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Thomas H . Green Thomas Henry Green ( April 22 , 1889 – March 27 , 1971 ) was an American military officer with the rank of Major general , who served as Judge Advocate General of the United States Army from 1945 to 1949 . Early years . Thomas Henry Green was born on April 22 , 1889 , in Cambridge , Massachusetts . Green attended the Boston University and received a Bachelor of Law degree in 1915 . He practiced law in Boston for some time . His military career began back in February 1913 , when he enlisted in the Massachusetts National Guard as a Private in troop A , 1st Massachusetts Cavalry . Green served with his national guard unit on Mexican Border in 1916 and was also commissioned a Second lieutenant of cavalry in the Regular Army , in 1917 . During World War I , Green was promoted to the temporary rank of Major and ordered to the France with 2nd Cavalry within American Expeditionary Force in March 1918 . He participated in the Meuse - Argonne Offensive as a battalion commander . After the war , Green attended the George Washington University and received a Master of Laws degree in 1923 . Subsequently he served as Assistant Judge Advocate of the 2nd Corps at Governors Island , New York City . In 1939 , Green was appointed a Chief of Patent Section in Military Affairs Section , Washington D . C . Second World War . He was assigned to Fort Shafter , Hawaii , in August 1940 as Judge Advocate of the Hawaiian Department . Green was a Lieutenant Colonel at the time of the 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor . He was than appointed an Executive officer to the Military Governor of Hawaiian Islands , Lieutenant general Delos C . Emmons , and stayed in this capacity until 1943 . Green was promoted to the rank of Brigadier general on May 24 , 1942 . Following his service in Hawaii , he was transferred to the Washington , D . C . , where he was appointed a Judge Advocate General , deputy of JAG , major general Myron C . Cramer . In this capacity , he was responsible for Military Justice and later also for Civil Justice . He served in this capacity until December 1945 , when major general Cramer was retired and Green replaced him . Green was also promoted to the rank of Major General on December 1 , 1945 . Green served as JAG until November 30 , 1949 , when he finally retired from the Army . He was replaced by major general Ernest M . Brannon . For his service during World War II , major general Green received a Army Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and five Army Commendation Medals . Life in retirement . After retirement from the Army , Green worked as Professor of Law and Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona until his death . Major general Thomas Henry Green died on March 27 , 1971 , at the age of 81 years . He is buried together with his wife Ruth Tuthill Green ( 1895 – 1988 ) at Indian Mound Cemetery in Moravia , New York . Decorations . Major general Thomas H . Green received some decorations for his military service . Here is his ribbon bar :
Erich Freiherr von Seckendorff Erich Erwin Heinrich August Veit Freiherr von Seckendorff ( 21 June 1897 – 23 September 1944 ) 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 . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Erich Freiherr von Seckendorff was died on 23 September 1944 in Lagarde , France . He was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor .
West Indian Brigade The West Indian Brigade was a British Army unit during the Great War . In 1915 , a second West Indies regiment was formed from Caribbean volunteers who made their way to Britain . Initially , these volunteers were drafted into a variety of units within the British Army , but in 1915 it was decided to group them together into a single regiment , named the British West Indies Regiment . Composition . Initially it was made up of men from : High wastage led to further drafts from Jamaica , British Honduras and Barbados before the regiment was able to begin training . The regiment totalled twelve battalions , and engaged in a number of roles and theatres . The regiment was finally disbanded in 1921 . Battle honours . The Great War ( 11 battalions ) : Messines 1917 , Ypres 1917 , Polygon Wood , Broodseinde , Poelcappelle , Passchendaele , Pursuit to Mons , France and Flanders 1916 - 18 , Italy 1918 , Rumani , Egypt 1916 - 17 , Battles of Gaza , El Mughar , Nebi Samwil , Jerusalem , Jaffa , Battle of Megiddo 1918 , Nablus , Palestine 1917 - 18
Otto Boehler Otto A . Boehler ( October 15 , 1873 – October 15 , 1915 ) was a United States Army private who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Philippine – American War . Biography . Otto Boehler was born October 15 , 1873 in Germany . He was one of Young ' s Scouts , who received one of 6 Medals of Honor presented for members of Young ' s Scouts on May 16 , 1899 , led that day by Captain William E . Birkhimer of the 3rd US Artillery . Private Boehler is buried in the St . Mary ' s Catholic Church in Breckenridge Minnesota . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and Organization : Private , Company I , 1st North Dakota Volunteer Infantry . Place and Date : Near San Isidro , Philippine Islands , May 16 , 1899 . Entered Service At : Wahpeton , N . Dak . Birth : Germany . Date of Issue : May 17 , 1906 . Citation : With 21 other scouts charged across a burning bridge , under heavy fire , and completely routed 600 of the enemy who were entrenched in a strongly fortified position .
