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Douglas Porch Douglas Porch ( born 29 December 1944 ) is an American military historian and academic . He currently serves as a Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School , and is the former Chair of the Department of National Security Affairs for the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey , California . Biography . He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the South , Sewanee , Tennessee in 1967 and a Ph . D . from Cambridge University in 1972 . He has been a professor of strategy at the Naval War College , a guest lecturer at the Marine Corps University , a post - doctoral research fellow at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and the Mark W . Clark Professor of History at The Citadel . Dr . Porch has written more than eight books and numerous other publications , mostly about French military history and French Colonialism . These books have been published in both French and English . In 1993 his book " The French Foreign Legion : A Complete History of the Legendary Fighting Force " received the Society for Military History ' s Distinguished Book Award .
Al - Uboor Al - Uboor is a class of patrol boat s in the Iraqi Navy . On 17 February 2005 a contract was signed for six new Iraqi Navy ships to be built in Iraq , by Iraqis , and in support of the local Baghdad economy . The first of the ships , called Al Uboor class patrol boats , was to enter service in six months with the last of them hitting the water 18 months from the signing . Construction had begun before Operation Iraqi Freedom , but the new contract will see the ships completed to a revised design . Funded by the Interim Iraqi Government ' s 2005 defense budget , they will cost approximately $ 15 million . The ships will patrol Iraqi territorial waters . Completing the contracts and continuing the construction of the ships is the first example of joint planning by the Iraqi Ministry of Defense Policy and Requirements office and military staffs . It will also enable the coalition maritime presence in the Northern Persian Gulf to be reduced making a number of naval units available for other tasking , Iraqi officials said .
31 Combat Engineer Regiment ( The Elgins ) 31 Combat Engineer Regiment ( 31 CER or " The Elgins " ) , is currently a combat engineer regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces , supporting 31 Canadian Brigade Group of the 4th Canadian Division ( formerly Land Force Central Area ) . It consists of two squadrons : 48 Engineer Squadron in Waterloo , Ontario , and 7 Engineer Squadron in St . Thomas , Ontario . The Elgins existed before the Confederation of Canada , unofficially tracing their origin to 1866 . Afghanistan . Since the beginning of Canadian combat operations in Afghanistan in 2002 , 31 CER has sent members to augment Regular Force units for deployments while also acting as a " feeder " unit , training Reserve Force members who then take full - time contracts with Regular Force CER ' s .
Kaiser - Fleetwings A - 39 The Kaiser - Fleetwings A - 39 was a project by Kaiser - Fleetwings in the 1942 - 1943 period for an attack aircraft powered by a single Pratt & Whitney R - 2800 radial engines . It was to be armed with four . 50 caliber machine gun s and two 37 mm cannon s , along with up to of bombs . Some sources claim that the A - 39 was intended to be a twin - engined design . The A - 39 was canceled before any prototypes were built .
Fort Stevens ( Washington , D . C . ) Fort Stevens was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington , D . C . , during the American Civil War . It was constructed in 1861 as " Fort Massachusetts " and later enlarged by the Union Army and renamed " Fort Stevens " after Brig . Gen . Isaac Ingalls Stevens , who was killed at the Battle of Chantilly , Virginia , on September 1 , 1862 . The fort came under direct Confederate attack by troops led by Maj . Gen . Jubal Early in the Battle of Fort Stevens on July 11 and July 12 , 1864 . President Abraham Lincoln rode out to the Fort on both days to observe the attack , and was briefly under enemy fire by sharpshooters . On July 12 , he was brusquely ordered to take cover , mostly likely by Union Maj . Gen . Horatio Wright . A story has grown up , probably apocryphal , that future Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr . , then an aide - de - camp to Wright , yelled at Lincoln , " Get down , you fool ! " Another story attributes this quote to nearby resident Elizabeth Thomas . This is believed to have been only the second time in American history that a sitting president came under enemy fire during a war ( the first being President James Madison during the War of 1812 ) . The site , near Georgia Avenue at 13th Street and Quackenbos Street NW , is now maintained by the National Park Service . The remains of 41 Union soldiers who died in the Battle of Fort Stevens are buried on the grounds of nearby Battleground National Cemetery .
