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John Watts de Peyster , Jr . John Watts De Peyster , Jr . ( December 2 , 1841 – April 12 , 1873 ) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War and a member of the famous de Peyster family of New York . His father was Major General John Watts De Peyster . Biography . He was born in New York City . In March 1862 , while attending the Columbia Law School , he decided to join the staff of his father ' s first cousin , General Philip Kearny as volunteer aide . After Kearny ' s death at the Battle of Chantilly , he then joined the 11th New York Cavalry Regiment in June 1862 as a Lieutenant , but was mustered out the same month , and assigned to the 1st New York Light Artillery as a Major and served until 1863 when he joined the staff of General John J . Peck . He was then stricken by a severe illness of several months and was unable to return to the field until late 1863 . For actions in the Chancellorsville campaign and in the Battle of Fredericksburg , he was promoted to Colonel . He remained with the army until the summer of 1864 , when his increasing weakness compelled him to resign . He later received a brevet promotion to Brigadier General of the volunteers in 1865 . His brothers Frederic and Johnston de Peyster also served in the war . He died on April 12 , 1873 , in New York City .
Kurt Heyser Kurt Heyser ( 27 August 1894 – 20 April 1974 ) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht 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 . Kurt Heyser was captured by American troops in May 1945 and was held until 1947 .
HMS Caistor Castle ( K690 ) HMS " Caistor Castle " ( K690 ) was a Castle - class corvette of Britain ' s Royal Navy and was named after Caistor Castle in Lincolnshire . Background . Built to be larger , stronger and more adept to Atlantic conditions than the previous Flower class corvette s , HMS Caistor Castle was laid down at the shipyard of J . Lewis & Sons Ltd . in Aberdeen , Scotland on 28 August 1943 . She was launched on 22 May 1944 before being commissioned on 29 September 1944 , predominantly serving as a convoy escort in the North Sea and Atlantic until the end of the Second World War . Operations . With the end of the war , HMS Caistor Castle deployed as part of the fleet that was sent to secure and transfer the surrendered German submarine fleet at Trondheim in Norway . With duties ended she then participated in the visiting of home port for victory celebrations . Post WWII . After the war , HMS Caistor Castle was in reserve at Devonport from 1947 until 1948 . She represented the Reserve Fleet at the 1953 Coronation Review and served in the Second Training Squadron at Portland from February 1953 until 1955 . She was then placed in reserve at Devonport , until scrapped at Troon in 1956 .
HMS Chippeway ( 1812 ) HMS " Chippawa " " " { or " Chippeway " ( slang var . ) } was the mercantile schooner " Chippawa " , built and launched in 1810 . The British brought her into service as HM Schooner " Chippawa " , sometimes recorded as " Chippeway " . The United States later captured her at the Battle of Lake Erie , and brought her into service , as USS " Chippewa " . A storm drove her aground in October 1813 , where a British force burned her in December . Career . The small merchant schooner " Chippawa , " built in Chippawa , Ontario , Canada , in 1810 , was under the command of her builder Captain Anderson Martin or perhaps his brother Capt . Budd Martin , and trading on the Great Lakes . At the outbreak of the War of 1812 she was ferrying supplies and furs . The British initially armed " Chippawa " with two guns , and brought her into the Provincial Marine under the command of Lieutenant Rollette . During the one - month armistice in August 1812 , " Chippawa " carried General Isaac Brock on Lake Erie . She was armed with only one gun and under the command of Master ' s Mate J . Campbell when on 10 September 1813 the USS " Trippe " captured her during the Battle of Lake Erie . The Americans concentrated their fire on the larger British vessels and " Chippawa " came under fire when she went to help them . The Americans then captured her and " Little Belt " while they were trying to escape . Her only casualty was Campbell , who was slightly wounded in the action . The Americans took her into service as the USS " Chippewa " , under the command of Acting Midshipman Robert S . Tatem . She then carried the baggage of the 27th and 28th regiments of Infantry from Put - in - Bay . Fate . A storm on 12 October drove " Chippewa " ashore near Buffalo . A later storm on 25 – 26 October drove " Little Belt " , " Trippe " , and " Ariel " ashore too at Buffalo . All efforts to refloat them failed , and on 30 December the British landing party that captured the Navy yard at Black Rock , New York ( now a neighborhood of Buffalo , NY ) , burned them during the Battle of Buffalo .
