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Earl Foster Thomson Lieutenant Earl " Tommy " Thomson ( August 14 , 1900 - July , 1971 ) was an Olympic equestrian who won 5 medals during his international career . Biography . Graduating from West Point in 1922 , Thomson earned the Silver Star in World War II while he was serving as chief of staff to the 10th Mountain Division in Italy . Trained under Harry Chamberlin , Thomson had an extremely successful equestrian Olympic career . He finished individually second , and won team gold , at his first Olympic competition in 1932 . At the 1936 Olympics , he won the team gold and individual silver in eventing on the legendary mare Jenny Camp , being one of the few riders , and the only American , to successfully negotiate the 4th obstacle on cross - country , a water jump . This obstacle included a 3 ' jump into the water , and for most of the competitors , they found that the footing on the bottom was slippery and it was much deeper than it looked . This obstacle created considerable controversy , as the entire German team made it through , suggesting that the home team could have had prior knowledge regarding the footing . In 1948 , Thomson competed in the dressage competition with Pancraft to win the team silver ( after the gold medal - winning Swedish team was disqualified due to one of its members being an enlisted man rather than an officer ) . This is to - date the highest team medal the US has one in dressage competition . That same year , he finished with the team gold medal on Reno Rhythm He also served as the chef d ' equipe for the eventing team at the 1960 Olympics in Rome , and was a judge at the 1952 Olympic Games . Thomson died in July , 1971 at the age of 70 .
Oliver De Lancey ( American loyalist ) Major - General Oliver De Lancey ( 1718 – 1785 ) , also known as Oliver Delancey and Oliver de Lancey , was a merchant , a Loyalist politician and soldier during the American War of Independence . Biography . De Lancey was the son of Etienne Delancey and Anne Van Cortland , born on September 17 , 1718 in New York City . From 1754 to 1757 he served as a New York alderman for the Out Ward and was a member of the New York assembly from New York County from 1756 to 1761 . During the French and Indian War , he was selected by the New York Assembly , with the support from his brother James De Lancey , the acting Governor , to provide provisions for New York provincial units . He commanded a provincial detachment in the Ticonderoga campaign of 1758 . In 1766 , he was one of the judges in the Pendergast case , where the alleged leader of the Dutchess County land rebels was convicted and sentenced to death . In 1768 , he allied himself with Isaac Sears and the Sons of Liberty . He spoke out against the Boston Port Bill , but did not support non - importation . He was one of the persons responsible for the creation of the Committee of Fifty . He was a member of Governor William Tryon ' s executive council from 1760 until the American War of Independence . In 1773 he was appointed colonel in chief of the Southern Military District . De Lancey was a senior Loyalist officer in the American War of Independence . He joined General Howe on Staten Island in 1776 , and raised and equipped the DeLancey ' s Brigade of three battalions consisting of 1 , 500 loyalist volunteers from the state of New York , and served as commanding officer on Long Island . His house was plundered in November 1777 and confiscated in October 1779 . He left New York for England in 1783 , and died on October 27 , 1785 , in Beverley , Yorkshire . He was buried in Beverley Minster , where his grave and memorial can be visited . Family . In the fall of 1742 , Oliver De Lancey secretly married Phila Franks , daughter of a prominent and successful New York Jewish family . For six months they kept the match secret , but in the spring of 1743 , Phila announced the union and went to live with her husband . The letters of Abigail Franks , Phila ' s mother , to her son Naphtali speak of her sense of betrayal and her pain , and she never spoke to Phila again . Phila and Oliver de Lancey had at least two sons :
