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491st Bombardment Squadron The 491st Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last was assigned to the 341st Bombardment Wing , stationed at Dyess Air Force Base , Texas . It was inactivated on 25 June 1961 . History . Constructed and maintained facilities , February – December 1918 . Apparently never active during period 1924 - 1942 when allotted to the reserve with assignment to Ninth Corps Area and designated station at Seattle , Wash . Constituted 491st Bombardment Squadron ( M ) on August 2 , 1942 , the B - 25 Mitchell bomber squadron was activated in place at Karachi , India on September 15 , assigned to the newly activated 341st Bombardment Group , Tenth Air Force . Full complement of aircraft and personnel was not achieved until the end of the year . After moving to Chakulia Air Base , the squadron began combat operations with its first mission January 10 , 1943 . For the remainder of the year the squadron was primarily tasked with interdicting Japanese lines of communication in Burma . Reassigned along with HQ 341st and 22nd Bombardment Squadron ( M ) to Fourteenth Air Force in China , January 1944 . Again the primary tasking was interdiction of Japanese lines of communication in China and eastern French Indochina ( now Vietnam ) . In addition to strikes against airfields , bivouac and storage areas , and bridges , they performed target of opportunity sweeps along roads , rivers and over the Gulf of Tongking and the South China Sea . When Japan surrendered sixteen Squadron aircrews and several aircraft maintenance personnel were in India undergoing transition training to A - 26 Invader . On / about August 31 , 1945 the remaining 491st personnel were transferred to join those in India . Those determined to meet requirements embarked on a transport ship , when it became available , and returned to the United States , arriving on November 1 . These personnel were demobilized and the Squadron inactivated at Newark , New Jersey on November 1 – 2 , 1945 . Postwar — redesignated 491st Bombardment Squadron ( Light ) on May 26 , 1947 ; activated in the Air Force reserves on June 5 and inactivated June 27 , 1949 . Again redesignated 491st Bombardment Squadron ( Medium ) on August 20 , 1958 , the squadron was activated November 1 , and assigned to the 341st Bombardment Wing at Dyess Air Force Base , operating the B - 47 Stratojet . As a result of Strategic Air Command phasing out the B - 47 , and the replacement of the B - 47 by B - 52 Stratofortress , in March 1961 , President John F . Kennedy directed that the phaseout of the B - 47 be accelerated . The squadron was inactivated on 25 June 1961 as part of that draw down , and the aircraft were sent to AMARC storage at Davis - Monthan .
List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Third Battle of Winchester The Battle of Opequon , more commonly known as the Third Battle of Winchester , was fought in Winchester , Virginia , on September 19 , 1864 , during the Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War . Fourteen Union Army enlisted men and one officer were awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the battle . The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces . The recipient must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy of the United States . Due to the nature of this medal , it is commonly presented posthumously .
Caudron Type J The Caudron J Marine was an amphibious , two - seat , biplane equipped with floats and wheels . This aircraft was used by the French Navy ( la Marine Française ) for reconnaissance and artillery observation . On 8 May 1914 René Caudron flew the second example from a wooden platform , erected over a gun turret , on the French Navy Cruiser " Foudre " . The first example was later re - engined with a 100 hp Gnome rotary engine .
Battle of Nakło The Battle of Nakło ( 1109 ) was fought between the forces of the Kingdom of Poland and Pomeranian tribes at Nakło nad Notecią . The Polish troops were led by Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth . In the summer of 1109 the Polish ruler Bolesław III organized an expedition into Pomerania in order to secure his northern boundary . The German king Henry V , incited by Bolesław ' s half - brother Zbigniew , was about to invade Poland and the Pomeranian raid was a strategic necessity for the upcoming struggle . According to Gallus Anonymus , the purpose of the expedition wasn ' t just the taking of the castle of Nakło , but forcing the Pomeranians into a decisive battle . Gallus describes the battle in the first chapter of the third book of his chronicle . On 10 August 1109 . Bolesław ' s force , which was besieging Naklo engaged the Pomeranian relief forces and defeated them . As a result the city surrendered to him . Later Bolesław incorporated Pomerania into his realm . In Gallus ' chronicle , the defeat of the Pomeranians and their conversion to Christianity are presented as one of Bolesław ' s great achievements , comparable to the victory of King Otto I of Germany over the Hungarians at the 955 Battle of Lechfeld . Bolesław shortly afterwards had to rush to the south where he met an Imperial army at the Battle of Głogów . He later sent Bishop Otto of Bamberg as a missionary to Christianize Pomerania . Duke Wartislaw I continued to struggle against Polish overlordship . In 1181 Wartislaw ' s son Duke Bogislaw I of Pomerania became a vassal of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa .
BRP Negros Occidental ( PS - 29 ) BRP " Negros Occidental " ( PS - 29 ) was a of the Philippine Navy . She was originally built as USS " PCE - 884 " , a for the United States Navy during World War II . She was decommissioned from the U . S . Navy and transferred to the Philippine Navy in July 1948 and renamed " Negros Occidental " after the Philippine province of the same name . The ship is . Along with other World War II - era ships of the Philippine Navy , " Negros Occidental " was considered as one of the oldest active fighting ships in the world until its decommissioning . History . Commissioned in the US Navy as USS " PCE - 884 " in 1945 , and was decommissioned after World War II . She was then transferred and commissioned into the Philippine Naval Patrol ( currently Philippine Navy ) and was renamed RPS ( now BRP ) " Negros Occidental " ( PS - 29 ) in 1948 . Her last assignment was with the Patrol Force of the Philippine Fleet . She was decommissioned from the fleet on 9 December 2010 after it was found to be beyond economical repair . She is to be sold as scrap while her equipment was removed as spare for operational sisterships . Technical details . Originally the ship was armed with one 3 " / 50 caliber dual purpose gun , three twin Bofors 40 mm guns , four 20 mm Oerlikon guns , 1 Hedgehog depth charge projector , four depth charge projectiles ( K - guns ) and two depth charge tracks . The same configuration applies up until the late 1980s when the Philippine Navy removed most of her old anti - submarine weapons and systems , and added four 12 . 7 mm general purpose machine guns , making her lighter and ideal for surface patrols , but losing her limited anti - submarine warfare capability . The ship is powered by two GM 12 - 278A diesel engines , with a combined rating of around driving two propellers . The main engines can propel the 914 tons ( full load ) ship to a maximum speed of around . There are slight difference between the BRP " Negros Occidental " as compared to some of her sister ships in the Philippine Navy , since her previous configuration was as a patrol craft escort , while the others are configured as minesweepers and patrol craft escort rescue ships .
Paul David Miller Paul David Miller ( born 1941 ) is a retired Admiral in the United States Navy . His last duty in the Navy was to serve as Commander - in - Chief , of the U . S . Atlantic Command . Prior to the last position , he served as the NATO Supreme Allied Commander - Atlantic . In addition he also served Commander for the U . S . Atlantic Fleet , Commander for the U . S . Seventh Fleet , and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations .
Central Band of the Royal Air Force The Central Band of the Royal Air Force is a military band , and the RAF ' s main band . It has brass , percussion and woodwind instruments . Like the RAF ' s two other bands , the Central Band is part of the Royal Air Force Music Services . The band was formed in 1920 . History . The Band ( also known as the RAF Central Band ) was formed in 1920 , shortly after the RAF had been formed in 1918 . The RAF College Band was formed at the same time . On 22 April 1922 , it became the first military band to broadcast on BBC Radio in London . It was the first military band to release an LP . Their version of the " Theme from the Dam Busters " reached No . 18 in October 1955 , spending one week in the UK Top 20 . Personnel . All band members are fully trained military personnel . The current band master is Warrant Officer Skelton LRSM LTCL ALCM . The Current Director of Music is Flight Lieutenant Piers L Morrell LRSM LTCL DipTCL RAF
Royal Australian Army Chaplains ' Department The Royal Australian Army Chaplains ' Department is an all - officer Corps within the Australian Army that provides ordained clergy to minister to the men of the Australian Army . As of 2006 , there are 151 serving regular chaplains ( commonly known as " padres " ) in the Australian Army ; these belong to either one of several Christian churches , or to the Jewish faith . There are also chaplains in the Australian Army Reserve . Uniforms and insignia . The Australian Army Chaplains ' Department has two cap badges , for its Christian and Jewish officers . Army chaplains , although they are all commissioned officers of the Australian Army and wear uniform , do not carry arms ( and are the only officers not to carry swords on parade ) . At services on formal occasions , chaplains wear their medals and decorations on their clerical robes . Ranks . Chaplains in the Australian Army begin their commission as a Captain . There are five levels or " divisions " for the seniority of chaplains in the Australian Army and Air Force with each division corresponding to a worn rank . Principal chaplains . The highest " division " is Division 5 who are " Principal Chaplains , " of which there are three per service representing the three major Christian denominations — Catholic , Anglican , and Protestant — and the Jewish faith . The Principal Chaplains of the Army wear the rank of Brigadier . Heads of Denominations : In the Australian Defence Force ( ADF ) , the heads of military chaplaincy for those Christian denominations and of the Jewish faith that have an official association with the ADF , are also members of the ADF ' s " Religious Advisory Committee to the Services " ( RACS ) . With respect to the Catholic and Anglican churches , their Bishops are members of RACS and they and the other members of RACS have the status of a two - star General ( US ) or Major General ( Australian Army ) . The current chairman of the RACS is Rev Prof Allan Harman .
Yuzō Matsuyama , was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino - Japanese War and World War II . Biography . Matsuyama was a native of Aomori prefecture and a graduate of the 22nd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1910 . From 1937 to 1938 , Matsuyama was commanding officer of the 19th Independent Defense Battalion . He was transferred to the 2nd Border Defense Unit of the Kwantung Army in 1938 , and became commander of an infantry brigade in the IJA 27th Division . In 1941 he was commander of 64th Independent Infantry Group . In August 1939 , Matuyama was promoted to lieutenant general . From 1942 to 1945 , Matsuyama succeeded General Masao Watanabe as commander of the IJA 56th Division , in operations in China , Burma and Thailand , and participated in the Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan against the Chinese National Revolutionary Army forces along the Salween River . The 56th Division was annihilated in Longling Western Yunnan in 1944 .
Bellona - class ship of the line The " Bellona " - class ships of the line were a class of five 74 - gun third rate s , whose design for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade was approved on 31 January 1758 . Three ships were ordered on 28 December 1757 , with names being assigned on 1 February 1758 . Two further ships to this design were ordered on 13 December 1758 , at the same time as two ships of a revised design – the " Arrogant " Class . Design . Slade ' s " Bellona " class was the first class of British 74s to have a gun deck length of , and marked the beginning of a stabilisation of the design of this size of ship . Several subsequent classes designed by Slade were almost identical to the " Bellona " draught , with the main differences restricted to the underwater hull – the most numerous of these being the " Arrogant " and " Elizabeth " classes .
