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Ernest Gordon Ernest Gordon ( 31 May 1916 – 16 January 2002 ) was the former Presbyterian dean of the chapel at Princeton University . A native of Scotland , as an officer in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders , Gordon spent three years in a Japanese prisoner of war ( POW ) camp during the Second World War . He chronicled his experiences on the Death Railway in his book " Through the Valley of the Kwai " . The book served as an inspiration to the film " To End All Wars " which opened in 2001 . Wartime Service . Ernest Gordon was a company commander with the 2nd Battalion , Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders . He fought in several battles in the Malayan Campaign and the Battle of Singapore . He was one of the last Allied soldiers to cross the causeway from Johore before it was blown up . After the capture of Singapore , he escaped to Java , and attempted to sail several thousand miles from Padang to Sri Lanka with a group of other British officers in a native fishing boat . His boat was captured by some Japanese warships , and he was returned to Singapore as a prisoner of war . Internment . Ernest found his sense of self and spirituality while a prisoner and one of the participant soldiers who helped build The Bridge on the River Kwai . As history shows , the Japanese were especially cruel to their prisoners . The death rate was quite high . He underwent very torturous events , that led to his being placed in the " Death Ward " designated for those who were not expected to survive . ( These conditions included malnutrition , beriberi , malaria , tropical ulcer , and an appendectomy . ) He was treated there by two special soldiers in their late twenties , a Methodist named " Dusty Miller " , a simple gardener from Newcastle upon Tyne ; and " Dinty " Moore a devout Roman Catholic . The two gave 24 - hour care to Ernest . They would boil rags and clean and massage Ernest ' s diseased legs every day . To the great surprise of everyone , Ernest survived , and as a consequence many of the POWs experienced a revival of faith and hope for life . Ernest , an agnostic , was impressed by Dusty ' s simplicity and firm Christian faith in the face of the severe treatment the prisoners received at the hands of their captors . Dusty was one who did not lose faith and never met the cruel treatment he received with anger . In a surprising turn of events , Ernest survived the war . Upon liberation as he sought news of his friends he found that two weeks before the war ' s end Dusty had been crucified by a Japanese guard who was frustrated with Dusty ' s sense of calm in the face of hardship . Dinty , whom Ernest cared for and admired profoundly died when the Allies sank his unmarked prisoner transport ship . Post war . Ernest eventually moved to America where he became the dean of the chapel at Princeton University .
Massoud Abdelhafid Massoud Abdelhafid was a prominent Libyan General in the regime of Muammar Gaddafi . He has held various positions of government since the 1969 coup d ' etat of Muammar Gaddafi including Commander of Military Security , Governor of Southern Libya and Head of Security in Major Cities . He is a key figure in Libya ' s relations with neighbouring Chad and Sudan . Massoud Abdelhafid was a senior commander in the Libyan Army during the Chadian - Libyan conflict . Known for his leadership of Libyan - backed insurrections and wars in Chad , he has been referred to as " Mr Chad " . 2011 Libyan civil war . The United Nations Security Council drafted a resolution naming 23 senior Libyan officials in the regime of Muammar Gaddafi to be sanctioned . The resolution , which included travel bans and asset freezes , named Massoud Abdelhafid . Subsequent to the defection of Abdul Fatah Younis , Muammar Gaddafi designated Abdelhafid to the position of interior minister . General Massoud Abdelhafid led the pro - Gaddafi forces in the city of Sabha during the Battle of Sabha and the Fezzan campaign . Abdelhafid was reported to have fled to Egypt alongside Interior Minister Nassr al - Mabrouk Abdullah .
John Joseph Sims John Joseph Sims VC ( 1835 – 6 December 1881 ) was an English 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 . Sims was about 19 years old , and a private in the 34th Regiment of Foot ( later the Border Regiment ) , British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 18 June 1855 at Sebastopol , Crimea , after the regiment had retired into the trenches from the assault on the Redan , Private Sims went out under very heavy fire in broad daylight and brought in wounded soldiers outside the trenches .
