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USS Aaron V . Brown ( 1861 ) USS " Aaron V . Brown " ( 1861 ) was a revenue cutter in the service of the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was named for United States Postmaster General Aaron V . Brown . Pre - Civil War service . Prior to the Civil War , " Brown " , whose records have for the most part been lost , operated on the Great Lakes from her base at Milwaukee , Wisconsin . As the national crisis deepened after Abraham Lincoln was elected President , " Brown " was transferred to the Atlantic and , in company with four other cutters , arrived at Boston late in December 1861 . Civil War service . Following a brief assignment at Salem , Massachusetts , she was repaired , provisioned for a deployment in Southern waters , and sailed for the sounds of North Carolina . Commanded by Captain John Mason , Jr . , USRCS , she served in the shoals of those dangerous and bitterly contested waters until May 1864 , when she proceeded to New York harbor to be sold .
Battle of Buckland Mills The Battle of Buckland Mills , also known as The Buckland Races or Chestnut Hill , was fought on October 19 , 1863 , between Union and Confederate forces in the American Civil War . Union cavalry led by Brig . Gen . Judson Kilpatrick were caught in a Confederate ambush and defeated . Near Buckland Mills , on Broad Run , Confederate cavalry commander Maj . Gen . J . E . B . Stuart , with Maj . Gen . Wade Hampton ' s cavalry division , were covering Gen . Robert E . Lee ' s retirement from his defeat at Bristoe to the Rappahannock River . On October 19 , they turned on Kilpatrick ' s pursuing Federal cavalry , while Maj . Gen . Fitzhugh Lee ' s division charged the Federal flank . Kilpatrick was routed , fleeing five miles to Haymarket and Gainesville . The Confederates derisively called the affair " The Buckland Races " , although some Confederate commanders likened it to a fox hunt .
Smith & Wesson Model 1940 Light Rifle The Model 1940 Light Rifle was a military semi - automatic carbine designed for Great Britain in preparation for World War II . The design was not considered suitable for full scale production . Most trials rifles sent to Great Britain were destroyed at the end of World War II . Description . The Model 1940 Light Rifle was assembled from a Tenonite buttstock and milled steel parts with blued finish . The short barrel was fluted with twelve lateral indentations . A forward grip extending downward from the receiver served as a downward ejection port for spent cartridges and housed a detachable magazine with capacity for 20 cartridges . Although the ejection port design avoided flinging spent cartridges about , it proved difficult to clear when jammed cartridges caused malfunctions . Use of machined parts made the weapon heavy and expensive to manufacture . History . In early 1939 the British government asked Smith & Wesson to design a light rifle firing the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge for military use . The British government advanced one million dollars toward production of the design following receipt of prototypes assembled in accordance with a patent application filed on 28 June 1939 . Testing at the Royal Small Arms Factory revealed the rifle had been designed for cartridges as loaded by United States civilian cartridge companies , and the higher pressure United Kingdom military loads caused broken receivers after as few as 1 , 000 rounds . The British government required redesign so rifles would withstand firing 5 , 000 rounds without failure . The receiver was strengthened with an external sleeve to meet that requirement . Rifles with the strengthened receiver were designated " Mark II " and rifles with original receivers were subsequently referred to as " Mark I " . The British government cancelled the production contract after receiving 60 prototypes and 950 rifles . Approximately 750 were " Mark I " rifles , and about 200 were the stronger " Mark II " design . The rifles were not issued to the armed forces ; and most were cut in half and dumped at sea when the second world war ended . Five were saved for display in museums including the Tower of London . Smith & Wesson continued production with serial numbers as high as 2200 and the rifle was tested by the United States Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground . The Army rejected the design because the rifle was chambered for what was then a non - standard cartridge for the United States military . There was some discussion about redesign to permit full - automatic fire ; but production was halted after a total of 1 , 227 rifles mad been manufactured . The short - barreled weapons were considered unsuitable for sale to civilians under the National Firearms Act , so an inventory of 217 remained at the Smith & Wesson factory until a dealer negotiated Curio and Relic Firearms status with the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives in 1975 . Firearms collectors subsequently purchased 137 " Mark I " and 80 " Mark II " rifles .
