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USS General J . R . Brooke ( AP - 132 ) USS " General J . R . Brooke " ( AP - 132 ) was a for the U . S . Navy in World War II . She was named in honor of U . S . Army general John Rutter Brooke . Decommissioned in 1946 , she was sold privately in 1964 and renamed SS " Marymar " , and was scrapped in 1979 . Operational history . " General J . R . Brooke " was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract 29 June 1942 by the Kaiser Co . , Inc . , Yard 3 , Richmond , California ; launched 21 February 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Helen Thompson ; acquired by the Navy 10 December 1943 ; converted to a transport by Matson Navigation Co . , San Francisco ; and commissioned 20 January 1944 at San Francisco , Captain David L . Nutter in command . On her maiden voyage , " General J . R . Brooke " sailed from Port Hueneme 24 February 1944 with more than 3 , 600 troops , mostly Seabees , for Pearl Harbor and returned to San Francisco 8 March . From 19 March to 23 April she made a round - trip voyage out of San Francisco to bring 3 , 600 men to Nouméa and Espiritu Santo . Following her return , the ship sailed again 12 May for New Guinea to debark 3 , 400 troops at Oro Bay , and steamed thence to New York , where she arrived 3 July 1944 . Convoyed by ships and planes and under constant threat of submarine attack , " General J . R . Brooke " operated in the Atlantic throughout the remainder of the war . In her unflagging efforts to insure an even flow of men from the United States to the European Theater , she made 12 transatlantic voyages ( 8 from New York , 2 from Boston , and 2 from Norfolk ) to the United Kingdom ( Plymouth , Liverpool , and Southampton ) ; Italy ( Naples ) ; France ( Cherbourg , Marseilles , and Le Havre ) ; and North Africa ( Oran ) from 26 July 1944 to 5 September 1945 . She brought to the European ports tens of thousands of American and Allied fighting men and thousands of tons of vital supplies ; and she brought to the United States countless German prisoners of war ( POWs ) . After the war ' s end , " General J . R . Brooke " made two " Magic - Carpet " and troop - rotation voyages from New York to Calcutta and Ceylon via the Suez Canal from 11 September 1945 to 3 January 1946 . Subsequently , she made five identical troop - carrying voyages from New York to Le Havre between 19 January and 10 June 1946 . In May 1946 she transported over 2 , 700 German POW ' s back to France . " General J . R . Brooke " moored at Norfolk 13 June and decommissioned at Newport News 3 July 1946 . Returned to the WSA on 18 July 1946 , she entered the National Defense Reserve Fleet , James River , Virginia . She was sold to Bethlehem Steel Corp . of Wilmington , Delaware in April 1964 and renamed SS " Marymar " . She was scrapped in 1979 .
VBF - 1 The Bombing Fighting Squadron One , designated as VBF - 1 and known as " " , was formed at the Naval Air Station in Fallon , Nevada in December 1944 and commissioned on 2 January 1945 , to become the fourth squadron in the Veteran Air Group One . Following Japan ' s surrender and the end of World War II in the Pacific , VBF - 1 was disbanded on 1 November 1945 . History . Flying F4U Corsairs , the VBF - 1 squadron was assigned to the USS " Bennington " ( CV - 20 ) in the Pacific on 17 June 1945 , where it was based for the remainder of WWII . The squadron ' s pilots participated in strikes against the Imperial Japanese homeland and against her fleet at sea from 10 July 1945 until Japan ' s surrender on 15 August 1945 , including attacks against the Nagato on 18 July 1945 , and the battle of Kure from 24 July 1945 through 28 July 1945 .
