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George Gardiner ( VC ) George Gardiner VC DCM ( 1821 – 17 November 1891 ) was born in Clonallon , Warrenpoint , County Down and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . He was about 34 years old , and a sergeant in the 57th Regiment of Foot ( later The Middlesex Regiment ( Duke of Cambridge ' s Own ) ) , British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 22 March 1855 at Sebastopol , Crimea , Sergeant Gardiner acted with great gallantry upon the occasion of a sortie by the enemy , in having rallied the covering parties which had been driven in by the Russians , thus regaining the trenches . On 18 June during the attack on the Redan he himself remained and encouraged others to remain in the holes made by the explosions of the shells , and whence they were able to keep up a continuous fire until their ammunition was exhausted , and the enemy cleared away from the parapet . He later achieved the rank of Colour - Sergeant . He died Lifford , Co Donegal , 17 November 1891 . He is buried at Clonleigh Church of Ireland Churchyard , Lifford , Co . Donegal , Ireland . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Princess of Wales ' s Royal Regiment ( Queen ' s and Royal Hampshires ) " ( Dover Castle , England ) " .
USS Carolina ( 1906 ) USS " Carolina " was a wooden - hulled harbor launch built at Morehead City , North Carolina in 1906 for the United States Coast Guard , and stationed at Elizabeth City , North Carolina for her entire career . In accordance with Federal legislation of 28 January 1915 , this ship was automatically transferred to the United States Navy upon the United States entry into World War I in April 1917 . There is no record of her ever having performed active duty , and she was returned to the Coast Guard by an order of 28 August 1919 . She was sold for $ 1 , 025 on 3 August 1922 .
A . G . V . Paley Major General Alexander George Victor Paley ( 1903 — 1976 ) was a British Army officer who became the first Chief of the Defence Staff of Ghana . Army career . His first commanding position was as Commanding Officer of the 3rd Libyan Arab Battalion between 1941 and 1942 . He subsequently served in Iraq , and Germany among others between 1942 and 1954 . He also had a stint as the Aide - de - Camp to the Queen of Britain . World War II . In October 1944 , during the Second World War , he served as the commanding officer of the 22nd Armoured Brigade , while only ranked as a Lieutenant Colonel . He was later one of the officers on the British delegation on the Allied Control Authority during World War II with the rank of Brigadier . Ghana Armed Forces . Paley was appointed as the first General Officer Commanding between 1957 and 1959 , when his appointment covered only the army . He was effectively the Chief of Defence Staff however when the Ghana Navy and Ghana Air Force were created . His tour of duty ended on 11 January 1960 when he was replaced by Major General Henry Alexander .
Battle of Diyala River The Battle of Diyala River took place in 693 BC between the forces of the Assyrian empire and the Elamites of southern Iran . Assyrian expansion . From the 9th century BC onwards , the Assyrians had been expanding their domain from northern Mesopotamia into Judea and Babylon . After defeating the Babylonians in 689 BC , King Sennacherib sought to punish the Kingdom of Elam for its support towards Babylonia . Battle . Prior to the battle , Sennacherib had sacked a number of Elamite settlements in 694 BC in an attempt to assert his authority over the region . Despite this , the Elamites , with their Chaldea n allies from Babylon , managed to raise an army and met the Assyrian forces of Sennacherib in 693 BC at the Diyala river . According to the Assyrian account of the battle , the Elamites were heavily defeated . However , many historians believe that the Assyrians suffered heavy casualties as they failed to launch any invasions in 692 BC . In 647 BC , the Assyrians returned and this time destroyed the Kingdom of Elam .
Pavel Andreyevich Shuvalov Count Paul Andreyevich Shuvalov ( 1830 - 1908 ) was a Russia n statesman and the brother of Count Peter Shuvalov . After completing his studies in the Page Corps , Paul served with distinction in the Crimean War . His military career was fairly successful and peaked with the high rank of Full General . During the Russo - Turkish War , 1877 - 1878 he was in charge of the staff of the imperial guards and of the Petersburg Military District . From 1885 to 1894 , he was the Ambassador at Berlin , bringing an end to a toll war between Russia and Germany in 1894 . For the following two years he served as Governor - general of Warsaw . Shuvalov retired from office in 1896 and spent the rest of his life in Yalta .