USCGC Drummond ( WPB - 1323 ) USCGC " Drummond " ( WPB - 1323 ) is an of the United States Coast Guard . She is named for Drummond Island , Michigan . " Drummond " was commissioned October 19 , 1988 at Bollinger Shipyard in Lockport , Louisiana , and is currently homeported in Miami Beach , Florida . With a top speed in excess of and a cruising speed of , the ship is capable of enduring unsupported operations for six days and accommodates two officers and sixteen enlisted personnel . History . Since commissioning , " Drummond " has served in the U . S . Coast Guard ’ s busiest district and has been decorated for her involvement in a variety of operations . In 1992 and 1994 , " Drummond " was awarded the U . S . Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation while working with other U . S . Coast Guard and U . S . Navy units that combined for the safe interdiction of over 20 , 502 Haitian migrants at sea . Originally homeported in Port Canaveral , Florida , " Drummond " s home port was changed to Key West in the summer of 2002 . Typical patrols in Key West ' s area of operations involved search and rescue , alien migrant interdiction operations , fisheries law enforcement , counter narcotics operations , and homeland security . More recently , she shifted homeports to Miami Beach in support of the Coast Guard ' s new effort to maximize the operational hours of the patrol boats in the Seventh District by utilizing a dual - crew manning concept . Current . In April 2004 , " Drummond " again returned to Haiti in support of Operation ABLE SENTRY and Operation SECURE TOMORROW as that country ’ s political and economic situation continued to generate an exodus of migrants . In 2005 , " Drummond " was again awarded the Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation for her efforts in stemming the illegal flow of Cuban migrants in the Florida Straits . " Drummond " also was credited for saving more than $ 500 , 000 in property during this period in search - and - rescue cases , including a daring rescue of a dismasted sailboat during Tropical Storm Arlene . Since 2004 , " Drummond " is credited with interdicting over 550 illegal Cuban migrants in the Florida Straits , on eight go - fast vessels and 26 homebuilt boats and rafts . " Drummond " has also recovered nearly 120 illegal migrants from various Bahamian islands , working closely with the Royal Bahamas Defence Force . In the past two years , " Drummond " has cared for 1600 illegal migrants on her decks while conducting 32 politically sensitive repatriations to Cabanas , Cuba .
Cohors IV Baetica It was originally recruited from natives of Hispania Baetica , Roman province created on 29 BC , after the division of province Hispania Ulterior . In a bronze inscription dated 51 - 74 AD , which was found in Bergamo on 1871 , it is mentioned a member of the cohors " " M ( arcus ) Sempronius Fuscus praefectus cohortis Baeticae " " .
USS Coconino County ( LST - 603 ) USS " Coconino County " ( LST - 603 ) , originally USS " LST - 603 " , was a United States Navy built for the United States Navy during World War II and in commission from 1944 to 1955 and from 1966 to 1969 . Named after Coconino County , Arizona , she was the only U . S . Navy vessel to bear the name . Construction and commission . " LST - 603 " was laid down on 5 November 1943 at Seneca , Illinois , by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company . Her Ship naming and launching was on 14 March 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Etla N . Hobart , and commissioned on 5 April 1944 with Ensign William B . Sweet in command . First period in commission , 1944 - 1955 . During World War II , " LST - 603 " was assigned to the European Theater of Operations . She participated in Operation Dragoon , the invasion of southern France , in August and September 1944 . Following the war , she served in the Amphibious Force , United States Atlantic Fleet , including one deployment to the Mediterranean in 1950 . She was decommissioned on 12 May 1955 . On 1 July 1955 , while out of commission , she was renamed USS " Coconino County " ( LST - 603 ) . Second period in commission , 1966 - 1969 . " Coconino County " was recommissioned on 8 June 1966 for Vietnam War service , and operated in the Vietnam theater from 1966 until she was transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy on 4 April 1969 . South Vietnamese service . In South Vietnam ese service , she served as RVNS " Vung Tau " ( HQ - 503 ) . South Vietnam collapsed in April 1975 , and her final fate is unknown . Awards and honors . " LST - 603 " received one battle star for World War II service , and " Coconino County " received six campaign star s and two awards of the Meritorious Unit Commendation for Vietnam War service .
