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Victor Bleasdale Victor Bleasdale was an officer in the United States Marine Corps . He was awarded the Navy Cross and Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge in World War I , later he would receive a second Navy Cross for his service during the Second Nicaraguan Campaign . His Distinguished Service Cross citation reads : His first Navy Cross citation reads : His second Navy Cross citation reads : Bleasdale was born in Norsewood , New Zealand . His official residence was listed as Janesville , Wisconsin . Bleasdale ' s brother , Redwald , also received the Distinguished Service Cross during World War I . They are the first pair of brothers to receive the award .
Eliakim Sherrill Eliakim Sherrill ( February 16 , 1813 – July 4 , 1863 ) was an antebellum United States Congressman from the state of New York and a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War . He was mortally wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg defending against Pickett ' s Charge . Early life . Sherrill was born in Greenville , New York , where he attended the public schools . He moved to Herkimer County in 1832 . He married Emily Eldridge , a daughter of Judge Eldridge of Madison County . The couple moved to Shandaken in 1838 , where Sherrill owned a tannery . He entered local politics , holding several political offices . He served as a major in the State Militia . He was elected as a Whig to the 30th United States Congress , holding office from March 4 , 1847 , to March 3 , 1849 . He was a member of the New York State Senate ( 10th D . ) in 1854 and 1855 . Three years later , he moved to Brooklyn , then in 1860 to Geneva , where he had a farm . Civil War . During the Civil War , he organized the 126th New York Infantry in August 1862 and became its first Colonel . His regiment was among the troops defending Harpers Ferry against Joseph B . Kershaw ' s Confederate brigade of Maj . Gen . Lafayette McLaws ' s division during the Maryland Campaign . He was severely wounded with a gunshot through his lower jaw in fighting on Maryland Heights during the Battle of Harpers Ferry . Sherrill was captured and later paroled . The wound never healed , but he temporarily rejoined his regiment at Union Mills , Virginia , in October 1862 . After a furlough for further recuperation , he returned for duty on January 27 , 1863 . He commanded the 3rd Brigade , 3rd Division , II Corps , after Col . George L . Willard ' s death on July 2 , 1863 , at the Battle of Gettysburg . Sherrill , in his first full day commanding the brigade , was positioned near Ziegler ' s Grove on Cemetery Ridge , when he was mortally wounded on July 3 by a musket shot in the bowels . Carried off the field by men of the 39th New York Infantry , he was taken to the XI Corps field hospital , where he died about 8 : 00 a . m . the next day . His body was sent by the regimental surgeon to Baltimore for embalming . Lt . Col . James M . Bull , 126th New York Infantry , who filed the brigade ' s report , giving a detailed account of the artillery barrage on July 3 but not much on the repulse of Pickett ' s Charge , places Sherrill ' s death at 4 p . m . He was buried in the Washington Street Cemetery in Geneva , New York . Nearly 10 , 000 people attended his funeral .
School of Applied Artillery ( France ) The " École d ' application de l ' artillerie " ( School of Applied Artillery ) is an applied military academy of the French Army . Pre - Revolutionary History . During the 18th Century , there were several artillery schools . The first was created by Louis XIV in Douai in 1679 . Later schools were created in Metz and Strasbourg . In 1671 the king created a Royal Fusilier Regiment responsible for artillery , composed of four companies : gunners , sappers and entrenchers , carpenters , and other artillery laborers who were used as bridge - builders . Other artillery schools were founded in Besançon , Grenoble , Auxonne , Metz , Perpignan and Valence . In 1693 , the Royal Fusilier Regiment took the name " Royal Artillery " , and in 1755 they were joined with companies of sapper s and engineers to create the Royal Corps of Engineers and Artillery . In 1758 the corps of engineers and the artillery were separated . After the French Revolution . By the Decree of 18 Floréal of the Year III ( by the French Republican Calendar ) , a new artillery school was created in Toulouse , bringing the total number to eight . An advanced ( élèves ) artillery school was founded in 1791 in Châlons - en - Champagne ( Châlons - sur - Marne ) . In 1807 it joined with the School of Engineering to form the School of Applied Artillery and Engineering in Metz . This school was relocated to Fontainebleau in 1871 . The School of Artillery became independent in 1912 . Then artillery units moved to Nîmes ( 1940 – 1942 ) , and then relocated to the United States military base in Cherchell , Algeria ( 1942 – 1945 ) for during the Second World War . After World War II . After the liberation of France in 1945 , the school was re - formed in Idar - Oberstein . At the same time , the Center for Ground Anti - Aircraft Forces was created in Nîmes , before becoming the School of Applied Ground - to - Air Artillery ( EAASA ) . At the end of 1952 , the School of Applied Artillery was reinstated in its town of origin : Châlons - sur - Marne In 1976 , the school moved to new buildings near Draguignan before joining the EAASA in 1983 .