William F . Kernan General William F . " Buck " Kernan ( born January 29 , 1946 ) was born in Fort Sam Houston , Texas . He was commissioned in November 1968 from Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning , Georgia . He holds a bachelor ' s degree in History , and a master ' s degree in Personnel Administration . His military education includes the Infantry Advance Course , the U . S . Army Command and General Staff College , and the U . S . Army War College . General Kernan ' s initial assignment was as Liaison Officer with the 1st Brigade , 82nd Airborne Division , Fort Bragg , North Carolina . Assigned to Vietnam in August 1969 , he served with the 1st Battalion , 327th Infantry Regiment , 101st Airborne Division , as a Rifle Platoon Leader , Battalion Reconnaissance Platoon Leader ( Tiger Force ) , and Assistant S3 . Following this assignment he returned to Fort Bragg , North Carolina , and served as Company Commander , 2d Battalion ( Airborne ) , 325th Infantry . Upon completion of the Infantry Officer ' s Advance Course in March 1974 , General Kernan was assigned to the U . S . Army Recruiting Command as an area commander in Austin , Texas . Joining the 2nd Ranger Battalion at Fort Lewis , Washington , in April 1976 , he commanded two companies and was the assistant S3 before departing in July 1978 to attend the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas . In July 1979 , he was assigned to the Military Personnel Center in Washington , D . C . , initially to the DA Secretariat , and then to the Officer Personnel Management Directorate as an Infantry Branch Assignment Officer . In August 1981 , he was selected to be the U . S . Exchange Officer representing the 82d Airborne Division to the British Parachute Regiment where he commanded Company C , 3 PARA , for two years . Upon his return from England in July 1983 , General Kernan joined the 2d Battalion ( Airborne ) , 508th Infantry Regiment , 82d Airborne Division , where he served as the executive officer and battalion commander . After completing the Army War College in July 1987 , he assumed command of the 1st Battalion , 75th Ranger Regiment , Hunter Army Airfield , Georgia . In December 1988 , he assumed the duties as Deputy Commander , 75th Ranger Regiment , Fort Benning , Georgia , and held that position until June 20 , 1989 , when he assumed command of the 75th Ranger Regiment . On December 20 , 1989 , he led the 75th Ranger Regiment in its combat parachute assault into Panama during Operation Just Cause . In September 1991 , he was assigned to the 7th Infantry Division ( Light ) , Fort Ord , California , where he served as the Assistant Division Commander ( Maneuver ) . In July 1993 , he was assigned as the Director of Plans , Policy , and Strategic Assessments , J5 , United States Special Operations Command , MacDill Air Force Base , Florida . General Kernan commanded the 101st Airborne Division ( Air Assault ) from February 1996 until February 1998 and assumed command of the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg on March 12 , 1998 . Awards and decorations . Kernan has been decorated for service , to include :
Albert Burton Albert Burton ( 1838 – unknown ) was a sailor in the U . S . Navy during the American Civil War . He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15 , 1865 . Military service . Immigrating from his native England , Burton volunteered for service in the U . S . Navy and was assigned to the Union frigate . His enlistment is credited to the state of New York . On January 15 , 1865 , the North Carolina Confederate stronghold of Fort Fisher was taken by a combined Union storming party of sailors , marines , and soldiers under the command of Admiral David Dixon Porter and General Alfred Terry . Burton was a member of the storming party . Medal of Honor citation . The President of the United States of America , in the name of Congress , takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Seaman Albert Burton , United States Navy , for extraordinary heroism in action while serving on board the U . S . S . Wabash in the assault on Fort Fisher , North Carolina , 15 January 1865 . Advancing gallantly through the severe enemy fire while armed only with a revolver and cutlass which made it impossible to return the fire at that range , Seaman Burton succeeded in reaching the angle of the fort and going on , to be one of the few who entered the fort . When the rest of the body of men to his rear were forced to retreat under a devastating fire , he was forced to withdraw through lack of support , and to seek the shelter of one of the mounds near the stockade from which point he succeeded in regaining the safety of his ship . General Orders : War Department , General Orders No . 59 ( June 22 , 1865 ) Action Date : January 15 , 1865 Service : Navy Rank : Seaman Division : U . S . S . Wabash
