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Waddy Thompson , Jr . Waddy Thompson , Jr . ( January 8 , 1798 - November 23 , 1868 ) was a U . S . Representative from South Carolina . Born in Pickensville ( now in Pickens County ) , Ninety - Six District , South Carolina . Thompson moved to Greenville with his parents in his infancy . He received his early education in neighboring schools , and was graduated from South Carolina College in 1814 . He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1819 , beginning practice in Edgefield , South Carolina . He moved to Greenville , South Carolina , and continued the practice of law . He served as member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1826 to 1829 . Thompson was elected solicitor of the western circuit in 1830 . He was appointed brigadier general of militia in 1832 . Thompson was elected as an Anti - Jacksonian to the 24th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Warren R . Davis . He was reelected as a Whig to the 25th and 26th Congresses and served from September 10 , 1835 , to March 3 , 1841 . He served as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs ( 26th Congress ) . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1840 . He was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico and served from February 10 , 1842 , to March 9 , 1844 . He moved to Madison , Florida , and engaged in cotton planting . He was appointed solicitor general of a circuit in 1868 . He died while on a visit to Tallahassee , Florida , November 23 , 1868 and interred in St . John ' s Episcopal Church Cemetery in Tallahassee . Further reading . William Lee Miller ( 1996 ) , " Arguing about Slavery : The Great Battle in the United States Congress " , New York : Knopf .
Fort Abercrombie Fort Abercrombie , in North Dakota , was an American fort established by authority of an act of Congress , March 3 , 1857 . The act allocated twenty - five square miles of land on the Red River in Dakota Territory to be used for a military outpost , but the exact location was left to the discretion of Lieutenant Colonel John J . Abercrombie . The fort was constructed in the year 1858 . It was the first permanent military settlement in what became North Dakota , and is thus known as " The Gateway to the Dakotas " . History . Because the original location was prone to flooding , a new fort was built at a higher location in 1860 , north of the original location . It was besieged by the Dakota ( Sioux ) Indians for more than six weeks during the Dakota War of 1862 . The fort was abandoned in 1877 and the town of Abercrombie , North Dakota , was founded a half mile west in 1884 . Abercrombie Township was settled , in part , due to the early presence of the fort . The fort served as a transportation hub as it guarded the Red River Trails used by the Red River ox cart trains of the late fur trade , military supply wagon trains , stagecoach routes , and steamboat traffic on the Red River . The original buildings were either destroyed or sold at public auction when the fort was abandoned , but a Works Progress Administration project in 1939 - 1940 reconstructed three blockhouse s and the stockade ( fence ) and returned the original military guardhouse to the site . More recent renovations include dismantling the southeast blockhouse and using salvageable materials to renovate the two remaining blockhouses and the guardhouse . A new stockade was constructed and native grasses are allowed to grow in the locations of the missing buildings for visitors to get an idea about the size and shape of the buildings . A visitor ' s center was built in the summer of 2007 . Today it is known as Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site and includes a modern museum and pavilion in the town of Abercrombie . The fort itself is a quarter mile east . Dakota War of 1862 . During the Dakota War of 1862 a citizen soldiers company was mustered in by Fort Commandant Captain J . Van Der Horck and commanded by Captain T . D . Smith . Another unit was Captain Ambrose Freeman ' s Company of Mounted Men , the " Northern Rangers . " In August 1862 its defenses were tested . When increasing Indian activity by reconnaissance parties , drove nearby settlers into the fort ' s stockade . The Sioux , besieged Fort Abercrombie for almost six weeks , alternating between occasional sniping and all - out attacks on all four sides of the fort . The garrison and settlers with rifles , shotguns , and howitzers held the fort . Casualties . Killed : Sgt Edward Wright ( Sept 23 , 1862 ) Wounded :
