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Josiah O . Livingston Josiah O . Livingston ( February 3 , 1837 – July 23 , 1917 ) was a First Lieutenant , and Adjutant in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : First Lieutenant , and Adjutant , 9th Vermont Infantry . Place and date : At Newport Barracks , N . C . , February 2 , 1864 . Entered service at : Marshfield , Vt . Birth : Walden , Vt . Date of issue : September 8 , 1891 . Citation : When , after desperate resistance , the small garrison had been driven back to the river by a vastly superior force , this officer , while a small force held back the enemy , personally fired the railroad bridge , and , although wounded himself , assisted a wounded officer over the burning structure .
142nd Battalion ( London ' s Own ) , CEF The 142nd ( London ' s Own ) Battalion , CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War . Based in London , Ontario , the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in that city . After sailing to England in November 1916 , the battalion was absorbed into the 23rd Reserve Battalion on November 11 , 1916 . The 142nd ( London ' s Own ) Battalion , CEF had one Officer Commanding : Lieut - Col . C . M . R . Graham . Stewart reports that the 142nd Battalion was organized on December 22 , 1915 , with a strength of 574 men . The unit was disbanded after the Great War on September 15 , 1920 . The 142nd Canadian Infantry Battalion was absorbed by the 23rd Reserve Battalion to provide reinforcements for the Canadian Corps in the field . The 142nd Battalion is affiliated with the 1st and 33rd CEF Battalions and is perpetuated by The Royal Canadian Regiment ( RCR ) , Canadian Army . During the Great War the 142nd Battalion ( due to men serving in other active battalions ) received " Battle Honours " at Ypres 1915 - 17 ; Gravenstafel ; St . Julien ; Festubert 1915 ; Mount Sorrel ; Somme 1916 ; Pozières ; Flers - Courcelette ; Ancre Heights ; Arras 1917 - 18 ; Vimy 1917 ; Arleu ; Scarpe 1917 - 18 ; Hill 70 ; Passchendaele ; Amiens ; Drocourt - Queant ; Hindenburg Line ; Canal du Nord ; Pursuit to Mons ; France and Flanders 1915 - 1918 . Lieutenant George Van Wyck Laughton , M . C . ( Vimy Ridge ) of the 7th Regiment Fusiliers ( Militia ) attested to the 142nd Canadian Infantry Battalion in 1915 . Details of the links between the Militia and the Canadian Expeditionary Force are provided on Lt . Laughton ' s web site . References . Meek , John F . " Over the Top ! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War . " Orangeville , Ont . : The Author , 1971 . Stewart , Charles H . " OVERSEAS - The Lineages and Insignia of the Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914 - 1919 . Little & Stewart , Toronto ON , 1970 . Canadian Expeditionary Force MATRIX PROJECT
Battle of Suffolk ( Hill ' s Point ) The Battle of Suffolk at Hill ' s Point , also known as the Battle of Fort Huger , took place from April 11 to May 4 , 1863 , in Suffolk , Virginia , as part of Confederate Lt . Gen . James Longstreet ' s Tidewater operations during the American Civil War . On April 19 , a detachment of the 8th Connecticut and the 89th New York landed on Hill ' s Point at the confluence of the forks of the Nansemond River . This amphibious force assaulted Fort Huger from the rear , quickly capturing its garrison , thus reopening the river to Union shipping . On April 24 , Brig . Gen . Michael Corcoran ' s Union division mounted a reconnaissance - in - force from Fort Dix against Maj . Gen . George E . Pickett ' s extreme right flank . The Federals approached cautiously and were easily repulsed . On April 29 , Gen . Robert E . Lee directed Longstreet to disengage from Suffolk and rejoin the Army of Northern Virginia at Fredericksburg . By May 4 , the last of Longstreet ' s command had crossed the Blackwater River en route to Richmond .
HMS Newt ( shore establishment ) HMS " Newt " was a shore establishment of the British Royal Navy during World War II , based at Newhaven , East Sussex . Service history . It was commissioned on 15 October 1942 as a base for Combined Operations Landing Craft , and consisted of Hards at Seaford and Sleepers Hole ( Newhaven Marina ) , with accommodation on nearby Fort Road . From March 1945 it was used by Naval Parties assigned to " Operation Eclipse " ( the capture of ports in northern Germany ) . " Newt " was decommissioned on 22 June 1945 .
