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Eyal Eizenberg Aluf Eyal Eizenberg ( ) ( born 1963 ) is a general in the Israel Defense Forces ; currently the head of IDF Home Front Command . He led the Israel Defense Forces ( IDF ) Gaza Division during the 2008 – 2009 Israel – Gaza conflict . Military career . Eizenberg was born in Kfar Bialik in 1963 . He began his military service in the Israel Defense Forces in 1981 , as a cadet in the Israel Air Force ( IAF ) Flight School . He did not complete his pilot training , and moved to the Air Force ' s Shaldag commando unit , where he became a company commander . He then joined the Givati Brigade as commander of the Brigade ' s Samson ' s Foxes Reconnaissance company , and later as the commander of its Shaked battalion . He returned to the Shaldag Unit as its commander , a post he held from 1996 - 1999 . He was promoted to the rank of Colonel , and commanded the Eastern Brigade of Lebanon Liaison Unit during Israel ' s withdrawal from the security zone it held in Lebanon in 2000 . Subsequently he commanded a reserve paratrooper brigade , before returning to Givati Brigade as its commander , in 2003 - 2005 . He led the brigade during Operation Days of Penitence , and according to Human Rights Watch , he was one of the key Israeli decision - makers in the Gaza Strip during Operation Rainbow in May 2004 . In November 2005 he assumed command of the 98th Paratroopers Division , and led it during the 2006 Lebanon War . Though the performance of his division in the war was criticized by the Winograd Commission , he was the only one of the four divisional commanders that participated in the war who continued to serve in the army after the war , advancing in the ranks . His appointment as commander of the Gaza Division was harshly criticized , due to the perceived failure of the division under his command in the Lebanon war . Eizenberg replaced Moshe Tamir as commander of the Gaza Division on 19 November 2008 . The handing over of command was postponed due to a surge in tensions around Gaza . Eyal Eizenberg was reprimanded on February 2 , 2010 for the authorization of an artillery attack which hit a UN compound in Tel El Hawa on . During the attack on 15 January 2009 the compound was set ablaze by white phosphorus shells . The Israel Defense Forces did not say what form of discipline Eizenberg faces , but that he was accused of " exceeding his authority in a manner that jeopardised the lives of others " during the shelling of Tel al - Hawa during the Israel Defense Forces ' Operation Cast Lead on January 15 , 2009 . On June 15 , 2011 , Eizenberg was appointed head of the Home Front Command . Personal life . Eizenberg is married and the father of 3 children . He lives in a moshav in central Israel .
USNS Colonel William J . O ' Brien ( T - AK - 246 ) USNS " Colonel William J . O ’ Brien " ( T - AK - 246 ) was an " Alamosa " - class cargo ship that was constructed for the U . S . Navy during the closing period of World War II . However , the war ended , and she was transferred to the U . S . Army as USAT " Colonel William J . O ’ Brien " who kept her in service until transferred to the U . S . Navy in 1950 . Built in Long Beach , California . The ship was laid down as " MV Maiden ' s Eye " on 17 January 1945 and launched on 13 February 1945 at Consolidated Steel Corporation , Long Beach , California , as a type ( C1 - M - AV1 ) under U . S . Maritime Commission contract ( MC hull 2323 ) . She was acquired by the U . S . War Shipping Administration ( WSA ) on 10 April 1945 . U . S . Army service . She was assigned to the U . S . Army which commissioned her on ( date unknown ) as USAT " Colonel William J . O ' Brien " . She was retained by the U . S . Army until she was transferred to the U . S . Navy 1 March 1950 . U . S . Navy service . " Colonel William J . O ’ Brien " ( AK - 246 ) was acquired from the U . S . Army on 1 March 1950 and immediately transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service ( MSTS ) as USNS " Colonel William J . O ’ Brien " ( T - AK - 246 ) for permanent assignment . She continued to serve the U . S . Navy until she was placed out of service in the 1960s . Final inactivation . She was stricken from the Navy List on 1 September 1973 and laid up until she was sold on 1 October 1973 and subsequently scrapped . Honors and awards . Qualified vessel personnel were authorized the following :
205th Coastal Division ( Italy ) The 205th Coastal Division was an infantry division of the Italian Army during World War II . The division was one of three Coastal Divisions based in Sardinia until the Italian surrender to the Allies in September 1943 . Coastal divisions , were second line divisions , usually formed from men in their forties and fifties intended to perform labouring and second lined duties . Recruited locally they were often commanded by officers called out of retirement . Their equipment was also second rate . The Prime Minister of Italy , Benito Mussolini had hoped to obtain large quantities of arms and equipment from the disbanded Vichy French army , but this had often been sabotaged of arrived with no ammunition .
