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William Phillips ( British Army officer ) William Phillips ( 1731 – May 13 , 1781 ) was a renowned artilleryman and general officer in the British Army who served as a major - general in the American War of Independence . Early career . Phillips entered the academy at Woolwich and eventually joined the Royal Artillery . His service at the Battle of Minden led to a reputation as an excellent officer . By the outbreak of the American War of Independence he had risen to the rank of colonel in the British Army . He served as the Commander of Artillery at Woolwich and Lieutenant Governor of Windsor Castle , and was eventually elected as MP for Boroughbridge . American War of Independence . Phillips was promoted to the rank of Major - General and sent to Quebec in 1776 , along with his friend General Henry Clinton and General John Burgoyne , to be the commander of all artillery in the province . Governor Sir Guy Carleton put him in charge of the shipyard at St . John ' s where , along with Captain Sir Charles Douglas , he supervised the building of the small fleet of ships that fought the Americans under Benedict Arnold at the Battle of Valcour Island . He later took part in the recapture of Fort Ticonderoga , where he stated , " Where a goat can go , a man can go . And where a man can go , he can drag a gun . " As part of Burgoyne ' s army , he was captured at Saratoga in 1777 . He is depicted in the painting of the " Surrender of General Burgoyne " by John Trumbull . He was then a part of the Convention Army until he was exchanged for American General Benjamin Lincoln in 1780 . While a prisoner in Virginia , he was one of the British officers who was entertained at the home of Thomas Jefferson . After the exchange he was able to fight once again , and was sent by Clinton from New York to meet up with Brigadier General Benedict Arnold ( who was now on the British side ) in Virginia . While on his way to link up with General Cornwallis , he contracted either typhus or malaria , and became so ill that Arnold had to lead his men . He died on May 13 , 1781 at Petersburg , Virginia , five months before Yorktown , and is buried there near Blandford Church . As he lay gravely ill , in the home belonging to the Bolling family known as Bollingbrook , British forces in Petersburg were being shelled by the Marquis de Lafayette ' s cannons positioned in the heights north of the river , today known as Colonial Heights , Virginia . His final words — uttered after a shell struck the home and killed an African - American servant named Molly — are reputed to have been " Won ' t that boy let me die in peace ? " He and Molly were said to have been buried together , to prevent identification . Thomas Jefferson described him as " the proudest man of the proudest nation on earth " .
USS Pepperwood ( AN - 36 ) USS " Pepperwood " ( YN - 31 / AN - 36 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . She was originally ordered and laid down as USS " Walnut " ( YN - 31 ) but renamed before her August 1941 launch . She was later transferred to the French Navy as " Tarentule " ( A729 ) . She was stricken from the French Navy in April 1972 , but her fate beyond that is unreported in secondary source s . Career . " Pepperwood " ( YN – 31 ) was laid down 25 October 1940 by John H . Mathis & Company , Camden , New Jersey ; placed in service at Camden 8 June 1942 ; sponsored by Mrs . It . E . McShane ; and commissioned at Norfolk , Virginia , 15 December 1942 , Lt . Charles E . Hall in command . " Pepperwood " reported for duty to Commander , U . S . Atlantic Fleet . She departed Norfolk 28 December 1942 for Morehead City , North Carolina , her station from 1 January to 28 February 1943 , when reassigned to Norfolk . From Norfolk she went via Bermuda and Gibraltar to Oran , Algeria where she arrived 24 April 1943 . She placed and serviced anti - submarine nets at Oran and Algiers from 24 April to 31 December 1943 . She was reclassified " AN – 36 " on 20 January 1944 . Transferred to the French Navy under Lend Lease 15 December 1944 , she was sold to France 21 March 1949 . She was struck from the Naval Register 28 April 1949 . She served in the French Navy as " Tarentule " ( A – 729 ) until she was struck by the French on 14 April 1972 . " Pepperwood " received one battle star for World War II service .
