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Curtis F . Shoup Curtis F . Shoup ( January 11 , 1921 – January 7 , 1945 ) received the Medal of Honor for acts of bravery near Tillet in Belgium ( now a deelgemeente of Sainte - Ode ) on January 7 , 1945 . He was a graduate of Oswego High School in Oswego , New York . He is buried in North Scriba Union Cemetery in Scriba , New York and his grave can be found in Lot 290 , which is in the 3rd row from the entrance driveway , 14th headstone from the public highway ( North Road , also known as County Route 1 ) . GPS coordinates : Datum WGS84 , 43° 29 ' 18 . 9 " N , 76° 23 ' 30 . 5 " W Shoup joined the army from Buffalo , New York in August 1942 . Medal of Honor citation . Staff Sergeant , U . S . Army , Company I , 346th Infantry , 87th Infantry Division . Entered service at : Buffalo , NY Birth : Napenoch , N . Y . Place and date : Near Tillet , Belgium , January 7 , 1945 . G . O . No . : 60 , July 25 , 1945 . Citation : On January 7 , 1945 , near Tillet , Belgium , his company attacked German troops on rising ground . Intense hostile machinegun fire pinned down and threatened to annihilate the American unit in an exposed position where frozen ground made it impossible to dig in for protection . Heavy mortar and artillery fire from enemy batteries was added to the storm of destruction falling on the Americans . Realizing that the machinegun must be silenced at all costs , S / Sgt . Shoup , armed with an automatic rifle , crawled to within 75 yards of the enemy emplacement . He found that his fire was ineffective from this position , and completely disregarding his own safety , stood up and grimly strode ahead into the murderous stream of bullets , firing his low - held weapon as he went . He was hit several times and finally was knocked to the ground . But he struggled to his feet and staggered forward until close enough to hurl a grenade , wiping out the enemy machinegun nest with his dying action . By his heroism , fearless determination , and supreme sacrifice , S / Sgt . Shoup eliminated a hostile weapon which threatened to destroy his company and turned a desperate situation into victory . Namkesake . The USNS Sgt . Curtis F . Shoup ( T - AG - 175 ) was named in his honor .
Soviet minesweeper T - 120 T - 120 was a minesweeper of the Soviet Navy during World War II and the Cold War . She had originally been built as USS " Assail " ( AM - 147 ) , an , for the United States Navy during World War II , but never saw active service in the U . S . Navy . Upon completion she was transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend - Lease as " T - 120 " ; she was never returned to the United States . " T - 120 " was sunk by in the Kara Sea in September 1944 . Because of the Cold War , the U . S . Navy was unaware of this fate and the vessel remained on the American Naval Vessel Register until she was struck on 1 January 1983 . Career . " Assail " was laid down on 1 November 1942 at Tampa , Florida , by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co . ; launched on 27 December 1942 ; sponsored by Miss M . T . Hicks ; and completed on 5 October 1943 . She was transferred to the Soviet Union on the day she was completed under the lend - lease program , and she served the Soviet Navy as T - 120 until she was torpedo ed and sunk 24 September 1944 in the Kara Sea by German submarine . Never returned , " Assail " was carried on the American Naval Vessel Register as MSF - 147 after 7 February 1955 until struck on 1 January 1983 .