USS Amazon ( 1861 ) USS " Amazon " ( 1858 ) was a wooden - hulled bark of 318 tons that had previously sailed as a whaler out of Fairhaven , Massachusetts . During the beginning of the American Civil War , she was one of the older vessels and hulks chosen by the Union Navy to be sunk in selected waterways and harbors of the Confederate States of America in order to create underwater obstructions and hazards that could damage and prevent Confederate ships from attempting to “ run ” the Union blockade . Purchased in Massachusetts in 1861 . During the first year of the American Civil War , she was purchased for $ 3 , 675 by the Union Navy at Fairhaven , Massachusetts , on 30 October 1861 , for the Stone Fleet . Assigned to the stone fleet . " Amazon " was to be laden with stone and sunk as an obstruction blocking the channel of Savannah , Georgia . She took on 325 tons of stone which had been purchased from nearby farms and sailed south on 20 November with the first contingent of stone whalers . Upon her arrival at Savannah early in December , she found that the defenders of that port had themselves , already blocked the channels of the harbor with sunken hulks in the hope of barring the approach of a Northern invasion fleet . Since the mission of the Yankee whalers at Savannah had already been carried out — albeit by Confederate forces - - " Amazon " and her sister ships moved to Charleston , South Carolina , where they were sunk across Charleston ' s main channel on 19 and 20 December 1861 .
Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Lewiston Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Lewiston , located at Lewiston , Maine , is a closed facility of the United States Navy , and was established as one of five air facilities to support Naval Air Station Brunswick , Maine , during World War II . History . A municipal airport opened in Androscoggin County , Maine , United States , in 1935 . It is located four nautical miles ( 7 km ) southwest the cities of Auburn and Lewiston , both of which own and operate the airport , although it is located solely in the city of Auburn . From late 1942 , during World War II , the airfield was under the control of the United States Navy for use as a base for anti - submarine patrols by Squadron VS - 31 . The U . S . Navy established Naval Air Station Brunswick , Maine , on 15 April 1943 , to train American , Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm , and Royal Canadian Air Force torpedo bomber pilots and radar operators until 1945 . Five auxiliary landing fields were used in support of this facility , at Bar Harbor , Casco Bay , Lewiston , Rockland , and Sanford . The aerodrome at Lewiston was established as a Naval Auxiliary Air Facility in April 1943 . It was redesignated a Naval Auxiliary Air Station in August 1945 , and disestablished on 1 December 1945 during the first round of postwar base closings , with the site being declared surplus to the Navy ' s requirements in 1946 , and handed back to the cities of Auburn and Lewiston in 1947 / 1948 . Units . Torpedo Squadron 153 ( VT - 153 ) was established at NAAF Lewiston on 26 March 1945 , transferring to Naval Air Station Oceana , Virginia , on 1 June 1945 . Current day . The former naval facility operates as Auburn / Lewiston Municipal Airport .
Russian submarine Akula ( 1908 ) Akula ( - Shark ) was a submarine built for the Imperial Russian Navy . The boat was designed by Ivan Bubnov and was an amalgam of the previous " Minoga " and the " Kasatka " class submarine designs . The design was presented to the Marine technical committee in late 1905 . Initially the boat was to use petrol engines but these were replaced by safer diesels . The boat ' s design was a single hull / saddle tank type with a diving depth of 25 fathoms ( 45 m ) . Significant initial problems were experienced and the electric motor and propellers which needed to be replaced . " Akula " was the first Russian submarine able to cruise long distances . In 1912 " Akula " made the world ' s first multi - torpedo volley with five torpedoes . She subsequently served in the Baltic Fleet during World War I making 16 patrols and unsuccessfully attacked the German battleship SMS " Beowulf " . She struck a mine and sank near Ventspils in November 1915 on her 17th patrol .
HMS Juno ( 1895 ) HMS " Juno " was an protected cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid - 1890s . " Juno " was assigned to the 11th Cruiser Squadron operating from Ireland . In 1901 , she was one of two escort ships for HMS Ophir , which carried the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York ( later King George V and Queen Mary ) during their tour of the British Empire . In 1915 she was sent to the Persian Gulf and took part in an engagement at Bushire in July – August 1915 against Tangistani raids under Rais Ali Delvari . In 1918 she was sent to the West Indies . " Juno " was sold for scrap in 1920 . In 1902 " Juno " was commanded by David Beatty .
