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Polish War Memorial The Polish War Memorial is a memorial erected to remember the contribution of airmen from Poland who helped the Allied cause during the Second World War . It is situated beside the A40 / A4180 roundabout junction near RAF Northolt in South Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon . The Polish War Memorial is often used by locals as a landmark when giving directions and in broadcasts of traffic reports , as it is prominently situated by a major road junction on one of the main routes into London . Many other Polish war memorials exist within the United Kingdom ; at Audley End , Brookwood Cemetery , Plymouth , the National Memorial Arboretum , Buckden Pike , Bradley and Newark - on - Trent in England ; at Wrexham in Wales ; and at Douglas , Duns , Invergordon , Perth and Prestwick in Scotland . The Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain supported the Allied powers during the Second World War . A group of Polish officers who remained in Britain after the war formed the Polish Air Force Association and decided to erect a memorial . A committee , led by Air Vice Marshal Izycki , raised the necessary funds mostly from British people , and the memorial was unveiled on 2 November 1948 by Lord Tedder , Chief of the Air Staff , after a speech by Viscount Portal of Hungerford in which he said that it was a sad blow that many Polish veterans were unable to return home , as their country had been occupied by the Soviet Union . He added that it would be to the mutual advantage of Britons and Poles that the latter were to make their home in Britain . The memorial was designed by Mieczysław Lubelski , who had been interned in a Nazi German concentration camp during the war . The memorial is made from Portland stone and Polish granite , with bronze lettering and a bronze eagle - the symbol of the Polish Air Force . The names of 1 , 243 Poles who died during the war were inscribed on the memorial , and a further 659 names added between 1994 and 1996 , when the memorial was refurbished and rededicated . Polish presidents Lech Wałęsa and Aleksander Kwaśniewski have both visited the war memorial to lay a wreath , in 1991 and 2004 respectively . The memorial was refurbished in 2010 in time for the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain . In September 2012 , a replica of the Polish wartime standard , the Wilno Standard , was paraded at the memorial as part of a memorial ceremony . External links .
Rapid Deployment Force ( Argentina ) The Rapid Deployment Force ( , FDR ) is a joint special operations division of the Argentine Armed Forces and the Argentine National Gendarmerie specially trained to give a quick and effective military response to any eventual attack against the country . Composition . The service is mainly composite of air assault , airborne , light infantry , reconnaissance and commando troops , and light helicopters ; also artillery , engineers , air transport , and communications companies are constantly ready to assist and support the group . The RDF is supported by the 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion ( based on Campo de Mayo , Buenos Aires ) and the 1st Air Brigade of the Argentine Air Force ( based on El Palomar , Buenos Aires ) . As of 2006 it consists of :
USS Zaca ( IX - 73 ) The second USS " Zaca " was a wooden - hulled , schooner - rigged yacht with an auxiliary engine . She was designed by Garland Rotch and completed in 1930 at Sausalito , California , built by Nunes Brothers Boat and Ways Co . . Due to the need for local patrol and rescue craft in the busy waters in the San Francisco area during World War II , the schooner was acquired by the Navy from Templeton Crocker on 12 June 1942 . Placed in service on 19 June 1942 and assigned to the Western Sea Frontier , " Zaca " , classified a miscellaneous auxiliary and designated " IX - 73 " operated as a plane - guard ship , standing ready to rescue the crews of any planes downed nearby . Eventually relieved by the frigate s ( PF ' s ) of Escort Squadron 41 , " Zaca " was placed out of service at Treasure Island , California on 6 October 1944 ; and her name was struck from the Navy list on 13 November 1944 . Turned over to the War Shipping Administration on 21 May 1945 , " Zaca " was acquired in 1946 by Errol Flynn , an actor famed for his " swashbuckling " roles in numerous movies . " Zaca " is featured prominently in the 1947 Orson Welles film " The Lady from Shanghai " . A documentary short film " Cruise Of The Zaca " which features Errol Flynn aboard his vessel was made in 1952 and has been shown on the Turner Classic Movies TV channel . Flynn owned the yacht until his death in 1959 . As of 2008 , " Zaca " is privately owned and berthed in Monaco . The owner is Roberto Memmo . The skipper is Bruno Dal Pias . A crew of four regularly sail Zaca to ports such as Punta Ala , Gaeta , Capri , Cagliari , and throughout the Agean Sea . The Zaca is frequently seen at prestigious sailing races in the Mediterranean . Her winter port is in Port de Fontvielle Monte Carlo . In 2009 , the Sailing Channel ( now the Nautical Channel ) dedicated a program to the entire history of the Zaca from original construction to the present entitled " In the Wake of the Zaca " . Legends . According to Richard Winer , the Zaca is supposed to be haunted . Witnesses have reported seeing the visage of Errol Flynn ' s frustrated ghost pacing on board . Others have described the sounds of voices and laughter as if a wild party was happening on board .