Lars Myraune Lars Myraune ( born 5 August 1944 in Frosta ) is a Norwegian military leader and politician for the Conservative Party . He was the mayor of Frosta 2003 – 2009 , and was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Nord - Trøndelag in 2009 . Before becoming mayor he was ranked as a Major General in the Royal Norwegian Air Force and NATO , where he was stationed both abroad and in Norway . Myraune is Norway ' s eldest MP ( with a regular seat ) in the current term , and is also the Conservative Party ' s first MP from Nord - Trøndelag since 1993 . He sits in the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications , and is the Conservative Party ' s spokesperson on information technology and aviation . Myraune looks at rebuilding local government and more living local communities as his most important cases .
John Fremantle , 5th Baron Cottesloe Commander John Tapling Fremantle , 5th Baron Cottesloe , 5th Baron Fremantle , DL JP RN ( born 22 January 1927 ) is a Baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom and an Austrian nobleman . The son of John Walgrave Halford Fremantle , 4th Baron Cottesloe ( 1900 – 1994 ) , he was educated at Summer Fields School and Eton College . He followed the family tradition set by his ancestor Admiral Thomas Fremantle and joined the Royal Navy in 1945 . He commanded H . M . S . " Palliser " between 1959 and 1961 , retiring from the Navy in 1966 with the rank of Commander . He was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1969 . He inherited on the death of his father in 1994 the British peerage title Baron Cottesloe . He also inherited the Austrian noble title " Baron Fremantle " , which is an authorized title in the United Kingdom by Warrant of 27 April 1932 . He was Lord - Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire between 1984 and 1997 . A Justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire since 1984 , he resides at Swanbourne , where he is commonly referred to as ' The Commander ' . Marriage and children . He married Elizabeth Ann Barker , daughter of Lt . - Colonel Henry Shelly Barker , on 26 April 1958 . They had two daughters and one son : He is the father - in - law of Iain Duncan Smith , who is married to his daughter , Elizabeth " Betsy " Fremantle , and they have four children , who are being raised in their father ' s Roman Catholic faith . External links . < br > of the Austrian Empire
Harry Lassetter Brigadier - General Henry Beauchamp " Harry " Lassetter CB , CMG ( 19 March 1860 – 17 February 1926 ) was an Australian military officer . Early life . Lassetter , the son of Frederic Lassetter , a prominent merchant , was born at Edgecliff , a suburb of Sydney . He attended Cheltenham College , Eton and Sandhurst Military Academy . Military career . In 1880 Lassetter was a second lieutenant in the 38th Regiment , becoming lieutenant in the 80th Regiment in 1881 . He was involved in an expedition to the Nile in 1884 and was promoted captain in 1887 and major in 1888 , when he trained the Mounted Rifle Brigade . Lassetter was promoted to lieutenant - colonel in 1895 , and led the Australian detachment at Queen Victoria ' s Diamond Jubilee . He later commanded the New South Wales Mounted Rifles in the Boer War ( 1901 – 02 ) . During the war , he was mentioned in despatches and created Companion of the Order of the Bath . In 1911 he became managing director of his father ' s firm , but he remained primarily involved in the military and took command of a territorial brigade in England in 1915 , where he was promoted brigadier - general and created Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George ( 1917 ) . Later life . In 1924 Lassetter returned to Sydney where he died two years later . He was survived by his wife , Elizabeth , whom he had married in 1891 , and a son .
Musée de l ' Ordre de la Libération The Musée de l ' Ordre de la Libération is a military museum located in the 7th arrondissement at 51 bis boulevard de La Tour - Maubourg , Paris , France . It is open daily except Sunday ; admission is free . The museum is dedicated to the Ordre de la Libération , France ' s second national order after the Légion d ' honneur , which was created in 1940 by General Charles de Gaulle , leader of the Free French Forces . In 1967 de Gaulle moved the Order of the Liberation into Les Invalides . The museum contains three galleries and six rooms ( total 1 , 000 m² ) documenting the history of the Free French Forces , de Gaulle ' s manuscripts , resistance activities , and the concentration camps . Showcases contain more than 4 , 000 objects including uniforms , weapons , clandestine press and leaflets , transmitters , flags taken to the enemy on the battlefields of Africa and Europe , the first naval flags of Free France , and relics from the camps . The hall of honor is dedicated to General de Gaulle .
