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HMS Winchelsea ( D46 ) HMS " Winchelsea " ( D46 ) was an Admiralty W class destroyer of the Royal Navy , ordered 9 December 1916 from J . Samuel White at Cowes during the 1916 - 17 Build Programme . " Winchelsea " was then launched 15 December 1917 and was the 7th Royal Navy ship to carry this name , which was introduced in 1694 and named after the 6th Earl of Winchelsea ( 1647 – 1730 ) In March 1945 she was de - commissioned and sold for scrap . Events in history . 27 July 1940 - 84 survivors were picked up from the British merchant ships " Sambre " and " Thiara " . The boats had been torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine , south - south - west of Rockall . 17 September 1940 - 25 survivors were picked up from the British merchant " Crown Arun " . The boat had been torpedoed and was then sunk with gunfire by the German submarine , north of Rockall . 2 November 1942 - 24 survivors were picked up from the British merchant " Hartington " . The boat had been torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U - 521 , approximately east of Belle Isle .
John McCloy ( Medal of Honor ) John McCloy ( January 3 , 1876 – May 24 , 1945 ) was a sailor in the United States Navy who is one of only 19 individuals to receive the Medal of Honor twice . He received his first Medal of Honor for action in the Boxer Rebellion in June 1900 . His second such award came in 1915 for action in Vera Cruz , Mexico in April 1914 . Biography . John McCloy enlisted in the United States Navy on March 7 , 1898 . He was warranted as a boatswain on July 30 , 1903 and commissioned ensign on July 1 , 1917 . He received his first Medal of Honor " for distinguished conduct in the presence of the enemy in battles of the 13th , 20th , 21st , and 22nd of June 1900 , while with the relief expedition of the Allied Forces in China . " His second Medal of Honor was awarded to him “ for distinguished conduct in battle and extraordinary heroism ; engagement of Vera Cruz , April 22 , 1914 . ” Immediately after World War I , he commanded minesweeper clearing the mines of the North Sea mine barrage . For this work he was decorated with the Navy Cross . He retired from active duty as a lieutenant on October 15 , 1928 , and was promoted in retirement to lieutenant commander on February 23 , 1942 . McCloy was active in both the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion . He was a founding member of American Legion Post No . 1 in Leonia , New Jersey , the first American Legion post in the state . He died of an apparent heart attack on May 25 , 1945 , in his home in Leonia , and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery . Medal of Honor citation . 1st Award , Boxer Rebellion . Rank and organization : Coxswain , U . S . Navy . Born : January 3 , 1876 , Brewsters , N . Y . Accredited to : New York . G . O . No . : 55 , July 19 , 1901 . Other Navy award : Second Medal of Honor . Citation : In action with the relief expedition of the Allied forces in China , 13 , 20 , 21 , and 22 June 1900 . During this period and in the presence of the enemy , Coxswain McCloy distinguished himself by meritorious conduct . 2nd Award , Vera Cruz , Mexico . Rank and organization : Chief Boatswain , U . S . Navy . Born : January 3 , 1876 , Brewster , N . Y . Accredited to : New York . G . O . No . : 177 , December 4 , 1915 . Other Navy awards : Second Medal of Honor , Navy Cross . Citation : For heroism in leading 3 picket launches along Vera Cruz sea front , drawing Mexican fire and enabling cruisers to save our men on shore , April 22 , 1914 . Though wounded , he gallantly remained at his post . Honors . The USPS issued a series of stamps , Distinguished Sailors , to their 2010 stamp collection with McCloy as one of the four famous American sailors of the 20th Century .
