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People ' s National Army ( Algeria ) The People ' s National Army ( ANP ) is the land force of the Military of Algeria . The People ' s National Army ' s equipment is provided by Russia , the People ' s Republic of China , and various other countries . The Army include two armoured and three mechanised divisions ( IISS Military Balance 2007 ) , one of which is the 8th Armoured Division based at Sidi Bel Abbes , which was formed from the 8th Armoured Brigade after 1988 . Another is the 40th Mechanised Infantry Division apparently based in the Third Military Region . The mission of the 40th Division is usually the protection of the Algerian - Moroccan frontier . The IISS Military Balance 2013 named one of the otherv mechanised divisions as the 12th . Equipment . Sources are the INSS Israel ' s Middle East Military Balance , SIPRI Trade registres and Army - Guide . Future Acquisitions . A reported agreement to purchase up to 1 , 200 Fuchs armored personnel carriers over 10 years , 54 have already been ordered
Wound Medal ( Vietnam ) The Vietnam Wound Medal was a military decoration of South Vietnam first created in 1950 . The decoration was the South Vietnamese equivalent of the ( United States military ) Purple Heart , and was awarded to any personnel of the South Vietnamese military who , while engaged in armed combat with enemies of the Republic of Vietnam , were either killed or wounded in action . During the Vietnam War , the Vietnam Wound Medal was often issued to ARVN ( Army of the Republic of Vietnam ) personnel for combat wounds received fighting the forces of North Vietnam or the Vietcong . The decoration was seldom bestowed upon members of allied militaries ( such as the United States military ) and then only if the allied soldier in question was attached and under the direct command of a South Vietnamese unit . For service members of the United States military , the Vietnam Wound Medal is not authorized for wear on a military uniform as it is the foreign equivalent to ( or competes with ) the Purple Heart medal . With the fall of South Vietnam in 1975 , the Vietnam Wound Medal became obsolete . It is now only available through private dealers in military insignia .
Roy Joseph Marchand Roy Joseph Marchand ( born in Crandall , Mississippi , 17 September 1920 ; died near Christmas Island , 1 March 1942 ) was a United States Navy recipient of the Silver Star . Navy career . Marchand enlisted in the US Navy on 18 October 1939 . After duty in USS " San Francisco " ( CA - 38 ) , USS " Boise " ( CL - 47 ) and USS " Henderson " ( DD - 785 ) , he was transferred to USS " Pecos " ( AO - 6 ) on 2 May 1940 . Awarded Silver Star . On 1 March 1942 , enemy planes from the Japanese aircraft carrier " Sōryū " attacked and sank " Pecos " near Christmas Island . Assigned to an anti - aircraft gun , Marchand remained at his post until bomb fragments put the gun out of commission ; then he acted as messenger for the commanding officer until fatally wounded . Fireman First Class Marchand was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his courageous dedication to duty . Namesake . USS " Marchand " ( DE - 249 ) was named in his honor . The ship was laid down by Brown Shipbuilding Co . , Houston , Texas , on 30 December 1942 and launched on 30 March 1943 . It was sponsored by his mother , Mrs . Charles D . Marchand and commissioned on 8 September 1943 , with Lt . Comdr . G . F . Lynch , USCG , in command .
6th Prince of Wales ' s Cavalry The 6th Prince of Wales ' s Cavalry was raised in 1842 at Fatehgarh , Uttar Pradesh , India , by Lieutenant Ryves . Origin . Raised in 1842 , they first saw service in the Gwalior campaign earning the battle honour “ Punniar ” . The regiment was part of the 2nd ( Sialkot ) Cavalry Brigade during the First World War . The various changes and amalgamations are listed below .