Joseph Prueher Joseph Wilson Prueher ( ; Pinyin : Pǔ Lǚ ’ è ) ( born November 25 , 1942 ) served as United States Ambassador to the People ' s Republic of China from 1999 to 2001 . He was succeeded as ambassador by Clark T . Randt , Jr . Prior to his posting as ambassador , Prueher was a United States Navy Admiral and the Commander , United States Pacific Command from 1996 to 1999 and Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1995 to 1996 . A native of Tennessee , Admiral Prueher attended Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville and is a graduate of the U . S . Naval Academy . He also holds a master ' s degree in international affairs from George Washington University . He is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War where he flew as an A - 6 Intruder pilot . In the later part of his career , he served as the seventy - third Commandant of Midshipmen at the U . S . Naval Academy . He delivered the " letter of the two sorries " which defused the Hainan Island incident in 2001 . Awards and decorations . ADM Prueher received numerous personal decorations including the Naval Aviator insignia , Defense Distinguished Service Medal , the Navy Distinguished Service Medal , Legion of Merit ( 4 awards ) , Distinguished Flying Cross ( 2 awards ) , Defense Meritorious Service Medal , Meritorious Service Medal ( 3 awards ) , 3 individual Air Medal s with Valor device and bronze Strike / Flight numeral 8 , Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal ( 3 awards ) with Valor device , Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal ( 3 awards ) with Valor device , and various unit , service and campaign awards . In December 1998 he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia , " for distinguished service in the promotion of Australian and United States of America Defence relations " . In 1997 , he was honored with the Naval War College Distinguished Graduate Leadership Award and , in 2001 , Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award by George Washington University . Post - Government Career . Prueher is a director of Fluor Corporation , Irving , Texas ; Emerson Electric Co . , St . Louis , Missouri ; and AMERIGROUP Corporation , Virginia Beach , Virginia .
Carlos Lozada Private First Class Carlos James Lozada ( September 6 , 1946 – November 20 , 1967 ) , was a member of the United States Army who was one of five Puerto Ricans who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for their actions in combat . Early years . Lozada was born in Caguas , Puerto Rico . His family moved to New York City in the early 1950s . They settled in the Bronx section of the city , where Lozada received both his primary and secondary education . He graduated from high school in 1966 and soon married . Lozada then joined the Army , intending to use his G . I . benefits to attend college after his term of service . Vietnam War . The United States at that time was involved in the Vietnam War and on June 11 , 1967 , Lozada was sent to Vietnam and assigned to Co . A , 2nd Battalion , 503 Infantry , 173rd Airborne Brigade . On November 20 , 1967 , at Dak To in the Republic of Vietnam , PFC Lozada spotted a North Vietnamese Army company rapidly approaching his outpost . He alerted his comrades and opened fire with a machine gun , killing at least twenty of the enemy soldiers and disrupting their initial attack . He realized that if he abandoned his position there would be nothing to hold back the surging North Vietnamese soldiers and that his entire company withdrawal would be jeopardized - as a result he told his comrades to move to the back and that he would supply cover for them . He continued to deliver a heavy and accurate volume of suppressive fire against the enemy until he was mortally wounded and had to be carried during the withdrawal . PFC Lozada was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in December 1969 , for distinguishing himself in the Battle of Dak To . Medal of Honor citation . The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to : LOZADA , CARLOS JAMES " Rank and organization : " Private First Class , U . S . Army , Company A , 2d Battalion , 503d Infantry , 173d Airborne Brigade . " Place and date : " Dak To , Republic of Vietnam , November 20 , 1967 . " Entered service at : " New York , N . Y . " Born : " September 6 , 1946 , Caguas , Puerto Rico . " Citation : " In memory . PFC Lozada was buried with full military honors in Long Island National Cemetery located in Farmingdale , New York . His name is located in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Panel 30E - Row 045 . His name is also inscribed in " El Monumento de la Recordación " ( Monument of Remembrance ) , dedicated to Puerto Rico ' s fallen soldiers and situated in front of the Capitol Building in San Juan , Puerto Rico . The Bronx honored him by naming a playground in his honor located behind 175 Willis Ave . On November 11 , 2008 , the Government of Puerto Rico unveiled in the Capitol Rotunda the oil portrait of PFC Carlos James Lozada . Military decorations awarded . Badges :
