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Siegfried Scheibe Siegfried Scheibe ( 25 May 1916 – 26 April 1945 ) was an Obersturmbannführer ( Lieutenant Colonel ) in the Waffen - SS during World War II . He was the commander of the SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Regiment 48 " General Seyffardt " , 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division " Nederland " and a posthumous recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross , which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II . Siegfried Scheibe was born on 25 May 1916 , in Leipzig , Germany . During World War II he volunteered to join the Waffen SS . His first command was the 12th Company , SS Regiment " Germania " . He was awarded the Iron Cross II class in November 1939 for his actions during the Polish Campaign . The Iron Cross I class award followed in August 1940 , for the Battle of France . In June 1942 , he was awarded the German Cross in Gold while serving in the Soviet Union . In 1944 , he was given command of the II . Battalion , SS Volunteer Regiment 23 " Norge " and then took over command of the SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Regiment 48 " General Seyffardt " in July 1944 . He was killed in action between Baruth / Mark and Forsthaus Wunder , on the Eastern Front on 26 April 1945 , and then awarded a posthumous Knight ' s Cross in May 1945 , for his action while in command of the SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Regiment 48 " General Seyffardt " .
Fort George Wright Fort George Wright is a land area located in Spokane , Washington . It is named after General George Wright , who had been stationed in the area . In 1895 , local residents purchased the area then known as " Twickenham Park " , which was deeded to the government for the construction of a military post . With Congress ’ authorization , the $ 40 , 000 purchase of was made in 1896 . Construction of the fort began in 1897 . It officially opened in 1899 . Most of the buildings present were built between 1897 and 1906 . Fort George Wright was used for military purposes until 1957 . In 1957 , the government declared the fort surplus and gave educational facilities priority to purchase the property . Some of the land was used for Spokane Falls Community College in 1960 . In May 1976 , the campus was listed as the Fort George Wright Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places . This was because on the site there is also located St . Michael ' s Mission . It is a building dating from 1882 , which was originally located near the Bigelow Gulch Road . It was moved to the Fort Wright Campus . The Fort George Wright cemetery , a small square lot northwest of Fort George Wright , is also located on the land . It is managed by Fairchild AFB . It includes service men and families .
Allan Cameron ( British Army officer ) Major Allan John Cameron MBE ( 25 March 1917 – 4 December 2011 ) was a Scottish soldier and curler . Cameron served in the Queen ' s Own Cameron Highlanders during World War II , rising to the rank of Major . He helped found the International Curling Federation , the predecessor to the World Curling Federation , and served as its president from 1966 - 69 . Early life . Born in Achnacarry Castle , Fort William , Scotland , Allan Cameron was the son of Colonel Sir Donald Walter Cameron . He was educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst . Military career . Cameron was commissioned into the British Army in 1936 , aged 19 , joining the Queen ' s Own Cameron Highlanders . After commissioning , he served in India , and was the aide - de - camp for a General while stationed in Egypt . Cameron served during the Battle of Gazala in 1942 , which ended in the capture of the port city Tobruk by Axis forces and the surrender of thousands of Allied personnel . Along with two other soldiers , he escaped Italian custody in 1943 , but was recaptured by German forces six weeks later , eventually being freed after several years by American soldiers . He returned home , and after marrying , was assigned first to Balmoral Castle and then to the Eaton Hall military training school . He retired from military service in 1947 . Political career . For twenty years , Cameron served on the Ross and Cromarty County Council , serving as the chairman of its education committee from 1962 - 75 . He then moved to the Ross and Cromarty District Council and later became its convener . In 1988 , he was made an MBE , and on his 79th birthday , in 1996 , he became the third recipient of the Freedom of Ross and Cromarty . Curling career . After beginning to curl in the 1950s , Cameron became the president of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club in 1963 , winning the Swedish Cup in 1964 . He then helped found the International Curling Federation , serving as its first president from 1965 - 69 .
