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6th Canadian Infantry Division The 6th Canadian Infantry Division was a Canadian infantry division formed in 1942 during the Second World War . It was attached to Pacific Command . The division had a brigade sent to the Aleutian Islands Campaign , particularly at Kiska , but never saw action . The 6th Division was to have been part of a proposed Commonwealth Corps , formed for a planned invasion of Japan , but was disbanded in 1945 , after the war was ended by the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . Home defence . The 6th was raised as part of a home - defence scheme in Canada , the culmination of various mobilizations throughout 1941 and 1942 . The 6th was raised in March 1942 with its headquarters on Vancouver Island in British Columbia . Various composite units were stationed at Port Alberni , Vancouver Island and Vernon . Throughout 1943 , the division lost its artillery units to coastal defence work , and other battalions were shipped overseas . In June 1943 , these units were sent to Kiska only to find the island abandoned , and in late 1943 , the 7th Canadian Infantry Division was disbanded and various battalions were amalgamated into the 6th . By January 1944 , the units had returned from Kiska , having not taken part in any fighting . On 1 December 1944 , the need for coastal defence having lessened , the division was disbanded , the process completing by 31 January 1945 . Remaining units loaned from other , now defunct divisions , were finally disbanded in January 1946 . Reformation as part of CAPF . The Division was reformed as part of the Canadian Army Pacific Force , and was to be a component of the Commonwealth Corps intended to be used in Operation Olympic , the planned 1945 invasion of Japan . The division was to be commanded by Major General Bert Hoffmeister . 6th Division was organized on American lines and with U . S . equipment , but units were named after the component units of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division . The division was disbanded after Japan ' s surrender made the Corps ' s use unnecessary .
Fort of Our Lady of the Conception The Fort of Our Lady of the Conception , also known as the Portuguese Castle , is a red stone fortress on Hormuz Island , Iran . It is one of the last surviving monuments of Portuguese colonial rule in the Persian Gulf . Constructed on reddish stone on a rocky promontory at the far north of the island , the castle was originally cut off from the rest of the island by a moat , traces of which still remain . Although most of the roof caved in long ago , much of the lower part of the very substantial outer walls is intact , with the remains lying on different levels of the site . History . The building of the castle was ordered by Portuguese commander Afonso de Albuquerque in 1507 , when his forces seized the island for a short time , being then named " Fort of Our Lady of Victory " . Engaging his men of all ranks in the building works , Albuquerque faced a revolt and had to retreat . He came back and reconquered the island in 1515 , when he concluded and renamed the fort . The Persian Safavid king , Abbas I of Persia ( 1587 – 1629 ) , wanted to end Portuguese rule in the south and eventually managed to convince the English East India Company to allow its ships to cooperate with his land forces to seize the island from the Portuguese in 1622 . Other Portuguese castles . A number of other Portuguese castles are found in the Persian Gulf islands , including the castle in Qeshm . During the Habsburg Dynasty ( 1581 – 1640 ) , the Portuguese built a fortress in Dibba Al - Hisn and a wall around the city . In August 1648 , the Arabs besieged Muscat , Oman , and on October 31 , 1648 a treaty was signed between the two opponents . The terms were as follows : the Portuguese should build the fortress of Kuriyat , Dibba Al - Hisn and Matrah ( Oman ) .
Henry Langtry Henry Langtry ( 1841 – 1892 ) was an Irish - born war hero of English descent who served as a colonel with the 3rd Dragoon Guards in the Abyssinian campaign in 1868 and was present at the storming and capture of Magdala ( Medal ) . Langtry ' s military career started as a 2nd lieutenant in the Antrim Militia , 1st Royal Artillery on 28 July 1856 . He was promoted to 1st lieutenant on 28 March 1859 . He then served as cornet in the 3rd Regiment of Dragoon Guards ( Prince of Wales ) from 16 August 1861 . Langtry served with the 15th Hussars in the Candahar Column in the Afghan war of 1878 - 80 , including the advance to khelat - i - Ghilzai ; commanded a detached squadron of his regiment at the affair in the Ghlo Pass , 4 January 1879 ; also served with the Thull - Chotiali Field Force under Brigadier General Biddulph , and accompanied Major General Phayre in his march to Candahar ( Medal ) . Colonel Langtry also served in the First Boer War of 1881 with the 15th Hussars . Langtry died in 1912 in St Marylebone , London .