USS Nyanza ( 1863 ) USS " Nyanza " ( 1863 ) was a large steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was assigned by the Union Navy to gunship duty in the waterways of the rebellious Confederate States of America . Construction . " Nyanza " , a wooden side wheel steamer built at Belle Vernon , Pennsylvania , in 1863 , was purchased by the Navy at Cincinnati , Ohio , 4 November 1863 ; and commissioned at Mound City , Illinois , Acting Lt . Samuel B . Washburn in command 21 December 1863 . Mississippi river . During the Civil War , " Nyanza " patrolled the Mississippi River and its tributaries protecting Union lines of communication and supply on the great inland waterway and preventing Confederate activity . She captured schooner " J . W . Wilder " in the Atchafalaya River , Louisiana , 15 March 1864 ; and took schooner " Mandoline " , in Atchafalaya Bay , Louisiana , 13 April . Post - war . After hostilities ceased , " Nyanza " decommissioned at New Orleans , Louisiana on 21 July 1865 and was sold at public auction to Owen Finnegan 12 August 1865 . Redocumented 26 August 1865 , the side wheeler remained in merchant service until 1873 .
Davidson Automobile Battery armored car The Davidson Automobile Battery armored car was a further development of the Davidson - Duryea gun carriage , but with steam power . It was built by Royal Page Davidson and the cadets of the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy in Highland Park , Illinois . Davidson designed this vehicle in 1901 . He and his students at the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy built two of these partially armored military vehicles . They were armed with Colt . 30 caliber machine guns . The vehicles were powered by a tubular steam boiler . They had difficulty in going up hills because of changes of the water level in the boiler . Davidson made these lightly armored military vehicles of one thousand pounds at the Academy campus in Highland Park , Illinois . These two partially armored military vehicles were labeled No . 1 and No . 2 . Presently No . 2 is at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry . The Peoria Rubber and Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Company in Peoria , Illinois manufactured Davidson ' s armored military vehicles . They built them from the patent specifications of Charles Duryea of the Duryea Motor Wagon Company . The Automobile Battery armored vehicle front steam boiler is connected to a six horsepower Duryea Motor Wagon Company three - cylinder steam engine . The front bulletproof shield to protect the driver was detachable . There was a vertical opening in the metal shield surrounding the machine gun . The machine guns on the vehicles could fire 480 shots a minute , rotate 180 degrees , and had a firing range of 2000 yards . The Davidson Automobile Battery armored vehicle ’ s fuel tank and engine were covered with armor and a metal bulletproof removable shield added to the front to protect the passengers . Davidson had his cadet s add the Colt automatic machine gun as part of the School ' s Manual Training Department ' s program . The military vehicle was intended to be a scout car . These prototypes that Davidson with his cadets manufactured were never produced commercially , however they would become the armored car as we know it today as well as the armored tank used in modern warfare . It is the forerunner of today ' s anti - aircraft gun carriers . The curved front body section had a Colt machine gun mounted on top for the front passenger to use , while the driver drove the military vehicle . There was cargo space available underneath the carriage of the armored vehicle . The Davidson Automobile Battery partially armored vehicle was further developed to the first fully armored vehicle in the U . S .