List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Navy The Victoria Cross ( VC ) is a military decoration awarded for valour " in the face of the enemy " to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories . It takes precedence over all other postnominals and medals . It may be awarded to a person of any rank in any service and civilians under military command , and is presented to the recipient by the British monarch during an investiture held at Buckingham Palace . It is the joint highest award for bravery in the United Kingdom with the George Cross , which is the equivalent honour for valour not " in the face of the enemy . " The VC has been awarded on 1356 occasions to 1353 individual recipients . The VC was introduced on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to reward acts of valour during the Crimean War . The traditional explanation of the source of the gunmetal from which the medals are struck is that it derives from Russian cannon captured at the siege of Sevastopol . Recent research has thrown doubt on this story , suggesting a variety of origins . The original Royal Warrant did not contain a specific clause regarding posthumous awards , although official policy was to not award the VC posthumously . Between 1897 and 1901 , several notices were issued in the " London Gazette " regarding soldiers who would have been awarded the VC had they survived . In a partial reversal of policy in 1902 , six of the soldiers mentioned were granted the VC , but not " officially " awarded the medal . In 1907 , the posthumous policy was completely reversed and medals were sent to the next of kin of the six officers and men . The Victoria Cross warrant was not officially amended to explicitly allow posthumous awards until 1920 but one quarter of all awards for the First World War were posthumous . Within this list , the date of action listed is the year in which the action for which the VC was awarded took place . The most naval Victoria Crosses awarded in a single conflict were for the First World War , followed by the Second World War and then the Crimean War . There have been a total of 117 recipients of the Victoria Cross who served with the Royal Navy . 68 awards were to ship - based Royal Naval personnel with 49 awards given to those who served with other organisations within the Royal Navy such as the Royal Naval Brigade , the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Marines . The Royal Marines have received 10 Victoria Crosses , the Royal Naval Reserve and Volunteer reserve being awarded 22 VCs . Richard Bell - Davies of the Royal Naval Air Service also received an award .
Nicaraguan Navy The Nicaraguan Navy of Somoza ' s National Guard consisted of a few old patrol boat s in the early 1980s . The Sandinistas acquired more modern vessels , although none were larger than fifty tons . The navy ' s mission was to discourage seaborne Contra attacks and to deter CIA - run operations such as the destruction of diesel storage facilities at Corinto in 1983 and the mining of Nicaraguan harbors in 1984 . The Sandinista navy ( " — MGS ) , which had reached a peak strength of 3 , 000 personnel in 1990 , suffered a sweeping reduction to 800 by 1993 . The commander of the navy was a Sandinista Popular Army ( " — EPS ) officer with the rank of major . The principal bases of the MGS are at the ports of Corinto on the Pacific and Puerto Cabezas on the Caribbean . Other installations are at El Bluff near Bluefields and San Juan del Sur on the Pacific . The Sandinistas had acquired eight Soviet Yevgenya class minesweeper s , of which seven remained in 1993 . Three Soviet Zhuk - class patrol boats were believed to be seaworthy , out of seven that remained at the end of 1990 . Also believed to be operational are three North Korean fast patrol boats as well as two Vedette - type boats built in France and armed with Soviet 14 . 5mm machine guns .
USS Rapidan ( AO - 18 ) USS " Rapidan " ( AO - 18 ) , built under U . S . Shipping Board contract , was laid down 2 February 1919 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co . , Newport News , Virginia ; launched 25 October 1919 ; authorized for transfer to the Navy 29 October 1921 ; and commissioned 1 January 1922 , Comdr . M . P . Nash , USNRF , in command . Assigned to the Naval Transport Service , " Rapidan " remained in commission for only 6 months , most of which was spent at Norfolk . Ordered inactivated in March , " Rapidan " decommissioned 22 June 1922 and was berthed with the James River Group , Atlantic Reserve Fleet , until recommissioned 22 January 1940 , Lt . Comdr . J . B . Mallard in command . For the 18 months following her second commissioning , " Rapidan " carried fuel from the Texas oil ports to ships and stations in the Caribbean and along the U . S . Atlantic coast . Between September 1941 and November 1942 , she supplied petroleum products to Atlantic Fleet units at Halifax , NS Argentia , Reykjavík , Hvalfjörður , and various ports in Greenland . Then , after overhaul , she served as escort oiler on a convoy to Casablanca . On her return to New York , in early February 1943 , " Rapidan " resumed operations off the northeast coast , steaming between New York , Boston , Portland , Maine , and Argentia until April when she got underway for her first Mediterranean convoy . Fueling units en route , she arrived at Gibraltar 24 May , continued on to Oran , discharged her cargo , then returned to the United States and coastal operations . In July while at Norfolk Naval Shipyard , the Rapidan had