Thorgil Sprakling Thorgil Sprakling ( also called Torkel , Torgils or Sprakalägg ) was a Dane whose grandsons became kings of Denmark and England . In Knýtlinga saga he is also called " the fast " . Florence of Worcester named his father as ' Ursius ' ( i . e . " urso " , Latin for bear , björn in Scandinavian languages ) and Saxo Grammaticus tells the story that this Ursius / Björn was the son of a bear and a fair Swedish maiden . Genealogical speculations of a later date ( presumably first suggested by the Danish historians Jakob Langebek and Peter Frederik Suhm ) would make Thorgil son of the Viking Styrbjörn the Strong , who in turn is depicted as son of Olaf Björnsson , king of Sweden . Styrbjorn ' s wife in the sagas , Thyra , was the daughter of Harold Bluetooth , king of Denmark and Norway . No primary source supports this theory and the theory itself is almost impossible to maintain because of the chronological inconsistencies . His " children " were Ulf ( died 1027 ) , a steward and Earl of Canute the Great in Denmark , whose son became king Sweyn II of Denmark , Eilaf ( also Earl of King Canute ) and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir who was to marry Godwin , Earl of Wessex and become mother of Harold Godwinson , king of England .
Edward Follansbee Noyes Edward Follansbee Noyes ( October 3 , 1832September 4 , 1890 ) was a Republican politician from Ohio . Noyes served as the 30th Governor of Ohio . Biography . Noyes was born in Haverhill , Massachusetts . He was orphaned at the age of three and was raised in New Hampshire by his grandfather and a guardian . At the age of thirteen , he was apprenticed to the printer of " The Morning Star " , a religious newspaper published in Dover , New Hampshire . He remained an apprentice for over four years until he left to enter an academy in Kingston , New Hampshire . He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1857 ( 4th in a class of 57 students ) , then moved to Cincinnati , Ohio , and attended the Cincinnati Law School . Noyes served in the Union Army during the Civil War . He helped organize the 39th Ohio Infantry , and was rewarded with a commission as its first major on July 27 , 1861 . Within a few months , he had become the regiment ' s colonel . He was severely wounded in his ankle in a skirmish at Ruff ' s Mill on July 4 , 1864 , during the Atlanta Campaign and , as a result , had his left leg amputated . Three months later , Maj . Gen . Joseph Hooker assigned Noyes , who was still recuperating and using crutches , to the command of Camp Dennison near Cincinnati , breveted him as a brigadier general . Noyes commanded the post until April 22 , 1865 , when he resigned to become city solicitor . He was elected in October 1866 as the probate judge of Hamilton County . He was elected to the governorship in 1871 , besting another former Union Army officer , Col . George W . McCook , by more than twenty thousand votes . He served one two - year term between 1872 – 74 , pushing for stricter coal mine inspection laws and promoting fish conservation . He lost re - election in 1873 by 817 votes , 50 . 1 % - 49 . 9 % . In 1874 , he was appointed an Ohio Commissioner of the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia He later served as Rutherford B . Hayes ' s Minister to France from 1877 – 81 , a patronage reward for his strong support of his fellow Buckeye soldier during Hayes ' presidential campaign . He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati , Ohio . Noyes married Margaret W . Proctor at Kingston , New Hampshire in February , 1863 , while on leave from the army . External links .
