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HMS L5 HMS " L5 " was a British L class submarine built by Swan Hunter , Wallsend . She was laid down on 23 August 1916 and was commissioned on 15 May 1918 . HMS " L5 " was sold in 1931 and broken up in Charlestown , Fife .
Jean Accart Jean Accart ( born in Fécamp on 7 April 1912 , died in La Gaude on 19 August 1992 ) was a French flying ace during World War II . Born in April 1912 , Accart began his military career joining the French Navy in 1932 . He then volunteered for aircrew in Naval Aviation becoming an observer , before training as a pilot and serving with " Escadrille 3S1 " . In 1936 , the escadrille was transferred to the French Air Force and Accart became commandant of " Escadrille GC 1 / 5 " who would claim 71 victories during the Battle Of France , losing only one pilot to enemy fire . He personally shared in the destruction of at least 12 Luftwaffe bombers during the Battle . On 1 June 1940 , while intercepting a group of Luftwaffe bombers , Accart was hit by return fire , a bullet penetrating the windscreen of his fighter and lodged into his skull . Accart managed to parachute to safety . While recovering he wrote " Chasseurs du Ciel " ( ' Hunter in the Sky ' ) , an account of his wartime actions . After recuperating he was posted to the Southern region air defense Headquarters . In November 1941 he attended the Air Academy in Salon de Provence . Released from military duty in November 1942 , he journeyed to Spain with several students , before arriving in North Africa after the Allied liberation . He joined the Free French forces and was given command of GC 2 / 2 in January 1944 . He left in october 1944 to attend Staff School at Fort Leavenworth in the USA . Assigned to the French department of aerial studies and planning , he became the inspector general of the French Air Force just before the end of the war . Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel , he became cabinet chief of the French Air Force headquarters in December 1947 , and then Deputy Director of the flight test centre in Brétigny during March 1948 . In July 1951 , he was made inspector of the fighter arm , and in September became CO of Air Base 112 in Reims . He became second in command of the Etat - Major de l ' Armée de l ' Air ( EMAA ) four years later . In November 1960 he was nominated as the commandant of the first Tactical Air Command ( CATAC ) and French Air Force in Germany ( FAFA ) , and promoted to Major General in January 1961 . He retired as a Lieutenant General as inspector of armament fabrication program In March 1965 . Jean Marie Accart died on 19 August 1992 .
W66 The W66 thermonuclear warhead was used on the Sprint anti - ballistic missile system , designed to be a short range interceptor to shoot down incoming ICBM warheads . The W66 was a low yield ( details not declassified , but reportedly a few kilotons ) thermonuclear bomb , which was the first Neutron bomb ( technically , an Enhanced Radiation weapon ) fielded anywhere in the world . It was designed to destroy or disable an incoming warhead using neutron flux , and to a lesser extent X - ray and blast effects . The W66 was 18 inches in maximum diameter and 35 inches long , with a weight of around 150 pounds .
Siege of Odani Castle The 1573 was the last stand of the Azai clan , one of Oda Nobunaga ' s chief opponents . Nobunaga took Odani Castle from Azai Nagamasa , who , left with no other option , committed suicide along with his son . His wife and three daughters were entrusted to Nobunaga , considering they were his sister and nieces . Two of Nagamasa ' s daughters would later marry into powerful families . Their escape from the besieged castle became a fairly common sentimental scene in traditional Japanese art . Before Azai Nagamasa committed " seppuku " he decided to make one last siege on Nobunaga ' s main camp ; in the end , however , he failed and was instead captured . Azai also knew from the beginning he would lose this battle , so before he died he gave Nobunaga ' s sister Oichi back , saving her from death . In popular culture . The battle has been featured in the game Samurai Warriors 2 . It is worth noting however that in the game , both the Azai and Asakura clans are destroyed during the Odani siege when historically , the Asakura clan was destroyed in the following year .
