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HMAS Launceston ( J179 ) HMAS " Launceston " ( J179 / B246 / A120 ) , named for the city of Launceston , Tasmania , was one of 60 " Bathurst " class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built for the Admiralty but manned by personnel of and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) . Construction . " Launceston " was laid down by Evans Deakin & Co at Brisbane , Queensland on 23 December 1940 . She was launched on 30 June 1941 by the wife of William Forgan Smith , then Premier of Queensland , and was commissioned into the RAN on 9 April 1942 . Operational history . RAN service . After entering service , " Launceston " was initially assigned to convoy escort duties in Australian waters before sailing to Colombo in September 1942 to join the British Eastern Fleet . The corvette as used to escort convoys across the Indian Ocean . On 11 February 1944 , " Launceston " , sister ship HMAS " Ipswich " and the Indian sloop HMIS " Jumna " destroyed Japanese submarine " RO - 110 " . Convoy duties continued until September 1944 , when the corvette returned to Fremantle for refit . After refit , " Launceston " operated from Fremantle as an anti - submarine patrol ship until February 1945 , when she was sent to Manus Island to join the British Pacific Fleet . As part of the Pacific Fleet , the corvette was involved in the Battle of Okinawa . Following the end of World War II , " Launceston " was based in Hong Kong as a minesweeper and anty - piracy patrol ship , before returning to Australia in late 1945 . Official visits were made to cities in Tasmania , including the corvette ' s namesake city , before the corvette sailed to Sydney . The corvette received four battle honour s for her wartime service : " Pacific 1942 - 45 " , " Indian Ocean 1942 - 44 " , " East Indies 1944 " , and " Okinawa 1945 " . Turkish service . After the war ' s end , " Launceston " was marked for transfer to the Turkish Navy . The corvette was placed in reserve in mid - April 1946 , then was recommissioned into the Royal Navy on 21 May as HMS " Launceston " for the transfer . The corvette , along with sister ships " Pirie " and " Gawler " sailed for Colombo , where they were commissioned into the Turkish Navy . " Launceston " was initially named TCG " Ayancik " , but was later renamed TCG " Hamit Naci " . The ship was withdrawn from service in 1965 .
USS Meredith ( DD - 726 ) USS " Meredith " ( DD - 726 ) , an , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jonathan Meredith , a Marine sergeant who saved the life of Lieutenant John Trippe of " Vixen " , during the Barbary Wars . " Meredith " was laid down on 26 July 1943 by Bath Iron Works Corporation , Bath , Maine ; launched on 21 December 1943 , sponsored by Mrs . William Kepper ; and commissioned on 14 March 1944 , with Commander George Knuepfer in command . Service history . After shakedown off Bermuda , " Meredith " departed Boston on 8 May 1944 as an escort in a convoy , arriving Plymouth , England , on the 27th . Between 5 and 6 June , she served as escort to transports assembling for the Normandy invasion . On 6 June , " Meredith " gave gunfire support to the landing forces on Utah Beach . Early in the morning of the following day , while patrolling the offshore waters as a screening vessel , she struck a mine . Severely damaged , with a loss of seven killed and over 50 wounded and missing , " Meredith " was towed to an anchorage in the Baie de la Seine to be salvaged . However , on the morning of 9 June , her seams were further opened by an enemy bombing raid and shortly after she broke in two without warning and sank . rescued 163 survivors . On 5 August 1960 , the sunken hulk was sold to St . Française de Recherches of France . The hulk of the " Meredith " was raised and scrapped in September 1960 . Awards . " Meredith " received one battle star for World War II service .
