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Harald Kujat Harald Kujat ( born 1 March 1942 ) is a retired German general . He served as Chief of Staff of the German armed forces , the Bundeswehr , from 2000 to 2002 , and as Chairman of the NATO Military Committee from 2002 to 2005 . Biography . Kujat was born in Mielke , Reichsgau Wartheland ( today Poland ) to a farmer who died as a soldier in World War II . His mother with her four children fled the advancing Red Army at the end of World War II to Kiel . After passing his Abitur Kujat volunteered the Luftwaffe in 1959 . In 1965 he was promoted to a lieutenant and became the Staff Officer of the German secretary of defense Georg Leber in 1972 - 75 . Kujat passed the general staff training at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr ( Hamburg ) in 1975 - 77 and served as the Staff Officer of Hans Apel in 1977 . The same year he took over a department at the " Luftwaffenunterstützungsgruppenkommando Nord " at Münster and held several positions at the Department of Defense and the German Chancellery in Bonn . In 1985 Kujat became the commanding officer of the II . Bataillon of Luftwaffenausbildungsregiment 1 in Appen near Pinneberg . In 1988 Kujat passed the 72nd course of the NATO Defense College in Rome and was promoted an Oberst in October 1988 . In 1989 he became a referent of the German Representative at the Chairman of the Military Committee in Brussels , Branch Chief ( Nuclear and Global Arms Control ) at the Federal Ministry of Defence in 1990 and Chief of Staff and Deputy German Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee and the Western European Union , Brussels , in 1992 - 95 . In 1996 Kujat became the Director of the IFOR Co - ordination Centre ( ICC ) , Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe ( SHAPE ) , Mons , Belgium and in October Deputy Director of the NATO International Military Staff in Brussels . On 10 November 1998 Kujat , now a Generalleutnant , became the Director " Policy and Advisory Staff " to Rudolf Scharping , the German Minister of Defence , Berlin and on 1 June 2000 the " Chief of Staff of the Federal Forces " . In 2002 Kujat became the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee until his retirement on 17 June 2005 . Kujat currently serves as the Chair of the Advisory Council of the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium . Kujat is married and has three children .
Arthur von Briesen Arthur von Briesen ( 1891 – 1961 ) was a Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II . Biography . Arthur von Briesen was born in Metz , in Alsace - Lorraine , at the time part of the German Empire . He began his military career on 24 March 1909 as a cadet ( Fähnrich ) in the 52nd Artillery Regiment . Then , in 1913 , he was commissioned as an acting lieutenant into the 18th Ulanen - Regiment . In August 1914 , at the outbreak of the First World War , Briesen was permanently transferred to the 18th Ulanen - Regiment , where he remained until 1916 . Promoted to the substantive rank of Lieutenant in May 1916 , Briesen was appointed aide - de - camp in different staffs , including in the High Command from 1917 to September 1919 . During the war , he was awarded the prestigious Iron Cross ( first class ) . On September 1919 , Briesen was transferred to the police , where he stayed until 1 October 1934 , when he rejoined the regular army with the rank of Commander ( Major ) . He was assigned to the Rostock Infantry Regiment until October 1935 , then commanded the 3rd Battalion the 27th Infantry Regiment from October 1935 to November 1938 , with the rank of lieutenant colonel . Promoted to the rank of Colonel on 1 April 1938 , Briesen was assigned to the Staff of the 27th Infantry Regiment , until May 1939 . In 1939 , following the completion of the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March , Briesen was appointed to command the city of Prague , where he remained for five years . He was rewarded with the Iron Cross in 1939 . On 1 October 1942 , Briesen was promoted to the rank of " Generalmajor " and in March 1944 was appointed commander of Brody in the Ukraine . In May 1944 he was assigned to the headquarters of the Wehrmacht in Italy , to be retrained . From July to November 1944 , Briesen was assigned to the headquarters of the troops stationed in Bohemia and Moravia . He was taken prisoner on 8 May 1945 , when German forces across Europe surrendered unconditionally , and was not released until some two years later . Arthur von Briesen died in 1981 , near Konstanz .
