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USS John Q . Roberts ( APD - 94 ) USS " John Q . Roberts " ( APD - 94 ) , ex - DE - 235 , was a United States Navy high - speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1946 . Construction and commissioning . " John Q . Roberts " was laid down as the " Rudderow " - class destroyer escort USS " John Q . Roberts " ( DE - 235 ) on 15 November 1943 by the Charleston Navy Yard and launched as such on 11 February 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Deany Roberts Garner , mother of the ships namesake , Ensign John Q . Roberts . The ship was reclassified as a " Crosley " - class high - speed transport and redesignated APD - 94 on 17 June 1944 . After conversion to her new role , the ship was commissioned on 8 March 1945 with Lieutenant Commander R . N . Bavier , Jr . , in command . Service history . World War II . Following shakedown training in the Caribbean , " John Q . Roberts " underwent amphibious training in Hampton Roads , Virginia , during April 1945 . She then got underway from Norfolk , Virginia , to join the United States Pacific Fleet , departing on 7 May 1945 . She arrived at Pearl Harbor , Territory of Hawaii , on 31 May 1945 and trained with underwater demolition team units until proceeding to Leyte Gulf in the Philippine Islands on 13 June 1945 . In the weeks that followed , " John Q . Roberts " escorted convoys and took part in fleet maneuvers in the Philippines preparatory to Operation Olympic , the anticipated invasion of the island of Kyūshū in Japan . World War II ended on 15 August 1945 , before the invasion could occur . Postwar . The war over , " John Q . Roberts " departed Leyte on 20 August 1945 to escort a convoy to Okinawa . From there she was engaged in escort duties between Okinawa and Japan . The ship was at Yokosuka , Japan , during the historic surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 , and remained in Japan transporting troops and administrative personnel carrying out occupation of Japan occupation duties . After embarking returnees , she departed Nagoya , Japan , on 17 December 1945 and steamed via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor for San Pedro , California , where she arrived on 6 January 1946 . " John Q . Roberts " departed San Pedro on 25 January 1946 bound for Norfolk , and from there moved on to Green Cove Springs , Florida , where she arrived on 17 March 1946 . Decommissioning and disposal . " John Q . Roberts " was decommissioned on 30 May 1946 and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs . She was stricken from the Navy List on 1 June 1960 and sold for scrapping on either 16 December 1960 or 29 December 1960 to B . F . Diamond Construction Company , Inc . of Savannah , Georgia .
Robert E . Thacker Colonel Robert E . Thacker , USAF ( Ret . ) ( born 1918 ) is a retired test pilot , a lifelong model aircraft enthusiast and designer , one of the few pilots in history to do tours of duty in two different theaters of operation ( Europe and the Pacific ) in World War II and the holder of a number of aviation records . Thacker ' s interest in aviation was sparked in 1926 at age eight when a neighbor purchased an operating model aircraft . By 1929 , Thacker had completed his first model , that of the " Spirit of St . Louis " , and went on to earn spending money building balsa gliders . He joined his first aeromodeling club in El Centro , California in 1932 . He would also become the Southern California yo - yo champion that year ; his prize was $ 40 . 00 in the form of $ 25 , $ 10 and $ 5 gold coins . A graduate of the Air Force Test Pilot Academy at California ' s Edwards Air Force Base , Thacker was responsible for testing a wide variety of aircraft between 1939 and 1970 , including the first accelerated tests of the P - 80 combat - ready jet fighter , assisted by then Captain Chuck Yeager . His most notable achievement came in 1947 with his test of " Betty Jo " , a North American F - 82 Twin Mustang named after his wife . This was to be the first nonstop test of a fully laden fighter between Honolulu , Hawaii and New York City , New York . The 14 hour , 32 minute test , which started at Hickam Air Force Base on February 27 and which ended at LaGuardia Airport was a success ; Thacker even set the speed record at an average of . Both the aircraft and the flight jacket Thacker wore are on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base . His co - pilot on the trip was Lieutenant John Ard . The trip remains the longest and fastest ever by a propeller - driven fighter . Another notable achievement came in 1972 as the test pilot of a solar - powered aircraft designed and built by Lockheed . In wartime , Thacker flew two tours of duty in a B - 17 in World War II , a single tour in the Korean War with a B - 29 Superfortress and classified high - altitude reconnaissance missions during the Vietnam War . His wartime service earned him two Silver Star s , three Distinguished Flying Crosses , ten Air Medal s and the French Croix de Guerre with Palm . On January 9 , 2010 , Colonel Thacker was inducted into the Academy of Model Aeronautics Hall of Fame for his work in both model and full - scale aviation during day two of the AMA ' s annual exposition at the Ontario Convention Center , Ontario , California . Among the dignitaries present were then - AMA president Dave Brown and retired space shuttle commander Robert " Hoot " Gibson , himself a strong supporter of the AMA . Thacker and his wife presently reside in San Clemente , California ; he remains active in the hobby of radio - controlled model aviation as an active AMA member , and frequently participates in meets in and around Southern California with his giant - scale , turbine - powered F - 15 Eagle .
