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USS Endymion ( ARL - 9 ) USS " Endymion " ( ARL - 9 ) was one of 39 " Achelous " - class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II . Named for Endymion ( in Greek mythology , a handsome Aeolian shepherd or hunter ) , she was the only U . S . Naval vessel to bear the name . Originally laid down as " LST - 513 " ; reclassified " ARL - 9 " on 3 November 1943 ; launched on 17 December ; sponsored by Mrs . Mary C . Hanley ; and commissioned on 9 May 1944 with Lieutenant A . Edgell in command . Service history . After a brief shakedown cruise in the Chesapeake Bay she sailed for Guantanamo Bay , joined a convoy headed toward the Panama Canal , and proceeded independently to San Diego . Continuing to Pearl Harbor she deployed with TG 32 . 6 to Guadalcanal where she arrived on 26 August 1944 . She effected repairs here and at the Russell Islands before joining a task group preparing for the invasion of the Palau Islands where she carried on her vital work . From 3 October to 25 February 1945 she was active at Kossol Passage . On the latter date she sailed in convoy to Leyte where she remained for a month in the performance of diving operations and repairing of landing craft . She next proceeded with Task Unit 51 . 14 . 3 for the invasion of Okinawa and rendered invaluable service to battle - and weather - damaged destroyers , landing craft and patrol vessels . On 28 April 1945 she suffered damage from a shrapnel burst which wounded 15 of her crew . On 10 May 1945 she changed her anchorage to Buckner Bay where she underwent frequent suicide plane attacks , but continued uninterrupted her repair service . She got underway with Task Unit 31 . 29 . 29 for Saipan on 7 June 1945 and thence for Pearl Harbor . On 21 June she was torpedo ed . At least two torpedoes passed beneath the ship , but a third detonated underneath the fantail , causing damage to her steering gear and resulting in 11 [ reported ] wounded . The submarine then surfaced , and it is believed that one of the Endymion ' s gunners returned fire , after which the Japanese submarine moved on . A submarine chaser was dispatched to bring her in to Eniwetok Harbor where temporary repairs were made . She continued to Pearl Harbor where she readied herself for return to take part in the invasion of Japan , but the war ended and the Endymion headed back to the United States . " Endymion " began a period of overhaul at Astoria , Oregon on 9 November 1945 . She was decommissioned on 30 November 1946 and was placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet . Struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 June 1972 , she was sold for commercial service 1 September 1973 . Registered to Petrola Hellas S . A . of Panama in 1974 and renamed Petrola " XVIII , she was restyled as Petrola " 18 in September , 1976 . Sold in 1978 to the Thetis Shipping & Trading Corporation S . A . of Panama , then resold ( date unknown ) to Sete Technical Services S . A . of Panama and renamed " Sete " 50 , her final fate is unknown .
