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Patrick Rogan ( Medal of Honor ) Patrick Rogan ( 1847 – December 17 , 1912 ) was an Irish - American US Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Indian Wars . He was born in County Leitrim , Ireland . Shortly after immigrating to the United States , Rogan was paid $ 625 to be a substitute for a man recently called up for the draft . He enlisted in the army in February 1865 , serving during the final months of the American Civil War . He was discharged from the army the following July , but reenlisted almost a year later in 1866 , joining the 7th US Infantry . During his first enlistment , Rogan married Margaret McLennon , who was the sister of future MOH recipient John McLennon ( who received the medal for the same action as Rogan ) . By the end of his first enlistment in 1870 , he had already been promoted to the rank of sergeant . During his second enlistment , he served with his brother - in - law under colonel John Gibbon in the Nez Perce War . By the end of fifth enlistment in 1889 , he had finally been promoted to the rank of first sergeant . He eventually retired from the army in 1895 . Following his retirement , Rogan was employed as a night watchman for the Union Pacific Coal Company . He died in Rock Springs , Wyoming , and was buried beside his wife and brother - in - law McLennon . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Sergeant , Company A , 7th U . S . Infantry . Place and date : At Big Hole , Mont . , 9 August 1877 . Entered service at : - - - - - - . Birth : Ireland . Date of issue : 2 December 1878 . Verified and reported the company while subjected to a galling fire from the enemy .
Gorges Airfield Gorges Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield , which is located near the commune of Gorges in the Manche region of northern France . Located just outside of Gorges ( likely to the east or southeast ) , the United States Army Air Force established a temporary airfield on 2 August 1944 , shortly after the Allied landings in France The airfield was constructed by the IX Engineering Command , 826th Engineer Aviation Battalion . History . Known as Advanced Landing Ground " A - 26 " , the airfield consisted of a single 6000 ' ( 1300m ) Pierced Steel Planking runway aligned 07 / 25 . In addition , tents were used for billeting and also for support facilities ; an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure ; a dump for supplies , ammunition , and gasoline drums , along with a drinkable water and minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting . The 397th Bombardment Group , moved its B - 26 Marauder bombers from RAF Hurn England to Gorges on 16 August , remaining until 11 September 1944 . The bombers attacked railroad bridges , gun emplacements and fuel dumps , along with railroad marshalling yards and German troop concentrations in the occupied areas of France . After the Americans moved east into Central France with the advancing Allied Armies , the airfield was closed on 28 September 1944 . Today the long dismantled airfield is indistinguishable from the agricultural fields in the area .
M167 VADS The M167 Vulcan Air Defense System ( VADS ) was a towed short - range United States Army anti - aircraft gun designed to protect forward area combat elements and rear area critical assets . It was also used to protect U . S . Air Force warplane airfields and U . S . Army helicopter airfields . The heart of the M167 was a variant of the M61 Vulcan 20 mm rapid - fire Gatling gun that fired explosive 20 mm bullets . It also protected against lightly armored ground targets . The M167 gun has now been withdrawn from service by American military units , but it might still be used by other countries . The M167A2 VADS was modified with an improved fire - control subsystem . The improvement was obtained by replacing the disturbed reticle sight with a director reticle sight , the sight current generator with a digital processor , and the azimuth drive assembly with a harmonic drive . It also had an extra wheel put on each side which lowered its center of gravity to prevent flipping . Starting in 1994 , the M167 was replaced in U . S . service by the M1097 Avenger missile launcher and in 2005 , by a ground based version of the Phalanx CIWS self - defense gun which the U . S . Navy uses on its ships . The Phalanx CIWS uses the same basic 20 mm rapid - fire Gatling gun as the M167 . Sudan and Yemen used M167 guns seated upon the Soviet BTR - 152 APC . " Please note that this list is not complete . "
