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Oliver Sutton ( RAF officer ) Captain Oliver Manners Sutton was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories . Early life . Sutton ' s parents were Algernon Charles and Winifred Alice Sutton of " Woodcroft " , Tunbridge Wells , Kent . World War I service . Sutton piloted a Sopwith Pup for six of his victories , which were scored while posted to 54 Squadron . He would return to battle in late 1918 as a Sopwith Camel pilot , and add another victory to his score on 15 August 1918 . Death . Sutton died on 16 August 1921 . At the time , he was a Flight Lieutenant with the Royal Air Force Experimental Establishment . He was buried in the southwest corner of Saint Michael and All Angels Churchyard , Withyham , East Essex , England .
Žanis Ansons Žanis Ansons ( 4 December 1911 – 24 November 1968 ) was a Latvian member of Waffen - SS , Germany ' s World War II fighting unit of the Schutzstaffel ( Protective Squadron ) . He rose to the rank of Hauptscharführer and was a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross , an award given in recognition of extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . At the conclusion of the war , he was taken prisoner by the Red Army . Biographical details . A native of Kandava , a small town in Latvian region of Courland , Žanis Ansons was born into a farming family . He graduated local primary school in Kandava . After compulsory military service in Latvian army , he worked in his father ' s farm . In the aftermath of Germany ' s June 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa , Latvia fell under German occupation , and Ansons volunteered to join the Latvian Brigade , a fighting unit incorporated into German military command . He was posted to 1st Company , 24th Talsi Police Battalion , where he remained until March 1943 , when he was transferred to 3rd Company , 2nd . Latvian Regiment in the newly formed Latvian Brigade . In October he was promoted to the rank of Oberscharführer and , in April 1944 , to Hauptscharführer in the 6th Company , Waffen Grenadier Regiment of the SS 44 , 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS ( 2nd Latvian ) , and fought during the Battle of Leningrad . Ansons also participated in the fighting at the Courland pocket where , according to the commendation , he exhibited bravery deserving of the Knight ' s Cross awarded to him in December 1944 . He was the first Latvian NCO who was awarded with it . Over the night of 27 December the Red Army had broken through the front line and penetrated about two kilometres into the rear . Ansons was sent on a reconnaissance of point 73 , to determine enemy strength and positions . The eight men under his command , armed with hand grenade s and machine gun s , assaulted point 73 and drove off the soviet reserve and artillery observers and pushed the soviets back to their starting positions . After capitulation of German forces in the Courland pocket , he didn ' t surrender and he went into hiding in forests near Mazrūmene . However in 18 December 1945 he was arrested by soviets and deported to Vorkuta . In 1955 he went back to Latvia . 24 November 1968 he died and was buried in Priedulu cemetery ( Kandava parish ) .
USS Pontiac ( 1863 ) USS " Pontiac " was a wooden , double - ended , side - wheel gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War . She was named for the Ottawa chief , Pontiac . Service History . " Pontiac " was begun for the Navy in 1862 by Hillman & Streaker and Neafie , Levy & Company , was delivered to the Navy at Philadelphia Navy Yard 7 July 1864 , and commissioned the same day , Lieutenant Commander John Henry Russell in command . The new gunboat joined the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron at Port Royal , South Carolina , 12 August , and proceeded to blockade station off Charleston , South Carolina . On 1 September , Lt . Comdr . Stephen B . Luce relieved Russell in command . " Pontiac " engaged Southern guns at Battery Marshall , Sullivan ’ s Island 7 November . One shell exploded in the steamer ’ s forecastle hitting six men and wounding six others . On 13 January 1865 , she steamed to Savannah , Georgia thence some 40 miles up the Savannah River to protect General William Tecumseh Sherman ' s left wing as his troops crossed the river at Sister ’ s Ferry , Georgia , beginning their march north which soon caused Charleston to fall . Luce later credited his meeting with General Sherman as the beginning of his thinking which eventually resulted in the founding of the Naval War College . He said : “ After hearing General Sherman ' s clear exposition of the military situation , the scales seemed to fall from my eyes . . . It dawned on me that there were certain fundamental principles underlying military operations . . . principles of general application whether the operations were on land or at sea . ” On 1 March , " Pontiac " captured steamer " Amazon " , a former Confederate ironclad laden with cotton . After the war , " Pontiac " was decommissioned at New York Navy Yard 21 June 1865 and she was sold on 15 October 1867 to John Roach .
