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Joseph Burlazzi Joseph Burlazzi was a U . S . Army soldier in World War II who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his conduct during Army operations in North Africa . Biography . Burlazzi was born in Smith ' s Mills , Pennsylvania . He enlisted in the Army in 1940 and trained at Fort Devens , Massachusetts . He was killed in action on 23 March 1943 near Tunisia at the North African front in World War II . Burlazzi was a veteran of ten successive battles and aided in the capture of German prisoners . He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously . In the citation , Brigadier General E . L . Ford wrote that " . . . during assault on enemy forces . . . Burlazzi and another man volunteered . . . into the face of enemy fire to take up an abandoned machine gun position . . . they were responsible for turning an enemy assault into a retreat and allowing our own troops to advance . . . ( they ) moved ( the ) machine gun position . . . Burlazzi went up with his rifle to provide security for his companion and was struck and killed by artillery fire . " Burlazzi ' s brother Guido accepted the award .
Jefferson Coates Francis Jefferson Coates ( August 24 , 1843 – January 27 , 1880 ) was a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of 64 men who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of Gettysburg . Biography . Coates was born 24 August 1843 in Grant County , Wisconsin to William Coates and Cynthia Cain . Although born in Grant County his official residence was listed as Boscobel , Wisconsin . Coates joined the Union Army on 29 August 1861 ( a few days after his 18th birthday ) , and served with the 7th Wisconsin Infantry . He was wounded while fighting in the Battle of South Mountain and during the Battle of Gettysburg where he received the Medal of Honor and a brevet promotion to Captain for courage in battle . During the Battle of Gettysburg he was shot in the face , causing him to lose both of his eyes . He was mustered out for disability on September 1 , 1864 at the end of his term of service . Despite having become completely blind , Coates learned how to make brooms after the war and married Rachael Sarah Drew April 21 , 1867 . Together they had 5 children and sometime between 1870 and 1873 , they moved to Dorchester , Nebraska . He died of pneumonia in Dorchester , Nebraska January 27 , 1880 and is buried in Dorchester Cemetery in Dorchester . Medal of Honor citation . Citation : For extraordinary heroism on 1 July 1863 , while serving with Company H , 7th Wisconsin Infantry , in action at Gettysburg , Pennsylvania , for unsurpassed courage in battle , where he had both eyes shot out .
Zastava M07 The Zastava M07 is a modern military sniper rifle developed and manufactured by Zastava Arms , Serbia . The sniper rifle M07 is designed on the basis of the Mauser 98 bolt action system , the barrel is made of chrome - vanadium steel . The rifle is loaded from a detachable magazine with the capacity of 5 rounds .
Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault General Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault , CMM , CD ( born Gaspé , Quebec , Canada on June 5 , 1932 – died October 13 , 1998 in Victoria , British Columbia , Canada ) was Chief of the Defence Staff between 1983 and 1986 . Military service . Thériault graduated from Sir George Williams University ( now Concordia University ) . He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1951 . He moved to the Collège Militaire Royal ( CMR ) , St - Jean , Qué , now Royal Military College Saint - Jean and served as Vice - Commandant from 1967 to 1970 . Promoted to Colonel , he became commandant of the CMR in 1970 . He was a proponent of the unification of the military of Canada . He became Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in 1980 and Chief of the Defence Staff in 1983 before retiring in 1986 . He was President of AEG Canada Inc . until 1995 .
