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Simon Srebnik Simon ( Shimon , Szymon ) Srebnik ( April 10 , 1930 – August 16 , 2006 ) was a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor of the Chełmno extermination camp – a Nazi death factory established in occupied Poland during World War II . Srebnik escaped after being shot in the back of his head at close range , two days before the Russians arrived in 1945 . His testimony along with that of the few other witnesses was critical to prosecution of camp personnel and other Nazi officials , because of the destruction of evidence by the Germans of their mass extermination of Jews in Chełmno . Age fifteen at the end of the war , Srebnik testified in June 1945 in the Polish trial of Chełmno personnel . He testified again about Chełmno in the 1961 trial of Adolph Eichmann in Jerusalem , and in the Chełmno trials in Germany ( 1962 – 1965 ) of the former SS men from the SS Special Detachment " Kulmhof " . Life . Ghetto and camp . Srebnik witnessed his father killed in the Łódź Ghetto . He was thirteen years old when he and his mother were deported to the Chelmno extermination camp . His mother was killed in a gas van . The camp SS selected Simon to work with a Jewish work - detail which incinerated bodies of the victims in open - air crematoriums . Being only 13 and a half , Srebnik was given a nickname " Spinnefix " ( " quick spider " ) by the Germans . During his time in the camp , he participated in the disposal of evidence of genocide . He took part in the gathering of crushed bones and ashes of gassing victims . He helped take the sacks away at night . He rowed a flat - bottomed boat on the Ner River where the sacks were being emptied into water . While rowing , Srebnik used to entertain the Nazi SS guards by singing Prussian military songs which they taught him . Srebnik also won jumping contests and speed races which the SS organized for chained prisoners to participate in . The SS usually killed those who lost . On January 18 , 1945 , two days before Soviet troops arrived and liberated the camp , the Germans shot and killed most Jewish " Sonderkommando " prisoners who took part in the disposal of Holocaust evidence . Despite being shot in the head like the others , Srebnik alone survived . According to his own testimony , the German bullet missed the spine ( " vital brain centers " ) and exited through his mouth without substantial blood loss . He testified about Chełmno at trial held in Łódź , Poland in 1945 . Later , Srebnik emigrated to Ness Ziona , Israel . Life in Israel . After his emigration to Israel , Srebnik lived in a Kibbutz and went into the military service . He took part in four wars he said . He and two other survivors of Chełmno testified at the 1961 Adolf Eichmann Trial in Jerusalem ( session 66 - 68 ) . In addition , he testified in the Chełmno Guard Trials , which were conducted in Germany from 1962 – 1965 . He was interviewed by the French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann for his controversial documentary " Shoah . " ( 1985 ) According to the " Jerusalem Post , " Srebnik died in Israel in 2006 at age 76 .
Operations Sandy and Pushover Operation Sandy was the codename for the post - World War II launch of a captured V - 2 rocket from the deck of the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS " Midway " on September 6 , 1947 . It marked the first launch of a large rocket , and the only time for a V - 2 , from a ship at sea . Operation Pushover was a follow - up test in late 1949 to assess the danger to a carrier from a V - 2 explosion . Operation Sandy . Rear Admiral Daniel V . Gallery , Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations , was an early advocate of the concept . It was he who initiated Operation Sandy . Preliminary testing was done at the White Sands Missile Range , using a simulated aircraft carrier deck . The V - 2 to be used was assembled at White Sands . It was shipped across the country to the east coast and loaded aboard the " Midway " , then the largest carrier in the Navy and equipped with an armored flight deck . The aircraft carrier sailed to a point several hundred miles south of Bermuda for the launch . After liftoff , the V - 2 tilted at an angle and subsequently broke up at an altitude of , disappointing the distinguished witnesses . Operation Pushover . Operation Pushover determined how much damage would result from a V - 2 toppling or exploding on a carrier deck , using a simulated deck built at White Sands . In late 1949 , a fully fueled V - 2 was set on a pedestal with four legs , two of which were rigged with explosives to be " blown away just after ignition of the rocket motor . " Pushover No . 2 repeated the test with the deck raised several feet .