Gerhard Homuth Major Gerhard Homuth ( 20 September 1914 – 2 August 1943 ) was a German World War II Luftwaffe fighter ace . He scored all but two of his 63 victories against the Western Allies whilst flying the Messerschmitt Bf 109 , and was one of the top scoring aces in the North African campaign . Military career . Homuth initially served in the Kriegsmarine before joining the Luftwaffe in 1935 . During 1937 – 1938 , he was a member of the Luftwaffe aerobatic team , and part of 2 . ( J ) / Lehrgeschwader 2 ( LG 2 — 2nd Demonstration Wing ) . In October 1939 , Homuth was appointed Adjutant of I . / Jagdgeschwader 27 ( JG 27 — 27th Fighter Wing ) , becoming " Staffelkapitän " ( Squadron Leader ) of 3 . / JG 27 in February 1940 . He gained his first victory on 11 May , shooting down a Bristol Blenheim . By the end of the French campaign Homuth had nine victories , and added a further six victories during the Battle of Britain , becoming one of the more successful ' stars ' within Jagdgeschwader 27 , which had suffered severe losses for little achievement during the Battle . In April 1941 , I . / JG 27 was the first Luftwaffe fighter gruppe to be sent to North Africa . " Oberleutnant " Homuth was awarded the Ritterkreuz in June for 22 victories . By January 1942 , Homuth had 39 victories . His impressive record and leadership talents meant Homuth was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of I . / JG 27 in June 1942 . His 60th claim came on 27 October , when he shot down a Spitfire over Bir Mumim Busak . Coinciding with the withdrawal of I . / JG 27 from North Africa , Homuth fell ill and was taken off operational flying . In February 1943 he was posted to Sofia as an instructor training Bulgarian fighter pilots . Homuth returned to front line duty in July 1943 as " Gruppenkommandeur " ( Group Commander ) I . / JG 54 based in the Northern sector of the Eastern Front and flying the FW 190 A . On 2 August 1943 , on one of his first combat missions , Homuth was engaged in a dogfight with Soviet fighters . He finally managed to shoot down an P - 39 Airacobra , however Homuth failed to return from this mission and was posted missing in action . His exact fate remains unknown . Gerhard Homuth was credited with 63 victories in approximately 450 missions , 47 in Africa . He recorded two victories over the Eastern Front . His older brother was killed in action in 1942 on the Eastern Front , his father was shot by looting soldiers on 23 April 1945 .
58th Army ( Russia ) The 58th Army ( Russian : 58 - я армия ) is a field army ; first of the Soviet Union ' s Red Army and subsequently ( since 1995 ) of the Russian Ground Forces . World War II . It was first formed in the Siberian Military District in November 1941 , including the 362nd , 364th , 368th , 370th , 380th , and 384th Rifle Divisions and the 77th Cavalry Division and moved to the Arkhangelsk Military District , but then the Army was redesignated the 3rd Tank Army in May 1942 . It was reestablished within the Kalinin Front in June 1942 , and in July included the 16th and 27th Guards Rifle Divisions , the 215th and 375th Rifle Divisions , the 35th and 81st Tank Brigades , and other support units . It was reformed in the Transcaucasian Front from the 24th Army on 28 August 1942 , under General Khomenko of the NKVD . Much of its senior cadre also came from the NKVD , and among its missions was to keep order in the Caucasus , particularly in the Groznyi and Makhachkala regions . This was because of a Chechen rising that had gone on since 1941 ( see 1940 - 1944 Chechnya insurgency ) . 58th Army later joined the North Caucasus Front . On 1 November 1942 it consisted of the 271st and 416th Rifle Divisions , and the Makhachkala Division of the NKVD . Prior to the North Caucasus Front putting its main effort into the Kerch - Eltigen Operation ( November 1943 ) the Army HQ was reorganised as Headquarters Volga Military District in October 1943 . Second Chechen War . The headquarters was reformed in 1995 in the North Caucasus Military District from the 42nd Army Corps at Vladikavkaz . During the Second Chechen War , the Army was commanded by General Vladimir Shamanov . 2008 Ossetia War . On 3 August 2008 , five battalions of the Russian 58th Army commanded by Colonel - General Anatoliy Nogovitsin were moved to the vicinity of Roki Tunnel that links South Ossetia with North Ossetia . On 8 August 2008 the 58th Army invaded Georgia , moving into South Ossetia and engaging in combat against Georgian forces in defence of the South Ossetian region , most notably its capital Tskhinvali . Order of Battle , 2003 . The Army operates in a close coordination with the 4th Air Force and Air Defence Army of the district , and includes :
Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38 Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38 ( MWCS - 38 ) is a United States Marine Corps communications squadron . The squadron provides expeditionary communications for the aviation combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force . They are based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar , California and fall under the command of Marine Air Control Group 38 and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing . Mission . Provide expeditionary communications for the aviation combat element ( ACE ) of a Marine Expeditionary Force ( MEF ) , including the phased deployment element of tasked - organized elements thereof . History . Marine Wing Communications Squadron 3 was activated on 1 September 1967 as part of Marine Wing Headquarters Group 3 . The Squadron was redesignated to its current name on 1 July 1971 . From August 1990 until March 1991 the squadron participated in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm . Elements of the squadron participated in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia from December 1992 through March 1993 .