L9A1 51 mm Light Mortar The L9A1 51 mm Light Mortar is a man - portable mortar system used by the British Army . Smoke , illuminating and high explosive bombs are available . A short range insert device allows the weapon to be used in a direct fire mode . The 51 mm mortar , which replaced the World War II - vintage 2 inch mortar , was due to be phased out by the use of the 40 mm L17A2 UGL ( Under - slung Grenade Launcher ) mounted on the L85A2 ; however operational experience has led to the decision to replace it with a 60mm Mortar . The M6 - 895 60 mm Mortar has been procured as an Urgent Operational Requirement ( UOR ) to replace the current 51 mm Mortar on current operations . Ammunition for the 51 mm mortar has a small , ring - pull safety pin on the side of the nose - fuze . The fuze remains unarmed until the pin is withdrawn . Therefore , the safety pin must always be removed and discarded before a mortar shell is fired .
USS Exultant ( AMc - 79 ) USS " Exultant " ( AMc - 79 ) was an " Accentor " - class minesweeper acquired by the U . S . Navy . World War II service . Exultant was launched on 27 September 1941 by W . A . Robinson Inc . , Ipswich , Massachusetts ; sponsored by Mrs . A . T . Leavitt Jr . ; and placed in service on 14 January 1942 for minesweeping in the 6th Naval District out of Charleston , South Carolina . Reclassified YDT - 4 . On 15 February 1943 she was reclassified " YDT - 4 " , and assigned to the 1st Naval District as a diving tender . She continued to perform this duty through 1962 . As the unnamed " YDT - 4 " , she was disposed of as a target 1 July 1973 .
Legio II Italica Legio secunda " Italica " ( Second " Italian " legion ) , was a Roman legion levied by emperor Marcus Aurelius in 165 together with I " Italica " at a time when the Roman Empire was fighting both in Germania and in Parthia . There are still records of the II " Italica " in Noricum in the beginning of the 5th century . The legion symbol is a she - wolf and the twins Romulus and Remus , and is a reference to the contemporary rule of Marcus Aurelius and his colleague Lucius Verus . The legion main theatre of operations was the Roman province of Noricum , in the south margin of the Danube , where Germanic incursions were frequent . In 180 II " Italica " was stationed in Lauriacum , modern Lorch . In 193 , II " Italica " marched into Rome with Septimius Severus , then fighting for power . The new emperor awarded them the title of Fidelis ( loyal ) to acknowledge the support . Later Septimius Severus would use II " Italica " against the rebellions of Pescennius Niger and Clodius Albinus , and in his Parthian campaigns . In the 3rd century , support of the legions was a crucial demand for candidates to the throne . Well aware of this fact , Gallienus granted II " Italica " the cognomina VII Pia VII Fidelis ( seven times faithful , seven times loyal ) to secure their continuing support .
Robert T . Waugh Robert T . Waugh ( died May 19 , 1944 ) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions during the Battle of Monte Cassino in World War II . Biography . Waugh joined the Army from Augusta , Maine , and by May 11 , 1944 was serving as a first lieutenant in the 339th Infantry Regiment , 85th Infantry Division . On that day , during an attack on a hill near Tremensucli , Italy , Waugh single - handedly captured six enemy bunkers . Three days later , as the battle for the hill continued , he captured two more enemy emplacements . He was killed in action the next week and , on October 4 , 1944 , was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor . Waugh was buried at the Sicily - Rome American Cemetery and Memorial in Nettuno , Italy . Medal of Honor citation . First Lieutenant Waugh ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy . In the course of an attack upon an enemy - held hill on 11 May , 1st Lt . Waugh personally reconnoitered a heavily mined area before entering it with his platoon . Directing his men to deliver fire on 6 bunkers guarding this hill , 1st Lt . Waugh advanced alone against them , reached the first bunker , threw phosphorus grenades into it and as the defenders emerged , killed them with a burst from his tommygun . He repeated this process on the 5 remaining bunkers , killing or capturing the occupants . On the morning of 14 May , 1st Lt . Waugh ordered his platoon to lay a base of fire on 2 enemy pillboxes located on a knoll which commanded the only trail up the hill . He then ran to the first pillbox , threw several grenades into it , drove the defenders into the open , and killed them . The second pillbox was next taken by this intrepid officer by similar methods . The fearless actions of 1st Lt . Waugh broke the Gustav Line at that point , neutralizing 6 bunkers and 2 pillboxes and he was personally responsible for the death of 30 of the enemy and the capture of 25 others . He was later killed in action in Itri , Italy , while leading his platoon in an attack .
