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248th Battalion , CEF The 248th Battalion , CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War . Based in Owen Sound , Ontario , the unit began recruiting in the late summer of 1916 in Grey County . After sailing to England in June 1917 , the battalion was absorbed into the 7th and 8th Reserve Battalions later that month . The 248th Battalion , CEF had one Officer Commanding : Lieut - Col . J . H . Rorke .
330th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron The 330th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was with the 329th Fighter Group , stationed at Stewart AFB , New York . It was inactivated on 1 July 1959 . History . Trained replacement pilots , September 1942 - March 1944 ; furnished cadres for fighter squadrons , January – December 1943 ; served as part of air defense force for the west coast , 1943 . Air defense of the Northeastern United States , 1954 – 1967 .
United States Military Government of the Ryukyu Islands The was the government in Okinawa , Japan from 1945 to 1950 , whereupon it was replaced by the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands . The government was headed by the and his second - in - command , the . They were assisted by the .
169th ( 3rd London ) Brigade The 169th ( 3rd London ) Brigade was a formation of the Territorial Force of the British Army . It was assigned to the 56th ( 1st London ) Division and served on the Western Front during the First World War . The Brigade left the Division for Malta in September 1914 until February 1916 .
USS Medea ( AKA - 31 ) USS " Medea " ( AKA - 31 ) was an named after the minor planet 212 Medea , which in turn was named for a mythical enchantress who helped Jason win the Golden Fleece . USS " Medea " served as a commissioned ship for 15 months . " Medea " ( AKA - 31 ) was laid down under Maritime Commission contract 5 August 1944 , by Walsh – Kaiser Co . , Inc . , Providence , RI ; launched 30 November 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . A . C . Clarke ; and commissioned 10 January 1945 , Lt . Comdr . Wesley A . Sherberth in command . Service history . Following shakedown in Chesapeake Bay , " Medea " loaded cargo at Hampton Roads , and steamed to Hawaii , arriving Pearl Harbor 3 March 1945 . Departing Honolulu 6 April , she operated in the Marianas for the next two months , before embarking troops for Okinawa . She arrived off the Hagushi beaches , Okinawa 10 June , and spent the next nine days discharging troops and cargo . After the cessation of hostilities on 15 August , she carried occupation troops from the Philippines to Japan until November , when she reported for duty with the " Magic Carpet " fleet . " Medea " decommissioned in the 8th Naval District , headquartered at New Orleans , 24 April 1946 . She was struck from the Naval Register 15 October , and transferred to the War Shipping Administration 29 October . She was finally scrapped in 1965 . " Medea " received one battle star for World War II service .
Siege of Herat ( 651 ) The Siege of Herat was part of the Islamic conquest of Persia . Caliph Umar ( 634 - 644 CE ) launched an offensive against the Sassanid Persian Empire in 642 and by late 651 almost all of the Sassanid empire was conquered , except Khorasan . A veteran military commander , Ahnaf ibn Qais , was appointed by the caliph for the conquest of Khurasan , which in those time comprises most of present - day north eastern Iran , Afghanistan and Turkmenistan . By 651 Ahnaf had captured Khurasan and the last Sassanid emperor Yazdegerd III was defeated in his last struggle against Caliphate at the Battle of Oxus river , whereupon he fled to Merv and eventually was murdered by a miller in 651 . With him ended the last non - Muslim Iranian dynasty .