Controlled mines A Controlled Mine was a circuit fired weapon used in coastal defenses with ancestry going back to 1805 when Robert Fulton termed his underwater explosive device a torpedo : Robert Fulton invented the word torpedo to describe his underwater explosive device and successfully destroyed a ship in 1805 . In the 1840s Samuel Colt began experimenting with underwater mines fired by electric current and in 1842 , he blew up an old schooner in the Potomac River from a shore station five miles away . “ Torpedos ” were in use during the American Civil War when such devices were made famous with the order given by David Farragut at Mobile Bay . After that war similar mines were being contemplated or put into use by other nations . In 1869 the United States the U . S . Army Corps of Engineers was directed by Secretary of War William Belknap to assume responsibility for torpedoes for coastal defense . That responsibility continued through the formation of the U . S . Torpedo Service as part of the Seacoast defense in the United States . Eventually , after calls for “ rifled cannon ” to cover the torpedo fields became reality , that service and the Corps of Engineers turned over responsibility to the newly formed U . S . Army Coast Artillery Corps in 1903 . The terms “ mine ” and “ torpedo ” were used interchangeably until modern usage began separating the term with “ mine ” applied to static explosive devices and “ torpedo ” to self - propelled or “ locomotive torpedo ” weapons . Even during the Spanish American War the interchangeable terms caused confusion Deployment . Unlike naval mines that are dispersed at sea , the controlled mine field location is chosen so that it could be under observation . The exact location of the mines was required so that they could be fired from the mine casemate when a target vessel was plotted by observers to be within the mine ' s effective range . For this reason the mines were " planted " in predetermined locations with electrical connection through cables to the firing location . The complex of mines , cables and junction boxes required maintenance . Specialized vessels to undertake the hazards of planting mines and maintaining the electrical cables were used . In the United States a type of vessel termed mine planter was developed , built and deployed in 1904 . By 1909 more mine planters were under construction and deployment had reached the San Francisco fortifications . These were assisted by smaller vessels . In the last stages of such coastal defenses during the Second World War the U . S . Army Mine Planter Service ( USAMPS ) mine flotilla usually consisted of two planters , four Distribution Box Boats and a small fleet of yawls and launches .
Ropucha - class landing ship The Ropucha ( " toad " ) , or Project 775 class landing ships are classified in the Russian Navy as " large landing craft " ( " Bol ' shoy Desatnyy Korabl " ) . They were built in Poland in the Stocznia Północna shipyards , in Gdansk . They are designed for beach landings and can carry a 450 ton cargo . The ships have both bow and stern doors for loading and unloading vehicles , and the 630 m² of vehicle deck stretches the length of the hull . Up to 25 armored personnel carriers can be embarked . While being designed for roll - on roll - off operations the ships can also be loaded using dockside cranes . For this purpose there is a long sliding hatch cover above the bow section for access to the vehicle deck . There are no facilities for helicopters . The 28 ships of this type where commissioned from 1975 to 1991 . The last three ships were of the improved variant Project 775M , also called Ropucha II . These have improved defensive armament and accommodation for an increased number of troops . They were built for the Soviet Navy during the Cold War , but the current Russian Navy has little need for a long - range amphibious capability and most of them are kept in reserve or are retired . However , during the 2008 South Ossetia war ships of this type were used for landing troops at the Georgian port of Poti . One ship of this class , the U402 " Kostiantyn Olshansky " , is in service with the Ukrainian Navy , and another was transferred to South Yemen in 1979 and was in service with the Yemen Navy until 2002 , after that she was sold as a civilian cargo named « Sam of Yemen » and is this in service . . The later vessel is the only unit of this class in ( former ) service outside the former USSR . On 3 August 2012 international media reported that three vessels of the class , the " Aleksandr Otrakovskiy " , " Georgiy Pobedonosets " and the " Kondopoga " would soon visit the Russian naval base in Tartus , Syria . The ships were part of the Northern Fleet . Earlier reports , quoting a source at the Russian general staff , said the ships would spend a few days in Tartus and would take on fresh supplies of food and water . British media added that the ships each had up to 120 marines on board . The Russian defence ministry left open the possibility that the ships might dock there at some point for logistical reasons , saying they had every right to do so . The General Staff source , who was not named , had said that after calling in at Tartus they would head for the Bosphorus and the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk .
Francis Charles Bridgeman Brigadier - General Francis Charles Bridgeman JP ( 4 July 1846 – 14 September 1917 ) , styled The Honourable from 1865 , was a British Army officer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1895 . Background and education . Bridgeman was the second son of Orlando Bridgeman , 3rd Earl of Bradford . His mother was Hon . Selina Louisa Forester , the daughter of Cecil Weld - Forester , 1st Baron Forester . Bridgeman was educated in Harrow School and joined afterwards the British Army . Career . In 1865 , he purchased a commission into the Scots Fusilier Guards as an ensign and lieutenant and four years later became a lieutenant and captain . Bridgeman was nominated an aide - de - camp to Prince Edward of Saxe - Weimar - Eisenach in 1875 , a position he held until the following year . He was promoted to captain and lieutenant - colonel in 1877 . A year later , Bridgeman accompanied a special mission sent to Spain and attended the marriage of King Alfonso XII , where he was invested a knight of the Order of Isabella the Catholic . In 1883 Bridgeman was advanced to major . He took part in the Suakin Expedition in 1885 and upon his return he entered the British House of Commons , having been elected for Bolton ; he represented the constituency for a decade until 1895 . At three previous General Elections he had unsuccessfully contested Stafford in 1874 , Tamworth in 1878 , and Bolton itself in 1880 . Bridgeman obtained a colonelship in 1887 and received command of the Staffordshire Infantry Brigade in 1892 . He retired from the army 27 March 1894 . During the First World War he became commandant of the central group of the London Volunteer Regiment of the Volunteer Training Corps in 1916 . Bridgeman was a Justice of the Peace for the counties of Staffordshire and Shropshire . Family . Bridgeman married firstly , Gertude Cecilia , daughter of George Hanbury , on 26 July 1883 ; they had five children . Gertrude died in 1911 and after two years as a widower Bridgeman remarried Agnes Florence , daughter of Richard Holt Briscoe on 27 November 1913 . In later life he lived at The Priory , Beech Hill , near Reading , Berkshire . He died suddenly , while riding his horse near Reading in 1917 , aged seventy - one , and was survived by his second wife until 1946 . His oldest son was the diplomat Reginald Bridgeman .
Timothy S . Sullivan Timothy S . Sullivan is a rear admiral in the United States Coast Guard who presently serves as the Deputy Commander , Pacific Area Coast Guard Defense Forces West . He remains permanently assigned as Commander of the Pacific Maintenance and Logistics Command , but is detached from those duties while serving as Deputy PACAREA . He has also served as the First Coast Guard District Commander and Commander , Maritime Defense Command One as well as the Senior Military Advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security serving as the primary coordinator between the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security as well as operational advisor to the Secretary during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita . Early life and career . A native of Milwaukee , Sullivan graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1975 , and later earned a Masters Degree in Communication Arts / Public Affairs from Cornell University . He is also a graduate of Harvard University , Kennedy School of Government Senior Executive National and International Security Program . Prior to becoming a flag officer , Sullivan served as Pacific Area , Eleventh Coast Guard District Chief of Staff for a geographical area encompassing over 73 million square miles . He commanded Group San Francisco during the 9 / 11 national crisis . His shipboard commands include the Coast Guard Cutter MALLOW in Honolulu , and the Coast Guard Cutter JUNIPER , homeported in Newport , RI , where he had the distinction of being the first “ Plankowner ” Commanding Officer . He was also the Commanding Officer and “ Plankowner ” of the Eastern Regional Recruiting Command in Norfolk , Virginia . Prior to that , he served as Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard LORAN station on the island of Saipan in the Western Pacific . Other afloat tours include Deck Watch Officer aboard the Coast Guard Cutters MESQUITE and ACACIA in Sturgeon Bay , and Executive Officer aboard the Coast Guard Cutter PAPAW in Charleston , South Carolina . Staff assignments include Eighth District Public Affairs Officer , Coast Guard Headquarters Chief of Media Relations , Press Assistant to the Commandant and Ninth District Chief of Aids to Navigation and Waterways Branch . Awards and decorations . He has been awarded the Legion of Merit ( 3 ) , the Meritorious Service Medal ( 5 ) , the Coast Guard Commendation Medal ( 3 ) , the 9 - 11 Medal and the Coast Guard Achievement Medal . He is also authorized to wear the Cutterman ' s Insignia .