Operation Volcano Operation Volcano was a British operation to clear a village that the Taliban were using as a command and control node , consisting of 25 compounds , near the Kajaki hydroelectric dam in February 2007 . The British troops came from Troops from 42 Commando , Royal Marines and 59 Commando , Royal Engineers . During the operation , the marines received fire from Taliban forces further in the compounds and from the village of Chinah . This threat was neutralized by air assets and Royal Marine ' s mortars . Operation Volcano was part of the March – May 2007 Operation Achilles . Some parts of this operation is described in the documentary Ross Kemp in Afghanistan aired 2008 .
Rudolf Rennecke Rudolf Rennecke ( 19 June 1915 – 3 March 1986 ) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant in the Fallschirmjäger during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
USS Zeppelin ( 1914 ) USS " Zeppelin was a passenger liner launched in 1914 as SS " Zeppelin by Bremer Vulkan , Bremen - Vegesack , Germany , for Norddeutscher Lloyd ( NDL ) . Due to the First World War she never entered NDL service . She had a career after the war first under White Star Line control , then briefly as the troop ship USS " Zeppelin , next as the Orient SN Co liner SS " Ormuz and finally back with NDL as SS " Dresden " . Troop ship . SS " Zeppelin " was launched on 9 June 1914 , and on completion she was handed over to NDL on 21 January 1915 . By then the First Battle of the Atlantic of the First World War was under way so NDL laid her up at Bremen until the end of hostilities . On 28 March 1919 she was surrendered as war reparations to the UK Government , who placed her under the management of the White Star Line . She was then handed over to the United States Navy , who commissioned her as USS " Zeppelin " and assigned to the New York Division of the Transport Force with Commander William W . Galbraith as her master . USS " Zeppelin " made two round - trip voyages between the United States and Europe , returning 15 , 800 American soldiers back home . She then returned to Europe , was decommissioned on 25 November 1919 and returned to United Kingdom control on 27 December 1919 . Civilian liner . The UK Government sold her to the Orient Steam Navigation Company in 1920 , who renamed her SS " Ormuz " and had her refitted as a passenger liner . Orient line placed her in service on the route between Great Britain and Australia , on which she began her first sailing from Britain on 12 November 1921 . In 1927 NDL bought " Ormuz " back and had her refitted to upgrade much of the third class accommodation to first class or tourist class . NDL renamed her SS " Dresden " and placed her in service on the Bremen - New York route for which she had originally been built . KdF cruise and loss . In 1934 the Nazi Kraft durch Freude organization started operating tourist cruises . KdF chartered " Dresden " and she sailed on her first KdF cruise on 11 June 1934 . On 20 June she struck a rock off " Aregrunden " on the Norwegian island of Bokn . She was refloated but as a precaution was beached near Blikshavn on the island of Karmøy . In the early hours of 21 June she listed to port and the Norwegian " hurtigrute " ship , DSD ( Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskap ) 874 ton " Kong Haakon " , was one of those which took off her passengers . One life was lost in an accident during the transfer to the passenger ship . 4 people lost their life total . Other ships involved in the rescue of the 323 crew and 975 passengers were the French inspection vessel " Ardente " and the Norwegian ships " Kong Harald " , " Kronprinsesse Martha " , " Kvitsøy " and " Stavanger " . A firm of shipbreakers from Stavanger broke up the ship where she lay . Remnants of the wreck remain near the shore , between and depth .