Hermann Alber Hermann Karl Alber was a Sturmmann in the Waffen SS during World War II , who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . It was awarded in recognition of extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II . Sturmann Alber was awarded the Knight ' s Cross for his action on the 2 August 1944 . At 0800 hours on the road from Le Bény - Bocage , Catheolles , Montchauvet British infantry supported by five tanks started an attack . They were confronted by three Panzer IV from the 6th Company , 9th SS Panzer Regiment , and a section of the 9th Company , 20th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment which was under the command of Sturmann Alber . Alber and his nine men attacked the feature height 221 Arcais south and kept the British infantry company and six tanks in the town of La Vaupalière which was at the bottom of heights 221 and 220 and under fire . Alber personally destroyed a Cromwell tank with hand grenades . Alber was killed at around 1930 hours that evening in the area Le Desert , Montchauvet . Hermann Alber was awarded all his decorations posthumously on the 26 December 1944 : the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross , the Iron Cross I & II class , and the Tank Destruction Badge .
Samuel Butts Captain Samuel Butts ( November 24 , 1777 – January 27 , 1814 ) was a militia officer in the Creek War . Butts was born at his family ’ s farm in Southampton , Virginia to parents Martha and Simmons . His descendents included many veterans of the American Revolutionary War . The Butts family moved to Sparta , Georgia when Samuel was young . As an adult , Butts moved to Monticello , Georgia and became a businessman . In 1813 , Butts joined the local militia of Jasper County as a private in order to fight in the War of 1812 . He was quickly made captain of his unit , and they fought under the command of General John Floyd in battles at Autossee , Tallasee and Camp Defiance . On January 27 , 1814 , Butts was killed in Alabama at the Battle of Calebee Creek ( also referred to as Chillabee in some references ) . In 1825 , the Georgia General Assembly named Butts County , Georgia in honor of Captain Butts . A Georgia chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution is named after him as well .
Yashiro Rokurō Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and Navy Minister , succeeding the last of the Satsuma - era naval leaders of the early Meiji period . Biography . Born in the Inuyama domain , Owari Province ( present day Aichi prefecture ) , Yashiro graduated from the 8th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1881 . He was ranked 19th of his class of 35 cadets . After midshipman service in the ironclad warship " Ryūjō " , he served as a crewman on the corvette . He was the posted to various administrative assignments within the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy . From July 1890 to November 1892 , he was send as a naval attaché to Vladivostok , in Russia . After his return to Japan , he was assigned to the cruiser , and was serving as a division officer aboard that vessel during the Battle of the Yalu on 17 September 1894 in the First Sino - Japanese War . Yashiro briefly served on the cruiser during the next year , before being assigned as a naval attaché to Saint Petersburg , Russia . Promoted to lieutenant commander in 1896 and commander the following year , Yashiro served on the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff between 1899 and 1900 . In early 1900 , he was appointed the executive officer on the cruiser , and in late 1900 , he received his first command : the cruiser , followed by the . Following his graduation from the Naval Staff College , Yashiro was promoted to captain in 1901 . Commander of the armored cruiser during the Russo - Japanese War , Yashiro earned a reputation as a cool - headed and intelligent battle commander in skirmishes against the Russian cruiser and the gunboat in the Battle of Chemulpo Bay on 9 February 1904 as well as taking part in the Battle of the Yellow Sea and the Battle of Tsushima . At the war ' s end , Yashiro was assigned to Berlin , Germany as naval attaché until 1907 , when he was promoted to rear admiral , serving as commander of a number of naval bases and fleets between 1907 and 1911 . On 1 December 1911 , he became Commandant of the Naval War College . During his time at the War College , Yashiro was a strong proponent of introducing " karate " into the Navy ' s training program . On 25 September 1913 , he was transferred to become Commander in Chief of the Maizuru Naval District . Following the Siemens - Vickers scandal s , Yashiro replaced Admiral Yamamoto Gonnohyoe as Navy Minister . Although appointed due to his commendable military and apolitical record , Yashiro ' s bluntness and dealing directly with politicians led to his forced resignation in April 1915 . Commanding the IJN 2nd Fleet until 1917 , Yashiro was then given command of the Sasebo Naval District . Yashiro was ennobled with the title of " danshaku " ( baron ) under the " kazoku " peerage system in 1916 . Raised to the rank of full admiral in 1918 , Yashiro was placed on the inactive list in 1919 and lived in retirement until his death in 1930 .
