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Thomas Holdup Stevens Captain Thomas Holdup Stevens , USN ( February 22 , 1795 – January 21 , 1841 ) was an American naval commander in the War of 1812 . Born in Charleston , South Carolina , Thomas Holdup was orphaned at an early age and was adopted by General Daniel Stevens . On February 8 , 1809 , he was appointed midshipman on board " Hornet " . From then until 1812 , he served successively in " Constitution " , " President " , and " John Adams " . Late in 1812 , he was assigned to duty with Commodore Isaac Chauncey and distinguished himself in the attack on Black Rock on November 28 . Commodore Chauncey appointed him acting lieutenant in January 1813 and his permanent commission in that rank , to date from July 24 , was confirmed by the Senate on August 3 . On September 10 , he again distinguished himself as captain of the sloop , " Trippe " , during the Battle of Lake Erie . In 1815 , an Act of the Legislature of South Carolina enabled him to add General Stevens ' surname to his own . Following the War of 1812 , Stevens held many posts , both ashore and afloat , including tours of duty at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard and the Washington Navy Yard . He was promoted to Master Commandant on March 3 , 1825 and , in 1829 , he embarked on a two - year tour as commanding officer of " Ontario " , serving in the Mediterranean Sea . In 1832 , he was assigned to the Navy Yard at Pensacola and in 1836 he was appointed captain , to date from January 27 , 1836 . After waiting two years for orders , he was appointed to command of the Washington Navy Yard on February 29 , 1840 . He served in that capacity until his death there early on the morning of January 21 , 1841 . The first " Stevens " ( Destroyer No . 86 ) was named for the first Thomas Holdup Stevens and the second " Stevens " ( DD - 479 ) honored both him and his son , Rear Admiral Thomas Holdup Stevens , Jr .
1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles ( Consolidated ) The 1st Arkansas Consolidate Mounted Rifles ( 1865 ) was a Confederate Army cavalry regiment during the American Civil War . Organization . On April 9 , 1865 , the depleted Arkansas regiments of D . H . Reynolds ' Brigade , Walthall ' s Division , Confederate Army of Tennessee , were consolidated into a single regiment the 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles , at Smithfield , North Carolina . The companies of the consolidated regiment were consolidated from the following Arkansas regiments : The regimental field officers were : Surrender . This regiment surrendered with the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro , North Carolina , April 26 , 1865 . The 1st Arkansas Consolidated Mounted Rifles was paroled on May 1 , 1865 , at Jamestown , North Carolina .
CFS Beausejour Canadian Forces Station Beausejour ( ADC ID : C - 17 ) is a closed General Surveillance Radar station . It is located east - northeast of Winnipeg , Manitoba . It was closed in 1986 . It was operated as part of the Pinetree Line network controlled by NORAD . History . As a result of the Cold War and with the expansion of a North American continental air defence system , The site at Beausejour was selected as a site for a United States Air Force ( USAF ) radar station , one of the many that would make up the Pinetree Line of Ground - Control Intercept ( GCI ) radar sites . Construction on the base began in 1952 and was completed late that year . The base was manned by members of the USAF ' s Air Defense Command ( ADC ) 916th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron , being known as Beausejour Air Station . In December 1952 , operations began at the unit ' s permanent home . The station was equipped with AN / FPS - 3 C , AN / FPS - 502 , AN / FPS - 20 A ; AN / TPS - 502 , AN / FPS - 6 B and AN / FPS - 507 radars . As a GCI base , the 915th ' s role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit ' s radar scopes . These interceptors were based at Duluth , Minnesota under the 31st Air Division . In the early 1960s , the USAF relinquished control of the base to the Royal Canadian Air Force ( RCAF ) . This was part of an arrangement with the United States that came as a result of the cancellation of the Avro Arrow . Canada would lease 66 F - 101 Voodoo fighters and take over operation of 12 Pinetree radar bases . Upon hand - over on 1 October 1961 , the operating unit was re - designated 48 Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron and the base became RCAF Station Beausejour . It was also upgraded with the following radars : Radar operations at 48 Squadron were automated on 1 May 1963 by the Semi Automatic Ground Environment ( SAGE ) system , and the station became a long - range radar site . It would no longer guide interceptors but only look for enemy aircraft , feeding data to the Grand Forks Air Defense Sector SAGE DC - 11 Direction Center of the 31st NORAD Region . It was later switched to the Duluth Air Defense Sector SAGE DC - 10 Direction Center of the 29th NORAD Region . Also that year , the military address was changed to Muskwa . As a result of the unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968 , the new Canadian Forces organization absorbed the RCAF , RCN and the Canadian Army . 48 Radar Squadron , RCAF Station Beausejour , became simply Canadian Forces Station ( CFS ) Beausejour in 1966 . This also avoided confusion between the station and the town of the same name . In August 1984 , the station became part of Canada West ROCC . In January 1985 the word came out that CFS Beausejour ' s days were numbered . The last day for this prairie radar sentinel was 31 July 1986 . The former station then became the Manitoba Regional Correctional Centre , later renamed the Milner Ridge Correctional Centre . Most of the buildings and radar towers remained , with the former gatehouse converted into a staff lounge when a new gatehouse was built .