Judith Fedder Judith Ann Fedder ( born 1958 ) is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who is the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics , Installations and Mission Support , Headquarters U . S . Air Force , The Pentagon , Washington , D . C . General Fedder is responsible to the Chief of Staff for leadership , management and integration of Air Force logistics readiness , aircraft and missile maintenance , civil engineering and security forces , as well as setting policy and preparing budget estimates that reflect enhancements to productivity , combat readiness and quality of life for Air Force people . Military career . General Fedder is a 1980 distinguished graduate of the ROTC program at Michigan State University . A career maintainer , she has served as officer in charge of numerous aircraft maintenance units and as Chief of Logistics Management at the Combined Joint Task Force Headquarters for operations Proven Force and Provide Comfort at Incirlik Air Base , Turkey . Her commands include the 46th Component Repair Squadron and 46th Equipment Maintenance Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base , Fla . ; 31st Logistics Group at Aviano Air Base , Italy ; 65th Air Base Wing at Lajes Air Base , Portugal , where she also served as the Sub - Unified Commander of U . S . Forces Azores ; and the 76th Maintenance Wing at Tinker Air Force Base , Okla . She has served as Deputy Director in the Office of Legislative Liaison , Secretary of the Air Force ; and as the Director of Logistics for Air Combat Command ( today " A4 - Directorate of Maintenance and Logistics " ) . Prior to this assignment , the General was the Director of Logistics , Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics , Installations and Mission Support , Headquarters U . S . Air Force , Washington , D . C .
Shamshir A Shamshir ( from Persian شمشیر " shamshir " ) also Shamsheer and Chimchir , is a type of sabre with a curve that is considered radical for a sword : 5 to 15 degrees from tip to tip . The name is derived from Persian شمشیر shamshīr , which means " sword " ( in general ) . The radically curved sword family includes the shamshir , scimitar , Talwar , kilij , Pulwar and the Turko - Mongol saber . A Shamshir Shekargar ( " shamshir - e shekârgar " ; literally , " hunters ' sword " or " hunting sword " ) is the same as a " shamshir " , except the blade is engraved and decorated , usually with hunting scenes . Description . Originally Persian swords were straight and double edged , just as the Indian khanda . The curved scimitar blades were Central Asian in origin . The earliest evidence of curved swords , or scimitars , is from the 9th century , when it was used among soldiers in the Khurasan region of Central Asia . The sword now called " shamshir " was introduced to Iran by Turkic Seljuk Khanate in 12th century and was later popularized in Persia by the early 16th century , and had " relatives " in Turkey ( the kilij ) , the Mughal Empire ( the talwar ) , and the adjoining Arabian world ( the saif ) and ( the sam - saam ) . The shamshir is a one - handed , curved sword featuring a slim blade that has almost no taper until the very tip . Instead of being worn upright ( hilt - high ) , it is worn horizontally , with the hilt and tip pointing up . It was normally used for slashing unarmored opponents either on foot or mounted ; while the tip could be used for thrusting , the drastic curvature of blade made accuracy more difficult . Like Japan ese blades , there is no pommel , and its two lengthy quillons form a simple crossguard . The tang of the blade is covered by slabs of bone , ivory , wood , or other material fastened by pins or rivets to form the grip . The shamshir was similar in design to its contemporaries , the Mughal Talwar and the Saif . Etymology . Although the name has been associated by popular etymology with the city of Shamshir ( which in turn means " curved like the lion ' s claw " in Persian ) the word has been used to mean " sword " since ancient times , as attested by Middle Persian " shamshir " ( Pahlavi " šmšyl " ) , and the Ancient Greek σαμψήρα / " sampsēra " ( glossed as " foreign sword " ) . " Shamshir " is usually taken to be the root of the word scimitar , being the latter a more inclusive term .
Siege of Tachibana The 1569 siege of Tachibana was one of many battles fought for control of the island of Kyūshū during Japan ' s Sengoku period . Mōri Motonari led the assault on the Ōtomo clan ' s Tachibana castle , which was held by Hetsugi Akitsura . The Mōri , who were one of the few Sengoku period clans to make effective or extensive use of cannon , used these in securing their victory .
E . V . Loustalot Edward Vincent Loustalot was a U . S . Army Rangers Lieutenant from Louisiana . He was killed in action on August 19 , 1942 , while participating in the Dieppe Raid and is considered the first American soldier to be killed by Germans on land in World War II . Fellow 1st Ranger Battalion members Lieutenant Joseph Randall and T - 4 Howard Henry were the other two Americans who died at Dieppe . During the mission , Loustalot took command after the British Captain leading the assault was killed . He scaled a steep cliff with his men , was wounded three times , but was eventually cut down by enemy crossfire in his attempts to reach the machine gun nest at the top of the cliff . Lt . Loustalot is buried in the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium . He was originally interred with the Canadians at Dieppe by the Germans . Frequently in accounts of the Dieppe Raid , Lt Loustalot has been incorrectly referred to as Edwin rather than Edward .