Henschel Hs 294 The Henschel Hs 294 was a guided air - to - sea missile developed by Germany during World War II , in 1943 . It was a further development of the Henschel Hs 293 , but was of an elongated , more streamlined shape . When launched from an aircraft , it was guided to its target by remote control . Just before it reached its target , it was guided into the water , whereupon its wings would break off , then it then would run like a torpedo , propelled by its remaining kinetic energy ; it would explode below the water line of the vessel . The proximity fuse was that of a regular German torpedo .
Colossus - class battleship ( 1910 ) The " Colossus " class of two battleship s - and of the British Royal Navy were among the first battleship s following the original of 1906 . Originally intended to be part of the , the two ships had thicker armour and other differences from , and so " Neptune " is traditionally left as its own class . They were the last gunned dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy , and were followed by the first " super - dreadnoughts " , the s with guns . Design . In designing this class , their Lordships of the Admiralty finally took note of the vulnerability of British capital ships in view of the general move to guns by the German navy . Thus the main belt reverted to the thickness of " Dreadnought " , with the unfortunate corollary of necessitating a reduction in internal protection to compensate . The design was also influenced by the American s ability to mount a ten - gun broadside . To save 50 tons of topweight , the mainmast was suppressed . Besides the weight , the mainmast was considered to be of limited value . Meanwhile " Dreadnought " s major flaw of positioning the foremast just behind the fore funnel was inexplicably repeated . In the " Colossus " class , this situation was aggravated by the far greater power of the boiler installation served by the funnel . Machinery was for the first time divided into three compartments instead of two . This was thought to provide resistance to flooding to balance the loss of screening bulkheads . Machinery was otherwise identical to that fitted previously , except apparently the new internal arrangements allowed the center engine room to operate independently during cruising conditions to conserve fuel . Main armament remained the same as " Neptune " , except the stagger of the wing turrets was reduced to conserve deck space , allowing the forward superstructure to be lengthened and the layout of the secondary armament to be improved .
102nd Logistic Brigade ( United Kingdom ) 102 Logistic Brigade ’ s role is to force generate and force prepare fighting elements , including the Headquarters , globally , for current operations and deliver capability to contingent forces as directed by HQ Forces Troops Command in order to support the delivery of operational success . History . 102 Logistic Brigade traces its origin to 102 Beach Sub - Area , Normandy , France . It was one of 3 such formations raised late in 1943 to run logistic support operations across JUNO Beach , from D - day until the Mulberry artificial harbours were operational . Once the Mulberry harbours were in use , there was no further requirement for the Beach Groups , which then dispersed to their original Lines of Communication roles . In 1993 , 50 years after the original formation of 102 Beach Sub Area , Headquarters Combat Service Support Group ( Germany ) was established in Gütersloh , Germany and this has been the home of Headquarters ever since . The Balkans . In May 1996 the newly formed organisation deployed to the Balkans on Operation Resolute as the United Kingdom National Support Element . This was part of the NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina . The HQ and Brigade units also deployed to Kosovo in 1999 on Operation Agricola . Adoption of the Halberd . In July 1999 the formation was re - titled 102 Logistic Brigade and in October 1999 the Halberd was officially adopted as the formation tactical recognition flash . The Halberd appears in Jeremiah as a symbol of strength , success and restoration . Its interpretation as a restorer of combat power following bloodshed , exhaustion and hunger reflects the operational role of 102 Logistic Brigade . The dual capability of the Halberd , both as a weapon and a hand tool represents the combination of artisan and technical skills , which complement the military training of Brigade personnel . Iraq . The HQ and elements of 102 Logistic Brigade formed the Joint Force Logistic Component for Operation Telic 1 in Kuwait and the invasion of Iraq in 2003 . The HQ returned to Iraq on Operation Telic 8 in 2006 . Afghanistan . HQ 102 Logistic Brigade has deployed in support to the war in Afghanistan on Operation Veritas in 2002 , and on Operation Herrick as the Joint Force Support Headquarters in 2008 , 2010 and 2012 . The units of 102 Logistic Brigade have also deployed on numerous tours of Afghanistan during this period . Current organisation . As of July 2013 102 Logistic Brigade comprises the following units : Future organisation . Under the Army Regular Basing Announcement and the Reserve Basing Announcement , the Brigade is due to change its composition in line with the Army 2020 formation . By 2020 the Brigade will comprise the following units .