HMS Ascension ( K502 ) HMS " Ascension " ( K502 ) was a " Colony " - class frigate of the United Kingdom that served in the Royal Navy during World War II . She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the " Tacoma " - class patrol frigate USS " Hargood " ( PF - 74 ) and was transferred to the Royal Navy prior to completion . Construction and acquisition . The ship , originally designated a " patrol gunboat , " PG - 182 , was ordered by the United States Maritime Commission under a United States Navy contract as the first USS " Hargood " , a British name she carried because of her intended transfer to the United Kingdom . Reclassified as a " patrol frigate , " PF - 74 , on 15 April 1943 , she was laid down by the Walsh - Kaiser Company at Providence , Rhode Island , on 30 April 1943 . The British renamed her " Ascension " prior to launching . She was launched on 6 August 1943 , sponsored by Mrs . A . A . Kirby . Service history . Transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend - Lease on 24 November 1943 , the ship served in the Royal Navy as HMS " Ascension " ( K502 ) on patrol and escort duty . On 25 November 1944 she sank the German submarine " U - 482 " with depth charge s in the North Atlantic Ocean west of the Shetland Islands at . On 14 March 1945 , " Ascension " led a Royal Navy hunter - killer group to the scene of an attack by the South African Navy frigate HMSAS " Natal " ( K10 ) on the German submarine " U - 714 " off St . Abbs , Scotland , which had brought oil and a metal tank to the surface at . While " Natal " proceeded to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands , " Ascension " s group depth - charged the position , bringing more flotsam from the submarine to the surface . The destroyer claimed a share of the kill after depth - charging an oil slick 10 nautical miles ( 18 . 5 km ) to the south under the assumption that it was oil from " U - 714 " , which " Wivern " s crew believed had been only been damaged by " Natal " and was attempting to escape . Although some controversy surrounds credit for the sinking , naval authorities later determined that " Natal " had sunk " U - 714 " with the loss of the submarines entire crew of 50 men and gave " Natal " sole credit for the sinking . Disposal . The United Kingdom returned " Ascension " to the U . S . Navy on 31 May 1946 . She was sold to the Hudson Valley Shipwrecking Corporation of Newburgh , New York , for scrapping on 16 October 1947 .
Camp Slayer Camp Slayer was a US Military base in Iraq , an annex of the Victory Base Complex , established early into the 2003 Iraq War . Located on the southeastern corner of the Baghdad International Airport , it is part of the former Al Radwaniyah Presidential Complex and contains several man - made lakes , a man - made hill ( result of the man - made lakes ) , the Ba ' ath Party House , the Victory Over America Palace , Perfume Palace , and dozens of smaller luxury homes for Ba ' ath Party notables . During the 2003 Iraq War , it was most notable for being the headquarters of the Iraq Survey Group until 2005 . Landmarks . Perfume Palace . The Perfume Palace was untouched during the US shock and awe bombing campaign due to its circular dome , which closely resembled a mosque . Following the invasion , the Palace was used as the main headquarters of the Iraq Survey Group and received minor damage from insurgent mortar fire , during the US occupancy . Ba ' ath Party Recreation Palace . Ba ' ath Party Recreation Palace was located in the center of a manmade lake , just southeast of Baghdad ' s International Airport . The building was split into four main quadrants , one of which suffered a direct hit during the US shock and awe campaign . The four quadrants are separated by waterways , where boats are able to enter and dock inside the building . The quadrants consisted of a theater , ballroom , conference room and swimming pool . Shortly after the 2003 US invasion , the building was heavily looted . Victory Over America Palace . Construction of the Victory Over America Palace was commissioned by Saddam Hussein following his assertion of victory over the US , ending the 1991 Gulf War . Ironically , construction was brought to an abrupt halt during the shock and awe campaign of the US in 2003 , receiving a direct hit and leaving one of the construction cranes standing limp , with its boom collapsed from the explosion . The Victory Over America Palace is sometimes mislabeled as the Victory Over Iran Palace ( formally known as the Al - Faw Palace ) . Uday House . One of many homes of Uday Hussein , Uday House was located just southeast of Baghdad International Airport . Uday House is famous for being one of , if not the only , private residence that was targeted and hit with cruise missiles during the US shock and awe campaign . ( Not to be confused with the villa owned by Nawaf az - Zeidan , where Uday and his brother Qusay were killed by US forces . ) Flintstone House . With much of Saddam Hussein ' s palace complexes shrouded behind stone walls , few knew much about the facilities inside . The Flintstone House received notoriety with US soldiers due to its unique appearance and was thus named since little else was known about the facility prior to the US occupation of the site . The facility is best described as an elaborate playhouse for children , in its prime having running water , operable kitchen and elevators . The name " Flintstone " conveys a comparison to the animated sitcom " The Flintstones " , due to the facilities stone - age appearance .