Charles Mynn Thruston ( colonel ) Charles Mynn Thruston ( 1738 – 1812 ) was a Virginian who led a regiment in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War . Before the war , he was an influential leader from the Shenandoah Valley . He raised a company of infantry at the start of the conflict and later commanded an " ad hoc " battalion . He was wounded at Trenton in December 1776 . George Washington asked him to recruit Thruston ' s Additional Continental Regiment in March 1777 . At around the same time , Thruston was wounded and had his arm amputated . His regiment never achieved full strength and was absorbed by Gist ' s Additional Continental Regiment two years later . After the war , Thruston became an Episcopal clergyman , a judge in Frederick County , Virginia , and a pro - slavery politician . He died in Louisiana in 1812 . Thruston was the father of U . S . Senator Buckner Thruston and the grandfather of U . S . Brigadier General Charles Mynn Thruston .
Coast Guard Station Woods Hole United States Coast Guard Station Woods Hole is a United States Coast Guard station located in Woods Hole , Massachusetts . The station is home to Sector Southeast New England . List of Vessels . Station Woods Hole serves as home port for the following :
P31 Patrol Boat Patrol boat " P31 " was a Kondor I Class former Minesweeper and Patrol Boat that was scuttled as a dive site in 2009 off the west coast of Comino , Malta . It was built by Peenewerft shipyard to patrol the river banks between the East and West Germany and then was also used as a minesweeper for the East German Navy under the name " Pasewalk " . It was purchased by Malta in 1992 along with its sister ships P29 ( formerly " Boltenhagen " ) and P30 ( formerly " Ueckermuende " ) , and was used to secure the Maltese coast against smuggling and border control operations . Most notably was the rescue of 251 illegal immigrants from their 20 metre boat which was sinking 44 miles to the south of Malta in over force 6 winds . P31 was decommissioned in 2004 and bought by the Malta Tourism Authority . It was sunk as an attraction for divers on 25 August 2009 at a depth of 18 metres to serve as a diving site .
Lian Po Lian Po ( ) ( ? - ? ) was a prominent military General of Zhao during the Warring States period of China . Bai Qi , Wang Jian , Li Mu and he were commonly known as the Four Greatest Generals in Warring States . In Lian Po ' s early years , he had victories in the wars against Qi and Wei . Lin Xiangru , a minister of Zhao , was disliked by Lian Po , because of his rapid rise to power and genius . But Lin Xiangru , in several famous incidents , took great steps to avoid Lian Po ; in one case he even turned from Lian Po ' s carriage rather than block the great general ' s route . Eventually , all this began to cause shame and embarrassment to Lian Po , and he carried sharp brambles on his shoulder without clothing and asked Lin Xiangru to forgive him . Afterwards , they became good friends . During the Battle of Changping , he became the commander of Zhao . Deciding not to risk his forces by engaging in open battle with the Qin , under their brilliant general Bai Qi , Lian Po instead built a series of forts along the Changping area , successfully stopping the invasion of Qin . However , King Xiaocheng of Zhao ( 趙孝成王 ) , under the persuasion of many courtiers ( most of whom were bribed heavily by Qin spies ) became dissatisfied with Lian Po ' s strategy , and decided to replace him with Zhao Kuo ( 趙括 ) . Being the son of another famous Zhao general , Zhao She , Zhao Kuo discarded Lian Po ' s cautious , defensive strategy and attacked with full strength . As a consequence , he was defeated , and Zhao never returned to prominence . After the Battle of Changping , Lian Po became the commander of Zhao army again to stop the invasion of Yan . He defeated Yan army , but in his late years , he was distrusted by the King of Zhao . Therefore he decided to escape to Wei , and then Chu . He died in Shouchun , the capital of the Chu state , living long enough to see the gradual demise of the country he once served .