William Rogers Taylor William Rogers Taylor ( 7 November 1811 – 14 April 1889 ) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican - American War and the American Civil War . Biography . Taylor was born in Rhode Island . He was appointed as a U . S . Navy midshipman in 1828 , served in the sloop s of war and during the next decade , and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1840 . He next had Coast Survey duty , then was an officer of the sloop of war during the Mexican War , when he also served in the Naval Battery during the siege of Vera Cruz . In 1848 - 49 he was assigned to the Naval Asylum in Philadelphia , then to the sloop of war . For eight years , beginning in 1853 , he primarily served in the field of naval ordnance . In 1855 , he received promotion to commander . Promoted to the rank of captain in July 1862 , he commanded the steam sloop during the next several months . In 1863 , he was Fleet Captain of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron . In that role , he participated in attacks on Confederate fortifications protecting Charleston , South Carolina . Captain Taylor commanded the steam sloop during 1864 - 65 and took part in the operations that led to the capture of Fort Fisher , North Carolina . In 1866 , a year after the end of the Civil War , Taylor was advanced to the rank of commodore . For the next five years , he had further ordnance duty and commanded the Northern Squadron of the Pacific Squadron . He reached the rank of rear admiral in early 1871 and spent his final active duty period as President of the Board of Examiners . Rear Admiral William Rogers Taylor was placed on the Retired List in November 1873 . Taylor died at Washington , D . C . , on 14 April 1889 . Namesake . The destroyer ( 1942 – 1969 ) was named for him .
No . 18 Radar Station RAAF No . 18 Radar Station RAAF was a Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) radar station formed at Richmond , New South Wales , Australia on 1 April 1942 . The radar was a truck mounted AW radar built by New South Wales Government Railways . The radar moved to Saddle Back Mountain , near Kiama , New South Wales and became operational on 20 April 1942 . On the 20 July 1942 , eight Women ' s Auxiliary Australian Air Force ( WAAAF ) operators arrived and became the first RAAF radar unit to employ WAAAF operators . The radar station at Kiama was built to monitor enemy airborne threats during World War II . The truck mounted AW radar was eventually replaced by a Mk V COL radar unit . During the night of 19 February 1943 , WAAAF operator Jo Lehmann plotted Susumi Ito ' s plane as it made a reconnaissance of the southern coast of New South Wales . The report at the time was ignored by Fighter Sector HQ . No . 18 Radar Station RAAF was disbanded on 4 March 1946 . References . < br >
William Davidson Bissett Major William Davidson Bissett VC ( 7 August 1893 – 12 May 1971 ) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Bissett was 25 years old , and a lieutenant in the 1 / 6th Battalion , The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders ( Princess Louise ' s ) , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 25 October 1918 east of Maing , France , Lieutenant Bissett was commanding a platoon , but owing to casualties took command of the company and handled it with great skill when an enemy counter - attack turned his left flank . Realising the danger he withdrew to the railway , but the enemy continued to advance and when the ammunition was exhausted Lieutenant Bissett mounted the railway embankment under heavy fire and , calling for a bayonet charge , drove back the enemy with heavy loss and again charged forward , establishing the line and saving a critical situation . He also served with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and Royal Pioneer Corps in World War II and achieved the rank of major . Bissett ' s headstone is located in Aldershot Military Cemetery in Aldershot Military Town , Hampshire , England . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum in Stirling Castle , Scotland .