First Battle of Tabasco The First Battle of Tabasco was fought during the Mexican – American War , in October 1846 . Background . The battle was part of the efforts of the Home Fleet of the United States Navy to blockade the main Mexican ports in the Gulf of Mexico . Battle . Commodore Matthew Perry led a detachment of seven vessels along the coast of the Mexican state of Tabasco . He arrived at the Tabasco River ( now the Grijalva River ) on 22 October and seized the town of Frontera and two ships . Leaving a small garrison behind , he advanced with his troops towards the city of San Juan Bautista ( today Villahermosa ) . Perry arrived in the city on 24 October , seizing five Mexican vessels . Colonel Juan Bautista Traconis , governor and military commander of Tabasco lacked the strength to fight the invading forces , so fled . However , at night , Traconis ' s forces returned to the city , barricading themselves inside buildings . Traconis received a delegation of U . S . Marines who requested their surrender , but responded " Tell Commodore Perry that I would sooner die with my garrison before handing over this place . " Perry realized that a bombardment of the city was the only option to drive out the Mexican troops , and withdrew his forces to prepare them for the attack . On the morning of October 26 , as Perry ' s troops prepared to launch their assault , the Mexican forces began firing . As the U . S troops began to bombard the town , the flagpole of the Mexican headquarters was shot though and fell . The Americans , believing that this signalled a surrender , stopped firing and sent a delegation to investigate , receiving the same answer as before from Traconis , who then fixed the flagpole to the tower of the Church , and the battle recommenced , continuing until evening . Unable to capture the city , Perry decided to leave and return to Frontera , where he established a naval blockade .
Battle of Azukizaka ( 1542 ) In the first Oda Nobuhide defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto , setting the stage for his son , Oda Nobunaga , to become one of Japan ' s greatest warlords . Despite the defeat , later in 1548 , Imagawa defeated Nobuhide in the second battle of Azukizaka and continued to expand his territory until 1560 , when he faced Nobunaga and was killed in the Battle of Okehazama .
Rafi ibn al - Layth Rafi ibn al - Layth ibn Nasr ibn Sayyar was a Khurasani Arab noble who led a large - scale rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate in 806 – 809 . He was the grandson of the last Umayyad governor of Khurasan , Nasr ibn Sayyar , and served as governor of Samarkand under Ali ibn Isa ibn Mahan , the governor of Khurasan . Ali ' s ruthless exploitation of the province and oppressive fiscal measures caused much resentment among the local elites . Consequently , when in 806 Rafi launched a revolt in Samarkand , it spread quickly across Khurasan , finding support both among the Arabs and the Iranian natives . Rafi also secured the support of the Oghuz and Karluk Turks . The Caliph Harun al - Rashid dismissed Ali and replaced him with Harthama ibn A ' yan , and in 808 marched himself east to deal with the situation , but died in march 809 while at Tus . After Harun ' s death , Rafi chose to surrender himself to Harun ' s son and new governor of Khurasan , al - Ma ' mun . He was pardoned , and nothing more is known of him after .
CSS Charleston CSS " Charleston " was an ironclad ram built for the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War . Construction at Charleston , South Carolina was authorized in fall 1862 and the ship was laid down in December 1862 , entering service nine months later . The " Charleston " served as the Charleston Squadron ' s flagship alongside CSS " Palmetto State " and CSS " Chicora " during the defense of that city . Captained by Cdr . Isaac N . Brown . Set on fire and abandoned in Charleston harbor on 18 February 1865 to prevent capture , along with her sister ships , as the city was evacuated by the Confederates . " Charleston " was underpowered with unreliable engines .