Babaker Shawkat B . Zebari Babaker Baderkhan Shawkat Zebari ( ) is a General in the New Iraqi Army . He currently serves as the Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Joint Forces . Education . General Babakir ’ s military education includes Light Air Defense Artillery Course , Iraqi Commando School , Thunderbolt School ( Ranger ) , Airborne School , and Battlefielding ( Special Forces ) . He is trained on several Anti - Tank weapon systems to include COBRA , SSII , and SAKER . Career . General Babakir began his military career in 1970 after graduating from the Rustamiyah Military Academy in Baghdad at a time when Kurdish citizens were scarcely allowed to serve at all . Upon completion of the Light Air Defense Artillery Course , General Babakir went to Jordan where he served as a platoon commander in an Iraqi Light Air Defense Artillery Battalion . From 1971 until 1973 General Babakir served in a variety of leadership and technical positions in Baghdad , Taji , and Habiniyah , Iraq . By 1973 General Babakir determined that he could no longer remain in the Iraqi Army due to the unjust policies of the Iraqi government under the Arab Socialist Ba ' ath Party . He left the Iraqi Army and joined the Kurdish Revolution under the leadership of Mulla Mustafa Al Barazani . General Babakir served as a combat company commander with the 1st Brigade of the Kurdish Revolution Army in Galala . He later transferred to the Bahdinan Region ( Dahuk ) where he served as Deputy Commander of the only artillery battalion in the 1st Army of Peshmerga . Later , he was assigned as a Deputy Commander of the Ammadiyah Brigade . After the Treaty of Algiers and the collapse of the Second Kurdish Iraqi War , General Babakir and his family asked for political asylum in Iran and moved to Karaj near Tehran . In 1979 General Babakir returned to Iraq and joined the Kurdish revolution as the Military Commander of the Kurdish Army Headquarters and a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party ( KDP ) Military office . In 1989 , he became a member of the Central Committee of the KDP in charge of the Liaison Office with the Government of Iraq . Between 1980 and 1991 , General Babakir commanded the Shekhan and Aqra districts in Kurdistan . In 1991 , General Babakir was the commander of all Kurdish forces in Dahuk and Mosul districts and participated in the Revolution against the government in Iraq following the 1st Gulf War . In this position he was responsible for military liaison between the Kurdistan region , Turkey , and Iraq . During Operation Iraqi Freedom , General Babakir played a major role in the assistance of Coalition Forces operating within the Kurdistan region . In 2003 , General Babakir was selected to serve as the Commanding General and Chief of Staff , Iraqi Joint Forces . He is fluent in Kurdish , Arabic , and Persian .
Giri Tunggal Heroes ' Cemetery Giri Tunggal Heroes ' Cemetery ( also spelled Giritunggal Heroes ' Cemetery ; Indonesian : ) is a cemetery in Semarang , Central Java . It contains the graves of military personnel and other persons deemed heroes by the Indonesian government , including the National Hero Albertus Soegijapranata . it has 1 , 843 interments . Description . Giri Tunggal sits on of land . The complex includes graves , a monument , a wall naming the individual interments , and gardens . History . Interments in what is now Giri Tunggal began in 1945 . The cemetery was formalised with the name Giri Tunggal Heroes ' Cemetery on 10 November 1955 , Heroes ' Day in Indonesia . The cemetery included attendees from various backgrounds , including students , soldiers , and families of the interred . It was opened at 8 a . m . local time ( UTC + 7 ) with the reading of President Sukarno ' s decree , and closed with a rendition of Ismail Marzuki ' s " Gugur Bunga " . After his death , the Archbishop of Semarang and National Hero of Indonesia Albertus Soegijapranata was flown from Steyl in the Netherlands and buried in a military ceremony at Giri Tunggal on 30 July 1963 . His grave continues to be a pilgrimage destination , and Indonesian Catholics hold mass by his grave on special occasions . By 1979 the cemetery was watched by only two people , one on a morning shift and one on a night shift . The former governor of Central Java , HM Ismail , was buried in Giri Tunggal following his death on 23 February 2008 . Between 2009 and 2011 the cemetery was fenced at a cost of Rp 2 . 7 billion . After the renovations , Social Minister Salim Segaf Al - Jufri described the cemetery as the second best heroes ' cemetery in the country , after Kalibata Heroes ' Cemetery in Jakarta . At the time it held 1 , 843 interments . Of these , according to the Semarang - based daily " Suara Merdeka " only two , Kho Siang Bo and Lie Eng Hok , have explicitly Chinese names ; Kho may have been a fighter during the Five Day Struggle in October 1945 , while Lie was an early figure in the Indonesian Communist Party .