Department ( United States Army ) Department , is a term used , by the U . S . Army , mostly prior to World War I . In 1920 , most of the departments were redesignated as corps area s . However , the Hawaiian , Panama Canal , and Philippine Department s retained their old names . In 1939 , the Puerto Rican Department was created and in May 1941 the Panama Canal and Puerto Rican Departments were combined as the Caribbean Defense Command , although each was still referred to as a department . 1800s . War of 1812 . The United States Army was divided into nine military districts by the War Department General Order , of March 19 , 1813 . They were increased to ten on July 2 , 1814 but reduced to nine by consolidation of the 4th and 10th Military Districts on January 1815 . Military districts were abolished , May 17 , 1815 . 1815 - 21 . At the end of the War of 1812 , Military districts were superseded by ten Military Departments , divided equally between Divisions of the North and South , May 17 , 1815 . 1821 - 1837 . Reorganization of the Army into Eastern and Western Departments , May 1821 . 1837 - 1844 . From 1837 to 1842 , some of the Departments were subordinated to the Eastern and Western Divisions . 1844 - 1848 . The Eastern and Western Divisions were restored , until 1853 . 1848 - 1853 . All departments were subordinated under one of three Divisions . 1853 - 1861 . After October 31 , 1853 the division echelon was eliminated and the six western departments consolidated into four ( Departments of Texas , New Mexico , the West , and the Pacific ) , whose department commanders employed their troops as they saw fit . The system returned to six departments in 1858 when the Department of Utah was created in January , and the Department of the Pacific split into the Departments of California and Oregon in September . 1861 - 1865 Civil War . During the American Civil War , a department was a geographical command within the Union ' s military organization , usually reporting directly to the War Department . Many of the Union ' s departments were named after rivers , such as the Department of the Potomac and the Department of the Tennessee . The geographical boundaries of such departments changed frequently , as did their names . As the armies became larger Departments began to be subordinated to Military Division s , and the Departments were often sub divided into District s and from 1862 , Subdistrict s . Much information on Civil War departments can be found in Eicher & Eicher , " Civil War High Commands " . 1904 - 1911 . The Army Departments were reorganized under new Divisions until 1907 , when the Division echelon was disbanded . Western Division ( United States Army ) 1911 - 1913 . The Departments where again organized under new Divisions .
China Campaign Medal The China Campaign Medal is a decoration of the United States Army which was created by order of the United States War Department on January 12 , 1905 . The medal recognizes service in the China Relief Expedition which was conducted by the United States Army at the turn on the 20th century during the Boxer Rebellion . Description and history . To be awarded the China Campaign Medal , a service member must have performed military duty in China , between the dates of June 20 , 1900 and May 27 , 1901 , with such duty being in service of the China Relief Expedition . For those service members who were cited for gallantry in action , the Citation Star is authorized as a device to the China Campaign Medal . The United States Navy equivalent of the China Campaign Medal was the China Relief Expedition Medal . A similar medal , known as the China Service Medal , was also created by the Navy in 1941 . Obverse . On the obverse is the Imperial Chinese five - toed dragon with the inscription CHINA RELIEF EXPEDITION around the upper border and the dates 1900 – 1901 at the bottom . Reverse . On the reverse is a trophy composed of an eagle perched on a cannon supported by crossed flags , rifle s , an Indian shield , spear and quiver of arrow s , a Cuban machete , and a Sulu kris . Below the trophy are the words FOR SERVICE . Around the border at the top are the words UNITED STATES ARMY and around the bottom are thirteen stars . Ribbon . The ribbon is 1 inches wide and is composed of the following vertical stripes : 1 / 16 inch Ultramarine blue , 1 inch Golden yellow , and 1 / 16 inch Ultramarine Blue . Streamers . Army units which received credit for campaign participation may display the streamer on the organizational flag . The inscription will be as indicated on the unit ' s lineage and honors . There are three streamers displayed on the Army flag to represent the China Relief Expedition . The inscriptions are :