Kris Sivara General Kris Sivara ( Thai : กฤษณ์ สีวะรา , , alternatively transcribed as " Srivara " ) ( March 27 , 1914 – April 28 , 1976 ) was a military officer of the Royal Thai Army , a member of the Thai Cabinet , and Deputy Commander - in - Chief of the Royal Thai Army during the violent crackdown on democracy protesters on 14 October 1973 . He was later promoted to Army Commander . During the Burma Campaign in World War II , Kris served as a company commander in a Phayap Army battalion under the command of Major Sarit Thanarat . Kris was appointed Deputy Minister of Education by Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn in his 1969 government . On 23 November 1970 , he was switched to be Deputy Minister of Defence ( Thanom was both Premier and Minister of Defence ) . The government fell in 17 November 1971 after Thanom led a coup that overthrew his own government and abrogated the 1968 constitution . Thanom appointed Kris Minister of Industry in his subsequent junta . Kris played a pivotal role in the 14 October democracy movement of 1973 . Kris served as Deputy Army Commander in the face of massive public demonstrations against the " Three Tyrants " : Colonel Narong Kittikachorn , Army Commander General Praphas Charusathien , and Prime Minister and Supreme Commander Thanom Kittikachorn . On the evening of 14 October , the police and army began shooting at demonstrators , killing at least 70 . Narong personally shot into the crowds from a helicopter . Thanom and Praphas resigned from their political roles , but continued to lead the military . They ordered more troops to confront the remaining demonstrators , but were blocked by Kris . Thanom and Narong then resigned from their military positions . The king then appointed Sanya Dhammasakdi as Premier . Kris was named defense minister in 1976 , but died suddenly a week later . However , Kris ' role in the events was countered by Narong in a 2003 book . Narong blamed Kris , among others , for the violence . The book was strongly criticised by former student leaders . The Army ' s Kris Sivara Camp in Sakon Nakhon province is named after him .
Butaritari Atoll Airport Butaritari Atoll Airport is an airport on Butaritari in the Pacific Ocean island nation of Kiribati . History . Butaritari Atoll Airport was built in Kiribati during World War II by the United States after seizing the island from the Japanese . Construction lasted approximately one month , from November 20 to mid - December , of 1943 . During the war , the airport was known as " Butaritari Airfield " , " Antakana Airfield " , or " Starmann Field " . The airfield was the base of operations for the United States Army Air Forces Seventh Air Force 41st Bombardment Group which flew four squadrons of B - 25 Mitchell medium bombers . Missions from the airfield were flown against Japanese shipping , bypassing islands in the Marshalls and Caroline Islands . In addition to the 41st , the 43d Fighter Squadron ( 15th Fighter Group ) flew P - 39 Airacobra s and the 531st Bomb Squadron ( 380th Bombardment Group ) flew A - 24 Dauntless light attack aircraft from the airfield in late 1943 and early 1944 . The Americans pulled out at the end of 1944 , abandoning the airfield . After the war , the airfield was turned into a commercial airport .
Joseph Sabine ( British Army officer ) General Joseph Sabine ( c . 1661 – 24 October 1739 ) was a British general and Member of Parliament . Military career . Sabine was commissioned into Ingoldsby ' s Regiment of Foot ( later the Royal Welch Fusiliers ) in 1689 . He transferred to Charles Herbert ' s Regiment in 1691 . In 1695 , during the Nine Years ' War , he fought at the Siege of Namur . He subsequently served in Flanders throughout the War of Spanish Succession , commanding his Regiment at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704 , at the Battle of Oudenarde in 1708 and then at the Siege of Lille later that year . He was given command of the Citadel at Ghent where he had to put down a mutiny in 1712 . Then in 1716 he commanded a Brigade sent to confront the Pretender ' s Army at Perth . Later that year he became Commander of the British Army throughout Scotland . In 1719 he was appointed Governor of Berwick and of Holy Island , He entered Parliament in 1727 as member for Berwick - upon - Tweed , representing that constituency until 1734 . He was promoted to General in 1730 , and was subsequently appointed Governor of Gibraltar ; he died there on 24 October 1739 . His portrait , engraved by Faber in 1742 , was painted by Godfrey Kneller in 1711 .