MAPS Air Museum The MAPS Air Museum , run by the Military Aircraft Preservation Society , is located at the Akron - Canton Regional Airport in Green , Ohio , USA . Overview . The museum was started in 1991 and is operated by a group of volunteers . The hangar in which the museum displays aircraft is a former US National Guard hangar . The National Guard has built a larger hangar to suit their needs on the northern part of the airport where MAPS is located ( on the west side of the airport ) . The museum currently has over 20 aircraft and a collection of rare artifacts . Volunteer crews are working to restore several warbird s to non - flying , museum quality . Aircraft include a C - 47 Skytrain , Mig - 17 , F - 14 Tomcat , F - 84 , F - 100D , B - 26 Marauder , F - 4 Phantom , S - 2 Tracker , 0 - 2 Skymaster , C - 37 Tweet , Vought Corsair 2 , F - 11 Tiger , as well as two aircraft from the Goodyear Rubber Company located in Akron . The museum has a cabin from a Goodyear blimp on display in the hangar and an amphibious aircraft named " the Goodyear drake " is also being restored . The museum also has three helicopter s , two of which are on display for visitors to see . The helicopters on display , a Kiowa and a Cobra ( both manufactured by Bell Helicopter ) , fought in the Vietnam war . Some aircraft that are hangared at MAPS are owned by private collectors and pay a rent fee for space inside the hangar where their aircraft is also on display with the rest of the planes . Most of the aircraft are on loan from the US Airforce or Navy for restoration purposes . The museum is waiting for an F - 16 to be decommissioned from service and sent to the museum to be put on display . The museum also has a display room with detailed models and period items from wars . This area , dubbed " the gallery of heroes " , has displays on Pearl Harbor , The Tuskegee Airmen , Rosie the Riveter , and other displays of members of the museum and community that fought in wars and have loaned their items to the museum to be put on display . Events . The museum hosts various events during the summer season . MAPS hosts organizations that fly in aircraft and sell rides . In the past , aircraft from the EAA ( Ford Trimotor ) , and the Collings Foundation ( B - 17 , B - 24 , P - 51C ) have visited the museum with a live airplane . The museum also has an annual car show in June . In 2010 , the Sopwith tri - wing was fired - up . Facilities . The gift shop at the museum has shirts , models , posters , jackets , puzzles , radio - controlled helicopter s , and aviation - related items for souvenirs . There is an admission charge at the museum .
Caspian Guard Initiative The Caspian Guard Initiative is a United States Department of Defense regional security program . The program is designed to coordinate activities in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan with those of U . S . Central Command and other U . S government agencies to enhance Caspian Sea security . The program is officially described as assisting the two countries in improving their ability to prevent and , if needed , respond to terrorism , nuclear proliferation , drug and human trafficking , and other transnational treats in the Caspian region . United States European Command is responsible for operations in Azerbaijan .
USS Sheehan ( DE - 541 ) USS " Sheehan " ( DE - 541 ) was a United States Navy " John C . Butler " - class destroyer escort launched during World War II but never completed . " Sheehan " was laid down at Boston Navy Yard at Boston , Massachusetts , on 8 November 1943 and launched on 17 December 1943 , sponsored by Mrs . Catherine Sheehan , mother of Chief Quartermaster John Francis Sheehan , the ship namesake . Construction of " Sheehan " was suspended before she could be completed . On 30 August 1945 , she was assigned to the Atlantic Inactive Fleet in an incomplete state . On 7 January 1946 , the contract for her construction was cancelled , and the incomplete ship was sold on 2 July 1946 to the John J . Duane Company of Quincy , Massachusetts , for scrapping .