Battle of Morella The Battle of Morella ( 14 August 1084×88 ) , southwest of Tortosa , was fought between Sancho Ramírez , King of Aragon and Navarre , and Yusuf al - Mu ' tamin , King of Zaragoza , while the former was engaged in a campaign of conquest against the latter . All surviving sources for the battle are either later by a generation or literary in character , and they are confused on the chronology and dating of the event . The encounter was a defeat for Sancho and sparked a brief reversal of fortunes in the Navarro - Aragonese " Reconquista " . The Castilian hero , Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar , the Cid , was a general for al - Mu ' tamin at the time . According to the Aragonese " Crónica de San Juan de la Peña " ( " c " . 1370 ) , Sancho later sought out the Cid , who had also defeated his father in the Battle of Graus ( 1063 ) , and defeated him in the year 1088 . However , the " Crónica " is the only source mentioning such an encounter and , as it was written three hundred years later , most leading scholars give no credence to this claim , which was probably intended to justify the prerogatives of Peter IV of the Crown of Aragon . In 1084 Sancho attacked the kingdom of Zaragoza . On 5 April he took Arguedas , across the Ebro from Tudela , which he may have attacked but did not take . Moving east he captured Secastilla ( Castella ) on 22 June ( or the tenth kalends of June , that is , 23 May , according to the " Crónica " ) , an important position that offered defence of Graus , which he had conquered in 1082 . According to the " Historia Roderici " , the Cid and the king of Zaragoza , setting out from Monzón , perpetrated a five - day raid on Aragon . Then the Cid targeted the southeast of the Taifa of Tortosa , ravaging the territory around Morella , even re - fortifying the castle at Olocau . Sancho , who had avoided confrontation during the raid on his own kingdom , joined with Mundhir al - Hayib , the ruler of the united realms of Denia , Lleida , and Tortosa , and camped by the Ebro . The Cid reportedly replied to the king ' s demand that he retire with an uncompromising message , and when the two armies joined in battle the former scored " an overwhelming victory " in mid - August , probably 14 August . The " Crónica " dates it to the Saturday after the capture of Secastilla , that is , 25 May in its calculation . The year 1084 was accepted by Ramón Menéndez Pidal , but Antonio Ubieto Arteta suggested 1088 , the year under which the " Crónica " refers to Sancho seeking out the Cid and defeating him . Bernard Reilly argued for a date of 1084 on the grounds that it would best explain the events of 1085 . Ubieto Arteta elsewhere places the Battle of Piedra Pisada in 1084 , the unsuccessful culmination of Sancho ' s campaign into Zaragozan territory . The aforementioned " Historia " adds that the Cid chased his fleeing Christian enemies and took 2 , 000 Aragonese and Navarrese prisoner . Sixteen of whom were important enough for the anonymous author to name : The Cid also sacked Sancho ' s camp and carried an enormous booty back to Zaragoza . He was even greeted by celebrant Zaragozans at Fuentes some distance away .
Walter Krüger ( Heer general ) Eugen Walter Krüger ( 23 March 1892 – 11 July 1973 ) was a highly decorated General der Panzertruppe in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the LVIII . Panzerkorps . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Walther Krüger was captured in May 1945 by British troops and was later handed over to American forces . He was released in 1947 .
Georg Michael Georg Michael ( 10 February 1917 – 19 January 1944 ) was a highly decorated Major der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
Heinkel He 343 The Heinkel He 343 was a four - engine jet bomber project by Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in the last years of the Third Reich . Design and development . The Heinkel He 343 was designed for the Luftwaffe by the German Heinkel aircraft manufacturing company in the beginning of 1944 . A total of 20 of these aircraft were ordered . For shortening the development time and for re - use of existing parts , its general design was envisioned along the lines of an enlarged Arado Ar 234 . For a choice of engines , the Junkers Jumo 004 and the Heinkel HeS 011 were planned . The DFS was involved in the project and created the project known as P1068 . By the end of 1944 , work was nearly finished by the Heinkel engineers , with parts for the He 343 prototype aircraft either under fabrication or in a finished state , when the order was cancelled due to the Emergency Fighter Program . Four versions were planned : the A - 1 bomber , the A - 2 reconnaissance aircraft , and the A - 3 and B - 1 " Zerstörer " ( " Destroyer " ) heavy fighter s . Postwar , the Soviet Union utilized the design as the basis for the development of the Ilyushin Il - 22 , changing some of the parameters such as size and crew numbers . One prototype was built and flown . The results of the tests were used in development of the Ilyushin Il - 28 .