installed new secret Mark 29 " anti torpedo " gear . In September she resumed Caribbean operations and on the 11th was damaged by an underwater explosion some 100 yards off the starboard quarter from a torpedo . The explosion of the torpedo was caused by the anti torpedo gear and it resulted in damage to the hull plates . Repairs were completed at Charleston ; and , on the 25th , she resumed her oil runs , operating as far south as the Netherlands West Indies , and as far north as Argentia . In March 1944 " Rapidan " was ordered to the Pacific . Transiting the Panama Canal 19 March , she steamed up the west coast to Seattle , whence she carried her liquid cargo to Kodiak , Cold Bay , Dutch Harbor , and other Aleutian ports . Including periodic assignments as station tanker at Attu and Adak , the oiler continued on the Alaskan shuttle until 28 June 1946 . Then , ordered back to the east coast , she transited the Panama Canal 2 August and on the 11th reported to the 5th Naval District for inactivation . Decommissioned 17 September 1946 at Portsmouth , Virginia , " Rapidan " was transferred to the Maritime Commission 18 September 1946 and her name was struck from the Navy List 29 October 1946 . On 10 September 1947 she was sold to the Northern Metals Co . for scrap . The wartime skipper of the USS Rapidan , Captain Thomas Harris Moriarty , died in southern Alabama on 9 October 2009 at the age of 91 , two weeks after attending a reunion of the ship ' s crew .
Ernest Sykes ( VC ) Ernest Sykes VC ( 4 April 1885 – 3 August 1949 ) 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 . He was 32 years old , and a private in the 27th ( Service ) Battalion , Northumberland Fusiliers , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 19 April 1917 , near Arras , France , the battalion in attack was held up by intense fire from front and flank , and suffered heavy casualties . Private Sykes , despite this heavy fire , went forward and brought back four wounded . He then made a fifth journey and remained out under conditions which appeared to be certain death , until he had bandaged all those too badly injured to be moved . During the Second World War Sykes returned to serve with the 25th Battalion West Riding Home Guard . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland , Alnwick , Northumberland , England .
Thomas O ' Connell ( Medal of Honor ) Thomas O ' Connell ( 1842 – 1899 ) 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 Mobile Bay . Born in 1842 in Ireland , O ' Connell immigrated to the United States and was living in New York when he joined the U . S . Navy . He served during the Civil War as a coal heaver on Admiral David Farragut ' s flagship , the . At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5 , 1864 , he manned the shell whip ( a device used to lift ammunition up to the gun deck ) despite being ill , until losing his right hand to a Confederate artillery shell . For this action , he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later , on December 31 , 1864 . O ' Connell ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : On board the flagship U . S . S . " Hartford " , during successful attacks against Fort Morgan , rebel gunboats and the ram " Tennessee " in Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864 . Although a patient in the sick bay , O ' Connell voluntarily reported at his station at the shell whip and continued to perform his duties with zeal and courage until his right hand was severed by an enemy shellburst . O ' Connell died in 1899 at age 56 or 57 . His Medal of Honor is held by the National Museum of the United States Navy in Washington , D . C .
Baldwin of Antioch Baldwin of Antioch ( died September 17 , 1176 ) was a Frankish knight and general in service of the Byzantine Empire during the Byzantine – Seljuk Wars . He was the only son of Raynald of Châtillon and Constance , the Queen Regent of Antioch , and brother - in - law of Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos . An ally of the Emperor in his battles against the Seljuk Turks , Baldwin was one of his most trusted advisors and the only one of Manuel ' s senior commanders " of Western origin " . He commanded the right wing of the Byzantine forces guarding the siege and baggage train , largely composed of Latin mercenaries , at the Battle of Myriokephalon on September 17 , 1176 . Upon approaching narrow Tzibritze Pass , the Seljuks launched an attack on Manuel ' s marching troops . Baldwin led a cavalry charge attempting to drive the Turks from the hills in a counterattack but was surrounded and killed together with all his men . In " Byzantium : The Decline and Fall " ( 1996 ) , English historian John Julius Norwich described the aftermath of Baldwin ' s death ;