USS Pitt ( APA - 223 ) USS " Pitt " ( APA - 223 / LPA - 223 ) was a " Haskell " - class attack transport of the U . S . Navy active during World War II , including the Battle of Okinawa . Constructed in California . " Pitt " was laid down on 8 September 1944 by Permanente Metals Corporation in Richmond , California , as MCV hull 571 ; launched on 10 November 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Gwin Fallis ; and commissioned on 11 December 1944 , with Captain Walter S . Mayer , Jr . in command . World War II service . Supporting Okinawa operations . After shakedown off the California coast , " Pitt " departed 10 February 1945 via Pearl Harbor and Eniwetok , for Ulithi Atoll , Caroline Islands , to join 600 other ships preparing for the invasion of Okinawa . She unloaded half of her ammunition cargo there , and the rest at Leyte . After loading Army troops from damaged attack transport " Samuel Chase " ( APA - 26 ) , she steamed for Kerama Retto where her troops cleaned out Zamami Shima , a key island in the small group off the southwest coast of Okinawa . Caring for the wounded . She then became " receiving ship " for the Kerama Retto Naval Base , caring for several hundred survivors of Japanese suicide attacks , and shooting down one suicide plane on 6 April . " Pitt steamed " to Saipan , Tulagi , Noumea , and Guam before returning with passengers to San Francisco , California , for the celebrations of the Japan ese surrender . End - of - war operations . On 19 August , " Pitt " sailed via Ulithi to Mindanao and Leyte , where she loaded troops to occupy Aomori , northern Honshū , Japan , on 25 September . " Pitt " then began a series of Operation Magic Carpet assignments , returning fighting men to the States from such Pacific Ocean locations as Saipan and Tinian , Manila , and Nagoya , Japan . Decommissioning and disposal . She decommissioned and was transferred to the Maritime Commission on 9 April 1947 and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 23 April 1947 . Placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet , she was berthed at Suisun Bay in 1970 . On 14 August 1968 , the designation “ attack transport , ” APA , was changed to “ amphibious transport , ” LPA , and APA - 223 became LPA - 223 . " Pitt " was disposed of by MARAD exchange on 1 February 1980 . Honors and awards . " Pitt " received one battle star for World War II service .
John Johnson ( Medal of Honor , 1839 ) John Johnson ( 1839 – ? ? ) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America ' s highest military decoration , the Medal of Honor . Biography . On April 12 , 1872 , Davis was serving as a Seaman on the steamship near Greytown , Nicaragua , when an accident occurred . For his actions on that day , Seaman Johnson was awarded the Medal of Honor three months later , on July 9 , 1872 . Medal of Honor citation . His official Medal of Honor citation reads : Johnson displayed great coolness and self - possession at the time Comdr . A . F . Crosman and others were drowned and , by extraordinary heroism and personal exertion , prevented greater loss of life .