Communards ' Wall The Communards ’ Wall ( ) at the Père Lachaise cemetery is where , on May 28 , 1871 , one - hundred forty - seven " fédéré s " , combatants of the Paris Commune , were shot and thrown in an open trench at the foot of the wall . To the French left , especially socialists and communists , the wall became the symbol of the people ' s struggle for their liberty and ideals . Many leaders of the French Communist Party , especially those involved in the French resistance , are buried nearby . The Père Lachaise cemetery was established in May 1804 on a land owned by the Jesuits for centuries , and where Père ( " Father " ) Lachaise , confessor of Louis XIV , lived the latter part of his life . Cemetery of the aristocracy in the 19th century , it also received the remains of famous people from previous eras . During the spring of 1871 the last of the combatants of the Commune entrenched themselves in the cemetery . The " Armée versaillaise " , which was summoned to suppress the Commune , had control over the area towards the end of the afternoon of May 28 , and shot all of the prisoners against the wall . The massacre of the Communards did not put an end to the repression . During the fighting between 20 , 000 and 35 , 000 deaths , and more than 43 , 000 prisoners were taken ; afterwards , a military court pronounced about a hundred death sentences , more than 13 , 000 prison sentences , and close to 4 , 000 deportations to New Caledonia . The memory of the Commune remained engraved in the people ' s memory , especially within the workers ' movement which regenerated itself in a few years time . The first march before the Wall , at the call of Jules Guesde , took place on May 23 , 1880 , two months before the Communards ' Amnesty : 25 , 000 people , a symbolic " immortal " red rose in their buttonholes , stood up against police forces . From that time on , this " ascent to the Wall " , punctuated French labor force political history . Every year since 1880 , the organizations of the French left have held a demonstration in this symbolic place during the last week of May . Jean Jaurès — although a child in the provinces at the time of the Commune , hence with no direct memory — - made the ascent several times , accompanied by Édouard Vaillant , Jean Allemane , and by thousands of socialist , syndicalist , and anarchist militants . The record - breaking demonstration took place on May 24 , 1936 : 600 , 000 people , led by Léon Blum and Maurice Thorez , right in the middle of the strikers movement , several weeks after the start of the Popular Front . " " Tombe sans croix et sans chapelle , sans lys d ' or , sans vitraux d ' azur , quand le peuple en parle , il l ' appelle le Mur . " " - Jules Jouy " Tomb without a cross or chapel , or golden lilies , or sky blue church windows , when the people talk about it , they call it The Wall . " - Jules Jouy
HMS Cayman ( K506 ) HMS " Cayman " ( K506 ) was a Colony - class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II . She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the " Tacoma " - class patrol frigate USS " Harland " ( PF - 78 ) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion . Construction and acquisition . The ship , originally designated a " patrol gunboat , " PG - 186 , was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under a United States Navy contract as USS " Harland " . She was reclassified as a " patrol frigate , " PF - 78 , on 15 April 1943 and laid down by the Walsh - Kaiser Company at Providence , Rhode Island , on 15 July 1943 . Intended for transfer to the United Kingdom , the ship was renamed " Cayman " by the British prior to launching and was launched on 6 September 1943 . Service history . Transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend - Lease on 20 January 1944 , the ship served in the Royal Navy as HMS " Cayman " ( K506 ) on patrol and escort duty . Disposal . The United Kingdom returned " Cayman " to the U . S . Navy on 23 April 1946 . She was sold to the United Dock Corporation of New York , New York , on 1 July 1947 for scrapping .