561st Fighter - Day Squadron The 561st Fighter - Day Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last was assigned to the 12th Fighter - Day Wing , Tactical Air Command , stationed at Bergstrom Air Force Base , Texas . It was inactivated on 8 January 1958 . History . Established in early 1941 as a coastal patrol light bomber squadron , assigned to the Northwest Air District ( later Second Air Force ) . Deployed to Louisiana to fly antisubmarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico after the Pearl Harbor Attack , equipped with B - 18 Bolos . Trained with B - 25 Mitchells in Louisiana under Third Air Force , then after several months in Louisiana , moved to Central California and received new B - 25s from North American , being trained as a medium bombardment squadron . Was deployed to Egypt in July 1942 , flying via the South Atlantic Transport Route , then across Central Africa to Eritrea , then north to Cairo arriving at RAF Deversoir in early August . Assigned to the new Ninth Air Force in November while engaging in tactical bombardment and strafing missions against enemy armor and troop concentrations ; also attacked enemy bases and columns in the rear area behind the lines in western Egypt and Libya . Moved west supporting the British Eighth Army ' s advance in the Western Desert Campaign into Tunisia . Was reassigned to Twelfth Air Force in Southern Italy in November 1943 , flying tactical bombardment missions supporting the United States Fifth Army ' s drive northwards during the Italian campaign . Reassigned to the China Burma India Theater ( CBI ) in February 1944 , moving via the Middle East to eastern India . Supported the British forces in Burma , attacking Japanese transport routes and troop concentrations . Began receiving A - 26 Invaders in the early summer of 1945 , replacing the B - 25s . Remained in the CBI until the Japanese Capitulation in August 1945 , being demobilized in India in the fall . Inactivated as a paper unit in the United States in January 1946 . Reactivated under Tactical Air Command in May 1947 as a light bomber squadron , but neither manned or equipped . Inactivated in September 1948 . Reactivated in November 1950 under Strategic Air Command as an F - 84G Thunderjet Fighter squadron , assigned to Turner AFB . Flew fighter - escort training missions with SAC B - 50 and B - 36 strategic bombers . The strategic fighter concept became redundant with the introduction of B - 47 and B - 52 jet bombers which could fly higher and faster than the first - generation F - 86 escort fighters , and was reassigned to Tactical Air Command in 1957 . TAC sent the Thunderjets to second - line Air National Guard and reserve squadrons , personnel reassigned to other units . Inactivated due to budget constraints in January 1958 .
Bipin Chandra Joshi General Bipin Chandra Joshi , PVSM , AVSM , ADC ( 1935 – November 19 , 1994 ) was the 17th Chief of Army Staff ( CoAS ) of the Indian Army . He was born in the Indian state of Uttarakhand . Many of his relatives still live there . Career . General Joshi also became Colonel of the Regiment ( a ceremonial military patron ' s post ) for the 64 Cavalry later in his career . Medals . General Joshi has been a recipient of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal ( PVSM ) and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ( AVSM ) for distinguished service of the most exceptional order . Death . General Joshi died of heart attack in New Delhi military hospital on November 19 , 1994 . He was due to retire in 1995 . He is the only General of Indian military who died while in service . It is said that he died under mysterious circumstances as Army officers do not die of Heart Attack . He was very popular among the soldier class of Indian Army . He had pragmatic views about the role of Army . It is also said that he opposed Mulayam Singh Yadav ' s instruction to open fire on civilian protest in Uttranchal for political gains . In His Memory . The Gen B . C . Joshi Army Public School was established . A sapling which was sown by Gen BC Joshi on 16th Oct 1993 , is now a sprawling campus of 23 acres with pollution free healthy environment . It has turned into a healthy plant and is growing well in the beautiful valley of the Pithoragarh hills . General BC Joshi Army Public School has been established under the aegis of Army Head Quarters , Adjutant General ' s Branch , to cater to the needs of children of defence personnel including ex - service men , and to some extent to those of civilians and Non - Resident Indians . The School aims at providing quality education in an environment that ensembles the contemporary values of science and technology with our rich traditions , ideals and cultural heritage . It also ensures a judicious mix of academic competencies , physical fitness , discipline and social awareness . It prepares children for All India Secondary School Examinations and All India Senior Secondary School Examinations conducted by CBSE , New Delhi
Yuriy Sadovenko Yuriy Eduardovich Sadovenko ( ) is a Russian Deputy Minister of Defence and recipient of Order of Military Merit and Medal of Suvorov . Biography . Sadovenko was born on September 11 , 1969 , in Zhytomyr , Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic . He graduated from Ryazan Higher Airborne Command School in 1990 and the same year began serving in the Russian Armed Forces where he was a participant in combat operations . Four years later he served at the Ministry of Emergency Situations where he used to rescue and provide humanitarian aid until 2002 , and from that year until 2007 . From 2002 to 2007 , he was an Assistant to the Minister in the same place . In 2007 , he became Head of the Office there , and from May to November 2012 became the Head of the Executive Office of the Moscow Oblast . On January 9 , 2013 , Sadovenko was appointed as a Head of the Office by Presidential Decree .