Schaffen Air Base Schaffen Air Base is a Belgian Air Force Base , located 2 . 1 km north - northeast of Diest in Flemish Brabant , Belgium . The airfield is currently the Training Center for Parachutists ( TrgC Para ) of the Belgian ParaCommandos . History . Origns . Schaffen Air Base was originally established about 1914 by the invading Imperial German Army during World War I . The Imperial German Air Service ( Die Fliegertruppen ) used it as an airfield before withdrawing in November 1918 after the Armistice with Germany . Battle of Belgium . Between the wars , the airfield was a major base for the Belgian Air Force . In early 1940 , about half of the Belgian Air Force , were stationed there prior to the Battle of Belgium in May . On the early morning of 10 May , the alarm was sounded , and the pilots at Schaffen Air Base went to their planes , thinking it was an exercise . A few minutes later , 50 unidentified aircraft flew over the airfield . At 04 : 20am Belgian Hawker Hurricanes at the airfield started their engines . 12 minutes later , three Luftwaffe Heinkel He - 111s were spotted , not troubled by AAA fire . The 111s strafed the airfield several times . The Belgian planes tried to take off through the explosions and fires . Minutes later Me - 110s and Dornier Do - 17s strafed and bombed the airfield . Four Hurricanes were set on fire , and 6 others were damaged . The roof of the hangar fell in and the planes in it were destroyed . By 5 : 30 AM , only five aircraft remained operational , two Hawker Hurricanes and three Glosters . After the attack , the survivors were flown off and the airfield abandoned . Luftwaffe Use . During the German occupation of Belgium , Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 ( StG 1 ) formed at Schaffen as Erg . Staffel / St . G . 1 . It operated Ju - 87 Stuka dive bombers from the field , attacking British shipping in the English Channel . The Stukas , however , suffered significant losses against RAF fighters over the channel and were withdrawn in August to bases in the Balkans . For the remainder of the occupation , Schaffen was a non - combat airfield of the Flughafen - Bereichs - Kommando 22 / XI ( Airport - area command 22 / XI ) . Royal Air Force Use . The British Army moved through the Diest area , clearing the occupying German forces north into The Netherlands . Royal Engineers moved into the airfield and it was re - designated as Advanced Landing Ground B - 64 . It is unknown which RAF units used the field until the German Capitulation in May 1945 . Postwar use . After the war Schaffen became the location of the EVS ( Elementary Flying School , or in Dutch : Elementaire Vliegschool ) . In 1950 the EVS left for Air Base Goetsenhoven however . Schaffen Air Base has also been the home of the Training Center for Parachutists ( TrgC Para ) of the Belgian ParaCommandos since 1946 .
Barbary War This was the United States first Naval engagement since the Revolutionary war . Initially the main drawback was that the United States did not actually happen to have a Navy , as the original one had been disbanded as an act of peace . When Thomas Jefferson was elected President , one of the first things his administration found out , was that the US Government was still paying off the Pirates of the Barbary Coast of the Mediterranean Sea in order to have American Merchant Vessels be left alone . Interpreting that to be the equivalent of paying tribute to a band of bandits , Jefferson had the payments cut off , and their representative , the Dey of Tripoli was so informed . On May 14 , 1801 , as a declaration of war , the Dey of Tripoli chopped down the flagpole of the United States Consulate . Immediately , the US Merchant Marine was treated as fair game for piracy , while President Jefferson went through the process of building a new Navy .