Walther Forstmann Captain Walther Forstmann ( March 9 , 1883 – November 2 , 1973 ) was one of the most successful and highly decorated German U - boat commander s in the Kaiserliche Marine during World War I . He also served in the Kriegsmarine during World War II in different staff member positions . In his time as commander of U - 12 and U - 39 in World War I , he conducted 47 patrols and succeeded in sinking 146 ships for a total tonnage of . As such he is the second most successful submarine commander ever ( by tonnage sunk ) . World War I . On August 12 , 1916 Kapitänleutnant " Forstmann " of U - 39 was awarded the Pour le Mérite for his achievements so far in the First World War . In 1917 " Forstmann " , in command of U - 39 , sank five valuable steamers within only two days in the Straits of Gibraltar with over , the SS Normanton ( 3862 tonnes ) , SS Mersario ( 3847 tonnes ) , SS Almora ( 4385 tonnes ) , SS Nuceria ( 4702 tonnes ) and the Japan ese steamer SS Sitosan Maru ( 3555 tonnes ) . The ships carried a total load of 31 . 500 tonnes of coal , of which more than 26 . 000 tonnes were meant for Italy for use in the winter . Interbellum . " Forstmann " wrote his memoirs after the war in the book " Hunting in the Mediterranean " ( ) . In 1921 he qualified as an attorney and in 1924 he became social departmental head and director with the August Thyssen coal company in Duisburg . From 1929 to 1933 he was a city delegate and parliamentary group leader of the German People ' s Party in Duisburg . Between 1933 to 1950 he was a member of the board ( 1951 - 1953 member of the supervisory board ) of four large housing cooperatives of the Ruhr steel plants . World War II . In the Second World War " Forstmann " served as chief of different amour commands in Osnabrück and Copenhagen . He was promoted to Kapitän zur See on July 1 , 1942 . He retired from the Navy in 1945 . Post war career . 1951 - 1955 He became one of the advisors of the housing company - Rheini dwellings A . G . in Duisburg which was responsible for the movement of several villages to enable development of open cast coal mining . In 1954 he became a member of the supervisory board of this company . In 1956 he was involved in the design structure of the 30 Pestalozzi villages and became vice - president of the German settler federation , chairmen of the executive committee of youth centre place work e . V . Awards and decorations . In 1968 he received an honorary Doctorate from the Roman Accademia Tiberina and in 1972 another from the university of the Mediterranean in Rome .
Samuel Thomas Dickson Wallace Samuel Thomas Dickson Wallace VC ( 7 March 1892 – 2 February 1968 ) 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 . Details . He was 25 years old , and a temporary lieutenant in the ' C ' Battery 63rd Brigade , Royal Field Artillery , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 20 November 1917 at Gonnelieu , France , when the personnel of Lieutenant Wallace ' s battery were reduced to five , having lost their commander and five sergeants , and were surrounded by enemy infantry , he maintained the firing of the guns by swinging the trails close together , the men running and loading from gun to gun . He was in action for eight hours firing the whole time and inflicting severe casualties on the enemy . Then , owing to the exhausted state of his men , he withdrew when the infantry supports arrived , taking with him all essential gun parts and all wounded . Further information . He later achieved the rank of captain . He is buried in Moffat Cemetery , Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland on right side of main gate . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Artillery Museum , Woolwich , England .
33rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 33rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment , the " Ontario Regiment " , was an infantry regiment of the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . This regiment was accepted by the State of New York on May 22 , 1861 , organized at Elmira , New York , and mustered into United States service for two years . When the Regiment ' s two years were up , the " three years ' men " were transferred to the 49th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment , and the Regiment mustered out on June 2 , 1863 , at Geneva , New York . Companies were recruited at : The regiment moved to Washington . D . C . in early 1862 where it became part of the Army of the Potomac under General George McClellan . Colonel Robert Taylor was its commanding officer during its two years of service . McClellan took the army from Washington to the Peninsula of Virginia in an attempt to capture the confederate capital of Richmond . During this campaign , the regiment fought the " Seven Days Battles " including Gaines Mills and Malvern Hill during its land retreat back to Washington DC . At this time McClellan was removed from command of the army by President Lincoln . The regiment missed the second Battle of Bull Run or Manassas . At this time , September , 1862 , General Robert E . Lee invaded Maryland with his Army of Northern Virginia . McClellan was placed back in command of the army and they caught up with Lee at Antietam Creek in Western Maryland . The Battle of South Mountain occurred two days before the larger battle of Antietam which took place on September 17 , 1862 . Antietam , also knows in the South as the Battle of Sharpsburg , was the bloodiest one day battle ever fought in American history . The 33rd New York fought the battle as part of Franklin ' s VI Corps . They engaged in battle in the early afternoon and charged from the East Woods to the Dunker Church . Total strength and casualties . The Regiment sustained 30 men killed in action , 17 wounded in action , and 105 due to disease and other causes .
Nahverteidigungswaffe The Nahverteidigungswaffe was a smoke candle discharger for German panzer s which could also be used as a close defense weapon to combat close assaulting infantry . It was a 92mm rotating launcher for smoke candles , mounted in the roof of the turret or superstructure , which also allowed the occupants to fire a flare pistol through it . The flare pistol could fire flares , smoke rounds or small calibre fragmentation grenade s . Other methods of close defense involved attaching electrically fired s - mine launchers at the four corners of the tank , or pistol ports .
