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USS Drusilla ( SP - 372 ) USS " Drusilla " ( SP - 372 ) was a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918 . " Drusilla " was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1914 by the New York Launch and Engine Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx , New York . On 22 May 1917 , the U . S . Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner , A . J . Drexel of Radnor , Pennsylvania , for use as a patrol boat during World War I . She was commissioned as USS " Drusilla " ( SP - 372 ) on 25 May 1917 . Assigned to the 4th Naval District , " Drusilla " served on the section patrol in the Delaware Bay area , performing harbor entrance and submarine net patrol duties for the remainder of World War I . " Drusilla " was decommissioned on 10 December 1918 . The Navy returned her to Drexel on 12 December 1918 .
Buster ( spaniel ) Buster ( born 1998 ) , an English Springer Spaniel , is a military detection dog who was active during the Iraq War . Because of his actions in discovering a hidden weapons cache , the dog has been credited with saving service personnel from insurgents operating in the southern Iraqi town of Safwan . He was awarded the Dickin Medal , referred to as being the animals ' Victoria Cross . Military career . Buster has been working with his handler , Sergeant Danny Morgan , since 2002 , and they have worked together at the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II celebrations and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester . Buster is considered to be so valuable to the military that he has his own protective gear in case of a chemical or biological attack . He has been trained to enter a sealed pen if a warning sound starts . The pen is equipped with a motor that pumps air through a gas mask filter . Off duty . When not serving with the military , Buster lives at home with his handler Danny Morgan , his wife and his daughter Emma . Morgan remarked of the connection between the dog and Emma , " She was upset when I went off to war but wept buckets when she was saying goodbye to Buster . She ' s been sending him more treats than me since we arrived " . Dickin medal . Buster and his handler were assigned to the Duke of Wellington ' s Regiment in the southern Iraqi town of Safwan in early 2003 , when British troops were experiencing random rocket attacks . Following three failed searches of a property suspected to be the headquarters of an extremist group , Buster was called in . The spaniel found a concealed cache of weapons which were hidden in a wall cavity , covered with a sheet of tin and then had a wardrobe pushing in front of it . Items in the cache included an AK - 47 , grenades and bomb making equipment . Buster was awarded a Dickin Medal for his efforts , referred to as being the Victoria Cross for animals . He became the 60th animal to be awarded the medal , since its introduction in 1943 . At the time of the action for which he was awarded a Dickin Medal , Buster was the only arms and explosives search dog working in Iraq . He was awarded his Medal at the Crufts dog show in Birmingham , England , in March 2005 . His Dickin Medal citation reads , " In March 2003 . . . in Iraq . . . Arms and explosives search dog , Buster , located an arsenal of weapons and explosives hidden behind a false wall in a property linked with an extremist group . " He " is considered responsible for saving the lives of service personnel and civilians . Following the find , all attacks ceased and shortly afterwards troops replaced their steel helmets with berets . "
East Cemetery Hill East Cemetery Hill is a Gettysburg Battlefield landform used for the battle of East Cemetery Hill during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg , Second Day . Located on the east of Gettysburg ' s Baltimore Street and the Baltimore Pike which meet on the hill , the hill is a northeast spur , and the east slope , of Cemetery Hill . The hill has numerous postbellum battlefield monuments , as well as artillery lunettes remaining from the Battle of Gettysburg . Slocum Avenue is on the south slope , while Wainwright Avenue is near the east base . History . The 1785 survey for James Gettys established the borough line across the spur , and the 1807 Gettysburg and Petersburg Turnpike Company operated the toll road on the summit . Raffensberger Hill was renamed " East Cemetery Hill " in 1858 after Evergreen Cemetery was established on the south slope of Cemetery Hill in 1854 . Following the battle , a July 6 Union military camp was established on East Cemetery Hill , and the 1886 Camp Hancock was a postbellum camp on East Cemetery Hill . The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association acquired the Raffensberger land during the memorial association era and operated an 1878 wooden observation tower of East Cemetery Hill had been built near the monument for Battery B , Pennsylvania Light Artillery . East Cemetery Hill became part of the Gettysburg National Military Park in 1895 and in 1875 , on East Cemetery Hill were excavated for iron . The Gettysburg Water Company established a well on the hill ' s " Crosta Lot " in 1882 , groundbreaking for the Gettysburg Cyclorama building for the 1913 Gettysburg reunion was in 1912 , and the Howard equestrian statue was erected in 1932 .
Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje The Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje is an armoured regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army , named after Prince Willem , Prince of Orange , eldest son of King Willem II . The regiment serves as part of 43 Gemechaniseerde ( Mechanized ) Brigade operating the Leopard 2 main battle tank . It was raised in 1815 as a militia carabiniers regiment , and changed into a cuirassiers regiment ( Regiment Cuirassiers nr . 9 ) in 1816 . It fought with distinction against the Belgians during the Ten Day Campaign ( Tiendaagse Veldtocht ) in August 1831 . In 1841 , it was transformed into a Dragoon regiment ( 2nd Dragoon Regiment ) , followed by another transformation in 1867 , when it became the 2nd Hussar Regiment . Several squadrons fought during the Nazi - invasion of May 1940 near Geertruidenberg en Keizersveer , preventing a SS - brigade to cross a vital bridge . The regiment was disbanded after the armistice in 1940 , but was raised again in 1978 , as the Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje . Battle honour : Tiendaagse Veldtocht 1831
John B . Montgomery John Berrien Montgomery ( 1794 – 25 March 1872 ) was an officer in the United States Navy who served during the Mexican - American War and the American Civil War . Biography . Born in Allentown , New Jersey , Montgomery entered the Navy in 1812 . His commands included the sloop - of - war in 1844 , and the steam frigate in 1857 . He served as Commandant of the Boston Navy Yard from June 1862 to December 1863 , and then of the Washington Navy Yard in 1865 . In early June 1846 , Montgomery and the ship he commanded , the " USS Portsmouth " , arrived in San Francisco Bay , then part of the Mexican province of Alta California . As a result Montgomery was involved , albeit as a witness only , in the events of the Bear Flag Revolt in which foreign residents , mostly American revolted against the Mexican authorities . As a naval representative of the U . S . Government , he was approached by representatives of the Revolt , by representatives of the Mexican provincial government and by other representatives of the U . S . On June 16 , 1846 , Montgomery sent a mission to Sonoma to investigate the conditions there , following the Revolt . On July 9 , 1846 , Montgomery and his detachment from the " Portsmouth " raised the American flag over the plaza in the town of Yerba Buena , whose name was changed to San Francisco , California in 1847 . At his direction , Lt . Joseph W . Revere also lowered California ' s famous Bear Flag flying at Sonoma , California , north of San Francisco Bay and raised the U . S . Flag . The lowered Bear Flag ended up in Montgomery ' s possession and in 1848 , he delivered it to Naval authorities in Boston . Ultimately , in 1855 , the flag was returned to California . In 1859 , he commanded the Pacific Squadron until relieved on January 2 , 1862 . He died at Carlisle , Pennsylvania in March 1872 . His remains were interred at Oak Hill Cemetery , Washington , D . C . Namesakes . Montgomery Street , a notable street in downtown San Francisco , is named for him .
Sirajuddin Haqqani Sirajuddin " Siraj " Haqqani ( alias " Khalifa " born c . 1973 or 1977 / 78 ) is a Pashtun warlord and military leader from Afghanistan who fights against American and coalition forces from his base within North Waziristan in Pakistan , where it is claimed he provides shelter to Al Qaeda operatives . The U . S . government ' s Rewards for Justice Program is offering up to US $ 5 million ( $ 5 , 000 , 000 . 00 ) US $ in reward for information leading to Sirajuddin Haqqani ' s capture . Family life . Sirajuddin Haqqani is the son of Jalaluddin Haqqani , a famous mujahideen and military leader of pro - Taliban forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan . His younger brother , Mohammad Haqqani was killed also a member of the network and died in a drone attack on February 18 , 2010 . The attack was conducted in Dande Darpakhel , a village in North Waziristan . Sirjuddin Haqqani ' s deputy , Sangeen Zadran , was killed by an US drone strike on 5 September 2013 . Attacks . Serena Hotel . Haqqani has admitted planning the January 14 , 2008 attack against the Serena Hotel in Kabul that killed six people , including American citizen Thor David Hesla , as well as having planned the April 2008 assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai . Elementary School . His forces have been accused by the coalition forces of carrying out the late - December 2008 bombing in Kabul , Afghanistan at an Afghan elementary school near an Afghan barracks that killed several schoolchildren , an Afghan soldier , and an Afghan guard ; no coalition or US personnel were affected . Journalist Hostage . In November 2008 , " New York Times " reporter David S . Rohde was captured in Afghanistan . His initial captors are believed to have been solely interested in a ransom . Sirajuddin Haqqani is reported to have been his last captor prior to his escape . Drones . Several reports indicated that Haqqani was targeted in a massive U . S . drone attack on February 2 , 2010 , but that he was not in the area affected . In March 2010 he was described as one of the leaders on the " Taliban ' s Quetta Shura " . In 2011 , it was reported that the CIA had an opportunity to assassinate Siraj but backed off due to women and children being nearby .