Thomas Belcher Private Thomas Belcher ( 1834 to May 22 , 1898 ) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War . Belcher was awarded the country ' s highest award for bravery during combat , the Medal of Honor , for his action during the Battle of Chaffin ' s Farm in Virginia on 29 September 1864 . He was honored with the award on 6 April 1865 . Belcher died on 22 May 1898 and is believed to be buried in Togus , Maine .
RFA Fort Rosalie ( A186 ) RFA " Fort Rosalie " ( A186 ) was an armament stores carrier of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary . She was built by United Shipyards , Montreal and initially completed as a stores ship but converted to an armament stores issuing ship at Portsmouth 1947 / 8 . She served in the Pacific Fleet Train and remained in the Far East until 1951 . She took part in Operation Grapple , the thermonuclear weapon test at Christmas Island in 1957 . The ship was fitted with cargo lifts 1959 / 60 . She was decommissioned on 1 May 1972 and laid up at Rosyth . She arrived at Castellon for scrapping on 10 February 1973 .
William Robert Mends Sir William Robert Mends , GCB ( 27 February 1812 – 26 June 1897 ) , was a British admiral of the Royal Navy , son of Admiral William Bowen Mends and nephew of Captain Robert Mends . William Mends was born at Plymouth into a naval family . He married Melita , daughter of Dr Joseph Stilon R . N . on 6 January 1839 . Naval career . He entered the Royal Naval College on 7 May 1825 . On 11 August 1835 he became a lieutenant and from 30 December served on - board in the Mediterranean ( commanded by Edward Russell ) . He moved to , the flagship of Josias Rowley and commanded by John M ' Kerlie on 29 November 1836 . From 13 January 1837 he served as lieutenant in commanded by Hyde Parker , still in the Mediterranean . Mends moved to take command of , a receiving ship based at Malta on 28 July 1838 . Mends was posted to , then as flag lieutenant to Sir John Louis , Admiral - Superintendent at Malta . From 3 November 1843 to 1846 he served as lieutenant in commanded by Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood stationed off Ireland and then the East Indies . On 8 November 1846 he was promoted to commander , serving in from 1 January 1848 to March 1849 once more in the Mediterranean , under Captain George Frederick Rich , and then from 11 July 1850 on commanded by Henry Martin Blackwood at Portsmouth . Mends was promoted to captain on 10 December 1852 . He served from 22 October 1853 to 1 January 1854 as captain of , flagship to Rear - Admiral Edmund Lyons of the Mediterranean fleet , during the Crimean War . From January 1854 he was captain of serving in the Black Sea . Between 14 February 1855 and April 1857 he was captain of , flagship to Edmund Lyons in the Black Sea and then the Mediterranean . From 3 April 1857 to 1 February 1860 he was captain of on Coast Guard service . He moved to take command of on 1 February 1860 when she replaced " Hastings " on coast guard service and was then appointed deputy controller general of the coast - guard in 1861 . He spent May 1862 to February 1883 as Director of Transport at the Admiralty . Mends retired at the rank of rear - admiral on 1 January 1869 , was promoted to vice - admiral on 1 January 1874 and then a full admiral on 15 June 1879 .
Volunteer Air Observers Corps ( Australia ) The Volunteer Air Observers Corps ( VAOC ) was an Australian air defence organisation of World War II . The VAOC was formed on 31 December 1941 to support the Royal Australian Air Force by sighting and observing aircraft over Australia . The VAOC swiftly established observation posts across Australia and provided information to the RAAF ' s regional air control posts . As the threat to Australia declined the VAOC ' s role was expanded to include coast watching , assisting air traffic control and weather reporting . The VAOC was staffed by civilian volunteers and reached a peak strength of 24 , 000 personnel and 2 , 656 observation posts in 1944 . After the end of the war the VAOC was reduced to a cadre in December 1945 and was disbanded on 10 April 1946 . The VAOC was similar to the British Royal Observer Corps .
