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Samuel Hill ( VC ) Samuel Hill VC ( 1826 , Glenavy , County Antrim – 21 February 1863 ) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross ( VC ) , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . In 1844 he enlisted in the 67th Regiment of Foot and then transferred in 1856 to the 90th . He was about 31 years old , and a sergeant in the 90th Regiment ( later The Cameronians - Scottish Rifles ) , of the British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place on 16 and 17 November 1857 at Lucknow , India for which he was awarded the VC : He was killed in action , Meerut , India , on 21 February 1863 . His Victoria Cross medal is in the Tolson Memorial Museum , Huddersfield , Yorkshire . References . Listed in order of publication year
12th Luftwaffe Field Division ( Germany ) 12 . Luftwaffen - Feld - Division was formed at the end of 1942 and assigned to Army Group North . It was transferred to the German Army on 1 November 1943 and named 12 . Feld - Division ( L ) . In April 1944 the 13th Luftwaffe Field Division was incorporated in the division .
Rob Wyda Rob Wyda ( March 26 , 1959 — August 5 , 2013 ) was the District Judge of Bethel Park and Upper St . Clair , one of the largest magisterial district s in Pennsylvania . Beginning in 1999 , he was elected three times . He announced his candidacy for a seat on the Pennsylvania Superior Court in March 2013 , but withdrew a few weeks later . He also served as a Commander in the United States Navy Reserve in the Judge Advocate General ' s Corps . Between 2003 and 2008 he fulfilled assignments in Afghanistan , Iraq , and Guantanamo Bay , Cuba . Legal career . Judge Wyda held a law degree from Duquesne University . Before taking office in January 2000 , he spent seven years as an assistant district attorney , and three years as an assistant court administrator , in Allegheny County ' s district courts . As judge , he immediately took the lead in helping the community deal with an epidemic of heroin addiction . He took one day a month to visit public and private schools in his district , and when dealing with juvenile offenders , Judge Wyda would give parents his cellphone number , instructing them to call him if their child was in danger of backsliding . He was known to personally visit the homes of truant kids to discourage such behaviour . Elections . He was first elected in 1999 , and won a second term in 2005 . Judge Wyda ran in 2011 on both the Republican and Democratic Party primary tickets , defeating William S . Evans in both contexts , on May 17 . He won 73 . 1 % and 68 . 7 % of the vote , respectively . He ran unopposed in the November 8th general election . His term would have expired in 2018 . Wyda announced his candidacy on March 1 , 2013 , for Seat 1 on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania , but despite getting the required 2 , 000 signatures and qualifying for the Republican primary ballot , he withdrew from the race on March 27 , leaving the GOP nomination to Cumberland County attorney Vic Stabile . Military service . In 2003 Wyda spent time at the Bagram detention facility assisting in the investigations of detainees suspected of international terrorism . In 2006 Wyda served assisting the prosecution prepare cases against Guantanamo captive s who faced charges before the Guantanamo military commission s as part of the United States Department of Defense ' s Criminal Investigation Task Force . Wyda was extensively quoted in a 2007 " Pittsburgh Tribune - Review " article about his time in the service , saying : Judge Wyda would attend Bethel Park High School graduations in his Navy uniform and recognize graduates who signed up for military service . Death . Wyda died at age 54 on August 5 , 2013 of a heart attack in his home in Bethel Park , Pennsylvania . He was survived by his wife , Shannon , son , Jared , daughter , Rachel and mother , Martha .
French frigate Uranie ( 1788 ) Uranie was a frigate of the French Navy launched in 1788 . She took part in a frigate action in 1793 , capturing HMS " Thames " , and was renamed Tartu in honour of her captain , Jean - François Tartu , who was killed in the action . She was herself captured in 1797 . She served as HMS " Uranie " until 1807 . French service . At the Action of 24 October 1793 , under Jean - François Tartu , she engaged HMS " Thames " , which she reduced to a hulk before disengaging . Tartu was killed ; he was hailed as a hero , and " Uranie " was renamed " Tartu " in his honour . British service . On 5 January 1797 , she was captured by HMS " Polyphemus " , and subsequently brought into British service as HMS " Uranie " . On 28 July 1800 , " Uranie " captured the French privateer schooner " Revanche " , which was armed with fourteen 6 - pounder guns and had a crew of 80 men . " Revanche " was 19 days out of Vigo and had already captured and sent in the English brig " Marcus " , a Portuguese ship , and a Spanish brig that had been a prize to . shared in the capture . In 1807 , she detected " Manche " , but failed to engage . Complaints by her crew led to the court martial of the captain for " failure to do his utmost to bring the enemy ' s frigate to action " .