USNS Private Joe E . Mann ( T - AK - 253 ) USNS " Private Joe E . Mann " ( T - AK - 253 ) was a United States Navy miscellaneous auxiliary ship acquired in 1950 from the U . S . Army where it was known as the USAT " Private Joe E . Mann " . In 1960 , the Navy converted the ship to a " Longview " - class missile range instrumentation ship and renamed her USNS " Richfield " ( T - AGM - 4 ) . Richfield served on the Pacific Missile Range , based out of California , and was placed out of service in 1968 . Victory ship constructed in California . " Private Joe E . Mann " ( AK – 253 ) was laid down , under U . S . Maritime Commission contract , as " Owensboro Victory " ( MCV hull 719 ) by the Permanente Metals Corporation , Yard # 2 , Richmond , California , 12 June 1945 ; launched 21 July 1945 ; sponsored by Mrs . Robert A . Nieman ; and delivered to the Maritime Commission , thence to Coastwise Lines for operation , 27 August 1945 . Post - World War II commercial service . A month and a half after delivery , " Owensboro Victory " departed San Francisco , California , carrying cargo and passengers to occupied Japan . In December , she sailed for the United States , via the Suez Canal , and arrived Boston , Massachusetts , 7 February 1946 . Shifting to New York City the following month , she made cargo runs to European ports until returned to the U . S . Maritime Commission in September for transfer to the Army Transportation Service . U . S . Army service . Renamed USAT " Private Joe E . Mann " , 31 October 1947 , she served the Army until she was again returned to the Maritime Commission and simultaneously transferred to the Navy , 7 August 1950 . U . S . Navy service . Designated " AK – 253 " , the Victory ship was manned by a civil service crew and operated under Military Sea Transportation Service ( MSTS ) as a cargo ship until October 1958 . Conversion to a missile tracking ship . Then fitted out as a missile range instrumentation ship , she was reassigned by MSTS to the Pacific Missile Range . Renamed and reclassified USNS " Richfield " ( AGM – 4 ) on 27 November 1960 , she operated off the California coast , in cooperation with the U . S . Air Force . Final inactivation . " Richfield " continued her missile tracking until transferred to the Maritime Administration , 21 November 1968 when she was berthed with the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Suisun Bay , Benicia , California . " Richfield ’ s " subsequent fate is not known .
William Parker ( Medal of Honor ) William Parker ( born c . 1832 , date of death unknown ) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U . S . military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor , for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St . Philip . Born about 1832 in Boston , Parker was still living in that city when he joined the Navy . He served during the Civil War as a captain of the afterguard on the . At the Battle of Forts Jackson and St . Philip near New Orleans on April 24 , 1862 , he was stationed at the ship ' s wheel and " conscientiously performed his duties " despite heavy fire . For this action , he was awarded the Medal of Honor a year later on April 3 , 1863 . Parker ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : At the wheel on board the U . S . S . " Cayuga " during the capture of Forts St . Philip and Jackson , and New Orleans , 24 and 25 April 1862 . As his ship led the advance column toward the barrier and both forts opened fire simultaneously , striking the vessel from stem to stern , Parker conscientiously performed his duties throughout the action in which attempts by 3 rebel steamers to butt and board were thwarted , and the ships driven off . Eleven gunboats were successfully engaged and the enemy garrisons forced to surrender during this battle in which the " Cayuga " sustained 46 hits . In 1894 , Parker was a sailmaker ' s mate newly assigned to the . He was arrested for drunkenness while ashore in Brooklyn that year and court - martial ed . Members of the court learned that Parker was a Medal of Honor recipient when he wore his dress uniform , complete with medal , to the trial . The court found Parker guilty but handed down no punishment .
Toprakkale ( castle ) Rusahinili ( " city of ( King ) Rusa I ) " , modern Toprakkale , Turkey ) is an ancient Urartian fortress built by Rusa I , located near the modern city of Van in eastern Turkey . The site has been excavated by archaeological teams from Germany , the United Kingdom , and other countries . < br >
48th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 48th Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 48th Wisconsin was organized at Milwaukee , Wisconsin and mustered into Federal service in February and March 1865 . It was organized under the supervision of Lieutenant Colonel Henry B . Shears , Colonel Pearsall being at the time in service as lieutenant colonel of a colored regiment . The regiment was mustered out on March 24 , 1866 at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas . Casualties . The 48th Wisconsin suffered 16 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 16 fatalities . Colonels . Uri B . Pearsall
French frigate Danaé ( 1807 ) The Danaé was a 44 - gun " Consolante " - class frigate of the French Navy . On 12 March 1811 , she was part of Bernard Dubourdieu ' s squadron sailing to raid the British commerce raider base of the island of Lissa . The squadron encountered William Hoste ' s frigate squadron , leading to the Battle of Lissa . " Danaé " was damaged by HMS " Volage " and had to retreat to Lesina for repairs . In the night of 4 September 1812 , she exploded in the harbour of Trieste .
