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David Alexander ( Royal Marines officer ) Major - General David Crichton Alexander , CB ( born 1926 ) was a British officer . Biography . He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy , and joined the Royal Marines in 1944 . Alexander served in the East Indies Fleet , and with 45 Commando , and in Malaya , Malta , and the Suez Canal Zone in 1951 - 1954 . From 1954 - 1957 he was Parade Adjutant , RM Lympstone . He was then Equerry and acting Treasurer to His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh 1957 - 1960 . He attended the Royal Naval Staff College in 1960 , and then was on the Directing Staff of the Staff College , Camberley 1962 - 1965 . He was second in command of 45 Commando , in Aden , 1965 - 1966 . In 1966 - 1969 he was on the staff of the Chief of the Defence Staff , including service with the Secretary of State . In 1969 - 1970 he was in command of 40 Commando , in Singapore , and from 1970 - 1973 Colonel General Staff to the Commandant General Royal Marines . After attending the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1974 he was promoted to Major - General and served as Commander Training Group Royal Marines 1975 - 1977 . Alexander retired from the Royal Marines in 1977 and was Director - General of the English - Speaking Union 1977 - 1979 , and Commandant of the Scottish Police College 1979 - 1987 . Alexander was made a CB in 1976 .
Bruno Bieler Bruno Bieler ( 18 June 1888 – 22 March 1966 ) was a German general who commanded the LII Corps during World War II . 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 .
Battle of Nsanakong The Battle of Nsanakong or Battle of Nsanakang took place between defending British and attacking German forces during the Kamerun Campaign of the First World War . The town of Nsanakong had been occupied by the British on 30 August 1914 . On 6 September , German forces attacked , driving the British force over the border back into Nigeria . Background . Forces from British Nigeria had attempted to move into German Kamerun from a number of points along the colony ' s northern border . Attempts to do this at the First Battle of Garua and Mora had failed . Further south , a British column from Ikom crossed the Cross River into Kamerun and occupied the station of Nsanakong , 5 kilometers from the Nigerian border on 30 August . Battle . A week following the British occupation of Nsanakong , at two o ' clock in the morning on 6 September 1914 , German forces surrounded the village . The Germans , armed with machine guns , attacked . The British defenders successfully repulsed this initial attack but in the process exhausted their ammunition . Another German attack came at five o ' clock in the morning , this time from higher ground . The British could not repulse this one due to their lack of ammunition and attempted to break out by conducting a bayonet charge . The result was disastrous for the British . They lost about 100 men which was equivalent to approximately half of their force during the battle , including eight of their eleven British officers . German losses were also heavy with 40 dead including the commanding officer , Captain Rausch Emil . After suffering heavy casualties , the remaining British units successfully retreated back into Nigeria . Aftermath . The few British soldiers who did escape faced harsh conditions during their retreat back into Nigeria . German units pursued them over the frontier and occupied the British station at Okuri which they later abandoned . This failed invasion , along with the failures of other Allied columns along Kamerun ' s northwestern border with Nigeria , forced the British to go on the defensive . German forces gained confidence as a result of this victory and patrols began to make intrusions into British Nigeria as far west as Yola .
Pignataro Maggiore Airfield Pignataro Maggiore Airfield is a grass airfield just north of Pignataro Maggiore , in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region of Campania , located about 40 km north of Naples . It is currently used for light private aircraft . It was an all - weather temporary field built by the United States Army Air Force XII Engineer Command using a graded earth compacted surface , with a prefabricated hessian ( burlap ) surfacing known as PHS . PHS was made of an asphalt - impregnated jute which was rolled out over the compacted surface over a square mesh track ( SMT ) grid of wire joined in 3 - inch squares . Pierced Steel Planking was also used for parking areas , as well as for dispersal sites , when it was available . In addition , tents were used for billeting and also for support facilities ; an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure ; a dump for supplies , ammunition , and gasoline drums , along with a drinkable water and minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting . Once completed it was turned over for use by the Twelfth Air Force 324th Fighter Group from 6 May until 6 June 1944 as a fighter base , flying P - 40 Warhawk s . Currently the airfield is still in use , with a large hangar and several buildings visiable .
