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Axis naval activity in New Zealand waters A small number of Axis surface raider s and submarine s operated in New Zealand Waters during World War II . Surface raiders . The following German surface raiders operated in New Zealand waters : The " Orion " and " Komet " sank four ships in New Zealand waters during these operations . Submarines . Imperial Japanese Navy submarines operated in New Zealand waters in 1942 and 1943 : Neither " I - 21 " nor " I - 25 " attacked any ships during their brief periods in New Zealand waters . U - 862 . The German submarine sailed down the east coast of New Zealand in January 1945 . " U - 862 " — under the command of " Korvettenkapitän " Heinrich Timm — entered New Zealand waters on 1 January 1945 after operating off Australia . The boat rounded the tip of the North Island on 7 January and proceeded down the east coast . She encountered a merchant ship off Cape Brett on 10 January but was not able to intercept it . The U - boat continued south and failed to reach firing position on another merchant ship off East Cape on 13 January . On 15 January , Timm took his submarine very close to Gisborne in search of viable targets . While the submarine was not detected , Timm did not find any worthwhile ships to attack . Timm also sailed close to the shore of Napier on 16 January and attempted to torpedo a small merchant ship off the city . This attack was not successful , with the torpedo missing its target . Timm believed that " U - 862 " had been sighted during this attack and left the area . This belief was not correct , however , and the New Zealand government remained unaware of the submarine ' s presence . Shortly after the attack off Napier , " U - 862 " received orders to return to her home base at Batavia . Timm immediately ceased his patrol and proceeded along the east coast of the South Island . " U - 862 " rounded Stewart Island / Rakiura on 21 January and the submarine left New Zealand waters shortly thereafter . Claims that members of the submarine ' s crew landed in New Zealand are not correct , and this story appears to have been started by Timm as a joke .
Hanns Laengenfelder Hanns Laengenfelder ( 8 February 1903 – 18 July 1982 ) 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 with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Hanns Laengenfelder was captured by Soviet troops in May 1945 and was held until 1955 .
Zastava M70 ( pistol ) The Zastava M70 ( formerly known as CZ M70 ( Crvena Zastava Model 1970 ) ) is produced by Zastava Arms as a sidearm for Yugoslavian police and certain military officers . The pistol was loosely based on the Zastava M57 , but is scaled down to accept smaller and less powerful 7 , 65mm Browning ( . 32 ACP ) or 9mm Kratak ( . 380 ACP ) . Design details . The M70 pistol is a recoil action design . It can be easily removed during disassembly of pistol . Trigger is of single action type ; hammer unit is made removable as one piece . manual safety is located on the left side of the frame , above grip panel . Sights are fixed . Users . For many years these pistols were used by Yugoslavian police and military . Today many of these pistols are sold worldwide as surplus and are popular among the civilians in Serbia ( sometimes referred as " Pčelica " ( little bee ) ) as well as backup guns for police . commonly
USS SC - 501 USS " SC - 501 " was a " SC - 497 " class submarine chaser that served in the United States Coast Guard and later the United States Navy during World War II . She was originally laid down as " PC - 501 " on 29 April 1941 by the Seabrook Yacht Corporation in Houston , Texas , and launched on 24 January 1942 . She was reclassified " SC - 501 " on 8 April 1943 , and acquired from the Coast Guard on 9 April 1943 . She was reclassified as " Unclassified Miscellaneous Vessel " IX - 100 on 21 April 1943 and named " Racer " on 3 May 1943 . She was in service from 27 May 1943 to 21 May 1946 . She was struck from the Navy Register on 5 June 1946 and sold to the private market on 20 December 1946 .