Flight Instructor Badge The Flight Instructor Badge was an aeronautical badge of the United States Army during the Second World War . The badge was issued to members of the United States Army Air Forces who were civilian pilots , appointed as military flight instructors and granted officer commissions to train at military pilot schools . For those active duty pilots who served in flying instructor billets , the Flight Instructor Badge was not authorized and such personnel continued to wear the standard Pilot ’ s Badge . The Flight Instructor Badge was declared obsolete in 1947 with the creation of the United States Air Force , at which time all USAF flight instructors became full - time , active - duty pilots .
Armée Juive Armée Juive or Jewish Army , was a Zionist resistance movement in Nazi occupied World War II France which was created during January 1942 in Toulouse . It was established and led by Abraham Polonski and his wife Eugénie , the socialist Lucien Lublin , Russian poet David Knout , and his wife Ariane Skriabina ( daughter of the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin ) . Armée Juive was originally called the " Mouvement des Jeunesses Sionistes " ( M . J . S . ) and later evolved into the " Organisation Juive de Combat " ( O . J . C . ) . Their intention was to protect threatened Jews and take their fighting skills back to Israel to defend the creation of a Jewish State there . At its height , it had over 2 , 000 members and was primarily concerned with helping Jews escape to Spain via the Pyrenees . The first members of the AJ were recruited from a Torah study group headed by Rabbi Paul Roitman ( 1920 ) . They included Arnold Mandel , Elie Rothnemer Claude Strauss ( writer Claude Vigée ) and Maurice Hausner . They received funds to finance their activities from Marc Jarblum , the socialist president of the refugee Zionist Organization of France which operated from Switzerland . The Army became the " Organisation Juive de Combat " and was officially registered under the French Forces of the Interior ( FFI ) . " Placing my right hand on the blue and white flag " , < br > " I swear fidelity to the Jewish Army " < br > " And obedience to its leaders . " < br > " May my people live again , " < br > " May Eretz - Israel be reborn . " < br > " Liberty or death . " - the oath of the Armée Juive .
T - 17 tank The T - 17 tank was a Soviet Union tankette . It was designed during the Interwar period . As part of a three years development plan , a " pulemetok support " battalion was to be established by December 1930 . In 1926 , the KB OAT began work on a " Liliput " single light reconnaissance tank . The development team faced several problems , including finding a new chassis and engine . The project was stalled continuously . On March 3 , 1928 , under the leadership of the head motor lab , AP Kushka involving LY Lalmena , as well as engineers , S . Ginsburg and E . Grote took the protection of the new draft wedgies . Chassis and powertrain . The T - 17 developers utilized the T - 16 chassis and powertrain for the base model . The hull was based on the " Liliput " . The power unit used was a two - cylinder air - cooled engine . The chain track was made out of was rubber and steel . Superstructure and armaments . Housing wedgies , which received the T - 17 ( often referred to as , like its predecessor , " Liliput " ) , was riveted to the frame . The driver , located in the wheelhouse , also operated a machine gun mounted to the right of the longitudinal axis ( as was the gun option wedgies ) . Testing . With long initial delays , a prototype was ready during by the end of 1929 . Despite problems , it was tested in January 1930 . On June of that year , another test was conducted and showed better mobility than the T - 18 . Modifications . One of the biggest drawbacks wedges became single body . Therefore , one of the three tankettes ordered by the summer of 1930 , had already become a double . The second version of the T - 17 had rubber tracks of the Kégresse type . Series Production T - 17 found it impractical , and it was decided to continue work on the double slipper with standard units of T - 18 .
Richard Dixon ( USCG ) Richard Dixon was the coxswain of a 44 foot motor lifeboat , on the July 4th weekend of 1980 , when his skill and daring enabled him to rescue stricken pleasure boat crew off Tillamook Bay , Oregon . During the first incident a 58 foot yacht was in distress in the aftermath of hurricane Celia , and needed to seek sheltered waters , but wave conditions seemed likely to batter it apart if it tried to use the narrow entrance between two stone jetties to enter Tillamook Bay ' s harbor . Dixon and the Coxswain of another motor life boat maneuvered beside the yacht , to absorb some of the wave energy as if entered harbor . In the second incident two pleasure boat occupants had fallen overboard and were within fifty feet of being dashed upon the harbor ' s breakwater . In spite of the danger of maneuvering so close to the crashing waves , in such high sea conditions , Dixon was able to rescue the pleasure boaters . Dixon received Coast Guard Medal s for both rescues . USCGC " Richard Dixon " . In 2010 when the Coast Guard decided that all the new Sentinel class cutters would be named after Coast Guard personnel who had been recognized for their heroism Dixon was one of those to be honored . The thirteenth cutter in the class will be named the USCGC " Richard Dixon " . She will be the first Sentinel class cutter to be homeported in Puerto Rico .