334th Bombardment Squadron The 334th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 95th Bombardment Wing . It was inactivated at Biggs Air Force Base , Texas on 25 June 1966 . History . Established as a B - 17 Flying Fortress heavy bomb group in early 1942 . Trained under Second Air Force before becoming an Operational Training Unit ( OTU ) . Readied for combat operations in early and deployed to European Theater of Operations ( ETO ) , being assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England in May 1943 . Engaged in strategic bombardment operations over Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany , becoming one of the most highly decorated squadron of the Air Offensive . Engaged in strategic bombardment operations until the German Capitulation in May 1945 . Personnel and equipment returned to the United States in June 1945 . Most personnel demobilized and squadron assigned to Second Air Force for training as a B - 29 Superfortress very heavy bomb squadron . Japanese Capitulation in August 1945 led to squadron being inactivated in August 1945 as an administrative unit . Activated in the reserves in 1947 , however unit never equipped or manned . Inactivated in 1949 due to budget restraints . Reactivated in 1952 as a Strategic Air Command B - 36 Peacemaker intercontinental strategic bombardment squadron . Trained with obsolete B - 29s until equipped with B - 36s in November 1952 . Engaged in worldwide strategic bombardment training and stood nuclear alert until being re - equipped with B - 52 Stratofortress es in 1958 . Continued training and nuclear alert status until being inactivated in 1966 with the inactivation of parent 95th Bombardment Wing and closure of Biggs AFB .
Swine brucellosis Swine brucellosis is a contagious disease in pigs caused by the bacteria , " Brucella suis " . The disease spreads in semen during breeding and by ingestion , inhalation , or eye contact with bacteria in milk , reproductive fluids , placenta , aborted fetus es and urine . The disease primarily occurs in adult pigs which show non - specific infertility , abortion or lack of sexual drive . Boars can show signs of orchitis , lameness , arthritis , abscess es and posterior paralysis . There is no treatment for the disease and no effective vaccine . Use as a biological weapon . The U . S . Army Chemical Corps selected " Brucella suis " as its first standardized biological agent in 1949 . The M33 cluster bomb was designed to be used with " B . suis " .
Charles E . Brannon Charles E . Brannon was born 2 August 1919 in Montgomery , Alabama . Navy career . " Brannon " enlisted in the U . S . Naval Reserve 14 April 1941 for aviation training . " Ensign Brannon " reported for duty in Torpedo Squadron 8 in carrier " Hornet " ( CV - 8 ) 3 February 1942 . Awarded the Navy Cross . " Ensign Brannon " was killed in action 4 June 1942 during the Battle of Midway . He was awarded a Navy Cross posthumously for his extraordinary heroism in pressing home an attack against a Japanese carrier . The official Navy citation : Namesake . " Charles E . Brannon " ( DE - 446 ) was named in his honor . She was launched 23 April 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding Co . , Newark , New Jersey ; sponsored by Second Lieutenant D . Brannon , WAG ; and commissioned 1 November 1944 , Commander E . W . Todd in command .