Esther Hasson Esther Voorhees Hasson was the first Superintendent of the United States Navy Nurse Corps . Prior to and after serving in the United States Navy Nurse Corps , she served as an Army nurse . Early life . Esther Voorhees Hasson was born in Baltimore , Maryland , on 20 September 1867 . She graduated from the Connecticut Training School for Nurses , in New Haven , in 1897 . Nurse Corps career . In June 1898 , during the Spanish American War , Miss Hasson became a contract nurse with the U . S . Army , subsequently serving on the hospital ship Relief and in the Philippines . She left the Army in 1901 . In 1905 - 07 , she served as a nurse in Panama . When the Navy Nurse Corps was established in 1908 , Miss Hasson became its first Superintendent , taking the oath of office on 18 August 1908 . Under her leadership , 19 additional nurses were recruited and trained for Naval service during 1908 . The Nurse Corps had grown to 85 trained nurses by the time Miss Hasson resigned as Superintendent in January 1911 . In June 1917 , Esther Hasson became a U . S . Army Reserve Nurse . She served in Europe during the First World War and into 1919 , including duty as Chief Nurse of two Army Base hospitals , and left active service in June 1919 . Chief Nurse Esther V . Hasson died in Washington , D . C . , on 8 March 1942 . Contributions as Superintendent . As the first superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps Esther Hasson had the task of recruiting qualified nurses and setting up training for the incoming nurses , as well as administering the Corps once it was established . The first nineteen nurses , in addition to Superintendent Hasson , carefully chosen from 33 invited candidates , came to be known as the " Sacred Twenty " . Superintendent Hasson worked with Surgeon General Presley Marion Rixey to establish an orderly , disciplined corps with a respectable reputation and excellent benefits , if somewhat limited pay .
HMS Cockade ( R34 ) HMS " Cockade " was a C - class destroyer of the Royal Navy . A cockade is a knot of ribbons , or other circular - or oval - shaped symbol of distinctive colours which is usually worn on a hat . So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name . " Cockade " was launched on 1 March 1944 and commissioned on 29 September 1945 , too late to see service in the Second World War . She served in the post - war Royal Navy , seeing service in the Korean War and Cold War , until being broken up in July 1964 .
Ernest E . Tissot , Jr . Ernest Eugene ( Gene ) Tissot Jr . ( born December 16 , 1927 ) is a retired United States Navy Rear Admiral and naval aviator who was highly decorated for his actions during the Korean War and the Vietnam War . He was born in Upland , CA and entered the Navy in June 1945 and learned to fly in the Stearman N2S biplane at the Livermore Naval Air Station in August 1946 . He was designated a Naval Aviator in June 1948 and commissioned as an Ensign that December . He was subsequently advanced in rank to Captain in January 1969 . His selection for the rank of Rear Admiral was approved by the President in March 1973 . Biography . He studied at Stanford , earning a BS in Engineering and election to Phi Beta Kappa ; at the Naval Postgraduate School , receiving a MS in Aeronautical Engineering ; training at the Naval Nuclear Power School , Bainbridge , MD ; and at the Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit , Idaho Falls , Idaho . He commanded Attack Squadron 192 , flying combat missions in Vietnam in the A - 4 Skyhawk from the aircraft carrier USS Bon Homme Richard ( CV - 31 ) , Attack Carrier Air Wing 14 , flying combat missions in the A - 4 , the F - 4 Phantom II and the A - 6 Intruder from the aircraft carrier USS Constellation ( CV - 64 ) , the amphibious dock landing ship USS Thomaston ( LSD - 28 ) ; the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise ( CVAN - 65 ) , Fighter Airborne Early Warning Wing , U . S . Pacific Fleet , based at NAS Miramar , CA and Attack Carrier Striking Force , Carrier Task Force 77 based at Subic Bay , Philippines . His military awards include two Silver Stars , two Defense Superior Service Medals , two Legions of Merit , five Distinguished Flying Crosses , twenty - seven Air Medals , five Navy Commendation Medals and service medals for the World War II , Korean and Vietnam conflicts . He flew 50 combat missions in Korea , flying the F4U Corsair from the aircraft carrier USS Princeton ( CV - 37 ) , and 250 combat missions in Vietnam as a squadron and air wing commander . In 1967 he became the third naval aviator to achieve 1 , 000 arrested carrier landings , accomplished without accident over 20 years , flying 11 aircraft types from 15 aircraft carriers . He retired from the Navy in 1981 and worked for Northrop Corporation until 1991 and is a member of the Navy Golden Eagles . He and his late wife of 52 years , Millie Patton Tissot , have two sons , Ernest Craig Tissot and Brian Nelson Tissot , and five grandchildren . His father , Ernest Eugene Tissot Sr , was the Chief Mechanic for Grand Canyon Airlines during the 1930s , as well as Amelia Earhart ' s mechanic for her Lockheed Vega , which she flew on her record - making flight from Honolulu , HI to Oakland , CA in 1935 .
