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Edgar R . Bassett Edgar R . Bassett ( 1914 – 1942 ) was a United States Navy officer who received the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions in combat during World War II . Biography . Edgar Rees Bassett was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on 10 March 1914 . He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve at New York City as a seaman second class on 13 February 1940 . After flight training , he was commissioned as an ensign on 20 May 1941 . He joined Fighting Squadron 42 aboard the aircraft carrier USS " Yorktown " ( CV - 5 ) on 9 June 1941 as the squadron was preparing for its first Neutrality Patrol cruise in the Atlantic Ocean aboard " Yorktown " . Bassett was considered one of the more colorful characters among the fighter pilots of Fighting Squadron 42 , and remained associated with " Yorktown " for the rest of his life . Bassett was noted more than once for his aggressive performance of duty in the first few months of World War II , especially for his strafing of Japan ese gun emplacements and barges during the aircraft carrier raid on Lae and Salamaua , New Guinea , on 10 March 1942 . During the Battle of the Coral Sea , which took place between 4 and 8 May 1942 , Bassett shot down a Mitsubishi F1M2 " Pete " floatplane over Tulagi in the Solomon Islands during the " Yorktown " air group attack on Japanese shipping there on 4 May and strafed the Japanese destroyer " Yuzuki " as she fled Tulagi harbor . On the morning of 7 May , he flew one of the fighters that protected Torpedo Squadron 5 in its attack on the Japanese aircraft carrier " Shōhō " . That same evening , he helped to disperse a group of Japanese dive bomber s and torpedo plane s in the vicinity of the " Yorktown " task force . On the morning of 8 May , he flew combat air patrol over Task Force 17 and assisted in the downing of one Japanese plane during Japanese attack on " Yorktown " . Assigned to Fighting Squadron 3 aboard " Yorktown " along with several other Fighting Squadron 42 pilots just before the Battle of Midway , Bassett flew one of the six Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters covering Torpedo Squadron 3 in the attack on the aircraft carriers of the Japanese Mobile Force on the morning of 4 June 1942 . When the Japanese combat air patrol swarmed over the torpedo planes and their escorting fighters , Ensign Bassett was shot down in flames at the outset and killed . Awards . Ensign Bassett was awarded the Navy Cross for " extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty " during the Battle of the Coral Sea . He also was awarded the Air Medal more than once for his aggressive performance of duty in the first few months of 1942 , especially for his actions during the March 1942 raid on Lae and Salamaua . Commemoration . The U . S . Navy destroyer escort USS " Bassett " ( DE - 672 ) was named for Ensign Bassett . She was converted during construction into the high - speed transport USS " Bassett " ( APD - 73 ) and was in commission as such from 1945 to 1946 and from 1950 to 1957 .
William Whitworth Admiral Sir William Jock Whitworth KCB DSO ( 29 June 1884 – 25 October 1973 ) was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel . Naval career . Whitworth joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1899 . He served in World War I and then became Commanding Officer at the Physical and Recreational Training School in Portsmouth in 1926 . He was given command of HMS " Stuart " and the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1928 . In 1933 he was appointed Captain of the Fleet to the Commander - in - Chief , Mediterranean Fleet and in 1936 he took command of the battleship HMS " Rodney " . He was made Naval Secretary in 1937 . He served in World War II and commanded the Battle Cruiser Squadron in 1939 . He became heavily involved in the Norwegian Campaign and in 1940 , with his flag flying in the battleship HMS " Warspite " , he led the Royal Navy to victory at the second Battle of Narvik off Norway . In Sumer 1940 he returned to the Battle Cruiser Squadron . He was made Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1941 and Commander - in - Chief , Rosyth in 1944 . He retired in 1946 . Family . In 1910 he married Marguerite MacLean .
Clinton W . Davies Clinton William Davies ( September 26 , 1899 – January 31 , 1989 ) was a Brigadier General in the United States Air Force . Biography . Davies was born Clinton William Davies in Racine , Wisconsin in 1899 . He attended the University of Wisconsin - Madison . Davies originally enlisted in the United States Army in 1918 . Later he was commissioned an officer in the Air Corps . He later served as an instructor at Brooks Field , March Field , and Randolph Field . During World War II Davies commanded Tullin Air Base . Following the war he was assigned to Continental Air Command before taking command of the 18th Fighter Wing and Clark Air Base . Later he was assigned to the Air University . Awards he received include the Legion of Merit . He died on January 31 , 1989 .