Magnus ( consul 460 ) Flavius Magnus ( c . 390 or 405 – 475 ) was a powerful politician in Gaul , where he was widely respected for his integrity and practical wisdom during the last age of the Western Roman Empire . He was a Roman Senator of Narbonne ( then " Narbo " ) , Consul of Rome with Flavius Apollonius in 460 and the praetorian prefect of Gaul in 469 . Family . His father , born ca 380 , might have been the son of Ennodius , Proconsul of Africa . He might have been Flavius Felix ( 380 – 430 ) , Consul of Rome in 428 , who married Padusia and was allegedly an ancestor of Felix , Consul in 511 . His mother ( b . 385 ) was a daughter of Flavius Julius Agricola , Consul of Rome in 421 and father of Emperor Avitus . He was the father of : Further reading . John R . Martindale , " et alia " , " Magnus 2 " in " The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire - Volume II , AD 395 – 527 " , Cambridge University Press , 1980 , pp . 700f
Andre Lucas Lieutenant Colonel Andre Cavaro Lucas ( October 2 , 1930 – July 23 , 1970 ) was killed in action while serving as the commanding officer , 2nd Battalion , 506th Infantry , 101st Airborne Division , United States Army , at Fire Support Base Ripcord in Thua Thien Province , South Vietnam . He was born in Washington D . C , and originally enlisted in the 26th Infantry Regiment in 1948 . He graduated from the United States Military Academy , class of 1954 , and received the Medal of Honor posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the last 23 days of his life . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Lieutenant Colonel , U . S . Army , 2d Battalion , 506th Infantry , 101st Airborne Division . place and date : Fire Support Base Ripcord , Republic of Vietnam , 1 to July 23 , 1970 . Entered service at : West point , N . Y . Born : October 2 , 1930 , Washington D . C . Citation : Lt . Col . Lucas distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism while serving as the commanding officer of the 2d Battalion . Although the fire base was constantly subjected to heavy attacks by a numerically superior enemy force throughout this period , Lt . Col . Lucas , forsaking his own safety , performed numerous acts of extraordinary valor in directing the defense of the allied position . On 1 occasion , he flew in a helicopter at treetop level above an entrenched enemy directing the fire of 1 of his companies for over 3 hours . Even though his helicopter was heavily damaged by enemy fire , he remained in an exposed position until the company expended its supply of grenades . He then transferred to another helicopter , dropped critically needed grenades to the troops , and resumed his perilous mission of directing fire on the enemy . These courageous actions by Lt . Col . Lucas prevented the company from being encircled and destroyed by a larger enemy force . On another occasion , Lt . Col . Lucas attempted to rescue a crewman trapped in a burning helicopter . As the flames in the aircraft spread , and enemy fire became intense , Lt . Col . Lucas ordered all members of the rescue party to safety . Then , at great personal risk , he continued the rescue effort amid concentrated enemy mortar fire , intense heat , and exploding ammunition until the aircraft was completely engulfed in flames . Lt . Col . Lucas was mortally wounded while directing the successful withdrawal of his battalion from the fire base . His actions throughout this extended period inspired his men to heroic efforts , and were instrumental in saving the lives of many of his fellow soldiers while inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy . Lt . Col . Lucas ' conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action , at the cost of his own life , were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit on him , his unit and the U . S . Army .