Frank Durbin Frank J . Durbin ( October 19 , 1895 – April 25 , 1999 ) was one of the last surviving American veterans of the First World War . Durbin was born in New Hampshire . By 1915 , at age 20 , he joined the United States Army . The next year , he was sent over to Verdun , and served with the American and French armies at the Battle of Verdun . Over there , Durbin hauled artillery over the front line s . He stayed in the service , guarded the Mexican border in the 1920s and served in The Second World War as well . After service , he worked for General Motors . By 1963 , at age 68 , he moved to Florida , and stayed there for the rest of his life . He died in Winter Haven at age 103 .
Orazio Pierozzi " Tenente di Vascello " Orazio Pierozzi was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories . Biography . Orazio Pierozzi was born in San Casciano Val di Siena in the Kingdom of Italy on 8 December 1884 . He began his military career on 8 November 1908 , when he entered the Italian Naval Academy at Livorno . By the time he reported for aviation training on 15 June 1916 , he was a seasoned sailor . On 14 October , he was rated as a pilot ; three days later , he was assigned to Brindisi Naval Air Station , which he would rise to command . On 15 May 1917 , he staked his first aerial victory claim ; however , it was denied , and aviation historians have since been unable to find a corresponding Austro - Hungarian loss . However , on 7 June , he shot down a Lohner K flying boat , killing both the crew ; this was his first real aerial victory . In December 1917 , Pierozzi was appointed to command a naval squadron , " 255a Squadriglia " . Pierozzi had managed the remarkable feat of winning three Silver and one Bronze award of the Medal for Military Valor during the year . On 18 March 1918 , Pierozzi was appointed to command of the newly formed Italian naval fighter group of two squadrons of Macchi M . 5 flying boat fighters . He thoroughly trained and directed the new unit , and flew with one of its units , " 260a Squadriglia " . On 1 May 1918 , he shot down a Hansa - Brandenburg W . 18 over Grado , Friuli - Venezia Giulia for his second victory . Then , on 14 May , he forced one Austro - Hungarian W . 18 to land , set another on fire and forced it to land , and shared in a third victory with Martinengo . On 22 May , he splashed a land - based enemy Phonix D . I fighter in the Aegean Sea west of Rovigno . He would not score his last accredited victory on 2 July 1918 . He would fight on until the Austro - Hungarian surrender on 3 November 1918 ; that day he would transfer to the newly reconquered city of Trieste . Pierozzi ' s war had ended after 700 combat sorties , including over 500 fighter missions . He had submitted 16 claims for aerial victories , only seven of which were approved . On 17 March 1919 , Pierozzi began a return flight to Trieste from Venice in a Macchi M . 9 seaplane with a fellow naval lieutenant aboard . His passenger was another fighter pilot , His Royal Highness Ajmone di Savoia . A half mile from Trieste , as they let down into the harbor in deteriorating flying weather , a gust of wind flung the M . 9 into the harbor breakwater . A nearby steamship , the Tergeste , immediately rescued both fliers . However , Orazio Pierozzi died the next day . He was awarded a fourth Silver Medal for Military Valor posthumously for his efforts in protecting his passenger during the accident .