Finn Arnesson Finn Arnesson ( died c . 1065 ) was a Norwegian nobleman and advisor to both King Olaf II of Norway and King Harald III of Norway and later served King Sweyn II of Denmark . Finn Arnesson was the feudal lord ( " lendmann " ) of Austrått . Biography . Finn was one of the eight children , seven brothers and a sister , of Arne Arnmodsson , a Lendmann , and his wife Tora Torsteinsdatter ( daughter of Thorstein Gallows ) . Finn was married to King Harald ' s niece Bergljot Halvdansdottir , the daughter of Halvdan Sigurdsson ( " Halfdan Hadafylke " ) and sister of Sigurd Syr . The main source for Finn ' s life is Snorri Sturluson ' s " Heimskringla " . Finn and his brothers Kalv Arnesson , Arni Arnesson and all appear in the Sagas . Snorre rendered an episode where Finn acting energetically on the King Olaf ' s behalf to Thorir Hund , with the requirement that Tore provide remedy for the murder of Karle , one of the king ' s courtiers . Kalv governed Trøndelag under Olaf Haraldsson . In 1028 , Finn and his brother Arni and Torberg together with Rognvald Brusason went with Olaf Haraldsson into exile in Kievan Rus . They returned with him , fighting at the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030 , where Olaf was killed . Kalv Arnesson was one of the leaders of the opposing army . Under King Harald , Finn held the manor and lands of Austrått near Ørland in Trøndelag . In 1051 , his brother , Kalv , was killed in battle serving King Harald on the island of Funen . Finn believed King Harald had sent Kalv to his death on purpose and turned against the king . He left for Denmark to serve King Sweyn , who made him a jarl and appointed him to rule Halland . In 1062 , Finn fought in the ( " Slaget ved Niså " ) off the coast of Halland between King Sweyn and King Harald . King Harald was victorious and King Sweyn escaped . However Finn , who refused to flee , was captured . King Harald spared his life and set him free in Halland . Personal life . Finn ' s daughter Ingibiorg Finnsdottir married Thorfinn Sigurdsson , Earl of Orkney and Máel Coluim mac Donnchada , King of Scots . Another daughter , Sigrid Finnsdatter , married the earl Orm Eilivsson , daughter - son of Haakon Sigurdsson .
John Egbert Farnum John Egbert Farnum ( born in New Jersey , 1 April 1824 ; died in New York City , 16 May 1870 ) was a soldier in the United States Army during the Mexican - American War and the American Civil War . Biography . Farnum was educated in Pottsville , Pennsylvania . In his youth , Farnum was an Overland express rider . Farnum entered the army as sergeant - major of the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry in 1846 , and served through the Mexican War . Subsequently he joined the Lopez expedition to Cuba which left New Orleans in 1850 , and also took an active part in filibuster ' s Nicaraguan expeditions . Still later he was captain of the slave yacht “ Wanderer , ” and was indicted at Savannah , Georgia , for carrying on the slave trade . He is said to have regretted this episode in his life . At the beginning of the Civil War , he became major in the 70th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment , which was raised and commanded by General Sickles . He distinguished himself for gallantry in all the engagements in which Sickles ' s brigade took part , and was promoted colonel of his regiment . At the Battle of Williamsburg , 5 May 1862 , he was severely wounded , but recovered in time to take part in the battles of Fredericksburg , Chancellorsville , and Gettysburg . He was then compelled by his wounds to abandon active service , and accepted the colonelcy of the 11th regiment of the veteran reserve corps , which he retained until the close of the war . For his gallant and meritorious services , on February 21 , 1866 , President Andrew Johnson nominated Farnum for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from January 3 , 1866 and the U . S . Senate confirmed the appointment on April 10 , 1866 . Farnum was mustered out of the U . S . Volunteers on June 30 , 1866 . Later he was appointed inspector of customs in New York City , which office he held at the time of his death . Farnum died in New York City on May 16 , 1870 and was buried in Green - Wood Cemetery , Brooklyn , New York .