Billinghurst Requa Battery The Billinghurst Requa Battery gun was an early rapid - fire gun used during the American Civil War . It was invented by a Dr . Josephus Requa ( 1833 – 1910 ) , a dentist by profession , who had at the age of 16 spent three years as an apprentice to William Billinghurst ( 1807 – 1880 ) . In 1861 on the suggestion of an Albert Mack , Requa began thinking about the design of a rapid - fire gun . Requa talked with Billinghurst , who he remained friends with and came up with a scale model of a design by 11 July 1861 . After it was received favorably , Billinghurst and Requa decided to build a full - scale prototype , which cost approximately $ 500 to build . It consisted of twenty - five heavy . 58 caliber rifle barrels , each long and mounted together in a secure frame , which could be elevated for range . The frame was then mounted on a two - wheeled carrier . Ammunition was loaded as a long clip of twenty - five rounds , which were fired by a single percussion cap in a single volley . With a crew of three , it could be reloaded and fired seven times a minute , giving a rate of fire of 175 rounds per minute . The . 58 caliber bullets were conical and weighed approximately one ounce . It was also possible to adjust the spread of the guns to make them diverge for use at close range . Requa met with General James Wolfe Ripley on 22 April 1862 to propose the idea . Ripley however dismissed Requa with the argument that such a weapon would consume expensive ammunition at such a rate that it would cause logistical problems . Requa then approached President Abraham Lincoln on 1 May 1862 , who listened to Requa ' s explanation of Ripley ' s dismissal . He gave Requa a note which said : " Gen . Ripley , please see Mr . Requa A . Lincoln , May 1 , 1862 " . Ripley , however , would not move from his position . Requa went back to Lincoln , who then ordered Ripley to arrange a demonstration of the weapon . Two tests were arranged on 12 May 1862 and 24 May 1862 with favorable results . Requa and Billinghurst needed financial backing to proceed with production of the weapon , and arranged for a public demonstration of the weapon as proof to backers . This was conducted on 12 August 1862 at Rochester , New York . At the demonstration , the gun blasted holes in a wooden barrel target setup away in the Genessee River . The backers were impressed , and contracts were drawn up to produce 50 units . A patent numbered 36 , 448 was also issued on 16 September 1862 . The battery was never officially accepted into service , however it saw action at Fort Sumter and Siege of Petersburg as well as the Battle of Cold Harbor . After the war a final test of the gun was conducted at the Washington Arsenal in August 1864 , with a report issued in 1866 indicating that the gun was reliable and performed well during the testing . As a result , an additional five guns were ordered . However advances in firearms technology soon rendered the weapon obsolete .