VC 274th Regiment The VC 274th Regiment , also known as the " 274 Viet Cong ( Dong Nai ) Main Force Regiment " , was a regiment of the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War . The regiment was part of the VC Division 5 and operated in the Bien Hoa , Đồng Nai , Phước Tuy and Long Khánh provinces . The Regiment consisted of a headquarters and three battalions . The regiment consisted of about 1 , 500 men , recruited from outside the area of their operation supplemented by North Vietnamese Army regulars . Local Viet Cong elements acted as scouts during operations . Each battalion of the regiment consisted of a HQ , three rifle companies and a heavy weapons company . The regimental HQ had eight supporting companies equipped with 82 mm mortars , 12 . 7 mm heavy machine guns and 75 mm recoilless rifles and communications , transport , medical and engineer companies . The Regiment or its battalions participated in the battles of Suoi Chau Pha , Hat Dich , Long Khanh and during Operation Coburg against Australian Army forces and the Battle of Phuoc Long against the Army of the Republic of Vietnam .
Type 99 sniper rifle The was a Japanese sniper rifle used during the Second World War . It was a sniper version of the Type 99 rifle , chambered in the 7 . 7x58mm round . There were a few variations of the Type 99 sniper rifle , some with the straight bolt and the scope mounted on the left side of the receiver which allowed use of stripper clips . Another variation was one with a bent bolt and the scope above the receiver which required the sniper to load the rounds one at a time . The shorter barrel , combined with the larger caliber round made concealment more difficult than the Type 97 rifle that preceded it , considering the loader muzzle blast and flash caused by the increased powder capacity .
303d Rescue Squadron The 303d Rescue Squadron ( 303 RQS ) is part of the 939th Air Refueling Wing based at Portland International Airport , Oregon . It operates HC - 130 Hercules aircraft conducting search and rescue missions . History . The 303d performed search and rescue ( SAR ) , as well as medical evacuation missions , in the Southwestern United States and occasionally into Central America from , 1956 - 1985 . During this period the squadron also performed escort missions for aircraft deploying to the Pacific . Its mission changed to airlift in 1985 in addition to also providing fire - fighting support to the U . S . Forest Service in the Western U . S . from , 1985 - 1993 . Beginning in 1997 the 303d once again trained for combat search and rescue and SAR and helicopter aerial refueling missions primarily in the Northwestern United States . Members of the 303rd were mobilized and deployed to Italy from May - August 1999 in support of Operation Allied Force . The unit was inactivated in 2003 when the 939th RQW changed missions and became an KC - 135 Air Refueling Wing .