57th Signal Company ( United States ) Formed in 1947 , the 57th Signal Company is an independent communications company of the U . S . Army . The 57th Signal Company has served in Germany , Korea , Vietnam , Alaska , and Iraq . The company is currently quartered in Germany . The unit ' s current nickname is “ Titans ” History . Constituted 4 December 1943 , in the US Army as the 311th Signal Service Battalion , it was activated 27 December 1943 at Fort Monmouth , New Jersey . It was redesignated the 77th Signal Service Battalion 18 June 1947 . 20 October 1947 , it was reorganized and redesignated as the 57th Signal Service Company . It was inactivated in Germany , 5 March 1949 . It was redesignated on 5 February 1953 as the 57th Signal Support Company . 12 March 1953 , it was reactivated in Korea . 15 April 1954 it was reorganized and redesignated as the 57th Signal Company . The 57th Signal Company was reactivated in Schweinfurt on 16 February 2006 by redesignation of Company A , 121st Signal Battalion . The 57th Signal Company deployed with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team , 1st Infantry Division , in Operation Iraqi Freedom 5 - 6 . The 57th Signal company employed the Joint Network Node equipment suite and is a model for the new signal support concept for " brigade units of action " ( BUA ) . The 57th Signal Company currently supports the 172nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team ( Separate ) . List of activation and inactivation dates and places : Campaigns . Vietnam Tet 69 . Counteroffensive , Summer - Fall 1969 , Winter - Spring 1970 Korea 3rd Korean Winter , Summer 1953 WWII Northern and Central Europe Iraq Operation Iraqi Freedom , Fall 2006 Iraq Operation Iraqi Freedom , Winter 2008
John Heaton - Armstrong Sir John Dunamace Heaton - Armstrong , MVO ( 1888 – 1967 ) was a long - serving English officer of arms at the College of Arms in London . During the First World War he was commissioned into the Cavalry Branch of the Reserve of Officers of the British Indian Army as a second lieutenant , and was later promoted to lieutenant . His first heraldic appointment at the College came on 6 April 1922 , when he was made Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary . On 14 October 1926 , Heaton - Armstrong was promoted to the position of Chester Herald of Arms in Ordinary . This office was made vacant by the promotion of Arthur Cochrane to the office of Norroy King of Arms . He was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order ( fourth class ) ( MVO ) in 1937 . While holding this post , Heaton - Armstrong took a leave from the College of Arms to fight in World War II . During this conflict , he rose to the rank of squadron leader in the Administrative and Special Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force . He relinquished his commission in 1944 , and returned to the College of Arms , and was knighted in the Coronation Honours of 1953 . In 1956 , with the death of Archibald George Blomefield Russel , Heaton - Armstrong was promoted to the office of Clarenceux King of Arms . As such , he was responsible for the granting of arms in his jurisdiction south of the River Trent . No doubt because of his war service and perhaps by virtue of his being a King of Arms , Heaton - Armstrong held for some period the honorary post of Inspector of Royal Air Force Badges . Heaton - Armstrong continued to serve as Clarenceux until his own death in late 1967 . Heaton - Armstrong ' s own coat of arms was blazon ed " Quarterly ( 1 and 4 ) Gules three dexter Arms embowed in armour Argent the Hands closed proper ( 2 and 3 ) Vert a Lion rampant Argent " .
Farme Castle Farme Castle was located in Rutherglen , to the south - west of Glasgow , Scotland . It stood east of Farme Cross where the A724 meets the A749 trunk road . The castle keep acted as one corner of a courtyard , formed by an extension in the form of a castellated mansion . High walls and subsidiary buildings completed the courtyard . There was an ornate arched gateway to the courtyard adjacent to the keep . The old keep was of three storeys and a garret , above a corbel led - out parapet with machicolation s and water spouts . An old ceiling was removed in 1917 to reveal an ancient wooden ceiling , which carried writing alluding to the Stewart s , and the date was 1325 . The castle was a simple keep of the 15th century , possibly built on an older core . Robert the Bruce had granted the Farme Castle estate to Walter The Steward . The estate later passed to the Douglases . From 1482 to 1599 it belonged to the Crawfords , and became known as Crawford ’ s Farme . It was demolished in the 1960s , by which time it was being used as a repository for redundant mining equipment .