16th Connecticut Infantry Regiment The 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 16th Connecticut Infantry was organized at Hartford , Connecticut on August 24 , 1862 . The regiment was attached to 2nd Brigade , 3rd Division , IX Corps , Army of the Potomac , to April 1863 . 2nd Brigade , 2nd Division , VII Corps , Department of Virginia , to July 1863 . 2nd Brigade , Getty ' s Division , Portsmouth , Virginia , Department of Virginia and North Carolina , to January 1864 . District of Albemarle , North Carolina , Department of Virginia and North Carolina , to April 1864 . Defenses of New Bern , North Carolina , Department of Virginia and North Carolina , to January 1865 . Roanoke Island , North Carolina , Department of North Carolina , to June 1865 . The 16th Connecticut Infantry mustered out of service June 24 , 1865 . Detailed service . Left Connecticut for Washington , D . C . , August 29 – 31 . Maryland Campaign September – October 1862 . Battle of Antietam , September 16 – 17 . Duty in Pleasant Valley , Md . , October 27 . Movement to Falmouth , Va . , October 27 – November 17 . Battle of Fredericksburg December 12 – 15 . Burnside ' s 2nd Campaign , " Mud March , " January 20 – 24 , 1863 . Moved to Newport News February 6 – 9 , then to Suffolk March 13 . Siege of Suffolk April 12 – May 4 . Edenton Road April 24 . Providence Church Road and Nansemond River May 3 . Siege of Suffolk raised May 4 . Reconnaissance to the Chickahominy June 9 – 17 . Dix ' s Peninsula Campaign June 24 – July 7 . Expedition from White House to South Anna River July 1 – 7 . Moved to Portsmouth , Va . Duty there and at Norfolk , January 1864 . Skirmish at Harrellsville , January 20 ( detachment ) . Moved to Morehead City , then to New Bern and Plymouth January 24 – 28 . Skirmish at Windsor January 30 . Duty at New Bern February 2 to March 20 , and at Plymouth , N . C . , April . Siege of Plymouth April 17 – 20 . Captured April 20 , and prisoners of war March 1865 . Those not captured on duty at Newberne and Roanoke Island , N . C . , June 1865 . Casualties . The regiment lost a total of 325 men during service ; 6 officers and 76 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded , 3 officers and 240 enlisted men died of disease .
Siege of Metz ( 1552 ) The Siege of Metz ( 1552 - 1553 ) was fought between Spain and France from October 31 , 1552 to January 5 , 1553 . Emperor Charles V of Spain made the military attempt to forcibly regain the overlordship over Metz . However , his troops were defeated by the French army who defended Metz under the command of Francis , Duke of Guise . As a result , Metz remained in French hands .
4th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment ( African Descent ) The 4th Alabama Volunteer Infantry Regiment ( African Descent ) was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army between March 31 , 1864 – May 16 , 1864 , during the American Civil War . Service . Organized at Decatur , Alabama , and mustered in on March 31 , 1864 . The regiment was placed on garrison duty at Pulaski , Tennessee to May , 1864 . It was redesignated as the 106th U . S . Colored Troops on May 16 , 1864 .
Mark 11 torpedo The Mark 11 torpedo was the first American torpedo to be designed totally within the United States Navy without collaboration from industry . It was developed by the Washington Navy Yard in Washington , D . C . and the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport , Rhode Island . The Mark 11 torpedo was also the first to feature a three - speed setting capability while tube - loaded : high at 46 knots , medium at 34 knots and low at 27 knots . Due to stability problems it was supplemented by the Mark 12 torpedo within two years , which had a 44 - knot high speed setting .