Silesian Offensives The Silesian Offensives were two 1945 offensives conducted by the Soviet Red Army against the Nazi German " Wehrmacht " on the Eastern Front in World War II . The offensives . The Lower Silesian Offensive ran from 8 – 24 February 1945 , and the Upper Silesian Offensive from 15 – 31 March . Designed to flank the Soviet main advance on Berlin , the two operations pushed the " Wehrmacht " out of Silesia . According to Soviet information , the Germans lost in the Upper Silesian Offensive 40 , 000 dead soldiers and 14 , 000 captured . The 1st Ukrainian Front under Ivan Konev ’ s command — having completed the Vistula - Oder Offensive — was to advance westward toward Silesia with the primary objective of protecting the left flank of the 1st Belorussian Front , which was pushing toward Berlin . Similarly , the East Pomeranian Offensive of the 2nd Belorussian Front in the north was tasked with protecting the 1st Belorussian Front ' s right flank . Delay . The need to secure the flanks delayed till April the Soviets ' final push toward Berlin , which had originally been planned for February . By mid - April , the East Pomeranian Offensive — carried out by the 2nd , and elements of the 1st , Belorussian Fronts — had succeeded in its objectives , reaching the important German port city of Stettin ( now Szczecin ) . Motives . Joseph Stalin ' s decision to delay the push toward Berlin from February - April 1945 has been a subject of controversy among Soviet generals and military historians , with one side arguing that in February the Soviets had a chance of securing Berlin much faster and with much smaller losses , and the other arguing that the possibility of large German formations remaining on the flanks could have resulted in a successful German counterattack and further prolonged the war . Stalin ' s aim in delaying the advance on Berlin had likely been political , as it allowed him to occupy substantial parts of Austria in the Vienna Offensive .
Chevau - léger The Chevau - légers ( from French " cheval " — horse — and " léger " — light ) was a generic French name for several units of light and medium cavalry . Their history began in the late 15th and early 16th centuries , when the heavy cavalry forces of the French " Compagnies d ' Ordonnance " were undergoing a massive structural reorganization . Initially , the companies combined the " gendarmes " ( fully armoured men - at - arms ) along with lighter " coutiliers " and " archers " in the same mounted formation , with the better armoured men forming the foremost ranks . However , as time passed the lighter horsemen were increasingly separated into independent formations of " medium " cavalry , bearing lighter armour and much shorter lances than the " gendarmes " . These lighter formations eventually gained the name of " chevau légers " . A similar development also happened in the organization of the Austrian and Spanish cavalry with the growth of " caballería ligera " formations . Their original similarities to lancer units meant that in the armies of the Napoleonic Wars the title came to be applied for both sword armed medium cavalry and lancer cavalry units interchangeably , depending on the regional custom . Examples of this include the famous Polish 1st Light Cavalry Regiment of the French Guards and the 2e régiment de chevau - légers lanciers de la Garde Impériale , both subtitled " Chevau - légers " despite being light lancer cavalry . While the Austrian and many other German states retained " Chevau - légers " that were actually sword armed medium cavalry .
Pardos Pardos was the catepan of Italy briefly in 1042 following the short term of George Maniakes . In July 1042 , Maniakes was disgraced and recalled by Constantine IX Monomachos at the behest of Romanus Sclerus , brother of the emperor ' s mistress . According to Johannes Skylitzes , Romanus had even raped Maniakes ' wife . In September 1042 , Pardo arrived with an army at Otranto to take over command from Maniakes . According to Lupus Protospatharius , he brought a chrysobull , but the meaning of this is uncertain . Pardos was accompanied by Nicholas , Archbishop of Bari , who , though under the jurisdiction of the Roman see , was apparently a Byzantine loyal , and by Tubaki , a " protospatharius " . It is probable that the archbishop had joined the catepan in a prior landing , during which the Greeks had negotiated with the Lombard rebel leader Argyrus . Subsequently , Argyrus abandoned the Lombard cause for the Greek . Pardos and Tubaki were arrested at Otranto , however , and executed by Maniakes , who was acclaimed emperor by his troops .
