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Alistair Urquhart Alistair Urquhart ( born 8 September 1919 ) is a retired Scottish businessman and author of " The Forgotten Highlander " , an account of the three and a half years he spent as a Japanese prisoner of war during his service in the Gordon Highlanders infantry regiment during the Second World War . Urquhart was conscript ed into the British army in 1939 , at the age of 19 , and stationed at Fort Canning in Singapore . He was taken prisoner when the Japanese invaded the island in the Battle of Singapore , which lasted from December 1941 to February 1942 . He was sent to work on the Burma Railway , built by the Empire of Japan to support its forces in the Burma campaign and referred to as ' Death Railway ' because of the tens of thousands of forced labourers who died during its construction . While working on the railway Urquhart suffered malnutrition , cholera and torture at the hands of his captors . After working on the railway and in the docks in Singapore , Urquhart was loaded into the hold of the " Kachidoki Maru " , an American passenger and cargo ship captured by the Japanese and put to use as a ' hell ship ' transporting hundreds of prisoners . The ship was part of a convoy bound for Japan ; on the voyage prisoners endured more illness , dehydration , and instances of cannibalism . On 12 September 1944 , the ship was torpedo ed and sunk by the US submarine USS " Pampanito " , whose commander was unaware of its cargo of prisoners . Urquhart was burned and covered in oil when the ship went down , and swallowed some oil which caused permanent damage to his vocal cords . He floated in a single - man raft for five days without food or water before being picked up by a Japanese whaling ship and taken to Japan . In Japan , Urquhart was sent to work in coal mines belonging to the Aso Mining Company and later a labour camp ten miles from the city of Nagasaki . He was there when the city was hit with an atomic bomb by the United States . In 2010 , Urquhart published " The Forgotten Highlander : My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East " , an account of his experiences . In the book he expresses anger at the lack of recognition in Japan of its role in war crimes as compared to the atonement in Germany . He was born in the City of Aberdeen , but has resided in Broughty Ferry , Dundee for many years . He spends his retirement teaching retired people how to use the computer and attends and teaches ballroom dancing at many Tea Dances .
Shirley ' s Gold Coast expedition In 1781 , Great Britain ' s declared war on the Dutch Republic , opening the Fourth Anglo - Dutch War . As part of its offensive strategy , the British organized an expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa ( present - day Ghana ) . Captain Thomas Shirley led the expedition , commanding and several transports carrying two small regiments of independently - raised troops under the command of Captain Kenneth Mackenzie of the 78th Foot . Proceedings . Battle of Elmina . The expedition sailed late in 1781 , and arrived off the coast of Africa in January 1782 . Pursuant to orders , Shirley first stopped at the primary British outpost of Cape Coast Castle on 5 February , where plans were developed to take the principal Dutch castle at Elmina by land while " Leander " made a diversionary attack on the nearby St . Jago castle . The expedition arrived at Elmina on 15 February , but high surf prevented the 500 troops from landing until 18 February , and contrary winds prevented " Leander " from coming close enough to shore to bring its guns to bear on the forts until 20 February . On that day , Shirley raised the agreed signal flag indicating the beginning of his attack , and opened fire on St . Jago shortly after noon . The ship and the fort exchanged fire until dark , and resumed again the next morning , when the land attack on the Elmina Castle began . Fire from both Elmina and St . Jago was directed at Mackenzie ' s attacking force , which Shirley reported to " retreat " very fast " " . After it became clear the attack had failed , Shirley ceased fire around 11 : 30 am . Other forts on the Gold Coast . Over the next several weeks the expedition seized , with minimal resistance , four small Dutch forts : Mouri ( Fort Nassau - 20 guns ) , Kormantin ( Courmantyne or Fort Amsterdam - 32 guns ) , Apam ( Fort Lijdzaamheid or Fort Patience - 22 guns ) , Senya Beraku ( Fort Goede Hoop - 18 guns ) , and Accra ( Fort Crêvecoeur - 32 guns ) . Leaving those facilities garrisoned with personnel from Cape Coast , Shirley then sailed for the West Indies . Near the African coast off present - day Senegal , he captured and destroyed and French store - ship " Officeuse " , supposed to be worth £30 , 000 . before crossing the Atlantic to join the British West Indies fleet . Shirley sent two sets of dispatches back to Britain . One set went in the transport sloop " Ulysses " , which was under the command of Captain Frodsham . The French frigate " Fée " captured " Ulysses " and took her into Brest , but not before her captain had weighted the dispatches and thrown them overboard . Shirley ' s first lieutenant , Mr . Van court , took the second set in the cartel transport cartel " Mackerel " , which also carried the Dutch governors of the forts to Europe .