183rd Volksgrenadier Division ( Wehrmacht ) The 183 Volksgrenadier Division was a German troop during the World War II . In September 1944 the 183 Volksgrenadier Division was formed of what was left of the 183rd Infantry Division , complemented by non - fighting military personnel ( from navy and air force ) and civilians . The 183rd Infantry Division had come into existence on 15 September 1944 , having been formed from the so - called Dollersheim - Schatten - Division of the 31st Wave . The recruits were often drawn from the local population and therefore had perfect situational awareness of the area they were supposed to defend . Volksgrenadier units were usually not very well trained and were poorly equipped in comparison to regular infantry units . The determination to fight was definitely lower than of the " regular " Army and SS divisions . At the end of November Grenadier - Regiment 330 was destroyed at Geilenkirchen during a massive allied offensive against the German positions between the rivers Wurm and Ruhr , between Geilenkirchen and Linnich . Aim of the US Ninth Army was the Rur crossing at Linnich , which would open the way to Cologne . The offensive was called Operation Queen and was launched on 16 November . The 330th Infantry Regiment of the 183rd Volksgrenadier Division was holding the front line at Floverich , Loverich and Setterich , where the Americans attcked with the 2nd Armored Division . During the afternoon 330th Regiment was virtually wiped out , more than five hundred " grenadiers " being captured from the regiment ’ s possible strength of one thousand men . The total killed and wounded could not be estimated but it is believed that not over 250 men remained in the unit . The offensive would eventually last until mid - December , which the Germans called " the third battle of Aachen " ( Dritte Schlacht um Aachen ) . In this period the German units in the area counterattacked continuously . By 21 November , after five days of serious combat , the number of casualties within 183 Volksgrenadier Division had risen beyond an acceptable level , and the division was unable to continue fighting as an independent unit . Remaining troops of the 183rd were divided among the other German divisions , the 9th Panzer Division and 15th Panzergrenadier Division that were present in the area east of Geilenkirchen . Organisation . The 183rd Division included Grenadier Regiments 330 , 343 and 351 , each of two battalions , as well as Artillery Regiment 219 , consisting of four battalions . The composition of the division was enhanced on 19 October 1944 by the absorption of the XVI Landwehr - Festungs - Battalion and Festungs - MG - Battalion 42 . Part of the division was made up of raw and ill - trained Austrians . Commanders . The 183 Volksgrenadier Division was under command of General - Major Wolfgang Lange since 15 September 1944 . Lange also commanded the 49 Infanterie Division during their actions in the battle of Aachen . He received the Knight ' s Cross ( Ritterkreuz ) on 14 May 1944 . On 1 May 1945 command of the 183 Volksgrenadier Division was taken over by General - Major Hinrich Warrelmann .
21st Division ( South Vietnam ) The 21st Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam ( ARVN ) — the army of the nation state of South Vietnam that existed from 1955 to 1975 , was part of the IV Corps that oversaw the southernmost region of South Vietnam , the Mekong Delta . The 21st Division was based in Bac Lieu , the southernmost division in the whole country , in an area dominated by jungles and swamps .
Dinesh Chandra Bhandary Dinesh Chandra Bhandary ( August 4 , 1934 – ? ) was a Group Captain in the Indian Air Force who was awarded the Vir Chakra , The third highest military decoration in India for the services rendered by him during the Indo - Pakistani War of 1971 . He originally hailed from an aristocratic Bunt family of " Kolnadu Pademane " of Mulki , India .
352d Operations Support Squadron The 352d Special Operations Support Squadron is an active land based unit within the 352d Special Operations Group ( 352 SOG ) , United States Air Force , United States European Command , and is based at Royal Air Force base RAF Mildenhall , in Suffolk , eastern England . Mission . 352nd Special Operations Support Squadron provides support for two flying squadrons , one special tactics squadron and one maintenance squadron for exercise , logistics , and deployment planning ; aircrew training ; communications ; aerial delivery ; medical ; intelligence ; security and force protection ; weather ; information technologies and transformation support ; and current operations . The expeditionary design and flexibility of the 352nd OSS is regularly showcased and highlighted by its ability to operate simultaneously in up to four locations . The squadron ' s " can - do " attitude allows the group commander to focus on force application and project specialized combat air power in the EUCOM area of responsibility and elsewhere . Assignments . This where the command structure of the group is , and therefore must effectively plan for all the needs of the other 5 squadrons in the group :
Jesse Farley Dyer Jesse Farley Dyer ( December 2 , 1877 – March 31 , 1955 ) was a Captain in the United States Marine Corps and a Medal of Honor recipient for his role in the United States occupation of Veracruz . He died March 31 , 1955 and is buried in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery , San Diego , California . His grave can be found in section P , grave 1606 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Brigadier General , U . S . Marine Corps . Born : 2 December 1877 , St . Paul , Minn . Appointed from : Minnesota . G . O . No . : 177 , 4 December 1915 . Citation : For distinguished conduct in battle , engagements of Vera Cruz , 21 and 22 April 1914 ; was in both days fighting at the head of his company , and was eminent and conspicuous in his conduct , leading his men with skill and courage .