12th Regiment Heavy Artillery U . S . Colored Troops The 12th Regiment Heavy Artillery U . S . Colored Troops was formed at Camp Nelson , Kentucky . It was one of 175 regiments of African American men during the Civil War . Overview . During the Civil War , Kentucky was the last state to accept African American men into their army . In February 1864 there were 400 men who wanted to enlist and Col . Andrew H . Clark began enlisted the men . By June of that year there were 1 , 500 enlisted colored soldiers . June 13 , 1864 restrictions were lifted requiring men to be free or have their owner ' s written permission to engage in the war ; From that point forward anyone that enlisted was emancipated . The 12th Regiment Heavy Artillery U . S . Colored Troops was organized on July 15 , 1864 at Camp Nelson . Until January 1865 it was attached to the 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , District of Kentucky , Dept . of the Ohio . It was then attached to the Military District of Kentucky and Dept . of Kentucky , to April , 1866 . The regiment was responsible for garrison duty at Bowling Green , Camp Nelson and other points until April , 1866 . It mustered out April 24 , 1866 . It was the largest regiment that was organized at Camp Nelson . From June 1864 through April 1865 there were a total of 1 , 418 men enlisted . In one day there were 322 men who enlisted . Information about the regiment has been published in Peter Bruner ' s " A Slave ’ s Adventures Toward Freedom " and the memoir of Elijah P . Marrs . Camp Nelson became the third largest recruiting and training center for African American men : More than 10 , 000 African American men were recruited at Camp Nelson .
USS Kanawha II ( SP - 130 ) USS " Kanawha II " ( SP - 130 ) - - later renamed USS " Piqua " ( SP - 130 ) - - was a yacht acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War I . She was placed into service as an escort for Allied convoys traveling across the dangerous North Atlantic Ocean . At the time , German u - boat s were active in sinking Allied ships , and " Kanawha II " ( later renamed " Piqua " ) provided a valuable service watching out for u - boats and , in one instance , actually attacking one and driving it off . Post - war she was returned to her pre - war owner in July 1919 . Constructed in New York . USS " Kanawha II " was built as the yacht " Kanawha " by Gas Engine and Power Co . and Charles L . Seabury Co . , Morris Heights , New York , in 1898 ; acquired by the U . S . Navy , from her owner , John Borden , 28 April 1917 ; and commissioned the same day as USS " Kanawha II " — to avoid confusion with the U . S . Navy replenishment oiler USS " Kanawha " ( AO - 1 ) - with the designation SP – 130 , Lieutenant Commander John Borden in command . " Kanawha II " was renamed " Piqua " — the first U . S . Navy ship to carry that name — in March 1918 , probably to avoid message confusion with the oiler " Kanawha " ( AO - 1 ) . World War I service . During her first three weeks of naval service , " Kanawha II " performed various duties in the New York area . Then outfitted for distant service , she got underway , for Europe , 9 June 1917 . She arrived at Brest , France , 4 July 1917 , in the vanguard of the flotilla of ships of war sent to France following the entry of the United States into World War I . Two weeks after her arrival she began patrol off Brest . On 3 September 1917 , she sighted her first enemy periscope off the French coast , but was unable to press an attack . Toward the end of November , on the 28th , she sighted another closing on a convoy . She issued a submarine warning and the U - boat was later tracked and sunk by two other patrol vessels equipped with depth bombs . The convoy continued undamaged . On 16 July 1918 , while steaming in convoy the former pleasure craft , renamed " Piqua " 1 March 1918 , sighted the conning tower of a third U - boat - on a heading almost parallel with the course of the convoy . Attacking a German U - boat . " Piqua " closed and at 11 , 000 yards ( 10 , 058 meters ) , firing commenced . The gun crew , unable to see their target , aimed according to ranges and bearings estimated and called down to them from the bridge . Although she scored no hits , her shells forced the U - boat to abandon her prey . " Piqua " continued to operate off the French coast through the end of the war , and into 1919 . Post - war decommissioning and disposal . On 20 May 1919 , " Piqua " sailed for New York City and a month later , after stops in the Azores and at Bermuda , anchored off Tompkinsville , Staten Island , New York . Later shifted to Morris Heights , New York , she decommissioned and was returned to her owner on 1 July 1919 .