SMK tank SMK ( named after Sergei Mironovich Kirov - the recently assassinated party official ) was an armored vehicle prototype developed by the Soviet Union prior to the Second World War . The SMK was mistakenly known to German intelligence as the T - 35C . Only one was built and after a poor showing against other designs and brief use in the war with Finland , the project was dropped . Design and development . The SMK was among the designs competing to replace the unreliable and expensive T - 35 multi - turreted heavy tank . A design team under Kotin at the Kirovski Works ( formerly the Putilov Works ) at Leningrad designed the tank . Competition came from the former OKMO designer N . Barykov at the " Bolshevik " Plant . In spite of the lessons that could have been learned during the Spanish Civil War , the specification drawn up for the " Anti - Tank Gun Destroyer " in 1937 required the ability to withstand 45 mm anti - tank guns at point - blank range and 75 mm artillery fire at . Meetings in 1938 reduced the number of turrets in the specification and a move to torsion bar from spring suspension . Kotin and his assistant independently designed a single - turret version of the SMK which received Stalin ' s approval and the name KV . Production of two prototypes was ordered . The SMK ' s armament was a short 76 . 2 mm gun in the upper centrally placed turret and a 45 mm weapon in the forward turret . Service history . The SMK , the two KV - 1 prototypes and the two T - 100 prototypes were put through proving trials before being tested operationally in combat during the Winter War against Finland . The vehicles formed a company of the 91st Tank Battalion of the 20th Heavy Tank Brigade . The unit was under the command of the son of the Defence Commissar . After being immobilized by a mine , the SMK had to be abandoned and was not recovered for 2 months . The KV design proved superior in both trials in Finland and was accepted .
Heraclius ( brother of Tiberius III ) Heraclius ( , " Herakleios " ) was the brother of the Byzantine emperor Tiberius III ( r . 698 – 705 ) and the Byzantine Empire ' s leading general during his reign . He scored a number of victories against the Umayyads , but was unable to halt the Arab conquest of Armenia , nor able to prevent the deposition of his brother by Justinian II ( r . 685 – 695 and 705 – 711 ) , who later captured and executed them both . Biography . Nothing is known of his early life . The name of his brother , Apsimar , probably indicates a Germanic origin . In 698 , Apsimar was proclaimed emperor by the Byzantine fleet after a failed expedition to recover Carthage . Apsimar set Constantinople under siege and succeeded in entering the city when some officers opened a gate . Deposing the emperor Leontius ( r . 695 – 698 ) , himself a usurper , Apsimar assumed the throne under the old Roman name Tiberius , and set about to gain legitimacy for his regime by securing a military victory against the Empire ' s major foe , the Umayyad Caliphate . Heraclius was appointed by his brother as " patrikios " and commander - in - chief ( " monostrategos " ) of the Anatolian themes . In late autumn , he crossed with his army the mountain passes of the Taurus Mountains into Cilicia and thence headed to northern Syria . After defeating an Arab army from Antioch , he raided as far as Samosata before returning safely to the Empire in the spring of 699 . This success only served to provoke a massive Arab response : over the next few years , the Caliphate ' s generals Muhammad ibn Marwan and Abdallah ibn Abd al - Malik launched a series of campaigns that conquered what remained of Byzantine Armenia , without Heraclius being able to respond effectively . In 702 , however , the Armenians rose up in a large - scale revolt , and asked for Byzantine aid . In 704 , while Abdallah , after securing his rear , launched another campaign to recover Armenia , Heraclius attacked the Arabs in Cilicia . He defeated an army of 10 , 000 – 12 , 000 under Yazid ibn Hunain at Sisium , killing most and leading the rest off in chains to Constantinople , but was unable to divert Abdallah from completing his reconquest of Armenia . At that time , the deposed emperor Justinian II ( r . 685 – 695 and 705 – 711 ) had escaped from his exile at Cherson and gained the aid of the khans of the Khazars and of the Bulgars . The Empire now faced another threat , as Justinian joined the Bulgar Khan Tervel in autumn 704 and prepared to march into Thrace . Heraclius was recalled from the East and sent to confront Justinian and Tervel , but the allied force bypassed Heraclius ' s army and seized Constantinople in late summer 705 . Tiberius III managed to escape the capital to Sozopolis , where he joined the army of his brother . Their soldiers , however , began deserting them , and Tiberius and Heraclius were captured by Justinian ' s troops . After being paraded through Constantinople in chains , Heraclius and many of his senior - most officers were then hung from the city walls , while Leontius and Tiberius were executed in early 706 .