George Melville - Jackson Wing Commander George Holmes Melville - Jackson DFC ( 1919 – 2009 ) was a Royal Air Force flying ace who fought in the Battle of Britain . Born in Weston - super - Mare and educated at St Lawrence College , Ramsgate , Melville - Jackson joined the RAFVR in June 1938 to undertake pilot training . In July 1940 he was posted to No . 236 Squadron RAF and flew Bristol Blenheim s on convoy patrols and escort sorties over the Channel and Western Approaches . With No . 236 squadron throughout the Battle of Britain . Melville - Jackson flew Bristol Beaufighter s with No . 248 Squadron RAF , joining in July 1942 . The squadron was assigned to Coastal Command to provide long - range fighter support to the anti - submarine aircraft operating against U - boats in the Western Approaches and the Bay of Biscay . In August 1942 , Melville - Jackson flew in support of Operation Pedestal , the crucial convoy mission that resupplied the island of Malta in 1942 . In April 1943 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions . Melville - Jackson was released from the RAF in 1946 . The same year he married Elizabeth Whyte ; they later had two children a son , who went on to be a RAF pilot , and a daughter . After leaving the RAF , he studied at Cambridge University , attaining a Bachelor of Arts , before becoming co - headmaster of St Felix School in Felixstowe . He rejoined the RAF in 1952 as a pilot , flying night fighters in Germany and England . He spent three years in the United States and then returned to Germany where he was the sector controller at the Uedem air defence radar site . He retired from the RAF as a Wing Commander in 1968 . Melville - Jackson is also notable for his attempt to obtain a pardon for Anne Boleyn . He wrote to the then Home Secretary , Charles Clarke , asking him to pardon the wife of Henry VIII on the grounds that she " was " obviously innocent " of the crimes of adultery , incest and witchcraft that led to her being beheaded in 1536 " . He also called for her remains to be moved to Westminster Abbey to be interred alongside her daughter , Elizabeth I ( they currently lie in a traitor ' s grave in the Tower of London ) . The Home Office did not grant his requests . Melville - Jackson was proud of his Battle of Britain link and was present when the Battle of Britain London Monument was unveiled by Prince Charles and the The Duchess of Cornwall on Victoria Embankment .
Operation Bigamy Operation Bigamy " aka Operation Snowdrop " was a raid during the Second World War by the Special Air Service in September 1942 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel David Stirling and supported by the Long Range Desert Group . The plan was to destroy the harbour and storage facilities at Benghazi and raid the airfield at Benina in Libya in coordination with the RAF . The raid was part of a deception plan for Operation Agreement , the much larger raid on Tobruk . The plan involved a " gruelling journey around the southern edge of the Great Sand Sea " but ended in failure . The raiding force was discovered at a road block on route by an Italian reconnaissance unit and Stirling decided to withdraw to Kufra . During the withdrawal , the Luftwaffe picked off nearly 70 of the vehicles on the barren terrain . The survivors were reformed as the 1st Special Air Service regiment . It is known as Operation Snowdrop in all publications which follow uncritically the initial editions of William Boyd Kennedy Shaw ' s book " Long Range Desert Group " which used this appellation for the first time as War Office security policy would not permit him to use real operational code names on first publication . " In September 1967 Len Deighton wrote an article in the Sunday Times Magazine about " Operation Snowdrop " . The following year David Stirling would be awarded substantial damages in libel from the article . The passage complained of states " Stirling himself had insisted upon talking about the raid at two social gatherings at the British Embassy in Cairo although warned not to do so " . Stirling made the point that Winston Churchill had been at both gatherings and the issue was raised in a private discussion with the Prime Minister .
Le Van Ty General Lê Văn Tỵ ( 1903 – 1964 ) was the first chief of staff of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam . He was previously a general in the Vietnamese National Army of the State of Vietnam , which became the Republic of Vietnam in 1955 after Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm deposed Emperor Bảo Đại in a fraudulent referendum . Tỵ ' s deteriorating health forced him to retire in 1963 . He succumbed to cancer in 1964 . He was a recipient of the National Order of Vietnam .
HMS Princess Louisa ( 1744 ) HMS " Princess Louisa " was a 58 - gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built to the dimensions prescribed in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment at Limehouse , and launched on 1 July 1744 . " Princess Louisa " served until 1766 , when she was broken up .
