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Hermann Höfle ( SS general ) Biography . Höfle , the son of a post office official , was called up to the German Imperial Army in 1916 as a soldier in the " Königlich Bayerisches Infanterie - Regiment " Großherzog Friedrich II . von Baden " Nr . 8 " and also served as an observation pilot during World War I . After the war he was with the Freikorps von Epp and the " Bund Reichskriegsflagge " of Ernst Röhm and participated in the Beer Hall Putsch . He officially joined the Sturmabteilung ( SA ) in the early 1930s . From 1920 to 1934 he was also an officer with the Reichswehr and left with the rank of Major in the Reserve . As well as this , he qualified as a Spanish language interpreter in 1931 . He was married in 1925 and had two daughters . From August 1934 to January 1937 he was leader of the National Socialist Motor Corps ( NSKK ) in Munich , director of the NSKK Reichsführerschule from 1935 to 1937 and , starting from August 1937 , inspector of NSKK training . He was leader of the NSKK brigade " Ostmark " from June to September 1937 , then leader of the NSKK Motorgruppe " Niederschlesien " until December 1941 and finally leader of the NSKK Motorgruppe " Upper Silesia " from 1 July 1943 . Besides it led the NSKK Verkehrskompanien in the corps . Höfle , didn ' t officially join the Nazi Party until May 1937 ( membership number : 3 , 924 , 970 ) and joined the SS in July 1943 after a request from Reichsführer - SS Heinrich Himmler ( membership number : 463 , 093 ) . From September 1943 to October 1944 he served as HSSPF " Mitte " from a base in Braunschweig . From late September 1944 to the end of World War II , he filled a similar role in Slovakia . In this position he played a leading role in the suppression of the Slovak National Uprising . Arrested by the Czechoslovakia n authorities , he was tried along with Hanns Ludin . Both were sentenced to death and executed on 9 December 1947 . Some sources claim that he died in custody on 3 December . Höfle was survived by his wife and two daughters . After marriage , his elder daughter , Helga Tiscenko ( * 1929 ) , emigrated to New Zealand . In 2000 she published a popular account of her childhood entitled " Strawberries with the Führer . " Her book is now the subject of a video documentary
USS Ivy ( 1862 ) USS " Ivy " ( 1862 ) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was assigned by the Navy as a gunboat to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries . " Ivy " also was assigned the role of tugboat and dispatch boat ; towards the end of the war she was assigned the role of coal barge tender . Built in Missouri in 1862 . " Ivy " , a screw tug , was built as " Terror " by the Army at St . Louis , Missouri , in 1862 ; transferred to the Navy 30 September 1862 and renamed " Ivy " . Civil War operations . Assigned to the Mississippi Squadron . Assigned to the Mississippi Squadron , " Ivy " took part as tugboat and dispatch boat in the winter operations around Vicksburg 1862 - 63 . In the important attack on Fort Hindman 9 – 11 January 1863 , she served as Rear Admiral David D . Porter ' s flagship . As the more powerful gunboats pounded the fort in support of General William Tecumseh Sherman ' s attack , " Ivy " came alongside both and to help quench fires started by shore fire . In a memorandum in the office of Secretary of the Navy , Gideon Welles noted : The naval attack , directed from " Ivy " , resulted in Sherman ' s capture of the fort , a severe blow to the Confederate cause in the West . Passing under the lethal Vicksburg batteries on the Mississippi . " Ivy " was also present for the passage of the Vicksburg , Mississippi , batteries by Admiral David Dixon Porter ' s ships 16 – 17 April 1863 . Lashed to the side of the powerful , " Ivy " steamed boldly past Vicksburg , opening operations south of the city to Porter and contributing importantly to the fall of Grand Gulf and eventually to the capture of Vicksburg . In May the tug accompanied the gunboats up the Red River . The ships reached abandoned Fort De Russy 5 May and 2 days later took Alexandria , only to be forced back downstream by low water . The fort was partially destroyed and Porter returned to Grand Gulf to continue the assault on Vicksburg . The tug remained near Vicksburg , often as Porter ' s flagship , until after its fall 4 July 1863 , and subsequently acted as a dispatch boat and tug on the river and as a receiving ship for prisoners of war . Ivy entered the Red River again in 1864 when the major part of Admiral Porter ' s fleet was caught by low water above the rapids at Alexandria . She assisted gunboat " Ozark " over the rapids 13 May 1864 and returned to the Mississippi River with the fleet amid frequent Confederate attacks from shore . Final operations of the war and decommissioning . For the remainder of the war " Ivy " was used to tend and pump coal barges at Donaldsonville , Louisiana . She was sold at Mound City , Illinois , 17 August 1865 to W . G . Priest .