Georg Stumme Georg Stumme ( 29 July 1886 – 24 October 1942 ) was a World War II German general most notable for his brief command of the Axis forces at the beginning of the Second Battle of El Alamein . 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 . Biography . Stumme had achieved the rank of Generalleutnant by the beginning of the war . He commanded the 2nd Light Division ( later the 7th Panzer Division ) in the attack on Poland in 1939 . Replaced by Erwin Rommel in 1940 , he was appointed as commander of the 40th Panzer Corps , which was sent to Bulgaria and participated in the attacks on Yugoslavia and Greece . In Operation Barbarossa Stumme served under Field Marshal Fedor von Bock . Stumme and his men succeeded in capturing Mozhaisk . He then participated in the attempt to capture Stalingrad . In June 1942 some German plans were captured by Soviet forces . Hitler blamed Stumme and ordered that he be court - martialed . He was found guilty and was sentenced to five years imprisonment , but von Bock secured his release . Stumme was then sent to North Africa to join the Afrika Korps , which was confronting the British at El Alamein . During the temporary absence of Erwin Rommel , he commanded Panzer Army Africa ( combined German and Italian forces ) when the British attacked . Unlike Rommel , Stumme travelled without the protection of an escort and radio car . On 24 October Stumme and Colonel Büchting drove to the front to review the situation . On the way to the command post , the car came into open view and was attacked . Stumme ' s companion Büchting was killed by a shot in the head . Stumme jumped out of the car and apparently was holding onto the side while the driver drove out of range . He was found along the track the next day , with no wound that could be seen . He was known to have high blood pressure and it was thought he had died of a heart attack . He was replaced as commander of Panzer Army Africa with the return of Erwin Rommel , while the Afrika Korps was commanded by General der Panzertruppe Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma .
6th Ohio Infantry The 6th Regiment , Ohio Volunteer Infantry ( or 6th OVI ) was a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War , primarily serving in the Western Theater in a series of campaigns and battles . Organization and service . The 6th OVI was organized in southwestern Ohio in the spring of 1861 and was mustered into Federal service on May 12 . Most of its recruits were from Hamilton County and surrounding areas . colonel and first commander was William K . Bosley and Nicholas Longworth Anderson of Cincinnati was its first Lieutenant Colonel . Anderson did serve as the Colonel of the regiment during its last two years of service . The 6th was first sent to western Virginia before mustering out when its initial three - months term of enlistment expired . Reorganized as a three - years regiment , the 6th OVI spent the next three years in the Western Theater before being mustered out on June 23 , 1864 . On March 13 , 1865 , Colonel Anderson was brevetted to the rank of major general and brigadier general , for " gallant conduct and meritorious services in the Battle of Stone ' s River , Dec . 31 , 1862 " and for " distinguished gallantry and meritorious conduct in the Battle of Chickamauga , Sept . 19 and 20 , 1863 " . The lineage and history of the 6th O . V . I . was carried on by the 147th Infantry Regiment during World War I as part of the 37th Division , and during World War II as a separate unit . The unit continued as the 1st Battalion , 147th Armor ( Ohio Army National Guard ) until that unit ' s reorganization in 2007 .
44th Infantry Division Cremona The 44th Infantry Division Cremona was an infantry division of the Italian Army during World War II . History . In 1926 the brigade received the 88th Infantry Regiment " Friuli " and became the infantry component of the 20th Infantry Division " Curtatone and Montanara " . The same year the brigade was renamed as XX Infantry Brigade . On 24 August 1939 the 20th Infantry Division " Curtatone and Montanara " was split into the 20th Infantry Division " Friuli " and the 44th Infantry Division " Cremona " . The " Cremona " consisted of the 21st and 22nd Infantry Regiment , 7th Artillery Regiment and the XC CCNN Battalion " Pisa " . In June 1940 , the division was mobilized and took part in the Italian invasion of France as a part of the Italian XV Army Corps , but due to the quick German victory in the Battle of France the division was not involved in any operations before the French surrender . Afterwards the division was based as garrison unit on Sardinia . When Italy and Germany occupied Vichy France in Operation " Anton " after the Allied landings in French North Africa the division was ferried to Southern Corsica on 8 November 1942 to occupy the island , while the 20th Infantry Division " Friuli " occupied Northern Corsica . After the armistice between Italy and the Allies on 3 September 1943 the division in conjunction with the 20th Infantry Division " Friuli " and French Partisans engaged in heavy combat with the German Sturmbrigade Reichsführer SS and 90th Panzergrenadier Division and the Italian 12 Parachute Battalion of the 184 Parachute Regiment , which came from Sardinia and retreated through Corsica towards the harbor of Bastia in the islands north . On 13 September elements of the Free French 4th Moroccan Mountain Division were landed in