2nd Nebraska Cavalry The 2nd Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Cavalry was a Cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The unit was initially organized at Omaha , Nebraska on October 23 , 1862 as a nine - month regiment , and served for over one year . They were attached to General Sully ' s command , who was in a campaign against Indians in Western Nebraska and Dakota , who were forced to move south from Minnesota following the Dakota War of 1862 . Battle of Whitestone Hill The 2nd Nebraska participated in the Battle of Whitestone Hill , which began on September 3 , 1863 when General Sully ' s troops engaged upwards of 2 , 000 warriors under Chief Two Bears of the Yanktonai Sioux . Of the 20 US troops killed in the battle , seven were from the Second Nebraska . Fourteen from the unit were also wounded in the action . The regiment was mustered out December 23 , 1863 . A number of its veterans were re - enlisted in the 1st Battalion Nebraska Veteran Volunteer Cavalry , which served until 1865 when it was merged with the 1st Nebraska Cavalry Regiment . Total strength and casualties . 1 , 384 men were enlisted in the regiment Commanders . Colonel Robert W Furnas
Francisco de Paula Vieira da Silva de Tovar , 1st Viscount of Molelos Francisco de Paula Vieira da Silva de Tovar e Nápoles , 11th Lord of the Honour of Molelos , 1st Baron and 1st Viscount of Molelos ( 1774 – 1848 ) was a Portuguese military officer and politician . He is best known for his role in the Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental , under the reign of king John VI , as well as for his active participation in Portugal ' s resistance against the invading troops of Napoleon ( 1807 – 1810 ) and , towards the end of his life , for his support for the Absolutist or Liberal faction during the Portuguese Civil War , whose ranks he led as a General . In 1862 , exiled king Miguel I honoured him posthumously by creating his only surviving grandson , António Vieira de Tovar de Magalhães e Albuquerque , 1st Count of Molelos . This title , however , was never legally validated , and his only daughter died an infant . The vicomital title was given continuity by the descendents of António ' s great - aunt Josefa Vieira da Silva de Tovar .
HMCS Vegreville ( J257 ) HMCS " Vegreville " ( J257 ) was a that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II . The " Vegreville " was mined in the English Channel off France on 6 June 1945 and was declared a total constructive loss and beyond economical repair . She was scrapped in 1947 .
German destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp Z21 " Wilhelm Heidkamp " was a built for the Kriegsmarine in the late 1930s . Battles of Narvik . During Operation Weserübung , the German invasion of Norway , " Wilhelm Heidkamp " was the flagship of the Kriegsmarine force assigned to attack Narvik . On 9 April 1940 , " Wilhelm Heidkamp " sunk the old Norwegian coastal defense ship " Eidsvold " with torpedoes after an attempt to get the ship to surrender failed . The next day , five British destroyers engaged the German force in the First Naval Battle of Narvik . During the battle , " Wilhelm Heidkamp " was sunk and its commander , Commodore Bonte , was killed
Louis Gluckstein Colonel Sir Louis Halle Gluckstein , GBE , TD , KC , DL ( 23 February 1897 – 27 October 1979 ) was a British lawyer and Conservative Party politician . Career . Gluckstein was educated at St Paul ' s School and Lincoln College , Oxford . He was commissioned into the Suffolk Regiment during the First World War and also saw action as a captain in the Second World War , being Mentioned in Despatches in the early part of the war . He remained in the Territorial Army until his retirement in 1948 , and was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1947 . Gluckstein was elected as Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Nottingham East at the 1931 general election , having contested the seat unsuccessfully in 1929 . He held the seat until his defeat at the 1945 general election by the Labour candidate James Harrison . Gluckstein stood again in 1950 , losing again to Harrison . At 2 . 02m ( 6 ' 7 . 5 " ) , he is believed to have been the tallest Member of Parliament until the election of Daniel Kawczynski in 2005 . He was a Conservative councillor on the Greater London Council ( GLC ) for the Cities of London and Westminster from 1964 to 1967 , and an Alderman from 1967 to 1973 . He was appointed as a King ' s Counsel on 29 June 1945 . He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London in 1952 , knighted in the Coronation Honours of 1953 , was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) in the 1964 New Year Honours , and was promoted to Knight Grand Cross ( GBE ) in the 1969 Queen ' s Birthday Honours . Family . Gluckstein was born in Hampstead , London , the son of Joseph Gluckstein whose brothers Isidore and Montague founded the J . Lyons and Co . coffee house and catering empire in London . His mother , Francesca Halle , was an American opera singer , and his elder sister Hannah was a noted portrait painter .
USS Macdonough ( DD - 9 ) The first USS " Macdonough " ( DD - 9 ) was a in the United States Navy . She was named for Commodore Thomas Macdonough " Macdonough " was laid down on 10 April 1899 by the Fore River Ship & Engine Company , Weymouth , Massachusetts ; launched on 24 December 1900 ; sponsored by Miss Lucy Shaler Macdonough , granddaughter of Commodore Macdonough ; and commissioned on 5 September 1903 ; Lieutenant Charles S . Bookwalter in command . Pre - World War I . " Macdonough " failed to make the design speed of during trials , and along with her fellow Fore River - built destroyer " Lawrence " proved to have poor sea keeping . Both ships had their two 3 - inch guns replaced by six - pounder guns , giving a gun armament of seven six - pounders . After shakedown , " Macdonough " spent seven months as a training ship for midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy , Annapolis , Maryland . On 31 May 1904 , she joined the Coast Squadron , North Atlantic Fleet and for the next three years operated along the east coast and in the Caribbean . She was ordered to the Reserve Torpedo Fleet at Norfolk on 16 May 1907 and served with that fleet until the following year . Placed in full commission on 21 November 1908 , " Macdonough " became the flagship of the 3rd Torpedo Flotilla and sailed for Pensacola , Florida . She participated in operations out of that port until the following spring when she returned to the east coast . During the summer of 1909 , she cruised with the Atlantic Torpedo Squadron off New England . She then returned to the Gulf of Mexico and steamed up the Mississippi River for the St . Louis Centennial Celebration . Returning to the east coast in December , she was placed in reserve at Charleston , South Carolina on the 16th . " Macdonough " took part in summer exercises during the summer of 1910 and returned to Charleston , where , with the exception of two cruises to New York , she remained for the next two years . In 1913 and 1914 , she conducted summer cruises for the Massachusetts Naval Militia . World War I . On 29 January 1915 , " Macdonough " was detached from the Reserve Torpedo Flotilla and assigned to the Submarine Flotilla , Atlantic Fleet . For the next two years , she operated with submarine s in maneuvers and exercises from Pensacola to Newport , Rhode Island . Following this duty , she commenced , on 27 March 1917 , a recruiting cruise along the Mississippi River . In mid - June the ship departed New Orleans , Louisiana for Charleston where she joined the Destroyer Force , Atlantic Fleet . Until January 1918 , she performed screening assignments off the east coast . On 16 January 1918 , she departed Philadelphia , Pennsylvania for Brest , France , arriving 20 February . She remained off the coast of France , providing escort and patrol services until 20 May 1919 . Sailing for the United States , she arrived at Philadelphia on 24 June and remained in that port until decommissioned on 3 September . Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 7 November 1919 and her hulk was sold for scrapping on 10 March 1920 .
