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USS Arcata ( YTB - 768 ) Construction and commissioning . The contract for " Arcata " was awarded 18 January 1963 . She was laid down down on 15 May 1963 at Mobile , Alabama , by Mobile Ship Repair and launched 30 November 1963 . Operational history . After completing her trials , " Arcata " was placed in service and , by March 1965 , was permanently assigned to the 13th Naval District , based at Seattle , Washington , to provide harbor tug services to ships in the waters of that district . Stricken from the Navy List 4 April 2004 , she was sunk as a target on 2 October 2004 at in of water .
German submarine U - 248 German submarine " U - 248 " was a Type VIIC U - boat of the Nazi German " Kriegsmarine " during World War II . The submarine was laid down on 19 December 1942 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft yard at Kiel as ' werk ' 682 , launched on 7 October 1943 and commissioned on 6 November under the command of " Oberleutnant " Bernhard Emde . In two patrols , she sank or damaged no ships . She was sunk in mid - Atlantic by US warships in January 1945 . Service history . After training with the 5th U - boat Flotilla at Kiel , " U - 248 " was transferred to the 9th flotilla for front - line service on 1 August 1944 . She was reassigned to the 11th flotilla on 1 November . 1st patrol . The boat ' s first patrol was preceded by two short trips between Kiel in Germany and Horten and Bergen , both in Norway . Her first sortie began with her departure from Bergen on 18 August 1944 . She arrived at Trondheim on 14 October . 2nd patrol and loss . " U - 248 " was sunk by destroyer escorts , the USS " Hayter " , " Otter " , " Varian " and " Hubbard " north of the Azores on 16 January 1945 . Forty - seven men died ; there were no survivors .
Air Force Flight Standards Agency The Air Force Flight Standards Agency ( AFFSA ) maximizes the effectiveness of Air Force global air operations by ensuring access to worldwide airspace in all weather conditions . AFFSA does this by providing accurate , relevant , and timely flight information and support services to Department of Defense , national , and coalition aviators . It also acts as lead command for the creation and application of criteria , procedures , and precision equipment for worldwide instrument flight operations , air traffic control , airfield management , and air traffic control and landing systems for the Air Force . AFFSA evaluates and capitalizes on emerging technologies to ensure unrestricted access to domestic and international airspace . It partners with Federal Aviation Administration , sister services , major commands , coalition partners , and host nations to maintain the consistency and accuracy of more than 81 airfields , 1 , 092 navigation systems and 8 , 214 instrument approach procedures worldwide . It performs combat flight inspections , oversees the Air Force airfield operations standardization program and instructs the Air Force Advanced Instrument School .
185th ( 2 / 1st West Riding ) Brigade The 185th ( 2 / 1st West Riding ) Brigade was a formation of the Territorial Force of the British Army . It was assigned to the 62nd ( 2nd West Riding ) Division and served on the Western Front during the First World War .
RAF Stoke Orchard RAF Stoke Orchard was a Royal Air Force station near the village of Stoke Orchard , north west of Cheltenham , Gloucestershire during World War II . History . The airfield was developed in 1940 - 41 , originally as a Relief Landing Ground . In September 1941 it became a training airfield for No . 10 Elementary Flying Training School with 50 Tiger Moth s were based there . From July 1942 to January 1945 the airfield specialised in the training of glider pilots and instructors with No . 3 Glider Training School ( 3 GTS ) . Aircraft production . It was also home to a Ministry for Aircraft Production shadow factory run by the Gloster Aircraft Company at Brockworth . There were two large buildings , one for production and one flight shed . This site became the Coal Research Establishment of the National Coal Board following the war . Current use . Today the airfield has been returned to agriculture .
864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 864th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the Phoenix Air Defense Sector , Air Defense Command , stationed at Yuma Air Force Station , Arizona . It was inactivated on 1 August 1963 . The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States . Assignments . Stations
Orita M1941 Orita ( correct orthography : Orița ) was a 9mm submachine gun manufactured in Romania during World War II and for several years afterwards . It was named for Captain Marin Orița ( Military Technical Corps , Romanian Army ) , who is credited in Romania with its design . ( Other sources describe the Orița as a joint Czech - Romanian project ; the Czech Leopold Jašek and the Romanian Nicolae Sterca are also considered to have contributed to its design . ) The manufacturer was CMC ( Uzinele Metallurgice Copșa Mică și Cugir ) , and the first version , Model 1941 , entered operational service with the Romanian Army in 1943 . An improved version ( Model 1948 , with either fixed wooden stock or folding metal stock ) remained in service with the Romanian Army until it was replaced by the Romanian version of the AK - 47 assault rifle . The Orița was also in service with the Romanian paramilitaries ( " Gărzile Patriotice " ) until the 1970s .