Hitachi Type 73 The Type 73 is an artillery tractor of the Japan Ground Self - Defense Force . History . The first production of the Type 73 was in 1974 , built by Hitachi as a domestic replacement for the American M4 and M8 high - speed tractors . It was never produced in large numbers , as self - propelled artillery became the new focus . Construction . The cab and gun crew compartments of the Type 73 are fully enclosed steel designs , with ammunition carried in a separate compartment at the rear . A 400 hp Mitsubishi diesel engine powers full tracks , and armament is a single 12 . 7mm anti - aircraft machine gun . Usage . The Type 73 was intended to tow weapons such as the 155 mm Long Tom gun and the M115 203 mm howitzer . It can also be fitted with a dozer blade .
Charles Allix Lavington Yate Major Charles Allix Lavington Yate VC ( 14 March 1872 – 20 September 1914 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Yate , from Madeley , Shropshire , attended Sandhurst and joined the British Army . He saw service in British India , Mauritius , South Africa during the Second Boer War , as an observer during the Russo - Japanese War , and between 1908 and 1914 he was on the staff of the War Office in London . Early life . Major Yate was born 14 March 1872 to the Reverend Prebendary George Edward Yate ( 1825 – 1908 ) , the Vicar of St . Michael ’ s Church , Madeley from 1859 to 1908 . Yate was educated at Weymouth College , and graduated from Royal Military College Sandhurst 9th out of 1100 cadets . He joined the 2nd Battalion , the King ' s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on 13 August 1892 in Bombay . He first saw action in India in the Tirah expedition from 1897 to 1898 , for which he was awarded the medal and clasp of the Tirah Expedition . He was seriously wounded during the Boer War . On 17 September 1903 he married Florence Helena Brigg , from Greenhead Hall , Yorkshire . There were no children . His cousin was Sir Charles Yate , 1st Baronet . He was promoted to the rank of major in 1912 . Yate was fluent in French , German and Japanese , and could also speak Hindustani and Persian . VC action . Yate was 42 years old , and a major in the 2nd Battalion , The King ' s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry , during the First World War when the following deed took place during the battle of Le Cateau for which he was awarded the VC . On 26 August 1914 at Le Cateau , France , Major Yate commanded one of the two companies that remained to the end in the trenches , and when all other officers had been killed or wounded and ammunition exhausted , he led his 19 survivors against the enemy in a charge . He at Targau POW Camp . He was captured by the Germans and interned in a prisoner of war camp . After repeated attempts , he escaped a month later on 19 September 1914 , but was quickly apprehended by local factory workers who suspected his appearance , and cut his own throat to avoid recapture and possible execution as a spy . He died on 20 September 1914 . Four other VCs were won that day at Le Cateau , including one by Lance Corporal Frederick William Holmes . Yate is buried in grave II . G . 8 . at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Berlin South - Western Cemetery in Stahnsdorf , near Potsdam , Germany . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the King ' s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum in the Doncaster Museum , England .