John May ( Medal of Honor ) John May ( 1836 – March 19 , 1886 ) was a German - born soldier in the U . S . Army who served with the 6th U . S . Cavalry during the Texas - Indian Wars . He was one of thirteen men who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry against the Kiowa at the Battle of the Little Wichita River on July 12 , 1870 . Biography . Born in Wurttemberg , Germany in 1836 , John May emigrated to the United States where he eventually enlisted in the U . S . Army at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . He became a member of the 6th U . S . Cavalry where he eventually reached the rank of sergeant . Serving on frontier duty in Texas , May would eventually become a veteran Indian fighter during Texas - Indian Wars . While stationed at Fort Richardson in the summer of 1870 , he was part of a mixed detachment consisting of 3 officers and 56 men under the command of Captain Curwen B . McClellan which pursued a band of Indians who had captured the mail at Rock Station only 16 miles from the fort . After nearly a week on the trail , they were ambushed by 250 Kiowas led by Chief Kicking Bird resulting in what would become known as the Battle of the Little Wichita River . Vastly outnumbered , May and his fellow soldiers took cover and were eventually able to force the Kiowas to retreat . After returning to Fort Richardson , McClellan recommended May and 12 other men for the Medal of Honor which they received on August 25 , 1870 . May died in La Junta , Colorado on March 19 , 1886 , at age 50 . He was interred at Fairview Cemetery . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Sergeant , Company L , 6th U . S . Cavalry . Place and date : At Wichita River , Tex . , 12 July 1870 . Entered service at : - - - - - - . Birth : Germany . Date of issue : 25 August 1870 . Citation : Gallantry in action .
1985 El Descanso bombing The 1985 El Descanso bombing was a bomb attack against the El Descanso restaurant just outside Madrid , Spain , late on April 12 , 1985 . The explosion killed 18 Spaniards and injured 82 others , including 11 American servicemen , who were believed to be the target of the attack . American servicemen who worked at nearby Torrejón Air Base frequented the restaurant . Spanish Interior Minister Jose Barrionuevo blamed the Islamic Jihad Organization , which claimed responsibility for the blast , for the bombing . However , the case was closed in 1987 due to a lack of arrests . In 2005 , Spain requested the alleged Al - Qaeda operative and writer Mustafa Setmariam Nasar ' s extradition from Pakistan for his role in the bombing .
Battle of Kroppenhof The Battle of Kroppenhof was fought during the Polish – Swedish War ( 1621 – 1625 ) , between Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Swedish Empire in November 28 , 1621 . Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Aleksander Gosiewski defeated the Swedish forces commanded by Samuel Cockburn .
SM U - 95 SM U - 95 was one of the 329 submarine s serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I . U - 95 was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic . She sank by unknown causes off Hardelot , France , in the second half of January 1918 .
HMAS Steady Hour HMAS " Steady Hour " ( 12 ) was a channel patrol boat of the Naval Auxiliary Patrol of the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) during the Second World War . During the 31 May 1942 Japanese attack on Sydney Harbour , " Steady Hour " deployed 17 depth charges against the Japanese midget submarine " M - 21 " in Taylor ' s Bay . The submarine ' s two crew members destroyed their vessel with demolition charges and committed suicide . " Steady Hour " was awarded the battle honour " Pacific 1942 " . Fate . " Steady Hour " was destroyed by fire on 3 March 1945 while attached to on air - sea rescue duties at Darwin , Northern Territory .