USS Stepping Stones ( 1861 ) USS " Stepping Stones " ( 1861 ) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the early part of the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy first as a dispatch boat , and also as a gunboat assigned to patrol Confederate waterways . Built in New York City in 1861 . " Stepping Stones " — a wooden ferryboat built at New York City in 1861 — was purchased by the Navy at New York on , and was commissioned on or before . Civil War operations . Assigned Potomac River operations . The ferryboat departed New York City on 21 October , served briefly at Hampton Roads , Virginia , reached the Washington Navy Yard on 5 November , and was promptly placed in service as a dispatch boat in the Potomac Flotilla . These first few weeks of her service typified her fortunes throughout the Civil War . Her services were wanted both in the Potomac Flotilla and in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron for service along the west coast of the Chesapeake Bay and on the rivers — roughly parallel to the Potomac — which drain Tidewater Virginia . As a result , the ferry was shuttled between the two commands as ground operations ebbed and flowed over the Virginia farmlands which separated Washington , D . C . , and Virginia . When assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron , the ship was moved from the James , to the York , or to the Rappahannock River as demanded by the military situation ashore . Operations on the James River in Virginia . Highlights of " Stepping Stones " ' service were the operations on the James in July 1862 to help protect General George B . McClellan ' s beleaguered army at Harrison ' s Landing . During 1863 She was stationed in the Nansemond River and participated in the Siege of Suffolk ( VA ) undertaken by Longstreet ' s Corps . One notable event was rescuing , under heavy fire , of when that ship had been grounded and disabled during and engagement with an earth works near Suffolk , Virginia . Later , after running the same battery , she made two landings againist the earth works ; which fell in an assault by Union Army units supported by the Stepping Stones ' boat howitzers . Also notable is her participation in a mid - April 1864 Army - Navy expedition up the Nansemond River . In May 1864 , she became part of a torpedo sweeping ( mine sweeping ) and patrol force on the James . Capturing Confederate blockade runners . On 9 November , she captured two blockade - running sloop s , " Reliance " and " Little Elmer " , in Mobjack Bay . In March 1865 , less than a month before Robert E . Lee surrendered , " Stepping Stones " was in a naval expedition up Mattox Creek to Colonial Beach , Virginia , where the Union ships attacked a supply base for Confederate guerrillas operating on the peninsula between that river and the Potomac River . Post - war decommissioning , sale and subsequent civilian career . After the war ended , " Stepping Stones " was decommissioned at the Washington Navy Yard on 23 June 1865 and was sold on 12 July 1865 to W . D . Wallach . Redocumented as " Cambridge " on 27 July 1865 , the steamer was reduced to a barge on 2 August 1871 and soon disappeared from maritime records .
Thomas J . Kelly ( Medal of Honor ) Thomas Joseph Kelly ( September 9 , 1923 – October 2 , 1988 ) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in World War II . Biography . Kelly joined the Army from his birthplace of Brooklyn , New York , and by April 5 , 1945 was serving as a Corporal in the Medical Detachment of the 48th Armored Infantry Battalion , 7th Armored Division . On that day , in Alemert , Germany , he repeatedly exposed himself to hostile fire in order to drag wounded men to safety . For these actions , he was awarded the Medal of Honor seven months later , on November 1 , 1945 . Kelly reached the rank of Sergeant before leaving the Army . He died at age 65 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Arlington County , Virginia . Medal of Honor citation . Corporal Kelly ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : He was an aid man with the 1st Platoon of Company C during an attack on the town of Alemert , Germany . The platoon , committed in a flanking maneuver , had advanced down a small , open valley overlooked by wooded slopes hiding enemy machineguns and tank s , when the attack was stopped by murderous fire that inflicted heavy casualties in the American ranks . Ordered to withdraw , Cpl . Kelly reached safety with uninjured remnants of the unit , but , on realizing the extent of casualties suffered by the platoon , voluntarily retraced his steps and began evacuating his comrades under direct machinegun fire . He was forced to crawl , dragging the injured behind him for most of the 300 yards separating the exposed area from a place of comparative safety . Two other volunteers who attempted to negotiate the hazardous route with him were mortally wounded , but he kept on with his herculean task after dressing their wounds and carrying them to friendly hands . In all , he made 10 separate trips through the brutal fire , each time bringing out a man from the death trap . Seven more casualties who were able to crawl by themselves he guided and encouraged in escaping from the hail of fire . After he had completed his heroic , self - imposed task and was near collapse from fatigue , he refused to leave his platoon until the attack had been resumed and the objective taken . Cpl . Kelly ' s gallantry and intrepidity in the face of seemingly certain death saved the lives of many of his fellow soldiers and was an example of bravery under fire .