Ajaccio to support the Italian efforts to stop the 30 , 000 retreating German troops . But during the night of 3 to 4 October the last German units were evacuated from Bastia leaving behind 700 dead and 350 POW ' s . After the end of operations on Corsica the division was sent as to Sardinia where the 90th CCNN Legion was renamed as 321st Infantry Regiment " Cremona " . In September 1944 the division was reduced to two infantry ( 21st , 22nd ) and one artillery regiment ( 7th ) , armed with British weapons and materiel and renamed as " Cremona " Combat Group . The " Cremona " entered the front on 12 January 1945 as part of the British V Corps . When allied forces achieved a major breakthrough during the Spring 1945 offensive the " Cremona " advanced towards Venice to liberate the city , which the " Cremona " reached on 30 April 1945 . Commanders . General Umberto Mondino < br > General Clemente Primieri
HMS Amazon ( 1908 ) HMS " Amazon " was a " Tribal " - class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched in 1908 and sold in 1919 . During the First World War she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla .
Gordon M . Craig Gordon Maynard Craig ( August 1 , 1929 – September 10 , 1950 ) was a soldier in the United States Army during the Korean War . He posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions on September 10 , 1950 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Corporal , U . S . Army , 16th Reconnaissance Company , 1st Cavalry Division Place and date : Near Kasan , Korea September 10 , 1950 Entered service at . Brockton , Mass . Born : August 1 , 1929 , Brockton , Mass . G . O . No . : 23 , April 25 , 1951 . Citation : Cpl . Craig , 16th Reconnaissance Company , distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy . During the attack on a strategic enemy - held hill his company ' s advance was subjected to intense hostile grenade , mortar and small - arms fire . Cpl . Craig and 4 comrades moved forward to eliminate an enemy machine gun nest that was hampering the company ' s advance . At that instance an enemy machine gunner hurled a hand grenade at the advancing men . Without hesitating or attempting to seek cover for himself , Cpl . Craig threw himself on the grenade and smothered its burst with his body . His intrepid and selfless act , in which he unhesitantly gave his life for his comrades , inspired them to attack with such ferocity that they annihilated the enemy machine gun crew , enabling the company to continue its attack . Cpl . Craig ' s noble self - sacrifice reflects the highest credit upon himself and upholds the esteemed traditions of the military service .
USNS Huntsville ( T - AGM - 7 ) USNS " Huntsville " ( T - AGM - 7 ) was a " Watertown " - class missile range instrumentation ship acquired by the U . S . Navy in 1960 and converted from her Victory ship cargo configuration to a missile tracking ship , a role she retained for a number of years before being struck from the Navy List in 1974 . Victory ship constructed in Oregon . The second ship to be so named by the Navy , " Huntsville " was laid down under U . S . Maritime Commission contract as " Knox Victory " by Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation , Portland , Oregon , 2 March 1945 ; launched 13 April 1945 ; sponsored by Mrs . Charles B . Gilbert ; and delivered to the War Shipping Administration ( WSA ) 11 May 1945 . World War II - related service . During the remainder of the war she operated as a merchant ship under charter to Olympic Steamship Company , and she continued merchant service under bareboat charters from the Maritime Commission and the Maritime Administration until 1958 when she entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Olympia , Washington . Conversion to missile tracking ship . " Knox Victory " was acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Administration 11 August 1960 and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service ( MSTS ) . She was renamed " Huntsville " and designated " T - AGM - 7 " , a missile range instrumentation ship , 27 November . After conversion to a special projects ship by Triple " A " Machine Shop , Inc . , San Francisco , California , " Huntsville " began duty as a range tracking ship in 1961 . Manned by a civilian crew , " Huntsville " operated out of Port Hueneme , California , and Honolulu , Hawaii , while assigned to special duties in the Pacific Ocean . During the next 4 years she made intermittent " on station " patrols in the Central Pacific , extending from the coast of Mexico to Wake Island and the Marshall Islands . She continued these patrols , which contributed mightily on America ' s space programs , until the spring of 1965 ; then she entered Avondale Shipyards , Inc . , Westwego , Louisiana , 2 June 1965 for conversion , completed 30 October 1966 . 1966 upgrade . In June 1967 " Huntsville " returned to the Pacific , where she operated with " Watertown " ( T - AGM - 6 ) . As an improved sea - based tracking station , she provided an important link in communications during the scheduled " Apollo " moon shots , which were designed to send American astronauts to the moon and back . Inactivation . " Huntsville " was place out of service on an unknown date , and was struck from the Navy List on 8 November 1974 . She was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet and eventually sold by MARAD on 17 July 1995 . Her subsequent fate is not known .