ACMAT ACMAT ( " Ateliers de Construction Mécanique de L ' Atlantique " , also known as ALM - ACMAT ) , ( since 22 May 2006 , ACMAT is a wholly owned subsidiary of Renault Trucks . ) is a French producer of cross - country and tactical military vehicles since 1958 . Known for their reliability , simplicity , ruggedness and their 80 % ( over 3 , 500 ) commonality of parts across the entire product line , these vehicles were originally targeted at African and Asian countries who could not afford more expensive vehicles . The ACMAT company built their vehicles based on standardisation , commonality of parts and components , and on interchangeability ; parts are interchangeable with vehicles built 30 years ago . Parts commonality includes cabs , structural components , engines and drive trains . ACMAT uses many of the same parts for all of its line of vehicles . They even produce an armoured variant of both the 4x4 and 6x6 versions of the VLRA . Many French fire brigade s also use ACMAT vehicles due to their lower cost and 4WD ability . Several thousand are in use by 42 countries including France and the Irish Defence Forces . ACMAT also designs , manufactures and builds trailers , shelters and generators . ACMAT has exported over 85 percent of the 12 , 000 plus vehicles it produced into 50 different countries . Vehicles . ALTV . Airtransportable Véhicule Tactique Léger , A new pickup truck from ACMAT . Comes in a single or crew cab . VLRA . VLRA , ( Véhicules de liaison , de reconnaissance et d ' appui ) - for reconnaissance , escort and support variant . Available in 4x4 and 6x6 versions . 4x4 Versions . Available in several sizes : VLRB . VLRB ( Véhicule de Liaison et de Reconnaissance Blindé ) - The TCM 420 BL 6 is powered by a four cylinder Cummins turbo - diesel Euro 3 which has at 2 , 500 rpm . It has a five speed automatic transmission and a two speed transfer case . One can be carried in a C - 160 Transall and two can be carried in a C - 130 Hercules . The armoured version can be armed with a 12 . 7 mm heavy machine gun , or a 20 mm or 30 mm automatic cannon . VLA . The VLA ( Véhicules logistiques de l ' avant ) is a cab - over design , available in 4x4 , 6x6 , 8x8 , with a carrying capacity of 4 , 000 kg to 8 , 000 kg . It is primarily designed to carry pallet s . As of 2010 the VLA is no longer offered by ACMAT . Variants . ACMAT offers over 70 variants including the following : command car , commando vehicle , police vehicles , personnel carriers , cargo carriers , ambulances , mortar carrier , weapons carriers , communications vehicles , cross country bus , wireless vehicle , workshops vehicles , vehicles with cranes , fire fighting vehicles , fluid carriers ( water and / or petroleum products ) , Semi - truck s , multiple rocket launcher carriers , dump truck s and more .
USS Cigarette ( SP - 1234 ) USS " Cigarette " ( SP - 1234 ) was a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919 . " Cigarette " was built as a fast , private steam yacht of the same name in 1905 by George Lawley & Son at Neponset , Massachusetts , for C . A . Wood of Cambridge , Massachusetts . She appears to have entered U . S . Navy service by as early as mid - June 1917 , but on 17 September 1917 , the Navy officially purchased her from her owner for use as a patrol boat during World War I . She was commissioned as USS " Cigarette " ( SP - 1234 ) on 19 September 1917 with Chief Boatswain J . A . Conway in command . Assigned to the 1st Naval District , " Cigarette " served on section patrol duties in northern New England for the remainder of World War I , performing patrol duty off Boston , Massachusetts ; Provincetown , Massachusetts ; and Bar Harbor , Maine . She also carried out patrols at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , probably in 1919 . " Cigarette " was decommissioned in July 1919 and sold on 29 October 1920 . Renamed " Pocantico " by her new owner , she once again became a private yacht . She was scrapped in 1930 .
Battle of Kompong Speu The Battle of Kompong Speu began on June 12 , 1970 when the combined forces of the South Vietnamese and Cambodian Armies fought to recapture the provincial capital of Kompong Speu . The town was captured by Communist forces on June 13 but was retaken by allied forces on June 16 .