James W . Reese James William Reese ( 1920 – August 5 , 1943 ) 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 during the Sicily campaign . Biography . Reese joined the Army from his birth city of Chester , Pennsylvania in November 1941 , and by August 5 , 1943 was serving as a private in the 26th Infantry Regiment , 1st Infantry Division . On that day , at Mt . Vassillio , Sicily , Reese led his mortar squad in a defense against an enemy counterattack . When the hostile fire intensified , he ordered his squad to fall back while he manned the weapon alone . After expending all the mortar ammunition , he continued in the fight with his rifle until being killed . He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor four months later , on December 17 , 1943 . Reese , aged 22 or 23 at his death , was buried in Chester Rural Cemetery , Chester , Pennsylvania . Medal of Honor citation . Private Reese ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life , above and beyond the call of duty in action involving actual conflict with the enemy . When the enemy launched a counterattack which threatened the position of his company , Pvt . Reese , as the acting squad leader of a 60 - mm . mortar squad , displaying superior leadership on his own initiative , maneuvered his squad forward to a favorable position , from which , by skillfully directing the fire of his weapon , he caused many casualties in the enemy ranks , and aided materially in repulsing the counterattack . When the enemy fire became so severe as to make his position untenable , he ordered the other members of his squad to withdraw to a safer position , but declined to seek safety for himself . So as to bring more effective fire upon the enemy , Pvt . Reese , without assistance , moved his mortar to a new position and attacked an enemy machinegun nest . He had only 3 rounds of ammunition but secured a direct hit with his last round , completely destroying the nest and killing the occupants . Ammunition being exhausted , he abandoned the mortar , seized a rifle and continued to advance , moving into an exposed position overlooking the enemy . Despite a heavy concentration of machinegun , mortar , and artillery fire , the heaviest experienced by his unit throughout the entire Sicilian campaign , he remained at this position and continued to inflict casualties upon the enemy until he was killed . His bravery , coupled with his gallant and unswerving determination to close with the enemy , regardless of consequences and obstacles which he faced , are a priceless inspiration to our armed forces .
Richard C . Kerens Richard C . Kerens ( 1842 – 1916 ) was an American contractor and politician , born in Killberry , County Meath , Ireland , brought to the U . S . in infancy , and educated in the public schools of Jackson Co . , Iowa . Throughout the Civil War he served in the Union army . After the war he lived in Arkansas and at San Diego , Cal . , and was contractor for the Overland Mail . In 1876 he moved to St . Louis , Mo . , and thereafter was interested in the construction of railroads and was active in the Republican politics of Missouri . In 1892 he became a member of the Republican National Committee . From 1909 to 1913 he was Ambassador to Austria - Hungary . His summer home at Elkins , West Virginia , known as " Pinecrest " , was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 .
New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site The New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site , also known as New Windsor Cantonment , is located along NY 300 a mile north of Vails Gate in Orange County ' s Town of New Windsor . The site features reconstruction buildings of the final encampment of the Continental Army . 1780s . Between June 1782 and October 1783 7 , 000 troops were boarded here in 600 log huts , over . Although the Siege of Yorktown had ended most hostilities the year before , the British still occupied New York City and other ports , and George Washington believed that there was still strong sentiment in Britain for restarting the war and taking the colonies back . Thus it was necessary to keep the army here , within striking distance of New York and next to the vital Hudson River , until all the British forces were withdrawn . On April 19 , 1783 , Washington issued a cease fire order , officially ending the war for the Army . Newburgh Conspiracy . They were still uncertain times , however , as the Newburgh Conspiracy , where Washington persuaded his officers not to march on the Continental Congress and demand back pay at gunpoint , would demonstrate . The Temple , where he made his famous speech revealing his vision problems for the first time , is among the reconstructed buildings . Awards presented . The Badge of Military Merit , later the Purple Heart , was first awarded here , and the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor was opened November 10 , 2006 in recognition of that history . Post - war . After the war , the vacated huts were sold . Some of the stone walls on the site may be made from stones that came from the fireplaces of the original buildings . In 1936 the town acquired of the original site , which it runs on the opposite side of Route 300 as the Last Encampment , and along with the National Temple Hill Association has kept it up as a monument . The Temple itself and its vicinity are owned by the New York State Office of Parks , Recreation and Historic Preservation but operated by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission . Site info . The site is open Wednesdays through Sunday from mid - April through October . Admission is free . Activities and events with reenactors in period costume are scheduled frequently .
