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Arron Perry Arron Perry is a former Master Corporal in the Canadian Forces who in March 2002 briefly held the record for the longest recorded sniper kill in combat at a range of . This shot exceeded the previous record of , set by Carlos Hathcock in 1968 . Perry ' s record was surpassed in March 2002 by another member of his sniper team Corporal Rob Furlong , who shot a Taliban fighter at a verified range of . Perry was a member of the Princess Patricia ' s Canadian Light Infantry , but began his military career with a Halifax Militia unit , the Princess Louise Fusiliers . Military career . Perry was a member of a five - man team of snipers as part of Canada ' s contributions to Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan during 2002 . The Canadian sniper team consisted of MCpl Graham Ragsdale ( Team Commander ) , MCpl Tim McMeekin , MCpl Arron Perry , Cpl Dennis Eason and Cpl Rob Furlong from the Princess Patricia ' s Canadian Light Infantry ( PPCLI ) . Ragsdale ' s team received praise from United States Army colleagues for killing a significant number of Taliban and al - Qaeda combatants . When the operation ended , each of the five were recommended for the Bronze Star . Among the team ' s accomplishments was a 2 , 430 metre shot fired by Corporal Rob Furlong that killed an al - Qaeda soldier carrying an RPK . The shot was fired from a . 50 - caliber McMillan Brothers TAC - 50 rifle . This record was , in its turn , broken when , using an Accuracy International L115A3 , British Corporal Craig Harrison killed two Taliban with consecutive shots at a distance of 2 . 47 kilometres ( 8120 ft ) in Helmand Province , Afghanistan in November 2009 . He then fired a third shot and hit the Taliban ' s PKM machinegun in perhaps the most prodigious feat of marksmanship in military history , although it took him nine initial shots to range his target . Controversy . In 2002 , Perry was accused of discreditable conduct by the Canadian Armed Forces . Forces personnel investigated allegations that he had desecrated a combatant ' s corpse by removing a finger , putting a cigarette in its mouth , and placing a sign reading " Fuck Terrorism " on its chest . Military police also suspected that Perry had defecated on another corpse . Ten months later the investigation was closed for lack of evidence . Rumours of the record - setting shot began to circulate while the investigation was ongoing , leading some to speculate and later claim that the shot had been made by Perry . In its May 15 , 2006 issue , " Maclean ' s " Magazine revealed that it was Furlong and not Perry who fired the shot . While speculation was ongoing about Perry making that shot , he never said anything publicly to refute those allegations . Just prior to Cpl Rob Furlong ' s longest recorded sniper kill , MCpl Arron Perry recorded the second longest recorded sniper kill in history from 2 , 310 metres . This surpassed the previous record of 2 , 286 metres set by U . S . Marine Gunnery Sgt . Carlos Hathcock during the Vietnam War . In April 2005 , Perry left the Canadian military to pursue his own interests .
The Magnificent Eleven The Magnificent Eleven are a group of photos of D - Day taken by Robert Capa . Capa was with the second wave of troops landing on the American invasion beach , Omaha Beach , who faced heavy resistance from German troops in their bunkers within the Atlantic Wall . While under constant fire Capa took 106 pictures , all but eleven of which were destroyed in a processing accident in the " Life " magazine photo lab in London . The surviving photos have since been called the " Magnificent Eleven " . Steven Spielberg is said to have been inspired by these images to create Saving Private Ryan . Taking the pictures . Capa came ashore with the men of 16th Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division on 6 June 1944 ( D - Day ) in the second assault wave on Omaha Beach . He used two Contax II cameras mounted with 50 mm lenses and several rolls of spare film , and took 106 pictures in the first two hours of the invasion . Capa returned with the unprocessed films to London , where a staff member at " Life " made a mistake in the darkroom ; he set the dryer too high and melted the emulsion in the negatives in three complete rolls and over half of a fourth roll . Only eleven frames in total were recovered . Capa never said a word to the London bureau chief about the loss of three and a half rolls of his D - Day landing film . Although a fifteen - year - old lab assistant named Dennis Banks was responsible for the accident , another account , now largely accepted as untrue , blamed Larry Burrows , who worked in the lab not as a technician but as a " tea - boy " . Photo controversy . For many years the soldier in the most well - known of the photographs was identified as Edward Regan , but recently the daughter of Alphonse Joseph Arsenault has claimed that he is the GI . Another soldier , Huston Riley , has been put forward by historian Lowell Getz . Riley actually remembers meeting a photographer that helped him out of the water , “ I was surprised to see him there . I saw the press badge and I thought , ‘ What the hell is he doing here ? ’ ” he said . “ He helped me out of the water and then he took off down the beach for some more photos . ” Publication . " Life " magazine printed some of the frames in its June 19 , 1944 issue , " BEACHHEADS OF NORMANDY : The Fateful Battle for Europe is Joined by Sea and Air . " . Some of the images had captions that described the footage as " slightly out of focus " , explaining that Capa ' s hands were shaking in the excitement of the moment ( something that he denied ) . It should be noted that earlier in this account , Capa stated that his " empty camera trembled in my hands . " This prevented him , however , from loading a new roll of film , not from taking clear shots of the battle . Capa used this phrase as the title of his autobiographical account of the war , " Slightly Out of Focus " . Robert Capa . Robert Capa ( born Endre Ernő Friedmann ) October 22 , 1913 – May 25 , 1954 ) was a Hungarian combat photographer and photojournalist who before World War II covered the Spanish Civil War and the Second Sino - Japanese War .
