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USS Almax II ( SP - 268 ) USS " Almax II " ( SP - 268 ) was a motorboat acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War I . She was outfitted with light guns and assigned patrol duty in the Chesapeake Bay area . Post - war she served with the U . S . Coast and Geodetic Survey before being sold in 1920 . Construction . " Almax II " ( SP - 268 ) - - a motorboat constructed in 1912 at Salisbury , Maryland , by the Salisbury Marine Construction Co . - - was acquired by the U . S . Navy on 18 May 1917 from Mr . F . Mayer of Baltimore , Maryland , and commissioned on 18 May 1917 . World War I service . Assigned to the section patrol , " Almax II " cruised the waters of the 5th Naval District through the end of World War I . She served with Squadron 2 and operated primarily between Newport News and Norfolk , Virginia . Post - war service . After the war , the boat continued to serve until 28 March 1919 when she was transferred to the Department of Commerce for use by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey . " Almax II " was returned to Navy custody on 21 February 1920 . Final decommissioning . She was sold on 14 July 1920 ; and , presumably , her name was struck from the Navy list at that time .
Dave Richard Palmer Dave Richard Palmer ( born May 31 , 1934 ) is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General , former Superintendent of the West Point ( 1986 – 1991 ) , military historian and author , and former President of Walden University . A 1956 graduate of West Point , he served two tours in the Vietnam War and numerous command positions during the height of the Cold War . Early life and education . Palmer was born in Ada , Oklahoma , on May 31 , 1934 . He grew up in New York and Texas , receiving his appointment to the academy from Texas and graduating 37th in his class from West Point in 1956 . He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the armor branch and embarked on a military career that spanned the Cold War era . During his military career , Palmer received a Master ' s Degree in history from Duke University . Military career . Palmer ' s initial assignment was as an armor officer in Berlin . He commanded a tank company in the 1st Armored Division , and would later command that same division . From 1969 to 1971 , he commanded the 2nd Battalion , 33rd Armor in the 3rd Armored Division . His brigade command was of the 1st Brigade , 2nd Armored Division , Fort Hood , Texas , from 1976 to 1977 . His career saw two tours in Vietnam , one of these at the Vietnamese National Military Academy . Palmer ' s staff and academic assignments included a tour as an instructor in the Department of Military Art and Engineering at West Point where he wrote " The River and the Rock " in 1969 . He also served as the Deputy Commandant of the Army Command and General Staff College . He also served multiple assignments with the Joints Chiefs of Staff and Army staff at the Pentagon . Post military . Upon completion as his tour as West Point Superintendent , Palmer retired from the Army in 1991 . He joined the Board of Directors of Walden University the following year . From 1995 to 1999 , he served as president of Walden University , where he pioneered distance learning methods . Under Palmer ' s leadership , enrollment at the university doubled , and now has more than 10 , 000 students . From 1999 to 2000 he was Chief Executive Officer of Walden e - Learning , Incorporated . Palmer has been a prolific author throughout his career and is recognized as a premier military historian , publishing several books , including " River and the Rock : The History of Fortress West Point 1775 - 1783 " , " George Washington and Benedict Arnold : A Tale of Two Patriots " , " 1794 : America , Its Army , and the Birth of the Nation " , and " Summons of Trumpet : US - Vietnam in Perspective " .
