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USAS Report ( AGP - 289 ) USAS " Report " ( AGP - 289 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II as USS " Report " ( AM - 289 ) . Although completed in July 1945 , before the end of hostilities , she was placed in reserve and never commissioned into the U . S . Navy . She was reclassified as MSF - 289 in February 1955 , but remained in reserve until she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1963 . She was transferred to the United States Army and served U . S . Army Intelligence from 1963 to 1967 as a motor torpedo boat tender . " Report " was returned to U . S . Navy custody and loaned to South Korea . As ROKS " Kojin " ( PCE - 50 ) in Republic of Korea Navy service , she served through 1970 and was scrapped in 1973 . Career . " Report " was laid down at the General Engineering & Dry Dock Company of Alameda , California , on 14 December 1943 . She was launched on 8 August 1944 , completed , and delivered to the U . S . Navy on 12 July 1945 . Since the ship ' s construction was completed just before the end of World War II , she was found to be redundant and " Report " was never commissioned . She was reclassified as " MSF - 289 " on 7 February 1955 while in reserve . She was struck from the Naval Register 1 April 1963 . After being struck by the Navy , she was loaned to the U . S . Army and reclassified by the Army as a Motor Torpedo Boat Tender , USAS " Report " ( AGP - 289 ) . She was operated in Korean waters as the mother ship to a small flotilla of boats operated under the auspices of U . S . Army Intelligence . Comments by ex - crew members during this period are found at " Report 1966 – 1967 " . She was returned to U . S . Navy custody in early 1967 , and then transferred to South Korea , on loan , as " Kojin " ( PCE - 50 ) . She served that country into 1970 and was scrapped in 1973 .
2d Space Wing The 2d Space Wing was a wing of the United States Air Force . It activated on 8 July 1985 as the host wing at Falcon Air Force Station ( later Base , now Schriever Air Force Base ) . The wing took operational control of the Air Force Satellite Control Network in October 1987 . It was inactivated on 30 January 1992 when the 50th Space Wing took its place . History . The 2d Space Wing was constituted on 5 December 1984 , and later activated at Falcon Air Force Station , Colorado on 8 July 1985 . The 2d Space Wing was inactivated on 30 January 1992 , being replaced by the 50th Space Wing . Emblem . Blazon . Azure , within a pattern of seven mullets argent a globe celeste gridlined of the first , encompassed by an orbital ring bendsinisterwise argent bearing two polestars or , overall a flight symbol bendwise argent emitting a contrail or , all within a diminished bordure of the last . Significance . Blue and yellow are the Air Force colors . Blue alludes to the sky , the primary theater of operations for the Air Force . Yellow refers to the sun and excellence required of Air Force personnel . The globe represents the earth as viewed from space and signifies the worldwide coverage provided by Air Force satellite in accomplishing surveillance and communications missions . The ellipse symbolizes the Air Force Satellite Control Network and the two stars depict the satellites . The deltoid and its contrail denote the Air Force Launch Vehicles that place the satellites in orbit . The seven stars represent the vastness of space and the environment of our operations .