Martin Maginnis Martin Maginnis ( October 27 , 1841 – March 27 , 1919 ) was a nineteenth - century politician , publisher , editor and miner from Minnesota and the Montana Territory . Biography . Born near Pultneyville , New York to Patrick and Winnifred Devine Maginnis , Maginnis moved to Goodhue Township near Red Wing , Minnesota with his parents in 1852 . He pursued an academic course and attended Hamline University , but left early to take charge of a Democratic newspaper . At the outbreak of the Civil War , he enlisted as a private in the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1861 . Maginnis was promoted to first lieutenant in 1862 , to captain in 1863 and to major of the 11th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1864 . He was ordered to join the Army of the Cumberland where he served under the command of General George H . Thomas until being mustered out along with his regiment in 1865 . Afterwards , he moved to Helena , Montana with his brothers in 1866 where he engaged in mining and later in publishing and editing the " Helena Daily Gazette " . Maginnis was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1872 , serving from 1873 to 1885 . Afterwards , was unsuccessful in being elected back to the House of Representatives in 1890 , was Commissioner of Mineral Land of Montana from 1890 to 1893 and presented his credentials as a Senator - designate in 1900 to fill a vacancy , but was not seated . Maginnis moved to Los Angeles , California for health reasons in 1915 where he died of gangrene of the foot on March 27 , 1919 . He was interred in Resurrection Cemetery in Helena , Montana .
Erigyius Erigyius ( in Greek Eριγυιoς ; died 328 BC ) , a Mytilenaean , son of Larichus , was an officer in Alexander the Great ' s army . He had been driven into banishment by Philip II , king of Macedon , because of his faithful attachment to Alexander , and returned when the latter came to the throne in 336 BC . At the battle of Gaugamela , 331 BC , he commanded the cavalry of the allies , as he did also when Alexander set out from Ecbatana in pursuit of Darius III , 330 BC . In the same year Erigyius was entrusted with the command of one of the three divisions with which Alexander invaded Hyrcania , and he was , too , among the generals sent against Satibarzanes , whom he slew in battle with his own hand . In 329 BC , together with Craterus and Hephaestion , and by the assistance of Aristander the soothsayer , he endeavoured to dissuade Alexander from crossing the Jaxartes river against the Scythia ns . In 328 BC he fell in battle against the Bactria n fugitives .
Bombardment of Madras The Bombardment of Madras was an engagement of World War I , at Madras ( Chennai ) , British India . The bombardment was initiated by the German light cruiser " Emden " at the start of the war in 1914 . With Captain Karl von Müller in command , on the night of 22 September 1914 , SMS " Emden " quietly approached the city of Madras on the southeastern coast of the Indian peninsula . After entering the Madras harbor area and observing for a moment , Müller gave the order to engage at 9 : 30 pm , " Emden " opened fire at 3000 yards on the several large oil tanks within the harbor which belonged to the Burmah Oil Company . Within the first 30 rounds , the oil tanks were in flames . After bombing the fuel tanks " Emden " moved onto a small merchant ship in harbor . The craft was quickly sunk by " Emden " s deck guns . The worst casualties experienced that night were from the merchant vessel , 26 of whose crew were injured . At least 5 of the sailors were killed on scene or died later of injuries . The action lasted half an hour , until 10 : 00 pm , by which time the British shore batteries had begun to respond . However , " Emden " slipped away unscathed . In all , 125 shells were fired by the Germans . Although the raid did little damage , it was a severe blow to British morale and thousands of people fled the city . Madras was the only Indian city to come under attack by forces of the Central Powers during World War I .
USS Wabanquot ( YTB - 525 ) USS " Wabanquot " ( YTB - 525 ) , later YTM - 525 , was a tug that served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1976 . " Wabanquot " was a " Hisada " - class tug laid down in May 1945 at Jacksonville , Florida , by the Gibbs Gas Engine Company . She was launched on 9 August 1945 , sponsored by Mrs . G . W . Scott , Jr . , and delivered to the U . S . Navy on 13 November 1945 . Originally intended for World War II service in the Western Pacific , " Wabanquot " instead was assigned to the 11th Naval District at San Diego , California , because the war had ended before her completion . She was transferred to the United States Atlantic Fleet in 1947 and was placed in reserve status with the 16th Fleet . In 1948 , " Wabanquot " was assigned to the 3rd Naval District . She provided towing services and pilot assistance at New York City from 1948 to 1976 . In February 1962 , she was reclassified as a medium harbor tug and redesignated YTM - 525 . " Wabanquot " was struck from the Navy list in April 1976 . Lately she was acquired by a Southamerican shipowner , renamed " Vikingo " . Nowadays she is operated by Three Rivers Towing , in Paraguay River basin .
