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Canon de 75 mle GP III The Canon de 75 mle GP111 was a field gun used by Belgium during World War II . Cockerill mounted a sleeve in the barrels of ex - German 7 . 7 cm FK 16 guns received as reparations after World War I to convert them to the standard Belgian 75mm ammunition . After 1940 , the Wehrmacht designated captured guns as the 7 . 5 cm FK 236 ( b ) . This gun was nearly the equivalent of the German 7 . 5 cm FK 16 nA and apparently saw wider service than the other captured Belgian guns .
William H . Wood William H . " Bill " Wood ( c . 1900 – June 7 , 1988 ) was an American football , basketball , and baseball player , coach of football , and United States Army officer . He served as the head football coach at the United States Military Academy from 1938 to 1940 , compiling a record of 12 – 13 – 3 . Wood was born in Waterbury , Connecticut and raised in Baltimore , Maryland . He attended Johns Hopkins University before transferring to West Point , where he lettered in three sports and graduated in 1925 . Serving in China and Europe during World War II , Wood was chief of staff of the 13th Armored Division . He retired from the Army in 1956 after rising to the rank of brigadier general . Wood died at the age of 87 on June 7 , 1988 at the William Hill Health Care Center in Easton , Maryland . He had been stricken with Alzheimer ' s disease .
Pandulf IV of Benevento Pandulf IV ( died 7 February 1074 ) was the co - prince of Benevento with his father Landulf VI from 1056 , when his grandfather Pandulf III was still reigning , to his own death in battle before that of his father . Probably in 1059 , the elder Pandulf abdicated to the monastery of S . Sofia , leaving Landulf and the younger Pandulf sole princes . Pandulf was probably present on 1 October 1071 at the reconsecration of the Abbey of Monte Cassino . He does not appear in the 12 August 1073 charter in which his father swore fidelity to Pope Gregory VII . At that point , however , Landulf does not appear again in the chronicles and Pandulf seems to have taken over the main responsibilities as prince . Pandulf warred against the Normans . He was killed at the Battle of Montesarchio on 7 February 1074 .
Home Service Force The Home Service Force was a Home Guard type force established in the United Kingdom in 1982 . It was linked to the Territorial Army ( TA ) and recruited from volunteers aged 18 – 60 with previous British forces ( TA or regular ) experience . It was introduced to guard key points and installations likely to be the target of enemy ‘ special forces ’ and saboteurs , so releasing other units for mobile defence roles . It was stood down in 1992 . History . The pilot started in September 1982 and consisted of four companies that were used to relieve the Army of guarding key points , consisting of 18 - 59 year - olds with training obligation of 4 - 5 weekends per year . In 1984 there were platoons in 11 cities and the force began expanding to 5000 persons nationwide , with the goal of establishing a platoon in every T . A . company by 1988 . It was decided to disband the HSF in 1991 and the last unit was disbanded in 1993 . Recruitment . Membership was open to recruits who had previous military service , which could have been with the Army , Royal Navy or Royal Air Force , MoD Police or as adult instructors in the Army , Navy or Air Cadet Forces . Reserve forces of significant length of service were also eligible . This meant that there wasn ’ t the usual raw recruit training , just refresher training to bring everyone up to scratch , for example , some of the volunteers were used to the SMLE rifle and many a drill night was spent getting to grips with the SLR and then later with the SA80 . Companies . There were at least 50 HSF Companies formed .