146th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 146th Indiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Indiana that served in the Union Army between March 9 and August 31 , 1865 , during the American Civil War . Service . The regiment was organized at Indianapolis , Indiana , with a strength of 979 men and mustered in on March 9 , 1865 . It left Indiana for Harper ' s Ferry , West Virgina on March 11 . It was then attached to the 1st Brigade , 3rd Provisional Division , Army of the Shenandoah . It saw duty at Charleston and Summit Point , West Virginia and also at Winchester , Stevenson ' s Depot , Jordan Springs , Virginia , until July 27 . It was then ordered to Baltimore , Maryland , where it was assigned to duty in the Military district of Delaware . One company was detached for duty at each of the following : Hicks ' general hospital , Baltimore . Havre de Grace , Dover . Wilmington , Delaware . Salisbury and Eastern Maryland . The regiment was mustered out on August 31 , 1865 . During its service the regiment incurred twenty - nine fatalities , another thirty deserted and seven unaccounted for .
82d Troop Carrier Squadron The 82d Troop Carrier Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with the 436th Troop Carrier Group , based at Standiford Municipal Airport , Kentucky . It was inactivated on 16 April 1951 . History . Formed in April 1943 by I Troop Carrier Command , trained and equipped at various bases in the United States for the balance of the year . Deployed to England , being assigned to IX Troop Carrier Command , Ninth Air Force in early January 1944 , during the Allied buildup prior to the invasion of France . The squadron participated in the D - Day operation , dropping 101st Airborne Division paratroops near Cherbourg , then carried out re - supply and glider delivery missions the following day . The squadron ' s aircraft flew supplies into Normandy as soon as suitable landing strips were available and evacuated casualties to England . On 17 July the air echelon flew to Grosseto airbase in Italy to prepare for operations connected with the invasion of southern France returning to England on 24 August . Squadron moved to France in July 1944 and for the balance of the Northern France Campaign and the Western Allied invasion of Germany was engaged in combat resupply of ground forces , operating from Advanced Landing Ground s in northern France . Delivered supplies to rough Resupply and Evacuation airfields near the front lines , returning combat casualties to field hospitals in rear areas . Dropped airborne forces during Operation Market - Garden in September 1944 into the Netherlands ; later participated in the airborne invasion of Germany in March 1945 . After V - E Day , the squadron evacuated prisoners of war . Returned to the United States in August 1945 , became a transport squadron for Continental Air Command until inactivation in November 1945 when it was inactivated . Postwar the squadron was activated in the air force reserve in 1947 , first at Lockbourne AFB , Ohio , then Godman AFB , finally at Standiford Field , Louisville , Kentucky , operating C - 46 Commandos for Tactical Air Command Eighteenth Air Force ; activated during the Korean War in 1951 , its aircraft and personnel being used as fillers for active duty units , then inactivated .