Frederick Fraske Frederick ( Fredrak ) W . Fraske ( March 8 , 1872 – June 18 , 1973 ) was the last surviving veteran of the Indian Wars . Biography . Fraske was an ethnic German born in the city of Posen , which was at that time in the Province of Posen and part of the Kingdom of Prussia . As a young child in 1877 , he migrated to the United States with his family , including his parents and four brothers . At the age of 21 , on February 22 , 1894 , in Chicago , which was his home town , he enlisted in the U . S . Army to help his widowed mother support her family of seven . He was assigned to Fort D . A . Russell , which was near Cheyenne , Wyoming , serving as a private with company F of the 17th infantry as a first aid man and letter carrier . He spoke about Cheyenne of that time as a quiet but wild town , where cattle were unloaded , and the residents were a tough breed . His starting pay in the Army was the standard $ 9 a month , and then it increased $ 1 each year . The time that he was in the service was spent preparing for confrontation at the fort , which never occurred . Fraske commented on the fact that he was glad that he never fired a shot in battle with American Indians , and didn ' t feel any ill will towards them either , and he felt he understood their difficult time . He never personally had other than peaceful encounters with them . In that era , the Army allowed a soldier to be discharged after three years and three months of service instead of serving the full five years , if requested by a soldier with excellent character , and so Fraske took advantage of that law and left the Army in 1897 , at the age of 25 . After his service ended , he returned to Chicago and worked as a building painter for nearly 40 years , at which time the union forced his retirement from painting , because they didn ' t allow anyone over 65 years of age to climb scaffolds . He continued working as a security guard for the Salerno - McGowan Biscuit company for the next 23 years , and then retired at age 88 . At the time of his death at age 101 , he was living with his daughter Lillian in Chicago , and was receiving part - time nursing assistance from the Veterans Administration . He was buried in Niles , Illinois .
Emory Sekaquaptewa Emory Sekaquaptewa ( 1928 – December 14 , 2007 ) was a Hopi leader and scholar , best known for his role in compiling the first dictionary of the Hopi language . Sekaquaptewa worked in many fields during his life . He was believed to be the first Native American to graduate from West Point since the early 19th century , and he later attended law school at the University of Arizona . Working with his brother , he developed new methods of jewelry production . He held various leadership positions within his own village of Kykotsmovi , as well as positions on the Hopi Tribal Council and the appellate division of the Hopi Tribal Court . Sekaquaptewa was the " Cultural Editor " on the Hopi Dictionary Project , which produced the first Hopi dictionary : " " . The 900 - page dictionary contains entries on 30 , 000 words , as well as a sketch of Hopi grammar . This dictionary is credited with playing an important role in revitalizing the Hopi language .
Heinrich Hoffman Heinrich Hoffman was born on December 23 , 1836 . He served in the American Civil War , and was a Medal of Honor Recipient . He served as a Corporal in the Union Army in Company M , 2nd Ohio Cavalry . He received the Medal of Honor for action on April 6 , 1865 at the Battle of Sayler ' s Creek , Virginia . He is buried at Old St . Joseph ' s Cemetery in Cincinnati , Ohio . Medal of Honor citation . His citation reads " Capture of flag . "
Immaculée Ilibagiza Immaculée Ilibagiza ( born 1972 ) is a Rwandan author and motivational speaker . She is also a Roman Catholic and Tutsi . Her first book , " Left to Tell : Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust " ( 2006 ) , is an autobiographical work detailing how she survived during the Rwandan Genocide . She was featured on PBS on one of Wayne Dyer ' s programs , and also on a December 3 , 2006 segment of " 60 Minutes " ( which re - aired on July 1 , 2007 ) . " Left to Tell " recounts Immaculée Ilibagiza ’ s experience during the 1994 Rwandan genocide . She survived hidden for 91 days with seven other women in a small bathroom , no larger than 3 feet ( 0 . 91 m ) long and 4 feet ( 1 . 2 m ) wide . The bathroom was concealed in a room behind a wardrobe in the home of a Hutu pastor . During the genocide , most of Ilibagiza ’ s family was killed by Hutu Interahamwe soldiers : her mother , her father , and her two brothers Damascene and Vianney . Besides herself , the only other survivor in her family was her brother Aimable , who was studying out of the country in Senegal and did not know the war was going on . In " Left to Tell " Ilibagiza shares how her Roman Catholic faith guided her through her terrible ordeal , and describes her eventual forgiveness and compassion toward her family ' s killers . Ilibagiza speaks all over the world and is the recipient of the 2007 Mahatma Gandhi Reconciliation and Peace Award . In 2012 she was the June 9 speaker for the Robert E . and Bonnie Cone Hooper Plenary Address of the Christian Scholars Conference at Lipscomb University .