Tama Cemetery People interred at Tama Cemetery include : " Gensui " The Marquis Saigō , the famous Meji politician and naval commander ; " Gensui " The Marquis Tōgō , the famous naval commander at the Battle of Tsushima ; " Gensui " Yamamoto Isoroku , commander - in - chief of Japan ' s Combined Fleet during World War II ; noted author and playwright Mishima Yukio ; and General Baron Araki , a military commander who became one of the principal right - wing political theorists of the later Japanese Empire . History . Around 1900 , Tokyo had five public cemeteries - Aoyama , Somei , Yanaka , Zoshigaya and Kameido . As the population of Tokyo grew , and cemetery space grew scarce , there was a need to build a cemetery outside of the city limits of Tokyo . In 1919 , city park manager Kiyoshi Inoshita issued a plan to establish a large park / cemetery to the north , east and west of Tokyo . Tama , to the west of Tokyo , was selected in 1920 , with construction started two years later . It was said that the site was chosen because of access to transportation infrastructure , such as the Kōshū Kaidō , Keiō Line , Seibu Tamagawa Line , and Chūō Main Line . The cemetery was opened in 1923 . The planned northern and eastern cemeteries are Sodaira and Yahashira , respectively . In 1934 , " Gensui " The Marquis Tōgō , the naval war hero , was buried in Tama Cemetery , spreading the popularity of the cemetery . During World War II , Kawasaki Ki - 61 from nearby Chofu Airfield were hidden and repaired in the cemetery . Some facilities in the cemetery still have bullet holes from U . S . strafing . Use of the cemetery increased , with the last open spot used in 1963 . Since 1963 , only reburials and other such uses have opened up new spaces . In 1962 a green lawn - type cemetery was added , and in 1993 , Mitama Hall , a columbarium , was added .
Hetman ' s sign The hetman ' s sign ( ) was the only native military symbol of the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth . It was invented by hetman Jan Tarnowski , who also popularized it on the territory of Poland in the second half of the sixteenth century . In Lithuania the hetman ' s sign was accepted in the following century . It became the most popular under reign of king Jan III Sobieski . Although he received the crown , he didn ' t reject his former attribute of authority . However from the mid of the eighteenth century hetman ' s sign was replaced by horse - tail ensign . The hetman ' s sign was a composition of various objects . These compositions underwent various changes . However there was always a spear with a ball or a spear - head on its end . Sometimes there were feathers attached to the spear . If there were , they usually were fastened together in a shape of a wing with a buckle . Sometimes there were also colourful ribbons or a horse - tail ensign attached to the top of the spearshaft and during the battle so called " hetman ' s cap " was joined to it . This symbol was attributed only to a hetman . When a hetman was riding a horse , hetman ' s sign was carried by a horseman behind him . This sign was to emphasize the dominating role of hetman as a commander - in - chief of an army and to manifest the features of an ideal hetman . It fulfilled the important utilitarian role at a battlefield . It informed the soldiers where the hetman was and assured them of his constant presence at the battlefield .
Aero L - 60 Brigadýr The Aero L - 60 Brigadýr ( ) was a small , propeller - driven Czechoslovakia n STOL utility aircraft developed for both civil and military use . A prototype , designated XL - 60 , with Argus As 10C engine , first flew on December 24 , 1953 , but it was not successful . The plane was thoroughly redesigned and the second improved prototype , with M - 208B engine , flew on June 8 , 1954 . The aircraft ' s configuration bears a strong resemblance to the Fieseler Fi 156 " Storch " licence - produced in Czechoslovakia during and after World War II ( as K - 65 Čáp ) , and which this aircraft was intended to replace . By the end of production in 1960 , 273 had been built , including an improved version , the L - 160 with an all - metal tail . Aircraft retrofitted with a PZL - built Ivchenko AI - 14 R radial engine are known as the L - 60S .
