , Alentejo , Portugal in 1598 . He sailed for South America in 1618 with his father Fernão Vieira Tavares . In 1622 , after his father died , he settled around São Paulo ; six years later , in 1628 , he left the village with the first " bandeira " composed of 900 settlers and 2000 Tupi warriors . This voyage was started to hunt the heretics down and to capture more indigenous slaves ( mostly Tupi , Tememinos and Carijós ) . The bandeirantes first attacked some Guarani villages in the upper Parana valley , which were protected by the Spanish Jesuits and brutally killed many people , capturing 2500 Indians . This journey allowed the annexation of a portion of the land east of the Uruguay River ( current states of Paraná and Santa Catarina ) to the Portuguese colony . Tavares went back to São Paulo in 1633 and he became a judge . Three years later he left again for a new journey , this time to destroy the Spanish Jesuit settlements established southeast of the Uruguay River ( current Rio Grande do Sul ) . From 1639 to 1642 , Tavares fought along with the military which was engaged in war against the Dutch , who had conquered the settlements in the north - eastern coast ( Bahia and Pernambuco ) . He embarked on his last journey with a bandeira in 1648 , searching for gold , precious minerals and slaves in the unexplored mainland . He was joined by 200 white mercenaries from São Paulo and over a thousand Indians . The bandeirantes travelled for over following the courses of the rivers , most notably the Paraguay River , the Grande River , the Mamoré River , the Madeira River and the Amazon River . Only Tavares , 59 whites and some Indians reached Belém at the mouth of the Amazon River . After that , the survivors returned to São Paulo , where Raposo Tavares died in 1658 .
Saif Ali Janjua Naik Saif Ali Janjua Pakistan Army Azad Kashmir Regiment ( Sher - e - Riasti Battalion ) was a platoon commander during the Indo - Pakistani War of 1947 . He received the Hilal - e - Kashmir from the government of Azad Kashmir , which is equal to Nishan - e - Haider , the highest military award given by Pakistan . He fought in the Kashmir sector during the 1948 War and embraced martyrdom after displaying extraordinary bravery and heroism during the siege of Budha Khanna . Early life and military career . Naik Saif Ali Khan was born on 25 April 1922 in Khandbaz ( Khandhar ) Tehsil Nakial ( Azad Jammu and Kashmir ) . He was enlisted in the Royal Corps of Engineers in British Indian Army on 18 March 1941 . After completing his service in the British Indian Army in 1947 , he came back to his native town and started establishing Haidri Forc e with the support of Sardar Fateh Muhammad Karailvi . After the creation of Pakistan , he was inducted into the Pakistan Army . Due to his engineering background , he was inducted in Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers where he was stationed in the Kashmir region . Before starting the war , he served in the Pakistan Army ' s civil projects that were started in Kashmir region . Indo - Pakistan War of 1947 - 1948 . On 1 January 1948 , Pakistan Army was raised as “ Sher - e - Riasti Battalion ” under the command of Lt . Col . Muhammad Sher Khan . Due to his courage and commitment , he was given the rank of naik and was made platoon commander . He set personal examples of gallantry and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy at Bhudha Khanna where his platoon was given the responsibility to defend Budha Khanna where he faced never - ending frontal attacks and crossfire from machine guns . Final phase of war . Janjua and his few jawan s defended his post and repulsed many aggressive ventures by the Indians and imposed colossal losses on them . The enemy used every mean to capture the post with two companies attack and heavy artillery bombardment , but was unsuccessful . During the course of action , despite being hit in the chest by artillery fire , Janjua retained his position and frustrated the Indian assault . Due to severe injuries he died on 26 October 1948 . Honors and recognitions . On 14 March 1949 , the Defence Council of Azad Jammu and Kashmir adorned him with Hilal - e - Kashmir ( posthumous ) and on 30 November 1995 , the Government of Pakistan initiated the gazette notification to declare his Hilal - e - Kashmir equivalent to Nishan - e - Haider .