135th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 135th Illinois Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Illinois that served in the Union Army between June 6 and September 28 , 1864 , during the American Civil War . Service . The regiment was organized at Mattoon , Illinois , with a strength of 852 men , and mustered in for one - hundred day service on June 6 , 1864 . On June 10 , the regiment departed for Benton Barracks , Missouri , where they reported to General William Rosecrans . From there five companies of the regiment were stationed on the Iron Mountain railroad . Three companies of the regiment were stationed at the Gasconade railroad crossing and a further two companies stationed at the Osage railroad crossing of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and at Jefferson City , Missouri . The regiment was mustered out on September 28 , 1864 . During its service the regiment lost one man at Gasconade crossing and sixteen men to disease .
Hughes Breech - loading cannon The Hughes breech - loading cannon 38 . 1mm gun was designed in 1861 and used by the Confederate States of America . It was produced by the manufacturer " Street & Hungerford Company " . It was a breech - loading cannon ; the breech of the cannon is uniquely like a bolt - action but has no firing pin in its bolt .
Eric Tipton Eric Gordon Tipton ( April 20 , 1915 – August 29 , 2001 ) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Athletics and the Cincinnati Reds . Also known as a college football player , he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1965 . Early life . Tipton was born in Petersburg , Virginia and attended Petersburg High School . College football career . Tipton played college football at Duke University as a running back and punter . While there , the Blue Devils won 25 games and lost only four , and won the Southern Conference championship in 1936 and 1938 . For his college career , he rushed for 1 , 633 yards and scored 17 touchdowns . One of his most notable games came against Pittsburgh in 1938 . During the game , Tipton had seven punts that stayed within Pitts ' own 10 - yard line , and another seven stopped inside the 20 - yard line , as Duke won 7 – 0 . Professional baseball career . Tipton was drafted in the thirteenth round of the 1939 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins , but chose to play professional baseball instead . He played outfield for the Philadelphia Athletics ( 1939 – 1941 ) and the Cincinnati Reds ( 1942 – 1945 ) . His best seasons in the majors were in 1943 and 1944 , when he had 142 hits and batted . 288 in ' 43 , and had 144 hits and batted . 301 in ' 44 . Tipton then played in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball with the St . Paul Saints , 1946 - 1951 , and the Portland Beavers , 1952 , of the Pacific Coast League . Coaching career . During his off - season from baseball , Tipton was initially freshman football coach beginning in 1939 and in 1946 became an assistant football coach at The College of William & Mary . From 1953 - 57 he served as W & M ' s baseball prior to moving to West Point in 1957 , where he was the lightweight football coach and baseball team head coach at the United States Military Academy . In 20 seasons at West Point , his baseball teams were 234 – 201 – 5 and won three league titles . His lightweight football teams were 104 – 14 – 1 for a . 878 winning percentage with 13 league titles . Honors . For his athletic ability as a student Tipton was named to the Duke University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976 in the second induction year . He joined the William & Mary Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989 after serving as a coach from 1939 - 1957 and , at the time , was one of few non - William & Mary graduation coaches inducted . Tipton was named to the Army Sports Hall of Fame ( at the United States Military Academy ) in 2005 in the second induction year ; he was the first two - sport head coach honored at West Point .
