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USS Timbalier ( AVP - 54 ) USS " Timbalier " ( AVP - 54 ) was a of the United States Navy . She was commissioned shortly after the end of World War II , and served between 1946 and her decommissioning in 1954 . Construction and commissioning . " Timbalier " was built at the Lake Washington Shipyard , at Houghton , Washington , with her keel laid down on 9 November 1942 . She was launched on 18 April 1943 , sponsored by Mrs . S . B . Dunlap . " Timbalier " , and her sister , were initially ordered in February 1944 to be completed at the Puget Sound Navy Yard , but were transferred back to the Lake Washington Shipyard in June 1945 . This resulting delay meant that she was not commissioned until 24 May 1946 . Her first commander was Captain James E . Johnson . US Navy career . " Timbalier " sailed from Seattle , Washington on 20 June 1946 , arriving at San Francisco , California two days later on 22 June 1946 . She transferred to Alameda , California , where she loaded stores and airplane spare parts before sailing for San Diego , California , on 26 June 1946 . She underwent a period of sea trials off the United States West Coast finishing 27 July 1946 . She then sailed to Panama , transiting the Panama Canal on 3 August 1946 . " Timbalier " then sailed to the shipyards at New York City . She was at the New York Naval Shipyard at Brooklyn , New York until 8 November 1946 , when she sailed to Norfolk , Virginia , arriving there on 9 November 1946 . She spent the rest of November in the vicinity of Hampton Roads , Virginia . " Timbalier " departed Hampton Roads on 3 December 1946 , bound for San Juan , Puerto Rico . She arrived there on 7 December 1946 , beginning service with Fleet Air Wing 11 ( FAW - 11 ) . She was based at Trinidad , and carried out operations into the Caribbean and off the United States East Coast . She served with FAW - 11 as a tender for their Martin PBM Mariner flying boat s for the rest of her naval career . With the increase in the Soviet submarine threat by 1951 , the PBM Mariner squadrons were deployed to carry out reconnaissance off the US East Coast , and were to concentrate on convoy defense and antisubmarine warfare in the event of conflict with the Soviet Union , supported by " Timbalier " , her sister ( AVP - 38 ) and seaplane tender . In 1952 " Timbalier " supported flying boat operations during Operation Mainbrace , a large - scale exercise of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ' s navies , off the Scandinavian and Icelandic coasts ; " Timbalier " tended flying boats operating out of Lerwick , in the Shetland Islands . Decommissioning , reserve , and disposal . " Timbalier " was decommissioned on 15 November 1954 and placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . She was struck from the Navy List on 1 May 1960 , and was sold on 20 December 1960 to Panagiotis Kokkinos , of Piraeus , Greece . Commercial service . After her sale , " Timbalier " became the Greek cruise ship . She was scrapped at Eleusis , Greece , in 1989 .
USS Mail ( 1862 ) USS " Mail " ( 1862 ) was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . After litigation by the U . S . Treasury Department in which " Mail " was awarded to the Union Navy , she was eventually used by the Union Navy as a tender for divers working in the water on submerged ships and other obstacles . Captured twice by the Union Navy . " Mail " was a sutler ’ s schooner captured by " Freeborn " while unloading cargo about 6 miles up the Coan River , 1 August 1862 . However , 6 days later she was released upon the request of Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P . Chase . She was again seized by the guard vessel at Alexandria , Virginia , after having cleared that port under a false manifest which listed 428 cans of strong drink as milk . Assigned by the Union Navy to the South Atlantic Blockade . This time intercession of the U . S . Treasury Department was unavailing and the schooner was assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron and placed in service as a divers ’ tender . Post - war lay up and sale . At the end of the Civil War she was laid up at Port Royal , South Carolina , until sold there 20 October 1865 .