HMS Proserpine ( 1777 ) HMS " Proserpine " was a 28 - gun " Enterprise " - class sixth - rate frigate of the Royal Navy . She was launched in 1777 was wrecked in February 1799 . Career . " Proserpine " was first commissioned in July 1777 under the command of Captain Evelyn Sutton . On 29 November 1779 " Proserpine " recaptured ( or " Sphynx " ) . She had been in French hands for three to four months . On 16 March 1794 captured the French brick - aviso " Goéland " off Jérémie . " Proserpine " shared in the prize money , suggesting that she was in company with " Penelope " , or in sight . The Royal Navy briefly took " Goéland " into service as HMS " Goelan " . Fate . " Proserpine " was wrecked off the Elbe on 1 February 1799 . She was under the command of Captain James Wallis , and was taking the Honourable Thomas Grenville and his party to Cuxhaven , from where they were to proceed on a diplomatic mission to Berlin . By 4pm on 31 January the weather had worsened to such a degree that " Proserpine " had to anchor , four miles short of Cuxhaven . The weather worsened and by next morning the channels were blocked by ice . Wallis got under weigh to attempt to withdraw and reach a Danish port , but around 9 : 30pm she grounded . Attempts to lighten her failed . The next morning it became clear that she was aground on the Scharhorn Riff , near the island of Neuwerk , and completely blocked in by ice , which was increasing . At 1 : 30 , all 187 persons on " Proserpine " left her and started the six - mile walk to shore , in freezing weather and falling snow . Seven seamen , a boy , four Royal Marines , and one woman and her child died ; the rest made it to safety . The diplomatic party reached Cuxhaven a few days later . The master , Mr . Anthony took five men and returned to " Proserpine " on 10 February . They found her crushed . While they were on board , the ship , still encased in ice , was swept out to sea , before she grounded again on Baltrum Island . Anthony and his companions survived this shipwreck too .
82nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 82nd Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry , known as the " 2nd Hecker Regiment , " was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It was one of the three " German " regiments furnished to the Union by Illinois . Approximately two - thirds of its members were German immigrants and most of the other third was composed of immigrants from various countries . Company C was entirely Jewish , and Company I all Scandinavians . Service . The 82nd Illinois Infantry was organized at Springfield , Illinois and mustered into Federal service on October 23 , 1862 , Colonel Friedrich Hecker commanding . Attached to the XI Corps of the Army of the Potomac , it lost 155 men at Chancellorsville , including Colonel Hecker , who was badly wounded . Although just 23 men were battlefield casualties at Gettysburg , 89 were captured during the retreat through the town . In the fall of 1863 , it moved with the rest of the XI Corps to the Western Theater . Colonel Hecker had recovered from his wounds by now and was promoted to brigade command ( he would ultimately resign the following winter ) . After seeing action at Chattanooga , the 82nd Illinois joined the rest of Sherman ' s army in the 1864 - 65 campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas . The regiment was mustered out on June 16 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 4 officers and 98 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 60 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 162 fatalities .
61st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry The 61st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment raised for one year ' s service in the Union Army during the American Civil War from 1864 to 1865 . History . Recruitment for this unit began in August 1864 , with five companies being filled by October . They were encamped on Gallop ' s Island in Boston Harbor until 7 October 1864 when , as a battalion , was ordered to Virginia . They reached City Point on 12 October , and set up camp a couple of miles from the landing , calling it " Camp Schouler " after the Massachusetts adjutant general . They were assigned to General Benham ' s engineer brigade in the Army of the Potomac and were involved in erecting fortifications until 10 November , then served on picket duty until 10 December . A sixth company had joined them on the 17th of November and from 10 – 12 December , they were sent to hold a part of the Welden railroad near Fort Sedgewick . They afterwards returned to City Point . On 15 March 1865 , two additional companies arrived and they were given regimental status . Attached to the Independent Brigade under Brigadeer General Charles H T Collis , they provided provost guard duty at the headquarters until 29 March 1864 . The Independent Brigade being attached to the IX Corps , the 61st was called to arms , and awaited orders to move out . Battle of Fort Mahone On 2 April 1865 , they were ordered to move against Fort Mahone , a short distance from the Union held Fort Sedgewick , and within the defenses of Petersburg , Virginia . Here the brigade was engaged with the Confederate breastworks outside of the forts throughout the day and into the night , until abandoned by the enemy . This being their first engagement , they lost five killed and 30 wounded in the assault . They held the position outside of the city until returning to City Point on 12 April . Here they were in charge of guarding the captured troops of General Ewell ' s Corps . They afterwards were sent to the V Corps , stationed at Burkesville from 16 April to 1 May 1865 . On the 1st , they were sent to Washington , DC , and were part of the grand rreview on the 23rd . On 8 June 1865 , the first five companies arrived back in Readville , Massachusetts and were discharged on the 17th . The remaining members of the unit served until 2 July , and were discharged on 1 August 1865 . Complement . The 61st Regiment consisted of 41 officers ( including line officers ) and 966 enlisted men . Casualties . Twenty - three men died during their term of service , 17 of them by disease . One officer and 5 enlisted were killed in battle , or died from their wounds .