William Frederick James Harvey William Frederick James Harvey , ( 8 January 1897 , Portslade , Sussex – 21 July 1972 ) was a British flying ace in World War I credited with twenty - six victories . He was the first recipient of the DFC & Bar and was also awarded the MC . Involvement in World War I . Harvey served with the Signal Company of the Royal Engineers until he transferred to the RFC in December 1916 . In December 1917 he was posted as a pilot to No . 22 Squadron flying Bristol F . 2B fighters . His first air victory , a downed Pfalz D . III , was recorded 16 March 1918 , followed by an Albatros D . V two days later . With three more kills in March Harvey established himself as a flying ace . In May 1918 he was promoted to captain and commanded ' B ' Flight . In the last decade of May Harvey , flying with Lt . George Thomas as his flight observer , downed two observation balloon s and four German airplanes ; on 20 June he downed three enemy airplanes . Shortly after this success Thomas was replaced with Captain Dennis Waight , who remained Harvey ' s teammate until the end of campaign . The crew scored 9 kills during the Battle of Amiens in August 1918 . Of his twenty - six victories ( comprising 3 balloons , 12 and 2 shared destroyed , and 9 ' out of control ' ) credited to Harvey , eighteen were achieved utilising his front gun . Later Military Service . After the war , Harvey served as an instructor with 33 TD Squadron of the Army of the Rhine . On leaving the RAF he became a farmer . During the Second World War he was awarded the MBE for his service . When the war ended he retired to Kent , writing many aviation - related articles and the history of his old RAF Squadron , No . 22 , entitled ' Pi in the Sky ' . Harvey married Mary Gurdon , sister of his squadron mate John Everard Gurdon , in 1920 . Honours and awards . " As a fighting pilot this officer has the real offensive spirit regardless of personal danger . He has destroyed several enemy machines whilst fighting against superior numbers . " " A brilliant fighting pilot , who has proved himself a capable leader in many offensive patrols . During the August operations he personally accounted for seven enemy machines and , in company with another pilot , destroyed an eighth , displaying courage and tenacity of high order . "
International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit The is the Japanese Ground Self - Defense Forces ' s training unit to prepare JGSDF soldiers by training them in scenarios that would require the mobilization of JGSDF forces in other countries . It is based in the JGSDF ' s Camp Komakado in the Shizuoka Prefecture . The IPCATU aims to have 240 soldiers graduate from the unit ' s training program annually . Colonel Karube says training with the IPCATU is an " important point is to verify whether the training now being conducted can really be useful in theaters of activity overseas and to develop unified know - how for personnel education . " History . A provisional unit had been established on March 28 , 2006 , which was then followed by its expansion on August 1 , 2006 . The IPCATU ' s headquarters had been constructed on April 2006 before it was inaugurated on February 23 , 2007 . A special ceremony was established on September 19 , 2008 to inaugurate the beginning of the unit ' s first official training program . The unit had been established in conjunction with the Central Readiness Force to the need of educating JGSDF forces to properly conduct operations in foreign soil . Its first commander was Colonel Masakazu Karube , who was unit commander from March 28 , 2007 to March 25 , 2009 . Training . Training under the IPCATU lasts for one month with graduates expecting to serve overseas in potential peacekeeping operations . All participants are required then to attend a review session after each training session is complete . Formation . Headquarters
R - 39M R - 39UTTH " Bark " , NATO reporting name of SS - N - 28 , was a Russian submarine - launched ballistic missile . The missile was an upgraded version of the R - 39 missile that was designed for the Typhoon class . The new missile was to be carried by the new Russian nuclear submarines of the Borei class . The third test launch of a prototype R - 39M on 25 November 1998 resulted in a catastrophic failure of the SLBM ' s booster . The missile exploded roughly 200 meters after take - off from its ground - based launch facility . Having failed its first three test firings the project was ordered abandoned by the Russian Security Council . The missile was later replaced by the Bulava missile system .