185th Infantry Brigade ( United Kingdom ) 185th Infantry Brigade ( 185 Bde ) was a formation of the British Army during World War II that participated in the Normandy Landings and the subsequent campaign in North - West Europe . History . The Brigade was formed on 1 September 1942 by redesignation of 204th Independent Infantry Brigade ( Home ) , a static Home Defence formation serving under Durham and North Riding Area HQ . It was assigned frontline infantry battalions and became the infantry component of the new 79th Armoured Division ( United Kingdom ) . When 79th Armoured was reorganised as a specialist armour formation in April 1943 , 185 Bde transferred to the 3rd Infantry Division , training for Operation Overlord . 3rd Division was the first British formation to land at Sword Beach on D - Day . During the often intense fighting from Sword Beach to Bremen , the Division suffered 2 , 586 killed . Composition . The following units comprised 185 Bde from its formation until August 1945 : Commanders . 185 Bde ' s wartime commanders were : Sword Beach . Sword Beach was the codename of one of the five main landing beaches in " Operation Neptune " , the initial assault phase of " Operation Overlord " , the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 . Stretching 8 km from Ouistreham to Saint - Aubin - sur - Mer it was the furthest east of the landing points and around 15 km from Caen . The landing site was divided into four zones — Oboe , Peter , Queen and Roger ( west - east ) . The German defences consisted of beach obstacles , anti - tank ditches , mines , machineguns and mortars at the beaches and across the River Orne at Merville there were heavy guns . The defending troops belonged to the German 716th Static Infantry Division and could call on the support of the nearby 21st Panzer division . The landing forces were the British I Corps , comprising British 3rd Infantry Division and the 27th Armoured Brigade . As well as being the furthest east of the landing beaches , Sword Beach was also the smallest , only wide enough for a brigade - sized landing force . 3rd British Division had the task of getting enough troops ashore to push inland quickly and seize Caen , and link up with 6th Airborne Division . Sword Beach experienced the only counter - attack by the Germans on June 6 . British troops had been unable to link up with the Canadians on Juno Beach , as had been planned and they were attacked by the German 21st Panzer Division , who were veterans of the Western Desert Campaign . The 192nd Panzer Grenadier Regiment had reached Sword Beach by 2000 hours but were subject to aerial attacks and were destroyed by the R . A . F and the tanks of the 27th Armoured Brigade which had landed on Sword . By the end of the day , 29 , 000 men had been landed at Sword with 630 casualties . Allied forces had advanced about four miles inland , the situation was stable and a link up with the Canadians on Juno had been established . However the major objective of Caen which was to have been captured on D Day still evaded them . The Brigade went on to fight at Bourguebus Ridge , Mont Pincon , the Nederrijn , the Rhineland , and across the Rhine River .
Cornelius Coughlan Cornelius Coughlan VC ( 27 June 1828 , Eyrecourt , County Galway – 14 February 1915 ) was an Irish 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 . He was 28 years old , and a Colour Sergeant in the 75th Regiment of Foot ( later The Gordon Highlanders ) , British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deeds took place on 8 June and 18 July 1857 at Delhi , India for which he was awarded the VC : Queen Victoria felt moved to write a personal letter to Sgt Major Coughlan on hearing about his acts of bravery . Further information . The soldier returned from India to serve for two decades in the Connaught Rangers in his native Ireland achieving the rank of sergeant - major . He died in Westport , County Mayo on 14 February 1915 and is buried locally in Aughavale Cemetery near Murrisk . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National War Museum of Scotland " ( Edinburgh Castle , Edinburgh , Scotland ) " . Coughlan remembered . In August 2004 a retired Irish Army Officer , Captain Donal Buckley of Military Heritage Tours erected a headstone at the previously unmarked grave in Aughavale Cemetery , Westport , Co . Mayo , Ireland . The Irish Defence Minister unveiled the headstone and in so doing the Irish Government formally recognized for the first time the Irish Nationalist Catholic tradition in the British Army . The ceremony was attended by the British Ambassador and the British Defence Attaché . Many Regimental , ex - servicemen and historical associations from Ireland and the UK attended and participated in the ceremony which followed an ecumenical service . More than 500 people , including descendants from Bradford and Glasgow in the UK , watched as 10 Connaught Rangers re - enactors from Ireland and the UK fired a volley of shots over his grave * . References . Listed in order of publication year