Forward Operating Base Grizzly FOB Grizzly ( formerly FOB Spartan , FOB Red Lion and FOB Barbarian ) was a US Army Forward Operating Base located within Camp Ashraf , Iraq . It is near Al Khalis , approximately 20 kilometers west of the Iranian border and 60 kilometers north of Baghdad . The FOB is named after the callsign for the 49th Military Police Battalion . They were in charge of the FOB from October 2005 until October 2006 and their call sign was " Grizzly " dubbed after the California Grizzly Bear on the State Flag , TASK FORCE 49 , 49th Military Police Battalion and Forward Operating Base Commander , LTC Anthony Palumbo and CSM Paul George conducted operations with over 2 , 000 U . S . and Coalition and 300 Contract employees . Units that have deployed to FOB Grizzly . 2004 - 2005 2005 - 2006 2006 - 2007 2007 - 2008 2009 - 2010 References . C - BTRY . 1 / 37FA 3 - 2 SBCT
AGM - 79 Blue Eye The AGM - 79 Blue Eye was a missile developed by the United States of America . Overview . The Blue Eye was a development of the AGM - 12 Bullpup , intended to provide a more advanced homing system . The Bullpup was manually steered onto the target , whereas the guidance system in the Blue Eye was an optical area correlation seeker . A TV camera in the missile ' s nose provided an image to the pilot ; he used this to select the target and lock the missile on before firing . Once launched the area correlation system could detect any deviation of the picture compared to the locked image and correct the missile ' s course accordingly . The Blue Eye used the same airframe as the AGM - 12C / E . A radar altimeter was fitted to allow the warhead to explode in an air burst mode . Firing trials took place in late 1968 , with the prototype missile designated XAGM - 79A . After several years of development the missile was cancelled in the early 1970s .
Junior Technician Junior Technician ( Jnr Tech , JT or J / T ) is a junior non - commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the Pakistan Air Force . In the RAF it ranks above Senior Aircraftman ( SAC ) and below Corporal and has a NATO rank code of OR - 2 . Since 2005 , no more RAF airmen are being promoted to this rank . United Kingdom . The rank of Junior Technician is only held by airmen in technical trades and by musicians . Airmen in non - technical trades always progressed directly from Senior Aircraftman to Corporal . Junior Technician is a pay grade and does not have a supervisory role . The rank was introduced in 1950 as part of a new grading system for technicians , wearing a single point up chevron . In 1964 , when the grading system was abolished , JTs were retained , their badge changing to a four - bladed propeller . In 2000 the Royal Air Force started to give some SACs technician status . This move obviated the need for Junior Technicians and in 2005 promotions to rank of Junior Technician ceased . However , those previously promoted continue to be at JT rank until they are promoted to Corporal or leave the service . Pakistan . Junior Technician is also a rank in the Pakistan Air Force , where it ranks between Corporal Technician and Senior Aircraftsman . Since 2006 it has been represented by single chevron beneath an eagle with outstretched wings .
USCGC Vidette ( 1919 ) " Vidette " was built as the wooden - hulled civilian yacht " Howarda " in 1913 by the Essington Company in Essington , Pennsylvania . The U . S . Navy acquired " Howarda " in 1917 for use as a patrol boat during World War I . She served in the Navy as USS " Howarda " ( SP - 144 ) until 1919 . The Navy transferred " Howarda " to the United States Department of the Treasury for use by the United States Coast Guard on 3 May 1919 or 1 July 1919 . Commissioned as , she served at Key West , Florida . On 1 January 1929 she was transferred to Miami , Florida . " Vidette " s further career and fate are unclear . The United States Coast Guard Historians Office states that she was sold on 28 July 1922 , but clearly she remained in Coast Guard service through at least 1929 . She probably was sold sometime in the 1930s .