Cecil D ' Arcy Captain Henry Cecil Dudgeon D ' Arcy VC ( 11 August 1850 – October 1881 ) was a New Zealander 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 . D ' Arcy , known as Cecil , was 28 years old , and a captain in the Frontier Light Horse , South African Forces during the Zulu War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 3 July 1879 at Ulundi , South Africa , during a reconnaissance , Captain D ' Arcy went to the rescue of Trooper Raubenheim of the Frontier Light Horse who had fallen from his horse as the troops were retiring . The captain waited for the man to mount behind him although the enemy were quite close , but the horse kicked them both off . Captain D ' Arcy was hurt by the fall , and quite alone , but he still tried to lift the trooper , who was stunned , on to the horse , and only mounted and rode off when he was completely exhausted . Further information . He was born in Wanganui , New Zealand , where his father Major Oliver D ’ Arcy of the 65th Regiment was in the British garrison there ( in 1860 Oliver transferred to the Cape Mounted Rifles and settled at King William ' s Town , Eastern Cape Colony ) . Henry later joined the Cape Mounted Rifles as a captain , and served in the 1880 Basuto rising , but resigned in April 1881 . He left the house of Rev . Taberer in the Cape Province where he was staying to recuperate during the night of 6 – 7 August 1881 , and his remains were found next year ( though there were rumours that he had subsequently been seen elsewhere ) . He is also considered South African , though he probably considered himself British or Anglo - Irish . The Independent newspaper in London reported that the Captain famously faked his own death . " No longer is anyone likely to imitate Captain Henry Cecil Dudgeon D ' Arcy of the Frontier Light Horse , who , having been awarded the VC in the Zulu wars , turned to drink . Later , a body wearing his clothes was found in a cave and , this being the pathology of a century ago , presumed to be his . Only many decades later was it learnt that D ' Arcy had found a dead man lying in the snow , changed clothes with him , and gone to Natal , and lived out the rest of his life under an assumed name . He was once recognised in 1925 , but swore his discoverer to the secret , which the man kept until D ' Arcy died . " His story is told in the ( out of print ) book " What Happened to a V . C . " by Patricia D ' Arcy . He is interred in the King William ' s Town , Eastern Cape cemetery . Bibliography . In the face of the Enemy : The complete history of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand by Glyn Harper & Colin Richardson ( 2006 , HarperCollins , Auckland ) ISBN 1 - 86950 - 522 - 0 ( pages 55 – 56 )
Toma Macovei Professor Toma Macovei ( July 23 , 1911 – April 25 , 2003 ) was born in Ghergheasa , Romania , and lived in Mizil . He joined the Army at a young age and served as an officer for 14 years . He was knighted for his heroism in fighting for Romanian liberation . After completing seminary studies , he became a professor of philosophy and languages . He learned Interlingua in 1982 and contributed many articles to Interlingua periodicals . In 1988 , he compiled his first book in Interlingua , " Le Vita Anecdotic del Homines Illustre " ( The Anecdotal Life of Illustrious Men ) , followed by " Ab le Auro Spiritual del Scena e del Schermo " ( From the Spiritual Gold of the Stage and the Screen ) in 1991 , " Joieles Spiritual " ( Spiritual Jewels ) in 1995 , and " Miscellanea , Insolite Creationes Spiritual " ( Miscellanea , Unusual Spiritual Creations ) in 1996 . At least 10 other manuscripts by Macovei are currently awaiting publication . In 1999 and 2000 , he completed the " Dictionario Encyclopedic de Interlingua " ( Encyclopedic Dictionary of Interlingua ) . This manuscript also awaits publication as editors consider ways to transfer the enormous , typewritten volume into digital format .