John E . Smith John Eugene Smith was a Swiss immigrant to the United States , who served as a Union general during the American Civil War . Early life . Smith was born in Berne , Switzerland in 1816 . His father had served under Napoleon Bonaparte and emigrated with his family to Philadelphia , Pennsylvania after the emperor ' s downfall . In Philadelphia , Smith was educated to be a jeweler and 20 years later settled in Galena , Illinois , where he practiced his jewelry trade . Smith was one of nine residents of Galena who would eventually become generals fighting for the Union during the Civil War . The other eight were : Augustus L . Chetlain , John O . Duer , Ulysses S . Grant , Jasper A . Maltby , Ely S . Parker , John A . Rawlins , William R . Rowley and John Corson Smith . Civil War . When the Civil War began in 1861 , Smith served as an aide de camp to Illinois Governor Richard Yates . On July 23 , 1861 he was appointed colonel of the 45th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment . He led his regiment at the battles of Fort Henry , Fort Donelson and Shiloh . On November 29 , 1861 he was promoted to brigadier general of U . S . Volunteers . He briefly commanded a brigade before taking command of he 8th Division , XVI Corps . When Ulysses S . Grant began his final campaign against Vicksburg , Smith was placed in command of the 1st Brigade , 3rd Division , XVII Corps . He fought at the battles of Port Gibson , Raymond , Champion Hill and in the assaults on Vicksburg . In June , 1863 in the midst of the siege of Vicksburg , Smith was chosen to replace Gen . Isaac F . Quinby in command of the 7th Division , XVII Corps after Quinby became ill and took a leave of absence . In September , 1863 Smith was transferred to command the 2nd Division , XVII Corps and his division was sent with William T . Sherman to aid in the relief of Chattanooga . During the battle of Missionary Ridge , Smith took part in the attacks against the Confederate right flank at Tunnel Hill . In December , 1863 Smith took command of the 3rd Division , XV Corps which he would command until the end of the war . He saw action during the Atlanta Campaign , March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign . Later life . In 1866 General Smith was mustered out of the volunteer service , but chose to stay in the regular army . He was appointed colonel of the 27th U . S . Infantry Regiment . He received a promotion to brigadier general in 1867 and a brevet promotion to major general in 1869 . He retired from the army in 1881 . Smith resided in Chicago , Illinois during his final years of life and died there on January 29 , 1897 . He is buried in Galena .