Boeing F - 15K Slam Eagle The Boeing F - 15K Slam Eagle is an improved variant of the McDonnell Douglas F - 15E Strike Eagle made to the Republic of South Korea Air Force . Description . The F - 15K is an advanced derivative of the U . S Air Force combat - proven F - 15E Strike Eagle aircraft being developed for the ( RoKAF ) . The new aircraft will be more resistant and maintainable than the current F - 15E models . The aircraft is being re - designed to carry 23 , 000 pounds of payload , reach Mach 2 . 5 and incorporate the latest military technologies . Its multi - role capabilities will enable F - 15K to perform air - to - air , air - to - ground and air - to - sea missions . It retains the long range feature from F - 15E . The F - 15K will include the advanced AN / APG - 63 ( V ) 1 radar , improved ALQ - 135 electronic countermeasures called ALQ - 135M , a third generation targeting and navigation FLIR , an IRST ( infrared search and track ) for air - to - air engagements , the ALR - 56C ( V ) 1 warning system , and the JHMCS helmet - mounted displays . In addition , the F - 15K will be able to launch advanced weaponry already fielded or under development . In 2002 , South Korea / the Republic of Korea ordered 40 F - 15K worth $ 4 . 2 billion including a weapons package for its F - X program with deliveries beginning in 2005 and ending in August 2008 . The F - 15K Strike Eagle maiden flight occurred on March 3 , 2005 , in Saint Louis . Subsequently , the first F - 15K for the Republic of Korea rolled out at Boeing ' s facility in Saint Louis , Missouri , on March 16 , 2005 . In April 2005 , Boeing accepted the first fighter jet wing and forward fuselage made by Korea Aerospace Industries ( KAI ) in Sachon , South Korea . KAI will produce components for 32 of the 40 aircraft ordered by the RoKAF with the final assembly conducted in Saint Louis . The first two aircraft were delivered to the Republic of Korea Air Force during the Seoul Air Show in October 2005 . The F - 15K Slam Eagle was the first F - 15E variant entitled to carry up to 12 JDAM / Mk - 82 500 pounds bombs on the aircraft ' s conformal fuel tanks stations . The armament options of the F - 15K also highlights Harpoon Block II , SLAM ER and AIM - 9X missiles .
1st Cossack Division The 1st Cossack Division ( ) was a Russian Cossack division of the German Army that served during World War II . It was created on the Eastern Front mostly out of Don Cossacks already serving in the Wehrmacht , those who escaped from the advancing Red Army and Soviet POW s . In 1945 , the division was transferred to the Waffen SS . At the end of the war , the unit ceased to exist . Military history . Upon the formation of the unit in April 1943 , the Division was dispatched to Croatia , where they were placed under the command of the Second Panzer Army and were used to provide rear area security to the army . The Division ' s first fighting engagement was on October 12 , 1943 , when the unit was dispatched against Yugoslav partisans in Fruška Gora Mountains . In the operation the Cossacks aided by 15 tanks and 1 armoured car captured the village of Beocin with the partisan HQ . Subsequently the unit was used to protect the Zagreb - Belgrade railroad and the Sava valley . Several regiments of the division took part in several anti - partisan operations and guarded the Sarajevo railroad against the partisans . As part of a wide anti - partisan operation " Napfkuchen " the Cossack division was transferred to Croatia , where it fought against partisans and chetniks in 1944 . In 1944 , the unit saw heavy action in Yugoslavia and suffered losses when Siberian Cossacks 2nd Regiment was surrounded by the partisans and held on for several days until other Cossack regiments were able to provide relief and break the encirclement . The Cossacks ' first engagement against the Red Army happened in December 1944 near Pitomača . The fighting resulted in Soviet withdrawal from the area . In January 1945 , the 1st Cossack Division together with the 2nd Cossack Division was transferred to the Waffen - SS . As " 1 . SS - Kosaken - Kavallerie - Division " it became part of the newly formed XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps . At the end of the war , Cossacks of the division found themselves in Austria and surrendered to British troops . Even though they were given assurances that they would not be turned over to the Soviets , they nevertheless were forcibly removed from the compound and transferred to the USSR . This event became known as the Betrayal of the Cossacks . Most of the Cossacks were executed for treason . Order of battle . The 1st Cossack Division was created on August 4 , 1943 , by combining the Cossack Platow Cavalry Regiment of von Pannwitz with the Jungschults Cavalry Regiment . The 1st Cossack Division was composed of the following units : Auxiliary troops . The total numerical strength of the Division was 13 . 000 Cossacks and 4 . 500 Germans .