HMS Gipsy ( 1897 ) HMS " Gipsy " was a Fairfield - built three - funnel , 30 knot torpedo boat destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1896 – 1897 Naval Estimates . She was the fourth ship to carry this name . Designated as a C - class destroyer in 1913 , " Gipsy " served on patrol in the First World War operating out of Dover . She was sold for breaking in 1921 . Construction . An invitation to tender was sent out on 5 October 1895 . She was laid down as yard no 395 on 1 October 1896 at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company shipyard at Govan , Glasgow and launched on 9 March 1897 . During her builder ’ s trials she made her contracted speed requirement . She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in July 1898 . Pre - war . In April 1901 she was commissioned at Devonport dockyard by Lieutenant and Commander H L Wells to take the place of HMS " Seal " in the dockyard´s instructional flotilla . On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed that all destroyer classes were to be designated by alphabetic characters ; the first being ' A ' . Since her design speed was 30 - knots and she had three funnels she was assigned to the C class along with similar ships from other builders . After 30 September 1913 , she was known as an C - class destroyer and had the letter ‘ C ’ painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel . World War I . From August 1914 to November 1918 she was deployed in the 6th Destroyer Flotilla based at Dover . While employed with the 6th Flotilla she conducted counter - mining patrols , escorted merchant ships and patrolled in defence of the Dover Barrage . On 24 November 1917 the German submarine " U - 48 " drifted and eventually went aground at high tide on the Goodwin Sands while waiting for the moon to set . She was discovered at dawn by British patrol craft including " Gipsy " . After a brief exchange of gunfire , scuttling charges were set and the crew abandoned the boat . The U - boat suffered 19 dead with 17 survivors rescued by the British . She was awarded the battle honour " Belgian Coast 1914 – 17 " for her service . Fate . In 1919 " Gipsy " was paid off and laid - up in reserve awaiting disposal . She was sold on 17 March 1921 to C . A . Beard of Teignmouth for breaking . Her hull was used as a pontoon for a jetty at Dartmouth and was still in use as late as 1972 .
19th Grenadier Division ( Wehrmacht ) The 19th Grenadier Division ( ) of the German Army in World War II was formed from remnants of the " 19 . Luftwaffen - Sturm - Division " ( 19th Airforce Storm Division ) and was renamed " 19 . Volksgrenadier - Division " ( 19th People ' s Grenadier Division ) in October 1944 .
Oliver Wolcott Oliver Wolcott ( November 20 , 1726December 1 , 1797 ) was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and also the Articles of Confederation as a representative of Connecticut and the nineteenth Governor of Connecticut . Biography . Wolcott was born in Windsor , Connecticut , the youngest of fourteen children of the colonial governor Roger Wolcott . He attended Yale College and was a roommate of Noah Webster , graduating in 1747 . He was commissioned to raise a militia company to fight in the French and Indian War , and he served the King as Captain in this unit on the northern frontier . At the end of the war , Wolcott studied medicine with his brother , Alexander , then was appointed sheriff of the newly created Litchfield County , Connecticut , serving from about 1751 to 1771 . He married Lorraine ( Laura ) Collins of Guilford , Connecticut , on January 21 , 1755 . They had five children , Oliver ( who died young ) , Oliver Jr . , Laura , Mariann , and Frederick . Career . Wolcott participated in the American Revolutionary War as brigadier general and then major general in the Connecticut militia . His home was busy during the war . General George Washington stayed there and bullets were manufactured there , some from the melted down body of the statue of King George III . The Continental Congress appointed Wolcott Commissioner of Indian Affairs , and he was elected to the Congress in 1775 . He became seriously ill in 1776 and did not sign the Declaration of Independence until some time later . He was engaged in military affairs between 1776 and 1778 , and served again in Congress from 1778 to 1784 . Elected Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1786 , Wolcott served in that post for ten years . He assumed the Governorship on the death of Samuel Huntington in 1796 , and was reelected to the position , holding the office until his death at the age of seventy - one . Death and legacy . On December 1 , 1797 , he died in Farmington , Connecticut . He is interred at East Cemetery , Litchfield , Litchfield County , Connecticut . Oliver Wolcott , Jr . , his son , served as Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents George Washington and John Adams and as Governor of Connecticut . The town of Wolcott , Connecticut was named in honor of Oliver and his son , Oliver Jr . His home in Litchfield was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971 . In Torrington , Connecticut there is a school named after him Oliver Wolcott Technical High School . He was passionate about poetry .