HMS Ossory ( 1915 ) HMS " Ossory " was an Admiralty M - class destroyer of the Royal Navy . She was launched on 9 October 1916 and served during the First World War . She served in the 11th Destroyer Flotilla in the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland . Philip Vian was appointed first lieutenant of the ship in 1917 . She was decommissioned following the First World War and was sold for scrap in November 1921 .
Fort Winnebago " This article is about the U . S . Army fort . For the civil township of the same name , see Fort Winnebago , Wisconsin " Fort Winnebago was a 19th - century fortification of the United States Army located on a hill overlooking the eastern end of the portage between the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers east of present day Portage , Wisconsin . It was the middle one of three fortifications along the Fox - Wisconsin Waterway that also included Fort Howard in Green Bay , Wisconsin and Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien , Wisconsin . Fort Winnebago was constructed in 1828 as part of an effort to maintain peace between white settlers and the region ' s Native American tribes following the Winnebago War of 1827 . The fort ' s location was chosen not only because of its proximity to the site of Red Bird ' s surrender in the Winnebago War , but also because of the strategic importance of the portage on the Fox - Wisconsin Waterway , a heavily traveled connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River . Fort Winnebago ' s location near the portage allowed it to regulate transportation between the lakes and the Mississippi . With the exception of the participation of troops from the fort in the 1832 Black Hawk War , Fort Winnebago was not involved in any combat operations during its occupation by the U . S . Army . Instead , the garrison , which from 1829 to 1831 included Lt . Jefferson Davis ( later President of the Confederate States of America ) , was put to work in building a military road between Portage and Fond du Lac , Wisconsin , and assisting with the relocation of the Ho - Chunk Nation from Wisconsin to Minnesota during the 1840s . In 1845 , the absence of any real threat to peace in the region prompted the abandonment of the fort . Nine years later the site was sold into private hands , and in 1856 a fire destroyed much of the fort . Fort Winnebago Surgeon ' s Quarters . Today , all that remains intact are the fort ' s surgeon ' s quarters . This structure now operates as the Fort Winnebago Surgeon ' s Quarters , a museum operated by the Daughters of the American Revolution , and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . The museum ' s grounds also include the Garrison School , a one - room schoolhouse used from 1850 - 1960 and furnished to appear as in the 1850s . Please note that the Fort Winnebago Indian Agency House , now open to the public on its original location as the Historic Indian Agency House ( HIAH ) , is also an original structure associated with the fort . It was erected in 1832 by the U . S . Government as a residence and office for Indian Agent John Harris Kinzie , who served as a liaison between the local Ho - Chunk ( then Winnebago ) tribe and the U . S . Government . HIAH has been operated as a museum since 1932 by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Wisconsin . http : / / www . agencyhouse . org
United States Assistant Secretary of Defense Assistant Secretary of Defense is a title used for many high - level executive positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense within the U . S . Department of Defense . The Assistant Secretary of Defense title is junior to Under Secretary of Defense . Reorganization Plan No . 6 of 30 June 1953 increased the number of assistant secretaries . The list of Assistant Secretaries of Defense includes : The deputy to an Assistant Secretary of Defense has the title " Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense " . Assistant Secretaries in the Military Departments . There are also several assistant secretaries in each of the three Military Departments : Department of the Army , Department of the Navy , and the Department of the Air Force .