Edward St John Daniel Edward St . John Daniel VC ( 17 January 1837 – 20 May 1868 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . He was 17 years old , and a Midshipman in the Royal Navy , ( Naval Brigade ) during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 18 October 1854 at Sebastopol , Crimea , Midshipman Daniel was one of the volunteers from HMS " Diamond " , who , under the command of the captain ( William Peel ) brought in powder to the battery from a wagon under very heavy fire , a shot having disabled the horses . On 5 November at the Battle of Inkerman he , as Aide - de - camp ( ADC ) to the captain , remained by his side throughout a long and dangerous day . On 18 June 1855 he was again with his captain in the first scaling party at the assault on the Redan , binding up his superior officer ' s severely wounded arm and taking him back to a place of safety . Further information . Daniel also served in the Second Anglo - Burmese War and the Indian Mutiny . He later achieved the rank of Lieutenant . He was the first of eight men whose VCs were forfeited . He was stripped of the medal on 4 September 1861 after being convicted of desertion and evading court martial . Grave / memorial at Hokitika Municipal Cemetery , South Island , New Zealand . Block 851 - 27 . Headstone . He may not have died in New Zealand , refer Victoria Cross Heroes - Documentary . ( Ashcroft )
USS Prowess ( AM - 280 ) USS " Prowess " ( AM - 280 ) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . At war ' s end she was placed in reserve . In the mid - 1960s , she was converted into a training ship for U . S . Naval Reserve personnel . She was transferred to South Vietnam in June 1970 as RVNS " Ha Hoi " ( HQ - 13 ) in the Republic of Vietnam Navy . In 1975 , " Ha Hoi " was seized by North Vietnam ese forces and incorporated into the Vietnamese People ' s Navy . She remained in service until 1998 , when she was converted into a training ship . She has since been scrapped . Career . " Prowess " was laid down 15 September 1943 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp . , Chickasaw , Alabama ; launched 17 February 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Thomas W . Rubottom ; and commissioned 27 September 1944 , Lt . Comdr . J . W . Meire in command . Following shakedown out of Little Creek , Virginia , " Prowess " escorted USS Pontiac ( AF - 20 ) from Boston , Massachusetts , to Bermuda , departing Boston 14 December 1944 . Upon returning to Little Creek , she trained minesweeper personnel from 1 January 1945 to 31 August . Departing Little Creek 3 October , she participated in festivities honoring Admiral Nimitz at Washington , D . C . , in early October . After a visit to Wilmington , Delaware , she returned to Norfolk , Virginia . " Prowess " entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet in December 1945 . She was reclassified MSF - 280 on 7 February 1955 . Assigned a homeport of Buffalo , New York , from 1 September 1965 and reclassified as an Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary IX - 305 on 1 March 1966 , she has served as a naval reserve training ship from February 1962 into 1970 . She was transferred to South Vietnam , 4 June 1970 as RVNS " Ha Hoi " ( HQ - 13 ) and struck from the Naval Register in 1970 . She was captured by North Vietnam ese forces in 1975 . In 1998 , after some 23 years of service in the Vietnamese People ' s Navy , she was hulked and converted to a training vessel . She has since been scrapped .
Plan Patriota Plan Patriota ( In English , " Patriot Plan " ) is military plan developed by the Government of Colombia with the financial support of the Government of the United States in an effort to uproot the guerrilla groups in Colombia , more specifically the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC - EP ) and the National Liberation Army ( ELN ) . The plan is part of the government of President Álvaro Uribe ' s democratic security doctrine . The plan is also intended to get military presence to the most remote areas of Colombia , where the guerrilla had enclaves , and enable the introduction of social programs . Some analysts consider the plan to be a sort of second phase of Plan Colombia . The first military operation related to the Plan Patriota was launched in 2004 and was dubbed Operation JM . Criticism . Human rights concerns . The José Alvear Restrepo Lawyer ’ s Collective , a human rights NGO , has criticized Plan Patriota . In April 2008 , the Collective mentioned that hearings and judicial processes had provided information describing links between paramilitary forces and the Colombian National Army during Operation Liberty I , a 2003 prelude to Plan Patriota carried out in the area of Viotá , Cundinamarca . According to the Collective , multiple incidents of forced disappearances , torture , extrajudicial executions and forced displacement , among other crimes , took place in the area .