John G . Manuel Captain John Gerald Manuel DFC , DSC ( 29 March 1893 – 10 June 1918 ) was a Canadian First World War flying ace , officially credited with 13 victories . He was the son of George Morton and Edith Juliet Paget Manuel ( née Imlach ) . Manuel originally began service with the Canadian Field Artillery after enlisting on 27 November 1914 . His attestation papers offer a few details about him . He was unmarried , a civil engineer , and belonged to a militia unit , the Alberta Dragoons . His next of kin was George M . Manuel , relationship unnoted . Medical records show him with dark hair , gray eyes , medium complexion , and standing five feet six inches tall . Neither his weight nor his build was given . Manuel switched to the Royal Naval Air Service in March 1917 . After training , he spent a short period in 12 Naval Squadron . On 12 August 1917 , he was posted to 10 Naval Squadron as a Sopwith Camel pilot . Nine days later , he drove a German Albatros D . V down out of control , and destroyed another five minutes later . A month later , on 21 September , Manuel destroyed a German reconnaissance two - seater . Another D . V fell under his guns on 15 November 1917 . He then received the Distinguished Service Cross on 19 December to close out his year . Manuel scored his fifth victory on 18 February , destroying another D . V to become an ace . He drove another down out of control the next day . He would continue to score until his final two wins on 9 June 1918 . Not even a hand wound caused by an exploding Very pistol during a patrol on 9 May 1918 seemed to phase him , as he quickly returned from hospital to fly combat . On 10 June 1918 , the day after his final victories , Manuel fatally collided with rookie pilot F . C . Dodd . His final tally was ten enemy airplanes destroyed ( including one shared with William Stanley Jenkins ) , and three driven down out of control . Flt . Sub - Lieut . John Gerald Manuel , R . N . A . S . Text of citations . For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in air fights and bombing raids , particularly on 26 September 1917 , when he attacked alone the Abeele Aerodrome , dropping his bombs from about 1 , 500 feet with good results . A machine gun then opened fire on him , but he dived down low and silenced it by firing fifty rounds from his machine gun .
No . 516 Squadron RAF No . 516 Squadron RAF was an army co - operation squadron of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War . History . No . 516 Squadron was formed on 28 April 1943 at RAF Dundonald from 1441 ( Combined Operations ) Flight on 28 April 1943 . Its role was to provide realistic training facilities to both combined operations training units in the Western Scotland area . It operated a large variety of aircraft with the unusual task to provide realistic low - level attacks against commando and assault troops undergoing training . The work involved detaching aircraft near the troop training areas including RAF Ayr and RAF Haverfordwest . By 1944 the training of commando and assault troops was on the decline and the squadron was disbanded at Dundonald on the 2 December 1944 .
RT - 20 ( rifle ) The RT - 20 is a Croatian anti - materiel sniper rifle developed by Metallic in Rijeka in the mid - 1990s and marketed by RH - Alan . It was developed to shoot the thermal sights on Serbian M - 84 and T - 72 tanks . The name itself is actually an acronym of the Croatian word Ručni Top 20 , or " Hand Cannon 20mm " . Operating with a bolt action , it houses a single 20mm round and must be reloaded after each shot . Given its large caliber , it is one of the most powerful anti - materiel rifles currently in use by any country and is comparable to the South African NTW - 20 and the Indian Vidhwansak , with the difference being that the RT - 20 is recoilless . Specifications . A unique feature of the weapon is the counter - recoil reactive tube or the back blast above the barrel . This tube funnels gasses from the cartridge out the back end , similar to that of a recoilless rifle or rocket launcher . This system is seldom used in small arms and comes with its disadvantages . It can not be fired in confined spaces , for example with things , such as walls , in close proximity to the rear . Another possible disadvantage would be that the gases from the back - blast can be detected by the enemy and the sniper ' s hiding position would so be compromised . In the RT - 20 however these negative effects proved to be not as relevant as in an anti - tank weapon , as in its case the portion of gas funneled through the venturi tube is far less than what will exit from the muzzle . Another characteristic that differs RT - 20 from other heavy sniper rifles is that both optics and bolt lever are positioned on the left side of the rifle itself . It is also important to note that the maximum effective range of the RT - 20 depends on the nature of the target . Chambering 20x110mm Hispano , the rifle fires a 130 gram ( 2 , 006 grains ) projectile at a muzzle velocity of 850 m / s . Producing a massive muzzle energy of 46 , 962 . 5 J . In other words it can penetrate the armour of any modern day APC at ranges out to 800 metres .