Delville Wood Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Delville Wood Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located near Longueval , France and the third largest in the Somme battlefield area . Overview . Sited opposite the Delville Wood South African Memorial and designed by Sir Herbert Baker , Delville Wood cemetery is located just off the D20 that runs between Longueval and Guillemont ( 11 km east of Albert ) , France and contains 5 , 523 burials of which two - thirds are unknown . The cemetery was constructed after the Armistice and mainly contains bodies recovered from the battlefields . A smaller number of graves were moved in from nearby French and German cemeteries . Almost all of the casualties date from July – September 1916 and are from the various Battles of Delville Wood . The high proportion of unknown graves probably reflects lengthy period which elapsed before many of the bodies were removed from the battlefield and buried . German . The German cemeteries from which remains were moved were : Allied . Allied cemeteries from which remains were moved were : The cemetery contains special memorials to the 27 casualties believed to be buried amongst the 3 , 593 unidentified burials . Sergeant Albert Gill , of the 1st Battalion King ' s Royal Rifle Corps , is buried in the cemetery . He was killed on 27 July 1916 during the fighting in Delville Wood whilst standing up under fire to direct his troops , an act for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross . Three bodies found during the building of the Delville Wood South African Memorial opposite the cemetery were interred in it in 1984 .
In Pharaoh ' s Army In Pharaoh ' s Army : Memories of the Lost War is a memoir by Tobias Wolff . The book was originally published on October 4 , 1994 . The book chronicles the author ' s experiences as a US Army officer in the Vietnam war . Before beginning his tour of duty proper , Wolff spent a year in Washington , DC learning the Vietnamese language ; prior to that he had been trained as a paratrooper . Wolff was stationed with South Vietnamese Army soldiers near My Tho and he was present during the Communists ' Tet offensive . The memoir includes a recollection of that battle as well as vignettes of various personal experiences , both in and out of Vietnam . The book picks up more or less where Wolff ' s first memoir , " This Boy ' s Life " , leaves off . It was a National Book Award finalist for nonfiction .
Constantine Kontomytes Constantine Kontomytes or Contomytes ( , ) was a Byzantine general and nobleman . Biography . As the governor ( " strategos " ) of the Thracesian Theme , Constantine Kontomytes inflicted a severe defeat on the Cretan Saracens in 841 , when they raided the rich monastic community of Mount Latros . Shortly before or soon after , Constantine ' s daughter married the " magistros " Bardas , who was the nephew of Empress Theodora on his mother ' s side and of Patriarch John VII the Grammarian on his father ' s . Bardas later assumed his father - in - law ' s surname . In 859 , Emperor Michael III ( r . 842 – 867 ) sent him to Sicily at the head of 300 ships , to confront the Arabs on the island . The Byzantine army suffered a major defeat by the Arabs under Abbas ibn Fadhl , however , and were forced back onto their ships .
T92 Light Tank T92 Light Tank was an innovative American light tank developed in 1950s by Aircraft Armaments . It was designed as an airborne / airdropped replacement for the much heavier M41 Walker Bulldog . The T92 was never accepted into service . The main gun was a conventional 76 mm cannon with a very low profile turret . Little more was exposed than the main gun and two crew cupolas which allowed 50 caliber and 30 caliber machine guns to fire buttoned up . The engine is moved to the front , which increases protection , and a rear access door provided an escape hatch and protection while reloading . This layout was later used by the contemporary Israeli Merkava battle tank . It had a crew of four with a semi automatic loading system . It carried 60 main gun rounds , and automatically ejected spent shell casings . Study of the Soviet PT - 76 led to a new swimming requirement for light tanks , for which the design could not be modified . The T - 92 would be passed over and the M551 Sheridan was eventually adopted instead . It fielded an unconventional 152 mm gun - missile system which would suffer many technical problems , and its swimming system would be rarely used in combat . The French AMX - 13 tank was a somewhat similar design that was successfully fielded .