Wilhelm Wegner Wilhelm Wegner ( 21 September 1914 – 10 March 1989 ) was a highly decorated Leutnant 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 .
Convoy HX 65 Convoy HX 65 was the 65th of the numbered series of World War II HX convoys of merchant ships from HalifaX to Liverpool . The convoy departed Halifax on 12 August 1940 ; and was attacked on 25 August by U - boat s of 1st , 2nd and 7th U - boat Flotillas , operating out of Kiel and Wilhelmshaven . Six ships were sunk by the U - boats , and two more were sunk by four Heinkel He 115 and eight Junkers Ju 88 bombers of " Küstenfliegergruppe " 506 based at Stavanger Airport , Sola .
British East Africa 1897 – 99 British East Africa 1897 – 99 is a Battle Honour awarded to 27th Regiment ( 1st Baluch Battalion ) of Bombay ( Light ) Infantry ; an infantry battalion of the British Indian Army , which participated in the 1897 expedition to British East Africa to suppress a rebellion . Expedition to British East Africa 1897 – 99 . In the late 19th century , the British took over control of area now forming Kenya and Uganda and declared it as the British East Africa Protectorate . However , despite harsh measures , they faced stiff resistance from the local princes and chiefs . In 1897 , the situation took a serious turn in areas now forming Uganda , when the Sudanese troops of the local militia mutinied and killed their British officers . In December 1897 , the 27th Regiment ( 1st Baluch Battalion ) of Bombay ( Light ) Infantry ( now 10th Battalion The Baloch Regiment of Pakistan Army ) under Lieutenant Colonel WA Broome was despatched to East Africa to quell the rebellion . After a tough anti - insurgency operation lasting for a year , the situation was brought under control by January 1899 , and the battalion returned to Karachi in May . During the campaign , the battalion suffered 56 casualties . For its services in the campaign , the Baluch battalion was awarded the Battle Honour of ‘ British East Africa 1897 – 99 ’ in 1901 . The Battle Honour is unique to this unit . In 1922 , when the Regimental Group System was adopted by the British Indian Army , the battalion was redesignated as the 3rd Battalion ( Queen Mary ' s Own ) 10th Baluch Regiment , and the Battle Honour was extended to all the battalions of 10th Baluch Regiment .
Ōuchi Masahiro In 1473 , both Yamana and Hosokawa died , but Ōuchi refused to lay down his arms until the Shogunal succession was decided ; he even refused a direct order from the Shogun himself . Finally in 1475 , after most other " daimyo " had submitted to the Shogun ' s rule , Ōuchi did the same , and returned to his home in Kyoto . There , he destroyed his own home , and possibly the Shogun ' s Nijō Palace as well , blaming it on " ashigaru " in his diary . Ōuchi then left the city , establishing himself in his family ' s ancestral domains of Yamaguchi and seeking to recreate the depth of Kyoto culture there . He decorated his castle lavishly with artwork imported from China and Korea , as well as Japanese art . He also invited a number of famous artists to his home , including Sesshū , who painted the Long Scroll ( Chōkan ) for him in 1486 .
20th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 20th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 20th Iowa Infantry was organized at Clinton , Iowa and mustered in for three years of Federal service on August 25 , 1862 . The 20th Infantry moved to St . Louis , Mo . , September 5 ; thence to Springfield , Mo . , arriving September 24 . They were attached to the following units over the course of their service : The 20th took part in the following movements , actions , and engagements : The regiment was mustered out on July 8 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . The 20th Iowa mustered 1026 men at one time or another during its existence . It suffered 1 officer and 13 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 2 officers and 157 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 173 fatalities . 52 were wounded .
Gerhard Stüdemann Gerhard " Stutz " Stüdemann ( 19 June 1920 – 6 December 1998 ) was a highly decorated Hauptmann in the Luftwaffe during World War II , and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Gerhard Stüdemann is credited with destroying 117 tanks in 996 missions .