George Claghorn George Claghorn ( – , 1824 ) , was an American patriot who served in the War of the American Revolution . After the war , he was awarded the rank of colonel in the Massachusetts militia . Claghorn was the master builder of the USS " Constitution " , " " Old Ironsides " " , in 1794 – 1797 . The " Constitution " is the oldest naval vessel in the world that is still commissioned , afloat and seaworthy . Military career . Claghorn served in the Massachusetts militia during the American revolution . He was shot , wounded in the knee , at the battle of Bunker Hill . After the war , Claghorn was promoted to the rank of colonel in the militia .
WS - 199 Weapons System 199 ( WS - 199 ) was a weapons development program conducted by the United States Air Force to research and develop new strategic weapons systems for Strategic Air Command . Two air - launched and one ground - launched vehicles were developed as part of the program ; while none entered production , they assisted in the development of both the GAM - 87 Skybolt air - launched ballistic missile and that of re - entry vehicles for ballistic missiles . WS - 199A . The designation WS - 199A was applied to Strategic Air Command ' s overall studies of future requirements , that were tested using the hardware developed under the other WS - 199 subprojects . Receiving Congressional approval in 1957 , the WS - 199 project would award contracts to three different companies to develop experimental designs for new , hypersonic weapons . Although none of the weapons were planned to be operational , in an emergency they could be quickly developed for combat service . WS - 199B " Bold Orion " . Developed by Martin Aircraft , the Bold Orion missile was an air - launched ballistic missile , launched from the B - 47 Stratojet medium bomber , with flight tests being carried out in 1958 and 1959 . Early launches of the Bold Orion as a single - stage vehicle were unsuccessful , however a redesign as a two - stage weapon produced improved results , with the remainder of the 12 - launch series establishing the ALBM as a viable vehicle . The final test flight trialed the Bold Orion missile as an anti - satellite missile , passing within of Explorer VI , the first - ever interception of a satellite . WS - 199C " High Virgo " . Developed by Lockheed Aircraft , the High Virgo missile was developed as a single - stage air - launched ballistic missile , launched from the B - 58 Hustler supersonic bomber . Four test flights were conducted during 1958 and 1959 , of which two were successful ; the final launch of the program tested the missile in the anti - satellite role , but suffered telemetry failure . The results of the Bold Orion and High Virgo tests assisted in the development of the WS - 138 specification , which became the GAM - 87 Skybolt ALBM . WS - 199D " Alpha Draco " . Developed by McDonnell Aircraft , the Alpha Draco missile was an experimental , ground - launched , two - stage missile that conducted research on re - entry vehicle s and the boost - glide principle of reentry . Three launches of the vehicle were conducted during 1959 , of which two were successful .
1952 Inter - Camp P . O . W . Olympics The 1952 Inter - Camp P . O . W . Olympics was a mock - Olympic games held in North Korea for UN Prisoners of War during the Korean War . The Games . The 1952 POW Olympics were held between November 15 and 27 , 1952 , in Pyoktong , North Korea . The Chinese hoped to gain worldwide publicity and , whilst some prisoners refused to participate , some 500 P . O . W . s of eleven nationalities took part . They were representative of all the prison camps in North Korea and competed in American football , baseball , softball , basketball , volleyball , track and field , soccer , gymnastics , and boxing . For the P . O . W . s this was an opportunity to meet with friends from other camps . P . O . W . s also acted as photographers , announcers and even reporters , who after each day ' s competition published a ' newspaper ' , the " " Olympic Roundup " " . Use in Propaganda . The 1952 Olympics feature frequently in North Korean PSYWAR pamphlets and leaflets distributed to UN soldiers . The 1952 Olympics allowed Communist forces to point to the good conditions available to those who surrendered .
58 Division ( Sri Lanka ) The 58 Division is an infantry division of the Sri Lanka Army formed in 2008 , prior to which it was known as Task Force 1 from 2007 to 2009 . A principal offensive division , it is currently deployed for combat operations in the Wanni region . The Special Forces Brigade has been attached to the division . Sri Lankan Civil War . Operations . The Division recaptured the strategically important Pooneryn salient and played a major role in the recapture of the Kilinochchi in the Battle of Kilinochchi and the strategically important Elephant Pass the " Gateway to Jaffna " . On 15 January , 58 Division gained total control over Dharmapuram , in Kilinochchi District , a key LTTE stronghold located along the A - 35 Paranthan - Mullaittivu main road . Troops cleared the area of LTTE fighters . On 28 January , troops from the 58th Division gained control of Vishwamadu town , located south - east of Dharmapuram on the A - 35 main road .