13th Infantry Division Re The 13th Infantry Division " Re " ( " King " ) was an Infantry Division of the Italian Army during World War II . The " Re " Division was mobilized in June 1940 , and took part in the Invasion of Yugoslavia . It was used as an occupation force in Croatia and took part in anti partisan operations and the Battle of the Neretva . In September 1943 when it returned to Italy and surrendered to the Germans after the Italian capitulation . Anti - Partisan Operations in Croatia . Operation " K " . Operation " K " between 23 – 28 March 1942 , was an anti - partisan operation carried out over six days by the Italian V Corps . The objective was to break through to and relieve the surrounded garrisons in Titova Korenica , Udbina and Donji Lapac the operation was successful and the division suffered only light casualties . Operation " Provincia di Lubiana " . Operation " Provincia di Lubiana " between 12 July – 7 August 1942 , was an anti - partisan operation to clear Partisans from the mountainous area north west of Delnice near the border with Slovenia . The objective was to destroy their supply bases and alienate the local population against the partisans . The operation was part of a larger anti - partisan operation . The Division carried out a scorched earth campaign by destroying the local harvest , burning 1 , 000 homes . They were also involved in the murder of 200 civilians and interning another 2 , 500 men and women in a concentration camp . Commander . General Benedetto Fiorenzoli
Inter - American Defense Board The Inter - American Defense Board is an international committee of nationally appointed defense officials who develop collaborative approaches on common defense and security issues facing countries in North , Central , and South America . The IADB provides technical advice and services to the Organization of American States ( OAS ) . The IADB was created in 1942 by foreign ministers of 21 states , in the middle of World War II . It is now the oldest existing defense organization in the world . In March 2006 , the OAS assumed formal authority over the IADB . As of that date , 26 of the 34 members of OAS were also members of the IADB . Inter - American Defense College . The Board also maintains the Inter - American Defense College ( IADC ) . The IADC offers an eleven - month program for senior military and government officials that covers governmental systems , the current international environment , and the structure and function of the Inter - American system , and offers an opportunity to study broad - based security issues affecting the Western Hemisphere and the world . Inter - American Defense Board Medal . The Inter - American Defense Board Medal is an international military decoration . It is awarded to any military officer , serving in a member nation of the OAS , who completes a tour of service with the IADB . The award is also presented to military personnel who serve on the staff of the IADB Chairman or Secretariat , and for those who complete instructor tours at the IADC .
USS A - 1 ( SP - 1370 ) " A - 1 " ( SP - 1370 ) was a converted houseboat used by the United States Navy during World War I . She was assigned the section patrol number SP - 1370 for use as a patrol vessel . The " A - 1 " was built in 1911 by Sillit Buchanan . Early in the war , the houseboat was inspected for possible naval service , and was taken over from F . E . Wright of San Pedro , California on 6 October 1917 . The vessel was placed into service for the Navy on 30 December 1917 . She operated in the waters of southern California through the end of World War I . Her logs end on 9 December 1918 . So far no record of the boat ' s subsequent fate has survived .
No . 292 Squadron RAF No . 292 Squadron RAF was an air - sea rescue ( ASR ) squadron of the Royal Air Force operating in the Bay of Bengal during the Second World War . History . 292 squadron was formed at RAF Jessore , Bengal , ( then ) British India , on 1 February 1944 , as a dedicated air - sea rescue squadron equipped with Walrus flying boats . A detachment of the squadron was sent further south , in Ceylon . In April the squadron received a number of Vickers Warwick patrol aircraft , but these were found to be unsuitable in the tropical climate , and in December 1944 they received Consolidated Liberator Mk . VI s as replacements . In November 1944 the squadron already received a number of Supermarine Sea Otter s , a bit more modern flying boat . The squadron were posted to RAF Agartala in February 1945 , as operations had shifted further eastwards through Burma ; they were located there when the squadron was disbanded on 14 June . Its duties were then taken over by three independent flights , No ' s 1347 , 1348 and 1349 Flight RAF .
Mentes In Greek mythology , Mentes ( Μέντης ) is the name of two different Trojan War leaders , the King of the Cicones ( according to the Iliad ) and the King of the Taphians and the son of Antiloches ( according to the " Odyssey " ) . In Book XVII of The Iliad , Apollo disguises himself as Mentes to encourage Hector to fight Menelaus , ( " Hector , now you ' re going after something you ' ll not catch , chasing the horses of warrior Achilles , descendant of Aeacus . No mortal man , except Achilles , can control or drive them , for an immortal mother gave him birth . Meanwhile , warrior Menelaus , Atreus ' son , standing by Patroclus , has just killed the best man of the Trojans , Euphorbus , son of Panthous , ending his brave fight . " ) In The Odyssey , a deity again takes on the form of Mentes . This time , in Book I , the Goddess Athena disguises herself as Mentes ( son of Anchialos ) , an old family friend of Odysseus , when she goes to visit his son , Telemachus . Athena , disguised as him , tells Telemachus that he is sailing to the city of Temese with his own crew , claiming that he is in search of copper . " Mentes " ( truly Athena ) recommends that Telemachus should call a counsel to try to remove the suitors and travel to Pylos and Sparta to learn of his father .