Paul B . Huff Paul Bert Huff ( June 23 , 1918 – September 21 , 1994 ) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in World War II . Career . Huff joined the Army from his birth city of Cleveland , Tennessee in June 1941 , and by February 8 , 1944 was serving as a Corporal in the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion . On that day , near Carano , Italy , Huff led a reconnaissance patrol while under heavy fire from German forces . For his actions during the patrol , Huff was issued the Medal of Honor three months later , on May 26 , 1944 . Medal of Honor citation . Corporal Huff ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty , in action on 8 February 1944 , near Carano , Italy . Cpl . Huff volunteered to lead a 6 - man patrol with the mission of determining the location and strength of an enemy unit which was delivering fire on the exposed right flank of his company . The terrain over which he had to travel consisted of exposed , rolling ground , affording the enemy excellent visibility . As the patrol advanced , its members were subjected to small arms and machinegun fire and a concentration of mortar fire , shells bursting within 5 to 10 yards of them and bullets striking the ground at their feet . Moving ahead of his patrol , Cpl . Huff drew fire from 3 enemy machineguns and a 20mm . weapon . Realizing the danger confronting his patrol , he advanced alone under deadly fire through a minefield and arrived at a point within 75 yards of the nearest machinegun position . Under direct fire from the rear machinegun , he crawled the remaining 75 yards to the closest emplacement , killed the crew with his submachine gun and destroyed the gun . During this act he fired from a kneeling position which drew fire from other positions , enabling him to estimate correctly the strength and location of the enemy . Still under concentrated fire , he returned to his patrol and led his men to safety . As a result of the information he gained , a patrol in strength sent out that afternoon , 1 group under the leadership of Cpl . Huff , succeeded in routing an enemy company of 125 men , killing 27 Germans and capturing 21 others , with a loss of only 3 patrol members . Cpl . Huff ' s intrepid leadership and daring combat skill reflect the finest traditions of the American infantryman . Before leaving the Army , Huff reached the highest enlisted rank , Command Sergeant Major , a position which carried the responsibilities of being the senior enlisted advisor to the commanding officer and a monitor for , and advocate of , the enlisted men in the command . Death . Paul Huff died at age 76 and was buried in Hilcrest Memorial Gardens in his hometown of Cleveland , Tennessee . He was survived by his wife , Betty Cunnyngham Huff . Legacy . Sgt . Paul Huff Parkway , a major thoroughfare in Cleveland , Tennessee , is named in his honor . Paul B . Huff Army Reserve Center . 3598 Bell Road , Nashville , TN 37214 is named in his honor .
37th Flying Training Squadron The 37th Flying Training Squadron ( 37 FTS ) is part of the 14th Flying Training Wing based at Columbus Air Force Base , Mississippi . It operates T - 6 Texan II aircraft conducting flight training . Mission . Forging Military Pilots , Honing Warrior Leaders . The 37th Flying Training Squadron conducts primary flight training in the T - 6 Texan II . Seated with an instructor , each student receives about 81 hours of training in this aircraft . Students learn basic aircraft characteristics and control , takeoff and landing techniques , aerobatics , and night , instrument and formation flying . The 37th Flying Training Squadron is currently commanded by Lt Col Cheryl Ingber . History . The 37th conducted air defense in the northwestern U . S . between 7 and 24 December 1941 then went on to fly combat missions in the European Theater of Operations and the Mediterranean Theater of Operations from , 6 May 1943 – 4 May 1945 . The squadron again conducted U . S . air defense of the northeast coast from , 1946 – 1949 and 1952 - 1960 . It has provided undergraduate Pilot Training since 1 June 1972 .
Douglas Baird ( Indian Army officer ) General Sir ( Harry Beauchamp ) Douglas Baird KCB , CMG , CIE , DSO ( 1877 - 1963 ) was a British officer in the Indian Army . Military career . Baird was commissioned on the unattached list of the Indian Army on 20 January 1897 . He served on the Western Front in World War I becoming commanding officer of the 1st / 8th Battalion the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1916 and then as a General Staff Officer first with 51st ( Highland ) Division and then with the Cavalry Corps before becoming commander of 75th Infantry Brigade in 1918 . After the War Baird became a General Staff Officer at 4th Indian Infantry Division in India , Brigadier - General on the General Staff with the Baluchistan Force and then commanding officer of the 28th Punjab Regiment . He then became Commander of the Zhob Brigade in November 1920 , Colonel on the Staff at Army Headquarters , India in 1923 and Commandant of Senior Officer ' s School at Belgaum in 1924 . Baird went on to be Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster - General in India in July 1929 and General Officer Commanding the Kohat District in December 1930 . Then he became General Officer Commanding the Deccan District in 1932 and General Officer Commanding - in - Chief Eastern Command in April 1936 before retiring in April 1940 .