1st East Anglian Regiment The 1st East Anglian Regiment ( Royal Norfolk and Suffolk ) was an infantry regiment of the British Army . As a result of defence cuts implemented in the late 1950s , the 1st Battalion , The Royal Norfolk Regiment and the 1st Battalion , The Suffolk Regiment amalgamated on 29 August 1959 to form the 1st Battalion , 1st East Anglian Regiment ( Royal Norfolk and Suffolk ) . On formation the regiment was based in West Berlin ( the location of the 1st Royal Norfolks ) , an exclave of West Germany surrounded by Communist East Germany . In 1961 the Regiment returned to the UK for the first since its creation , being based in Harwich . The following year the 1st East Anglians deployed to the South American colony of British Guiana ( now the state of Guyana ) after violence erupted between the African and Indian ethnic groups there . The Regiment returned to the UK later that year . In February 1964 the Regiment arrived in Aden as part of the Aden Brigade , seeing active service in the Radfan on the border with South Yemen as part of Radforce , fighting Egypt ian - supported guerillas , losing a number of its soldiers in the process . In September that year , while still based there , the Regiment amalgamated with the three other remaining regiments of the East Anglian Brigade on 1 September to form one of the new ' large ' regiments , the Royal Anglian Regiment ; the 1st East Anglians became the 1st Battalion ( Royal Norfolk and Suffolk ) . Associated Cadet Forces . The Army sections of some contingents of the Combined Cadet Force were associated with the Regiment , as follows :
HMS Crane ( 1896 ) HMS " Crane " was a Palmer three funnel , 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates . She was the sixth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1590 for a 24 - gun schooner in service until 1629 . Construction . She was laid down on 2 August 1896 at the Palmer shipyard at Jarrow - on - Tyne and launched on 17 December 1896 . During her builder ’ s trials she made her contracted speed requirement . She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in April 1898 . Pre - War . After commissioning she was assigned to the Devonport Flotilla . In 1902 she deployed to the Mediterranean returning to Home Waters in 1904 . On her return to Home Waters she was assigned to the East Coast Flotilla . On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alpha characters starting with the letter ' A ' . Since her design speed was 30 - knots and she had three funnels she was assigned to the C class . After 30 September 1913 , she was known as an C - class destroyer and had the letter ‘ C ’ painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel . World War I . In July 1914 she was in active commission in the 7th Destroyer Flotilla based at Devonport tendered to , destroyer depot ship to the 7th Flotilla . In September 1914 the 7th was redeployed to the Humber River . She remained in this deployment until the cessation of hostilities . Her employment within the Humber Patrol included anti - submarine and counter - mining patrols . On 28 October 1914 under the command of Commander R . H . Coppinger , she took part in operations off the Belgian Coast . Disposal . In 1919 she was paid off and laid - up in reserve awaiting disposal . She was sold on 10 June 1919 to Thomas W . Ward of Sheffield for breaking at New Holland , Lincolnshire , on the Humber Estuary . She was awarded the battle honour " Belgian Coast 1914 - 1917 " . References . Note : All tabular data under General Characteristics only from the listed " Jane ' s Fighting Ships " volume unless otherwise specified
John D . Ford Rear Admiral John Donaldson Ford ( 19 May 1840 – 17 April 1918 ) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish – American War . Biography . Born in Baltimore , Maryland , Ford entered the Navy as third assistant engineer on 30 July 1862 . Assigned to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron from 1862 to 1865 , he participated in engagements on the Mississippi River and the Battle of Mobile Bay . He served on the sloop - of - war until she was wrecked off the coast of India in June 1867 . During the next three decades he held various sea and shore assignments ; and , while attached to the Maryland Agricultural and Mechanical College ( now the University of Maryland , College Park ) from 1894 – 96 , he started a course in mechanical engineering . As fleet engineer of the Pacific Squadron in 1898 , he served in the cruiser during the Battle of Manila Bay on 1 May . For his " eminent and conspicuous conduct in battle " in operations at Cavite , Sangley Point , and Corregidor , he was advanced three numbers . Promoted to Rear Admiral upon retirement on 19 May 1902 , Ford remained on active duty as Inspector of Machinery and Ordnance at Sparrows Point , Maryland , until December 1908 . Rear Admiral Ford died in Baltimore , Maryland on 17 April 1918 . Namesake . The destroyer was named for him .