7 . 5 cm KwK 40 The 7 . 5 cm KwK 40 " ( 7 . 5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 40 ) " was a German 7 . 5 cm Second World War era vehicle mounted gun , used as the primary anti - tank weapon of the German medium tank the SdKfz . 161 Panzerkampfwagen IV " ( Ausf . F2 models onwards ) " and the SdKfz . 142 Sturmgeschütz III ( StuG III ) assault guns " ( Ausf . F models onwards ) " . When mounted on an assault gun the weapon was called Sturmkanone 40 ( StuK 40 ) . KwK40 and StuK40 was developed from the towed anti - tank gun Pak 40 . Ammunition was shortened in length to allow easy storage for KwK40 and StuK40 . KwK40 came in both the L / 43 and L / 48 barrel lengths . Along with the Pak 40 , the Kwk 40 / StuK 40 was the most numerous anti - tank gun of the German army . The L / 43 version was mounted on the Panzer IV and StuG III for a short period from February 1942 until August 1942 . All 225 vehicles of the Panzer IV F2 mounted the L / 43 version with a ball shaped muzzle brake . A couple hundred out of 1687 vehicles of the Panzer IV Ausf . G mounted L / 43 with a double baffle muzzle brake . The StuG III with the L43 was designated as Ausf . F . Only 120 of the 366 StuG III Ausf . F mounted the L / 43 version . The remaining 246 StuG III Ausf . F had the longer L / 48 version . All Ausf . F / 8 and G of StuG III mounted the longer L / 48 . The L / 48 was 334mm ( 13 . 1 inches ) longer and slightly more powerful than the L / 43 . L / 48 became the standard gun from June 1942 until the end of World War II . The gun was fitted with an electric firing mechanism and the breech operated semi - automatically . Only fixed ammunition was used . As with the Pak 40 , the muzzle brake of the KwK 40 and Stuk 40 went through a series of design changes . Five types of muzzle brakes were used , gradually increasing the area of exposure to the blast . The designs progressed from tubular type double baffle muzzle brakes to single baffle ball shape muzzle brakes , which proved to be insufficient in reducing recoil , followed by a double flange type from May 1943 . The front flange and rear disk type was used from March 1944 , followed finally by the double disc type . Ammunition . KwK 40 used shell 75×495 mm . R
Kurt Versock General Kurt Versock ( 14 February 1895 – 17 March 1963 ) was a German General of the Mountain Troops who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross during World War II . Career . From 1913 to 1914 he studied Law and Economics . In October 1914 he joined an Infantry and in May 1915 he was commissioned as a " Leutnant " and commanded a platoon and was a battalion adjutant , company commander and regimental adjutant , mainly on the western front during World War I . After the war he was retained in the " Reichswehr " and on 1 January 1921 he commanded a platoon of the 4th ( MG ) Company of Infantry Regiment 10 . He was an assistant training officer and a company commander in the 16th Company and then the 4th ( MG ) Company of the 10th Infantry Regiment From 1934 to 1938 , followed by a period as a lecturer at the infantry school in Dresden . He was promoted to " Major " and " Oberstleutnant " in January 1938 . On 1 November 1938 he was appointed commander of the First Battalion of the 138th Mountain Regiment . After the Polish campaign Versock was from March to October 1940 the Commander of the officer - training courses . On 1 November 1940 he was promoted to " Oberst " and appointed commander of the 31st Infantry Regiment and he led the regiment in the battles in Ukraine and Crimea . For the performance of the regiment and for his personal involvement in the conquest of the fortress of Sevastopol , on 25 August 1942 , he was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . On 1 March 1943 Versock served on the Leningrad front with the 24th Infantry Division . In May 1943 he was promoted to " Generalmajor " and appointed commander of the 24th Infantry division . On 1 November 1943 this was followed by a promotion to " Generalleutnant " . On 18 February 1944 he was seriously wounded by a machine gun bullet , but in June he was able to return to his division . On 3 September 1944 , He was appointed commander of the XXXXIII Army Corps and tasked with the organization of the coastal defense of the Courland operation . On 1 November 1944 he was promoted to " General der Gebirgstruppe " and at the end of the war he was captured by the Americans .