Blinded Veterans Association The Blinded Veterans Association ( BVA ) is a U . S non - profit organization that was established to " help veterans and their families meet and overcome the challenges of blindness " . Services from BVA are available to all veterans who have become blind , either during or after active duty . The BVA has its headquarters in Washington , D . C . BVA is a 503 ( c ) ( 3 ) registered nonprofit ; for the 2008 - 2009 Fiscal year , BVA ' s income was $ 4 . 2 million . Mission . The Mission of the BVA is : History . The BVA was established in 1945 , at the end of World War II , by young veterans who had lost their sight in combat and were recovering together at an Army hospital in Connecticut . In 1958 , the BVA was chartered by the U . S . Congress ( Title 36 , Chapter 303 ) to " speak and write on behalf of blinded veterans in national legislative affairs " . In addition to its legislative role , BVA has 52 regional groups that help veterans find services such educational services , counseling , peer support , and rehabilitation services . Currently , the BVA membership is about 11 , 000 , but BVA services are available to any blinded veteran , regardless of membership status Programs & Services . Based on VA data , there are estimated to by more than 158 , 000 veterans in America that suffer from severe vision impairment or blindness . According to the BVA , 13 % of wounded U . S . military troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have suffered a serious eye injury . In addition , approximately 7 , 000 veterans become newly blind or visually impaired from non - combat related causes . Field Service Program The BVA employs seven full - time Field Service Representatives , who have been strategically placed in different geographical areas throughout the United States . Their goal is to locate and assist blinded veterans in overcoming the challenges inherent in sight loss . Since all of the Field Reps are legally blind veterans themselves , they can be effective role models in demonstrating that fellow veterans can take charge of their lives . Field Reps are responsible for linking veterans with local services , assuring that the newly blinded take advantage of VA Blind Rehabilitation Services , and assisting them with VA claims when necessary . When blinded veterans are ready to return to the workforce , BVA Field Reps can assist them with employment training and placement . Operation Peer Support BVA ' s newest program , Operation Peer Support ( OPS ) establishes connections between newly - blinded veterans returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars with veterans who went through a similar transition following World War II , the Korean War , and the Vietnam War . These older blinded vets know the many challenges facing newly blinded service members , and can provide unique insight and understanding , having once faced similar challenges themselves .
Frederick Behne Frederick Behne ( October 3 , 1873 – February 11 , 1918 ) was a fireman first class serving in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for bravery . Biography . Behne was born October 3 , 1873 , in Lodi , New Jersey and after joining the navy he was stationed aboard the as a fireman first class . On January 25 , 1905 a manhole plate blew out of boiler D . For his actions received the Medal March 20 , 1905 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Fireman First Class , U . S . Navy . Born : 3 October 1873 , Lodi , N . J . Accredited to : New Jersey . G . O . No . : 182 , 20 March 1905 . Citation : On board the U . S . S . Iowa , 25 January 1905 . Following the blowing out of the manhole plate of boiler D of that vessel , Behne displayed extraordinary heroism in the resulting action .