John Purnell Chatham Biography . Chatham was born July 2 , 1872 in Warchester , Maryland , and after entering the navy Chatham was sent to China to fight in the Boxer Rebellion . He died October 3 , 1914 , and is buried in the Parsons Cemetery Salisbury , Maryland . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Gunner ' s Mate Second Class , U . S . Navy . Born : 2 July 1872 , Warchester , Md . Accredited to : Maryland . G . O . No . : 55 , 19 July 1901 . Citation :
USS Barite ( IX - 161 ) USS " Barite " ( IX - 161 ) , a " Trefoil " - class concrete barge designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for barite , a yellow or white crystalline mineral found in metallic veins , resembling marble . Her keel was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract ( T . B7 D1 , MC hull 1335 ) on 24 November 1943 at South San Francisco , California , by the Belair Shipyard of Barrett and Hilp . She was designated IX - 161 on 7 February 1944 , launched on 18 February 1944 sponsored by Mrs . S . C . Anderson , and delivered to the Navy at her builder ' s yard on 31 August 1944 . She was placed in service the same day . Service history . World War II , 1944 – 1945 . Towed by , " Barite " departed San Francisco on 25 September 1944 and entered Pearl Harbor on the morning of 2 October . Clearing that port four days later , again astern of " Iroquois " , the barge proceeded to Eniwetok . Thence , under tow by the auxiliary ocean tug " ATA - 124 " , with as " retriever " and " YMS - 276 " as escort , " Barite " reached Ulithi , in the Caroline Islands , on 13 January 1945 and joined the armada of 225 ships present at that advanced base . " Barite " served at Ulithi as a floating lubricating oil facility into the spring of 1945 , when the advent of the typhoon season made it imperative to shift Service Squadron ( ServRon ) 10 ' s base to locales other than the Western Caroline Islands . Towed thence to Saipan on 15 May , she operated at that island , in the same capacity , as a unit of Service Division 101 , a part of ServRon 10 . Towed from Saipan on 30 June 1945 , " Barite " was moved to Leyte , where she served through V - J Day . Reassigned from Service Division 101 directly to the parent command , ServRon 10 , on 28 August 1945 , " Barite " remained in Philippine waters for the remainder of her naval service . Post - war activities and sale , 1945 – 1951 . " Barite " was taken out of service and delivered to the War Shipping Administration at Subic Bay on 5 August 1946 , and her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 August 1946 . Subsequently sold to the China - based Asia Development Corporation , the ship was delivered to her purchaser on 23 April 1948 . Lloyd ' s Register of Shipping carried the former " Barite " through the 1950 - 1951 editions , after which time she disappeared from the scene .
21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 21st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was a militia infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 21st Illinois Infantry was organized at Mattoon , Illinois and mustered into Federal service on June 28 , 1861 . The regiment was mustered out on December 16 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 1 officer and 51 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 127 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 181 fatalities .
Harry Moorhouse Lieutenant Colonel Harry Claude Moorhouse CMG ( 30 January 1872 – 16 December 1934 ) was an officer in the British Army who saw action in West Africa . After retiring from the Army , Moorhouse served as Chief Assistant to the Colonial Secretary and later as Provincial Commissioner in Nigeria . During World War I he returned to Army service . He also played first class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club during the first decade of the 20th century .
110th Regiment of Foot ( Queen ' s Royal Musqueteers ) The 110th Regiment of Foot ( Queen ' s Royal Musqueteers ) was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1761 to 1763 . It was raised in 1761 by the regimentation of independent companies and named for Queen Charlotte , and was disbanded in 1763 .
Capture of Korytsa The Capture of Korytsa or Korçë by the Greek armed forces , happened at 20 December 1912 , at the first Balkan War . Capture . The Balkan Wars , a conflict between Balkan countries against the Ottoman Empire broke at July 1912 . While the Balkan allies were victorious , and the Hellenic Army liberated Thessaloniki continue to march in direction northwest to Kastoria and then Korçë . The Epirus front was still active and the Ottoman forces under Djavid Pasha placed 24 , 000 Ottoman troops in Korçë in order to protect the northeast of Ioannina , the urban center of the region of Epirus . On December 20 , 1912 , 3 days after peace negotiatons started , the Greek forces pushed the Ottomans out of Korçë . This gave a significant advange to the Greek forces in order to control the entire area and Ioannina , which happened with the Battle of Bizani in March 1913 . After the capture , the town was visited by Prince George ( later George II of Greece ) on May 17 , 1913 . He was welcomed by the Muslim mayor of the town , still holding his position , and he visited a Dervish monastery nearby .