USS Robert Smith ( DD - 324 ) USS " Robert Smith " ( DD - 324 ) was a " Clemson " - class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I . She was named for Robert Smith . History . " Robert Smith " , a steel , flush - deck destroyer , was launched 19 September 1919 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation , San Francisco , California ; sponsored by Miss Jane Cooper ; and commissioned 17 March 1921 , Lieutenant Commander Paul M . Bates in command . Departing San Francisco 5 April 1921 , " Robert Smith " headed for her homeport , San Diego , California , to commence operations as flagship , Division 45 , 2nd Destroyer Flotilla , U . S . Pacific Fleet . The destroyer cruised along the west coast of the United States and Mexico with the Battle Force , Pacific Fleet , into 1925 , assigned to Destroyer Division 35 from September 1922 . She conducted extensive gunnery , torpedo , and practice exercises , undergoing annual overhauls at Mare Island Navy Yard . The ship departed Mare Island 19 May 1925 for a cruise with units of the Battle Force . After taking part in maneuvers off Lahaina Roads , " Robert Smith " departed Pearl Harbor 1 July for Pago Pago , Samoa ; Melbourne , Australia ; Lyttelton and Wellington , New Zealand ; and Tutuila , Samoa , returning to Pearl Harbor on 18 September . Back at San Diego 26 September 1925 , " Robert Smith " resumed her schedule of duties as a unit assigned to the Destroyer Force , Pacific Fleet . She transited the Panama Canal in April 1927 , steaming north to Tompkinsville , New York , before returning south to operate in Panamanian waters during July . " Robert Smith " cruised along the southern California coast subsequently into 1928 , deploying to the Hawaiian Islands in May 1928 and again in July . Operating into 1929 in Mexican and Californian waters , " Robert Smith " returned to San Diego 28 August 1929 for inactivation . Fate . Decommissioned 1 March 1930 at San Diego , " Robert Smith " was towed to Mare Island Navy Yard 4 April 1930 . Struck from the Navy list 12 July 1930 and dismantled , " Robert Smith ' s " materials were sold 10 June 1931 for scrapping in accordance with the provisions of the London Treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armament . As of 2005 , no other ships in the United States Navy have been named " Robert Smith " . See for other ships of this name .
Johan Bergenstråhle Johan Bergenstråhle ( May 13 , 1756 – March 7 , 1840 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish military officer who participated in Russo - Swedish War ( 1788 - 1790 ) , and the Finnish War . In June 1808 he was sent as a colonel of the Swedish Army , with 1 , 000 men and four cannon to Vasa in order to retake the city from the Russians . The expedition failed ; Bergenstråhle was wounded and captured on June 25 . Personal life . Bergenstråhle was married on October 12 , 1785 to Carolina Margareta von Cristiersson ( 1767 - 1799 ) , who bore him seven children . He remarried on 23 September 1800 , taking Ulrika Gustava Riddersvärd ( 1781 - 1849 ) to be his wife : she bore him ten children .
USS New York ( 1820 ) USS " New York " , a 74 - gun ship of the line , was authorized 29 April 1816 and laid down in March 1820 at Norfolk Navy Yard , Norfolk , Virginia . It was never launched , and was burnt on the stocks at Norfolk 21 April 1861 by Union forces to prevent its capture by Confederate troops . The ship was named for New York , the 11th of the original 13 states , which ratified the Constitution 26 July 1788 .
Twizell Castle Twizell Castle ( also spelt Twizel ) is a Grade II * listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument which stands on a bend of the River Till at Tillmouth Park , Northumberland , northern England . Below it , the medieval Twizell bridge spans the river . It is located south - west of Berwick Upon Tweed . The site is visible from a public footpath , which passes the castle from the road . The gardens of the castle contain the earthwork remains of the once lost medieval village of Twizell , whilst the massive ruin presents the remains of an 18th - century castle which was never completed . The Castle . A medieval tower house which once stood on the site was , in 1415 , held by Sir John Heron . This was destroyed by a Scottish army in 1496 commanded by James IV of Scotland and Perkin Warbeck . James IV returned on 24 August 1513 on his way to besiege Norham Castle , and held a council or parliament at " Twesil " or " Twesilhaugh . " The estate was sold by the Herons circa 1520 to a member of the Selby family . A survey in 1561 reported only the remnants of a tower house and a barmkin . Of the medieval structure , blocked windows , a chamfer ed doorway and the original north - east angle quoins are all that remains visible now . In 1685 Sir Francis Blake ( d . 1718 ) purchased the estate from the widow Selby for £1 , 944 , plus an annuity of £100 , and the Blake family lived on the estate until 1738 when they moved to nearby Tillmouth Hall . From about 1770 , Sir Francis Blake ( d . 1780 ) worked on the recreation of the castle as a Gothic Revival mansion , designed by architect James Nesbit of Kelso to be five levels tall . Despite some forty years of work , the project was never completed . When in 1882 , the Blakes built a new mansion at Tillmouth Park much of the incomplete Twizell Castle was demolished and the stone used in the new construction . The house is now a two - story folly . Rectangular in plan , with circular towers on the angles and two wings on the north side , the basement rooms in the main block are stone and brick - vaulted as a precaution against fire . The property is in poor order and is officially listed as of 2008 on the English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register .