107th Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 107th Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the First World War . It was raised as part of the new army also known as Kitchener ' s Army and assigned to the 36th ( Ulster ) Division . The brigade served on the Western Front . Between November 1915 and February 1916 the brigade was attached to the 4th Division . Formation . The infantry battalions did not all serve at once , but all were assigned to the brigade during the war :
HMS Benbow ( 1813 ) HMS " Benbow " was a 74 - gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built by Brent of Rotherhithe and launched on 3 February 1813 . She was used for harbour service from February 1848 until August 1859 , when she was converted to be used as a coal hulk . In 1892 , after 79 years of service , she was sold out of the Navy , and was broken up in 1895 at Castle , Woolwich .
Lord Wentworth ' s Regiment Lord Wentworth ' s Regiment was a regiment of infantry raised during the exile of King Charles II during the Interregnum . Formed as the Royal Regiment of Guards in 1656 at Bruges under the command of the Earl of Rochester , it was made up of men who remained loyal to the King and had followed him into exile . When Rochester died in February 1658 command passed to Thomas Wentworth , 5th Baron Wentworth . The regiment served as part of the Spanish Army during the Franco - Spanish War and the concurrent Anglo - Spanish War in the Spanish Netherlands and saw action at the Battle of the Dunes ( 1658 ) under the command of Wentworth , before accompanying the King back to England to reclaim the throne at the Restoration in 1660 . In 1665 , the regiment was amalgamated with John Russell ' s Regiment of Guards to form the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards .
Thomas Conway Thomas Conway ( February 27 , 1735 – c . 1800 ) was an Irish soldier from France who served as a major general in the American Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War . He became involved with the alleged Conway Cabal . He later served with Émigré forces during the French Revolutionary War . Early life . Conway was born in Ireland , but was educated in France . With twenty years experience in the French Army , he rose to Colonel . America . Following the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War he volunteered to the Congress for service with the American rebels in 1777 . Based on an introduction from Silas Deane , the Congress appointed him a Brigadier General on May 13 , and sent him on to George Washington . Conway commanded the leading brigade on the American right flank at the Battle of Germantown , and was justly praised for his actions . However , Washington opposed his promotion to major general , believing that many native American officers with longer and valuable service deserved the rank . This , and Conway ' s condescending attitude , led to continued friction between the men . Congress appointed Conway a Major General anyway in December 1777 , and made him inspector general of the army . Conway Cabal . When his name was used politically , it was used to describe the infighting known as the Conway Cabal . During the affair , he had written a letter to General Horatio Gates in which he referred to Washington as a " weak general " . The letter was intercepted by Washington and his backers after its delivery was botched by Secretary of War James Wilkinson , and brought before the Congress for inquiry . When the contents of the letter were made public , Conway lost his command as a result . He tried a ploy that had worked before his promotion , and submitted his resignation to Congress in March 1778 . This time it was accepted , so he was forced to leave the army . John Cadwalader shot him in a duel on July 22 , 1778 . When he recovered , he wrote an apology to Washington and returned to France . Later life . Conway later returned to the French Army and served as governor of French colonies in India . In 1793 he fought with royalist forces in opposition to French Revolution in southern France . Their loss forced him to become an exile from his adopted country . He returned to Ireland and remained there until his death .