USS Gallup ( SP - 694 ) The first USS " Gallup " ( SP - 694 ) , ex - Annie E . Gallup , was a United States Navy minesweeper commissioned in 1917 and lost in 1918 . " Gallup " was built as the commercial " menhaden fisherman " - type steam fishing trawler " Annie E . Gallup " at Fall River , Massachusetts , in 1878 . In 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired " Annie E . Gallup " from the Delaware Fish and Oil Company of Lewes , Delaware , for use as a minesweeper during World War I . The Navy originally intended to commission her under her full original name , but on 28 July 1917 General Order No . 314 specified that all section patrol vessels bearing compound names would be referred to by last name only . Accordingly , she was commissioned at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on 15 August 1917 as USS " Gallup " ( SP - 694 ) with Lieutenant Bailey A . West , USNRF , in command . Assigned to the 4th Naval District , " Gallup " carried out minesweeping duties into the early weeks of 1918 . At 1200 hours on 20 February 1918 " Gallup " , by then under the command of Ensign C . P . Berlin , USNRF , was anchored in the Harbor of Refuge at Lewes when a moderate northwest gale caused her to drag her anchor . The following morning , despite the fact that her engines were working at full power , " Gallup " ran aground , stern first , on the point of Cape Henlopen , Delaware , swinging around broadside to the beach . In response to her distress signals , United States Coast Guard crews from nearby lifesaving stations brought her complement ashore without loss of life . However , " Gallup " broke in two forward of her engine room and was declared a total loss . " Gallup " was stricken from the Navy List on 20 May 1918 .
Hans von Sagan Hans von Sagan was a heroic figure from East Prussia n folklore . Hans was said to be a journeyman shoemaker from the Königsberg town of Kneiphof . At a crucial point during the 1370 Battle of Rudau between the Teutonic Knights and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , Hans picked up the fallen standard of Henning Schindekop and rallied the Teutonic forces to victory . When Grand Master Winrich von Kniprode asked Hans what he would like for a reward , the shoemaker requested that the burghers of Kneiphof annually receive beer from Königsberg Castle . This beer , traditionally granted on Ascension Day , became popularly through Königsberg as " Schmeckbier " . The Hans - Sagan - Denkmal was a memorial built before Kneiphof Town Hall , while an image of Hans was also used as a weathervane atop Königsberg Castle . The street Hans - Sagan - Straße ran from Stresemannstraße to Samitter Alle in Königsberg ' s northern Tragheimer Palve district . In the 1870s lifesize statues of Hans von Sagan , Hans Sachs , and St . Crispin were built before a shoemaker ' s house near Bremen ' s town hall . The inspiration for Hans von Sagan was probably Duke Balthasar of Sagan , who led auxiliary troops of the Teutonic Knights against rebellious Kneiphof in 1455 during the Thirteen Years ' War . A legend developed associating an inspirational standardbearer not with Königsberg ' s painful civil war of 1455 , but with the Knights ' victory at Rudau in the previous century .
Sasaki Hideyoshi Sasaki fought under Minamoto no Yoshitomo in the Hōgen Rebellion ( 1156 ) , aiding in the siege of the Shirakawa palace . Three years later , he fought for the Minamoto again in the Heiji Rebellion , incurring the ire of the rival Taira clan . By the time of the Genpei War , the all - out civil war between the Minamoto and the Taira , Hideyoshi had lost his hereditary estate in Ōmi Province as a result of the displeasure of the Taira . He set out to appeal to his uncle , Fujiwara no Hidehira , for aid , but stopped in Sagami province along his way . There , he attracted the interest of a daimyo named Shibuya Shigekuni ; Hideyoshi married Shibuya ' s daughter , and became heir to that land . His sons would serve Minamoto no Yoritomo , the first Kamakura shogun .
Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe GCB GCVO ( 2 April 1847 – 21 January 1936 ) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander - in - Chief , Portsmouth . Naval career . Born a son of Admiral Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe , Arthur Fanshawe joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1860 . He was appointed Assistant to the Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves in 1894 and Second in Command of the Channel Squadron in 1899 . He went on to be Commander - in - Chief , Australia Station in 1902 , President of the Royal Naval College , Greenwich , in 1906 , and Commander - in - Chief , Portsmouth in 1908 .
Wilhelm Eggemann Wilhelm Eggemann ( 5 September 1908 – 27 September 1959 ) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a recipient 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 .
Yono - class submarine The Yono class submarine ( also as Yugo Class ) is a class of North Korean miniature submarines , produced for domestic use as well as for export . Also referred to as Yeono class vessels , these submarines displace 130 tons , significantly less than North Korea ' s larger 1 , 800 - ton Romeo class submarines . As of May 2010 , North Korea is reported to operate 10 of these submarines . Combat involvement . A Yono class submarine is thought to have fired the torpedo attack which sank a South Korean Pohang - class corvette , the ROKS Cheonan on March 26 , 2010 in South Korean waters . According to some investigators , the weapon used in the attack was a North Korean - manufactured CHT - 02D torpedo , from which substantial parts were recovered . The device allegedly exploded not by contact , but by proximity , creating a powerful pillar of water , called the bubble jet effect . High ranking North Korean military officials denounced the international investigation and said the North does not have the type of submarines that supposedly carried out the attack . They also dismissed claims regarding writings on the torpedo and clarified that " when we put serial numbers on weapons , we engrave them with machines . " South Korea ’ s Yonhap News quoted South Korean officials as saying the North has about 10 of the Yeono class submarines . Export and foreign production . The US Congressional Research Service suggests that Iran has purchased several midget submarines from North Korea . The purchase may have involved Yono class and Yugo class mini - subs . Beginning in 2006 , Iran launched the first of several domestically - produced mini - subs . In 2007 the Iranian navy unveiled its Qadir ( Ghadir ) class submarine , the first of a number of planned midget submarines of the Yono class . Observers have disagreed on the exact classification of the Iranian derivative : Iran claims the vessel is a fully independent design , but it has been compared to the North Korean Yugo boats , Yono subs , and / or Sang - O Class coastal submarines .
James Lonsdale - Bryans In 1940 , Lonsdale - Bryans travelled to Italy to meet Ulrich von Hassell , the German ambassador to Italy . He believed von Hassell would be receptive to the idea of a pact between Britain and Germany at the outbreak of World War II . The terms of this pact were that Germany would have a free hand in Europe in return for Britain running the rest of the world . However , he unsuccessfully attempted to arrange a meeting with both U . S . General Dwight D . Eisenhower and British General Bernard Montgomery . Lonsdale - Bryans had the ear of several members of British Parliament , including Lord Halifax , but the level of support of said MPs is unknown . A handwritten note by the MI5 stated : " He went to Italy with the knowledge of the Foreign Office in order to develop his contacts . He greatly exceeded his instructions . " MI5 decided against having him arrested , due to the possible support he was receiving from members of Parliament ( potentially including Neville Chamberlain ) , and the embarrassment this would have caused . Lonsdale - Bryan was on friendly terms with powerful members of the British aristocracy , including the Duke of Buccleuch and Lord Brocket , who also were Nazi sympathizers . When Winston Churchill succeeded Chamberlain as Prime Minister , Lord Halifax remained as Foreign Secretary until , in January 1941 , he was sent to Washington as British Ambassador . Lonsdale - Bryans ' s political influence therefore disappeared .
Friedrich Blümke Friedrich Blümke ( 18 February 1898 – 4 September 1944 ) was a highly decorated Oberst 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 . Friedrich Blümke was wounded in August 1944 and was captured by Soviet troops in September . He died on 4 September 1944 in a Soviet prisoner of war camp near Odessa .