Achille Baraguey d ' Hilliers Louis - Achille Baraguey d ' Hilliers , 1st Comte Baraguey d ' Hilliers ( 6 September 1795 – 6 June 1878 ) was a Marshal of France and politician . Baraguey d ' Hilliers was born in Paris , the son of the French revolutionary general Louis Baraguey d ' Hilliers . He was educated at the Prytanée National Militaire and joined the French army and took part in the Russian campaign of 1812 , in 1813 he served as aide - de - camp to Marshal Marmont in the battle of Möckern , where he lost his left hand . Promoted to captain in 1815 , he fought at Quatre Bras . In 1823 , he served in the campaign to restore Bourbon power in Spain , where he remained until 1825 . He distinguished himself under in Algeria , where he was promoted to colonel after the capture of Algiers in 1830 . In 1834 , Baraguey d ' Hilliers was made vice - governor of the military academy of Saint Cyr , promoted to " général de brigade " in 1836 , he was made commandant of the academy . Sent to Algeria in 1841 , by 1843 he had been promoted to " général de division " and was made commandant of Constantine . Put on the non active list in 1844 , by 1847 he was reinstated and made Inspector - General of infantry . After the Revolution of 1848 , he was sent as commanding general to Besançon . Elected to the House of Representatives , Baraguey d ' Hilliers remained on active duty and lead a French expeditionary force to Rome until 1851 . In 1853 , Baraguey d ' Hilliers was sent to Constantinople as ambassador extraordinaire , and recalled in 1854 . During the Crimean War he was given command of the expeditionary force destined for the Baltic Sea . After capturing Bomarsund , Baraguey d ' Hilliers was promoted to Marshal of France and made a Senator . He would later serve as vice - president of the French Senate . During the Italian campaign of 1859 , Baraguey d ' Hilliers commanded the I Corps with which he distinguished himself by capturing the town of Solferino during the Battle of Solferino . After the war he was given command of V Corps in Tours . Made governor of Paris in 1870 , by his frankness he made himself unpopular with the Empress Eugénie and with Palikao . On 12 August he was replaced by Trochu . After the end of the Franco - Prussian War , Adolphe Thiers made him president of a commission investigating the causes of the French defeat . He died in 1878 in Amélie - les - Bains .
Battle of Happo The Battle of Happo was a naval engagement on May 7 , 1592 , one of the three Joseon naval campaigns of 1592 conducted by Korean admiral Yi Sun - sin during Japanese invasions of Korea ( 1592 - 1598 ) against the Japan ese forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi . These campaigns made Yi a legendary figure in Korean History . The campaigns of Yi were vital in halting the Japanese invasion . While intending to spend the night in the open sea following the initial Battle of Okpo , Admiral Yi Sun - sin was forced to change his plans due to a report of five large Japanese ships having been sighted heading in the direction of Happo around 5 p . m . He ordered his forces to pursue the Japanese ships , which they caught and destroyed in a small skirmish near Happo . Admiral Yi ’ s forces now had two victories under their belt .
Dreamland ( Fallujah , Iraq ) Camp Baharia , also known as Dreamland or FOB Volturno , was a U . S . military installation that was located just outside the city of Fallujah , Iraq . It was the smaller of two major U . S . military bases maintained just outside the Fallujah city limits , during the Iraq War . Etymology . Camp Baharia was often referred to by U . S . soldiers by its original nickname , " Dreamland " . The camp was specifically named after the U . S . Marine Corps , using an Arabic word for " Marine Corps " , " mushaat al - baharia " , which translates roughly into " walkers of the navy " or naval infantry . The camp was referred to as " FOB Volturno " by the U . S . Army , and as " Camp Baharia " by the U . S . Marine Corps . Background . Prior to the Iraq War , Camp Baharia once operated as a Baath Party resort , where it was used as an opulent fortress where Qusay Hussein and Uday Hussein would stay . Dreamland was first occupied by a small element of the 82nd Airborne in April 2003 but was quickly turned over to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment before the end of the month . Dreamland was then taken over by 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division but returned to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment when the 3rd Infantry Division returned home . As 2003 came to a close , Dreamland was taken over and operated by the 82nd Airborne Division until 3rd Battalion 5th Marines took over the forward operating base in September 2004 . History . Camp Baharia sat adjacent to a large former Mujahideen - e - Khalq compound , the MEK Compound , which was the main U . S . base for forces in Fallujah from 2003 to 2009 . The site was officially named Forward Operating base ( " FOB " ) Volturno by the U . S . Army in 2003 and renamed Camp Baharia when the U . S . Marines took control of the base from the U . S . Army in 2004 . The camp was home to soldiers from the U . S . Army ' s 82nd Airborne Division , and U . S . Marines from 2nd Battalion , 1st Marines .