Lehel Lehel ( or Lehal or Lail or Lehl or Lel ) ( died 955 ) was a Magyar chieftain , one of the military leaders of prince Taksony of Hungary , the descendant of Árpád . He was one of the more important figures of the Magyar invasions of Europe . During these military campaigns , the Magyar threatened much of Western Europe , therefore it was a common saying at that time : " " A sagittis Hungarorum , libera nos Domine " " ( Lord , save us from the arrows of the Hungarians " ) . He died at the Battle of Lechfeld , also known as the battle of Augsburg Origin . Anonymus calls him the son of Tas , who was one of the " Seven chieftains of the Magyars " , and descendent of Árpád . Most historians agree that there is a mismatch in the timing , so he should be the son of Tas , but the grandson of Árpád . Dukedom . His dukedom was the Principality of Nitra , whose territory was the Kabar ian part . The cities of Alsólelóc and Felsőlelóc kept the name of Lél . The dukedom could refer to the possibility of Lél being a would - be duke . With Bulcsú and Súr , he led the Magyar forces at the Battle of Riade in 933 . Battle of Lechfeld . Lehel led the Nitrian Kabars at the Battle of Lechfeld . The commander was horka Bulcsú , who was not a descendent of the Árpád . The other main military leader was Súr . The battle ended with the defeat of the Hungarians , but it was not an overwhelming defeat , as the Germans did not launch a campaign against Hungary for decades after the battle . However , the three military leaders were caught and were hanged at Regensburg . The Lehel ' s horn myth . The fourteenth century " Chronicon Pictum " , by Márk de Kált , wrote ( originally in Latin ) : " In 955 , ( . . . ) the Hungarians reached the city of Augsburg . Close to the city , at the Lech - field , the Germans smashed the Hungarians , part of them were killed brutally , some others were imprisoned . At that place Lehel and Bulcsú were also imprisoned , and taken in front of the emperor . When the emperor asked , why the Hungarians are so cruel against the Christians , they replied , " We are the revenge of the highest God , sent to you as a scourge . You shall imprison us and kill us , when we cease to chase you . " Then the emperor called them : " Choose the type of death you wish " . Then Lehel replied , " Bring me my horn , which I will blow , then I will reply " . The horn was handed to him , and during the preparation to blow it , he stepped forward , and hit the emperor so strongly he died instantly . Then he said : " You will walk before me and serve me in the other world " , as it is a common belief within the Scythians , that whoever they killed in their lives will serve them in the other world . They were taken to custody and were hanged quickly in Regensburg . " Lehel ' s horn today . Nowadays there is a horn described as " Lehel ' s horn " at Jászberény , in the Museum of Jász . This is a Byzantine ivory horn from 10 - 11th century and most probably not the same as the horn from the myth .
HMS Bacchus ( 1806 ) HMS " Bacchus " was a schooner of the " Adonis " class of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War . She was built at Bermuda using Bermudan cedar and completed in 1806 . " Bacchus " was commissioned in 1806 under Lieutenant John Skinner . She sailed to Britain where she made good defects at Plymouth between 12 September and 29 November . She returned to the West Indies . On 27 May 1807 she captured the " Concord " , Babcock , master . The French captured " Bacchus " in August 1807 at an unknown date and under unknown circumstances .
Ennadai Ennadai is a former populated place in Kivalliq Region , Nunavut , Canada . Located on a peninsula that juts into northeastern Ennadai Lake it faces an unnamed island . It is northwest of Churchill , Manitoba and west of Eskimo Point . Ennadai and the surrounding area has been the traditional home of Ihalmiut , a Caribou Inuit band . The Ennadai Lake Meteorological Aeronautical Presentation System , a former weather station at this locale , consisted of four buildings . The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals operated a base , Ennadai Lake Radio Station , ( VEJ ) at Ennadai from the summer of 1949 until 18 September 1954 when it was turned over to the Department of Transportation An INCO Exploration Camp existed at Ennadai at about the same time .
Les Fusiliers du Saint - Laurent Les Fusiliers du S - Laurent is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces . It was first raised in 1869 . From 1954 to 1968 , as a reserve regiment , it also was given a subsidiary title as the 5th Battalion of the Van Doos . This association was ended in 1968 . The regiment is based in Rimouski , Quebec .