Edward N . Whittier Edward Newton Whittier ( July 1 , 1840 – June 14 , 1902 ) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War . He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Battle of Fisher ' s Hill near Strasburg , Virginia fought September 21 – 22 , 1864 . The battle was one of the engagements of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 . Medal of Honor citation . “ The President of the United States of America , in the name of Congress , takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant ( Field Artillery ) Edward Newton Whittier , United States Army , for extraordinary heroism on 22 September 1864 , while serving with Battery 5 , Maine Light Artillery , in action at Fisher ' s Hill , Virginia . While acting as assistant adjutant general , Artillery Brigade , 6th Army Corps , First Lieutenant Whittier went over the enemy ' s works , mounted , with the assaulting column , to gain quicker possession of the guns and to turn them upon the enemy . ” Whittier was later promoted to the rank of captain .
Roger A . Powell Major General Roger Anthony Powell AM is a retired senior officer of the Australian Army . His last post was to serve as Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in East Timor . Prior to that position he served Commander of Training Command - Army , and as Director General of Land Development for the Australian Defense Headquarters . In addition , Powell served as Commander of the 6th Brigade from 1993 – 1996 .
Battle of Thyatira The Battle of Thyatira was fought in 366 at Thyatira , Phrygia ( modern Turkey ) , between the army of the Roman Emperor Valens and the army of the usurper Procopius , led by his general Gomoarius . The defeat of Gomoarius decreased the hopes of Procopius , so that , when Valens reached Procopius and his troops at Nacoleia , the troops of the usurper deserted their commander , and Procopius was imprisoned and killed by Valens .
José Maria da Ponte e Horta José Maria da Ponte e Horta ( born 1824 , Faro – d . 1892 ) was a Portuguese noble who served as a colonial administrator and soldier in the Portuguese Empire . He is best known for his roles as the two time Governor of Angola and the Governor of Macau and Governor of Mozambique . Biography . José Maria da Ponte e Horta was born to a Portuguese noble family in 1824 . Ponte e Horta joined the Portuguese military and later went on to serve as a professor at the Escola Politécnica de Lisboa and was named Par do Reino , one of the highest honors of Portuguese society . On 26 October 1866 , Ponte e Horta became the Portuguese Governor of Macau , a position which he held for two years until 3 August 1868 . In 1870 , he again held a top colonial office , being named the Governor of Angola which was at the time , a Portuguese colony . He remained Governor of Portuguese Angola until 1873 . Many sources state that Ponte e Horta also held the post of Governor of Cabo Verde , however he does not appear other records as having held that position . Death . José Maria da Ponte e Horta died in 1892 .
Battle of Đồng Hới The Battle of Đồng Hới was a clash between United States Navy warships and three North Vietnam ese air force MiG - 17F fighter bomber s , several torpedo boat s and shore batteries on April 19 , 1972 during the Vietnam War . This was the first time US warships faced an air raid since the end of World War II . The Battle for Đồng Hới Gulf in fact involved fierce fire fights between Navy ships attempting to stop North Vietnamese troops and supplies transiting the coast highway in North Vietnam from reaching the battle front in Quảng Trị Province . The air raid described here marked the end of daylight raids by the Navy . Within a few weeks , however , all North Vietnamese resistance at Đồng Hới was suppressed . Battle . The U . S . warships involved were the 7th Fleet flagship , guided missile cruiser , the guided missile frigate , and destroyers and . The American warships were shelling North Vietnamese coastal targets around Đồng Hới , Quảng Bình Province , North Central Coast region when attacked by North Vietnamese aircraft . This was the first MiG attack on U . S . naval forces in the Gulf of Tonkin . The battle site is in the Gulf of Tonkin , near the DMZ along the 17th parallel , the provisional borderline of the Republic of Vietnam and Democratic Republic of Vietnam . One of the MiG - 17F ' s , flown by NVAF pilot Le Xuan Di , scored a direct hit on " Higbee " with a BETAB - 250 ( 250 kg / 551 lb ) bomb , after failing to hit his target twice on two previous attack runs . The MiG was then shot down by a " Terrier " surface - to - air missile fired from " Sterrett " . The explosion destroyed " Higbee " ' s aft 5 - inch gun mount and wounded sailors , according to DesRonNine staff present at the battle , in the gun mount ' s upper handling room . The gun mount itself was empty , the 12 man crew having been evacuated following a " hang fire " ( a round stuck in one of the barrels ) . " Oklahoma City " received minor damage from shrapnel resulting from shore fire . Two of several North Vietnamese torpedo boats were sunk by gunfire when they engaged the U . S . ships as they escorted the " Higbee " from the area . However , the North Vietnamese claimed that all of their aircraft had returned safely to base after the sortie , and that the North Vietnamese navy had not involved in any engagement until August 27 . Aftermath . After their bombing run , the North Vietnamese pilots retreated back to their air base . If there were any remaining torpedo boats , they withdrew as well . The U . S . warships would engage several more MiG - 17s over the next few days , shooting down at least three more enemy aircraft , they also continued shelling North Vietnamese ground targets and rescuing downed aviators .