USS Cuyahoga ( AG - 26 ) Cuyahoga was built in 1927 at Camden , New Jersey and transferred from the United States Coast Guard to the United States Navy on 29 May 1933 . " Cuyahoga " was commissioned 1 April 1935 with Chief Boatswain J . H . Kevers in command . On 27 July 1935 " Cuyahoga " was placed in an " in service " status and operated as tender and escort for the Presidential yacht , . She was designated AG - 26 on 30 November 1937 , and remained in the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay until 17 May 1941 when she was placed out of service and returned to the Coast Guard the same day .
AIM - 97 Seekbat The AIM - 97 Seekbat is a missile developed by the United States of America . Overview . In the early to mid - 1970s the United States was highly concerned by the perceived capabilities of the MiG - 25 Foxbat , an aircraft which was known to be capable of speeds in excess of Mach 3 and which carried long range air - to - air missiles . It was widely claimed that the Foxbat was a new generation " super - fighter " , capable of comfortably outclassing any US or allied aircraft . The US initiated the F - 15 Eagle program largely in response to this threat . To equip the F - 15 the Air Force initiated development of the AIM - 82 short range missile and the AIM - 97 Seekbat . The former was a dogfighting missile intended as a replacement for the AIM - 9 Sidewinder , the latter was to be a new high - altitude long - range missile designed specifically to shoot down the MiG - 25 - hence the name Seekbat , the bat referring to the MiG - 25 ' s " Foxbat " NATO reporting name . The Seekbat was based on the AGM - 78 Standard ARM . It had a larger propulsion unit and used Semi - active radar homing with an infrared seeker for terminal guidance of the missile . The operational ceiling was . Test firings began in late 1972 , but the Seekbat program did not make a great deal of progress and was cancelled in 1976 . During the testing of the Seekbat , CIM - 10 Bomarc surface - to - air missile s ( SAM ) were utilized in the target drone role ; the Bomarc missile was used to simulate the high flying Foxbat . The Bomarc would prove to be a poor choice for target drone , due in part to the requirement to operate it in a manner outside its intended operational envelope . In sustained high altitude flight , the Bomarc would roll onto its back and dive when the engines became oxygen starved . This flight characteristic was previously unknown to program officers . When the Bomarc rolled on its back , the wings shielded the engines , causing the Seekbat to unlock from the target during terminal guidance . Instead , the Seekbat test missile IR seeker would chase the sun once the Bomarc went " cold . " Because this was misunderstood by engineers , continued efforts to develop the missile guidance systems were undertaken without any effort to correct the drone issues that were causing the targeting malfunctions . Each test missile was hand built and very expensive to produce , causing the program to suffer cost overruns . This coupled with new knowledge of the MiG - 25s capabilities and role led to the cancellation of the program because the missile ' s cost did not justify its procurement .
SS Avondale Park Avondale Park was a 2 , 872 GRT Park cargo ship which was built in 1944 . She was the last merchant ship to be sunk by Germany in the Second World War , on 7 May 1945 , the day of German surrender . Description . The ship was built by Foundation Maritime Ltd . at Pictou , Nova Scotia . She was launched in February 1944 , and completed in May 1944 . The ship was long , with a beam of and a depth of . She had a GRT of 2 , 878 and a NRT of 1 , 653 . She was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine which had cylinders , and diameter by stroke . The engine was built by Canada Iron Foundries , Three Rivers , Quebec . History . " Avondale Park " was built for the Canadian Government and operated by the Park Steamship Co Ltd . The United Kingdom Official Number 175378 and code letters VDDN were allocated . Her port of registry was Montreal , under the British flag . She was later chartered by the Ministry of War Transport , who placed her under the management of Witherington & Etheridge , Newcastle upon Tyne . " Avondale Park " was a member of Convoy EN 491 , which departed Hull on 6 May 1945 bound for Belfast via Methil . On 7 May 1945 , the convoy was attacked by and two ships were sunk , and " Avondale Park " , which became the last British merchant ship to be sunk during the Second World War . The sinking , at just after 23 : 00 , was in the last hour of the Second World War in Europe , with the official surrender taking place at midnight . " Avondale Park " sank at . Two of the 38 crew were lost . A signal was sent to the U - boats on 4 May 1945 ordering them to surrender but " U - 2336 " did not receive the signal .