Operation Tumbler - Snapper Operation Tumbler - Snapper was a series of atomic tests conducted by the United States in early 1952 at the Nevada Test Site . The " Tumbler - Snapper " series of tests followed " Operation Buster - Jangle " , and preceded " Operation Ivy " . The " Tumbler " phase , sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission consisted of three airdrops which were intended to help explain discrepancies in the actual and estimated blast shock wave damage noted on previous detonations , and to establish more accurately the optimum height of burst . The " Snapper " phase , sponsored by the Department of Defense consisted of one airdrop and four tower shots intended to test various new weapons developments . The military exercise " Desert Rock IV " , involving 7350 soldiers , took place during the test series . They trained during the " Charlie " , " Dog " , and " George " shots and observed shot " Fox " . The individual shots were :
Folkestone Racecourse Folkestone Racecourse was a thoroughbred horse racing venue in southeast England , until it closed in 2012 . It is located in Westenhanger , by junction 11 of the M20 motorway and about two miles west of Folkestone . In 2013 , the venue will host the War and Peace show previously held at the The Hop Farm at Beltring . History . The history of the Westenhanger estate dates back to 1035 when it was owned by King Canute . The 14th century Westenhanger Castle can still be seen next to the main grandstand . The course was established in 1898 , and is a right - handed undulating oval with a run in of 3f and a 7f straight chute . The centre of the course is farmed , and has a reservoir fed by a pumping station on the west side of the oval . The East Stour river runs along the western edge of the oval and under the straight course . In July 2012 , Arena Leisure and Northern Racing , the lessees of the racecourse announced the closure of the racecourse as a temporary measure . Outdated facilities and the delay of a project to build houses on part of the site were given as the reasons for the closure . A final decision will be made in 2013 . Folkestone held its last scheduled meeting on 18 December 2012 . RAF Westenhanger . The racecourse was first used by aviation when a flying meeting was held in September 1910 , three aircraft were present watched by a large crowd . Between 1940 and 1941 the racecourse was used as a decoy airfield with dummy aircraft placed to look like an active airfield . On 23 April 1944 660 Squadron , an army cooperation squadron of the Royal Air Force , arrived at what was then known as RAF Westenhanger after the nearby village . The squadron based in a tented camp was equipped with Auster Mark IV single - engined liaison aircraft and used the racecourse to practice operations with local army units . On 12 July 1944 the squadron of 12 Austers escorted by a Supermarine Walrus rescue flying boat left Westenhangar for France . The airfield was then restored back to use as a racecourse . Rubble from wartime buildings can be seen on the north side of the straight course where it meets the oval .
Thomas Frederick Stephenson Sergeant Thomas Frederick Stephenson was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories . Stephenson was a sergeant pilot in 11 Squadron . He was teamed with 1st Air Mechanic Sydney Platel as his observer / gunner in a Bristol F . 2 Fighter . The duo garnered five victories together between 23 September and 31 October 1917 , all against Albatros D . V s . After destroying two D . VIIs on 31 October , they in turn fell under the guns of Oberleutnant Hans Bethge . They survived this , though Platel lost a toe . Stephenson subsequently went missing in action on 20 November 1917 , apparently as a victim of ground fire . References . " Above the Trenches : a Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915 - 1920 . " Christopher F . Shores , Norman L . R . Franks , Russell Guest . Grub Street , 1990 . ISBN 0 - 948817 - 19 - 4 , ISBN 978 - 0 - 948817 - 19 - 9 .