Battle of Turner ' s Falls The Battle of Turner ' s Falls , also known as the Peskeompscut massacre , was fought on May 19 , 1676 , during King Philip ' s War , in present - day Gill , Massachusetts , near a falls on the Connecticut River . The site is across the river from the village of Turners Falls . A band of English colonists under the command of Captain William Turner fell upon the poorly guarded Indian village of Peskeompscut near the falls at dawn , slaughtering many of its inhabitants . Many of the warriors in the camp escaped , and they regrouped with those from other nearby camps to dispute the English retreat , during which Turner was killed . There is an extensive account of the battle and the colonists reasons for attacking contained in a book authored by George Madison Bodge and reprinted by the Genealogical Publishing Company in 1967 . The account includes a description of the battle , a listing of many of the soldiers who fought with the colonists , the soldiers who were slain in the battle , and soldiers or their descendants who were entitled to land due to their participation in the battle . The site of the battle is in the Riverside Archeological District , a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places . References . George Madison Bodge , " Soldiers in King Philip ' s War , Being a Critical Account of that War , ' Third Edition ' , Genealogical Publishing Company , Baltimore , 1967 .
Oxgate Admiralty Citadel Oxgate Admiralty Citadel is the name given to a military bunker constructed between 1937 and 1940 , for the Admiralty , on the corner of Edgware Road and Oxgate Lane , in north London . The citadel was designed to be an away - from - Whitehall base for admiralty operations , useful in the event of a need to evacuate the centre of London . The location was a mile from the Paddock , an alternate Cabinet War Room bunker for Winston Churchill ' s World War II government . The citadel comprises a three - storey building above ground ( typical of government building vernacular ) , with an upper basement and a specially protected lower basement . It was used between 1939 and 1944 , thereafter being given over to the Health & Safety Executive ; nowadays it is in private hands .
Bombing of Königsberg in World War II The bombing of Königsberg was a series of attacks made on the city of Königsberg in East Prussia during World War II . The Soviet Air Force had made several raids on the city since 1941 . Extensive attacks carried by RAF Bomber Command destroyed most of the city ' s historic quarters in the summer of 1944 . Königsberg was also heavily bombed during the Battle of Königsberg during the final weeks of the war . Allied bombing . In 1941 mainly in retaliation for the German bombing of Moscow , Joseph Stalin personally ordered the Soviet Air Force to bomb Königsberg . Eleven Pe - 8 bombers attacked the city on 1 September 1941 . The Soviets did not lose a bomber in the raid . The city was occasionally bombed again by the Soviet Air Force , like on 26 July 1942 , 27 August 1942 or 15 July 1943 . On 29 April 1943 , the bombers dropped one 11 , 000 pounder on the city ' s area , the largest bomb in the Soviet inventory . The first RAF attack was carried out by No . 5 Group on the night of 26 / 27 August 1944 using 174 Avro Lancaster s . The raid , which was at the extreme range for the planes , was a round trip of from bases in England . Planes from RAF Skellingthorpe ( Lincs ) could not return to base and diverted to RAF Tain in N Scotland after 10 : 35 hours flying time ( cf 11 : 20 return to base three days later . ) Despite losing only four aircraft , the first attack was not particularly successful because most bombs fell on the eastern side of Königsberg missing the city centre . The next RAF raid occurred three days later on the 29 / 30 August . This time No . 5 Group dropped 480 tons of high explosive and incendiaries on the centre of the city . RAF Bomber Command estimated that 20 % of industry and 41 % of all the housing in Königsberg was destroyed . Out of a force of 189 Lancasters , German night fighter s shot down 15 RAF bombers . The historic city centre was badly damaged and the districts of Altstadt , Löbenicht , and Kneiphof were nearly destroyed . The city ' s 14th - century cathedral was reduced to a shell . Extensive damage was also done to the castle , all churches in the old city , the university , and the old shipping quarter . German - Jewish author and musician Michael Wieck , a native of Königsberg , wrote in " A Childhood Under Hitler and Stalin " that " the people of Königsberg shall never expunge these nights of terror from their memory . " Capture . In 1945 , the prolonged battle of Königsberg inflicted further damage . More than 90 % of the city had been destroyed when the Soviets occupied the city in April 1945 . Under Soviet occupation , the entire German population was forcibly expelled from the city . It was then rebuilt as the Russian city of Kaliningrad .