USNS Bowditch ( T - AGS - 21 ) USNS " Bowditch " ( T - AGS - 21 ) was the lead ship of her class of oceanographic survey ships for the United States Navy . Launched as the SS " South Bend Victory " in 1945 , Maritime Commission hull number MCV 694 , a type VC2 - S - AP3 Victory ship , she was named for Nathaniel Bowditch , the second U . S . Navy vessel named in his honor . The ship was acquired by the Navy in August 1957 and converted to an AGS at Charleston Naval Shipyard . Named " Bowditch " on 8 August 1957 and placed in service 8 October 1958 for operation by the Military Sea Transportation Service ( MSTS ) . SS " South Bend Victory " . SS " South Bend Victory " was a World War II era Victory ship . She was laid down on 11 May 1945 and delivered to the Maritime Commission on 30 June 1945 . The ship was acquired by the U . S . Navy in August 1957 , renamed " Bowditch " , and converted to an Oceanographic Survey Ship ( AGS ) at the Charleston Naval Shipyard from 10 October 1957 to 30 September 1958 . USNS " Bowditch " T - AGS - 21 . The second " Bowditch " , USNS " Bowditch " T - AGS - 21 , was placed in service on 8 October 1958 and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service . She was manned by a civilian crew . " Bowditch " was operated by the U . S . Naval Oceanographic Office for the U . S . Navy Office of Special Projects in support of the U . S . Navy Fleet Ballistic Missile Program . Three ships were converted for this purpose : " Bowditch " , and identical sister ships and . Attached aboard " Bowditch " was a US Navy Oceanographic Detachment , upgraded ca . May 1966 to an Oceanographic Unit , of approximately 3 officers and 22 enlisted personnel , mostly technicians . Varying numbers of civilian scientists and engineers managed survey operations , and maintained certain navigation and sonar equipment , usually about 12 oceanographers from the Naval Oceanographic Office , some personnel from the Naval Applied Sciences Laboratory , and about 7 technical representatives from private corporations . " Bowditch " was taken out of service and Disposed of by MARAD exchange 4 March 1988 .
Western Defense Command Western Defense Command ( WDC ) was established on 17 March 1941 as the command formation of the U . S . Army responsible for coordinating the defense of the Pacific Coast region of the United States . A second major responsibility was the training of soldiers prior to their deployment overseas . The first Commanding General of WDC was Lieutenant General John L . DeWitt , who continued on in command of the Fourth U . S . Army . WDC headquarters were co - located at the existing Fourth Army headquarters at the Presidio of San Francisco . WDC ' s operational region covered the states of Washington , Oregon , California , Idaho , Montana , Nevada , Utah and Arizona . Until 1 November 1943 , Alaska Defense Command was controlled through WDC . On 14 February 1942 , Western Defense Command sent a memorandum to Secretary of War Henry Stimson recommending that " Japanese and other subversive elements " be removed from the West Coast region . This led President Franklin D . Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 9066 on 19 February , which gave U . S . military commanders the authority to designate " military areas " and to then exclude any or all people from them . On 2 March 1942 General DeWitt issued a proclamation that designated the western halves of Washington , Oregon and California , and the southern third of Arizona to be military areas from which Americans of Japanese ancestry would be excluded . Americans of German and Italian ancestry were also affected by restrictions and in some cases internment . From June 1942 to August 1943 , WDC was heavily involved in the planning and execution of the Aleutian Islands Campaign , which succeeded in expelling Japanese forces from their toehold in North America on the islands of Attu and Kiska . The operation to re - capture Kiska Island , Operation Cottage , involved both U . S . troops and a brigade of Canadian troops from Pacific Command . Western Defense Command was disbanded on 6 March 1946 . Commanders . The following men served as Commanding General , Western Defense Command :