Robert Scott - Kerr Brigadier General Robert Scott - Kerr DSO ( 2 November 1859 – 25 November 1942 ) was a British Army officer . After being educated at Eton and Trinity College , Cambridge , he was commissioned in the 24th Regiment of Foot in 1879 , transferring shortly thereafter to the Grenadier Guards . He saw service in the Zulu War , where he fought at the Battle of Ulundi , the Sudan Campaign and the South African War , where he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order . From 1904 to 1908 he commanded the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards . On the outbreak of the First World War he took command of 4th ( Guards ) Brigade in the British Expeditionary Force . He was wounded on 1 September , commanding 4th Brigade in a rearguard action during the Retreat from Mons , and returned to England . The injuries proved so severe that he never again held a field command ; he commanded a brigade in the Home Forces for the remainder of the war , before retiring in 1919 .
Levan Razikashvili Levan Razikashvili ( ) ( 1895 - 1923 ) was a Georgian military officer and victim of Soviet repressions . He was born into the family of the Georgian poet Luka Razikashvili , better known by his pseudonym Vazha - Pshavela . Razikashvili graduated from the Tbilisi Gymnasium for Nobility and joined the Social - Federalist Party during the Russian Revolution of 1917 . Later , he served to the short - lived Democratic Republic of Georgia ( 1918 - 1924 ) . After the Soviet takeover of Georgia in 1921 , he was appointed a militsiya chief in the Pshavi district , which was a scene of an anti - Soviet guerrilla revolt . Razikashvili was suspected by the Bolshevik government to have sympathized with the insurgents who were led by Kakutsa Cholokashvili , Razikashvili ' s erstwhile friend . After the rebel leaders managed to escape into Chechnya in September 1922 , Razikashvili was arrested on the charges of " participation in bandit ism . " A group of Georgian writers attempted a mediation and urged the Soviet official Sergo Ordzhonikidze to prevent the son of Vazha - Pshavela from being executed , but to no avail . Razikashvili was shot by the Cheka in February 1923 .
Battle of Salamis ( 306 BC ) The naval Battle of Salamis took place in 306 BC near Salamis , Cyprus between the fleets of Ptolemy I of Egypt and Demetrius , two of the diadochi , the successors to Alexander the Great . The battle was a complete victory for Demetrius , and resulted in his capture of Cyprus .
Pierre Martinet Pierre Martinet is an ex - agent of DGSE , the French external intelligence agency . In 2005 he published the book " La DGSE : service action , un agent sort de l ' ombre " ( The DGSE , Action Service , An Agent Comes Out of the Shadow ) . In an interview published in Swedish newspaper " Aftonbladet " on April 30 , 2005 , Martinet describes how the habits of assassination victims are mapped out by a preparatory team ( which he was part of ) , for example by setting up illegal video surveillance . Other teams carry out the rest of the work . He asserts that " " murder operations are no fantasies . They really exist . The final death sentence always comes from the top level . There is only one who can make that decision . The head of state . But that doesn ' t mean it always ends that way . [ . . . ] You don ' t think of what happened to the targets afterwards , if they have been " treated " or not . " "
Emilio Herrera Linares Emilio Herrera Linares ( Granada , 1879 – Geneva , 1967 ) was a Spanish military engineer . He graduated from the military academy of Guadalajara in 1902 ; he subsequently researched / studied aeronautics , including a brief period at the University of Santander . He was father of the poet José Herrera Petere . During the Spanish Civil War he remained loyal to the republican government . In 1937 , he was promoted to general . He was a minister in several governments of the Republic in exile , and president between 1960 and 1962 .
John C . Wetherby John C . Wetherby ( July 2 , 1880 – November 29 , 1899 ) was an Private in the United States Army and a posthumous Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the Philippine - American War . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Private , Company L , 4th U . S . Infantry . Place and date : Near Imus , Luzon , Philippine Islands , November 20 , 1899 . Entered service at : Martinsville , Ind . Birth : Morgan County , Ind . Date of issue : April 25 , 1902 . Citation : While carrying important orders on the battlefield , was desperately wounded and , being unable to walk , crawled far enough to deliver his orders .