4th United States Army Field Artillery Detachment The 4th United States Army Field Artillery Detachment was located in Werl , West Germany . The Belgian 14th and 20th Artillery Battalions of the Belgian I Corps were supported by the 4th U . S . Army Field Artillery Detachment . The detachment was co - located with the Belgian battalions , in quarters across the street from the Belgian Houthulst Kaserne , on Langenwiedenweg Strasse , Werl , Westfallen , Germany . The 4th U . S . Army Field Artillery Detachment was activated in September 1962 at Fort Sill , Oklahoma . It was originally designated the 4th U . S . Army Missile Detachment and assigned to the 5th U . S . Army Artillery Group . In January 1963 , the 4th Missile Detachment , along with other units of the 5th USAAG , left for Germany and arrived in Bremerhaven in February . In September 1970 , the 4th Missile Detachment was redesignated the 4th U . S . Army Artillery Detachment . In October 1978 , the 4th was reassigned to the 570th USAAG . The unit was inactivated in June 1992 .
Obata Masamori , also known as Obata Nobusada , was a Japan ese samurai warrior . He is known as one of the " Twenty - Four Generals of Takeda Shingen " . He was the son of Obata Toramori , and came from western Kozuke province . He fled Kozuke and joined the Takeda around 1560 . Masamori would later become the lord of Kaizu castle in Shinano province . Coming from a province conquered by the Takeda , Masamori belonged to the " sakikata - shu " ( the group of vanquished enemies ) within the Takeda establishment , but proved himself repeatedly by loyal service . He fought for the Takeda at Mimasetoge ( 1569 ) and Mikatagahara ( 1573 ) , where he led the cavalry vanguard . At the Battle of Nagashino ( 1575 ) , he supplied the largest cavalry contingent , commanding 500 mounted samurai and 1000 footmen . In the central company , commanded by Takeda Nobukado , he charged the Oda line beside the other Kozuke warlords . Eventually , as the Takeda army made no headway , the attack was called off but not until grave losses had been suffered . Wounds received at Nagashino would lead to Masamori ' s death .
Robert F . Dees Robert F . Dees ( born 2 February 1950 in Amarillo , Texas ) is a retired officer in the United States Army . He served first as a Brigadier General and later as a Major General . He was the vice director for operational plans and interoperability for the Department of Defense . After he officially retired from the U . S . military on January 1 , 2003 , he worked for the next two years as the Executive Director of Defense Strategies for Microsoft Corporation . In 2005 he became the executive director of Bill Bright - founded Military Ministry , focusing on soldiers coming home from the war with post - traumatic stress . His attempt to enlist base commanders in promotion of Billy Graham ' s ministry at the United States Air Force Academy was criticized by Americans United for Separation of Church and State as it " could convey an unconstitutional message of governmental endorsement of religion " . In the past he and his wife , Kathleen ( née Robinson ) , served as volunteer leaders in the Officers ' Christian Fellowship .
1st Brigade ( New Zealand ) The 1st Brigade is the largest unit of the New Zealand Army , and contains most of the army ' s deployable units . The brigade was formed on 13 December 2011 by amalgamating the 2nd Land Force Group and 3rd Land Force Group . Its establishment formed part of the ' Army 2015 ' package of reforms . Previous 1st Brigades in the New Zealand Army since 1939 have included a home defence formation active during the Second World War ( part of the North Island home defence 1st Division ( New Zealand ) ) , and a 1 Brigade / Integrated Expansion Force formed to direct three Territorial Force - formed battalions in the 1970s and 1980s . On 1 November 1941 the 1st Brigade became part of the newly formed Northern Division in the Northern Military District . The division ' s two brigades were the 1st and 12th Brigade Groups . Later the Northern Division became the 1st Division . The 1st Brigade Group had been formed prior to World War II , and the 12th Brigade Group was one of the new headquarters ; both these units were part of the Territorial Force and were manned by part - time reservists . During early 1942 , camps were constructed for the 1st Brigade Group in South Auckland and the 12th Brigade Group at Kaikohe . The 1st Brigade subsequently moved to a camp near Warkworth . In 2011 the 1st Brigade was reformed from the headquarters of the 2nd Land Force Group at Linton Camp . Current structure . As of December 2011 , the brigade comprised : Order of Battle . Correct as at 1 August 2012 :
USCGC Henry Blake ( WLM - 563 ) USCGC " Henry Blake " ( WLM - 563 ) is a United States Coast Guard based out of Naval Station Everett in Everett , WA . " Henry Blake " was built by the Marinette Marine Corporation in 1998 and launched in 1999 out of Marinette , WI . The 13th of 14 Keeper - class cutters , the " Henry Blake " is one of the most advanced cutters currently in the United States Coast Guard ' s fleet . The name " Henry Blake " originates from the first New Dungeness Light house keeper Henry Blake . All 14 Keeper - class cutters are named after lighthouse keepers . Thus " Henry Blake " s motto is " Keeper of the Tradition . " " Henry Blake " s primary mission is the maintenance of over 235 aids to navigation in the Puget Sound area and along the coast of Washington . Secondary missions include marine environmental protection , search and rescue , and homeland security . Advanced equipment . " Henry Blake " contains advanced navigational and mechanical equipment . Five primary systems are noteworthy , allowing for the crew to be dramatically reduced in size compared to a traditional cutter .