Gando Special Force History . The Jiandao region of Kirin province in Manchuria , known in Korean as “ Gando ” , was an area that had been inhabited largely by ethnic Koreans since the ancient kingdoms of Goguryeo and Balhae . After the Japanese annexation of Korea by the Empire of Japan in 1905 , many Koreans opposed to the annexation relocated from Korea to Gando and established anti - Japanese resistance movements . Many of these movements came later under the control of the Chinese Communist Party via the Northeast Anti - Japanese United Army . From 1907 , the Japanese government claimed jurisdiction over all ethnic Koreans regardless of physical location , and friction increased with the government of Qing dyansty China over control of the Gando area , cumulating in the Gando Convention of 1909 . After the Manchurian Incident , and the establishment of Japanese control over all of Manchuria in 1931 , another wave of Korean immigation occurred , this time with Japanese encouragement , to help cement Japanese claims on the territory . With the establishment of Manchukuo in 1932 , the situation in Gando was very unstable , with the local population rent into pro - Japanese and anti - Japanese / anti - Manchukuo factions , many of which resorted to guerrilla warfare tactics . In an effort to subjugate the region , the Kwantung Army recruited pro - Japanese Koreans into a special warfare force , which it incorporated into , and had trained by the Manchukuo Imperial Army primarily in counter insurgency tactics . A number of ethnic Koreans saw better opportunities for advancement via the Manchukuo military academies which would have been impossible in the Imperial Japanese Army , and joined the new force . These included future Republic of Korea generals Paik Sun - yup . Historian Philip Jowett noted that during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria , the Gando Special Force had " earned a reputation for brutality and was reported to have laid waste to large areas which came under its rule . " After the surrender of Japan , many members of the Gando Special Force were incorporated into the new Republic of Korea Army by the United States Army , for their training and intimate knowledge of the terrain and tactics of the communist North Korean Army in many northern areas of the Korean peninsula . Some later rose to high positions within the government of the Republic of Korea . However , for the most part members of the Gando Special Force are regarded as " Chinilpa s " in modern Korea for their role in suppressing groups advocating Korean independence .
Alfons König Alfons König ( 29 December 1898 – 8 July 1944 ) was a German officer in the infantry , serving during World War II and a recipient of the coveted Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . He was killed in action on 8 July 1944 while defending Bobruisk .
Laurence Rees Laurence Rees ( born 1957 ) is a British historian . He is the former Creative Director of History Programmes for the BBC , a documentary filmmaker , and the author of five books on war . His documentaries and books on WWII are used as teaching aids in British schools . Biography . Rees was educated at Solihull School and Oxford University , and began his career as an editor on the BBC series " Timewatch " . He wrote , directed and produced the 1997 series " " , the 2001 series " Horror in the East " , and the 2005 . He has won many awards for his television films , including a BAFTA , a Grierson Award , an International Documentary Award , a British Press Guild Award and a BANFF festival award . He also wrote , directed and produced the documentary , " World War II Behind Closed Doors . " He also wrote the companion books to his series " " , " Horror in the East : Japan and the Atrocities of World War II " , " The War of the Century : When Hitler Fought Stalin " and " " . In 2006 he won History Book of the Year at the British Book Awards for his book on Auschwitz making him the first person to win both a BAFTA for a television series he has written , produced and directed , as well as a British Book Award for a book he has written . His latest book , titled " " , was released in September 2007 by Ebury Press . In 2005 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Sheffield University for services to history and television . In May 2010 he launched WW2History . com , a subscription multimedia educational resource on World War II . In 2011 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate ( DUniv ) by The Open University .
Al - Shaheed Monument The al - Shaheed Monument ( ) , also known as the Martyr ' s Memorial , is a monument in the Iraqi capital Baghdad dedicated to the Iraqi soldiers who died in the Iran - Iraq war . The Monument was opened in 1983 , and was designed by the Iraqi architect Saman Kamal and the Iraqi sculptor and artist Ismail Fattah al - Turk . During the 1970s and 1980s , Saddam Hussein ' s government spent a lot of money on new monuments , which included the al - Shaheed Monument . Design . The monument consists of a circular platform 190 meters in diameter in the center of an artificial lake . On the platform sits an enormous 40 meter tall split turquoise dome , which resembles the domes of the Abbasid era . The two halves of the split dome are offset , with an eternal flame in the middle . The shells are constructed of a galvanized steel frame with glazed turquoise ceramic tile cladding which was pre - cast in carbon fiber reinforced concrete . The interior is oculant , being that under the Iraqi flag , there is an open hole , or oculus , providing light below . The rest of the site consists of parks , a playground , parking lots , walkways , bridges , and the lake . The monument is located on the East side of the Tigris river , near the Army Canal which separates Sadr city from the rest of Baghdad . A museum , library , cafeteria , lecture hall and exhibition gallery are located in two levels underneath the domes .