USS Bold ( BAT - 8 ) USS " Bold " ( BAT - 8 ) , was a tugboat built for the British along the lines of American ATR - 1 - class rescue tugs . She was transferred to the United Kingdom on 29 June 1942 and was operated as HMS " Bold " ( W114 ) by the Royal Navy . She was returned to the United States Navy at Subic Bay in the Philippines in January 1946 . " Bold " was struck from the Navy List on 17 July 1947 . On 29 June 1948 , she was sold to Bosey , Philippines , though never delivered . On 2 October 1948 , Bosey resold her to T . Y . Fong .
USS Barbet ( AMc - 38 ) USS " Barbet " ( AMc - 38 ) was an " Accentor " - class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U . S . Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing . The first ship to be named " Barbet " by the Navy , " AMc - 38 " was laid down on 31 January 1941 at Ipswich , Massachusetts , by W . A . Robinson , Inc . ; launched on 24 July 1941 ; sponsored by Mrs . E . Robinson ; and commissioned on 29 September 1941 , Ens . Stuart T . Hotchkiss , USNR , in command . World War II service . " Barbet " departed Boston , Massachusetts , on 4 October and arrived at the Naval Mine Warfare School , Yorktown , Virginia , on the 6th . From there , she moved to the Naval Operating Base , Norfolk , Virginia , for additional outfitting . On 4 December , the minesweeper was assigned to Mine Division ( MinDiv ) 27 and was based at the Section Base , New London , Connecticut . War patrols . Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December , she began daily patrols along the New England coast . That assignment lasted until mid February 1942 . On the 16th , she received word that she would be transferred to the Panama Canal Zone . First , however , Barbet had to undergo an availability at the Marine Basin Co . , Gravesend , New York , to correct damage incurred in a collision with an Eagle boat at Newport , Rhode Island . The repairs were completed midway through March , and the coastal minesweeper departed Gravesend bound for the Canal Zone . Caribbean operations . After stops at Charleston , South Carolina ; Miami , Florida ; and Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , she arrived in Coco Solo on 9 April 1942 and began operations with the Inshore Patrol , 15th Naval District . Pacific Ocean operations . On 5 May , she transited the canal and joined the Pacific Section , Inshore Patrol . She conducted two ship minesweeping operations and patrolled the sea channels . On 16 May 1942 , " Barbet " was decommissioned and placed " in service . " “ In service ” activity . Her duties , however , remained the same and continued throughout the remainder of World War II . Following the end of the war , " Barbet " was ordered to Charleston for disposal by the Commandant , 6th Naval District . The coastal minesweeper arrived in Charleston on 22 October 1945 . Post - war deactivation . She was placed out of service at Charleston on 8 February 1946 , and her name was struck from the Navy list on 26 February 1946 . She was sold by the Maritime Commission at Washington , D . C . , on 13 August 1947 .