Charles A . Bessey Charles A . Bessey ( 1848 – 1909 ) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor , for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States . Biography . Bessey was born in Reading , Massachusetts in 1848 . By January 13 , 1877 , he was serving as a corporal in Company A of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment in the midst of the Great Sioux War of 1876 - 77 . On that day , Bessey and three privates were repairing a telegraph line between Forts Laramie and Fetterman in eastern Wyoming Territory when they learned that Native Americans had attacked three herders close by , near Elkhorn Creek . Bessey led his small group against the much larger Native American force and successfully rescued the herders , although he and two of his men were wounded in the process . For these actions , the four men were commended in general order s and , thirteen years later on May 15 , 1890 , Bessey was awarded the Medal of Honor . Bessey was later promoted to sergeant and became Chief Musician of his regiment . He retired in 1899 and died ten years later of kidney failure , probably caused by the wound he received near Elkhorn Creek . Aged 60 or 61 at his death , he was buried in Biloxi City Cemetery , Biloxi , Mississippi . After his death , his Medal of Honor was held by his daughter , who displayed it in her home . A hurricane destroyed the house and the medal was thought to be lost , but was eventually found in the wreckage . The family then donated the medal to the Third Cavalry Museum at Fort Hood , Texas . Medal of Honor citation . Bessey ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : While scouting with 4 men and attacked in ambush by 14 hostile Indians , held his ground , 2 of his men being wounded , and kept up the fight until himself wounded in the side , and then went to the assistance of his wounded comrades .
Japanese oiler Tōhō Maru ( 1936 ) Tōhō Maru was an oiler of the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) . The ship was launched as a civilian oil tanker for Iino Kaiun Kaisha on May 1 , 1936 . On August 20 , 1941 the ship was requisitioned by the IJN and converted into a fleet replenishment oiler . The ship subsequently served Japan during the Pacific Campaign of World War II . On March 29 , 1943 the ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Makassar Strait at by the United States Navy submarine " . See also . Foreign commerce and shipping of Empire of Japan
Harvey A . Allen Harvey A . Allen ( 1818 ? - September 20 , 1882 ) was an officer in the United States Army who served as the fourth commander of the Department of Alaska , from September 20 , 1871 to January 3 , 1873 . Allen died at his home in Schraalenburg , New Jersey ( now Dumont , New Jersey ) on September 20 , 1882 , and was buried in Green - Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn .
Battle of Tecualoya The Battle of Tecualoya was a military action of the Mexican War of Independence fought between 17 – 20 January 1812 in the canyons of Tecualoya , Mexico . The battle was fought between the royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown and the Mexican rebels fighting for independence from the Spanish Empire . The Mexican insurgents were commanded by General Hermenegildo Galeana and the Spanish by Rosendo Porlier y Asteguieta . The battle resulted in a victory for Spanish loyalists . The Battle . The battle resulted in a humiliating defeat for Galeana and his army . The Mexican insurgents lost all their artillery , though they would later recover these field pieces at the Battle of Tenancingo where General José María Oviedo would be killed in action .