HMS Castor ( 1915 ) HMS " Castor " was one of the " Cambrian " subclass of the C - class of light cruiser s . She saw service during the First World War and the Russian Civil War . Construction . Design of the " Cambrian " subclass was based on the earlier light cruisers and , which , in turn , were based on the subclass , using the same hull as the " Caroline " s but with two funnels and a maximum armor thickness of 4 inches ( 102 mm ) as opposed to 3 inches ( 76 . 2 mm ) in the " Caroline " s . " Castor " was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead , England . Laid down on 28 October 1914 , she was launched on 28 July 1915 and completed in November 1915 . Service history . World War I . Commissioned in November 1915 , " Castor " was the flagship of Commodore ( D ) , assigned to the 11th Destroyer Flotilla in the Grand Fleet . She fought in the Battle of Jutland , in which she was damaged by German gunfire and suffered 10 casualties . Postwar . After the First World War , " Castor " served in the Black Sea from 1919 to 1920 during the British intervention in the Russian Civil War . In April 1920 , she recommissioned at Chatham Dockyard for service in the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet . In 1921 , " Castor " joined the light cruisers , , and and the destroyers , , , , , , , and in a Baltic Sea cruise , departing the United Kingdom on 31 August 1921 . The ships crossed the North Sea and transited the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal to enter the Baltic , where they called at Danzig in the Free City of Danzig ; Memel in the Klaipėda Region ; Liepāja , Latvia ; Riga , Latvia ; Tallinn , Estonia ; Helsinki , Finland ; Stockholm , Sweden ; Copenhagen , Denmark ; Gothenburg , Sweden ; and Kristiania , Norway , before crossing the North Sea and ending the voyage at Port Edgar , Scotland , on 15 October 1921 . " Castor " patrolled off the coast of Ireland in 1922 during the Irish Civil War . She was assigned to the Gun nery School at Portsmouth from 1923 to 1924 , then was in the Nore Reserve from 1924 to 1925 . " Castor " underwent a refit from November 1925 to September 1926 , then began transporting troops to China in October 1927 . She recommissioned at Devonport in June 1928 to serve on the China Station . She entered the Devonport Reserve in July 1930 , then was decommissioned in May 1935 . Disposal . " Castor " was sold on 30 July 1936 for scrapping and arrived at the shipbreakers yard at Rosyth in August 1936 .
USS Tuna ( SP - 664 ) The first USS " Tuna " ( SP - 664 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 . " Tuna " was built as a private motor yacht of the same name by the Neilson Yacht Building Company at Baltimore , Maryland , in 1911 . On 11 June 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner , Edward L . Welch of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , for use as a section patrol boat during World War I . She was commissioned as USS " Tuna " ( SP - 664 ) on 12 June 1917 . Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England and based at the Block Island section base in Rhode Island , " Tuna " patrolled the coastline between Long Island , New York , and Martha ' s Vineyard in Massachusetts for the rest of World War I . " Tuna " was stricken from the Navy List on 11 January 1919 and returned to Welch the same day .
USS Maine ( SSBN - 741 ) USS " Maine " ( SSBN - 741 ) is a United States Navy ballistic missile submarine in commission since 1995 . She is the fourth U . S . Navy ship authorized , and the third commissioned , to be named in honor of the state of Maine . She has the capability to carry 24 nuclear armed Trident ballistic missiles . Construction and commissioning . The contract to build " Maine " was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corporation , Groton , Connecticut , on 5 October 1988 , and her keel was laid there on 3 July 1990 . " Maine " was launched on 16 July 1994 , delivered to the U . S . Navy on 23 June 1995 , and commissioned on 29 July 1995 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard , on the shore of its namesake state . Service history . " Maine " has been homeported at Naval Base Kitsap , Bangor , Washington since 2006 . Prior to this , she was homeported at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay from August , 1995 until 2006 .
Battle of Thermopylae ( 267 ) The Battle of Thermopylae in 267 was the unsuccessful defense of the pass by local forces during the great invasion of the Balkans by the Heruli . The Heruls are first mentioned by Roman writers in the reign of Gallienus ( 260 - 268 ) , when they accompanied the Goths ravaging the coasts of the Black Sea and the Aegean . The mixed warbands managed to sack Byzantium in 267 , but their eastern contingent was virtually annihilated in the Balkans at the Battle of Naissus ( Serbia ) two years later , the battle that earned Marcus Aurelius Claudius his surname " Gothicus . "
Peshawar Valley Field Force The Peshawar Valley Field Force was a British field force of around 12 , 000 men , a mix of both British regiments and Indian regiments , under the command of Sir Samuel J . Browne during the Second Anglo - Afghan War ( 1878 - 1880 ) . The force fought at the Battle of Ali Masjid which was the first battle of the war . At the start of the Second Anglo - Afghan War the Force was made up of the following : Sir Samuel J . Browne ( Overall Command of the Peshawar Valley Field Force )