HMS Vanguard ( 1678 ) HMS " Vanguard " was a 90 - gun second - rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched in 1678 . She ran onto Goodwin Sands in 1690 , but was fortunate enough to be hauled off by the boatmen of Deal . " Vanguard " took part in the Battle of Barfleur as part of Edward Russell ' s fleet , and then in the following action at La Hougue when French ships were burned in 1692 . " Vanguard " sank in the Great Storm of 1703 , while laid up in ordinary at Chatham Dockyard , but was raised in 1704 for rebuilding . She was relaunched from Chatham on 2 August 1710 as a 90 - gun second rate built to the 1706 Establishment . In 1739 she was renamed HMS " Duke " , and rebuilt for a second time at Woolwich as a 90 - gun second rate . She was rebuilt according to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment , and relaunched on 28 April 1739 . " Duke " was broken up in 1769 .
Confederate Monument in Versailles The Confederate Monument , in the city cemetery of Versailles , Kentucky , was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17 , 1997 , as part of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky MPS . The monument , with it unique shape , was made of white marble and put on a base of concrete and limestone . It was erected in 1877 . Names of Confederate veterans are on each side of the hexagon , with graves encircling it .
James L . Herdt James Lee Herdt ( born February 12 , 1947 ) , the ninth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy was appointed on March 27 , 1998 . A native of Casper , Wyoming , Herdt enlisted in the U . S . Navy in 1966 . After attending Machinist ' s Mate " A " School in Great Lakes , Illinois , he served sea tours aboard the USS " Independence " ( CV - 62 ) and USS " Will Rogers " ( SSBN - 659 ) and shore tours at Nuclear Power Training Unit , Windsor , Connecticut , and Radiological Repair Facility in New London , Connecticut . After leaving active duty in 1974 , Master Chief Herdt enlisted in the Naval Reserve serving in various Selected Naval Reserve units while attending Kansas State University . Returning to active duty in 1976 , he served as a Naval Reserve Recruiter in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , and in 1978 rejoined the regular Navy . Master Chief Herdt served aboard USS " Texas " ( CGN - 39 ) , USS " Cincinnati " ( SSN - 693 ) , and on the staff of the Nuclear Power School in Orlando , Florida , prior to his tour as Chief of the Boat aboard USS " Skipjack " ( SSN - 585 ) . He has served as Command Master Chief at Nuclear Field " A " School , Orlando , Fla . , onboard USS " Theodore Roosevelt " ( CVN - 71 ) , and at Naval Training Center , Great Lakes , Ill . . In 1996 , he was selected to serve and as the Chief of Naval Education and Training Force Master Chief . He was sworn in as the ninth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy on March 27 , 1998 . On March 10 , 2000 , the first MCPON , Delbert Black , was buried at Arlington National Cemetery . Herdt , who was just beginning his enlistment during Black ' s tour as MCPON , delivered the eulogy . Master Chief Herdt is a graduate of the U . S . Navy Senior Enlisted Academy and U . S . Army Sergeants Major Academy . He has earned a Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in human resources management from Florida Institute of Technology in 1992 . He is " triple qualified " ( authorized to wear the Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist , Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist , and Enlisted Submarine Warfare Specialist breast insignias ) . Master Chief Herdt is also certified as a Master Training Specialist . His personal awards include the Navy Distinguished Service Medal , Meritorious Service Medal with two gold award star s , the Navy Commendation Medal , the Navy Achievement Medal with gold award star , and numerous campaign and unit awards .
VP - 92 VP - 92 , Patrol Squadron 92 is a former United States Navy patrol squadron that was based at Brunswick Naval Air Station It was disestablished in 2007 after being active for 37 years . History . The VP - 92 Patrol Squadron was formed in 1970 at South Weymouth Naval Air Station , and was originally equipped with P - 2 Neptune aircraft . In 1975 the squadron transitioned to the P - 3A . Over the years these aircraft were updated to provide the squadron with high - quality aircraft . In 1995 , the Base Realignment and Closure Commission decided to close South Weymouth Naval Air Station and move the squadron to Brunswick Naval Air Station . They relocated in July 1996 . In 2005 , the Base Realignment and Closure Commission decided to close Brunswick Naval Air Station and disestablish VP - 92 . Disestablishment . The squadron was disestablished in a ceremony on October 17 , 2007 .