Joachim Pötter Joachim Pötter ( 1913 – 1992 ) was a German World War II bomber pilot . He was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross on April 16 , 1942 Biography . Joachim Pötter was born in Metz , Alsace - Lorraine , on January 1 , 1913 . Pötter joined the German Army straight from school . Pötter began a brilliant career in the Luftwaffe . After various assignments in France and on the Eastern front , Pötter became an ace . Joachim Pötter was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of I . / KG 77 commanded the first Group of the 77th Kampfgeshwader on 25 October 1941 . He was eventually awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross on April 16 , 1942 . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross principally was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II . Pötter participated on all of the major fronts in the European Theatre , until the dissolution of his unit in 1944 . When he returned to West Germany after war , Pötter enlisted again in the new German army , the Bundeswehr , in 1955 . He became colonel ( " Oberst " ) in the West German Air Force ( Bundesluftwaffe ) . After his military retirement , on marsch 1971 , Joachim Pötter died on 17 November 1992
Siege of Worcester The Siege of Worcester took place in 1646 , towards the end of the First English Civil War , when Parliamentary forces under the command of Thomas Rainsborough besieged the city of Worcester , accepting the capitulation of the 104 Royalist defenders on 22 July 1646 . By 1646 the Royalist cause was in terminal decline . The Battle of Stow - on - the - Wold , the last pitched battle of the First English Civil War , was fought on 21 March 1646 . The victorious Parliamenty forces then set about capturing the last of the Royalist strongholds . Exeter and Barnstaple fell to Lord - General Thomas Fairfax , and after accepting the surrender of Oxford on 24 June , Rainsborough took command of the Parliamentary forces besieging Worcester . During the months after the surrender of Worcester , all other Royalist strongholds fell to the Roundhead s . The last to do so was Harlech Castle in Wales , which surrendered on 13 March 1647 . The parliamentary forces placed their siege artillery on a small hill to the south - east of Worcester overlooking the Sidbury Gate , from where it was directed by the mathematician and master gunner Nathaniel Nye , whose scientific approach to artillery was later detailed in his 1647 book " The Art of Gunnery " . The largest piece in their train was " Roaring Meg " — a mortar that fired 200 pound shots . From there they were able to damage severely the city ' s medieval walls . In 1651 shortly before the battle of Worcester the hill was fortified by the Royalists and the remains of those fortifications are now in the park known as Fort Royal Hill .
USS Entemedor ( SS - 340 ) USS " Entemedor " ( SS - 340 ) , a " Balao " - class submarine , was a ship of the United States Navy named for the entemedor , a fish of the electric ray family found in shallow waters from Baja California to Panama . " SS - 340 " , originally named Chickwick , was renamed Entemedor on 24 September 1942 and launched on 17 December 1944 by Electric Boat Co . , Groton , Conn . ; sponsored by Mrs . E . V . Izac ; and commissioned on 6 April 1945 , Lieutenant Commander W . R . Smith , Jr . in command . Service history . United States Navy . World War II . " Entemedor " reached Pearl Harbor on 29 June 1945 from New London , en route to Midway Atoll for advanced training and to prepare for war patrols . She put to sea on her first war patrol on 24 July , and served as lifeguard for air strikes on Marcus Island before sailing on to patrol off Japan . When hostilities ceased , she was ordered to Saipan , where she arrived 17 August . Post - War . The submarine returned to Seattle on 22 September 1945 , and began a program of training operations along the west coast from San Diego . In 1946 - 1947 , she made extended cruises in the Far East , basing at Subic Bay . She was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 10 December 1948 . Recommissioned on 24 October 1950 , " Entemedor " trained off the coast of California , and on 2 January 1951 sailed for New London and through the remainder of the year operated in the Atlantic . On 31 January 1952 , she entered the Electric Boat Co . ' s yard for an extensive GUPPY IIA modernization , was placed in commission in reserve on 28 February 1952 , and returned to active status 17 October 1952 . Every second year beginning in 1953 , " Entemedor " deployed to the Mediterranean to serve with the 6th Fleet , and from her home port at New London also sailed for a midshipman cruise to northern European ports in the summer of 1958 , and the Isle of Portland , England , in February 1960 . Her stateside operations included participation in large - scale exercises off the east coast and in the Caribbean , and serving as target for Task Force " Alfa " , in development of antisubmarine warfare techniques . Through 1962 she continued to operate from New London . Turkish Navy . " Entemedor " was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 July 1972 . She was transferred ( sold ) to Turkey - under the terms of the Security Assistance Act - on 24 August 1973 , renamed TCG " Preveze " ( S 345 ) , the second submarine of that name . She was decommissioned and struck from the Turkish Naval rolls in 1987 . See also . See TCG " Preveze " for other ships of the same name .