Apley Castle Apley Castle was a medieval fortified manor in the village of Hadley , Shropshire , England . History . Apley Castle was a moated , fortified manor house in Hadley near Shrewsbury . By the early 14th century the manor was owned by the Charlton family , who had become major landowners in the region , and in 1327 Sir Alan Charlton received a licence to crenellate the manor house . The building work occurred shortly afterwards , producing a square building set around a central courtyard . Charlton ' s descendants expanded the castle considerably into an Elizabethan mansion during the late 16th and early 17th century , using grey ashlar stone . In 1642 the castle passed by marriage to Thomas Hanmer , who married Francis Charlton . With the outbreak of the English Civil War that year between the supporters of King Charles and Parliament , Hanmer , a royalist , fortified the mansion , which formed a valuable strategic stronghold close to Shrewsbury . Encouraged by Francis Charlton ' s younger brother , the castle was sacked by Parliamentary forces during the war : £1 , 500 of damage was done and the lead from the roof was stolen for use at Shrewsbury Castle . A second mansion , also called Apley Castle , was subsequently built between 1791 - 4 for the Charltons , and the repaired first castle was reused as the stableblock for this building . This building was demolished in 1955 and the stables fell into disrepair . In 1996 the stables , including their medieval elements , were renovated and turned into a private house . The site is a Grade 2 * listed building .
Xinjiang raid The January 2007 Xinjiang raid was carried out on January 5 , 2007 by the Chinese police against a suspected East Turkestan Islamic Movement training camp in Akto County in the Pamir plateau near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan . A spokesperson for the Xinjiang Public Security Department said that 18 terror suspects were killed and 17 captured . The raid also resulted in the death of one Chinese paramilitary officer Huang Qiang , age 21 , and the injury of another officer . Authorities confiscated hand grenades , guns , and makeshift explosives from the site . In reaction , many exiled Uyghur leaders quickly have questioned the motives behind the raid . Rebiya Kadeer , Uyghur human - rights activist , has called for an independent UN investigation into the raid , while Alim Seytoff , executive chairman of the World Uighur Congress , claims the Chinese government has yet to produce evidence to substantiate the camp ' s connections to terrorism . In response , Zhao Yongchen , vice head of the Xinjiang counterterrorism forces , reiterated the reality of the camp ' s terrorist threat . According to Rafael Poch , at the time correspondent in China for the Spanish journal La Vanguardia , the whole incident was the result of a local altercation between Uyghurs and Chinese authorities , with the privatization of a coal mine as the cause . After one policeman was killed in the riot , Chinese security forces shot dead several local Uyghurs who had sought refuge in nearby mountains , later covering up the entire event as a " counter - terrorist operation " .
Treddy Ketcham William Tredwell ( Treddy ) Ketcham Jr . ( August 6 , 1919 – July 18 , 2006 ) was a United States military in World War II and a sports director in tennis and squash afterwards . Life . Ketcham was born on August 6 , 1919 . In 1941 he began study at Yale University , at a time when more and more countries became involved in the Second World War . Shortly after enrolling he interrupted his study to serve as a marine for the United States Armed Forces . At the beginning of 1945 , he commanded the 1st Company 3rd Battalion of the 24th Regiment of the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific War . During the Battle of Iwo Jima he was wounded by a bullet in his arm and shrapnel in his leg . Despite his wounds and loss of blood he refused to be evacuated . With the risk of losing his own life , he led his troops off the strand and launched a successful counterattack against some twenty Japanese soldiers that had been firing upon them . After the war he graduated from Yale Law School , and worked for the American Secretary of State in London , as a special assistant to the Chairman of NATO . Upon returning to New York City he served for the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell . He was subsequently hired as a special counsel for IBM until his pension in 1984 . Outside his career , Ketcham was a passionate tennis and squash player . For these sports he worked on the highest administrative ranks . As such he was president of the United States Squash Racquets Association , and for many years director of the International Lawn Tennis Club ( USIC ) . Next to that he participated in many other boards , like the Saint Nicholas Society , the Riot Relief Fund and the Society of Colonial Wars of the state of New York . Ketcham was from an old New York family . He was a direct descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt . He died on July 18 , 2006 , in Lawrence ( Long Island ) . Recognition . For his heroic action at Iwo Jima Beach at the beginning of 1945 he was distinguished with the Navy Cross . Furthermore he was mentioned as an exemplary marine at the presentation of the " Freedom Medal " as well as in the category of " Freedom from fear " of the Four Freedoms Award s . References . http : / / www . jamestownpress . com / news / 2006 - 03 - 23 / Obituaries / 025 . html