JS 9 mm The JS 9 mm ( ) is a commercial export version of the QCW - 05 ( with the exception of different chambering . ) It is a suppressed submachine gun developed by the Jianshe Industries ( Group ) Corporation of Chongqing . The JS 9 mm is capable of using any 9x19mm round , including the popular 9x19mm Parabellum round but has specifically been chambered for the indigenous , amour - piercing 9x19mm DAP92 - 9 round . Development . Following the unveiling of the QCW - 05 submachine gun at the 2005 International Police Equipment Expo in Beijing , Jianshe Industries ( Group ) Corporation , a company under the China South Industries Group Corporation state - owned conglomerate presented an export variant of their latest submachine gun at the 2006 MILIPOL expo named the ' JS 9 mm ' . The submachine gun was a bullpup , select - fire , open bolt , blowback operated submachine gun with a screwable suppressor that is capable of using many different 9x19mm , cartridges . Internally the JS 9 mm is exactly the same as the QCW - 05 , which is a submachine gun designed for use by the People ' s Liberation Army Ground Force , People ' s Liberation Army Special Operations Forces and the People ' s Armed Police except for the different chambering . The JS 9 mm is designed for export to the international market , specifically at various police and law enforcement forces and not for domestic use either with military or any police force . Currently the JS 9 mm is exported world - wide by NORINCO Equipment , Ltd . through a marketing agreement with China South Industries Group . Design details . Internally , the JS 9 mm is identical to the QCW - 05 . The only difference between the two submachine guns is that the JS 9 mm is slightly smaller and lighter compared to the QCW - 05 and uses the common 9x19mm round . The JS 9 mm is also capable of accepting widely used MP5 magazines along with its own double - column , 30 - round , box magazine . As the JS 9 mm does not share the QCW - 05 ' s carry handle , the sight bridge is mounted on top of a receiver on a Picatinny rail and can be removed in favour of a multitude of aiming equipment . The JS 9 mm possesses three different firing modes , automatic , semi - automatic and safety .
SMS Admiral Spaun SMS " Admiral Spaun " was a unique light cruiser of the Austro - Hungarian Navy . Three other ships were built to similar specifications as the " Admiral Spaun " , but with different propulsion , and increased armament . Overview . Around the turn of 19 / 20th century major navies had started to build fast scout cruisers ( like British " Pelorus " class cruiser or Italian " Quarto " , 1909 - 11 ) . Design of the new Austro - Hungarian ship started in 1906 and it was commissioned in 1910 . The ship was fast 3 , 500 tons turbine driven scout with light belt armour . Wartime experience showed the 100 mm guns were inferior but the plans to re - equip the ship were turned down because of war troubles . In 1915 number of torpedo firing tubes was increased to 8 . " Admiral Spaun " saw active service during First World War . After the war the ship was transferred by Italy to Venice and participated in the Italian V - Day fleet parade on 25 March 1919 . Later , it was given to the Great Britain as a part of reparations and sold to an Italian company for scrapping ( 1922 ) . Name . The ship was named after Hermann von Spaun ( 1833 - 1919 ) , since 1897 commander of both the Austro - Hungarian Navy and the navy section of the K . u . K . Ministry of War . Spaun stepped down in 1904 as a protest against redirecting large part of Navy funds to the army , the position was taken by Rudolf Montecuccoli . It was the first time that an Austro - Hungarian Navy ship was named after a living person outside of the Habsburg family . Spaun was present at the naming ceremony . See also . Modified Admiral Spaun class ships :
Albert Gill Sergeant Albert Gill ( 8 September 1879 – 27 July 1916 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . He was 36 years old , and a serjeant in the 1st Battalion , The King ' s Royal Rifle Corps , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 27 July 1916 at Delville Wood , France , the enemy made a very strong counterattack on the right flank of the battalion and rushed the bombing post after killing all the company bombers . Sergeant Gill rallied the remnants of his platoon , none of whom were skilled bombers , and reorganised his defences . Soon afterwards the enemy nearly surrounded his men and started sniping at about 20 yards range . Although it was almost certain death , Sergeant Gill stood boldly up in order to direct the fire of his men . He was killed almost at once , but his gallant action held up the enemy advance . Gill is buried at Delville Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery , Somme , France . The Medal . Gill ' s Victoria Cross is in the Lord Ashcroft VC Collection at the Imperial War Museum