Hiram Parks Bell Hiram Parks Bell ( January 19 , 1827 – August 17 , 1907 ) was a U . S . Representative and a Confederate Representative from the state of Georgia . Life . Bell was born in 1827 near Jefferson , Georgia . He taught school for two years , studied law , was admitted to the Georgia bar later in 1849 and became a practicing lawyer in Cumming , Georgia . Bell was a member of the Georgia secession convention , voting against secession as imprudent , but then signing the Ordinance of Secession . He believed that " the Northern States were astonished that the Southern States would secede ; the Southern people were surprised that the government would attempt to hold the States together by force " * * . Hearing that Georgia must " grasp in fraternity the bloody hand of Massachusetts , or align yourselves with gallant South Carolina " shook his views on the need to secede . * * * He served as a Georgia commissioner to work with the state of Tennessee in the formation of a southern confederacy . In 1861 , Bell served in the Georgia Senate ; however , he resigned to join the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War as a captain . He was later promoted to lieutenant colonel and then colonel of the 43rd Georgia Regiment . Bell was a Georgia representative to the Second Confederate Congress in 1864 and 1865 . After the war , he was a member of the Democratic State executive committee from 1868 to 1871 . Elected as a Democratic Representative to the 43rd United States Congress representing Georgia ' s 9th congressional district , Bell served from March 4 , 1873 , until March 3 , 1875 . He served as a delegate to the 1876 Democratic National Convention and was chosen an at - large member from Georgia to Democratic National Committee . Bell was elected to the U . S . Congress again to represent the 10th district of Georgia during the 45th Congress to fill the vacant seat resulting from the resignation of Benjamin Harvey Hill and served from March 13 , 1877 , to March 3 , 1879 . Bell lost his bid for reelection to that in 1878 . He then served in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1898 and 1899 and the Georgia Senate in 1900 and 1901 . Bell died in Atlanta , Georgia , on August 17 , 1907 , and was buried in the Cumming Cemetery .
Barbara Dulinsky Master Sergeant Barbara Jean Dulinsky was a member of the United States Marine Corps who , in 1967 , became the first woman United States Marine to serve in a combat zone , when her request to be sent to Vietnam was granted . She served at Military Assistance Command , Vietnam ( MACV ) Headquarters in Saigon .
Melvin Baldwin Melvin Riley Baldwin ( April 12 , 1838 – April 15 , 1901 ) was a Representative from Minnesota . Early life and education . Baldwin was born near Chester , Vermont , on April 12 , 1838 and moved with his parents to Oshkosh , Wisconsin , in 1847 . He attended the common schools there and entered Lawrence University , Appleton , Wisconsin , in 1855 . He studied law but adopted civil engineering as a profession . Career and service in the Civil War . He was engaged on the Chicago & North Western Railway until April 19 , 1861 , when he enlisted as a private in Company E , Second Regiment , Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry due to the Civil War . He was commissioned captain of his company and was later captured at Gettysburg and confined in Libby Prison , Richmond , Virginia , at Macon , Georgia , and at Charleston and Columbia , South Carolina , being prisoner for eighteen months . After the war , he engaged in operative railway work in Kansas , being general superintendent for four years . He moved to Duluth , Minnesota , in 1885 . U . S . Representative . Baldwin was elected as a Democrat to the 53rd congress , ( March 4 , 1893 – March 3 , 1895 ) , but lost his bid for reelection in 1894 to the 54th congress . Later life . Baldwin was chairman of the Chippewa Indian Commission from 1894 – 1897 . He traveled to Alaska in November 1897 and died in Seattle , Washington , April 15 , 1901 . He is interred in Forest Hill Cemetery , Duluth , Minnesota .
PGM - 1 - class motor gunboat The " PGM - 1 " class motor gunboats were a class of eight gunboats converted for the United States Navy from 1943 - 1944 and were succeeded by the " PGM - 9 " class motor gunboat . All eight " PGM - 1 " s were converted from " SC - 497 " class submarine chasers . The " PGM - 1 " s were created to support PT boats in the Pacific , but were too slow to keep up . The " PGM - 1 " was discontinued and the " PGM - 9 " , also too slow , was shifted to support minesweeping ships instead . " PGM - 7 " was the only " PGM - 1 " lost in World War II . The others were sent to the Foreign Liquidation Commission in 1947 . Their exact fate is unknown .