Mammut radar The FuMG 41 / 42 Mammut was a long - range , phased array , early warning radar built by Germany in the latter days of World War II . Developed by the GEMA company , it consisted of six or eight Frey antenna arrays , switched together and coupled to two Freya devices . The arrays were fixed and the beam could be electronically steered on a 100° arc in front and behind the antenna , leaving 80° blind arcs on each side . It was the world ' s first phased array radar and was able to detect targets flying at an altitude of 8 , 000m at a range of 300 km . The British intelligence codename , " hoarding " , probably related to the shape of the large array . As late in the war as April 20 , 1945 , intelligence reports reflected the erroneous opinion that only development prototypes existed but no operational stations had been fielded .
Joginder Singh Dhillon Lieutenant General Joginder Singh Dhillon ( 1914 – 2003 ) was a decorated and celebrated Indian and Sikh military war hero . He was commissioned into Bengal Engineer Group in 1936 , was the first Army Officer to be awarded ‘ Padma Bhushan ’ on 24 November 1965 . Gen Dhillon , was the General Officer Commanding a forward Corps . The official citation given for the award was as follows : " " In this Sector , the enemy launched repeated counter - attacks and the conduct of day to day operations called for great tenacity , strong determination and robust mind . Lieutenant General Dhillon displayed all these qualities in abundance and the success achieved by his Corps was to a great extent due to the personality of the General officer . " " Honour of commanding first Republic Day parade . Having taken the salute from Col Joginder Singh Dhillon , Commandant , Bengal Engineer Group and Centre on 25 November 1949 at the Centre Parade Ground , Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru specifically asked for him to command the First Republic Day Parade to be held in Delhi . The Parade was held on 26 January 1950 at the Irwin Stadium , Delhi , and was duly commanded by then Brig Dhillon . The Parade had contingents from Army , Navy , Air Force and the Police and it was one of the finest spectacles of the Independent India staged in Delhi during that period . Brig Dhillon later rose to the rank of Lt Gen and was the first post independence Sapper Army Commander ( Central Army ) . Role in 2nd Indo - Pakistan War , 1965 . Lt Gen J . S . Dhillon was the Commander of XI Corps which was responsible for the Punjab sector during the 1965 Indo - Pak War . He is credited in producing and conducting the battle plan that smashed the Pakistani battle armour ( tanks ) , turning a potentially dangerous defeat into an amazing victory . After the 1965 war he became a national hero and many portraits were painted of him including the one highlighted above . Even his counterpart Pakistani Generals who fought against him in the 1965 war , on hearing of his death in 2003 , paid warm tribute to him as a great general and warrior . Private life . He was married for 62 years to his wife Minnie , who survives him , with whom he had three daughters .
Battle of Tipton Green The Battle of Tipton Green was an engagement in the First English Civil War in the area of Tipton Green , about one mile from Dudley Castle . The battle occurred in June 1644 , when Royalist troops arrived from Worcester to break Earl of Denbigh ' s siege of the castle . The battle resulted in a Royalist victory . It is commemorated by a plaque on Malthouse Stables , a building that occupies part of the area on which the battle occurred .
RAF Blyton RAF Blyton is a former Royal Air Force airfield in located north east of Gainsborough , Lincolnshire and of south Scunthorpe , Lincolnshire , England . It was built in 1942 and was heavily used during World War II , but it was used little after the early stages of the Cold War . Current use . It is now used for off - road racing cars and test running refurbished and / or new designs of trucks .
Pingat Pentadbiran Awam ( Tentera ) The Pingat Pentadbiran Awam ( Tentera ) ( " Public Administration Medal ( Military ) " ) is awarded to members of the Singapore Armed Forces for meritorious service in command or staff positions , and has three grades : Recipients are entitled to use the post - nominal letters PPA , and may include the grade in brackets - e . g . : PPA ( E ) . The Pingat Pentadbiran Awam is the civil equivalent award .
White Legion The White Legion ( , " t ' et ' ri legioni " ) was a guerrilla group consisting mostly of ethnic Georgians who remained in Abkhazia after the Georgian regular army ' s defeat in the War in Abkhazia ( 1992 – 1993 ) . The group , along with another guerrilla group called the Forest Brothers , continued low - intensity guerrilla war against Abkhaz forces along the ceasefire line in the late 1990s and early 2000s . The White Legion was led by Zurab Samushia .