7th Air Refueling Squadron The 7th Air Refueling Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 19th Operations Group , stationed at Robins AFB , Georgia . It was inactivated on 1 January 1993 . History . Established in 1943 by Air Transport Command in India , the squadron flew C - 46 Commando transports from the Assam Valley in India over the ' Hump ' to bases in China , flying supplies , personnel and equipment to support Fourteenth Air Force combat units in the China Burma India Theater ( CBI ) . Reactivated as part of Military Air Transport Service in 1952 , it flew C - 54 Skymaster s from McChord AFB , Washington to Elmendorf AFB and Ladd AFB , Alaska Territory . It moved to Travis AFB , California in 1953 , where it was re - equipped with C - 124 Globemaster II intercontinental strategic transport aircraft . The unit flew very long range strategic airlift missions within the MATS Western Transport Air Force area from California to Japan , Philippines , Indochina and Karachi Airport in West Pakistan during the 1950s . It was inactivated in 1955 due to budget reductions . It was re - activated at Carswell AFB , Texas on 1 April 1958 when its parent unit , the 7th Bombardment Wing received B - 52 Stratofortress es . The unit provided air - to - air refueling on a worldwide basis for over 30 years with KC - 135 Stratotanker s . It remained assigned to the 7th BMW at Carswell until the closure of the base on 1 June 1992 and the 7th was inactivated . Reassigned to the 19th Operations Group at Robins AFB , the squadron was inactivated in 1993 as part of the post Cold War drawdown of the USAF . ( Not operational 6 May – 1 December 1965 and 10 Dec 1969 – 31 Mar 1970 due to operations in Southeast Asia . All aircrews and aircraft were deployed or on loan to provisional units at Kadena AB , Okinawa , Andersen AFB , Guam or U - Tapao RTNAF , Thailand . ) On 19 Sep 1985 the 7th Air Refueling Squadron was consolidated with the 77th Air Transport Squadron ( Heavy ) , a unit that was last active 01 Jul 1955 , . This action was directed by Department of the Air Force Letter DAF / MPM 662q Attachment 1 ( Active Units ) , 19 Sep 1985 . The Consolidated Unit will retain the Designation of 7th Air Refueling Squadron , Heavy " .
Schloss Kirchheim ( Teck ) Schloss Kirchheim is situated near the old town of Kirchheim unter Teck . This Renaissance castle is the best preserved example of Württemberg duchy strongholds . History . On his return from exile , duke Ulrich of Württemberg ordered seven fortresses to be constructed across the country , in order to better protect its territory from other countries . As part of these measures , the fortifications of Kirchheim unter Teck were expanded and in 1538 , the castle was established as a corner rampart of the city wall . This simple functional building with two timber floors with a massive base was completed in 1556 under Ulrich ' s son and successor , Duke Christoph . At first , the modest palace of the rulers was used for defensive purposes and occasionally as a hunting lodge . When the plague raged in the capital city of Stuttgart in 1594 , Frederick I moved his court here . Over time , its importance as a regional fortress decreased and it was gradually transformed into a residential palace . The building has an irregular diamond shape , with four wings . It was surrounded by a deep moat , which has now been drained . On one side , it still connects to the city walls . The residents . During a two century period starting in 1628 , Kirchheim castle served as the residence of the widows of some of the dukes . Residences used by the widows of other dukes included the castles in Nürtingen and Göppingen . Among the residents : Current use . After the death of Duchess Henriette , the castle Kirchheimer was used for various purposes . In 1870 and 1871 it served as a hospital for the wounded of the Franco - German War . From 1876 till 1908 the Catholic parish held its services in the chapel . From 1911 till 1948 , it contained the city ' s vocational school for girls , a kindergarten and reidential units . In 1947 the state of Baden - Württemberg assigned the castle to the State Economics School ( est . 1923 ) for teaching and boarding purposes . The " Pedagogic Institute and School " , the successor to the Economics School , moved into the castle in 1971 and has used the castle ever since . Kirchheim Castle is one of the state ' s monuments and is maintained by the organization " State Palaces and Gardens of Baden - Württemberg " . The grand living spaces on the south side of the second floor are set up as a palace museum and are open to the public . They are dedicated to the last two residents , Franziska and Henriette . Most of Franziska ' s furniture has been preserved , and this allowed the state of the castle during Franziska ' s days to be restored when the castle was reconditioned in 1985 and 1997 . See also . List of castles in Baden - Württemberg
1st Armoured Brigade ( Poland ) Polish 1st Armoured Brigade of the defenders of Westerplatte ( ) or Polish 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade ( Polish : " 1 Warszawska Brygada Pancerna " ) was a military unit in the Ludowe Wojsko Polskie . It was formed on August 19 , 1943 from a regiment ( pułk ) of the same name . The unit fought at the Battle of Lenino ( September 1943 ) and at the Battle of Studzianki during the Lublin - Brest Offensive ( Magnuszew bridegheads in August 1944 ) . From mid - August it was subordinate to the Polish First Army . Later the unit fought in the East Pomeranian Offensive . In January 1945 it received another the honorary name , " Warszawska " ( of Warsaw ) . In July and August 1945 fought against Polish anti - Communist guerilla . In January 1946 it was downsized to regiment ( becoming 1st Warsaw Tank Regiment ) , and from June it was stationed in the Modlin area . Popular culture . The Polish TV series Czterej pancerni i pies ( Four tank men and a dog ) featured the adventures of a tank crew from this brigade .