Bagh nakha The bagh nakha ( , , ) , also called bagh nakh , iron paw or tiger claws , is a claw - like weapon from India designed to fit over the knuckles or be concealed under and against the palm . It consists of four or five curved blades affixed to a crossbar or glove , and is designed to slash through skin and muscle . It is believed to have been inspired by the armature of big cats , and the term " bagh nakha " itself means tiger ' s claw in Hindi . After the Direct Action Day riots , the Bengali Hindu girls , in order to defend themselves , began to wear a kind of sharp weapon resembling bagh nakha while going to school . History . The bagh nakha was first developed in India , though there are conflicting reports of the time period in which they appeared . Poisoned bagh nakha had been used by the Rajput clans for assassinations . The first well - known usage of the weapon was by the first Maratha emperor Shivaji who used a bichawa bagh nakha to defeat the Bijapur general Afzal Khan . During the Mughal era , the bagh nakha was used by wrestlers in a form of fighting called " nakha ka kusti " or " claw wrestling " which persisted even under British colonial rule . M . Rousselete , who visited Baroda in 1864 , described " naki - ka - kausti " as one of the raja ' s favourite forms of entertainment . The weapons , fitted into a kind of handle , were fastened by thongs to the closed right hand . The men , drunk with " bhang " or Indian hemp , rushed upon each other and tore like tigers at face and body ; forehead - skins would hang like shreds ; necks and ribs were laid open , and not infrequently one or both would bleed to death . The ruler ' s excitement on these occasions often grew to such a pitch that he could scarcely restrain himself from imitating the movements of the duellists . Variant construction . Several variations of bagh nakha exist , including one in which the single crossbar is replaced by two plates hinged together ; with an additional loop and claw for the thumb . Earliest bagh nakha did not utilize loops for the fingers , rather round holes were punched through the central plate . Many bagh nakha also incorporated a spike or blade on one end of the crossbar . This form was known as a " bichawa bagh nakha " because the blade was based on that of the bichawa ( scorpion knife ) .
Charles Gratiot Charles Chouteau Gratiot ( August 29 , 1786 – May 18 , 1855 ) was born in St . Louis , Missouri . He was the son of Charles Gratiot , Sr . , a fur trader in the Illinois country during the American Revolution , and Victoire Chouteau , who was from an important mercantile family . His father became a wealthy merchant during the early years of St . Louis . After 1796 , Charles was raised in the large stone house purchased by his father in St . Louis , near the Mississippi River . Military career . President Thomas Jefferson personally appointed him ( and 3 other young Missouri men ) as a United States Military Academy cadet in July 1804 . The U . S . Military Academy at West Point , New York , was the first school of engineering in the United States and graduated its first class in 1802 . Gratiot was a member of the Class of 1806 , the fourth graduating class , and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers . He became a captain in 1808 and assisted Alexander Macomb in constructing fortifications in Charleston , South Carolina . He returned to his alma mater in 1810 to be commander of the Army garrison at West Point during 1810 - 1811 . As General William Henry Harrison ' s Chief Engineer in the War of 1812 , he distinguished himself by planning and building Fort Meigs in 1813 . He also rebuilt Fort St . Joseph , later renamed Fort Gratiot in his honor . In 1814 he took part in the attack of the Battle of Mackinac Island . He received the Thanks of Congress for his efforts during the war . He served as Chief Engineer , 1817 – 1818 , in Michigan Territory followed by assignment as the superintending engineer , 1819 – 1828 , for the construction of defenses at Hampton Roads , Virginia . Chief of Engineers . On May 24 , 1828 , Gratiot was appointed colonel of engineers , brevet brigadier general , and Chief Engineer . For ten years he administered an expanding program of river , harbor , road , and fortification construction . He also engaged in a lengthy dispute with War Department officials over benefits , and in 1838 President Martin Van Buren dismissed him for failing to repay government funds that had been entrusted to him . He assigned Robert E . Lee to do engineering in the Mississippi River at St . Louis , Missouri . Late life . Gratiot became a clerk in the General Land Office from 1840 – 1855 and died in St . Louis . Gratiot became a party to lengthy litigation against the United States government , which was appealed twice to the U . S . Supreme Court .