André Lalande André Lalande ( 26 May 1913 – 19 October 1995 ) was an officer in the Chasseurs Alpins and in the French Foreign Legion . He was a Breton who studied at the French military academy , the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint - Cyr from 1931 to 1933 and was posted 2nd Lieutenant at Metz . In 1937 he requested a transfer to the 6th Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins ( 6e BCA ) ; with this unit he fought at the Battle of Narvik in April – June 1940 , where he was wounded . In 1942 , this service was awarded the " Krigskorset med Sverd " or Norwegian War Cross with Sword . After the Battle of France , Lalande joined the Free French . In October 1941 he was posted to Beirut where he joined the 13th Demi - Brigade of the Foreign Legion ( 13e DBLE ) . With this unit he fought in the Battle of Bir Hakeim in May 1942 and the Second Battle of El Alamein , where he was again wounded . He was promoted head of the 3rd battalion in June 1943 . His unit was attached to the 1st Free French Division and took part in the assault on the Gustav Line in Italy in Spring 1944 , Operation Dragoon ( the Allied invasion of southern France ) in August 1944 , the battles on the German frontier in Alsace in the winter of 1944 – 1945 , and in the capture of the last German holdouts in the Alps in April 1945 . Following World War II , Lalande volunteered to serve in the First Indochina War . Promoted to colonel of the 3rd Foreign Infantry Regiment , he fought at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 , where he was in charge of the " Isabelle " strongpoint . Lalande was captured when the position fell on May 7 , 1954 and spent five months in a Viet Minh prison camp . He fought in the Algerian War and was promoted to brigadier general in 1961 .
12th Regiment Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry The 12th Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 12th Tennessee Cavalry was organized at Nashville , Tennessee and mustered in for a three - year enlistment on August 24 , 1863 under the command of Colonel George Spalding . As late as February 22 , 1864 , only six companies had completed organization . The regiment was attached to District of Nashville , Department of the Cumberland , to January 1864 . Defenses of Nashville & Northwestern Railroad to April 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , Cavalry Corps , Department of the Cumberland , to October 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 4th Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to December 1864 . 2nd Brigade , 5th Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to February 1865 . 1st Brigade , 5th Division , Cavalry Corps , Military Division Mississippi , to May 1865 . Department of the Missouri to October 1865 . The 12th Tennessee Cavalry mustered out of service at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas on October 7 , 1865 . Detailed service . Scout to Florence , Ala . , July 20 – 25 , 1863 ( detachment ) . Duty at Nashville and on Nashville & Northwestern Railroad at Pulaski , Tenn . , until November 1864 . Duck River April 22 , 1864 . Scout in Hickman and Maury Counties May 2 – 12 . Lincoln County June 14 . Scout from Pulaski to Florence , Ala . , July 20 – 25 ( detachment ) . Triune August 3 – 4 . Florence August 10 . Operations against Forrest in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee September 16 - October 10 . Richland Creek , near Pulaski , September 26 . Pulaski September 26 – 27 . Nashville Campaign November – December . On line of Shoal Creek November 5 – 20 . Campbellsville and Lynnville November 24 . In front of Columbia November 24 – 27 . Franklin November 30 . Battle of Nashville December 15 – 16 . Pursuit of Hood to the Tennessee River December 17 – 28 . West Harpeth River December 17 . Spring Hill December 18 . Rutherford Creek December 19 . Curtis Creek December 19 . Lawrenceburg December 22 . Lynnville and Richland Creek December 24 . King ' s Gap , near Pulaski , December 25 . At Gravelly Springs , Ala . , until February 1865 . At Eastport , Miss . , until May . Moved to St . Louis , Mo . , May 15 – 17 , thence to Rolla , Mo . , June 20 – 26 , and to Fort Riley , Kan . , June 29 - July 8 . Powder River Expedition July to September . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 226 men during service ; 5 officers and 28 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 2 officers and 191 enlisted men died of disease .