Standby High - Readiness Brigade The Standby High - Readiness Brigade ( SHIRBRIG ) was a Danish - led initiative associated with the United Nations that aimed to create a standby force ready for peacekeeping . It was formed largely as a result of the genocide in Rwanda and other atrocities . Its permanent headquarters were in Garderkasernen ( Garder barracks ) , Høvelte 30 kilometres north of Copenhagen in Denmark . It was declared ready for operations on January 1 , 2000 , and deployed to the Horn of Africa in November 2000 to form the core of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea ( UNMEE ) under the command of Royal Netherlands Marine Corps Major General Patrick Cammaert . The Brigade returned from that mission six months later and began a training cycle . It announced that it would again be ready for action as of January 1 , 2002 . Cammaert ' s appointment expired in November , 2002 , but was extended at least once . The Brigade comprised a number of troops varying between four and five thousand , drawn from units pledged by eleven countries : Argentina , Austria , Canada , Denmark , Finland , Italy , the Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Romania , Spain and Sweden . The nations that contributed to SHIRBRIG had the right to opt out of any operation . For example , when the UNMEE was formed , Argentina and Romania opted out for financial reasons . The Brigade expected to operate independently at a considerable distance from support for up to 60 days . It stood ready for deployment from point of embarkation at 15 to 30 days ' notice . Its deployment will be limited to six months duration , after which the mission will either be terminated or other forces will replace the Brigade . Establishment of a standing U . N . volunteer peacekeeping force represents a key goal of most world federalist s . The Brigade ceased all operational activities on the June 30 , 2009 and closed down the organization .
1st Tank Section ( Australia ) The 1st Tank Section was an Australian Army armoured unit formed in 1930 equipped with the Vickers Medium Mark II medium tank . The unit was raised in February 1930 and was based at Randwick , New South Wales . Training was undertaken at Greenhills part of the Liverpool Military Area , Sydney . The unit was disbanded in November 1937 with the men and equipment transferring to the newly created 1st Light Tank Company .
Operation Cycle During World War II , Operation Cycle was the evacuation of Allied troops from Le Havre , France at the end of the Battle of France . From 10 to 13 June 1940 , 11 , 059 British and Allied forces were evacuated . As the line on the Somme was breached , the British 1st Armoured and the 51st ( Highland ) Infantry Division s , along with French units tried to fall back to the coast . Part of these groups made it , and despite the loss of the personnel ship HMS " Bruges " were evacuated by British destroyers and other craft . As part of Cycle , an attempt to rescue the remaining men along a line from St . Valery - en - Caux to Veules was conducted on 10 – 11 June . It was only partially successful , since thick fog hampered operations . A total of 2137 British and 1184 French soldiers were removed , but the remainder , including over 6000 men of the Highland Division , were captured . Cycle was preceded by the better known Operation Dynamo , the rescue of 338 , 226 British and French soldiers from Dunkirk from 26 May to 4 June , and followed by Operation Ariel , over 215 , 000 soldiers embarking from Cherbourg , St . Malo , and other ports between June 14 and 25 .
No quarter A victor gives no quarter when the victor shows no clemency or mercy and refuses to spare the life in return for the surrender at discretion ( unconditional surrender ) of a vanquished opponent . Under the laws of war , " . . . it is especially forbidden . . . to declare that no quarter will be given " . This was established under Article 23 ( d ) of the 1907 Hague Convention " IV - The Laws and Customs of War on Land " . Since a judgment on the law relating to war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials in October 1946 , the 1907 Hague Convention , including the explicit prohibition to declare that no quarter will be given , are considered to be part of the customary laws of war and are binding on all parties in an international armed conflict . Etymology . The term may originate from an order by the commander of a victorious army that they " will not quarter ( house ) " captured enemy soldiers . Therefore , none can be taken prisoner and all enemy combatants must be killed . A second derivation given equal prominence in the " Oxford English Dictionary " ( " OED " ) is that quarter ( n . 17 ) can mean " Relations with , or conduct towards , another " as in Shakespeare Oth . II . iii . 180 , " Friends all . . In Quarter , and in termes like Bride , and Groome . " So " no quarter " may also mean to refuse to enter in to an agreement ( relations ) with an enemy attempting to surrender . The " OED " mentions a third possible derivation but says " The assertion of De Brieux ( 1672 " Origines . . de plusieurs façons de parler " , 16 ) that it arose in an agreement between the Dutch and Spaniards , by which the ransom of an officer or private was to be a quarter of his pay , is at variance with the constant sense of the phrases give and receive quarter . "
Moyses Chahon Moyses Chahon ( 1918 – 1981 ) was a Brazilian Army general and a distinguished veteran of World War II . He was born in Rio de Janeiro . He joined the Brazilian Army Infantry as a cadet - officer in the late 1930s . As a young officer , Lieutenant Chahon served in the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy and was mentioned in dispatches . He was the recipient of many Brazilian honours including the " Medalha de Sangue do Brasil " , " Cruz de Combate de 1a . Classe " , " Medalha de Campanha " , and the " Medalha de Guerra " . Chahon was one of only four Brazilians to receive the US Silver Star for bravery in combat during World War II . General Chahon retired from the Army in 1969 .