Joanna Fox Waddill Joanna Painter ( Fox ) Waddill ( September 24 , 1838 – January 3 , 1899 ) was a nurse assisting wounded and ill Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War . She became celebrated as the " Florence Nightingale of the Confederacy " for her humanitarianism . Joanna Fox was born in Bristol , Pennsylvania , to James C . Fox and his wife Catherine Bessonett . Fox was a brickmason who moved his family to the Mississippi River port city of Natchez , Mississippi , when Joanna was a baby . Fox was only 22 years old when the Civil War erupted in early 1861 . She and two other Natchez ladies traveled to the front lines to serve as volunteer nurses in such places as Mississippi , Alabama , Georgia , and Tennessee . When the Union Navy captured Natchez as they advanced toward Vicksburg , Mississippi , Waddill hid a Confederate flag under her petticoat to prevent its capture . Near the end of the war , Fox became the matron of the Confederate hospital in Meridian , Mississippi . There , she met Louisiana druggist George D . Waddill while they both tended sick and dying Confederate soldiers . The couple were married in Lauderdale , Mississippi , ( near Corinth ) on September 26 , 1864 . The couple moved to Baton Rouge , Louisiana , where they operated a drugstore for many years . She became active in the Confederate Memorial Association and other societies . Joanna Waddill and her husband are buried in Magnolia Cemetery at Baton Rouge . Ironically , the cemetery was in the middle of the Battle of Baton Rouge . The Joanna Waddill Camp # 294 of the Daughters of the Confederacy is named in her honor . It is active in local Civil War memorialization .
Robert Henderson ( Royal Navy officer ) Rear - Admiral Robert Henderson ( 1778 – 14 June 1843 ) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who fought in several colonial actions and operations during his service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars . Henderson served in small cruising warships in the West Indies during the early years of the Napoleonic Wars and took part in the invasion and capture of Saint Lucia in 1803 and operations off Trinidad in 1804 . In 1810 , Henderson commanded HMS " Nereide " at the Invasion of Île de France and was awarded a pension for his service which he retained until he became a retired admiral in 1838 . He died in 1843 . Military career . Henderson was born in 1778 , the son of prominent naval officer Captain William Henderson of Aberdeen , an important landowner in Forfarshire . Educated at Marischal College , Henderson followed his father into the British Royal Navy in 1792 as a midshipman in HMS " Southampton " shortly before the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars . Serving during the war , Henderson became a lieutenant in 1799 aboard the sloop HMS " Osprey " and was still aboard her during the successful invasion of Saint Lucia in 1803 . Later in the year , " Osprey " attacked a schooner off Trinidad and Henderson , who led the boarding party , was very seriously wounded . The following year , still on " Osprey " , Henderson led another boarding party that captured the French privateer " Resource " off Trinidad . For this service , Henderson was awarded a sword by the Lloyd ' s Patriotic Fund of London and moved to the ship of the line HMS " Centaur " . " Centaur " was part of the fleet that captured the Dutch colony of Surinam in 1804 , Henderson leading a landing party that was caught in an explosion at one of the forts defending the colony and was so badly wounded that he was expected to die . For his services in this engagement , Henderson was promoted to commander and awarded a pension . Despite his wounds , Henderson returned to service and was promoted to post captain in 1805 . From 1805 to 1806 he was in charge of HMS Pheasant . In 1810 he took command of the newly captured frigate HMS " Nereide " at Rodriguez and formed part of the fleet that supported the Invasion of Île de France , which was successfully concluded on 3 December 1810 . Henderson retired at the end of the war to his native Aberdeen but remained on the naval retired list , obtaining promotion to rear - admiral on 28 June 1838 . He died in January 1843 aged 65 .