386th Tactical Fighter Squadron The 386th Tactical Fighter Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with the 312th Tactical Fighter Wing , based at Cannon Air Force Base . New Mexico . It was inactivated on February 18 , 1959 . History . Operational history . Established in early 1942 as a light bomb squadron , equipped with A - 24 Banshee s , although equipped with export model A - 31 Vengeance dive bombers for training . Trained under Third Air Force in the southeast United States , also used for antisubmarine patrols over the Atlantic southeast coast and then Gulf of Mexico . Deployed to Southern California in early 1943 to the Desert Training Center , trained in light bombing while supporting Army maneuvers in the Mojave Desert until October . Re - equipped with North American A - 36 Apache dive bombers and deployed to New Guinea as part of Fifth Air Force . In the Southwest Pacific the squadron attacked Japanese strong points and tactical positions and targets of opportunity in support of MacArthur ' s campaign along the north coast of New Guinea ; then advancing into the Netherlands East Indies and Philippines as part of the Island Hopping campaign . Re - equipped with P - 40 s ; then later A - 20 Havoc s . Engaged in heavy fighting on Lete ; Mindoro and Luzon in the Philippines during 1944 - 1945 . The 386th was selected to carry out field operation testing of the Consolidated B - 32 Dominator in mid - 1945 and made test flights over Luzon and Formosa in June . The squadron moved to Okinawa in mid - August and after the Atomic Bomb missions had been flown . It flew several combat operations with the B - 32 in spite of the de facto cease - fire that had been called following the bombing of Nagasaki . During this time , the B - 32s flew mainly photographic reconnaissance missions , most of which were unopposed . However , during a reconnaissance mission over Tokyo on August 18 , two B - 32s were attacked by Japanese fighters . The American gunners claimed two kills and one probable , but one aircraft was badly shot up and one of her crew was killed with two being injured . This was to prove to be the last combat action of World War II . After VJ - Day , the surviving B - 32 aircraft were ordered to return to the United States , ending the test program . The 386th remained on Okinawa until December until returning to the United States with most personnel demobilizing . It was inactivated as a paper unit on January 6 , 1946 . The squadron was reactivated as a B - 29 Superfortress unit in the reserves in 1947 , but lack of funding and personnel led to rapid inactivation . Transferred to Tactical Air Command in the mid - 1950s and activated first with F - 86 Sabre s , then F - 100 Super Sabre s in 1958 . Inactivated in 1959 when its parent 312th TFW was inactivated and re - designated as the 27th TFW . Personnel and equipment of the squadron were re - designated as the 522d Tactical Fighter Squadron .
James F . Merton James F . Merton ( born 1843 ) was a United States Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Korean Expedition in 1871 . Landsman Merton was severely wounded during the seizure of the forts . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Landsman , U . S . Navy . Birth : England . G . O . No . : 180 , October 10 , 1872 . Citation : Landsman and member of Company D during the capture of the Korean forts , 9 and 10 June 1871 , Merton was severely wounded in the arm while trying to force his way into the fort .
Elbit Hermes 450 The Elbit Systems Hermes 450 is an Israeli medium size multi - payload unmanned aerial vehicle ( UAV ) designed for tactical long endurance missions . It has an endurance of over 20 hours , with a primary mission of reconnaissance , surveillance and communications relay .
Featherston prisoner of war camp Featherston prisoner of war camp was a camp for captured Japanese soldiers during World War II at Featherston , New Zealand . It had been established during World War I as the largest military training camp in New Zealand . At the request of the United States , in September 1942 it was re - established as a P . O . W . camp . The commandant was Major R . H . Perrett , who was succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel D . H . Donaldson in mid December , 1942 . Medical services were provided by a 40 - bed hospital , which saw its first patient on 18 August 1943 . About 800 prisoners from the Battle of Guadalcanal were housed there , many of them conscripts . The camp ' s most infamous event was on 25 February 1943 during a sit - in of 240 prisoners , who refused to work . The exact sequence of events is not known , but Lieutenant Adachi was shot and wounded by the camp adjutant . This led to the prisoners either charging or appearing to charge the guards , who opened fire with rifles and sub - machine guns . Thirty seconds later 31 prisoners were dead , with another 17 dying later of their injuries , and 74 wounded . On the New Zealand side , a ricochet from a burst of the gunfire killed Private Walter Pelvin ; six others were wounded . A military court of enquiry exonerated New Zealand . It found that there were cultural differences in the camp , which led to the deadly actions and needed to be addressed . Among the issues was that the Japanese did not know that under the 1929 Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War , compulsory work was allowed . The event remains a testimony to cultural misunderstanding for the Featherston community today . As the end of the war neared , the prisoners began to worry about their future position in Japanese society . In September 1944 they told a neutral inspector that provision needed to be made for them to return as honourable citizens , or that they be given asylum on a Pacific island . They said if something could not be done mass suicide might result . After the end of the war they also worried that they could be attacked in New Zealand over the conditions of Japanese prisoner of war camps . The prisoners embarked on 30 December 1945 , travelling to Japan on two large American LSTs ( tank landing ship s ) . References .