Syd Lucas Sydney " Syd " Maurice Lucas ( 21 September 1900 – 4 November 2008 ) was , at age 108 , one of three remaining British Tommies of World War I ( along with Harry Patch and Netherwood Hughes ) , although the war ended before he was sent to fight . He was born in Leicester , England , and conscripted into the British Army ' s Sherwood Foresters while a teenager in August 1918 . He was also , along with his compatriots Claude Choules and Bill Stone , and France ' s Fernand Goux , one of the four remaining veterans in the world to have served in both World Wars . Like Choules , he lived in Australia , in Rosebud , Victoria , the same state as the last Australian veteran John Campbell Ross . Lucas shipped to Australia in 1928 . On 13 June 1940 , he volunteered for the 2nd Australian Imperial Force , enlisting at Caulfield , Victoria , with a locality of Coburg , Victoria , both suburbs of Melbourne , and listing Gladys Lucas as next of kin . Lucas was allotted service number VX26480 and posted to the 2 / 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion . He was sent to join his battalion in Palestine , but a bout of appendicitis resulted in him having an operation on his gallbladder on arrival , and so he was not medically fit to join the battalion when it sailed for Greece in early April 1941 . Lucas was transferred to prisoner - of - war duties , guarding Italian and German prisoners of war being shipped to Australia on the " RMS Queen Mary " . He was discharged from the Australian Military Forces on 7 November 1941 , with the rank of private . His posting at discharge was Headquarters , Guard Battalion . Lucas died on 4 November 2008 of natural causes , aged 108 , one week before the 90th Anniversary since Amistice day .
SS Thielbek ( 1940 ) The Thielbek was a 2 , 815 GRT freighter that was sunk along with the and the during British air raids on May 3 , 1945 while anchored in the Bay of Lübeck with the loss of 2 , 750 lives . The ship was a passenger ship flying a white flag and had been commandeered along with the " Cap Arcona " to take on board prisoners from the Neuengamme , Stutthof , and Mittelbau - Dora concentration camps . It was later revealed by the head of the Hamburg Gestapo that the prisoners were to be killed , and it has been suggested that it was planned to do this by scuttling the ships with the prisoners aboard . Background . On 17 April 1945 the " Thielbek " was informed that they were to prepare for a " special operation " , and the following day John Jacobsen , the Captain of the " Thielbek " , was summoned to a conference by the SS along with Captain Bertram of the " Cap Arcona " at which they were ordered to take on board concentration camp prisoners . Both the captains refused , and Jacobsen was relieved of command of his ship . The order to transfer the prisoners from the camps to the prison ships came from Hamburg Gauleiter Karl Kaufmann , who was himself acting on orders from Berlin . Kaufmann later claimed during a War Crimes Tribunal that the prisoners were destined for Sweden , however at the same trial Bassewitz - Behr , the head of the Hamburg Gestapo , said that the prisoners were in fact to be killed in compliance with Himmler ' s orders . Embarkation of prisoners began on 20 April , with the Swedish Red Cross present . The ship ' s water supply was insufficient for so many people and 20 to 30 prisoners died daily . The prisoners , with the exception of political prisoners , remained on board for 2 or 3 days before being transferred to the " Cap Arcona " by the smaller vessel " Athen " . Sinking . Between the two attacks on the " Cap Arcona " , nine Hawker Typhoon aircraft of No . 198 Squadron RAF stationed at Plantlünne attacked the " Thielbek " and the " Deutschland " , 5 aircraft firing rockets at the " Deutschland " and 4 at the " Thielbek " . Numerous cannon shells and 32 rockets were fired at the " Thielbek " , which was left on fire with a 30° list to starboard , and sank 20 minutes after being attacked . Of the 2 , 800 prisoners on board the " Thielbek " , only 50 survived the attack . Aftermath . Four years after her sinking the " Thielbek " was refloated and the human remains found on board laid to rest in the " Cap Arcona " cemetery in Neustadt . She was repaired and returned to service , having been renamed " Reinbek " . In 1961 the Knöhr and Burchard shipping company sold the ship which was then renamed " Magdalene " and later " Old Warrior " and sailed under the Panamanian flag before finally being scrapped in 1974 in Split , Yugoslavia .