Canarias - class cruiser The " Canarias " class was a class of heavy cruiser of the Spanish Navy . Two ships of the class were completed in the 1930s . They were designed in the United Kingdom and were modified versions of the Royal Navy ' s . They were built in Spain by the Vickers - Armstrongs subsidiary Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval . The two ships completed , " Canarias " and " Baleares " , both saw service during the Spanish Civil War , the latter being sunk . Design . The ships were ordered in 1926 and were based on the British County - class cruisers . The designer was Sir Phillip Watts . These ships had anti - torpedo bulges and a slightly narrower beam as well as more powerful machinery . The boiler rooms were re - arranged compared to the British design and trunked into a single massive funnel rather than three funnels used on the British cruisers . The Spanish ships had a stronger secondary armament and although the original design included a catapult for a seaplane this was never installed . Ships . Both ships were built by SECN in Ferrol . A third ship was projected but not ordered . Both ships were making their final sea trials when seized by the Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War . Both of them were fitting out and completed with makeshift fire control and secondary armament . " Canarias " was the flagship of the Nationalist Navy and sank 34 ships including the Republican destroyer " Almirante Ferradiz " , the Soviet merchant " Komsomol " and damaged the destroyer " José Luis Díez " forcing her to seek refuge at Gibraltar . During World War II she took part in the search of survivors from the German battleship " Bismarck " . " Baleares " was completed without Y turret , which was retrofitted in 1937 . In September 1937 she engaged two Republican light cruisers in the Battle of Cape Cherchell . During a raid on Palma de Majorca in March 1938 she was intercepted by Republican destroyers and torpedoed by the destroyer " Lepanto " . The torpedoes blew up the forward magazines disintegrating the fore part of the ship . The stern half remained afloat and 372 of her crew of 1221 were saved by British destroyers and . 786 men died during the action .
John Harris ( Medal of Honor ) John Harris ( born 1839 , date of death unknown ) was a Union Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor for his service on the in Mobile Bay during the American Civil War . Born in 1839 in Scotland , Harris was living in New York when he joined the Navy . He served during the Civil War as a captain of the forecastle on the . At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5 , 1864 , he was among the crew of a small boat sent from " Metacomet " to rescue survivors of the , which had been sunk by a naval mine ( then known as a " torpedo " ) . Despite intense fire , the boat crew was able to pull ten " Tecumseh " men from the water . For this action , Harris was awarded the Medal of Honor a year and a half later , on January 15 , 1866 . Five other members of the boat crew also received the medal : Seaman James Avery , Quarter Gunner Charles Baker , Ordinary Seaman John C . Donnelly , Seaman Henry Johnson , and Landsman Daniel Noble . Medal of Honor citation . As captain of the forecastle on board the U . S . S . " Metacomet " , Harris was a member of the boat ' s crew which went to the rescue of the officers and crew of the U . S . Monitor " Tecumseh " , when that vessel was struck by a torpedo in passing the enemy forts in Mobile Bay , 5 August 1864 Harris braved the enemy fire which was said by the admiral [ David Farragut ] to be " one of the most galling " he had ever seen , and aided in rescuing from death 10 of the crew of the " Tecumseh " , thereby eliciting the admiration of both friend and foe .