Battle of Dayr al - Jamajim The Battle of Dayr al - Jamajim ( " Battle of the monastery of Skulls " after a nearby Nestorian monastery ) , was fought in central Iraq between the largely Syrian Umayyad army under al - Hajjaj ibn Yusuf against the mostly Iraqi followers of Abd al - Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn al - Ash ' ath , who had rebelled against al - Hajjaj ' s overbearing attitude towards the Iraqis . Initially , Ibn al - Ash ' ath managed to drive back al - Hajjaj and even entered Kufa in triumph , leading Caliph Abd al - Malik ibn Marwan to discuss terms with the rebels , which were however rejected by the more hardline rebel leaders . Al - Hajjaj and Ibn al - Ash ' ath ' s troops skirmished with each other for several months before the decisive battle at Dayr al - Jamajim in April 701 , where a cavalry charge by the Syrians broke the rebel army . The defeat marked the end of the rebellion , as Ibn al - Ash ' ath fled with the remnants of his troops to the east , but also of the power and influence of the Iraqi Arabs : Iraq was garrisoned by Syrian troops and came udner tight control by the Syrian - dominated Umayyad government . It was not until the Abbasid period and the foundation of Baghdad that Iraq would regain its prominence .
Armstrong Whitworth F . K . 6 The Armstrong Whitworth F . K . 5 and F . K . 6 were experimental triplanes built as escort fighters by Armstrong Whitworth during the First World War . They carried two gunners in nacelles mounted on the centre wing . One example of each type was built , with no further development or production following . Development and design . In early 1916 , the British War Office drew up a specification for a multi - seat escort fighter to be powered by one of the new Rolls - Royce Eagle engines , with an endurance of at least seven hours , intended to protect formations of bombers from German fighters such as the Fokker E . I , with an additional role of destroying enemy airship s . Orders were placed for prototypes from Armstrong Whitworth , Sopwith and Vickers , all of which were of unconventional design owing to the need to give their gunners a good field of fire in the absence of an effective synchronisation gear to allow guns to be fired safely though the propeller disc . F . K . 5 . Armstrong Whitworth ' s chief designer , Frederick Koolhoven ' s first design to meet this requirement , probably designated F . K . 5 , was a large , single - engined tractor triplane with the middle wing having a much greater span than the upper and lower wings . The gunners were housed in two long nacelles mounted on top of the middle wing , allowing them to be sat ahead of the propeller disc , with the pilot ' s cockpit situated behind the wings in the slim central fuselage , giving a poor view . The undercarriage consisted of a sprung stut carrying two main wheels underneath the engine , with two stabilsing wheels at the wingtips of the lower wing , with a tail slid just aft of the trailing edge of the lower wing . This design never flew , with the head of Armstrong Whitworth ' s Aircraft department , I . Fairbairn - Crawford , forbidding test flights . F . K . 6 . Koolhoven completely reworked the design to produce the F . K . 6 . While still a triplane with the middle wing of significantly greater span than the upper and lower wings , it was larger , with two - bay wings . This time , the gunner ' s nacelles were slung under the middle wing and were shorter , so that the gunners sat behind and outboard the propeller ( and less than 2 ft ( 0 . 6 m ) from the exhaust manifold ) . The fuselage was much deeper than the F . K . 5 , filling the gap between the middle and lower wings , giving a slightly better view , while the undercarriage had two pairs of wheels with a narrow track under the fuselage and a more conventional tail skid . Four examples of the F . K . 6 were ordered in April 1916 , two of which were intended for the Royal Naval Air Service , but only one was built , this demonstrating poor performance when tested . As effective synchronising gears were now available , the type was abandoned , with none of the escort fighters being brought into production .