Adam Wise Group Captain Adam Nugent Wise LVO MBE RAF ( 1943 – 2008 ) was Private Secretary and Equerry to Prince Andrew and Prince Edward from 1983 to 1987 . Wise was born in 1943 and educated at university ( receiving a BA ) , and the RAF College Cranwell . He became a pilot in the Royal Air Force , and qualified as a First Class Interpreter , and attended the Joint Service Defence College . As a Squadron Leader he was Equerry to The Queen 1980 – 1983 . He was then appointed Private Secretary and Equerry to Prince Andrew and Prince Edward 24 October 1983 . On 1 July 1984 he was promoted to Wing Commander . On 16 December 1983 he married Jill Amabel Alington , daughter of Cyril Geoffrey Marmaduke Alington of Swinhope , Lincs , and Helen Amabel née Westmacott , with whom he had two children , Sophia Katherine Cassandra and Alexander Geoffrey Roy . From 30 March 1988 he was on the staff of the RAF College , Cranwell , and on 17 November 1989 became Director of the University Air Squadrons . He was promoted to Group Captain 1 July 1990 , and became Station Commander RAF Benson . By 1992 he was Aide - de - Camp to The Queen . Served as Military and Air Attaché at the British Embassy in Madrid , Spain , from 1993 to 1997 . Wise died on 14 February 2008 .
The Airmen of Note The Airmen of Note is the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force . Originally created in 1950 to carry on the tradition of Major Glenn Miller ' s Army Air Corps dance band , the “ Note ” is one of the few touring big bands , and has attracted 18 professional jazz musicians from across the United States . Through the years , the Airmen of Note has presented jazz performances to audiences throughout the United States as well as dozens of countries in Europe and Asia . The “ Note ” routinely produces broadcasts and recordings that are heard on hundreds of media outlets worldwide . Airmen of Note recordings have proven to be among the most popular jazz recordings in the United States , with one release having achieved number two on the JazzWeek Jazz album chart . Musical style . Throughout the history of the Airmen of Note , the Glenn Miller sound has remained a central ingredient in the band ’ s musical heritage . However the “ Note ” began to adopt a more contemporary sound in the 1950s and 1960s due largely to their stable of staff arrangers , including Sammy Nestico . Over the past four decades , Mike Crotty and current chief arranger Alan Baylock have continued the band ’ s commitment to tradition and musical innovation . To augment its writing staff , the Airmen of Note has commissioned works by such arrangers as Bob Florence , Bob Mintzer , Rob McConnell and Bill Holman . Sammy Nestico and fellow Note alumnus Tommy Newsom have each composed works for the group as well . Music education . The Airmen of Note is a leading force in music education . Many of its members are accomplished clinicians with extensive backgrounds in music education . They routinely lead clinics at high schools and colleges across the country , and are frequently invited to perform at national music conventions , including the International Association of Jazz Educators , , and The Midwest Clinic . Guest artists . The Airmen of Note have recorded and performed with such luminaries as Allen Vizzutti , Dizzy Gillespie , Joe Williams , Sarah Vaughan and Nancy Wilson . In 1990 , the Airmen of Note established the Jazz Heritage Series , featuring the “ Note ” in concert with icons of jazz . Artists that have joined the “ Note ” for the program include Clark Terry , Phil Woods , Kurt Elling , Paquito D ’ Rivera , Nicholas Payton and Karrin Allyson . Each year , the Jazz Heritage Series is broadcast over National Public Radio , independent jazz radio stations , satellite radio services and the internet .
Phosgene oxime Phosgene oxime , or CX , is an organic compound with the formula ClCNOH . It is a potent chemical weapon , specifically a nettle agent . The compound itself is a colorless solid , but impure samples are often yellowish liquids . It has a strong , disagreeable odor and a violently irritating vapor . Preparation and reactions . Phosgene oxime can be prepared by reduction of chloropicrin : The observation of a transient violet color in the reaction suggests intermediate formation of trichloronitrosomethane ( ClCNO ) . Early preparations , using stannous chloride as the reductant , also started with chloropicrin The compound is electrophilic and thus sensitive to nucleophiles , including base hydrolysis : Similar processes provide an easy way to destroy this dangerous compound . Hydrazine converts it to HCN and N . Safety . Phosgene oxime is classified as a vesicant even though it does not produce blisters . It is toxic by inhalation , ingestion , or skin contact . The effects of the poisoning occur almost immediately . No antidote for phosgene oxime poisoning is known . Generally , any treatment is supportive . Typical physical symptoms of CX exposure are as follows : Decontamination , treatment , and handling properties . Phosgene oxime is highly soluble in water . It is corrosive to metals and also decomposes on contact with metals . It is rapidly hydrolyse d by alkaline solutions . Adsorbent powders such as fullers earth or talcum powder can also be used .