A Peace to End All Peace A Peace to End All Peace , The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East ( 1989 ) is a history written by David Fromkin . The book , which was a Pulitzer prize finalist , describes the events leading to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire during World War I , and the drastic changes that took place in the Middle East as a result .
Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine The Chief directorate of intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine ( ) or HUR ( ГУР ) , is Ukraine ' s military intelligence service . It is a subdivision of the country ' s Defence Ministry and is under direct subordination to the Ministry of Defense , not the General Staff . It was in fact built upon the existing intelligence assets of the Kiev , Odessa and Carpathian military districts of the Soviet Army . The agency ' s motto is " " Statehood , professionalism , decency " " . Spheres of Activity . According to the Law of Ukraine On the Intelligence agencies of Ukraine , the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence ( Defence Intelligence ) conducts its activity in the military , political , technical , economic , informational and environmental spheres . The major missions : Organization . The HUR has an executive office and several agency - wide functions , and five major directorates and departments . Directorates : Departments : History . The Intelligence Directorate of the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began forming in February 1992 . In compliance with the Presidential Decree of September 7 , 1992 , a decision was made concerning the establishment of the Strategic Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine . Therefore , September 7 marks the Day of Military Intelligence Service of Ukraine . On July 6 , 1993 , the Decree of the President of Ukraine gave start to merging of the Intelligence Directorate of the General Headquarters and the Strategic Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine into the Main Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine . On April 14 , 1994 , the Main Military Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine was renamed into the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine . The current head of the Directorate Serhiy Hmiza was appointed 17 August 2010 .
American Committee for Peace in Chechnya Founded in 1999 , the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya is the only private , non - governmental organization in North America exclusively dedicated to promoting the peaceful resolution of the Second Chechen war . Chaired by former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski , former Secretary of State Alexander M . Haig and former Congressman Stephen J . Solarz , the committee is composed of more than one hundred distinguished Americans representing both major political parties and nearly every walk of life . Based at Freedom House , the Committee ' s mission encompasses three distinct yet interrelated objectives : To those ends , ACPC organizes educational programs for the public , develops policy recommendations for lawmakers and collaborates with an international network of more than 400 activists , journalists , scholars and non - governmental organizations . The Committee distributes Chechnya Today , a daily email news service , and Chechnya Weekly , an online news magazine produced by the Jamestown Foundation and edited until 2004 by Lawrence A . Uzzell . In keeping with its mandate to be an independent resource for the public and a good - faith arbiter for the warring parties , the committee does not accept financial assistance from the governments of Chechnya or Russia , or from private for - profit corporation with investments in the former Soviet Union .
Aughnanure Castle Aughnanure Castle ( " Caisleán Achadh na nlubhar " in Irish ) is a tower house in Oughterard , County Galway , in Ireland . History . The castle was built by the O ' Flaherty s in the 16th century , one of Connacht ' s most notable lord families . Aughnanure is one of over 200 tower houses in County Galway , constructed mainly by Gaelic and Anglo - Norman land owning families . The tower lies close to the shores of Lough Corrib , and translates to " the field of the yews " in Irish ( " Achadh na nlubhar " ) . The castle was controlled by the O ' Flaherty chieftains until 1572 , when it was captured by Sir Edward Fitton , President of Connaught , and granted to a junior member of the clan who had been enticed over to the Crown . It was used to blockade Galway during the Cromwellian invasion . Soon after , it was granted to the Earl of Clanrickard , and then reclaimed by the O ' Flahertys . It later fell into the hands of Lord St George as the foreclosure of a mortgage . It is now managed by Dúchas , the Irish State body responsible for national monuments and historic properties .
HMS Brantingham ( M2612 ) HMS " Brantingham " 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 Brantingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire . < br >