Focke - Wulf Ta 153 The Focke - Wulf Ta 153 ( GH + KV ) was a prototype German fighter aircraft built during World War II . It was a development of the Fw 190C , a Fw 190A with a DB 603A engine . A project called Ra - 4 was initiated in 1943 . The idea was to create a new fighter derived from the Fw 190 for higher altitudes . In that sense it was a competitor for the Messerschmitt Me 155B project . The Ta 153A - 1 would get the Jumo 213A or C engine and the new wings of the Fw 190B prototype . There was also the Ta 153D - 1 , a high - altitude version with long - span , high - aspect ratio wings and the DB 603G engine . Although derived from the Fw 190 , the Ta 153 was essentially a new aircraft . This would have required a complete conversion of the production lines with new jigs and tooling . For that reason Kurt Tank decided to modify the existing Fw 190A by adding a rear fuselage ' plug ' , thereby creating the Fw 190D . Later this fuselage was mated with the long wings of the Ta 153D - 1 for the successful Ta 152H .
HMS Firedrake ( H79 ) HMS " Firedrake " was an F - class destroyer of the Royal Navy built in 1934 . She took part in the Battle of the Atlantic and was torpedoed in 1942 . Construction . She was built by Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company , Wallsend , although her hull was sub - contracted to Vickers Armstrongs , Walker . She was launched on 28 June 1934 . Service history . World War II . In September 1939 " Firedrake " was deployed as part of 8 Destroyer flotilla attached to the Home Fleet and based at Scapa Flow . In the first month of hostilities she was in action as part of a hunting group centred on carrier " Ark Royal " . On 14 September 1939 the group was attacked by " U - 39 " which fired on the " Ark " but failed to hit . " Firedrake " , in company with " Faulknor " and " Foxhound " counter - attacked and sank " U - 39 " . north - west of Ireland . In spring 1940 " Firedrake " was involved in the Norwegian campaign assisting in the landings at Narvik . She later assisted in the evacuation at Bodo . In summer she was part of with Home Fleet during invasion crisis but in August moved station to Gibraltar where she became part of Force H . For the next 12 months " Firedrake " took part in all major operations in the western Mediterranean . On 18 October 1940 she sank Italian submarine " Durbo " east of Gibraltar in company with HMS " Wrestler " and 2 London flying boats of 202 Sqn RAF . In November she was part of the force involved in the Battle of Spartivento . During January 1941 she was involved in Operation Excess , and in July in Operation Substance . In the winter of 1941 " Firedrake " was transferred to Boston for repair and conversion for Anti - submarine warfare as a convoy escort . " Firedrake " served as leader of B - 7 Escort Group of the Mid - Ocean Escort Force , her captain , Cdr WE Banks being Senior Officer Escort ( SOE ) . In this role " Firedrake " was engaged in all the duties performed by escort ships ; protecting convoys , searching for and attacking U - boats which attacked ships in convoy , and rescuing survivors . In nine months service " Firedrake " escorted 14 Atlantic convoys , of which 5 were attacked , and 2 in the Caribbean . She was involved in two major convoy battles , ON 144 , where she was sent as reinforcement when it came under attack , and ON 153 . Fate . On 17 December 1942 , while escorting convoy ON - 153 , " Firedrake " was torpedoed by " U - 211 " and sunk . The corvette HMS " Sunflower " , commanded by Capt . John Treasure Jones , picked up 27 survivors .
Bibi Khem Kaur Dhillon Bibi Khem Kaur Dhillon ( Punjabi ਬਿਬਿ ਖੇਮ ੱਕੌਰ ਧਿੱਲੋਨ ) was a Sikh woman who was married in 1816 to Prince Kharak Singh , the oldest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh . She was the daughter of Jodh Singh Kalalvala and grand daughter of Sahib Singh Dhillon . She helped anti - British forces in the Second Anglo - Sikh War in 1849 , for which reason her Jagirs ( land ) were considerably reduced .