David L . Grange David L . Grange is a retired United States Army Brigadier General . He served with the 101st Airborne during the Vietnam War . He was later assigned to Delta Force , commanding a squadron during the invasion of Grenada and was deputy commander during the Gulf War . His last command was of 1st Infantry Division before he retired in 1999 . Early life . Born on December 29 , 1947 , in Long Island , New York , Grange was the son of retired Lieutenant General David E . Grange , Jr . . He graduated from North Georgia College in 1970 with a bachelor of science degree and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry . Grange later earned a master ’ s degree in public service from Western Kentucky University . Military career . Grange first saw significant combat action as a second lieutenant assigned to the 101st Airborne ' s " Lima " Ranger company in the I Corps Province of Vietnam in 1971 . This unit was part of the 75th Infantry ( Ranger ) and attached to the 2 / 17th Cavalry . As a first lieutenant in 1972 , Grange was an adviser to the Vietnamese Airborne Division . He commanded C Company , 1st Battalion , 75th Ranger Regiment , which supported Operation Eagle Claw in 1980 . In 1982 , he was assigned to Delta Force . He commanded a squadron during Operation Urgent Fury the Invasion of Grenada . Grange volunteered for service in Korea in 1987 and commanded the 1st Battalion , 503rd Infantry , 2nd Infantry Division . He served as a special - operations officer in Special Operations Command in Washington , D . C . , then as deputy commander of the 1st SFOD - D Delta Force , in which job he commanded a task force during Desert Storm . From 1991 to 1993 , he commanded the 75th Ranger Regiment . He then served as deputy commanding officer of United States Army Special Operations Command . After his selection as a general officer , he served as both ADC for support and maneuver in the 3rd Infantry Division at Warner Barracks in Bamberg , Germany . In 1997 , Grange returned to Germany and took command of the 1st Infantry Division and Task Force Eagle in Bosnia , where he was responsible for U . S . forces and operations in Macedonia and Kosovo during the Yugoslav civil wars . In 1999 , Grange relinquished command of the 1st ID to John Abizaid and retired from active duty . Later life . In December 1999 , Grange published a critique of the Army ' s obsolete way of measuring unit readiness in the Armed Forces Journal . He later served as the executive vice president and chief operating officer of the McCormick Foundation in Chicago . In September 2005 , Grange became the foundation ' s President and Chief Executive Officer . In May 2009 , Grange became Chief Executive Officer of PPD LLC , a Contract Research Organization based in North Carolina . Grange retired as CEO of PPD in May 2011 . Awards and decorations . BG Grange has been decorated for service , to include :
Akaza Naoyasu Naoyasu then served Toyotomi Hideyoshi . He took part in capturing Iwatsuki Castle and Oshi Castle at Musashi Province in the siege of Odawara , and was given 20 , 000 koku . After that , based in Imajo , Echizen Province , he supported Kobayakawa Hideaki and Horio Yoshiharu . In 1600 at the Battle of Sekigahara , he was under Ōtani Yoshitsugu , who led part of Ishida Mitsunari ' s force . However , taking advantage of Kobayakawa Hideaki ' s betrayal , he switched sides with Wakisaka Yasuharu , Kutsuki Mototsuna and Ogawa Suketada . Together , they defeated Yoshitsugu ' s force . After the battle , Tokugawa Ieyasu did not give Naoyasu credit and seized his domain . Because of that , Naoyasu became a retainer of Maeda Toshinaga , and was given a stipend of 7 , 000 koku . In 1606 , looking over flooded Daimon River , in Etchu Province , he fell off a horse and died by drowning . Naoyasu was survived by his son , . Takaharu changed his family name to , and became a retainer of the Maeda family of Kaga . The family remained retainers of the Maeda until the Meiji Restoration .
Curtiss GS The Curtiss GS aircraft were two types of similar scout aircraft designed and built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the United States Navy . Design and development . In 1917 the United States Navy ordered five scout aircraft from Curtiss , they were designated the " GS " for Gnome Scout , named for the French - built Gnome rotary engine used to power the aircraft . The GS was a biplane with a central float and a stabiliser float at each end of the lower wing . The Navy ordered an additional aircraft as a triplane , which was designated the GS - 1 and the original aircraft was retrospectively designated the GS - 2 . Although they were delivered to the Navy in 1918 nothing further is known about the type , other than that the GS - 1 was destroyed in a landing accident on 1 April 1918 .
AN / SQS - 26 AN / SQS - 26 was a United States Navy surface ship , bow mounted , low frequency , active / passive sonar . At one point it was installed on over 60 US Navy warships from the 1960s to the 1990s and may still be in use on ships transferred to other navies . Capabilities . Active and passive sonar with direct path , bottom reflected , passive and convergence zone ( CZ ) capabilities . The original AX sonars were manufactured by General Electric Heavy Military Electronics . The " R " suffix was the result of a " Retrofit " by GE that incorporated improved designs derived from the AN / SQS - 26CX sonar , also manufactured by GE . BX sonars were manufactured by EDO Corporation . CX sonars were manufactured by General Electric Heavy Military Electronics