HMAS Geelong ( FCPB 215 ) HMAS " Geelong " ( FCPB 215 ) , named for the city of Geelong , Victoria , was a " Fremantle " class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) . Design and construction . Starting in the late 1960s , planning began for a new class of patrol boat to replace the " Attack " class , with designs calling for improved seakeeping capability , and updated weapons and equipment . The " Fremantle " s had a full load displacement of , were long overall , had a beam of , and a maximum draught of . Main propulsion machinery consisted of two MTU series 538 diesel engines , which supplied to the two propeller shafts . Exhaust was not expelled through a funnel , like most ships , but through vents below the waterline . The patrol boat could reach a maximum speed of , and had a maximum range of at . The ship ' s company consisted of 22 personnel . Each patrol boat was armed with a single 40 mm Bofors gun as main armament , supplemented by two . 50 cal Browning machineguns and an 81 - mm mortar , although the mortar was removed from all ships sometime after 1988 . The main weapon was originally to have been two 30 - mm guns on a twin - mount , but the reconditioned Bofors were selected to keep costs down ; provision was made to install an updated weapon later in the class ' service life , but this did not eventuate . " Geelong " was laid down by North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns , Queensland on 15 November 1982 . She was launched on 14 April 1984 , and commissioned into the RAN on 2 June 1984 . Fate . " Geelong " was decommissioned at HMAS " Coonawarra " on 8 July 2006 .
Athar Abbas Major General Athar Abbas is a two - star general and a former military spokesperson for the Pakistan Defence Forces who served as the Director General of Inter Services Public Relations ( DG ISPR ) from January 2008 to June 2012 . Military career . General Abbas was commissioned in October 1976 in the 54th PMA Long Course from the Pakistan Military Academy , Kakul into the Armoured Corps . He has held various command , staff and instructional appointments that include command of an armoured regiment , armoured brigade and armoured division . He has been General Staff Officer ( Operations ) in various armoured formations . He is a graduate of Command and Staff College , Quetta and Armed Forces Staff College , Malaysia . Education . He is a participant of the Executive Course at Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies , Hawaii , USA . He has attended Armed Forces War Course and National Defence Course at the National Defence College , Islamabad . He has been on the faculty of Command and Staff College , Quetta and National Defence College , Islamabad . He holds a Masters Degrees in War Studies as well as Strategic Studies from Quaid - e - Azam University , Islamabad . He was promoted to Major General in June 2005 and has commanded an armoured division in Kharian from June 2005 to June 2007 . Other Office Appointments . Before joining Inter Services Public Relations Directorate , General Abbas was serving as Director General Quartering and Lands in Quartermaster General ’ s Branch , General Headquarters . After he was appointed as the DG ISPR , Major General Mohammad Farooq replaced him at his previous position . Family . Three of General Abbas ' s brothers are associated with journalism and the media , working with leading media organisations . He is married with three children . His brothers are Mazhar Abbas ( works for ARY and headed the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists for several years ) , Azhar Abbas ( Geo Managing Director ) , Zaffar Abbas ( Editor of Dawn ) . External links .
Charles Deakin Charles Deakin ( born 1837 , date of death unknown ) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U . S . military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor , for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay . Born in 1837 in New York City , Deakin was living in Philadelphia when he joined the Navy . He served during the Civil War as a boatswain ' s mate and gun captain on the . In April 1862 , he took part in the Battle of Forts Jackson and St . Philip in Louisiana . At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5 , 1864 , he " fought his gun with skill and courage " despite heavy fire . For this action , he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later , on December 31 , 1864 . Deakin ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : As captain of a gun on board the U . S . S . " Richmond " during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram " Tennessee " in Mobile Bay , 5 August 1864 . Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks , Deakin fought his gun with skill and courage throughout a furious 2 - hour battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram " Tennessee " and in the damaging and destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan . He also participated in the actions at Forts Jackson and St . Philip .
HMS Aurora ( 1777 ) HMS " Aurora " was a 28 - gun " Enterprise " - class sixth - rate frigate of the Royal Navy . The " Aurora " was first commissioned in July 1777 under the command of Captain James Cumming . On 16 December 1796 , command passed to the then captain Henry Digby who spent around two years in the Mediterranean attacking French and Spanish shipping . The frigate features in a contemporary work of naval fiction Mr Midshipman Easy by Captain Frederick Marryat .