USS Whitecap ( SP - 340 ) USS " Whitecap " ( SP - 340 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 . " Whitecap " was built in 1916 as a commercial fishing trawler of the same name by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company at Manitowoc , Wisconsin . The U . S . Navy acquired " Whitecap " from the Bay State Fisheries Company of South Boston , Massachusetts , on 28 April 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel , and commissioned her as USS " Whitecap " ( SP - 340 ) on 8 May 1917 . Initially attached to the 1st Naval District in northern New England , " Whitecap " began operations out of the 2nd Naval District in southern New England in late February 1918 . During her naval career , " Whitecap " operated primarily out of Newport , Rhode Island , patrolling between that base and New London , Connecticut . Occasionally , her coastal patrols took her to Nantucket Island off Massachusetts , Block Island off Rhode Island , and Montauk Point , Long Island , New York , as well as to New York City . When not at sea keeping tabs on the coastwise traffic of naval and merchant vessels , " Whitecap " performed local tow and escort service out of Newport . Decommissioned at Boston , Massachusetts , on 11 March 1919 , " Whitecap " was returned to the Bay State Fisheries Company on 1 April 1919 . Her name was struck from the Navy List , and " Whitecap " resumed her peacetime fishing pursuits
Camp Maxey Camp Maxey was a World War II infantry training camp named in honor of Samuel Bell Maxey . Located just north of Paris , Texas , it opened on July 15 , 1942 under the command of Colonel C . H . Palmer . The first division to be trained at the camp was the 102nd Infantry Division , which was activated on September 15 , 1942 . The 793rd Military Police Battalion was activated at Camp Maxey on December 26 , 1942 . The Battalion stayed at Camp Maxey until February 1944 , when they departed for Scotland to train for the invasion of France . The camp was placed on inactive status on October 1 , 1945 , and is now part of the Camp Maxey Texas Army National Guard training facility .
Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment The Wellington West Coast and Taranaki Regiment is a Territorial Force unit of the New Zealand Army . It was originally formed in 1948 by the amalgamation of two separate regiments : The regiment become a TF battalion of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment in 1964 during the reorganisation of the army . This was until the later reorganisation of 1999 , which saw the TF battalions split from the RNZIR to become multi - function battalion groups . The Wellington , West Coast and Taranaki Regiment became the 5th Wellington , West Coast and Taranaki Battalion Group , with the following unit types : In December 2012 the Regiment was amalgamated with the 7th Wellington and Hawke ' s Bay Battalion to form the 5th / 7th Battalion , Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment ( 5 / 7 RNZIR ) . The regiment is one of two unique regiments of the Commonwealth , in that it is one of two regiments to have its own country ' s name as a battle honour . This dates from the service of the Taranaki Volunteer Rifle Corps , from which the Taranaki Regiment is descended , during the New Zealand Land Wars , specifically in the Battle of Waireka . The other unit to share this honour is the Cape Town Highlanders Regiment a reserve mechanised unit of South African Army .
9th Parachute Chasseur Regiment The 9th Parachute Chasseur Regiment ( ) was an airborne unit of the French Army . It was formed during the Algerian War , during which it fought its most notable engagement : the Battle of Souk Ahras . It didn ’ t take part in the 1961 Algiers Putsch . The regiment took part in numerous overseas operations before it was dissolved in 1999 . The regiment was the heir to the traditions , battle honours and decorations of the 9th Infantry Regiment . History . The 9th Parachute Chasseur Regiment was created on 1 June 1956 in Algeria from the 4th Battalion , 18th RIPC and receives its standard from General Sauvagnac in Batna on 11 November . It becomes part of the 25th Parachute Division and was mostly based on the Algerian - Tunisian border . The most notable action took place in April 1958 at Souk Ahras where the sacrifice of the regiments 3rd Company permits the elimination of a large FLN group that was trying to break the Morice Line to reinforce the FLN forces in Algeria . The regiment didn ’ t take part in the 1961 Algiers putsch and after the end of the Algerian War it moved to Toulouse on mainland France . The regiment takes part in operations within the UNIFIL in Lebanon and other overseas operations . The regiment was dissolved in 1999 as a part of a restructuring of the French Army .
Castle Levan Castle Levan ( also known as Levan Castle and Leven Castle ) is a fortified tower house in Levan area of Gourock , Inverclyde , Scotland . A building had been on the site from the 14th century , but the present structure was substantially enlarged after 1547 and formed part of the Ardgowan Estates . In the 19th century a large mansion was built within a few metres of the ruined castle and was given the same name . The original castle was renovated in the 1980s and is now run as a bed & breakfast . It is still reputed to be haunted .