Alfred Spencer Heathcote Colonel Alfred Spencer Heathcote VC ( 29 March 1832 – 21 February 1912 ) was an English 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 . Details . Heathcote was 25 years old , and a lieutenant in the 60th Rifles ( later The King ' s Royal Rifle Corps ) , British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place at the Siege of Delhi for which he was awarded the VC : Further information . He later achieved the rank of colonel and emigrated to Australia . He is buried at St James Anglican Churchyard , Bowral , New South Wales , Australia ( Grave to left of entrance . Headstone ) . There is also a memorial for him at St . James ' Anglican Church , Sydney , New South Wales . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Victoria Barracks in Sydney , New South Wales , Australia .
Maurice Dease Maurice James Dease VC ( 28 September 1889 – 23 August 1914 ) was a British Army officer during the First World War . He was one of the first British officer battle casualties of the war and the first posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross in the war . Career . Dease was born on 28 September 1889 in Gaulstown , Coole , County Westmeath , Ireland to Edmund F . and Katherine M . Dease . He was educated at Stonyhurst College and the Army Department of Wimbledon College before attending the Royal Military College , Sandhurst . He was 24 years old , and a lieutenant in the 4th Battalion , The Royal Fusiliers , and was awarded the VC for his actions on 23 August 1914 , at Mons , Belgium . Nimy Bridge was being defended by a single company of Royal Fusiliers and a machine - gun section with Dease in command . The gun fire was intense , and the casualties very heavy , but the lieutenant went on firing in spite of his wounds , until he was hit for the fifth time and was carried away . Dease won the first Victoria Cross to be awarded in the Great War , 1914 – 1918 , and he also won it on the first day of the first significant British encounter in that war . Dease is buried at St Symphorien military cemetery , Belgium . He is remembered with a plaque under the Nimy Railroad Bridge , Mons and in Westminster Cathedral . His name is on the Wayside Cross in Woodchester , Stroud , Gloucestershire . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Fusiliers Museum in the Tower of London . References . Also remembered on a plaque installed in St Martin ' s Church , Culmullen , Co . Meath , Ireland
Lavochkin La - 7 The Lavochkin La - 7 was a soviet aircraft created in the Second World War , the La - 7 was created to solve the problem of the instability of the Lavochkin La - 5 . Description . The Lavochkin La - 7 fighter was the last game of its kind to go into production during the war . Its development , primarily intended to overcome the problem of stability that the La - 5 had failed to resolve , which led to large number of losses in accidents . The La - 7 began to be developed from the autumn of 1943 , as the production model La - 5 was in full swing . It was initially built a prototype that used a more powerful engine , but the fact that the models have not received Lavochjkin preference to receive these engines meant that the technicians had been limited to aerodynamic improvements to try to get better benefits . The development of the La - 7 has been tested in wind tunnels , with the aim of improving the aerodynamic performance of the aircraft which was the main problem presented by the previous model . He first flew in November 1943 , even with the provisional reference " La - 120 " . Series production began in the spring of 1944 and lasted until mid - 1946 , a total of 5753 copies of the La - 7 manufactured . Because he was not authorized to install M - 71 radial engine , the Lavochkin La - 7 was little more than a La - 5FN improved . Their armament was not standardized since so much was made of two or three 20mm cannon . The main change was the aerodynamic changes that have reduced consumption and gave the aircraft a greater operational range . After the war , there was still studies to continue to modernize the La - 7 , but the arrival of the jet quickly relegated this type of aircraft to secondary roles , being phased out from the early 50 ' s . Specifications . General characteristics Performance Armament See also . Lavochkin La - 5 Lavochkin La - 9 Fritz Republic P - 47 Thunderbolt Kawasaki Ki - 100
T . P . Singh Rawat T . P . Singh Rawat is a member of 14th Lok Sabha . He was elected from Garhwal in Uttarakhand state in India in a by - poll in 2008 as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party . He was a Lt . Gen . in the Indian army . He was decorated with PVSM and VSM . After retirement in 2000 he joined politics and served as a minister in state cabinet .