214th Coastal Division ( Italy ) The 214th Coastal Division was an infantry division of the Italian Army during World War II . The division was located in the Taranto coastal region of Italy . Coastal divisions , were second line divisions , usually formed from men in their forties and fifties intended to perform labouring and second lined duties . Recruited locally they were often commanded by officers called out of retirement . Their equipment was also second rate . The Prime Minister of Italy , Benito Mussolini had hoped to obtain large quantities of arms and equipment from the disbanded Vichy French army , but this had often been sabotaged of arrived with no ammunition .
Walter Harold Mosley Walter Harold Mosley , born in Waco , Texas , 17 January 1916 . Navy career . " Mosley " enlisted in the Navy 12 February 1940 . Appointed an aviation cadet 21 June 1940 , he completed flight training at Pensacola , Florida , and was commissioned ensign 11 March 1941 . Assigned to Patrol Squadron 22 , he was based at Ford Field during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December . In January 1942 he flew with his squadron to Darwin , Australia , to support the Allied attempt to halt the Japanese advance through Southeast Asia . Based on USS William B . Preston ( AVD - 7 ) , " Mosley " flew patrols north of Australia into the Java Sea and surrounding waters plotting the movements of the Japanese . As copilot of a PBY - 5 , he departed for a patrol south of Amboina , Moluccas , 19 February . With Lt . Thomas H . Moorer ( later admiral and Chief of Naval Operations ) as pilot , the patrol plane spotted a merchant ship off Melville Island , Australia , and turned to investigate . About 0920 , nine Japanese fighters , part of a 70 plane force en route to bomb Darwin , Australia , jumped the PBY . Soon the plane was in flames , its port engine out and fuel streaming along the fuselage . Despite the attacking fighters , Lieutenant Moorer and " Ensign Mosley " skillfully landed the plane . In Lieutenant Moorer ’ s words , " Mosley " assisted by handling the throttle “ although dazed and bleeding profusely from a wound in the head . ” SS Florence D . , an American merchant ship carrying ammunition to the Philippines , rescued the crew . Later that day , Japanese carrier planes attacked the unarmed ship with 500 pound bombs . Survivors , including " Mosley " , made Bathurst Island in two lifeboats about midnight , and a RAAF patrol plane spotted them on the 21st . The next morning , HMAS Warrnambool ( J202 ) , an Australian subchaser , rescued them and carried them to Darwin 23 February . Early in March " Mosley " returned to the United States where he joined VP 44 for operations out of Pearl Harbor . Late in May he flew search patrols out of Midway Island in anticipation of an enemy attack . During the first air attack against the island 4 June Mosley was serving as copilot in 44 - P - 12 . His patrolling PBY - 5A was attacked by two Japanese seaplanes , and the bomber was shot down in flames . Awarded the Silver Star . " Ensign Mosley " was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for “ extremely gallant and intrepid conduct ” during the air action 19 February 1942 . Namesake . Mosley ( DE - 321 ) was named in his honor . The ship was laid down by Consolidated Steel Corp . , Orange , Texas , 6 April 1943 ; launched 26 June 1943 ; by Mrs . A . G . Mosley ; and commissioned at Orange 30 October 1943 , Lt . Comdr . James A . Alger , Jr . , USCG , in command .