USS Bladen ( APA - 63 ) USS " Bladen " ( APA - 63 ) was a that served with the US Navy during World War II . " Bladen " was named after Bladen County , North Carolina . She was launched 31 May 1944 by Consolidated Steel at Wilmington , California , under a Maritime Commission contract ; acquired by the Navy 17 October 1944 ; and commissioned 18 October 1944 , Lieutenant Commander W . P . Hartung , USNR , in command . Operational history . World War II . " Bladen " departed the west coast for Pearl Harbor 20 November 1944 and upon arrival embarked personnel of the 103rd and 109th Construction Battalions for Guam . Invasion of Iwo Jima . Returning to Pearl Harbor 13 January 1945 the ship commenced combat loading and training maneuvers . On 27 January she set sail for Iwo Jima , via Saipan . The attack transport debarked troops and provided logistic support during the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima ( 19 – 28 February ) . Invasion of Okinawa . After a brief layover at Saipan , " Bladen " prepared for the invasion of Okinawa . She performed her logistic services during the initial strikes against , and occupation of , Okinawa ( 1 – 10 April ) . In the middle of April she returned to Saipan where she remained at anchor for six weeks . On 4 June she got underway for Tulagi , Solomon Islands , and thence to Nouméa , New Caledonia . She returned to San Francisco 21 July for a brief yard period . After hostilities . With a passenger list of army and naval personnel , Blade sailed in August for Pearl Harbor , Eniwetok , and Ulithi . She then steamed to the Philippines where she remained until 20 September . She next transported army personnel and equipment to Wakayama , Honshū , Japan . On 26 September she departed Wakayama and returned to the Philippines . " Bladen " made another trip to Japan before getting underway for San Francisco , where she arrived 23 November . In December she made a return voyage to the Philippines . Operation Crossroads . On 22 January 1946 she proceeded to Pearl Harbor where she remained until 18 May undergoing preparations for Operation Crossroads , the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll . She participated in the operation between 31 May and 30 August 1946 . " Bladen " departed Kwajalein Atoll 30 August for San Francisco , where she arrived 13 September . Decommission . " Bladen " departed the west coast 1 November and steamed to Norfolk , Virginia . Upon arrival she reported for inactivation and was decommissioned 26 December 1946 . She was transferred to the Maritime Commission 3 August 1953 . Her final disposition is unknown . Decorations . " Bladen " earned two battle star s for her World War II service .
Thomas Kendrick ( Medal of Honor ) Thomas Kendrick ( born 1839 , date of death unknown ) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U . S . military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor , for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay . Born in 1839 in Bath , Maine , Kendrick was still living in that city when he joined the Navy . He served during the Civil War as a coxswain on the . He volunteered to join the for the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5 , 1864 , during which he showed " courageous devotion to duty " . For this action , he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later , on December 31 , 1864 . Kendrick ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : Served as coxswain on board the U . S . S . " Oneida " in the engagement at Mobile Bay , 5 August 1864 . Volunteering for the Mobile Bay action from " Bienville " , Kendrick displayed courageous devotion to duty , and his excellent conduct throughout the battle which resulted in the capture of the rebel ram " Tennessee " and in the damaging of Fort Morgan , attracted the attention of the commanding officer and those serving around him .
Harry G . E . Luchford Captain Harry George Ernest Luchford MC ( 28 October 1894 - 2 December 1917 ) was an English World War I pilot credited with 24 victories . He was notable for scoring his first 11 victories in three months while piloting an obsolete double - seated FE . 2 pusher aircraft . Early life and service . Although born in India , Luchford was living in Bromley , Kent and working as a bank clerk when he enlisted in the military . He served successively in the Norfolk Regiment , the Army Service Corps , and the Indian Cavalry Division before his transition into the Royal Flying Corps in January 1916 . Flying service . By May , Luchford had qualified to be a pilot with 20 Squadron . He scored his first win on 13 June 1917 , with James Tennant as his observer . On 29 June , in a mid - day clash with Jasta 8 , Luchford set an Albatros afire . He then scored steadily throughout July , totting up seven more wins over enemy fighter planes in the month . Luchford scored twice more in August , then changed mounts to the two - seated Bristol F . 2 Fighter . Flying with a number of different observers such as Richard Hill , Victor White , and William Benger , Luchford was credited with 13 more triumphs between 9 September and 21 October 1917 . He was killed in action by Walter von Bülow - Bothkamp on 2 December 1917 .