Luftvärnsregementet Luftvärnsregementet ( Lv 6 ) , formerly Göta luftvärnskår ( Lv 6 ) , is the only air defence regiment in the Swedish Armed Forces . Its new organisation was introduced in 2000 , when all other air defence units in Sweden were disbanded . The regiment is located in Halmstad and has the responsibility for training two air defence battalions and one home guard battalion . Organisation . The regiment has the following organisation :
MV Empire Alderney Empire Alderney was a 288 ton coastal tanker which was built in 1943 . She was renamed Mil 50 in 1946 and Max S in 1955 . Her fate is unknown , last being registered in the Cayman Islands in 1980 . History . " Empire Alderney " was built by J . Harker Ltd . , Knottingley as yard number 166 . She had a Crossley engine . " Empire Alderney " was launched on 11 December 1943 and completed in June 1944 . She was built for the Ministry of War Transport and managed by T J Metcalf . In 1946 , " Empire Alderney " was sold to Norsk Tankanlaeg of Norway and renamed " Mil 50 " . She served with them for nine years and was sold to Partenrederei Max S , West Germany in 1955 , being renamed " Max S " . In 1958 , she was sold to the Marina Mercante Nicaragüense , Nicaragua , passing to the Compagnia Maritima Mundia in 1959 . " Max S " was last recorded as being registered to Trafford Holdings Ltd , Cayman Islands in 1980 . Official number and code letters . Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers . " Empire Alderney " had the UK Official Number 180114 from 1943 to 1946 and used the Code Letters MQNH until 1946 .
USS Serapis ( IX - 213 ) USS " Serapis " ( IX - 213 ) was a single - screw tanker that served for a short time as a floating storage tanker for the United States Navy at the end of World War II . Built in 1921 for the United States Shipping Board by Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding , Baltimore , Maryland , the ship was originally named SS " District of Columbia " . Allocated to the Navy by the Maritime Commission in February 1945 , renamed " Serapis " , and designated IX - 213 on 9 March 1945 , she was partially converted at San Francisco and delivered to the Navy at Pearl Harbor . The ship was commissioned on 3 August 1945 , Lieutenant ( junior grade ) Eugene F . Dunne , USNR , in temporary command . Service history . Acquired for temporary wartime use as a mobile floating storage unit for gasoline and diesel oil at Pearl Harbor and in the Trust Territories , " Serapis " was declared surplus after the cessation of hostilities in the Pacific . She remained at Pearl Harbor until 16 September when she was taken in tow by the for her return to California . On 2 October , she arrived at San Francisco where she was decommissioned and returned to the Maritime Commission on 19 October . Her name was struck from the Navy List on 1 November 1945 , and she was sold in May 1947 to the American Iron and Metal Company for scrapping .
Francis Kelly ( British Army officer ) Major - General Francis Henry Kelly CB CMG ( 1859 – 1937 ) was Commander of British Troops in South China . Military career . Kelly was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1879 . He took part in the Burma expedition in 1885 and then went to the North West Frontier in India in 1897 where he participated in the Tirah Campaign . He was appointed Assistant Adjutant General in Quetta District in 1900 , Commander of the Karachi Brigade in 1905 and Commander of the Ahmednagar Brigade in 1907 . He was made Commander of British Troops in South China in 1913 . He served in World War I becoming General Officer Commanding 69th Division and retiring in 1918 . After the War he became a Regional Director at the Ministry of Pensions .
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Horse Artillery in the British Army . They are currently based in Caen Barracks , Hohne , Germany . It currently serves in the armoured field artillery role , and is equipped with the AS - 90 self - propelled gun . Under Army 2020 , it is likely to provide force support to the Adaptable Force and might lose its AS - 90s in return for light guns . The 105th Regiment Royal Artillery will be paired with this regiment . Equipment . The regiment is equipped with the AS - 90 self - propelled gun . The Forward Observation Officers use the Warrior Observation Post Vehicle . The Command Posts are deployed in the FV432 . History . The component batteries within 3RHA have existed from the Napoleonic Wars . However , the Regiment was only formed in 1938 from 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery . The regiment consisted of D , J , M and P Batteries . World War II . The Regiment supported the 7th Armoured Division ( also known as the " Desert Rats " ) during the Western Desert Campaign . During the final attempt to lift the Siege of Tobruk , in Operation Crusader , at Sidi Rezegh Second Lieutenant George Ward Gunn earned the Victoria Cross for his bravery during an attack by 60 German Tanks . 3 RHA commemorate this by wearing a red backing to the cypher . The Regiment supported 7th Armoured Division during the fighting in Italy . It continued to support 7th Armoured Division , as a follow up formation , following the Normandy Landings In 1945 , the Regiment led the Allied Victory parade in Berlin , and fired the Victory Salute . Cold War . After World War II the Regiment served in UK , West Germany , Aden , Egypt , Kenya , Hong Kong and Cyprus . Balkan wars . The Regiment has served in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia . In 1993 N Battery ( The Eagle Troop ) joined the Regiment , and M Battery was amalgamated with Headquarters Battery to form M Headquarters Battery . M ( HQ ) Bty , Radar Troop was deployed to Bosnia in 1994 and again in 1995 and 1996 on operational duties in Sarajevo and then Sanski Most during the balkan conflict .