USNS Henson ( T - AGS - 63 ) USNS " Henson " ( T - AGS - 63 ) is a " Pathfinder " class oceanographic survey ship . It is the fourth ship in the class . " Henson " is named after Matthew Henson , who accompanied Robert Peary , most famously on an expedition intended to reach the Geographic North Pole in 1909 . " Henson " participated in the search for the remains of the off the coast of Flamborough Head , England , during the week of 10 September 2010 . The survey crew is composed of oceanographers from the Naval Oceanographic Office ( NAVOCEANO ) who planned and coordinated the U . S . Navy ' s participation in the search . Representatives from the U . S . Naval Academy , Office of Naval Research ( ONR ) and the Naval History and Heritage Command will also be aboard " Henson " to assist in the search and identification of found artifacts .
Gardermoen Air Station Gardermoen Air Station ( Norwegian : Gardermoen flystasjon ) is located about 50 km north of Oslo , Norway . It is the location for the 135th Airwing and the 335 Squadron of the Royal Norwegian Air Force , which currently operates two of the four recently procured C - 130J - 30 " Super Hercules " transport aircraft . In addition , the airfield is designed to handle the complex logistics of the air force , and is one of the most advanced C - 130 installations in Europe . Also , Norway ' s main airport , Oslo Airport , Gardermoen is located near the air station . The Air Force was considering moving its operations at Gardermoen to Rygge Air Station by consent of the Chief of Defence of Norway , General Sigurd Frisvold in the 2003 - 2004 period ; however , this proposition was turned down by the Norwegian Parliament ' s Defence Committee . Thus , the air station currently remains operational . History . The Norwegian Army started using Gardermoen as a camp already in 1740 , when it was called Fredericksfeldt . The first place flight took place in 1912 , and by 1920 there were multiple hangars at the airport . During the German invasion of Norway during World War II the German bombed the airport , but built it up with two 2000 - meter runways during the war . The military airport was founded on December 1 , 1996 , with new installations for 1 , 2 billion NOK . The airfield is built to easily expand cheaply and fast whenever needed . On October 8 , 1998 the main airport serving Oslo was moved from Fornebu to Gardermoen . The new airport had among other facilities two runways .
Zhang Zhizhong Zhang Zhizhong ( 27 October 1895 – April 1969 ) was a general in the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China . He was born in Chaohu , Anhui , and attended the Baoding Military Academy from which he graduated in 1916 . He then served in the local warlord armies of Yunnan and Guangxi before heeding the call of Nationalist leader Sun Yat - sen and moving to Guangzhou to became an instructor at the Whampoa Academy . He participated in the Northern Expedition , and after the Nationalists established the new republican government in Nanjing , became the commandant of the Central Military Academy . He joined in Generalissimo Chiang Kai - shek ' s campaign against Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang , and led the 5th Army in the 1932 battle at Shanghai against Japan . Later as the head of the 9th Army Group ( 第九集團軍 ) , Zhang supervised the defence of Shanghai against Japan in 1937 . Zhang is generally regarded as one of Chiang ' s close confidants . Later in the Second Sino - Japanese War , Zhang was later appointed Governor of Hunan and was responsible for the Great Fire of Changsha , a fire that got out of hand when he ordered key buildings razed in anticipation of a coming Japanese attack ( which failed to materialize on time ) . He was relieved of his duty after this event and several individuals responsible for bad intelligence were executed . In 1940 , he became the political director of the National Military Council . He was Governor of Xinjiang from 1945 – 1948 during the Ili Rebellion . In 1949 Zhang chose to remain on the mainland when Chiang and the remaining KMT forces fled to Taiwan . He joined the Communists afterwards .