13th Reconnaissance Squadron The 13th Reconnaissance Squadron ( 13 RS ) is part of the 940th Wing at Beale Air Force Base , California . It operates RQ - 4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft conducting reconnaissance and surveillance missions . Mission . The 13 RS provides theater commanders with near - real - time intelligence , surveillance , reconnaissance and target acquisition data . History . The 13th flew combat in the European Theater of Operations from , 28 March 1943 – 26 April 1945 . It provided Intra - theater airlift for high - ranking Pacific Air Forces military and civilian officials and small mission - essential equipment from , 1987 – 1993 . The squadron moved without personnel and equipment to McGuire Air Force Base , New Jersey , on 1 October 1993 and absorbed personnel and equipment of the 30th Airlift Squadron . Equipped with C - 141 , the squadron took on a new worldwide airlift mission until its inactivation in 2000 . Since 2005 the 13th has operated and maintained deployable , long - endurance RQ - 4 Global Hawk aircraft and ground control elements to fulfill training and operational requirements generated by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in support of unified commanders and the Secretary of Defense . It currently trains all RQ - 4B pilots and sensor operators .
Big Spring Vietnam Memorial The Big Spring Vietnam Memorial is a war memorial located in Big Spring , Texas , United States , honoring American servicemen ( especially those local to Big Spring ) who gave their lives , became prisoners of war or went missing in action in the Vietnam War . Dedicated May 27 , 1991 , the black granite memorial monument measures by by , and bears the names of 41 Howard County servicemen who were killed or taken prisoner of war in Vietnam , a map of Vietnam , and a POW - MIA logo . The park surrounding the memorial also contains a UH - 1 " Huey " MEDEVAC helicopter , an F - 4E Phantom II fighter jet , an AH - 1 Cobra attack helicopter , and a M48 Patton tank . The soldier ' s chapel built on the site also displays servicemen from the area killed in other wars . In the center are pictures and names of servicemen from the Howard County area .
Yakup Satar Yakup Satar ( Ottoman Turkish : يعقوب ﺳﺘﺎﺮ , March 11 , 1898 – April 2 , 2008 ) was , at 110 , believed to have been the last Turkish veteran of the First World War . He died at age 110 . Born in Crimea , Satar joined the army of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 . On February 23 , 1917 , he was taken prisoner by the British in the Baghdad campaign ' s Second Battle of Kut . Freed after the end of the war , Satar then served in the forces of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the Turkish War of Independence , which lasted from 1919 to 1923 . Shortly before his 110th birthday , he was treated for a minor infection at a military hospital before being released home , where he lived with his daughter in the Seyitgazi district of Eskişehir . He died soon after turning 110 . His memories from the War of Independence and his daily life along with those of two other veterans , Ömer Küyük and Veysel Turan , are depicted in the documentary film " Son Buluşma " ( 2007 ) ( ) by Nesli Çölgeçen .
International Search and Rescue Competition The International Search And Rescue Competition ( ISAR ) is an annual contest for search and rescue teams from the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary and United States Coast Guard Auxiliary . They compete for the ISAR trophy . It is an opportunity for members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary from both countries to learn , share ideas , and have fun , while building public awareness about what they do . Events include : The seventh annual International Search and Rescue Competition , will be held in Portsmouth , Virginia in October 2006 .