Skoda 75 mm Model 1939 The Skoda 75 mm Model 1939 ( 75 mm M . 39 ) was a mountain gun manufactured in by Skoda Works and exported in small numbers to Romania and Iran . The design was related to the Bofors L / 22 sold to Switzerland . For transport , the gun could be broken into eight sections and carried by mule . The gun crew was protected by an armour ed shield . Romanian guns equipped two mountain artillery battalion s .
Anne Hupp Anne Rowe Hupp ( 1757 - June 26 , 1823 ) was an American frontierswoman of the Buffalo Creek Valley in Washington County , Pennsylvania . Indian Attack . Jacob Miller settled of land on Buffalo Creek watershed in the 1770s . In early April 1782 , she defended the fort of Miller ' s Blockhouse , Washington County , Pennsylvania , against a Shawnee Indian Attack , for over 24 hours in 1782 while eight months pregnant , after her husband was murdered and scalped . Attacks continued in the area from April to May 1782 . Ann married John May and they had 3 children : Benjamin , Ann , and George . Ann died on 26 June 1823 .
Bulford Camp Bulford Camp is a military camp on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire , England . Its name occurs in the lyric of the Great War song " The Last Long Mile " which complains of blisters incurred on a route march from the camp . The modern day Bulford Camp is two camps separated by Marlborough Road . The camp on the eastern side contains Picton Barracks housing the headquarters of 3rd ( UK ) Division and Kiwi Barracks houses the 4th Battalion The Rifles as well as 158 Provost Company , 3rd Regiment Royal Military Police . The western side contains the headquarters of 12th Mechanised Brigade , 19 ( Tank Transporter ) Squardron , Royal Logistic Corps and elements of the 3rd ( UK ) Division HQ and Signal Regiment ( 3 DSR ) . Elements of 4 MI Battalion , Intelligence Corps are also spread across the two camps as well . The section called Sling Camp was occupied by New Zealand soldiers of the Australia New Zealand Army Corps ( ANZAC ) during World War I . At the war ' s end , it was the site of the Battle of Bulford , when the ANZAC troops staged a brief mutiny . The ANZACs left their mark by creating the Bulford Kiwi , and also named many of the streets after New Zealand towns , including : In addition , one of the barracks is named Kiwi Barracks to honour the New Zealand connection . Ward Barracks is also here as is Campion Lines , home of HQ SIB RMP . Other roads are also named after troops ' previous locations :
David Norris ( Royal Navy officer ) Admiral David Thomas Norris CB CMG ( 27 October 1875 – 19 July 1937 ) was a British Royal Navy officer . Norris was the son of Mr Justice Norris , a judge of the Calcutta High Court . He was educated at Clifton College , and joined HMS " Britannia " as a Naval Cadet at the age of 13 , being promoted Midshipman two years later . Promoted Lieutenant in November 1896 , he specialised in gunnery , and served as gunnery officer in the battleship HMS " Vengeance " on the China Station . He was promoted Commander in December 1907 and in 1908 became flag commander to the Commander - in - Chief China Station . He then served as executive officer of HMS " Dominion " , followed by HMS " Superb " , both in the Home Fleet . Norris was promoted Captain shortly before the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and took command of the armed merchant cruiser HMS " Arlanza " with the 10th Cruiser Squadron . After two years he was posted to the Air Department of the Admiralty in London , where he was in charge of naval airship s , and in 1918 he was appointed Commodore 2nd Class and Senior Naval Officer of the Persian Gulf division of the East Indies Station . In September 1918 , he reached Enzeli on the Caspian Sea with a small party of officers and men to establish the British Caspian Flotilla . He set about collecting and arming merchant vessels for use in the Russian Civil War . By the end of October he had four vessels , to which were added some coastal motorboats and an air unit . On 21 May 1919 , with six armed merchant vessels , he attacked thirty Bolshevik vessels and destroyed fourteen of them . For his services in the Caspian he was mentioned in dispatches twice , appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath ( CB ) in March 1919 and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George ( CMG ) in the 1920 New Year Honours . From 1920 to 1921 he was head of the British Naval Mission to Persia , and in 1922 he became Director of the Trade Division of the Naval Staff . In 1924 he took command of the battleship in the Home Fleet , but in October 1924 he was promoted Rear - Admiral in the 1st Battle Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet , a position he held until September 1927 . He retired on promotion to Vice - Admiral in October 1929 and was promoted Admiral on the retired list in October 1933 .