Navy Medical Service Corps The Medical Service Corps is a staff corps of the United States Navy , consisting of officers engaged in medical support duties . It includes healthcare scientists and researchers , comprising around 60 % of its personnel , and healthcare administrators , comprising the remaining 40 % . Many of the latter are former enlisted hospital corpsmen , this being the hospital corpsman ' s route to commissioned status . The Medical Service Corps has around 2 , 600 serving commissioned officers . The Navy Medical Service Corps was created on 4 August 1947 by act of the United States Congress . Originally it had four specialist sections : Supply and Administration , Optometry , Allied Sciences , and Pharmacy . Currently the Navy Medical Service Corps has three sections : Healthcare Administration , Healthcare Sciences , and Clinical Care Providers . Healthcare Sciences are subdivided into the following fields of specialty : Aerospace Experimental Psychology Aerospace Physiology Biochemistry Entomology Environmental Health Industrial Hygiene Medical Technology Microbiology Research Physiology Radiation Health Research Psychology Clinical Care Providers are subdivided into the following fields of specialty : Audiology Clinical Psychology Dietitian / Food Management Occupational Therapy Optometry Pharmacy Physical Therapy Physician Assistant Podiatry Social Work
Big Warrior Big Warrior or Tustanagee Thlucco ( Tvstanagi Rakkē in Mvskokē « Big Warrior » < " rak · kē " « big » ) was a principal chief of the Creek Nation until his death in 1826 . The name " Tustanagee Thlucco " is actually a war title , " great warrior , " given to the man who led all the warriors of a town . No other Creek name is recorded for Big Warrior . Big Warrior was from the town of Tukabatchee . For most of his career he collaborated with the United States government and became wealthy . He was accused of enriching himself by mishandling annuities paid to the Creeks by the United States . In 1811 Big Warrior welcomed Tecumseh to Tukabatchee to deliver his message of pan - tribal unity and hostility to the United States . Nevertheless , Big Warrior remained firmly on the U . S . side during the Creek War of 1813 - 14 . The Treaty of Fort Jackson forced harsh settlement terms on the entire Creek Nation . In the following decade Big Warrior became an opponent of further land cessions . Big Warrior , representing the Upper Towns of the Creek Nation , shared the leadership of the Creek National Council with Little Prince , principal chief of the Lower Towns .
Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett ( 1913 April 6 , Bayombong , Cagayan Valley , Philippines – 1990 November 11 , Rosemead , California , USA ) was the outspoken editor of the " Manila Bulletin " before and during the Japanese invasion of the Philippines . Imprisonment . For 13 months prior to liberation of the Philippines by combined American and Filipino forces in 1945 , Bennett was imprisoned and tortured in Santo Tomas Internment Camp and Fort Santiago by the Japanese for his writings opposing the military expansion of the Japanese Empire . His refusal to cooperate with the Japanese occupiers , who desired to use the newspapers as a propaganda organ under their censorship , became symbolic motivation to Filipinos to intensify their resistance . Family background . Bennett was one of four children of Roy DeWitt Bennett ( 1884 – 1968 ) and Josefa Camaguian Cutaran Bennett ( 1884 – 1949 ) . Roy Anthony Cutaran Bennett ' s sister Helen Cutaran Bennett became Foreign Secretary for Philippine President Elpidio Quirino .
806th Air Division The 806th Air Division ( 806th AD ) is an inactive United States Air Force organization . Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command , assigned to Second Air Force , being stationed at Chennault Air Force Base , Louisiana . It was inactivated on 15 June 1960 . Activated in 1958 as an intermediate command echelon of Strategic Air Command , the 806th AD assumed command of the 44th and 68th Bombardment Wings at Lake Charles AFB plus various support components . The division monitored and coordinated the manning , equipping , and training of assigned units for strategic air warfare on a global scale . This training included air refueling sorties . In fulfilling its mission , the division participated in numerous tactical exercises such as Briar Rabbit and Big Sickle . The 806th AD was inactivated as part of the inactivation of Chennault AFB , it ' s assigned wings reassigned to other commands . History . Components . Wings Squadron . 98 Air Refueling : 22 – 25 November 1953 .