HMS Saxlingham ( M2727 ) HMS " Saxlingham " was one of 93 ships of the of inshore minesweepers . Their names were all chosen from villages ending in " - ham " . The minesweeper was named after Saxlingham in Norfolk . She was sold to Ross & Cromarty County Council education department and convereted to a training ship for the nautical college at Lews Castle in Stornoway , Isle of Lewis . The conversion added a cabin to the previously open bridge , removal of mid - ship generators and that space converted to a classroom . She was renamed " Lews Castle " and retained that name until finally decommissioned in the early 1980s following damage sustained during a grounding < to be confirmed > . < br >
Battleship Row Battleship Row was the grouping of seven U . S . battleship s in port at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii , when the Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941 . These ships bore the brunt of the Japanese assault . They were moored next to Ford Island when the attack commenced . The ships were , , , , , , , and . A repair ship ( former coal ship ) , , was also present , moored next to " Arizona " . Attack . " Arizona " , " California " , " Oklahoma " , and " West Virginia " were sunk during the attack . " Arizona " suffered the most serious damage and loss of life , an explosion in a forward magazine breaking the hull in two . Of the other four , only " Nevada " had serious damage . " Pennsylvania " was in dry dock , making attack difficult , and as a result was relatively undamaged . " Vestal " was also damaged . Following the attack , operations immediately commenced to refloat and repair the damaged ships . Battleship Row was not visible from Hickam Field because of the thick black smoke . The first to be completed was Nevada on April 19 , 1942 . By the end of the war , all except " Arizona " and " Oklahoma " had returned to service . Six surviving ships were decommissioned soon after the war was over . " Nevada " and " Pennsylvania " were expended in atomic bomb tests in the Pacific . The rest were scrapped in the late 1950s . " Oklahoma " was eventually refloated but not repaired , and capsized and sank while being towed back to the mainland for scrapping . " Arizona " ' s hulk remains a memorial , one of the most popular tourist attractions on the island .
Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales The Battle of Santa Cruz de Rosales was an engagement of the Mexican - American War that took place after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo had been signed . Background . Brigadier General Sterling Price , commander of U . S . forces in New Mexico , received reports of an alleged Mexican advance into New Mexico . These reports would eventually prove to be false , but in the meantime Price had moved his command to El Paso del Norte , where he received orders from the adjutant general Roger Jones to remain there and , if possible , send reinforcements to California . Despite this and scouting reports which found no evidence of any Mexican invading army , Price advanced towards the city of Chihuahua . Battle . As he neared the site of the 1847 Battle of Sacramento , General Price encountered Mexican pickets approaching under a flag of truce . They delivered a message from Governor General Angel Trias of Chihuahua that a cease fire had been signed . Price was aware that the fighting had essentially ceased in all theaters of the war , but he refused to believe the Mexicans that peace had been made . Resuming his march , Price occupied the city of Chihuahua . Finding that General Trias and his army had retreated southward , Price pursued . Sixty miles ( 100 km ) south of Chihuahua , he encountered a strong Mexican position at the town of Santa Cruz de Rosales . On March 9 , Price demanded the unconditional surrender of the town . When General Trias refused to comply , he laid siege and waited for the arrival of reinforcements . Little happened until March 16 , when Price decided to carry the town by assault . That morning , U . S . artillery bombarded Santa Cruz de Rosales for over two hours . Price received word that a Mexican cavalry force was in his rear and withdrew his artillery for protection . The defenders mistook this as a sign of retreat and kept up a heavy fire on the American forces . However , their aim was inaccurate , and the Mexican cavalry force turned out to be but a few men . After dispersing the counter attack , Price ordered his dismounted cavalry to capture the town . Price split his men into several storming parties and personally led one of them . Although Trias beat back attacks from the north and west , an attack from the south successfully carried the town plaza . By sundown , General Trias had surrendered . Results . The U . S . forces lost 14 killed and 19 wounded , while the Mexicans lost 23 enlisted men and 2 officers killed and an unknown number of wounded . The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo had been signed by both the United States and Mexico on February 2 , 1848 , and was ratified by the U . S . Congress on March 10 . Therefore , Price ' s attack on Santa Cruz de Rosales in fact took place after the U . S . had agreed to peace , although the Mexican Congress would not ratify the treaty until March 19 .