HMS Havelock ( 1915 ) HMS " Havelock " was an " Abercrombie " - class monitor of the Royal Navy that saw service in the First World War . On 3 November 1914 , Charles M . Schwab of Bethlehem Steel offered Winston Churchill , then First Lord of the Admiralty , the use of four 14in / 45cal BL MK II twin gun turrets , originally destined for the Greek ship " Salamis " . These turrets could not be delivered to the German builders , due to the British Naval blockade . The Royal Navy immediately designed a class of monitors , designed for shore bombardment , to use the turrets . HMS " Havelock " was laid down at the Harland and Wolff Ltd shipyard at Belfast on 12 December 1914 . The ship was named " General Grant " in honour of the US General Ulysses S Grant , however as the United States was still neutral , the ship was hurriedly renamed HMS " M2 " on 31 May 1915 . She was then named HMS " Havelock " on 20 June 1915 . HMS " Havelock " sailed for the Dardanelles in June 1915 . She remained in the Eastern Mediterranean until returning to England in January 1916 . She then served as a guard ship at Lowestoft . She was decommissioned in May 1919 , and disarmed in June 1920 . Sold for breaking up in May 1921 , she was retained in reserve until resold on 25 June 1927 to the Ward shipyard at Preston for breaking up .
Stanton Preparatory Academy Stanton Preparatory Academy was founded in 1925 to prepare young men for entrance to the United States Military Academy at West Point and the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis . The school was located in Cornwall , New York five miles from West Point . The school was founded and led by Lieutenant Colonel Hubert G . Stanton ( born September 14 , 1897 – died ? ? ? ? ) in 1925 . It followed in the tradition established by the National Preparatory Academy . That institution was owned and led by LT Charles Braden from 1890 until his death in 1919 . In the late 1920s some sources refer to it as the " Stanton Loomis Academy . " Stanton was a 1911 graduate of West Point . He was the president of the class of 1911 . Commissioned as an officer in the coastal artillery , he was an instructor in the Department of Mathematics at the Academy between 1911 and 1914 and returned in 1917 as an assistant professor remaining as a member of the faculty until 1925 . The 1938 edition of the “ Handbook of Private Schools for American Boys and Girls ” lists the tuition for boarders as $ 1 , 100 ( roughly $ 16 , 695 in 2009 dollars ) and $ 675 for the day school ( $ 10 , 245 in 2009 dollars ) . Harvard University ' s tuition , by comparison , was only $ 400 a year . Later editions of this reference show the Stanton Academy in operation until at least 1952 . Both the U . S . Military Academy and the U . S . Naval Academy now operate their own preparatory schools .
Rolf Scherenberg Rolf Scherenberg ( 27 May 1897 – 10 June 1961 ) as 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 . Rolf Scherenberg was captured by Soviet troops in May 1945 and was held until October 1955 .
John Russell Young Blakely John Russell Young Blakely was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy . Biography . Blakely was born on 17 July 1872 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1892 . After serving in various Navy ships and at many shore stations , he took his first command , the protected cruiser , in 1914 . As captain of this ship , and later the armored cruiser , Blakely rendered important service in transporting and escorting troops and supplies to Europe during the First World War . For his outstanding contribution he was awarded the Navy Cross . Following the war Blakely served with the Chief of Naval Operations , at the Naval War College , and with the rank of captain he commanded the battleship . After a tour as Assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation in 1925 , he was promoted to Rear Admiral and given command of a cruiser division . He also commanded the 15th Naval District and served on the important General Board before poor health forced him to retire 1 June 1932 . Rear Admiral Blakely died 28 March 1942 in Denver , Colorado . Namesake . was named in his honor . The ship was launched by Consolidated Steel Corp . , Ltd . , Orange , Texas , 7 March 1943 ; sponsored by Miss Mary Young Blakely , niece of Rear Admiral Blakely ; and commissioned 16 August 1943 , Comdr . J . H . Forshew in command .