Yedidya Ya ' ari Major General Yedidya Ya ' ari ( , born 30 June 1947 ) was the commander of the Israeli Navy from 2000 - 2004 . He was succeeded by David Ben Ba ' ashat . In July 1969 , as a commando in Shayetet 13 , he was badly wounded and mistakenly declared dead during Operation Bulmus 6 - the assault on fortified Green Island , Egypt , in the Gulf of Suez ( jointly with Sayeret Matkal ) . After retiring from active army service , Ya ' ari worked as an assistant cameraman for three years at Herzliya Studios . During the Yom Kippur war he re - joined the IDF . Ya ' ari is president of defense firm Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd . Ya ' ari is the grandson of Meir Ya ' ari , former leader of the Mapam party . He is the father of three and lives in Merhavia .
Battle of Mallavelly The Battle of Mallavelly ( also spelled Malvilly ) was fought on 27 March 1799 between forces of the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore during the Fourth Anglo - Mysore War . The British forces , led by General George Harris and Colonel Arthur Wellesley , drove the Mysorean force of Tipu Sultan from a defensive position designed to impede the British force ' s progress toward Mysore ' s capital , Seringapatam .
Joseph Conrad ( general ) Joseph Conrad ( May 17 , 1830 – 1897 ) was a Union American Civil War officer who was brevetted a brigadier general of volunteers during the Atlanta Campaign . Biography . He was born in Wied - Selters , Germany . He graduated from the Hesse - Darmstadt military academy in 1848 , and emigrated to the United States , where he settled in the state of Missouri . At the beginning of the American Civil War , he enlisted in the Union Army , and was made captain of a company of the Third Missouri Infantry . In September 1861 , he was promoted to major of the Fifteenth Missouri Infantry . He fought in the battles of Carthage , Pea Ridge , Corinth , Perryville , Chickamauga , and Missionary Ridge . During the Atlanta Campaign , he commanded a brigade of the Army of the Cumberland at the battles of Franklin and Nashville . He was brevetted brigadier general for his services . He commanded the sub - district of Victoria in Texas until February 1866 , when he was mustered out of the volunteer service . In July 1866 , he entered the regular army , and was commissioned captain in the 29th Infantry , transferred to the 11th Infantry in April 1869 , and served with his regiment until October 1882 , when he was retired with the rank of colonel . He was married to Minnie S . Conrad ( 12 June 1848 - 1 February 1898 ) .
Red Spear Society The Red Spear Society ( Hongqiang Hui ) began as a rural self - defense movement in Henan , Hebei , and Shandong in northern China during the Warlord Era in the 1920s . These were local groups of small - holders and tenant farmers organized to defend villages against roaming bandits , warlord s , tax collectors or later Chinese communists or Japanese . For most of the Republic of China period in China the Red Spear Society posed a challenge to government control in North China . They were similar in nature to the Big Swords Society Because of a large immigration to places like Northeast China to escape the chaos in North China they were also active in Manchuria forming part of the Anti - Japanese Volunteer Armies resisting the Japanese establishment of Manchukuo in 1932 . In Manchuria members of the brotherhood were described as , as " primitive - minded people " that placed their faith in rustic magics and belief in the righteous character ' s Heavenly reward . Red Spear bodies formed in the countryside round Harbin , were in many cases led by Buddhist monks as they went into battle , with themselves and their weapons decorated with magic inscriptions similar to the earlier Boxer rebels . The color red was used as it was believed to offer them protection against disaster . Some Society members were won over and absorbed by the Chinese Red Army during the Second Sino - Japanese War or by the People ' s Liberation Army in the Chinese Civil War . In 1953 the Communist Party of China government launched a suppression campaign against Hui - Dao - Men ( " Societies - Ways - Brotherhoods " ) , eradicating them from the Chinese mainland . Some of their offshoots have reappeared , reintroduced by Chinese adherents who live overseas . Sources . External links