Tardi Beg Tardi Beg was a military commander in the 16th century in Mughal India . He served under the Mughal Emperors Humayun and Akbar . Beg was part of Humayun ' s forces when they retreated from India after the siege by Sher Shah . He remained with his leader throughout his exile in Persia . It is reported that he was disliked by both the troops and generals and was eventually killed for cowardice by Bairam Khan . Beg is said to have refused to give up his horse for the heavily pregnant Hamida , wife of Humayun , when she was eight months pregnant with her son Akbar . He is also said to have charged Humayun 20 % interest on a loan . Beg was further accused of deserting the city of Agra as soon as Hemu ' s forces approached . The truth of these allegations is difficult to gauge as most were written after his death and following the great successes of Bairam Khan , his executor . The allegations therefore may have been created to justify the action taken by Bairam .
USS Colusa ( APA - 74 ) USS " Colusa " ( APA - 74 ) was a that served with the US Navy during World War II . Commissioned late in the war , she was initially assigned to transport duties and consequently did not participate in combat operations . " Colusa " was named after a county in California . She was launched 7 October 1944 by Consolidated Steel at San Pedro , California , under a Maritime Commission contract ; acquired by the Navy 18 December 1944 ; commissioned 20 December 1944 , Lieutenant Commander H . W . Neill , USNR , in command ; and reported to the Pacific Fleet . Operational history . " Colusa " stood out from San Francisco 15 February 1945 for Pearl Harbor , arriving 21 February . She departed Pearl Harbor 27 February , discharged cargo at Eniwetok , Tinian , and Guam and returned to Pearl Harbor 26 March for training and inter - island transport duties until 24 June . After a cargo - passenger voyage to Midway , she sailed 4 July from Pearl Harbor for San Francisco , where she disembarked passengers and loaded cargo for Pearl Harbor , returning 30 July . After hostilities . After another voyage to carry men to Midway , " Colusa " departed Pearl Harbor 1 September and called at Saipan , Sasebo , Okinawa , and Wakayama on duty redeploying occupation personnel . Between 7 October , when she cleared Wakayama , and 5 January 1946 , when she arrived at San Francisco , she crossed the Pacific on two Operation Magic Carpet voyages , calling at Guam , Seattle , Pearl Harbor , Nouméa , Brisbane , Hollandia , and Manus to load homeward - bound servicemen . She sailed from San Francisco 16 January to transport Canadian naval officers to Sydney , Australia , called at Brisbane and New Caledonia , and returned to San Francisco 1 March . Decommission . " Colusa " returned to Pearl Harbor 6 April , and there was decommissioned 16 May 1946 , and transferred to the Maritime Commission 14 August 1947 for disposal . Her final disposition was the bikini islands where they had atomic bomb testings after the war
Chef de brigade Chef de brigade was a military rank , equivalent to colonel , in the French Revolution ary army , in command of a demi - brigade . Both that unit ( replacing a regiment ) and that rank ( replacing the rank of mestre de camp ) were created at the same time , in 1793 . The two designations disappeared just before the institution of the French Empire , in 1803 , with the old designations restored .