USS Affray ( MSO - 511 ) USS " Affray " ( AM - 511 / MSO - 511 ) was an " Acme " - class minesweeper acquired by the U . S . Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships . The second ship to be named " Affray " by the Navy was laid down on 24 August 1955 at Boothbay Harbor , Maine , by Frank L . Sample , Jr . , Inc . ; launched on 18 December 1956 ; sponsored by Mrs . John A . Click ; and commissioned on 8 December 1958 , Lt . Comdr . Charles I . Williams in command . East Coast operations . After fitting out , " Affray " devoted the first six months of 1959 to shakedown and type training . At the end of June , she entered the Charleston Naval Shipyard for post - shakedown overhaul . Complicated by the addition of modernization alterations , the repair period lasted into 1960 . North Atlantic / European operations . After completing final acceptance trials , the minesweeper joined the Atlantic Fleet Mine Force and , for almost a decade , alternated between deployments to the Mediterranean with the U . S . 6th Fleet , extended tours of duty in the West Indies , and a variety of assignments out of her home port . Her duties during cruises to the Mediterranean and the West Indies consisted mainly of exercises and goodwill visits to various ports . Her operations out of Charleston took a number of forms . In October 1962 , " Affray " provided support for a Project Mercury space shot . Later in 1966 , she participated in a succession of tests for such organizations as the Bureau of Ships , the Mine Warfare School , the David Taylor Model Basin , and the Naval Ordnance Laboratory Test Facility . Training ship assignments . At the end of October 1969 , the minesweeper concluded her final deployment to the Mediterranean Sea . Assignments in the West Indies , however , remained an important feature on her agenda as did support services for the Mine Warfare School and for Navy research and development activities . In 1973 , " Affray ' s " assignment was changed significantly . On 1 July , she received orders reassigning her to naval reserve training duty . On 1 October , the warship reported for duty at her new home port — Portland , Maine . There she served as a drill platform for naval reservists . In addition , she continued to participate in major exercises emphasizing minesweeping and amphibious warfare . On 1 October 1981 , after being based eight years at Portland , " Affray " was reassigned to Newport , Rhode Island . As of the end of 1986 , she was training naval reservists from her base at Newport . Decommissioning . " Affray " was decommissioned on 20 December 1992 and struck from the Navy list on 28 June 1993 . She was sold in the year 2000 for scrapping .
Jack Skelly Johnston Hastings " Jack " Skelly ( 1841 - 1863 ) was a Union soldier — a corporal in the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry — who died as a result of injuries in the Second Battle of Winchester . He was the friend , and possibly fiancé , of the only civilian to die in the Battle of Gettysburg , Ginnie Wade . He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Gettysburg , Pennsylvania , near Ginnie Wade ' s grave .
Hanriot H . 41 The Hanriot H . 41 was a military trainer aircraft produced in France in the 1920s . It was a further development in the family of aircraft that had commenced with the HD . 14 in 1920 , and incorporated a number of design features that had been developed for other members of that family . Like those other aircraft , however , it was a conventional , two - bay biplane with unstaggered wings of equal span . The H . 41 used the modern engine and mixed construction developed for the HD . 40 air ambulance and used them in a new design for a military trainer . The design did not prove a success , however , and only eleven were built , with three different engine types . A floatplane variant based on the HD . 17 was slightly more successful , with twelve examples exported to Greece and Portugal .
154 ( Lowland ) Transport Regiment 154th ( Lowland ) Transport Regiment , Royal Corps of Transport , was a regiment of the Territorial Army in the United Kingdom . The regiment was formed in 1967 from two territorial transport regiments , with two transport squadrons ; a third ( 225 Squadron ) was formed from a cadre of The Queen ' s Own Lowland Yeomanry in 1967 , and a fourth ( 251 Squadron ) in 1971 from a cadre of The Ayrshire Yeomanry . It returned to two squadrons in 1992 , when 222 and 225 Squadron were re - roled and transferred into The Scottish Yeomanry . The regiment was amalgamated with 153rd ( Highland ) Transport Regiment in 1993 , to form The Scottish Transport Regiment of the Royal Logistic Corps .