Battle of Puente Sanpayo The Battle of Puente Sanpayo or Battle of San Payo ( " Galician : Ponte Sampaio " ) took place at Ponte Sampaio , Pontevedra , between 7 – 9 June 1809 during the Peninsular War . The Spanish forces commanded by Colonel Pablo Morillo defeated the French forces of Marshall Michel Ney . Ney and his forces were forced to retreat and the French offensive to re - capture the cities of Vigo and Pontevedra was a failure . The battle marked the final evacuation of Galicia by the French army and the creation of a new front .
Russian rescue ship KIL - 168 KIL - 168 is a Project 141 ( NATO reporting name : Kashtan class ) large mooring / buoy tender of the Russian Navy , built by the Neptun Werft Shipyard in Rostock , East Germany , launched on 30 September 1989 , and commissioned on 5 October 1990 . The Kashtan class tenders were developed from the Sura class , and are equipped with a 100 ton heavy lift gantry at the stern . " KIL - 168 " is attached to the 34th Rescue Ships Brigade , Pacific Fleet and based at Vladivostok . In August 2005 , it served as support in the rescue of the DSRV AS - 28 after it became tangled in underwater antenna cables .
Adolf Weitkunat Adolf Weitkunat ( 7 February 1895 – 28 June 1988 ) was a highly decorated Oberst 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 .
USS Mobile ( 1854 ) USS " Mobile " ( 1854 ) was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy as part of blockade forces to prevent Confederate forces from trading with other countries . " Mobile " , a side wheel steamer built as " Tennessee " at Baltimore , Maryland , in 1854 for Charles Morgan ’ s Texas Line , was seized by Maj . Gen . M . Lovell , CSA , at New Orleans , Louisiana , 15 January 1862 , and put into service as a Confederate government operated blockade runner ; captured by U . S . forces at New Orleans 25 April 1862 ; and commissioned as " Tennessee " 8 May 1862 , Acting Master John D . Childs in command . Assigned to the West Gulf Blockade . Assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron , she took part in the capture of Port Hudson , Louisiana , 9 July 1863 , and of Fort Morgan , and Fort Gaines in August 1864 . Able to vie in speed with the faster blockade runners , she captured or assisted in the capture of seven Confederate vessels : " Alabama " , " Friendship " , and " Jane " in 1863 , and " Allison " , " Annie Verden " , " Louisia " , and " Emily " in 1864 . Her speed also brought numerous assignments as a dispatch boat for the squadron , taking her from Pensacola , Florida , to gulf coast points as far away as the mouth of the Rio Grande . Sent to New York City for repairs . On 1 September 1864 , following the capture of ironclad CSS Tennessee and her commissioning as a ship of the U . S . Navy , the side wheeler steamer was renamed " Mobile " . Heavily damaged soon after in a gale off the Rio Grande , " Mobile " was sent to New York City for repairs . End - of - war decommissioning , sale , and civilian career . She was sold to Russell Sturgis 30 March 1865 . Redocumented as " Republic " 12 May 1865 , she foundered at sea off Savannah , Georgia , 25 October 1865 .
Thai Quang Hoang Lieutenant General Thai Quang Hoang was an officer of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam . He served as the commander of III Corps , which oversaw the region of the country surrounding the capital Saigon , from 1 March 1959 until 11 October of the same year , when he was replaced by Lieutenant General Nguyen Ngoc Le . He was the first commander of III Corps .