Rugemont Castle " Not to be confused with Rougemont Castle in Exeter " Rugemont Castle was a castle in the village of Ridgmont , in the county of Bedfordshire , England . ( ) . Not much is known about Rugemont Castle , as the castle was not mentioned prior to the 12th century . It was believed to have been a timber castle , the stronghold of the Wahull family , and later the de Grey family . In 1276 , Walter Beywin is described as holding " 7 selions ' above the castle of Rugemont ' " . The castle appears to have been attached to Brogborough Manor , where Oliver Cromwell is said to have stayed for a short time during the Civil War and to have made use of its entrenchments . The interpreted site of Rugemont Castle is the earthwork remains of an early medieval ringwork . Much of the site was destroyed by the construction of the Round House in the 19th century . The site is a Scheduled Monument .
HMS Inconstant ( H49 ) HMS " Inconstant was an I - class destroyer laid down as TCG " Muavenet for the Turkish Navy by Vickers Armstrong Naval Construction Works at Barrow - in - Furness on 24 May 1939 , purchased in September 1939 by the Royal Navy , launched on 24 February 1941 and commissioned on 24 January 1942 . " Inconstant " participated in the assault on Madagascar in May 1942 , and attacked and sank the German submarines " U - 409 " in the Mediterranean north - east of Algiers on 12 July 1943 and " U - 767 " while in company with the destroyers and in the English Channel south - west of Guernsey on 18 June 1944 . " Inconstant " was returned to Turkey on 9 March 1946 and renamed " Muavenet " . She was discarded in 1960 .
3rd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment The 3rd Regiment Michigan Volunteer Cavalry was an cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 3rd Michigan Cavalry was organized at Grand Rapids , Michigan between August 24 and November 28 , 1861 . Private James H . Robinson of Company B would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at a fight at Brownsville , Arkansas , on January 27 , 1864 . The regiment was mustered out of service on March 15 , 1866 . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 3 officers and 27 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 4 officers and 380 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 414 fatalities .
USS Sagamore ( ATA - 208 ) USS " Sagamore " ( ATA - 208 ) , originally designated ATR - 135 , was laid down simply as ATA - 208 on 27 November 1944 by the Gulfport Boiler and Welding Works , Port Arthur , Texas ; launched on 17 January 1945 ; and commissioned on 19 March 1945 , Lt . S . D . Northrop in command . She was the third United States Navy ship named " Sagamore " — an Algonquian term for chief . Following shakedown off the Texas coast , " ATA - 208 " departed Galveston on 18 April for Hawaii and general towing duty in the Pacific . Arriving at Pearl Harbor on 2 June , she operated as a unit of Service Squadron Two ( ServRon 2 ) for the remainder of the year on towing assignments that took her east to California and west to Okinawa . With the new year , 1946 , " ATA - 208 " was reassigned to the Atlantic Fleet . On 2 February , she arrived at Norfolk and reported to the Commandant of the 5th Naval District for operational and administrative control . Named Sagamore on 16 July 1948 , she continued general towing duty , ranging the Atlantic , the Caribbean , and the Gulf of Mexico . Primarily engaged in coastal operations , " Sagamore " towed from New London , Connecticut to Cleveland , Ohio , via the St . Lawrence Seaway in 1959 ; assisted in the consolidation of the reserve fleets in 1960 ; and towed APL - 41 from Mayport , Florida , to Holy Loch , Scotland , in 1961 . In May 1964 , she participated in mine recovery operations off the Carolines ; then , during the summer , supported Operation “ SeaLab I ” which proved that man could survive under the sea for extended periods . From 18 June to 13 August , she towed YFBN - 12 , the " mother ship " of the project in the Bermuda area . Often called upon for target towing and torpedo recovery operations in addition to her primary mission of towing at sea and her secondary mission of emergency rescue and salvage , " Sagamore " continued to serve the Atlantic Fleet until February 1972 . " Caonabo " ( RM - 18 ) . The ship was leased to the Dominican Republic under terms of the Mutual Defense Program , on 1 February 1972 and commissioned in the Dominican Navy on the 16th as " Caonabo " ( RM - 18 ) . Seven years later , she was returned to US Naval custody , and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register , on 15 September 1979 . The ship was sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service ( DRMS ) , on 12 January 1994 .