Ahmed Kousay al - Taie Staff Sergeant Ahmed Kousay al - Taie ( born July 22 , 1965 – c . 2007 ) was a United States Army soldier , who was captured in October 2006 in Baghdad and later executed by his captors . Early life . Altaie , an Iraqi American , was born on July 22 , 1965 , to Kousay and Nawal al - Taie . At the age of nine he emigrated with his family from Iraq to the United Kingdom , where he received his primary and secondary education . He then attended a technical school and earned his degree . Military service . Altaie enlisted in the United States Army Reserve in December 2004 . He was mobilized in August 2005 and deployed to Iraq in November 2005 . During his tenure in the U . S . Army , Altaie served as a linguist . Prisoner of war . On October 23 , 2006 , al - Taie violated military regulations and left his military base in Iraq without telling anyone . It is believed that he was in the Karrada neighborhood in central Baghdad , Iraq to visit the family of his wife , Israa Abdul - Satar , a student at al - Mustansiriya University . He was captured by armed men and forced into a waiting vehicle outside . On November 2 , 2006 , a ransom demand for Altaie was relayed to his uncle Entifadh Qanbar , a former spokesman for the Iraqi National Congress and recently an official in the Iraqi Ministry of Defense . Qanbar made contact with an intermediary trusted by the kidnappers . In a secret location in Baghdad , the mediator met with members of the group who showed Qanbar a grainy video on a cell phone screen of a man they claimed was al - Taie , beaten up and bloody and demanded $ 250 , 000 from the soldier ' s family to secure his release . Qanbar stated that he wouldn ' t talk about a price until he had seen for himself some proof that Altaie was still breathing . Qanbar suggested they have his nephew describe the inside of his home in Ann Arbor or that the kidnappers photograph the soldier holding a current newspaper by Saturday , November 4 , at 12 : 00pm . The U . S . government said Saturday , November 11 that it was offering a US $ 50 , 000 reward for information leading to the recovery of Altaie . On February 14 , 2007 , a proof of life video of al - Taie was posted on a militant Shiite website . A previously unknown group called the " Ahel al - Beit Brigades " claimed responsibility for al - Taie ' s abduction . The eight second video showed Altaie reading from a paper but no audio was heard . He appeared thin but in good health . His uncle identified him as the man in the video . Al - Taie was the last American serviceman to be accounted for in Iraq . He was captured when he was the rank of Specialist and was promoted to Staff Sergeant . On February 26 , 2012 , U . S . officers knocked on the door of the family home in Ann Arbor , Michigan , with news that Army Staff Sgt . Ahmed al - Taie was confirmed dead . The remains of al - Taie were turned over as part of an amnesty exchange agreement between the Iraqi government and the militant group Asaib Ahl al - Haq . Al - Taie ' s captors acknowledged killing him within a year of his capture .
Götz Freiherr von Mirbach Erich Werner Siegfried Götz Freiherr von Mirbach ( 12 September 1912 – 6 August 1968 ) was a " Korvettenkapitän " with the Kriegsmarine during World War II . He is also a recipient of the coveted Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Von Mirbach was assigned to the 1 . Schnellbootflottille attacking enemy shipping in the English Channel , sinking a British destroyer and three armed merchant vessels among others . His younger cousin , " Oberleutnant " Emmerich von Mirbach , served as the Engineering Officer on " U - 595 " . Götz Freiherr von Mirbach was later promoted to " Korvettenkapitän " and served as commander of the 9 . Schnellbootflottille .