Paul Aloysius Kenna Brigadier General Paul Aloysius Kenna VC DSO ( 16 August 1862 – 30 August 1915 ) was an English born British Army officer of Irish descent and recipient of the Victoria Cross ( VC ) , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that could be awarded to British and British Empire forces . Background . He was the son of Thomas Kenna , a wealthy stockbroker of Liverpool who was descended from a family of minor gentry from County Meath . Kenna was educated at Stonyhurst College and St . Francis Xavier College in Liverpool - he is honoured in a memorial which can be seen in the main hall of the current college site in Beaconsfield Road , Liverpool . Military service and Victoria Cross . Kenna was 36 years old , and a captain in the 21st Lancers ( Empress of India ' s ) , British Army during the Sudan Campaign when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC : He later served in the Second Boer War in South Africa 1899 - 1900 , and was promoted a Brevet Major in November 1900 . Olympics . He competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics for Great Britain as a horse rider . He did not finish the Individual eventing ( Military ) competition , also the British team did not finish the team event . In the individual jumping event he finished 27th . World War I . He was killed in action at Suvla , Turkey during the Battle of Gallipoli on 30 August 1915 , aged 53 and is buried in Lala Baba Cemetery . His VC is on display in The Queen ' s Royal Lancers Regimental Museum in Thoresby Park , Nottinghamshire . Family . Kenna married Lady Cecil Bertie , daughter of the 7th Earl of Abingdon . He married , secondly , Angela Mary , daughter of Herbert Hibbert . They had one daughter , Kathleen ( d . 1998 ) His first cousin , Margaret ( née ) Larkin ( granddaughter of his grandfather Patrick Kenna ) married Simon Mangan , HM Lieutenant for Co . Meath . Their grandson was Group Captain Nicolas Tindal - Carill - Worsley .
56th Infantry Division ( Wehrmacht ) The 56th Infantry Division was a German military unit which fought during World War II . History and Organisation . The division was formed in 1939 in Dresden , in the second wave of mobilisation ( it was nicknamed " Gekreuzte Säbel " , ' crossed sabres ' , after the divisional symbol ) . After taking part in the Invasion of France in 1940 , it spent the remainder of its existence on the Eastern Front , mostly with Army Group Centre . One of its early commanders was Paul von Hase , later executed for his role in the Widerstand , the German resistance movement . Following heavy losses in 1943 , the division was dissolved and its staff ( along with remnants of Infantry Regiments 171 and 234 ) was incorporated into " Korps - Abteilung D " together with elements of the similarly depleted 262nd Infantry Division . This was itself largely destroyed to the west of Vitebsk when Third Panzer Army failed to hold the salient around the city during the Soviet offensive of June 1944 , Operation Bagration . " Korps - Abteilung D " was reformed , once more as the 56th Infantry Division , in East Prussia late in 1944 . The Soviet East Prussian Offensive in January 1945 pushed Third Panzer Army west towards Königsberg , and the division was finally encircled and destroyed in the Heiligenbeil pocket , only around 250 men managing to break out westwards to Pomerania ( the divisional staff , along with that of 18th Panzergrenadier Division , reformed as the staff of the " Ulrich von Hutten " Division , which participated in the Battle of Halbe ) .
Aurore - class submarine The " Aurore " class was a class of coastal submarine s designed for the French Navy . Some of the ships were captured by Nazi Germany after the Fall of France , most of them in an unfinished state . Five of the ships , " Andromède " , " Astrée " , " Africaine " , " Artémis " and " Créole " , were completed after the war , were commissioned in the French Navy and served into the 1960s . " Andromède " , " Artémis " and " Créole " were fitted with GUPPY sails and Submarine snorkel s .