45th Airlift Squadron The 45th Airlift Squadron ( 45 AS ) is part of the 314th Airlift Wing at Keesler Air Force Base , Mississippi . It operates C - 21 aircraft training pilots for executive airlift . History . Activated in June 1942 under First Air Force , being formed at Patterson Field , Ohio . Trained at various stationd in the southeast and Texas with C - 47 Skytrain transports . Deployed to Egypt in November 1942 as part of President Roosevelt ' s decision to aid the Royal Air Force Western Desert Air Force , assigned to the newly established Ninth Air Force , headquartered in Cairo . Transported supplies and evacuated casualties in support of the British Eighth Army , operating from desert airfields in Egypt and Libya . Reassigned in May 1943 to the USAAF Twelfth Air Force in Algeria , supporting Fifth Army forces in the Tunisian Campaign . Began training for the invasion of Sicily ; dropped paratroops over the assault area on the night of 9 July . Carried reinforcements to Sicily on 11 July and received a DUC for carrying out that mission although severely attacked by ground and naval forces ; dropped paratroops over the beachhead south of the Sele River on the night of 14 Sep 1943 . Remained in the MTO until February 1944 until being reassigned back to Ninth Air Force in England , IX Troop Carrier Command to participate in the buildup of forces prior to the Allied landings in France during D - Day in June 1944 . Engaged in combat operations by dropping paratroop s into Normandy near Ste - Mere - Eglise on D - Day ( 6 June 1944 ) and releasing gliders with reinforcements on the following day . The unit received a third Distinguished Unit Citation and a French citation for these missions . After the Normandy invasion the squadron ferried supplies in the United Kingdom . The squadron also hauled food , clothing , medicine , gasoline , ordnance equipment , and other supplies to the front lines and evacuated patients to rear zone hospitals . It dropped paratroops near Nijmegen and towed gliders carrying reinforcements during the airborne attack on Holland . In December , it participated in the Battle of the Bulge by releasing gliders with supplies for the 101st Airborne Division near Bastogne . Returned to the United States in May , 1945 , becoming a domestic troop carrier squadron for Continental Air Forces . Reassigned to Seventh Air Force in Hawaii in September 1945 , operating until being inactivated at the end of the year . Reactivating in 1993 under AETC it has trained pilots in operational support airlift missions for VIP personnel using Lear C - 23 executive aircraft .
Edwin D . Morgan Edwin Denison Morgan ( February 8 , 1811February 14 , 1883 ) was the 21st Governor of New York from 1859 to 1862 and served in the United States Senate from 1863 to 1869 . He was the first and longest - serving chairman of the Republican National Committee . He was also a Union Army general during the American Civil War . Biography . Morgan was born in Washington , Massachusetts on February 8 , 1811 . He began his business career as a grocer in Hartford , Connecticut . He became a partner with his uncle and served on the city council . In 1836 , he removed to New York City and became a successful wholesaler , broker and banker . He was an alderman , member of the New York State Senate from 1850 to 1853 , and State Commissioner of Immigration . Morgan became highly influential in Republican politics of his time and twice served as chairman of the Republican National Committee , 1856 to 1864 and 1872 to 1876 . He was Governor of New York from 1859 through 1862 , elected in 1858 and 1860 . He was appointed major general of volunteers in September 1861 and commanded the Department of New York until he resigned on January 3 , 1863 , serving simultaneously as governor and head of the military department . In February 1863 , he was elected to the U . S . Senate , and served one term until 1869 . In January 1869 , he sought re - nomination , but was voted down by the Republican caucus of State legislators who instead nominated Ex - Governor Reuben E . Fenton . In 1876 , Morgan ran again for Governor but was defeated by Democrat Lucius Robinson . In 1881 , Morgan was nominated by President Chester A . Arthur as Treasury Secretary and was confirmed by the Senate , but declined the position . Known for generous contributions to charities and causes , he contributed large sums to the Union Theological Seminary . Edwin Morgan was a cousin of Morgan G . Bulkeley , the Governor of Connecticut from 1889 to 1893 . Morgan died in New York City on February 14 , 1883 . He was buried at the Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford .
Arthur Henderson ( VC ) Arthur Henderson VC , MC ( 6 May 1893 – 24 April 1917 ) was a Scottish 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 . Henderson was born 6 May 1893 to George Henderson OBE , a Magistrate of Paisley , and Elizabeth Purdie . He was 23 years old , and an Acting Captain in the 4th Battalion , The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders ( Princess Louise ' s ) , British Army , attached to 2nd Battalion during the First World War . On 23 April 1917 near Fontaine - les - Croisilles , France , he performed the deed for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross . He died the following day . Further information . Buried at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission ' s Cojeul British Cemetery , Saint - Martin - sur - Cojeul , Pas - de - Calais , France . His name appears on the war memorial in Gordon in the Scottish borders , showing the fact that he won the VC . His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum , London .