370th Infantry Regiment ( United States ) The 370th Infantry Regiment was the designation for one of the infantry regiments of the 93rd ( Provisional ) Infantry Division . 8th Infantry Regiment , Illinois National Guard . This was an all - black militia regiment founded in the 1870s . World War 1 . The " 8th Illinois Infantry " arrived in France on World War 2 . The 370th Infantry Regiment arrived in Naples , Italy on August 1 , 1944 . It was attached 1st Armored Division . The 370th entered combat on August 24 , 1944 . It participated in the crossing of the Arno River , the occupation of Lucca and the penetration of the Gothic Line . Enemy resistance was negligible in its area . As Task Force 92 , elements of the 92nd attacked on the Ligurian coastal flank toward Massa , 5 October . By the 12th , the slight gains achieved were lost to counterattacks . On 13 October , the remainder of the Division concentrated for patrol activities . Elements of the 92nd moved to the Serchio sector , 3 November 1944 , and advanced in the Serchio River Valley against light resistance , but the attempt to capture Castelnuovo did not succeed . Patrol activities continued until 26 December when the enemy attacked ( Winter Line ) , forcing units of the 92nd to withdraw . The attack ended on 28 December . The attacking forces were mainly from the Alpine Division " Monte Rosa " a division of the army of the Italian Social Republic ( 4 battalions ) with the support of 3 German battalions . Aside from patrols and reconnaissance , units of the 92d attacked in the Serchio sector , 5 – 8 February 1945 , against the Italian Bersaglieri Division " Italia " , another unit of the army of the Italian Social Republic , but enemy counterattacks nullified Division advances . On 1 April , the 370th RCT and the attached 442nd RCT ( Nisei ) attacked in the Ligurian coastal sector and drove rapidly north against light opposition of German 148th Infantry Division supported by Italian coastal units . The 370th took over the Serchio sector and pursued a retreating enemy from 18 April until the collapse of enemy forces , 29 April 1945 . Elements of the 92nd Division entered La Spezia and Genoa on the 27th and took over selected towns along the Ligurian coast until the enemy surrendered , 2 May 1945 . Between August 1944 and May 1945 the 92nd Division suffered 3 , 200 casualties , factoring losses from units attached to the Division brings the totals up to 5 , 000 casualties . On Italian Front the Buffalo soldiers had opportunity to made contact with men of many nationalities : beyond other segregated Americans like the Japaneses descendants , They had contact with the also segregated troops of British and French colonial empires ( Black Africans , Moroccans , Algerians , Indians , Gurkhas , Jews and Palestinians ) as well as with exiled Poles , Greeks and Czechs ; anti - fascist Italians and the Non - segregated troops of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force .
Hugh P . Mullin Hugh Patrick Mullin was an Seaman in the United States Navy and a Medal of Honor recipient . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Seaman , U . S . Navy . Born : March 20 , 1878 , Richmond , Ill . Accredited to : Illinois . G . O . No . : 537 , January 8 , 1900 . Citation : On board the U . S . S . Texas during the coaling of that vessel at Hampton Roads , Va . , 11 November 1899 . Jumping overboard while wearing a pair of heavy rubber boots and at great risk to himself , Mullin rescued Alfred Kosminski , apprentice , second class , who fell overboard , by supporting him until he was safely hauled from the water .