Anson Stager Anson Stager ( April 20 , 1825 - March 26 , 1885 ) was the co - founder of Western Union , the first president of Western Electric Manufacturing Company and Union Army general , where he was head of the Military Telegraph Department during the Civil War . Biography . He was born in Ontario County , New York . At age sixteen , Stager began working as an apprentice on the " Rochester Daily Advertiser " for a printer and telegraph builder named Henry O ' Reilly of Rochester , New York . After the latter had a telegraph line constructed from Philadelphia to Harrisburg he placed Stager in operator positions in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh , and then at age 21 he was put in charge of the first Lancaster , Pennsylvania office in 1846 . In the spring of 1848 , he was made chief operator of the " National lines " at Cincinnati , Ohio , where he made several improvements in battery and wire arrangement . In 1852 Stager was promoted to superintendent , and also served as the first general superintendent of Western Union Company , newly consolidated in 1856 . After the Civil War broke out in April 1861 , Stager was requested by Ohio governor William Dennison , Jr . to manage the telegraphs in southern Ohio and along the Virginia Line . Stager obliged and immediately prepared a cipher by which he could securely communicate with those who had the key ( notably the governors of Illinois and Indiana ) . In October he was called to Washington and appointed head of the Military Telegraph Department , which oversaw government telegraphs in all departments . He remained in service until September , 1868 , and was made a brevet brigadier general of volunteers for valuable services . In 1869 General Stager moved to Chicago , Illinois , where he served as president of Western Electric . He was also president of the Chicago Telephone Company and president of the Western Edison Company , and secured a consolidation of the two . Anson Stager died in Chicago , Illinois on March 26 , 1885 and was survived by three daughters .
INS Ranvir ( D54 ) INS " Ranvir " ( D54 ) is the fourth of the five " Rajput " class destroyer s built for the Indian Navy . " Ranvir " was commissioned on 28 October 1986 . " Ranvir " along with INS " Mysore " were anchored just outside Sri Lankan territorial waters to provide security for the Indian prime minister Dr . Manmohan Singh , and other high - ranking officials at the 15th SAARC summit .
Kosmos 2097 Kosmos 2097 ( meaning " Cosmos 2097 " ) is a Russian US - K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1990 as part of the Russian Space Forces ' Oko programme . The satellite is designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . Kosmos 2097 was launched from Site 43 / 4 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia . A Molniya - M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch , which took place at 07 : 49 UTC on 28 August 1990 . The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 1990 - 076A . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 20767 .
Ulysses S . Grant IV Ulysses S . Grant IV ( May 23 , 1893 – March 11 , 1977 ) , was the son of Ulysses S . Grant , Jr . and the grandson of General of the Army and President of the United States Ulysses S . Grant . He was an American geologist and paleontologist known for his work on the fossil mollusks of the California Pacific Coast . He was born at his father ' s farm , Merryweather Farm , in Salem Center , Westchester County , New York . Shortly after his birth , the family moved to San Diego , California . Grant studied geology at Harvard University , graduating cum laude in 1915 . Following graduation he mined for gold in Mexico . During World War I , Grant enlisted in the United States Army as a private . By the end of the war , he was a second lieutenant . From 1919 to 1925 he was connected with the New York Stock Exchange . In 1926 , he returned to school and took graduate courses at the University of California , Berkeley . In 1927 he entered the graduate program in paleontology at Stanford University . Grant received his doctorate in 1929 . After he received his doctorate , Grant worked at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County as the curator of invertebrate paleontology . Grant then taught paleontology at the University of California , Los Angeles beginning in 1931 . He rose from instructor to chairman of the geology department , a post he held for eight years . He retired in 1959 . Grant wrote several papers and often collaborated with Leo George Hertlein , his classmate at Stanford . His first wife was Matilda Bartikofsky . They later divorced . In 1950 he married Frances Dean . They had one child named George Grant . In 1953 , Grant IV appeared on Groucho Marx ' s " You Bet Your Life " , where the consolation question was usually " Who is buried in Grant ' s tomb ? " . Grant died at St . John ' s Hospital in Santa Monica , California from lung failure caused by leukemia . Grant is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in San Diego alongside his father . His cousin was Ulysses S . Grant III , the son of Frederick Dent Grant .