Othniel Tripp Othniel Tripp ( 1826 – unknown ) was a sailor in the U . S . Navy stationed aboard the 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 . Williams volunteered for service in the U . S . Navy and was assigned to the Union gunboat . His enlistment is credited to the state of Maine . 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 . Chief Tripp 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 Chief Boatswain ' s Mate Othniel Tripp , United States Navy , for extraordinary heroism in action while serving on board the U . S . S . Seneca in the assault on Fort Fisher , North Carolina , 15 January 1865 . Despite severe enemy fire which halted an attempt by his assaulting party to enter the stockade , Chief Boatswain ' s Mate Tripp boldly charged through the gap in the stockade although the center of the line , being totally unprotected , fell back along the open beach and left too few in the ranks to attempt an offensive operation . " General Orders : War Department , General Orders No . 59 ( June 22 , 1865 ) Action Date : January 15 , 1865 Service : Navy Rank : Chief Boatswain ' s Mate Division : U . S . S . Seneca
Hans - Joachim Mack Hans - Joachim Mack ( 30 March 1928 – 6 April 2008 ) was a German general of the Bundeswehr and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe ( DSACEUR ) from 1984 to 1987 . Biography . Mack was born in Bischofsburg , East Prussia , Weimar Germany ( today Biskupiec , Poland ) . At the end of World War II he served as a Flakhelfer . Mack joined the Bundesgrenzschutz in 1952 and the Bundeswehr tank troups as an officer cadet in 1956 . He attended his General Staff Training Course at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr in 1962 - 1964 and served in several position in the Panzertroops . He was promoted to a Colonel and became the commander of the Panzerbrigade 14 in 1972 . As a Brigadier general he commanded the Armoured Corps Training Centre ( Kampftruppenschule 2 ) and the Fachschule des Heeres für Erziehung from 1975 to 1978 . Until 1979 he was the commander of the 6 . Panzergrenadierdivision and served at the Nato ' s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe until 1983 . From 1983 to 1984 he commanded the Bundeswehr ' s III Korps . On 2 April 1984 Mack was promoted to Deputy Commander Supreme Allied Command Europe , a position he held until his retirement in 1987 .
Siege of Trebizond ( 1282 ) The Siege of Trebizond in April 1282 was an unsuccessful siege of Trebizond , the capital of the namesake empire , by the Georgians under a certain David ( either David I of Imereti or a confusion with Demetrius II of Georgia ) . Little is known about the attack , but it may have relied on support within the Trebizondian aristocracy , which opposed the rapprochement of Emperor John II of Trebizond ( reign ed 1280 – 1297 ) with the Palaiologan Byzantine court at Constantinople .
Department of the Columbia The Department of the Columbia was a major command ( Department ) of the United States Army during the 19th century . Formation . On July 27 , 1865 the Military Division of the Pacific was created under Major General Henry W . Halleck , replacing the Department of the Pacific , consisting of the Department of the Columbia ( replacing the District of Oregon ) that now consisted of the state of Oregon and the territories of Washington and Idaho and the expanded Department of California . On March 18 , 1868 , the Army established the Department of Alaska under the Division of the Pacific . The Department of Alaska was discontinued on July 1 , 1870 , and Alaska was absorbed by the Department of the Columbia . In June 1875 , the part of the Territory of Idaho that lay east of the extension of the western boundary of Utah , and including Fort Hall , was detached from the Department of Columbia and added to the Department of the Platte . When the Military Division of the Pacific was discontinued on July 3 , 1891 . Each of its three subordinate departments including the Department of the Columbia , then reported directly to the War Department .