Om Prakash Malhotra General Om Prakash Malhotra PVSM ( born August 6 , 1922 in Srinagar , Kashmir ) , was the 13th Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army . Military career . Commissioned in the Regiment of Artillery in November 1941 , he fought against the Japanese in the Second World War in Burma . He commanded artillery regiments across India between November 1950 and July 1961 . He later served as an instructor at the Defense Services Staff College , Wellington , and was the Military and Naval Attaché at the Embassy of India in Moscow from 1962 - 1965 . From August 1965 to January 1966 , General Malhotra commanded an Artillery Brigade and then a Mountain Brigade in north - east India . He was promoted to Major General in September 1967 and commanded 36th Infantry Division in Saugor for two years . From September 1969 till May 1972 he was GOC , 4 Corps , in the Eastern Sector . Subsequently , he commanded XI Corps in Jullunder for two years and was later the GOC - in - C Southern Command located at Pune . In 1976 , General Malhotra was awarded the Param Vishist Seva Medal for " service of the most exceptional order " . He was Vice Chief of Army Staff before taking over as Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army on 31 May 1978 and serving in that post for three years . Ambassador and Governor of Punjab . After retiring from the Indian Army on 31 May 1981 after 40 years of distinguished military service , General Malhotra served as the Ambassador of India to Indonesia from 1981 - 1984 . During 1990 - 1991 General Malhotra was appointed the Governor of the Indian State of Punjab when militancy in that state was at its height . General Malhotra resigned from his post in protest when planned elections in the state were deferred by the national election commission without notice . Personal life . A keen sportsman , General Malhotra was for many years the President of the Equestrian Federation of India and the Founder President of the Asian Equestrian Federation . He has also been the President of the Delhi Golf Club , New Delhi . General Malhotra is the Chairman of the Nehru Trust for the Indian Collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum , and has served as the President of India ' s largest NGO , the " National Association for the Blind " in New Delhi . He is currently the Chairperson of the National Association for the Blind Centre For Blind Women & Disability Studies . He is an active member of Kiwanis International in India . General Malhotra is also a patron of the All India Federation of The Deaf . He is also a Trustee of the Delhi Cheshire Home . General Malhotra is presently the Chairman of two charitable trusts Shiksha , and Chikitsa . His son , Ajai Malhotra , is Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation since 2011 .
Shinyo - class suicide motorboat The were Japanese suicide motorboats developed during World War II . They were part of the wider Japanese Special Attack Units program . History . Towards the end of 1943 in response to unfavorable progress in the war the Japanese command heard suggestions for various suicide craft . These suggestions were initially rejected but later deemed necessary . For the naval department this meant kamikaze planes , kaiten submarines , fukuryu suicide divers or human mines and shinyo suicide boats . Characteristics . These fast motorboats were driven by one man , to speeds of around 30 knots . They were typically equipped with a bow - mounted charge of up to 700 pounds of explosive s that could be detonated by either impact or from a manual switch in the drivers area . These attack boats also carried two anti - ship rockets mounted on launchers located on either side of the boat behind the driver . The similar " Maru - ni " , which were used by the Imperial Japanese Army , were equipped with two depth charges , and were not actually suicide boats , as the idea was to drop the depth charges and then turn around before the explosion took place . Although the chances of boat and crew surviving the wave from the explosion might seem slim , a small number of crewmen successfully escaped . The depth charges used were known as the Experimental Manufacture Use 120 Kg . Depth Charge , and were armed by a delayed - action pull igniter . Approximately 6 , 200 " Shin ' yō " were produced for the Imperial Japanese Navy and 3 , 000 " Maru - ni " for the Imperial Japanese Army . Around 400 boats were transported to Okinawa and Formosa , and the rest were stored on the coast of Japan for the ultimate defense against the expected invasion of the Home islands . The main operative use took place during the Philippines Campaign ( 1944 – 45 ) .
Wilfrid Patterson Admiral Sir Wilfrid Rupert Patterson KCB , CBE , CVO ( 20 November 1893 – 15 December 1954 ) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy . He was the Commodore Commanding His Majesty ' s Australian Squadron between 2 September 1939 and 1 November 1939 . He participated in the naval battle that sunk the German battleship " Bismarck " . Biography . Born on 20 November 1893 in Belfast , Northern Ireland , the son of William Robert Patterson and Elizabeth Fleming . He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet on 15 September 1906 and specialised in gunnery . He was appointed the Commodore Commanding His Majesty ' s Australian Squadron between 2 September 1939 and 1 November 1939 . In recognition of the role played while commanding HMS " King George V " in the destruction of the " Bismarck " , he was awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath on 14 October 1941 . He was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 11 June 1946 .