32d Flying Training Squadron The 32d Flying Training Squadron ( 32 FTS ) was last part of the 71st Flying Training Wing based at Vance Air Force Base , Oklahoma . It operated T - 1 Jayhawk aircraft conducting flight training . It was inactivated for unknown reasons on 14 September 2012 . History . Activated in late 1942 under I Troop Carrier Command and equipped with C - 47 Skytrain s . Trained in various parts of the eastern United States until the end of 1943 . Deployed to French Morocco in May 1943 and assigned to Twelfth Air Force to support combat operations in the North African Campaign . Remained with Twelfth Air Force , moving to Tunisia and Sicily providing transport and resupply operations as well as casualty evacuation of wounded personnel in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations ( MTO ) . Reassigned to IX Troop Carrier Command , Ninth Air Force in England during early 1944 as part of the build - up of Allied forces prior to the D - Day invasion of France . Began operations by dropping paratroop s into Normandy on D - Day ( 6 June 1944 ) and releasing gliders with reinforcements on the following day . The unit received a Distinguished Unit Citation and a French citation for these missions . After the Normandy invasion the squadron ferried supplies in the United Kingdom . The squadron also hauled food , clothing , medicine , gasoline , ordnance equipment , and other supplies to the front lines and evacuated patients to rear zone hospitals . It dropped paratroops near Nijmegen and towed gliders carrying reinforcements during the airborne attack on Holland . In December , it participated in the Battle of the Bulge by releasing gliders with supplies for the 101st Airborne Division near Bastogne . Moved to Belgium in early 1945 , and participated in the Western Allied invasion of Germany , participating in the air assault across the Rhine River in March 1945 , each aircraft towed two gliders with troops of the 17th Airborne Division and released them near Wesel . After V - E Day , became part of the United States Air Forces in Europe , being assigned to AAF Station Frankfurt and was part of the USAFE European Air Transport System ( EATS ) , supporting the occupation forces in Germany as well as carrying supplies and personnel between various stations in Western Europe . Inactivated on 30 September 1946 in Germany . The squadron conducted worldwide airlift operations between 1973 and 1979 and provided pilot training from 1995 - 2012 . Due to a lack of a relevant mission for a lesser known sister squadron , the 32d was inactivated in an attempt to save the heritage of the 3rd Fighter Training Squadron . The 32d was officially inactivated on 14 Sep 2012 despite the fact that it was consistently ranked the base ' s top squadron in athletics , pilot production , morale , and other metrics .
Charles Herbert Joyce Charles Herbert Joyce ( January 30 , 1830 - November 22 , 1916 ) was an American lawyer and politician . He served as a U . S . Representative from Vermont . Biography . Joyce was born near Andover , England to Charles Joyce and Martha E . Grist Joyce . At the age of six , in 1836 , he immigrated to the United States with his parents , who settled in Waitsfield , Vermont . He attended Waitsfield Academy and Northfield Academy before entering Newbury Seminary . He was a page in the Vermont House of Representatives for three sessions . While studying law , Joyce taught school to support himself . He was admitted to the bar in 1852 . He began the practice of law in Northfield , Vermont in 1855 . Joyce spent one year as assistant state librarian , then two years as the state librarian . He served as the district attorney for Washington County in 1857 and 1858 . When the American Civil War broke out , he served in the Union Army as major and lieutenant colonel of the Second Vermont Volunteers . After the war he resumed his legal practice in Rutland , Vermont and entered politics , serving as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1869 until 1871 . He was the speaker in 1870 and 1871 . Joyce was elected as a Republican candidate to the Forty - fourth Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses , serving from March 4 , 1875 until March 3 , 1883 . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1882 . After leaving office he again resumed his legal practice in Rutland , Vermont . He retired from his legal practice in 1895 . Joyce resided in Pittsfield , Vermont until his death on November 22 , 1916 . He is interred in Evergreen Cemetery in Rutland , Vermont . Personal life . Joyce was married to Rouene M . Randall Joyce . They had three children : Inez Rouene Joyce , Grace Randall Joyce , and Charles P . F . Joyce .