Friedrich Franz , Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg - Schwerin Friedrich Franz , Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg - Schwerin ( ; 22 April 1910 – 31 July 2001 ) was the heir apparent to the throne of Mecklenburg - Schwerin and a member of the SS . He became head of the House of Mecklenburg - Schwerin in 1945 with the house almost becoming extinct on his death , however there exists a stream from the house of Mecklenburg - Strelwitz that still exist today in Australia , who had no involvement in the Nazi Army , or WWI , or WWII , and when the time is right , may re - claim the title and continue the line . Early life . He was born in Schwerin the eldest child of the reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg - Schwerin , Frederick Francis IV and his wife Princess Alexandra of Hanover a daughter of Crown Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover and Princess Thyra of Denmark . Following the defeat of the German Empire in World War I his father abdicated on 14 November 1918 . He did not succeed to the throne as the Empire was replaced with the Weimar Republic . Post monarchy . In May 1931 against the will of his father , Friedrich Franz joined the SS and by 1936 he had been promoted to the rank of Hauptsturmführer ( Captain ) . With his wife Alexandra , he was a guest at the 1937 wedding of Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe - Biesterfeld . He was posted to Denmark during World War II where he worked at the German embassy as a personal aide to Werner Best . He spent the summer months of 1944 serving with the Waffen - SS tank corps . In May 1943 a family council was called by the Grand Ducal family and Friedrich Franz was passed over as heir in favour of his younger brother Duke Christian Louis who would instead inherit the family property . He became head of the House of Mecklenburg - Schwerin on 17 November 1945 following the death of his father . Friedrich Franz married Karin Elisabeth von Schaper ( 1920 – 2012 ) the daughter of Walter von Schaper and his wife Baroness Louise von Münchhausen on 11 June 1941 at Wiligrad . They divorced on 22 September 1967 but remarried a decade later in Glücksburg on 27 April 1977 . The death of his brother Duke Christian Ludwig in Hamburg in 1996 left Friedrich Franz as the only male member of the grand ducal house . As he had no children and his brother had only two daughters his death meant that the House of Mecklenburg - Schwerin became extinct in the male line .
Arado Ar 96 The Arado Ar 96 was a German single - engine , low - wing monoplane of all - metal construction produced by Arado Flugzeugwerke . It was the " Luftwaffe " s standard advanced trainer during World War II . Design and development . Designed by Walter Blume as the result of a 1936 Reich Air Ministry tender , the prototype , powered by a 179 kW ( 240 hp ) Argus As 10 c engine , first flew in 1938 . In 1939 , an initial batch of Ar 96A aircraft was produced . This was followed by the major production series , the more powerful Ar 96B , fitted with the Argus As 410 engine . Operational history . The Ar 96 was used for advanced , night and instrument flying training . Shadow production was undertaken by Letov and the Avia factory in occupied Czechoslovakia , where manufacturing continued for some years after the war , being designated C - 2 . A wooden version known as the Ar 396 was built in France and was designated SIPA SS . 11 . Further developments were the SIPA 111 ( armed version ) , and SIPA S - 12 , a metal version . 58 Machines were produced until 1958 . The S . 11 was operated with some success in Algeria carrying machine gun s , rockets and light bombs . Famously , during the evening of 28 April 1945 , pilot Hanna Reitsch flew then - Luftwaffe head Generaloberst Robert Ritter von Greim out from Berlin under Soviet fire in an Arado Ar 96 trainer from an improvised airstrip in the Tiergarten .
TSS The Queen The Queen was a 1 , 676 GRT steamship which was built in 1903 for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway ( SECR ) . In 1908 , she was involved in a collision with another SECR ship . In 1916 , she was captured by a German destroyer , following which she was torpedoed and sunk by another . Description . The ship was built by William Denny & Brothers , Dumbarton . She bore yard number 682 and was launched on 4 April 1903 , with completion in June 1903 . She was powered by two Parsons steam turbines driving three screws , which could propel her at a speed of . Her GRT was 1 , 676 , with a NRT of 345 . History . " The Queen " was the first turbine powered steamship built for the SECR . She entered service on the Dover – Calais service , making her maiden voyage on 27 June 1903 . In 1907 , she was transferred to the Folkestone – Boulogne route . On 1 June 1908 , " The Queen " was involved in a collision with which badly damaged both ships . The collision occurred during thick fog . In 1914 , " The Queen " helped evacuate refugees from Ostend , Belgium . She was later used as a troop transport . On 26 October 1914 , " The Queen " rescued over 2 , 000 people from the French ship , which had been torpedoed . In September 1916 , she came to the rescue of the disabled , towing her to safety . On 26 October 1916 , " The Queen " was captured by German destroyer " V - 80 " some off the Varne Lightvessel . She was then torpedoed and sunk by destroyer " S - 60 " , at . Official number and code letters . Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Number s . " The Queen " had the United Kingdom Official Number 118293 .