Edward Anhalt Edward Anhalt ( March 28 , 1914 , New York City – September 3 , 2000 , Pacific Palisades , California ) was a noted screenwriter , producer , and documentary film - maker . After working as a journalist and documentary filmmaker for Pathé and CBS - TV he teamed with his wife Edna Anhalt , née Richards , during World War II to write pulp fiction . ( Edna was one of his five wives . ) Career . During World War II , Anhalt served with the Army Air Force First Motion Picture Unit in Culver City , California as a scenarist for training films . After the war , the Anhalts graduated to writing screenplays for thrillers , initially using the joint pseudonym Andrew Holt . Put under contract by Columbia , the Anhalts scripted " Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back " ( 1947 ) . After a stint at Twentieth Century Fox during which they earned an Oscar for the screen story to the urban thriller " Panic in the Streets " ( 1950 ) , the husband and wife team returned to Columbia as writer - producers , scoring another Academy Award nomination for their story to the gritty thriller " The Sniper " in 1952 . Perhaps their most notable effort was the 1952 screen version of Carson McCullers ' " The Member of the Wedding " which preserved the stage performances of Julie Harris , Brandon deWilde and Ethel Waters . After the couple divorced , Anhalt proved a versatile , consistently effective ( and reputedly speedy ) scenarist . He penned the superb adaptation of Irwin Shaw ' s World War II novel " The Young Lions " ( 1958 ) and the slick " Wives and Lovers " ( 1963 ) . The screenwriter earned a second Academy Award for his excellent adaptation of Jean Anouilh ' s play " Becket " ( 1964 ) . Subsequent solo outings included " The Boston Strangler " ( 1968 ) , " The Madwoman of Chaillot " ( 1969 ) and two for Ely A . Landau ' s American Film Theater , " Luther " ( 1973 ) and " The Man in the Glass Booth " ( 1975 ) . He scored some solid box office successes with " The Satan Bug " ( 1965 ) and " Jeremiah Johnson " ( 1972 ) . In the early 1970s , Anhalt returned to the small screen , earning a well - deserved Emmy nomination for the acclaimed ABC miniseries " QB VII " ( 1974 ) . Three years later , he scripted the Frank Sinatra vehicle " Contract on Cherry Street " ( NBC ) and contributed to the small screen remake of " Madame X " ( NBC , 1981 ) and the biblically inspired " The Day Christ Died " ( CBS , 1982 ) . Anhalt was also the guiding force behind the lavish 1985 NBC miniseries " Peter the Great " . His feature film output towards the end of his life was much more erratic , with films like " Escape to Athena " ( 1979 ) , " Green Ice " ( 1981 ) and " The Holcroft Covenant " ( 1985 ) being lambasted by critics and failing to find an audience .
158th Infantry Brigade ( United Kingdom ) The 158th Infantry Brigade formed part of the 53rd ( Welsh ) Infantry Division during World War II . It fought with the division throughout the North - West Europe campaign , before finally being disbanded in March 1947 . The Brigade ' s Victoria Cross . During operations undertaken by the Brigade to close the Falaise Pocket , heavy fighting took place on 16 August around the town of Balfour . During this action , Captain Tasker Watkins , commanding B Company of 1 / 5th Battalion , The Welch Regiment , personally led a charge across a heavily defended stretch of open ground , reaching and personally eliminating an enemy position in spite of his companies ' very heavy losses . For this action , he received the Victoria Cross .
Erich Petersen Erich Karl Alexander Petersen ( 25 August 1889 – 4 July 1963 ) was a German general during the Second World War . Petersen served as commander of the 7 . Flieger - Division , until being tapped for promotion to commanding general of the IV . Luftwaffe - Field - Corps . He also served as commanding general of the LXXXX Army - Corps , before being captured , tried and acquitted of war crimes by the French , from 8 May 1945 – 18 January 1950 .
USS Mikawe ( SP - 309 ) USS " Mikawe " ( SP - 309 ) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919 . " Mikawe " was built as a civilian wooden - hulled motorboat of the same name in 1916 by Defoe Boat and Motor Works at Bay City , Michigan . The U . S . Navy purchased her from her owner , Thomas H . Gill , for $ 12 , 500 ( USD ) on 10 August 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel and commissioned her the same day as USS " Mikawe " ( SP - 309 ) . Assigned to the 9th Naval District — at the time a part of the single administrative entity known as the 9th , 10th , and 11th Naval Districts - - " Mikawe " served as a section patrol boat on the Great Lakes for the rest of World War I . On 24 April 1919 , " Mikawe " was transferred to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey , in which she served from 1920 to 1939 as USC & GS " Mikawe " .