908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron The 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron is a provisional United States Air Force ( USAF ) unit . It was last known to be assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Operations Group , Al Dhafra Air Base , United Arab Emirates . Its current status is undetermined . History . The squadron was established on 20 Mar 1963 and Activated on 01 Jul 1963 by Strategic Air Command at Kincheloe AFB , Michigan and equipped with Boeing KC - 135 Stratotanker s . Its mission was to provide air refueling to the Boeing B - 52 Stratofortress strategic bombers of its parent 449th Bombardment Wing and other USAF units as directed . The unit deployed individual aircraft and crews to the Western Pacific region between 1966 and 1975 to support combat operations of deployed SAC units and tactical aircraft over Indochina during the Vietnam War . It was inactivated on 30 September 1977 with the closure of Kincheloe AFB ; with personnel and equipment reassigned to other units . The squadron was reactivated as a provisional squadron in about 2002 as a part of the War on Terror , equipped with a mixture of KC - 135s and McDonnell Douglas KC - 10 Extender s ; and was active as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom conducting combat air refueling . The squadron ' s current status is undetermined . Air Force Lineage and History Documents do not support the unit was assigned to the 4239th Strategic Wing between 1959 and 1963 . Air Force Lineage records requested from Maxwell AFB also show the unit was Consolidated with the 408th Bombardment Squadron ( Medium ) a former B - 47 Squadron assigned to the 22d Bombardment Wing at March AFB , CA , the 408th was active between 1959 and 1962 .
Inspector of Fighters Inspector of Fighters ( German language : " Inspekteur der Jagdflieger " redesignated to " General der Jagdflieger " ( General of Fighters ) ) was not a rank but a leading position within the High Command of the German Luftwaffe in Nazi Germany . The inspector was responsible for the readiness , training and tactics of the fighter force . It was not an operational command .
Walter P . Lane Walter Paye Lane ( February 18 , 1817 – January 28 , 1892 ) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War who also served in the armies of the Republic of Texas and the United States of America . Early life . Lane was born in County Cork , Ireland . The Lane family emigrated to Fairview in Guernsey County , Ohio , in 1821 , and moved to Kentucky in 1825 . In 1836 Lane moved to Texas to participate in its war for independence against Mexico . After Texas had gained its independence , Lane lived in San Augustine County in East Texas and then San Antonio , where he briefly served as a Texas Ranger . In 1846 Lane joined the First Regiment , Texas Mounted Riflemen , as a first lieutenant to fight in the Mexican - American War . Lane fought with honors at the Battle of Monterey and was later given the rank of major and command of his own battalion . After the Mexican - American War , Lane wandered about doing various things in Arizona , California , and Peru before opening a mercantile business in Marshall , Texas , in 1858 . Civil War . When the Civil War broke out , Lane was among the first Texans to call for secession . Lane ' s military reputation was so great that the first volunteer Confederate company raised in Harrison County was named for him , though Lane would join the 3rd Texas Cavalry . Lane participated in the battles of Wilson ' s Creek , Missouri , Chustenahlah , Pea Ridge and both the Siege of Corinth and Second Battle of Corinth . Lane led the 3rd Texas at the battle of Franklin , Mississippi , and was commended by General P . G . T . Beauregard for his efforts . Lane was severely wounded in the Battle of Mansfield in 1864 , where Confederates forces rebuffed a push to capture either or both Shreveport , Louisiana , or Marshall , Texas . Before the war ended , Lane was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in 1865 , being confirmed on the last day the Confederate Congress met . Postbellum career . After the Civil War Lane returned to Marshall where he helped to establish the Texas Veterans Association . After Reconstruction , Lane and his brother George , a local judge , founded the first White Citizens Party in Texas and ran Republicans and African - Americans out of Marshall . With Democratic white hegemony brutally reestablished in Marshall and Harrison County , Lane declared the city and county " redeemed " . He died in Marshall , Texas , and is buried in the Marshall Cemetery near downtown Marshall . His memoirs , " The Adventures and Recollections of General Walter P . Lane " , were published posthumously in 1928 .