George Steptoe Washington George Steptoe Washington ( August 17 , 1771 - January 10 , 1809 ) was a planter , militia officer and nephew of the first President of the United States George Washington . Early life . George Steptoe Washington was born August 17 , 1771 at Harewood , his father ' s plantation in Berkeley County , Virginia ( now Jefferson County in West Virginia ) the fourth of seven children ( but the eldest surviving son ) born to Samuel Washington and his fourth wife , Anne Steptoe . George Steptoe Washington was named for his uncle , President George Washington , while his middle name came from that of his mother ' s family . George had four brothers and two sisters ( as well as several half - brothers and sisters ) : Master of Harewood . George would , after his father ' s death in 1781 , eventually inherit the plantation of Harewood , as well as other properties in what is now West Virginia . While , for a time , he would study law in Philadelphia with Edmund Randolph , the young George Steptoe Washington would serve as his uncle ' s secretary . The younger Washington was a source of some worry and much expense to his uncle ( who supported him and his younger brother Lawrence , and paid for their education ) , who sent letters of encouragement and , occasionally of reproof . Family . While in Philadelphia in 1793 , George , who was twenty - two years of age , eloped with Lucy Payne , a sister of future First Lady Dolley Madison . Lucy was only fifteen , and a member of the Society of Friends , who disowned her because of her marriage . The families reconciled , and later Lucy ' s mother Mary Coles Payne , would bring the younger Payne children to Harewood to live with the Washingtons . The parlor of Harewood was the site of the marriage of James Madison and Dolley Payne Todd in 1794 . George and Lucy had four children : Richard Blackburn Washington was the great - grandson of John Augustine Washington who was a younger brother of George and Samuel Washington and the uncle of George Steptoe Washington . Richard B . Washington was therefore Christian ' s third cousin . After his father ( John Augustine Washington II ) ' s death in 1832 , Richard inherited the plantation of Blakeley in Jefferson County , West Virginia , but , in 1875 , would sell Blakeley and move to Harewood . Planter and Militia Officer . George Steptoe Washington was actively involved in the operation of his Harewood plantation , and bought and sold a number of parcels of land in Virginia and elsewhere . He also served in the militia , rising to the rank of Major . Death . On January 10 , 1809 , George Steptoe Washington died of consumption at the age of thirty - seven in Augusta , Georgia , where he had gone to establish another plantation . His widow subsequently married Judge Thomas Todd , who was an Associate Justice of the U . S . Supreme Court . Their wedding was the first ever to be held in the White House . Todd died in 1826 , and Lucy died at the age of 74 in 1846 .
Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School The Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School ( CFLRS ) is located at the Général - Jean - Victor - Allard Building in Saint - Jean - sur - Richelieu , Quebec . CFLRS is a leadership training school for both primary reservist and regular forces . The two main courses offered at CFLRS are the Basic Military Qualification ( BMQ ) for Recruits , and the Basic Military Officer Qualification ( BMOQ ) for Officer Cadets . The courses can be physically and psychologically demanding , and recruits undergo tremendous physical and mental stress during the training . Since November 2010 , the school also offers a one - week Officer Colloquium ( OC ) course for non - commissioned members ( NCM ) that transfer into the officer corps . Furthermore , the school will run a 6 - week Primary Leadership Qualification ( PLQ ) course for Air Force and Navy personnel . Unlike the BMOQ and BMQ courses which are aimed at recruits and officer cadets , the PLQ and OC are offered to more senior military members . The school ' s motto is : " Apprendre a servir " - French for " learn to serve " . Duty , loyalty , integrity and courage are Canada ' s core military values .