Anthony P . Damato Corporal Anthony Peter Damato ( March 22 , 1922 – February 20 , 1944 ) was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor posthumous ly for his valor and sacrifice of life during World War II . On the night of February 19 – 20 , 1944 on Engebi Island in the Marshall Islands , Corporal Damato sacrificed his life to save the lives of his fellow Marines . Biography . Damato was born on March 28 , 1922 , in Shenandoah , Pennsylvania . He was educated in the elementary and high schools of Shenandoah . Prior to enlistment he was last employed as a truck driver . Damato enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on January 8 , 1942 . He went to Derry , Northern Ireland , in May of that year . He distinguished himself during the first year of his enlistment , volunteering for special duty with a select invasion party that took part in the North African landings . He was advanced in rate for especially meritorious conduct in action while serving aboard ship at the port city of Arzew , Algeria , on November 8 , 1942 . Landing with an assault wave entering the port from seaward , he assisted in boarding and seizing vessels in the harbor , and ultimately the port itself . He returned to the United States in March 1943 , and three months later sailed for duty in the Pacific . Damato was serving with an assault company of the 2nd Battalion , 22nd Marines , 5th Amphibious Corps , on Engebi Island , Eniwetok Atoll , Marshall Islands when on the night of February 19 – 20 , 1944 , while in a foxhole with two companions , he threw himself upon an enemy grenade , absorbing the explosion with his body and instantly killing him . Corporal Damato was initially buried in the Temporary American Cemetery on Kiririan Island in the Marshall Islands . Later , his remains were reinterred in the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu , Hawaii . Damato ' s brother , Captain Neil Damato , was killed in action over Germany in 1943 while serving in the US Army Air Corps . Honors . On April 9 , 1945 , the tiny mining community of Shenandoah , Pennsylvania turned out en masse to pay homage to Corporal Damato at the presentation ceremonies for the Medal of Honor . The presentation was made to his mother by Marine Corps Brigadier General M . C . Gregory at Cooper High School , where Cpl Damato had been a student . The , a Gearing - class destroyer of the United States Navy , was named in honor of Corporal Damato . Medal of Honor citation . The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR to CORPORAL ANTHONY P . DAMATO UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS for service as set forth in the following CITATION :
Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov Vice Admiral Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov ( ; 1806 – 1854 ) was a Russian naval officer who took part in the Crimean War . Kornilov was born in his family state in Staritsky District , Tver Province in 1806 . His father was governor of Irkutsk . Kornilov entered the naval service in 1823 , and in 1827 he fought in the Battle of Navarino as a midshipman aboard the fleets flagship " Azov " . In 1841 he became the first captain of the battleship " Twelve Apostles " , he disciplined the crew and participated with it in the Black Sea Fleet Review ( held every seven years ) before Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich . He sailed to London in 1847 to buy a new steam frigate . In 1849 he became chief of staff Black Sea Fleet In 1853 , with his flag hoisted aboard the 11 - gun steam frigate " Vladimir " ( commanded by Lieutenant - Commander Grigory I . Butakov ) met an 19 - gun Turkish Vessel , the " Pervaz - Bahri " , when they were cruising close to Penderakli . Kornilov gave the order of engaging the enemy and the " Vladimir " joined battle against " Pervaz - Bahri " . The Ottoman ship had no bow and stern artillery , so every time it employed its side artillery , Butakov manoeuvred to rake its stern . Considering that the battle was taking too long , Kornilov gave the order to speed the sinking of the enemy . Cpt . Butakov ordered to speed up the ship and approaching the enemy to around 100 meters , fired canister rounds from all his side guns . The Turks . The " Pervaz - Bahri " had suffered heavy casualties in the 3 hour long battle and hauled its flag . The ship was transported to Sevastopol where it was commissioned to the Russian Navy as " Kornilov " . During the Crimean War , Kornilov was responsible for the defence of Sevastopol . He was killed at the Battle of Malakoff and was buried in the Admirals ' Burial Vault .
Caproni Ca . 164 The Caproni Ca . 164 was a training biplane produced in Italy shortly prior to World War II . It was a largely conventional biplane intended as a follow - on to the Ca . 100 and sharing that aircraft ' s inverted sesquiplane layout . Flight testing revealed some poor handling characteristics , however , which made it completely unsuitable for its intended role . Nevertheless , the " Regia Aeronautica " acquired some 280 examples to use in liaison roles within bomber units . Some of these were pressed into use for tactical reconnaissance during the Croatian campaign . The " Armée de l ' Air " also purchased 100 aircraft .