Isaiah Mays Isaiah Mays ( February 16 , 1858 – May 2 , 1925 ) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America ' s highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions during the Wham Paymaster Robbery in Arizona Territory . Biography . Mays was born into slavery in Virginia . He joined the Army from Columbus Barracks , Ohio , and by May 11 , 1889 was serving as a corporal in Company B of the 24th Infantry Regiment . On that day , he was among the troops attacked during the Wham Paymaster Robbery . The next year , on February 19 , 1890 , Mays was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the engagement . After leaving the army in 1893 , Mays worked as a laborer in Arizona and New Mexico . He applied for a federal pension in 1922 , but was denied . He entered the Territorial Insane Asylum , now known as the Arizona State Hospital , in Phoenix , which housed not only the mentally ill but also people with tuberculosis and those living in poverty . He died at the hospital in 1925 , at age sixty - seven , and was buried in the adjoining cemetery . His grave was marked with only a small stone block , etched with a number . In 2001 , the marker was replaced with an official United States Department of Veterans Affairs headstone which stated his name , service history , and his status as a Medal of Honor recipient . Eight years later , in March 2009 under the care of the Old Guard Riders Inc . , Cpl Mays ' remains were disinterred , cremated and placed in an urn designed especially for him . On 29 May 2009 , in a ceremony befitting a Medal of Honor recipient , Cpl Mays was interred in Arlington National Cemetery . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Corporal , Company B , 24th U . S . Infantry . Place and date : Arizona , 11 May 1889 . Entered service at : Columbus Barracks , Ohio . Born : 16 February 1858 , Carters Bridge , Va . Date of issue : 19 February 1890 . Citation : Gallantry in the fight between Paymaster Wham ' s escort and robbers . Mays walked and crawled 2 miles to a ranch for help .
Toshio Kuroiwa During the Second Sino - Japanese War in 1938 , assigned to the 12th Air Group , Kuroiwa saw considerable action against Chinese air opponents . During his combat career , Kuroiwa was officially credited with shooting down 13 enemy aircraft . In 1939 he was deemed too old to continue with combat duty so Kuroiwa left the IJN and became a civilian pilot for Imperial Japanese Airways . On 26 August 1944 the civilian transport aircraft he was flying disappeared off the Malay Peninsula and neither the aircraft nor Kuroiwa was ever found .