Battle of Jemmingen After the Battle of Heiligerlee Louis of Nassau failed to capture the city Groningen . Louis was driven away by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo , Duke of Alba and defeated at the Battle of Jemmingen ( also known as Battle of Jemgum , at Jemgum in East Frisia ) on 21 July 1568 . Forces . The Spanish army consisted of 12 , 000 infantry ( 4 tercio s ) , 3 , 000 cavalry , and some cannons . Louis of Nassau opposed them with 10 , 000 infantry ( 2 groups ) , some cavalry , and 16 cannons . Battle . After three hours of skirmishes , Louis ' army left its trenches and advanced . Pounded by effective musket fire and intimidated by the Spanish cavalry , the advance turned into a general retreat towards the river Ems . Aftermath . On May 19 , 1571 a statue of the Duke , cast from one of the captured bronze cannons , was placed in Antwerp citadel . In 1577 the statue was destroyed by an angry crowd .
Armeniac Theme The Armeniac Theme ( , " Armeniakon [ thema ] " ) , more properly the Theme of the Armeniacs ( Greek : , " thema Armeniakōn " ) was a Byzantine theme ( a military - civilian province ) located in northeastern Asia Minor ( modern Turkey ) . History . The Armeniac Theme was one of the four original themes , established sometime in the mid - 7th century . Although the mention of a " George , " tourmarchēs " of the Armeniacs " in 629 , during the Persian campaigns of Emperor Heraclius ( r . 610 – 641 ) , may suggest the existence of the theme at such an early date , the first unambiguous reference to it in literary sources occurs during the revolt of its general , Saborios , in 667 / 668 . It is next mentioned on a seal of 717 / 718 . Together with the other themes , it was created from the remnants of one of the field armies of the old East Roman army following the disastrous defeats suffered during the first wave of the Muslim conquests , a process probably complete by the late 640s . Thus , the army of the " magister militum per Armeniae " ( the " Armeniacs " ) was withdrawn and settled in the areas of Pontus , Paphlagonia and Cappadocia , giving its name to the region . The theme ' s capital was at Amaseia , and it was governed by a " stratēgos " , who ranked , together with the " stratēgoi " of the Anatolic and Thracesian themes , in the first tier of " stratēgoi " , drawing an annual salary of 40 gold pounds . In the 9th century , it fielded some 9 , 000 men and encompassed 17 fortresses . Its size and strategic importance on the Byzantine Empire ' s north - eastern frontier with the Muslims made its governor a powerful figure , and the theme ' s forces participated in several revolts in the 8th century . Consequently , in the 9th century it was broken up : the smaller provinces of Charsianon and Cappadocia were formed , first as " kleisourai " and later as full themes , along the border in the south and east , while in circa 819 , the coastal themes of Paphlagonia and Chaldia were split off , followed later by the area of Koloneia ( first under a " doux " , by 863 under a full " strategos " ) , leaving a rump Armeniac theme encompassing the western Pontus . The theme remained in Byzantine hands until the late 11th century . In 1073 , however , following the disastrous Battle of Manzikert , Frankish mercenaries under Roussel de Bailleul seized control and governed the region for several months , until Byzantine authority was restored by general Alexios Komnenos . Shortly after , the region was overrun by the Seljuk Turks , with only a few coastal forts holding out . The Komnenian emperors managed to recover the coastal regions for the Empire , but the Armeniac theme was not restored .