14th Panzer Division ( Wehrmacht ) The German 14th Panzer Division ( 14 . Panzer - Division ) was an armoured division in the German Army during World War II . It was created in 1940 by the conversion of the 4th Infantry Division . Formation . 14 . Panzer Division was unusual in the German Army for not forming in sequential order . 14 . Panzer Division was formed in August 1940 , 12th Panzer and 13th Panzer were not formed until October 1941 . The 14 . Panzer Division was established using veteran units from 4 . Infantry Division and 4 . Panzer Division as a basis for its structure . 4 . Infantry Division provided both Divisional Organisation and the infantry components while 4 . Panzer Division provided the tank element by transferring the 36 . Panzer Regiment to the new 14 . Panzer Division . In the East - Army Group South . In April 1941 the Division took part in the Invasion of Yugoslavia , reaching Sarajevo on the 15th April . Soon after it returned to Germany in preparation for Operation Barbarossa . In June 1941 , now as part of Army Group South , the Division took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union . It was involved almost continuously in offensive and defensive engagements throughout 1941 , including the first winter on the Eastern Front . In the spring of 1942 14 . Panzer took part in the German summer offensives as Army Group South raced through the Kharkov and Don regions . In the East - Stalingrad . The Division was transferred to Friedrich Paulus ' VI Army which was encircled at Stalingrad soon after . By February 1943 the Division was considered completely destroyed in the fighting at the Battle of Stalingrad . Division Reforms in France . Not long after the destruction of the Division at Stalingrad 14 . Panzer began reforming in Brittany , France . By November 1943 it was considered combat ready , transferring back to Army Group South on the Eastern Front . It now had an additional Battalion of StuG assault gun s , the III / 36 Panzer Regiment . It had been planned to equip this 3rd Battalion with Tigers , however the order was changed before deployment to the Eastern Front . In the East . The Division took part in a number of actions with Army Group South up to June 1944 . In August , after being refitted , it was transferred to Army Group North to take part in the defence of the Courland area ( now Latvia and Lithuania ) . The refit included the I / 36 Panzer Regiment taking delivery of a battalion of Panther Tanks . In January 1945 the Soviets launched a number of major attacks across the Eastern Front . Much of Army Group North - including 14 . Panzer Division - was bypassed and became trapped in the Courland Pocket , and remained there until Germany ’ s surrender in May 1945 . The division was technically disbanded during the last weeks of the war with its personnel being formed into two panzer brigades .
Harold Sherwood Spencer Harold Sherwood Spencer ( born 1890 , date of death unknown ) was an American - born British anti - homosexuality and antisemitic activist during and after World War I . Early life . Born in 1890 , Spencer was a native of the U . S . state of Wisconsin , but his family were British . He volunteered to serve in the British army during World War I . He was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1915 , rising to the rank of Captain . He served on three fronts and became involved with the British Secret Service . However , his increasing obsession with the idea that the Germans were conspiring to sexually corrupt British civilians led to his being invalided out of the army in 1917 on grounds of mental instability . Writings . He was soon writing for the journal " Imperialist " , founded by Noel Pemberton Billing . In 1918 he convinced Billing to publish an article which claimed that 47 , 000 Britons were being blackmailed by Germans to " propagate evils which all decent men thought had perished in Sodom and Lesbia " . It was said that names were listed in the " Berlin Black Book " of the " Mbret of Albania " . A second article , attacking the actress Maud Allan for her alleged association with the conspiracy , led to a sensational libel case , at which Spencer stood as a witness for Billing . Spencer lied in court , claiming to have obtained evidence of German and Austrian plans to blackmail British citizens while working for an Austrian aristocrat in Albania before the war . Billing won the case . In addition to its attacks on alleged homosexuals , the " Imperialist " regularly suggested that leading members of the British establishment were Jewish and that " the ruling or representing of Britain has become a close tribal affair . " In 1918 Spencer published " Democracy or Shylocracy " , an antisemitic tract which claimed to be " A Brief for Men and Women Who Labour and Who Sacrifice to Make the World Safe for Democracy , Only to Find Themselves Enslaved by Capitalism and Their Earnings Controlled by Monopolists " The book argued that Jewish leaders had coordinated the Russian revolution and other recent events in world history . Spencer argued that Jews were an innately nomadic people " baked by the sun in the dry burning climate of the great deserts of North Africa , Arabia and Asia Minor . . . The desert crept into their hearts , and so at all times they were filled with the spirit of the sandy wastes " . The book went through several editions , later being published by The Britons with the added subtitle " shall the Jew win ? " . The 1922 third edition included a preface written by John Henry Clarke , author of " England Under the Heel of the Jew " .
Gromovo Gromovo ( ; ) is a settlement in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast , Russia , located 18 km northwest of Sosnovo , and a station of the Saint Petersburg - Kuznechnoye railway . Gromovo is situated on the northern shore of the Lake Sukhodolskoye , Karelian Isthmus . Until the Winter War and the Continuation War , it had been the administrative center of the Sakkola municipality of Finland . It hosts an interceptor aircraft military base , which is an old , small fighter airfield with a crude runway extension from 2 , 000 to 2 , 500 m . It was home to 180 IAP ( 180th Interceptor Aviation Regiment ) which flew MiG - 31 aircraft as late as 1991 . It is located only 90 km north of Saint Petersburg ( Leningrad ) .