Athis Airfield Athis Airfield was a World War II military airfield located approximately 1 km northeast of Athis , approximately 130 km east - northeast of Paris . It was used by the Luftwaffe , then by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II . After the war , the site was abandoned and is now agricultural fields . History . Athis was a World War II airfield constructed by the Germans in August 1944 . Construction began in July 1944 and it consisted of grass runways and simple support services . It lay to the northeast of Athis village and to the southwest of Tours - sur - Marne . The base was on flat , former agricultural fields bordered to the north by woodland in which aircraft and services were concealed . The airfield is referred to by several names in Luftwaffe and Allied documents including " Tours - sur - Marne " , " Athis " and " Bisseuil " . German use during World War II . It became operational on the 10th August 1944 , when II . / Jagdgeschwader 3 ( JG 3 ) was assigned to it with Messerschmitt Bf 109 G day interceptor fighters . On 20 August 1944 , II . / JG 3 was replaced by III . / Jagdgeschwader 76 ( JG 76 ) , also flying Bf 109Gs until the end of the month when the Germans were driven from the area by the advancing Allied armies . On the 22nd August Athis came under attack by elements of the 354th Fighter group , Ninth Air Force conducting a fighter - sweep across northern France . P - 51 Mustangs and P - 47 Thunderbolts from the 354th attacked Luftwaffe aircraft shortly after they took off from Athis , claiming 8 Bf109s shot down . American use . On 4 September 1944 the IX Engineer Command 826d Engineer Aviation Battalion moved in and began a quick rehabilitation of the base so it could be used by American aircraft . The engineers laid down a Square - Mesh Track ( SMT ) surface to form a NE / SE runway for aircraft use . In addition to the airfield , tents were used for billeting and also for support facilities ; an access road was built to the existing road infrastructure ; a dump for supplies , ammunition , and gasoline drums , along with a drinkable water and minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting . It was declared operationally ready for Ninth Air Force combat units in September being designated as Advanced Landing Ground " A - 76 Athis Airfield " Almost immediately , the 36th Fighter Group moved in , flying P - 47 Thunderbolt s from the field until 1 October . Athis airfield was turned over to French authorities on 4 October 1945 . Postwar . In French control after the war , the airfield sat abandoned for several years . There was much unexploded ordnance at the site which needed to be removed , as well as the wreckage of German and American aircraft . It was cleared and returned to agricultural use and very little sign of it exists today . ( Épernay - Plivot Airport ) is located to the south east of the wartime Athis site .
Harold Lawton Professor Harold Walter Lawton ( 27 July 1899 – 24 December 2005 , Greetham , Rutland ) was a scholar of French literature and , prior to his death , one of the last surviving veterans and the last prisoner of war of World War I in Britain . Lawton was born in Burslem , Stoke - on - Trent , England . He volunteered for military service in 1916 , enlisting with Royal Welch Fusiliers before being transferred to the Cheshire Regiment . Upon completing training , in 1917 he was posted to the Western Front where he was transferred again , to The East Yorkshire Regiment . The German Spring Offensive of 1918 included an assault upon Armentières where his unit , the 1 / 4th Battalion the East Yorkshires , was posted . The Germans used Hutier tactics , where stormtroopers aimed to infiltrate weak points in defences , bypassing strongly held front line areas . Troops with heavier weapons would then attack the isolated strongpoints . Lawton , with troops from the Durham Light Infantry , did indeed become isolated in a forward trench during the assault ; when they ran out of ammunition and food after three days ' fighting the German advances they surrendered . He was imprisoned at a PoW camp at a fort in Lille and afterwards in Minden , Germany . After the war , he completed a Master ' s Degree in French at the University of Wales in Bangor , and received a doctorate in Latin and French from the Sorbonne in 1926 . He became a lecturer , then a Professor of French at the University College Southampton . He later took the position of Professor of French , and was successively promoted within the university administration as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Pro Vice - Chancellor , at the University of Sheffield . He published a " Handbook of French Renaissance Dramatic Theory " in 1950 , and " Poems , Selected with Introduction and Notes " ( on the work of Joachim du Bellay ) in 1961 . During World War II , he briefed behind the lines operatives and was listed in The Black Book of key people to be arrested upon a successful Nazi invasion of Britain . In 1999 , Lawton received the Légion d ' honneur of the French Republic , honouring his services in World War I . He died on Christmas Eve 2005 at the age of 106 .