BRP Mangyan ( AS - 71 ) BRP " Mangyan " ( AS71 ) is an auxiliary ship of the Philippine Navy , formerly the freight supply ship U . S . Army " FS - 524 " , built for the United States Army during World War II . Service history . The vessel was commissioned on 1 July 1944 , manned by Coast Guard personnel , and assigned to the South - west Pacific and Western Pacific areas . She was decommissioned on 11 October 1945 . Later turned over to the United States Navy she served under the Japanese Internal Defense Force where she eventually underwent structural alterations to meet her mission of providing limited personnel transport service to the Japanese Forces until the early 1970s . The Philippine government acquired the ship through Foreign Military Sales ( FMS ) from the United States government . She underwent extensive repairs at the Maebata Shipbuilding Inc . in Sasebo , Japan in 1978 until she was finally turned over to the Philippine Navy . On 27 March 1979 , she was commissioned as BRP " Mangyan " ( AS71 ) named after the Mangyan peoples , an ethnic minority on Mindoro island . References .
Roger Barlet Roger Barlet ( nom de guerre " Rożek " ; 12 April 1914 , Metz - 29 or 30 August 1944 , Warsaw ) was a French soldier . Born in Metz , after the Battle of France he was conscripted to the German Wehrmacht and dispatched to the East Front . However , he deserted and joined the ranks of the Polish Home Army in the rank of a Corporal . Serving in the III platoon , 2nd Company , Battalion Zośka battalion , he was killed in the Warsaw ' s Old Town on August 30 , 1944 , during the Warsaw Uprising .
1st Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry ( Colored ) The 1st Regiment Kansas Volunteer Infantry ( Colored ) was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 1st Kansas Infantry ( Colored ) was organized at Fort Scott , Kansas and mustered in as a battalion ( six companies ) on January 13 , 1863 for three years . Four additional companies were recruited and mustered in between January 13 and May 2 , 1863 . It mustered in under the command of Colonel James M . Williams . This regiment was recruited without federal authorization and against the wishes of Secretary of War Edwin M . Stanton . James H . Lane , recruiting commissioner for Kansas territory north of the Kansas River , on August 4 , 1862 authorized raising the regiment . It was the first African - American regiment to fight in combat with white soldiers during the Civil War , in the skirmish at Island Mound , in Bates County , Missouri . The regiment was attached to Department of Kansas to June 1863 . District of the Frontier , Department of Missouri , to January 1864 . Unattached , District of the Frontier , VII Corps , Department of Arkansas , to March 1864 . 2nd Brigade , District of the Frontier , VII Corps , to December 1864 . The 1st Kansas Infantry ( Colored ) ceased to exist on December 13 , 1864 when its designation was changed to the 79th Regiment Infantry U . S . Colored Troops . Also attached to the regiment at some points was Armstrong ' s Battery Light Artillery , a unit for which few details are known . Detailed service . Duty in the Department of Kansas October 1862 , to June 1863 . Action at Island Mound , Mo . , October 27 , 1862 . Island Mound , Kansas , October 29 . Butler , Mo . , November 28 . Ordered to Baxter Springs May 1863 . Scout from Creek Agency to Jasper County , Mo . , May 16 – 19 ( detachment ) . Sherwood , Mo . , May 18 . Bush Creek May 24 . Near Fort Gibson May 28 . Shawneetown , Kan . , June 6 ( detachment ) . March to Fort Gibson , Cherokee Nation , June 27 - July 5 , with supply train . Action at Cabin Creek July 1 – 2 . Elk Creek near Honey Springs July 17 . At Fort Gibson until September . Lawrence , Kan . July 27 ( detachment ) . Near Sherwood August 14 Moved to Fort Smith , Ark . , October , thence to Roseville December , and duty there until March 1864 . Horse Head Creek February 12 , 1864 . Roseville Creek March 20 . Steele ' s Camden Expedition March 23 - May 3 . Prairie D ' Ann April 9 – 12 . Poison Springs April 18 . Jenkins ' Ferry April 30 . March to Fort Smith , Ark . , May 3 – 16 , and duty there until December . Fort Gibson , C . N . September 16 . Cabin Creek September 19 . Timber Hill November 19 . Casualties . The regiment lost at least 344 men during service ; 5 officers and 173 enlisted men were killed or mortally wounded , 1 officer and 165 enlisted men died of disease . No other Kansas regiment lost more men than the 1st Kansas Volunteer Infantry ( Colored ) .