Leonid Ivanov ( pilot ) Leonid Ivanov ( 1909 - 1939 ) was a Russian pilot . Biography . Leonid Ivanov was born on August 8 , 1909 in Kashirain . He graduated from the 7th Stalingrad military aviation school in 1935 after which he served as a fighter pilot in the Far East and in the Far North . He participated in the Winter War against Finland in 1939 - 40 and was decorated for this with the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union and with the Order of Lenin after he crashed to his death on June 27 , 1941 . Combat history . In June 1941 first lieutenant Ivanov was a commander of 147 IAP Squadron which was equipped with Polikarpov I - 153 and stationed at Karelian Front with a duty to defend the harbours of Arkhangelsk and Murmansk . On 25 June , he and his wingman lieutenant Filimonov damaged two Ju 88 s over Kandalaksha , and the next day he damaged a He 111 over the same region . On the third day he attacked seven Bf 109 s which he didn ' t managed to fight off . After the fourth one he crashed to his death .
Takeshiki Guard District The was a navy base for the Imperial Japanese Navy located in the former ( now part of present - day Tsushima , Nagasaki ) , on Tsushima Island , during the Russo - Japanese War . The Takeshiki Guard District was responsible for the control of the strategic Korea Strait , which divided Japan from the Asian mainland . The district was disbanded in 1912 . History . The were second tier naval bases , similar to the first tier , with docking , fueling and resupply facilities , but typically lacking a shipyard or training school . They tended to be established by strategic waterways or major port cities for defensive purposes . In concept , the Guard District was similar to the United States Navy Sea Frontier s concept . The Guard District maintained a small garrison force of ships and Naval Land Forces which reported directly to the Guard District commander , and hosted detachments from the on a temporary assignment basis . The port of Takeshiki on Tsushima island was selected on 1 April 1896 to be a forward staging area and coaling station under the command of the Sasebo Naval District . From January 1904 , with the start of the Russo - Japanese War , as the naval support facility closest to the combat off Port Arthur , the base facilities were greatly expanded with the addition of a military hospital and ship repair facilities . However , following the end of the war and the annexation of Korea , the base lost its strategic importance . It was closed on 30 September 1912 , with most of its functions superseded by the Ryojun Guard District in the Kwantung Leased Territory .
Kumamoto Castle History . Kumamoto Castle ' s history dates to 1467 , when fortifications were established by Ideta Hidenobu . In 1496 , these fortifications were expanded by Kanokogi Chikakazu . In 1588 , Katō Kiyomasa was transferred to the early incarnation of Kumamoto Castle . From 1601 to 1607 , Kiyomasa greatly expanded the castle , transforming it into a castle complex with 49 turrets , 18 turret gates , and 29 smaller gates . The smaller castle tower , built sometime after the keep , had several facilities including a well and kitchen . In 1610 , the Honmaru Goten Palace was completed . The castle complex measures roughly 1 . 6 km ( 0 . 99 mi ) from east to west , and measures 1 . 2 km ( 0 . 75 mi ) from north to south . The castle keep is 30 . 3 m ( 99 . 4 ft ) tall . The castle was besieged in 1877 during the Satsuma Rebellion , and the castle keep and other parts were burned down . 13 of the buildings in the castle complex were undamaged , and have been designated Important Cultural Properties . In 1960 , the castle keep was reconstructed using concrete . From 1998 to 2008 , the castle complex underwent restoration work , during which most of the 17th century structures were rebuilt . The signature curved stone walls , known as " musha - gaeshi " , as well as wooden overhangs , were designed to prevent attackers from penetrating the castle . Rock falls were also used as deterrents . In nearby San - no - Maru Park is the Hosokawa Gyobu - tei , the former residence of the Hosokawa clan , the daimyo of Higo Province during the Edo period . This traditional wooden mansion has a noted Japanese garden located in its grounds . In 2006 , Kumamoto Castle was listed as one of the 100 Fine Castles of Japan by the Japan Castle Foundation . On December 7 , 2007 , a large - scale renovation of the Inner Palace was completed . A public ceremony for the restoration was held on April 20 , 2008 . Gallery . Old photographs < br > Present exterior < br >