Andrew Mitchell ( Royal Navy officer ) Sir Andrew Mitchell KB ( Dunfermline , 1757 – Bermuda , 26 February 1806 ) was an Admiral of the Blue in the Royal Navy . He married Mary Uniacke ( daughter of Richard John Uniacke ) in Halifax , Nova Scotia on 3 May 1805 . Career . Mitchell entered service in 1771 as a midshipman on " HMS Deal Castle " . He was promoted to lieutenant in 1776 , while serving in the West Indies and again promoted to Post - captain , skipping the rank of commander , after distinguishing himself in action in 1778 . He distinguished himself again while serving with the 1782 expedition of Sir Edward Hughes in India . On 12 August 1782 , Mitchell was captain of the frigate , when she encountered the French frigate " Bellone " off Friars Hood , Ceylon . After two - and - a - half hours , the " Bellone " sailed away . " Coventry " suffered 15 men killed and 29 wounded in the engagement . When Hughes returned to England , he left Mitchell in charge of the East Indies Station as commodore . He returned to England in 1786 . In February , 1795 he received command of a ship in the Channel fleet of Admiral Howe . In June , 1795 he was promoted Rear - Admiral of the Blue , and in 1799 Vice - Admiral and given the command of Sheerness . In August , 1799 he conducted the naval part of the Anglo - Russian Invasion of Holland . Here he obtained the surrender of a squadron of the navy of the Batavian Republic in the Vlieter Incident . For his service in this expedition he was appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath , with his own ribbon ( no stall being vacant at this time ) by King George III in 1800 . He was voted the thanks of Parliament , and the City of London presented him with a sword of honor at a value of 100 guineas . He was commander - in - chief of the North America and West Indies Station from 1802 to his death in 1806 . His wife Mary died years later and was buried in the crypt of St . Paul ' s Church ( Halifax ) , Nova Scotia . In 1805 he was raised to the rank of Admiral of the Blue . He died in Bermuda after a severe illness on 26 February 1806 .
Directorate of Civil Resistance Directorate of Civil Resistance ( Polish " Kierownictwo Walki Cywilnej " , short KWC ) was one of the branches of the Polish Government Delegate ’ s Office during World War II . Its main tasks were to maintain the morale of the Polish society , encourage passive resistance , report German atrocities and cruelties to the Polish Government in Exile , and to organize sabotage . In addition , it was responsible for the law and justice in occupied Poland . It organized trials of traitors , collaborators and provocateurs as well as the most cruel members of the Wehrmacht , Gestapo and SS . The verdicts varied from boycott , fines , and lash to capital punishment . The trials were carried out by civil Special Courts and the verdicts were enforced by the Państwowy Korpus Bezpieczeństwa . From 1942 on , the KWC also prosecuted crimes such as theft , rape , and murder . The KWC was headed by Stefan Korboński . In 1943 it was joined with Directorate of Covert Resistance and formed the Directorate of Underground Resistance .
Armand , duc d ' Aiguillon Armand II de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu , duke of Aiguillon ( 31 October 1750 – 4 May 1800 ) succeeded his father Emmanuel - Armand de Richelieu , duc d ' Aiguillon . In 1789 , as a member of the National Assembly , he became one of the first to ally himself with the Third Estate and to renounce the privileges of the nobility . He became a general in the Republican Army , but had to flee during the Reign of Terror of 1793 – 1794 . According to Michael Kelly in his " Reminiscences " , the Duc d ' Aiguillon was , in 1796 , in London with the revolutionaries Charles Lameth and the orator Dupont . He states that the Duc had been ' one of the twelve peers of France , who , in former days , had an immense fortune , was a great patron of the arts , and so theatrical that he had a box in every theatre in Paris . He was particularly fond of music , and had been a pupil of Viotti ( then leader of the Opera House orchestra , at which Kelly was stage manager ) . ' Kelly introduced them to Richard Sheridan and other friends , though the Duke of Queensberry refused to meet d ' Aiguillon . On learning that the Duc ' s fortune was entirely lost or sequestered , Kelly arranged for him to make a little money by copying sheet - music , which he did secretly during the day , continuing to attend the theatre in the evening . Eventually an order came from the Alien Office of the British Government that he and his friends must leave England in two days . The Duke went to Hamburg , and was condemned to be shot . ' They told me that he died like a hero , ' wrote Kelly . The Duke left his favourite Danish dog in Kelly ' s care , shedding many tears on parting from it : the animal outlived its master , but pined and died soon afterwards .