Walter Newell Hill Walter Newell Hill ( September 29 , 1881 – June 29 , 1955 ) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps and a Medal of Honor recipient for his role in the United States occupation of Veracruz . Biography . Hill was born September 29 , 1881 in Haverhill , Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard College in 1904 . In 1904 hill accepted a commission in the United States Marine Corps as a Second Lieutenant and advanced through the grades to Brigadier General in 1938 . throughout his more than 40 year career he served in the West Indies , Philippines , China , France in World War I and in Washington , D . C . He retired from the Marine Corps in 1945 . He died June 29 , 1955 at St . Albans Naval Hospital , New York City , New York and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery , Arlington , Virginia . His grave can be found in section 6 , lot 9646 - C . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Captain , U . S . Marine Corps . Born : 29 September 1881 , Haverhill , Mass . Appointed from : Massachusetts . G . O . No . : 177 , 4 December 1915 . Citation : For distinguished conduct in battle , engagements of Vera Cruz , 21 and 22 April 1914 . Capt . Hill was in both days ' fighting at the head of his company , and was eminent and conspicuous in his conduct , leading his men with skill and courage .
Joseph Frederick Laycock Brigadier General Sir Joseph Frederick Laycock KCMG , DSO , TD ( 12 June 1867 – 10 January 1952 ) was a British soldier , and Olympic sailor . Military career . Laycock served with the Nottinghamshire ( Sherwood Rangers ) Yeomanry in South Africa during the Second Boer War 1899 - 1900 , for which he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order ( DS ) in November 1900 . Back in the United Kingdom , Laycock was the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1906 . He was the first colonel of the Nottinghamshire Battery Royal Horse Artillery when it was formed in 1908 as part of the new Territorial Force . He funded the founding of the battery himself . During World War I he served with his battery in the Middle East and also served with the Duke of Westminster ' s armoured car unit when it was involved in a widely - reported incident where it rescued prisoners of war from Senussi tribesmen . Later he became the Commander Royal Artillery for the ANZAC Mounted Division . He was friends with Hugh Grosvenor , 2nd Duke of Westminster , and they competed together in the 1908 Olympics at Water Motorpsort . He lived at Wiseton Hall in Nottinghamshire . One of his children , Sir Robert Laycock , was also knighted and awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his services in World War II .
51st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 51st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 51st Illinois Infantry was organized at Chicago , Illinois and mustered into Federal service on December 24 , 1861 . The regiment was mustered out on September 25 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 9 officers and 106 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 134 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 250 fatalities .
Albert A . Clapp First Sergeant Albert Adams Clapp ( May 1 , 1841 to May 8 , 1911 ) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War . Clapp received the country ' s highest award for bravery during combat , the Medal of Honor , for his action during the Battle of Sayler ' s Creek in Virginia on 6 April 1865 . He was honored with the award on 24 April 1865 . Biography . Clapp was born in Pompey , New York on 1 May 1841 . He enlisted into the 2nd Ohio Cavalry . He died on 8 May 1911 and his remains are interred at the San Gabriel Cemetery in California .
Anniston Army Depot Anniston Army Depot ( ANAD ) is a major United States Army facility fulfilling various depot operations . Primary missions are the repair of tracked vehicle s overhaul of Small Arms Weapon Systems and the storage of chemical weapon s ( Anniston Chemical Activity ) . The depot is located in Bynum , Alabama . The depot employs over 5 , 000 people and covers of land . Tanks and other equipment are repaired and tested there , but historically Anniston ' s main role has been as a major munitions storage site , since WWII . Anniston is one of seven depots in the United States where chemical weapons are stored ( 7 . 2 % of nation ' s chemical weapons stockpile ) . The stockpile included rockets , bombs , projectiles , and land mines armed with Sarin , VX nerve agent , or mustard gas . The last chemical munitions were destroyed in September 2011 . ANAD is the only depot capable of performing maintenance on heavy - tracked combat vehicles and their components and houses a state of the art 250 , 000 square foot Small Arms Overhaul facility that opened in January 2012 replacing a previous facility that was outdated . The depot is designated as the Center of Technical Excellence for the M1 Abrams Tank and is the designated candidate depot for the repair of the M60 Patton tank , AVLB , M728 , M88 Recovery Vehicle and M551 combat vehicles . During the Iraq War , over 1 , 000 M1 tanks , howitzers and other armored vehicles were stored awaiting re - engineering . The depot also houses and operates a facility for the repair , restoration , and / or upgrade of infantry weapons such as the Beretta M9 pistol , M16 rifle , and M2 machine gun . Any firearm deemed unusable or obsolete is destroyed on the premises , the materials are reduced to unusable pieces and then sold for scrap to be melted down . ANAD is under command of the US Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command ( TACOM LCMC ) , although other operators on the facility include the Defense Logistics Agency , Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office , Department of Army Center of Military History , Health Services Command , and Soldier and Chemical Biological Command ODCMP Civilian Marksmanship Program .