Goatley boat The Goatley boat was a collapsible boat built for military use . The boat had a wooden - bottom and canvas - sides and could carry ten men yet it weighed only around . Assembly time was estimated at two minutes with two men . They were designed by , and named after , Fred Goatley of Saunders - Roe and used in a number of commando and other operations by the British Forces during World War II . Approximately 1000 goatley boats were ordered by War Office during World War II .
Frank Billinge Captain Frank Billinge , DFC ( 19 December 1894 – 11 September 2001 ) was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories . Billinge was a founding member of No . 20 Squadron , flying as an observer / gunner in the rear seat of a FE . 2b . He scored his first victory there , on 13 February 1916 . He was transferred back to Home Establishment in England for pilot training on 31 August 1916 . His first posting as a pilot was to No . 32 Squadron , on 24 November 1916 , to fly a DH 2 . For his next two kills , of two - seater observation planes , he set his opponents on fire , on 23 and 27 January 1917 . He was promoted to Flight Commander on 12 March 1917 , and served in that capacity until 1 June 1917 . He was then withdrawn from combat until he was assigned to No . 56 Squadron on 16 February 1918 . Once again a Flight Commander , flying an Royal Aircraft Factory SE . 5 a , he drove down another observation plane on 19 February , and an Albatros D . V on 22 March 1918 . Honors and awards . Distinguished Flying Cross ( DFC ) Capt . Frank Billinge ( Manch . R . ) . A gallant officer who displays determination and judgment . When on a night reconnaissance his engine suddenly failed and he was compelled to head for home . At this moment he was attacked by an enemy aeroplane . Owing to engine trouble he was forced to avoid an engagement , and only escaped by the exercise of marked skill and resource . With great difficulty he managed to cross our trenches at a height of 200 feet , crashing into the reserve trenches behind . Although considerably shaken and bruised he and his observer proceeded to the nearest signal station and sent in their reconnaissance report . References . " Above the Trenches : A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915 - 1920 . " Christopher F . Shores , Norman L . R . Franks , Russell Guest . Grub Street , 1990 . ISBN 0 - 948817 - 19 - 4 , ISBN 978 - 0 - 948817 - 19 - 9 .
William Wylde General William Wylde CB ( 12 March 1788 – 14 April 1877 ) was Master Gunner , St James ' s Park , the most senior Ceremonial Post in the Royal Artillery after the Sovereign . Military career . Wylde was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1803 and rose through the officer ranks to become a Lieutenant - General in 1863 . He was made Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery in 1863 and promoted to full General in 1866 , and then held the position of Master Gunner , St James ' s Park from 1868 . He was also a Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince Consort . He died in 1877 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery in London . He was a member of a Nottinghamshire family , the second son of Gervas Wylde and Catherine née Shudall . He married Eleanor MacCutcheon and they had three sons and three daughters . Eldest son William Henry Wylde ( 1819 – 1909 ) of Chiswick distinguished himself in the Foreign Office .