Ōshio Heihachirō Career . Ōshio served as a yoriki for much of his life , until he found the newly appointed head of Osaka bugyō ( one of the shogun ' s officials ; the city magistrate ) so hopelessly corrupt , that he decided to resign in 1830 . By that time he had opened a school of his own , the , and following his retirement he directed much of his efforts to teaching his followers . He later published a book known as , a compilation of his reading notes that were also used for his lectures . At the height of nineteenth century Japan ' s greatest famine , in 1836 he petitioned the magistrates to help the starving citizens . After this was refused , Ōshio sold all the books he possessed to buy food for the suffering . Adhering to one of Wang Yangming ' s central tenets that in times of crisis men must follow their intuition rather than their institution , Ōshio circulated a manifesto charging the bugyō with moral corruption . He then led an army consisting of his students , peasants , and some outcasts into the city in 1837 . They managed to burn about a fifth of the city before government troops put down the rebellion . Months later , Ōshio committed suicide when he was found by the authorities . The novelist Mori Ōgai , active after the Meiji Restoration , wrote an eponymous novella on Ōshio Heihachirō , which was published in January 1914 .
Elmer J . Burr Elmer J . Burr ( May 11 , 1908 – December 25 , 1942 ) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in World War II . Biography . Burr was born on May 11 , 1908 , in Neenah , Wisconsin . He joined the Wisconsin Army National Guard in about 1928 and served with the 32nd Infantry Division . After the 32nd Division was federalized in 1940 , he participated in training exercises with his unit until late 1941 , when he was discharged for being over the 28 - year age limit . However , the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7 , 1941 , led to Burr re - enlisting from Menasha , Wisconsin , and rejoining the 32nd Division . After a few months of training in Australia , he was sent to New Guinea . By December 24 , 1942 , he was serving as a first sergeant in Company I of the 127th Infantry Regiment at the village of Buna . On that day , he smothered the blast of an enemy - thrown hand grenade with his body , sacrificing himself to protect those around him . He suffered severe wounds to his abdomen and died in a field hospital the next day . For this action , he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor ten months later , on October 11 , 1943 . Burr , aged 34 at his death , was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in his hometown of Neenah . Medal of Honor citation . First Sergeant Burr ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads :
Siege of Buda ( 1541 ) The Siege of Buda in 1541 resulted in the capture of the city of Buda by the Ottoman Emperor Suleiman the Magnificent , as he invaded central Hungary . The battle is part of the Little War in Hungary . Siege . In the first phase , an international army under command of Wilhelm von Roggendorf besieged the successors of the Turkish vassal John Zápolya . This Hungarian King had died in 1540 , and the new King became his underaged son John II Sigismund Zápolya , under regency of his mother Isabella Jagiellon and George Martinuzzi . This was accepted by Sultan Suleyman under condition that the Hungarians would continue to pay tribute to the Ottomans . The new King was however not accepted by Habsburgs . Ferdinand sent an army of 50 , 000 soldiers commanded by Wilhelm Roggendorf . This army laid siege of Buda in the summer 1541 . The siege was badly managed and several attacks failed with great loss of life . Battle . Suleyman took personal command of the Ottomans relief army . On August 21 the Ottoman relief army reached Buda and engaged in battle with Roggendorf ' s army . The Habsburg army was completely defeated and 7 , 000 men were slaughtered or drowned in the river . Roggendorf was also wounded in the battle and died 2 days after . Th Ottomans occupied the celebrating city with a trick and took the infant King John II hostage . < br > This siege of Buda was a considerable Ottoman victory against Ferdinand of Austria . This battle allowed the occupation of central Hungary by the Ottomans for around 150 years , and was therefore of an importance comparable to that of the 1526 Battle of Mohács . < br > The Habsburg army lost a total of 16 , 000 men . Aftermath . Charles V learned about the defeat of his brother Ferdinand upon his arrival in Genoa on 8 September 1541 . Thirsty for revenge , he departed for the Algiers expedition ( 1541 ) , which also ended in defeat for the Habsburg . Ferdinand would attempt to recover the cities of Buda and Pest in 1542 , in the Siege of Pest , but he was repulsed by the Ottomans .