USS Raven ( MHC - 61 ) USS " Raven " ( MHC - 61 ) , an " Osprey " - class coastal minehunter , was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the raven . The contract to build her was awarded to Intermarine USA in Savannah , Georgia on 31 March 1993 and her keel was laid down on 1 April 1995 . She was launched on 28 September 1996 , and commissioned on 5 September 1998 . She was decommissioned in January 2007 ( on a schedule which has all " Osprey " - class ships fully decommissioned by the end of 2008 ) and given to the Egyptian Navy pursuant to the Naval Vessels Transfer Act of 2005 ( P . L . 109 - 134 ) . She was the 11th ship of the 12 " Osprey " - class coastal mine hunters , which are named for birds of prey . " Osprey " class are the world ' s largest mine hunters to be constructed entirely of fiberglass and designed to survive the shock of underwater explosion s . " Raven " ' s primary mission was reconnaissance , classification , and neutralization of all types of moored and bottom mines in littoral areas , harbors and coastal waterways . She is equipped with a high definition , variable - depth sonar , and a remotely - operated , robotic submarine ( referred to as a Mine Neutralization Vehicle ) used to neutralize mines . As of September 2000 , " Raven " had been forward deployed to Manama , Bahrain . The ship was previously homeported in Ingleside , TX .
National Association for Black Veterans National Association for Black Veterans ( NABVETS ) is a nationally - certified Veteran s Service Organization and a United States Department of Veterans Affairs claims representative . NABVETS has membership and chapters throughout the United States and Puerto Rico , providing personal advocacy on behalf of veterans seeking claims against the United States Department of Veterans Affairs . NABVETS ' mission includes advocacy for youth and families , community involvement to help create positive lifestyles for veterans , and the empowerment of low - income and minority veterans . NABVET also works to generate and preserve the historical record .
Aide - de - camp to the Emperor of Japan In Japan , the is a special military official whose primary duties are to report military affairs to the Emperor and act as a close attendant ( ) . From 1896 through to 1945 , a small number of army and naval aides - de - camp were supplied to the Emperor due to his increased status and the risks to him during wartime . An excerpt from the : Both Prime Minister and , army ministers at the end of the war , are said to have contributed to the Potsdam Declaration acceptance by means of their responsibilities to Emperor Showa as the grand chamberlain and aide - de - camp to the Emperor in 1929 ( Showa - 4 ) . Moreover , to the Crown Prince , the Imperial Family , and the mediatized Korean royal family ( , the former Korean imperial family ) , aides - de - camp were also provided . The military officers serving the " Oukouzoku " wore silver aiguillette s over their uniform .
Hezekiah G . Spruill Hezekiah G . Spruill ( September 8 , 1808 – June 20 , 1874 ) , was an American soldier who served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . Spruill was the mayor of and a planter in Plymouth in Washington County , North Carolina , during the Civil War . He had been appointed in 1832 as General of the Militia for the troops of the Albemarle Region of North Carolina . In April 1861 , General Spruill organized the local troops to prepare for the beginning of the Civil War , and he fought against the North until the end of the conflict . Spruill was married to Anne Louise Garrett Spruill . They are buried in Grace Churchyard , Plymouth , North Carolina .
35th SS and Police Grenadier Division The 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division was one of the thirty - eight divisions fielded by the Waffen - SS during World War II . It owes its unusual name to the fact that it was created from SS - Police units transferred to the Waffen - SS . It was not formed until the spring of 1945 , and its actual strength is not known . As part of the German Ninth Army It was badly mauled defending the approaches to Berlin during the Battle of the Seelow Heights , and was destroyed during the Halbe Breakout . Various remnants surrendered to the Americans or the Soviets near the demarcation line of the Elbe .