Battle of Sidi Brahim The Battle of Sidi Brahim was a battle at Sidi Brahim in French Algeria between Berber troops under Abdelkader El Djezairi and French troops under Lieutenant - Colonel Lucien de Montagnac from 22 to 25 September 1845 . The French force was made up of the light infantry troops of the 8th Infantry Battalion and the second squadron of the 2nd Regiment of Hussars . Battle . The encounter was unplanned and poorly commanded by Montagnac , and went badly for the French troops . After a first encounter , the French ' s numbers were reduced from 450 to 82 chasseurs and hussars against 10 , 000 Algerian Berbers . Cornered , the chasseurs of the carabinier company took refuge in a marabout , from which they repulsed all assaults . After a siege lasting many days , without food or water and short of munitions , they were reduced to cutting up their musket balls in order to keep firing . Emir Abdelkader captured captain adjutant major Dutertre and taken under guard to the front of the marabout to demand the chasseurs ' surrender , but instead used his time there to exhort the survivors to fight to the death , for which Abdelkader beheaded him . Abdelkader then demanded that the French bugler sound the retreat , but he instead sounded the charge , whilst one chasseur replied to another of Abdelkader ' s other demands for their surrender with the word " Shit ! ( in reference to Cambronne ' s answer at ) . When the remaining 80 survivors completely ran out of munitions , they managed to break through the enemy lines with a bayonet charge , but only 16 of them managed to rejoin the French lines ( 5 of which died some days later ) . Among the dead was Montagnac himself . The remains of the soldiers killed at Sidi Brahim were gathered at Djemmaa Ghazaouet in the " Tombeau des Braves " then reburied at the Musée des Chasseurs at the old fort in Vincennes in 1965 . Legacy . The extreme bravery shown by the battalion led to its being nicknamed the " battalion of Sidi - Brahim " and the battle being written up among its battle honours . However , according to Gilles Manceron , the soldiers " were led in quite an inconsiderate manner " by colonel de Montagnac " whose writings boast , with no remorse , of several war crimes " . The expression " faire Sidi Brahim " became a motto of the chasseurs . During the First World War , the 7th Battalion of Chasseurs Alpins took a German pass for several days and , lacking munitions , managed to repulse the German attack with stones . There the chasseurs won the nickname " schwarzen Teufel " ( black devils ) , which later became " blue devils " , which they still use . The insignia of the 7th is a devil ( representing them and their Sidi Brahim ) in a hunting horn ( representing the chasseurs ) .
USNS Fred C . Ainsworth ( T - AP - 181 ) USNS " Fred C . Ainsworth " ( T - AP - 181 ) was a troop transport that served with the United States Military Sea Transportation Service during the Korean War . Prior to her MSTS service , she served as US Army transport USAT " Fred C . Ainsworth " during World War II . Career . The ship was originally laid down as SS " Pass Christian " by Ingalls Shipbuilding at Pascagoula , Mississippi , and completed in June 1943 . She was transferred to the Army , and renamed USAT " Fred C . Ainsworth " . The ship operated in the Pacific during World War II , except for a brief voyage to Europe in mid - 1945 to redeploy troops to the Pacific Theater . " Fred C . Ainsworth " continued her Army service after the end of World War II . When the Army ' s Water Transport Service was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service on 1 March 1950 , she became the USNS " Fred C . Ainsworth " ( T - AP - 181 ) . The ship served actively on troop transportation duties through the 1950s , including trans - Pacific operations during the Korean War . She participated in several Korean War operations including the Inchon landings . " Fred C . Ainsworth " was placed out of service and transferred to the Maritime Administration ( MARAD ) on 2 November 1959 , after which she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet . Her title was formally transferred to MARAD on 1 November 1960 , and she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 July 1961 . On 1 March 1973 she was sold for scrap , but the deal was cancelled due to buyer default . Instead , she was sold for non - operational use to Inter - Ocean Grain Storage Ltd on 26 June 1973 , and physically removed from the Reserve Fleet 23 August . Her final disposition is unknown .