36th Ohio Infantry The 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment ( or 36th OVI ) was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Recruited from several counties in southeastern Ohio , the 36th OVI participated in several battles in the Eastern Theater before being transferred for a period to the Western Theater . In 1864 , it returned to the East and participated in the Valley Campaigns of 1864 . Service . The 36th Ohio was raised at Marietta , Ohio , between July 30 and August 31 , 1861 . After training and drilling , the new regiment moved to Summerville in what is now West Virginia , on September 10 . It engaged in several raids and operations in the region and helped win a decisive victory at Lewisburg . In August 1862 the regiment moved into the defenses of Washington , D . C . Shortly thereafter , the 36th participated in the Northern Virginia Campaign and in the Second Battle of Bull Run . During the subsequent Maryland Campaign , the 36th , as part of the Army of the Potomac , attacked Confederate forces on South Mountain and then took part in the Battle of Antietam on September 17 . In 1863 , the regiment moved to Eastern Tennessee and participated in several actions , including the Battle of Hoover ' s Gap and smaller engagements near the Cumberland Gap . It then fought at Chickamauga in northern Georgia in September . It also was in action during the Chattanooga Campaign ( Brown ' s Ferry and Missionary Ridge ) . When the regiment ' s term of enlistment expired late in the year , a majority of the men voted to re - enlist in January 1864 earning the unit the title of Veteran Volunteer Infantry . They were part of Crook ' s Expedition against the Virginia & Tennessee Railroad in early May and fought in the Battle of Cloyd ' s Mountain and in other smaller engagements in the region ( Lynchburg ) , as well as participating in many of the battles of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 ( Second Kernstown , Berryville , Opequon , Fisher ' s Hill , and Cedar Creek ) . The regiment was mustered out on July 27 , 1865 . The 36th Ohio suffered 4 officers and 136 enlisted men killed in battle or died from wounds , and 163 enlisted men dead from disease , for a total of 303 fatalities .
276th Engineer Battalion ( United States ) The 276th Engineer Battalion is an engineer battalion of the Army National Guard . Lineage . Organized in May 1791 from existing elements in the Virginia Militia at Richmond as the Richmond City Regiment commanding , mustered into Federal service in 1813 to consist of : First Corps d ’ Elite Brigade mustered out of Federal service in 1814 23d ( Chesterfield County [ organized in 1791 ] ) , and 33d ( Henrico County [ organized in 1791 ] ) Regiments , and consolidated unit designated as the 1st Regiment , Virginia Volunteers , with Headquarters at Richmond ( First Virginia ) . Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1861 as the 1st Virginia Infantry ; concurrently , mustered into Confederate service at Manassas Called into Federal service 18 June 1916 ; mustered into Federal service 30 June 1916 at Richmond ; mustered out of Federal service 16 January 1917 at Richmond A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 inch ( 2 . 54 cm ) in height consisting of a shield blazoned : Azure , a saltire Gray fimbriated Argent , to chief a fleur - de - lis of the like ; on a chief of the last a cross Gules charged with an arrow fesswise of the third . Attached below the shield a Silver scroll inscribed " LIBERTY OR DEATH " in Blue letters . The shield is blue for Infantry . The gray saltire commemorates service in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War . The fleur - de - lis symbolizes the service in France during World War I . The red cross ( the cross of St . George ) refers to the settlement of Virginia by the English and with the arrow alludes to the French and Indian War and participation as colonial militia . The red cross also refers to the Revolutionary service of the unit ' s predecessor . The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 1st Infantry Regiment on 7 June 1929 . It was redesignated for the 176th Infantry Regiment on 3 March 1941 . The insignia was redesignated for the 276th Engineer Battalion , Virginia Army National Guard and amended to change the symbolism on 29 January 1968 . Campaign streamers . War of 1812 Mexican War Civil War ( Confederate service ) World War I War on Terrorism Valorous Unit Award , streamer embroidered Afghanistan 2009