Cohors I Aquitanorum veterana Cohors prima Aquitanorum veterana ( " 1st veteran Cohort of Aquitani " ) was a Roman auxiliary infantry regiment . It was probably originally raised in Gallia Aquitania in the reign of founder - emperor Augustus after the revolt of the Aquitani was suppressed in 26 BC . Unlike most Gauls , the Aquitani were not Celtic - speaking but spoke Aquitanian , a now extinct non - Indo - European language closely related to Basque . There is scholarly controversy about whether there were one or two infantry " cohortes " called I Aquitanorum . This is because a regiment of that name is repeatedly attested both in Germania Superior and Britannia . Holder sees them as two separate units , one of which carried the title " veterana " and was permanently based in Germania Sup . , the other in Britannia . Spaul considers it more likely there was a single unit , which alternated between the two provinces , although this was unusual for auxiliary regiments . Holder ' s view is supported by the fact that none of the British inscriptions carry the title " veterana " , whereas several of the German ones do . Holder is followed here : this article concerns the unit in Germania Sup . For the unit in Britannia , see cohors I Aquitanorum . The regiment was initially sent to the Danubian region , where it presumably saw action in the conquest of the Pannonii in 9 - 6 BC . It first appears in the datable epigraphic record in AD 74 , when it was stationed in Germania Superior ( Pfalz / Alsace ) . It remained there until at least the early 3rd century , when it is attested by a votive altar dedicated in 213 - 6 . The following Roman forts have yielded inscriptions attesting the regiment : Arnsburg , Butzbach , Friedburg , Kleestadt , Saalburg and Stockstadt am Main . The latter has the only datable inscription , 213 - 6 . The names of several " praefecti " ( regimental commanders ) are preserved , of which two have discernible origins : I . Rufus Papirianus Sentius Gemellus from " Berytos " ( Beirut , Lebanon ) and L . Caecilius Caecilianus from " Thaenae " ( Sfax , Tunisia ) , both undatable . A " pedes " ( ranker foot soldier ) is recorded from " Ancyra " ( Ankara , Turkey ) and a Thracian " eques " ( cavalryman ) .
NPa Babitonga ( P - 63 ) The NPA Babitonga ( P - 63 ) is a vessel of the Brazilian Navy , belonging to the Bracuí Class , which serves as the patrol ship . History . The Babitonga served the Royal Navy , where he held the post of a minesweeper ship named HMS Arun ( M - 2014 ) . Its construction was made by the shipyard Richards , at Lowestoft , Great Britain . Originally belonging to River Class , the keel was laid in on February 4 of 1985 , was launched to sea on 20 August 1985 , incorporated on April 29 in 1986 and written off from the English Navy in September 18 of 1998 . Acquired by the Navy of Brazil , was incorporated into the Army in September 18 of 1998 in Devonport , England . Its mission is to inspect naval patrol ship , the safety of life at sea , and surveillance of territorial waters in the Brazilian area of responsibility is subordinate to the Naval Group Command South ( ComGrupNS ) , 5th Naval District . Its base is the port of Rio Grande . It operates on the coast of the states of Rio Grande do Sul , Santa Catarina and Parana . Origin of name . The P - 63 is the second Navy vessel to bear the name " Babitonga " , which celebrates the Bay Babitonga in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina . The first ship was the destroyer escort CTE Babitonga ( D - 16 ) , who was in the service of the Brazilian Navy between 1945 and 1964 .
Case Anton Operation Anton ( also Fall Anton in German ) was the codename for the military occupation of Vichy France carried out by Germany and Italy in November 1942 . Background . A German plan to occupy Vichy France had originally been drawn up in December 1940 under the codename of Operation Attila , and soon came to be considered as a single operation with Operation Camellia , the plan to occupy Corsica . Operation Anton updated the original Operation Attila , including different German units and adding Italian involvement . Following the Allied landings in French North Africa on 8 November 1942 ( Operation Torch ) , Adolf Hitler could not risk an exposed flank on the French Mediterranean . Following a final conversation with French Premier Pierre Laval , Hitler gave orders for Corsica to be occupied on 11 November , and Vichy France the following day . History . By the evening of 10 November 1942 , Axis forces had completed their preparations for Anton . The German First Army advanced from the Atlantic coast , parallel to the Spanish border , while the German Seventh Army advanced from central France towards Vichy and Toulon — both armies under the command of General Johannes Blaskowitz . The Italian 4th Army occupied the French Riviera and an Italian division landed on Corsica . By the evening of 11 November , German tanks had reached the Mediterranean coast . Vichy France limited its active resistance to radio broadcasts objecting to the violation of the armistice of 1940 . The 50 , 000 - strong Vichy French Army initially took defensive positions around Toulon , but when confronted by German demands to disband , they lacked the military capability to resist the Axis forces . The Germans formulated Operation Lila with the aim of capturing intact the demobilised French fleet at Toulon . French naval commanders , however , managed to delay the Germans by negotiation and subterfuge long enough to scuttle their ships on 27 November , before the Germans could seize them , preventing three battleships , seven cruisers , 28 destroyers and 20 submarines from falling into the hands of the Axis powers . While the German Naval War Staff were disappointed , Adolf Hitler considered that the elimination of the French fleet sealed the success of Operation Anton .