French ship Triomphant ( 1693 ) Triomphant was a first - rate three - decker ship of the line of the French Navy . She was armed with 94 - 98 guns , comprising twenty - eight 36 - pounder guns on the lower deck , twenty - eight or thirty 18 - pounder guns on the middle deck , and twenty - eight 8 - pounder guns on the upper deck , with eight or ten 6 - pounder guns on the quarterdeck and forecastle . Designed by Laurent Coulomb , she was begun at Lorient in December 1692 and launched on 1 October 1693 . She took part in the Battle of Vélez - Málaga on 13 August 1704 . In July 1707 she was sunk in shallow water at Toulon to avoid the fire from bomb vessel s , but was refloated in October . She was condemned at Toulon in June 1717 , and was broken up in 1725 or 1726 .
Leonard Żłób Leonard Żłób was a Corporal of the Polish Army and a commander of a Bofors wz . 37 AT gun of the 2nd Mounted Artillery Battalion attached to the Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade . During the Battle of Mokra of September 1 , 1939 , he was the only soldier of his battery to survive a close - quarter struggle against German tanks . For his command of the gun , with which he destroyed 14 enemy tanks , he was awarded with the Virtuti Militari medal as the first soldier during the Invasion of Poland ( 1939 ) .
Steponas Darius Steponas Darius ( known as Stephen Darius in the USA ; born Steponas Darašius ; January 8 , 1896 in , now Klaipėda district of Lithuania – July 17 , 1933 near Soldin , Germany ) was a Lithuanian American pilot . Born in Rubiškė , in the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire , Darašius emigrated to the USA with his family in 1907 . In 1917 he joined the United States Army , after the United States entered World War I , and changed his name to Darius . He served as a telephone operator in the 149th Field Artillery Regiment , fought in France , was wounded and received the Purple Heart medal . In 1920 he returned to Lithuania and joined the Lithuanian Army , graduating from military school in 1921 . He helped to organize the Klaipėda Revolt of 1923 . While living in Lithuania he completed pilot training . In 1927 he returned to the USA and started working in civil aviation . He initially formed South Bend Airways in partnership with Carl G . Jordan of South Bend , Indiana . Their fleet consisted of a Pheasant H - 10 and a Longwing Eaglerock , both powered by OX - 5 engines of World War I vintage . He lived for a while in the Jordan household prior to moving to Chicago . While living in Lithuania he actively promoted various sports . He initiated building of first stadium in Kaunas ; it was later was named after him - the S . Darius and S . Girėnas Stadium . He played basketball , baseball , ice hockey , and practiced boxing and athletics . Since he was the first to publish booklets about basketball and baseball , he is considered to have brought those sports to Lithuania . He was also the first chairman of Lithuanian Physical Education Union , and a founder of " Sporto Žurnalas " ( " Sports magazine " ) . On July 15 , 1933 , along with Stasys Girėnas , he attempted a nonstop flight from New York City , USA to Kaunas , Lithuania - a total of 7 , 186 km , in a Bellanca CH - 300 Pacemaker airplane named " Lituanica " . After successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean in 37 hours and 11 minutes , they crashed on July 17 , at 0 : 36 AM ( Berlin Time ) , by the village of Kuhdamm , near Soldin , Germany ( now Pszczelnik , near the Myślibórz area , Poland ) , most probably because of difficult weather conditions combined with engine problems . Both aviators were killed in the crash . They had covered a distance of 3 , 984 miles ( 6 , 411 kilometers ) without landing , and were only 650 km short of their final destination . A monument to Darius and Girenas is located in the northeast corner of Marquette Park in Chicago .
Stag Lane Aerodrome Stag Lane Aerodrome was a private aerodrome between 1915 and 1933 located in Edgware , London , UK . History . The land for an aerodrome was purchased by the " London & Provincial Aviation Company " during October 1915 . The company used the aerodrome for flying training during the First World War . London & Provincial ceased flying in July 1919 after a dispute with Department of Civil Aviation ( see United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority ) , which refused them a licence . Stag Lane became the main base of The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited in 1920 . Former wartime aircraft were refurbished in the early years , and the company designed and built large numbers of aircraft at Stag Lane in the 1920s and early 1930s . In 1934 the company moved to a larger factory and airfield at Hatfield Aerodrome , Hatfield , Hertfordshire . Stag Lane Aerodrome was sold for housing development in 1933 , though a small site was retained as a factory and offices for The de Havilland Engine Company Limited . The last flight from the airfield was a de Havilland Hornet Moth in July 1934 .