Anthony E . Van Dyke Anthony E . Van Dyke is an American United States Marine Corps Colonel and current commander of Marine forces at Henderson Hall in Arlington , Virginia . He has previously served at the United States Navy ' s European headquarters in London , England and in USMC bases across America . Career . Dyke was born in Forest Grove , Oregon and graduated from Oregon State University in June 1978 with a degree in agriculture . He was commissioned in the Marines as a 2nd Lieutenant and completed basic training at Quantico in December 1978 , followed by the Naval Flight training course in Pensacola , Florida in May 1980 , and training in the CH - 46 at Tustin , California in June . He served as a pilot , Classified Material Control Officer , Flight Line Officer and NATOPS Officer during two tours to Okinawa and Japan before returning to the United States in 1983 as a Squadron Weapons and Tactics Instructor . In August 1984 he returned to Quantico to take part in the Amphibious Warfare School , from which he graduated in 1985 and was assigned to an active unit in various positions such as Legal Officer , Operational test and Evaluation Projects Officer , Operations Duty Officer and Flight Officer . In 1989 Dyke served as the Logistic / Supply Officer and Aircraft Maintenance Officer in Tustin , California before being sent to Kuwait as part of Operation Desert Shield with the 13th MEU . Returning in 1992 Dyke attended Naval Command and Staff College in Newport , Rhode Island and majored in National Security and Strategic Studies . Joining Joint Task Force Six at El Paso , Texas in 1993 , Dyke was involved in counter drug operations stretching from Texas to the U . S . Virgin Islands . After a two - year period as commander of the Marine installation at New River , North Carolina and a short time at Marine Aircraft Group 29 Operations , Dyke attended the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base , in Montgomery , Alabama . Completing his course there , Dyke then joined the headquarters of U . S . Naval Forces Europe based in London . In July 2001 Dyke was assigned to Henderson Hall as Branch Head of the Joint Staff Branch . Awards and decorations . Colonel Van Dyke ' s decorations include the following : Medals : Badges :
Viridovix Viridovix was the chief of Unelli , a Gallic tribe which faced the legions of Julius Caesar at the time of the Roman conquest between 58 and 51 BC . He assumed the command of a Gallic army of Lexovii and Aulerci Eburones against the legate Quintus Titurius Sabinus , against whom he suffered a defeat in 56 BC .
Annanias Mathe Annanias Mathe ( sometimes reported as Ananias Mathe ) is a notorious serial killer , serial rapist and armed robber from Mozambique who achieved further notoriety in 2006 by being the only person to have ever escaped from the maximum high - security C - Max Penitentiary in Pretoria , South Africa . Mathe was initially arrested on 51 counts of murder , attempted murder , rape , hijacking and armed robbery in November 2006 . Whilst being detained in the A6 ward of C - Max Penitentiary which houses dangerous and hardened criminals , Mathe managed to escape by smearing himself with petroleum jelly and sliding out of his cell window , measuring only 20 cm x 60 cm . This daring escape led the South African press to dub him ' Houdini ' . Mathe had escaped from police custody before , previously in April 2005 . His latest escape prompted a nationwide manhunt , the events of which were closely monitored by local media . He was re - arrested on 4 December 2006 ( about two weeks after his escape ) , when he hijacked a car in the affluent Johannesburg suburb of Craighall . Unknown to Mathe , the vehicle was fitted with a satellite tracking device , which led police and private security companies to Mathe after a chase which saw him being shot three times in the leg and buttocks . Mathe was found guilty on 64 of 71 charges including rape , attempted rape , attempted murder , robbery and theft , and was sentenced to 54 years imprisonment with a minimum of 43 years . Six prison wardens linked to his latest escape were dismissed .
Gottfried Weber ( general ) Gottfried Weber ( 31 January 1899 – 16 August 1958 ) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a Generalmajor in the Bundeswehr . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Gottfried Weber was captured by Soviet troops in May 1945 in the Courland Pocket . He was released in 1955 and in 1956 he joined the Bundeswehr . He died on 16 August 1958 in an auto - accident in Villach , Austria .
Walter Sander ( Fallschirmjäger ) Walter Sander ( 25 July 1914 – 28 April 1981 ) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant der Reserve in the Fallschirmjäger during World War II . 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 .
Kosmos 1285 Kosmos 1285 ( meaning " Cosmos 1285 " ) was a Soviet US - K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1981 as part of the Soviet military ' s Oko programme . The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . Kosmos 1285 was launched from Site 16 / 2 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR . A Molniya - M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch , which took place at 00 : 13 UTC on 4 August 1981 . The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 1981 - 071A . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 12627 . It did not reach working orbit and self - destructed .