Ali Rıza Pasha Ali Rıza Pasha ( , 1860 – 1932 ) was one the last grand viziers of the Ottoman Empire , under the reign of the last Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI Vahdeddin , between 14 October 1919 and 2 March 1920 . He was born in 1860 in Istanbul , son of a major . He graduated from the Ottoman Military College in 1886 . He held military and administrative posts such as the Governorship of Manastır in 1903 , after which he was exiled to Libya upon the pressure exercised by Russia , since the Russian consul of the city had been assassinated during his tenure . In 1905 , he was appointed to Yemen where he suppressed an uprising . With the beginning of the Second Constitutional Era in the Ottoman Empire in 1908 , he became the Minister of War in grand vizier Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha ' s government but had to be removed due to objections raised by the Committee of Union and Progress . He was re - appointed to the same ministry in Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha ' s cabinet in 1909 but gave his demission because of the 31 March Incident . Appointed as supervisor for the European armies of the Ottoman Empire , the Balkan Wars erupted before he even had the time to assume his duties . Never favored by the Committee of Union and Progress , his career succumbed to silence during the single - party regime of the Ottoman Empire during World War I . He was appointed as grand vizier on 2 October 1919 , a post he held for five months . In terms of effective shaping of policies by the remaining Ottoman state structure , his office ( as well as his successor Hulusi Salih Pasha ' s ) are usually considered as mere intervals between the two offices of Damat Ferid Pasha , the signatory of the Treaty of Sèvres .
Escadrille 67 History . Escadrille 67 of the French Air Force was founded at Lyon - Bron Airport during the First World War , on 17 September 1915 . On 24 September , they were assigned to the " IV Armee " of the French Army . By late October , the " escadrille " was assigned to the defense of Verdun . Dubbed " Escadrille N67 " for the Nieuport two - seaters they operated , the new unit performed numerous reconnaissance , photographic , artillery direction , and bombing missions . For their efforts , they were cited on 25 January 1916 . In July , they were cited a second time , for engaging in 257 combats and downing 11 enemy aircraft . The second citation entitled the unit to wear a fourragere denoting a unit award of the " Croix de guerre " ; " Escadrille N67 " was the first aerial unit to win this award . During that Summer of 1916 , the " escadrille " traded its two - seaters for Nieuport Scouts . On 1 November 1916 , the unit would be incorporated into " Groupe de Combat 13 " , joining " Escadrille 65 " , " Escadrille 112 " , and " Escadrille N . 124 " . After service with " GC 13 " , the " escadrille " was detached from the " groupe " on 1 June 1917 . It was assigned to an ad hoc " Groupe Provisoire de Bonneuil " subordinated to " III Armee " . After 1 August 1917 , the " escadrille " re - equipped with " SPAD " fighters , becoming " Escadrille SPA . 67 " . On 18 January 1918 , it was posted to replace " Escadrille 73 " in " Groupe de Combat 12 " . " Escadrille SPA . 67 " remained with " GC 12 " until war ' s end . The " escadrille " was credited with 42 victories during the war . " Escadrille SPA . 67 " remains an active part of the French Air Force .
RT - 21 Temp 2S The RT - 21 Temp 2S was a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War . It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS - 16 Sinner and carried the industry designation 15Zh42 . The RT - 21 was the first mobile ICBM developed by the Soviet Union . It relied heavily on the RT - 21M Pioner ( SS - 20 Saber ) , a shorter - range missile , for its technology . The program became mired in a series of treaty complications , including questions regarding its use of theatre missile launchers . Ultimately , it is unlikely that the RT - 21 reached deployment , and by the mid - 1980s , the program had been scrapped . Period of storage on launcher 5 years , preparation time for launch 40 minutes
USS Chinook ( PC - 9 ) The second USS " Chinook " ( PC - 9 ) is the ninth " Cyclone " class patrol ( coastal ) ship of the United States Navy . Awarded 19 July 1991 to Bollinger Shipyards , her keel was laid 16 June 1993 and she was launched 26 February 1994 . She was delivered 7 October 1994 and commissioned 28 January 1995 .