Albert E . Schwab Private First Class Albert Earnest Schwab ( July 17 , 1920 – May 7 , 1945 ) was a United States Marine who was posthumous ly awarded the United States ' highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic actions during the Battle of Okinawa . Just five days short of completing one year of United States Marine Corps service , on May 7 , 1945 , PFC Schwab singlehandedly destroyed two highly strategic Japanese gun positions during a critical stage of battle , allowing his pinned down unit to advance . Biography . Albert Earnest Schwab was born on July 17 , 1920 in Washington , D . C . The family moved to Tulsa , Oklahoma , early in his life . He attended the local schools , graduating from Central High School ( Tulsa , Oklahoma ) | Tulsa High School in 1937 . After one semester at Tulsa University , the young athlete went to work for an oil company . Inducted into the Marine Corps on May 12 , 1944 , he was sent to recruit training in San Diego , California . His boot leave of ten days was the only time his family was to see him in the Marine uniform . After his furlough , the former oil worker went to the 2nd Training Battalion at Camp Pendleton , California . In November , Pvt Schwab was transferred to the 13th Replacement Draft and on the November 12 , 1944 departed for overseas duty aboard the . He joined the 1st Marine Division at Pavuvu Island , in the Russells , and was assigned to Headquarters Company , 1st Battalion , 5th Marines . On December 24 , 1944 , Pvt Schwab was promoted to private first class and in February 1945 , he , along with the rest of the division , embarked for maneuvers which eventually led to an enemy landing on the shores of Okinawa , Japan on Easter Sunday , April 1 , 1945 . Private First Class Schwab was a flame thrower operator with Headquarters Company . When that company was pinned down in a valley on May 7 , by the withering fire of a machine gun coming from a ridge high to the company ' s front , he scaled the cliff in the face of the devastating fire and attacked the gun with his flame thrower . Quickly demolishing the position and its crew , his company was able to occupy the ridge . Suddenly , a second machine gun opened fire inflicting more casualties on the unit . Although he had not had time to replenish his supply of fuel , PFC Schwab unhesitatingly advanced on the second gun and succeeded in eliminating it before its final burst caught him in the left hip , inflicting fatal wounds . Private First Class Schwab ' s body was returned to the United States and buried with full military honors at Memorial Park , Tulsa on February 27 , 1949 . The Medal of Honor was presented to PFC Schwab ' s three - year - old son at Boulder Park in Tulsa on Memorial Day 1946 by Rear Admiral J . J . Clark , USN , Commander of the Naval Air Basic Training Command , Naval Air Station , Corpus Christi , Texas . Medal of Honor citation . The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to PRIVATE FIRST CLASS ALBERT E . SCHWAB UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE for service as set forth in the following CITATION : / S / HARRY S . TRUMAN
Marzban Marzobān or Marzbān ( Middle Persian transliteration : mlcpʾn ' , derived from " marz " " border , boundary " and the suffix " - bān " " guardian " ; Modern Persian : " Marzbān " ) were a class of margrave s or military commanders in charge of border provinces of the Sassanid Empire of Persia ( Iran ) between the 3rd and 7th centuries CE . Etymology . The Persian word " marz " is derived from Avestan " marəza " " frontier " ; " bān " is cognate with Avestan and Old Persian " pat " " protector " . The word was borrowed from New Persian into Arabic as " marzubān " ( plural " marāziba " ) . Al - Marzubani ( ) has been used as a " nisba " ( family title ) for some Arabian families whose ancestor was a Marzban . The prominent Islamic scholar Abū Ḥanīfa , whose formal name is given in Islamic sources as Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā " ibn Marzubān " ( ) , might have been descended from the Sassanid Marzbans of Kabul , Afghanistan , where his father came from . Description . Marzbans were granted the administration of the border provinces and were responsible for maintaining the security of the trade routes , fighting the encroaching nomadic tribes such as Bedouin Arabs , White Hun s and Oghuz Turks , and holding the first line of defense against settled enemies such as Romans and Kushan s . Sassanid Shahanshah ( king of kings ) usually selected Marzbans from " Wuzurgan " , Persian noble families who held the most powerful positions in the imperial administration . The rank of Marzban , like most imperial administration , was mostly patrimonial , and was passed down through a single family for generations . Marzbans of greatest seniority were permitted a silver throne , while Marzbans of the most strategic border provinces , such as the province of Armenia , were allowed a golden throne . In military campaigns the regional Marzbans could be regarded as field marshals , while lesser spahbod s could command a field army . It is not clear whether they had authority over castles in their area of operation , as Argbadh s were responsible for castles . In many ways , Persian Marzbans had the same function and status as medieval Germanic Margrave s . The Marzban of Abarshahr in Central Asia was called " Kanarang " .