HMS Felixstowe ( J126 ) HMS " Felixstowe " was a turbine - engined " Bangor " class minesweeper of the Royal Navy . So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy named after the Suffolk town of Felixstowe . She was built by Lobnitz and Company , Renfrew , Scotland and launched on 22 July 1941 . She served in the Mediterranean during the Second World War . She struck a mine on 18 December 1943 and sank east of Capo Ferro , Sardinia , Italy .
USS Lansdale ( DD - 101 ) The first USS " Lansdale " ( DD - 101 ) was a " Wickes " - class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later designated , DM - 6 in the years following . She was named in honor of Philip Van Horne Lansdale . History . " Lansdale " was laid down 20 April 1918 by Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation , Quincy , Massachusetts ; launched 21 July 1918 ; sponsored by Mrs . Ethel S . Lansdale , widow of Lieutenant Lansdale ; and commissioned 26 October 1918 at Boston , Comdr . C . W . Margruder in command . Assigned to the Cruiser and Transport Force , " Lansdale " steamed to Norfolk 4 November to 7 November and joined a European bound convoy as escort 12 November . Sailing via the Azores , she reached Gibraltar 26 November for patrol duty in the Mediterranean . Operating out of Gibraltar until January 1919 , she made three voyages to Tangier , Morocco , and one to Algiers , Algeria . Steaming to Venice , 4 January to 13 January , she joined the U . S . Naval Force operating the eastern Mediterranean . She performed dispatch duty in the Adriatic Sea , principally between Venice and the ports of Austria ( on Croatian coast ) . Departing Split , Croatia ( then Kingdom of Serbs , Croats and Slovenes , 10 June , she steamed to Gibraltar and the Azores and reached New York 22 June . During the next year " Lansdale " operated along the Atlantic coast with Destroyer Force , Atlantic Fleet . Arriving Philadelphia 11 July 1920 , she was converted to a light minelayer and reclassified DM - 6 . She steamed to Newport , Rhode Island , 2 June to 3 June 1921 ; joined the Mine Force , Atlantic Fleet 5 July at Gloucester , Massachusetts ; and until late October practiced laying mines off the New England and Virginia coasts . After overhaul at Boston , she steamed to Guantanamo Bay 4 January to 9 January 1922 for maneuvers , mining exercises , and war games in the West Indies with Mine Squadron 1 . Departing Culebra Island 19 April , she arrived at Philadelphia 25 April and decommissioned 25 June . " Lansdale " recommissioned 1 May 1930 at Philadelphia , Comdr . Frank R . Berg in command . She joined Mine Squadron 1 at Yorktown 17 May ; engaged in mining and tactical exercises along the eastern seaboard ; then arrived at New London , Connecticut , 30 September to serve as target ship for submarine s . She departed 12 November ; and , after visiting Boston , she arrived at Philadelphia 22 December . Remaining there , " Lansdale " decommissioned 24 March 1931 . On 28 December 1936 she was reduced to a hulk for disposal in accordance with the London Treaty for limitation and reduction of naval armaments . Her name was struck from the Naval Register 25 January 1937 , and she was sold 16 March 1939 to Union Shipbuilding Company , Baltimore , Maryland .
USS Ahdeek ( SP - 2589 ) USS " Ahdeek " ( SP - 2589 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919 . " Ahdeek " was built as a private single - screw wooden - hulled motorboat in 1916 by the Charles L . Seabury Company and Gas Engine and Power Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx , New York , for H . V . Schieren . On 7 April 1918 , the 3rd Naval District inspected her for possible U . S . Navy use as an " aeronautic patrol " boat during World War I . Ordered taken over by the Navy on 12 June 1918 , she finslly was acquired by the Navy on 2 September 1918 and assigned the section patrol number 2589 . She was commissioned as USS " Ahdeek " ( SP - 2589 ) . " Ahdeek " served on section patrol duty for the rest of World War I and into 1919 . On 23 June 1919 , a dispatch directed the Commandant , 3rd Naval District , to ship her and the patrol boat to the Culver Naval School in Culver , Indiana . " Ahdeek " operated there on loan from the Navy for many years . She finally was stricken from the Navy List on 25 October 1933 .