Operation Chettyford During World War II , Operation Chettyford was a tactical deception in support of the 1944 Allied invasion at Anzio . George Patton made a well - publicized visit to units based around Cairo . A number of double agents were used to misinform the Germans that a major invasion of the Balkans was planned .
Yoroidōshi The " armor piercer " or " mail piercer " were one of the traditionally made Japanese sword s ( ) that were worn by the samurai class as a weapon in feudal Japan . Description . The " yoroidōshi " is an extra thick tantō ( Japanese dagger - like sword ) which appeared in the Sengoku period ( " late Muromachi " ) . The " yoroidōshi " was made for piercing armour and for stabbing while grappling in close quarters . The weapon ranged in size from 20 cm to 22 cm , but some examples could be under 15 cm , with a " tapering " mihaba " , " iori - mune " , thick " kasane " at the bottom , and thin " kasane " at the top and occasionally " moroha - zukuri " construction " . The " motogasane " ( blade thickness ) at the " hamachi " ( the notch at the beginning of the cutting edge ) can be up to a half - inch thick , which is characteristic of the " yoroidōshi " style of tantō . The extra thickness at the spine of the blade distinguishes the " yoroidōshi " from a standard tantō blade . " Yoroidōshi " were worn inside the belt on the back or on the right side with the hilt toward the front and the edge upward . Due to being worn on the right , the blade would have been drawn using the left hand , giving rise to the alternate name of , or " horse - hand ( i . e . rein - hand , i . e . left - hand ) blade " .
August W . Farwick August W . " Gus " Farwick ( September 22 , 1902 – December 11 , 1977 ) was an American football player and coach . He served as the head football coach at the University of Arizona 1932 , compiling a record of 4 – 5 .
USS Robert H . McCurdy ( SP - 3157 ) USS " Robert H . McCurdy " ( SP - 3096 or ID - 3157 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919 . Construction , acquisition , and commissioning . " Robert H . McCurdy " was built as a civilian wooden four - masted schooner of the same name in 1903 by Cobb , Butler & Company at Rockland , Maine . In 1918 , the U . S . Navy purchased her from W . S . Job & Company for use as a section patrol boat during World War I . The Navy took control of her on 25 July 1918 at Norfolk , Virginia , and commissioned her the same day at as USS " Robert H . McCurdy " ( SP - 3096 or ID - 3096 ) with Lieutenant S . O . Fernstron , USNRF , in command . Operational history . " Robert H . McCurdy " remained in the Norfolk area until mid - August 1918 , when she moved to Lewes , Delaware , joining the submarine tender USS " Savannah " ( Submarine Tender No . 8 ) there as a unit of Division 8 of the United States Atlantic Fleet submarine force . She operated from Lewes as a decoy ship teamed with a U . S Navy submarine following her during antisubmarine patrols off the United States East Coast . It was hoped that her innocent appearance would lure unsuspecting German submarines to the surface to attack her with gunfire , allowing the submerged U . S . Navy submarine nearby to torpedo and sink them . However , " Robert H . McCurdy " never encountered a German submarine . In late October 1918 , " Robert H . McCurdy " was rebased at Cold Spring Inlet at Cold Spring , New Jersey . On 29 November 1918 she moved to Atlantic City , New Jersey , where she assisted in minesweeping work until 8 December 1918 . She then returned to Cold Spring Inlet . Disposal . Late in January 1919 , " Robert H . McCurdy " was towed to Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , where she arrived on 29 January 1919 for inactivation . She was both decommissioned there in February 1919 and subsequently stricken from the Navy List . She was sold in June 1919 .