Half a Wing , Three Engines and a Prayer Half a Wing , Three Engines and a Prayer , is a book about B - 17 crews and missions in World War II , written by Brian D . O ' Neill . He is also the author of " 303rd Bombardment Group " , also about the same subject . During World War II , O ' Neill served with the U . S . Navy as a destroyer gunner officer and shipyard repair officer . Since then he became an attorney and the General Counsel of Curtiss - Wright Corporation , the aviation company that had manufactured the P - 40 Warhawk fighter and the Cyclone B - 17 engines during World War II . The narrative relies heavily on crew diaries and Eighth Air Force registry . The author usually gives a brief description of the upcoming events and the event itself is showed through the tales of various crew members . Each downed Fortress or enemy fighter shot down was usually witnessed by various people , since each B - 17 carried ten crew members , including four officers ( pilot , co - pilot , navigator and bombardier ) and six enlisted men ( engineer , ball turret gunner , radioman , tail gunner and two waist gunners ) . The story centers around the crew of pilot Lt . Robert J . Hullar , from the 303d Bombardment Group . Each crew was put together and trained since before going to the European Theater of Operations , and sometimes concluding the 25 - mission tour at the same time .
Smith Thompson Smith Thompson ( January 17 , 1768 – December 18 , 1843 ) was a United States Secretary of the Navy from 1818 to 1823 , and a United States Supreme Court Associate Justice from 1823 until his death in 1843 . Born in Amenia , New York , Thompson graduated from Princeton University ( then known as the College of New Jersey ) in 1788 , taught for a short period thereafter , then studied law under James Kent and subsequently set up a law practice . He practiced in Troy , New York from 1792 to 1793 , and in Poughkeepsie , New York from 1793 to 1802 . He was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1800 , and attended the New York Constitutional Convention of 1801 . He was appointed to the New York State Supreme Court in 1802 , serving as Associate Justice from 1802 to 1814 , and Chief Justice from 1814 to 1818 . His wife Susanna was a member of the Livingston family . He was a founding vice president of the American Bible Society and provided a copy to every officer and enlisted man in the Navy . He was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President James Monroe , and campaigned for the Democratic - Republican presidential nomination in 1824 . When Andrew Jackson won the nomination , Thompson only reluctantly accepted his appointment to the United States Supreme Court . Thompson received a recess appointment from President James Monroe on September 1 , 1823 , to a seat vacated by Henry Brockholst Livingston . Formally nominated on December 5 , 1823 , Thompson was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 9 , 1823 , and received his commission the same day . He did not give up his political ambitions there , and took the — now considered unusual , but then quite common — step of running for political office from the bench ; however , his 1828 bid for Governor of New York was unsuccessful , unlike the example of Chief Justice John Jay , who had been elected governor in 1795 . Thereafter he mostly exited political life , and on the court was a staunch opponent of Chief Justice John Marshall . USS " Smith Thompson " ( DD - 212 ) was named for him .
Bitchfield Tower Bitchfield Tower or West Bitchfield Tower is a 15th - century medieval pele tower near Belsay , Northumberland , England . It is a Grade I listed building . The three storied battlement ed tower was built in the 15th century by the Middleton family who sold it to the Harbottles in 1502 . Marjorie Harbottle the heiress to the Harbottle estate , married Sir John Fenwick of Fenwick Tower and in 1529 they conveyed the property to their second son Roger Fenwick . In 1622 Robert Fenwick built a new manor house adjoining the tower : a datestone inscribed ' RF 1622 JF ' is incorporated into the building The Fenwicks sold the estate in 1630 to Edward Grey , from whom it was sequestered in 1646 . In 1680 it was acquired by Sir James Clavering and in 1802 the Claverings sold to Sir Charles Monck It was in a state of ruin by 1930 but has since been restored