Battle of San Romano The Battle of San Romano was fought on June 1 , 1432 , some 30 miles outside Florence , between the troops of Florence , commanded by Niccolò da Tolentino , and Siena , under Francesco Piccinino . The outcome is generally considered favourable to the Florentines , but in the Sienese chronicles it was considered a victory . As the 1430s began Florence had found itself in conflict with the rival city state of Lucca , and her allies , Siena and Milan . The Florentine deployed about 4 , 000 horse and 2 , 000 infantry . The clash , which lasted for some six or seven hours , consisted of a series of heavy cavalry fights . It was decided by the intervention of a second cavalry corps commanded by Micheletto Attendolo . The battle was depicted in three large paintings by the Italian Renaissance artist , Paolo Uccello : " The Battle of San Romano " . Today the three panels are separated and located in galleries in London , Paris , and Florence :
USS Dennis J . Buckley ( DE - 553 ) USS " Dennis J . Buckley " ( DE - 553 ) was a proposed World War II United States Navy " John C . Butler " - class destroyer escort that was never completed . Plans called for " Dennis J . Buckley " to be built at the Boston Navy Yard at Boston , Massachusetts . Her construction contract was cancelled on 10 June 1944 before she could be launched . The name " Dennis J . Buckley " was reassigned to the destroyer USS " Dennis J . Buckley " ( DD - 808 ) .
Tony Taylor ( GC ) George Anthony Morgan Taylor GC ( 30 October 1917 – 1972 ) , known as Tony Taylor , was awarded the George Cross for gallantry . His award was published in the " London Gazette " on 22 April 1952 . He was employed by the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources at the time as a Vulcanologist and received his award for his work in averting a volcanic danger from January to April 1951 at Mount Lamington in Papua . He was born in Moree , New South Wales and served with the Australian forces during World War II .
JDS Kongō ( DDG - 173 ) JDS " Kongō " ( DDG - 173 ) is a Kongō class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self - Defense Force ( JMSDF ) . " Kongō " is the third Japanese naval vessel named for Mount Kongō . She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki , Nagasaki on 8 May 1990 , launched on 26 September 1991 ; and commissioned on 25 March 1993 . Ballistic missile defense . In December 2007 , Japan conducted a successful test of the SM - 3 block IA against a ballistic missile aboard " Kongō " . This was the first time a Japanese ship was selected to launch the interceptor missile during a test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System . In previous tests they provided tracking and communications .
HMCS Provider ( AOR 508 ) HMCS " Provider " was a Canadian . She was the first dedicated Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ship commissioned for the Royal Canadian Navy in 1963 . She was built by Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Company Limited of Lauzon , Quebec . Originally assigned to the East coast , her open deck made her vulnerable and she was re - assigned to the West coast . The ship was decommissioned in 1998 and towed by the tug " Sirocco " to Turkey in 2002 for use as a barge , prior to being scrapped the following year .
Joseph Abbott ( Texas politician ) Joseph " Jo " Abbott ( January 15 , 1840 – February 11 , 1908 ) was a member of the Confederate States Army and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas . Biography . Abbott was born January 15 , 1840 in Morgan County , Alabama near Decatur and attended the public schools . He moved with his parents to Freestone County , Texas , in 1853 . During the American Civil War , he served as a first lieutenant in the Twelfth Regiment of the Texas Cavalry . He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1866 . He began his legal practice in Springfield , Limestone County , Texas . He later moved to Hillsboro , Texas where he continued his legal career . He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives in 1870 and 1871 . He was appointed a district judge in the Twenty - Eighth judicial district by Governor Oran M . Roberts . In 1880 , he was elected for a full four - year term for that position . In 1887 , he was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives , and served in that capacity through the end of Fifty - Fourth Congress in 1897 . Upon leaving Congress , he resumed his legal career in Hillsboro , Texas , where he died on February 11 , 1908 .