Malcolm Nokes Malcolm Cuthbert Nokes MC MA BSc ( 20 May 1897 – 22 November 1986 ) was a British schoolteacher , soldier , research scientist and Olympic athlete . As an athlete he mainly competed in the hammer throw and discus throw . He was born in Edmonton , London , and died in Alton , Hampshire . He competed for Great Britain at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris , France where he won the bronze medal in the men ' s hammer throw event . Four years later he finished eleventh in the 1928 Olympic hammer throw competition . He won the gold medal for England in the 1930 British Empire Games in the hammer throw contest and finished fifth in the discus throw event . At the 1934 British Empire Games he won again the gold medal in the hammer throw competition . Malcolm Nokes was a member of the Amateur Athletic Association ( AAA ) and was chairman of its Coaching Committee , and also a member of the Achilles Club . Cine footage exists of him demonstrating how to throw a hammer . He was a graduate of Magdalen College , Oxford , where he studied chemistry and wrote a thesis on metaphenetidine . MC Nokes served in the Great War in the Royal Artillery in the trenches and then as an observer in the Royal Flying Corps . He was awarded a Military Cross for his service in the Great War , becoming MC Nokes MC . In the Second World War he served as an officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve while a schoolmaster . He taught chemistry at Malvern College and later at Harrow School , where he was appointed Head of Science . His practical demonstrations of the reaction of sodium with water were popular and famous among his pupils . These often entailed an explosion as MC Nokes put more than the recommended quantity of sodium into the water , and as the smoke cleared and noise subsided , MC Nokes would say " Note the small report . " Later he worked at Harwell and then in the CENTO laboratory in Iran . His nicknames included " Glaxo " and " Stally . " His publications include : He married Elizabeth , and is survived by two sons .
Ralph Pomeroy Buckland Ralph Pomeroy Buckland ( January 20 , 1812 – May 27 , 1892 ) was a U . S . Representative from Ohio , as well as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and an executive of the Union Pacific Railroad following the war . Early life and career . Born in Leyden , Massachusetts Buckland moved with his parents to Ravenna , Ohio , the same year . He attended the country schools , Tallmadge ( Ohio ) Academy , and Kenyon College in Gambier , Ohio . After studying law , he was admitted to the bar in 1837 and commenced practice in Fremont , Ohio . He served as the mayor of Fremont from 1843 to 1845 and was a delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1848 . He served as a member of the Ohio State Senate from 1855 to 1859 . Civil War service . With the outbreak of the Civil War , Buckland entered the Union Army as the colonel of the 72nd Ohio Infantry on January 10 , 1862 . Buckland commanded the Fourth Brigade of the First Division of the Tennessee Army under William T . Sherman in the 5th Division of the Army of the Tennessee at the Battle of Shiloh in April . He was commissioned as a brigadier general of volunteers on November 29 , 1862 . During the Siege of Vicksburg in the spring and early summer of 1863 , Buckland commanded a brigade in Sherman ' s XV Corps . He resigned from the army January 6 , 1865 , and returned to Ohio after winning election to the United States Congress . In the omnibus promotions following the surrender of the Confederate armies , he was brevetted as a major general dating from March 13 , 1865 . Postbellum career . Buckland was elected as a Republican to the Thirty - ninth and Fortieth Congresses ( March 4 , 1865 – March 3 , 1869 ) . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1868 to the Forty - first Congress . He resumed the practice of law and served as delegate to the Philadelphia Loyalists ' Convention in 1866 and to the Pittsburgh Soldiers ' Convention . He served as delegate to the 1876 Republican National Convention . He spent his later years involved in the railroad industry , serving as government director of the Union Pacific Railroad from 1877 to 1880 . Presidential elector in 1884 for Blaine / Logan . On December 1 , 1879 along with Attorneys E . F . Dickinson , Basil Meek , Homer Everett , William Ross and others , Buckland helped establish the Sandusky County Bar Association , serving as its first president for many years . Buckland was one of the most prominent members of St . Paul ' s Episcopal Church in downtown Fremont . He died in Fremont on May 27 , 1892 , and was interred in Oakwood Cemetery .