Swiss illustrated chronicles Several illustrated chronicle s were created in the Old Swiss Confederacy in the 15th and 16th centuries . They were luxurious illuminated manuscript s produced for the urban elite of Bern and Lucerne , and their copious detailed illustrations allow a unique insight into the politics and daily life of late medieval Switzerland on the eve of the Reformation . The most important of these chronicles are the works of the two Diebold Schilling s , their luxurious execution , as well as their content reflecting the growing confidence and self - esteem of the leaders of the confederacy after their spectacular successes in the Burgundian Wars .
Emil Möller Emil Möller ( 19 November 1916 – 10 July 1993 ) was a highly decorated " Major " of the Reserves in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . He was also awarded the very rare Close Combat Clasp in Gold one of only 631 awards .
National Order of Vietnam The National Order of Vietnam was a combined military - civilian decoration of South Vietnam and was considered the highest honor that could be bestowed upon an individual by the Republic of Vietnam government . The decoration was created in 1950 and was awarded to any person who performed " grandiose works , remarkable deeds , exhibited bravery , or for those who have honored and served the country by lofty virtues and outstanding knowledge . " The National Order was modelled after the French Légion d ' honneur , and as such it was issued in five degrees : Both the badge and the star had the same design , as shown on the top right of this page . The ribbon was red with yellow borders . During the Vietnam War , the National Order of Vietnam was bestowed on several members of the United States military , most of whom were senior military and political advisors to the South Vietnamese government . The decoration could also be awarded posthumously . Since the National Order of Vietnam was both a civil and a military decoration , it was displayed above all other awards when worn on a military uniform . A purely military equivalent of the decoration was the Vietnam Military Merit Medal , awarded only to members of the military .
Defence . lk Defence . lk is the official web portal of the Ministry of Defence of Sri Lanka . At the conclusion of the Sri Lankan Civil War it was the Sri Lanka ' s 7th most viewed web site , with an average daily hit rate of over 8 . 8 million in May , 2009 . Traffic and popularity have fallen sharply since the end of the civil war - as of 28 March 2012 it was Sri Lanka ' s 647th most viewed web site . When the Sri Lankan Armed Forces achieved their victory at Kilinochchi on 2 January 2009 , the website received 13 million hits within a few hours , the highest number of hits ever received by a locally hosted website . Mission . An initiative of Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa , the website was launched in April 2006 to provide up to date news and views related to national defence matters . The mission statement that currently appears on the website is " Formulation and execution of strategies with regard to defence and safeguarding territorial integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka . "
Sumsk ( air base ) Sumsk is an air base in Leningrad Oblast , Russia located 28 km southwest of Volosovo . It is an abandoned 1960s - era airfield , listed as a major aerodrome on a 1974 Department of Defense Global Navigation Chart No . 3 as having jet facilities . The geometrics now barely visible on Google Earth .
Sidney James Day Sidney James Day VC ( 3 July 1891 – 17 July 1959 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Day originally enlisted in the 9th Sussex Regiment . However , after being seriously wounded in four places during the Battle of the Somme , he was invalided back to England , spending several months in hospital near his home . Upon discharge , he returned to duty as a corporal with the 11th Battalion ( Cambridge Suffolks ) , The Suffolk Regiment . He was 26 years old , and a corporal in the 11th Battalion , The Suffolk Regiment , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 26 August 1917 east of Hargicourt , France , Corporal Day was in command of a bombing section detailed to clear a maze of trenches still held by the enemy ; this he did , killing two machine gunners and taking four prisoners . Immediately after he returned to his section a stick bomb fell into a trench occupied by five men , one badly wounded . The corporal seized the bomb and threw it over the trench where it immediately exploded . He afterwards completed the clearing of the trench and established himself in an advanced position , remaining for 66 hours at his post which came under intense fire . Death . He died in Queen Alexandra ' s Hospital on 17 July 1959 and is buried in Milton Cemetery , Portsmouth .