Château de Courcy The Château de Courcy is a ruined castle in the " commune " of Courcy in the south of the Calvados " département " of France . The edifice , typical of 12th - 13th century military architecture , is in danger due to the lack of protective measures , even since being added to the " monument historique " inventory by the French Ministry of Culture in 1975 . History . In 1975 , the remaining parts of the former castle including the gate on the road from Tôtes and the gateway to the second " enceinte " were protected by being added to the supplementary inventory of historical monuments . In spite of this protection , the condition of the site has continued to deteriorate . Description . The first castle in Courcy was probably built of earth and wood . The structure of the fortification was conceived as a succession of three enceinte s ( one surrounding the village , another around the lower court and the last constituting the heart of the fortress ) : only the last remains . Surrounded by moat s , the last enceinte was about 10 m high and defended by twelve towers , of which only nine round towers remain , and a square tower which probably served as a keep . Elsewhere in the enceinte are the remains of the Saint Catherine chapel , datable to the 12th century but having been greatly remodelled in the 15th - 16th centuries .
6th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion The 6th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion ( Fr : " 6e bataillon de parachutistes vietnamiens " ) was a French - Vietnamese paratroop battalion formed in French Indochina in 1954 . Operational history . The 6th Vietnamese Parachute Battalion ( 6 BPVN ) was one of five battalions of Vietnamese paratroopers raised by the French Army between 1951 and 1957 as part of General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ' s policy to establish a Vietnamese Army .
John Lapsley Air Marshal Sir John Hugh Lapsley KBE , CB , DFC , AFC , RAF ( 24 September 1916 – 21 November 1995 ) was a World War II fighter pilot and , later , a senior Royal Air Force commander . RAF career . Lapsely joined the Royal Air Force as an Aircraft Apprentice in 1935 later being awarded a cadetship at the RAF College Cranwell . In 1937 he was appointed to a permanent commission and a posting to No . 32 Squadron . By February 1941 he was in command of No . 274 Squadron in Malta , originally with Gloster Gladiator biplane fighters which were soon replaced by the Hawker Hurricane . He was shot down near Tobruk on 19 April 1941 and was repatriated back to England to recover . At first he was only fit for instructional duties but by 1943 he was in command of 125 Wing with the Hawker Typhoon fighter bomber . After the War he attended the RAF Staff College , Bracknell and then became Officer Commanding No . 74 Squadron before taking command of the Air Fighting Development Squadron in 1949 and then taking over responsibility for Flying at the Central Flying Establishment in 1951 . He went on to be Station Commander at RAF Wahn in 1954 , Deputy Chief of Staff at Headquarters Second Tactical Air Force in 1961 and Director of the Defence Operations Staff on formation of the Ministry of Defence in 1964 . He became Air Officer Commanding No . 19 ( Reconnaissance ) Group in 1967 and Air Officer Commander - in - Chief , Coastal Command in 1968 . In that capacity he accepted the first Nimrod aircraft into service in October 1969 . His last appointment was as Defence Attaché in Washington D . C . in 1970 before retiring in 1973 . In retirement he became Director General of the Save the Children Fund .
Leading Aircraftman Leading Aircraftman ( LAC ) ( or Leading Aircraftwoman ( LACW ) is a rank in some air force s , between Aircraftman and Senior Aircraftman and having a NATO rank code of OR - 2 . The rank badge is a horizontal two - bladed propeller . The rank originated in the Royal Air Force , when it was formed in 1918 . It replaced the Royal Flying Corps rank of Air Mechanic 1st Class ( which wore the same badge ) . It was only a trade classification until 1 January 1951 , when it became a rank , although it is non - supervisory . Leading Aircraftman is also a rank in the Royal Australian Air Force ( which uses a single chevron rather than a propeller device ) , Royal New Zealand Air Force , Indian Air Force , Ghana Air Force and the Sri Lanka Air Force , and was a rank with the former Royal Canadian Air Force . The propeller device is also used in the New Zealand Air Training Corps . The only difference being that the abbreviation LAC stands for Leading Air Cadet . It is not technically a rank ( although many units regard it as a very junior NCO rank ) , it may be awarded to cadets who have attended a minimum of 30 parades , or completed one year in a unit . The rank is generally awarded to those cadets who show obvious leadership skill .