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Cape Mounted Yeomanry The Cape Mounted Yeomanry was a military force created on a militia basis by Act 5 of 1878 in the Cape Colony , with a strength of 3 , 000 in three regiments , to act in conjunction with the Cape Mounted Riflemen on the eastern frontier . About 600 men were put into the field for the Basuto Rebellion in 1880 . Lieutenant - Colonel Richard Southey commanded the Cape Mounted Yeomanry during the Basuto Gun War . 26 year old Surgeon John Frederick McCrea was a in the 1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry during the Basuto Gun War . He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 14 January 1881 , at Tweefontein , Basutoland . In this action , the burghers had been forced to retire under a most determined enemy attack , with a loss of 16 killed and 21 wounded . Surgeon McCrea was the only doctor present and notwithstanding a serious wound on the breast bone , which he dressed himself , he most gallantly took the casualties into shelter and continued to attend to the wounded throughout the day . Had it not been for this devotion to duty on the part of Surgeon McCrea , there would undoubtedly have been much greater suffering and loss of life . Eleven members of the 3rd Cape Mounted Yeomanry died as a result of enemy action at Morosi ' s Stronghold on 29 May 1879 . Sixteen members of the 1st Cape Mounted Yeomanry were killed in action at Morosi ' s Stronghold 5 June 1879 along with seven members of the 2nd regiment . Three hundred and six members of the unit received the Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal . Captain AL Chiapini and Trooper E McGuire received the medal with all three clasps i . e . Transkei , Basutoland and Bechuanaland . The Cape Mounted Yeomanry was disbanded in 1881 .
Oswald Austin Reid Oswald Austin Reid VC ( 2 November 1893 – 27 October 1920 ) was a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Early life . He attended the Diocesan College in Cape Town and St John ' s College in Johannesburg before moving on to Radley College , where he became Senior Prefect and Captain of the Football and Cricket teams . Details . He was 23 years old , and a Captain in the 1st Battalion , The King ' s ( Liverpool ) Regiment , British Army , attached 6th Battalion , The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 8 / 10 March 1917 at Dialah River , Mesopotamia , Captain Reid consolidated a small post with the advanced troops on the opposite side of the river to the main body , after his lines of communication had been cut by the sinking of the pontoons . He maintained this position for 30 hours against constant attacks by bombs , machine - guns and rifle fire , with the full knowledge that repeated attempts at relief had failed and that his ammunition was all but exhausted . It was greatly due to his tenacity that the crossing of the river was effected the next night . During the operations he was wounded . He is buried in Braamfontein Cemetery in Johannesburg . Further information . He later achieved the rank of Major . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Museum of Military History in Johannesburg .
Cooper Brannan Nels Cooper Brannan ( born November 7 , 1984 in Houston , Texas ) is a former US Marine who briefly played minor league baseball for the San Diego Padres . Brannan , who as a Corporal in the United States Marines lost his pinky finger on his left hand ( his non pitching hand ) while serving in Iraq . Early life . Brannan was raised in Gilbert , Arizona where he graduated in May 2003 from Highland High School . While in high school Brannon was a three - year letterman for football and baseball . Military career . Brannon graduated boot camp in October 2003 as the platoon honor - man . In December of that same year he completed School of Infantry and his first duty station was Twentynine Palms , California in January 2004 . He was deployed to Hitt , Iraq in February 2004 as an infantry team leader . He returned home in October 2004 and was redeployed to Fallujah , Iraq in September 2005 . In November 2005 Brannon was injured by a flash bang grenade he sustained multiple injuries to left hand resulting in amputation of left little finger and medial hand . He was medically evacuated to Naval Medical Center San Diego ( Balboa Hospital ) for three follow - up surgeries and rehabilitative therapy . He has since participated with All Marine Corps Baseball Team and USA Military All Star Baseball Team while assigned to MCRD San Diego . He was married on January 20 , 2006 to Lindsay Marie Wagener . Baseball career . Brannan signed with the San Diego Padres in February 2007 . He pitched in 20 games for the Rookie - level Arizona League Padres in 2007 , finishing with a 9 . 69 ERA and a 1 - 3 record , and the Class - A Eugene Emeralds in 2008 . He pitched for the American Defenders of New Hampshire of the independent Can - Am League in 2009 .
Charles H . Baldwin ( Medal of Honor ) Charles H . Baldwin ( June 30 , 1839 – January 22 , 1911 ) was an enlisted man in the United States Navy during the American Civil War . He served aboard the and received the Medal of Honor for his participation in a plan to destroy the rebel ram in Roanoke River , May 25 , 1864 . Fellow crewmen Alexander Crawford , John Lafferty , Benjamin Lloyd , and John W . Lloyd were also awarded the Medal of Honor for participating in the same plan . He is buried at Christ Episcopal Church in Accokeek , MD . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Coal Heaver , U . S . Navy . Born : June 30 , 1839 , Delaware . Accredited to : Pennsylvania . G . O . No . : 45 , December 31 , 1864 . Citation : Serving on board the U . S . S . Wyalusing and participating in a plan to destroy the rebel ram Albermarle in Roanoke River , 25 May 1864 . Volunteering for the hazardous mission , C . H . Baldwin participated in the transfer of 2 torpedoes across an island swamp . Weighted by a line which was used to transfer the torpedoes , he swam the river and , when challenged by a sentry , was forced to abandon the plan after erasing its detection and before it could be carried to completion . Escaping the fire of the muskets , C . H . Baldwin spent 2 days and nights of hazardous travel without food , and finally arrived , fatigued , at the mother ship .
Viktor Puskar Viktor Puskar VR I / 1 ( May 7 , 1889 , Viljandi , Estonia - April 12 , 1943 , Tartu , Estonia ) was an Estonian military commander ( Colonel ) during the Estonian War of Independence . In 1911 he graduated from Vilnius Military Academy . Puskar participated in World War I , joining the Estonian national units in 1917 . At the beginning of the Estonian War of Independence in 1918 , Puskar was leader of the Järvamaa Defence League . In December he became commander of the 2nd Division . During the war he successfully defended South Estonia , expelled the Red Army from North Latvia and captured Pskov . Puskar retired in 1920 and became a farmer . He was one of the leaders of the Vaps Movement and was in jail from 1936 to 1937 , accused of underground activity . Puskar went to Germany in 1941 , returning to Estonia after the Red Army had been driven out . He died in Tartu in 1943 .
The Odd Angry Shot ( book ) William L . Nagle ' s book , The Odd Angry Shot , based on his own experience in 3 SAS Australian Army , portrays the boredom , mateship , humour , and fear of a group of Australian soldiers deployed to South Vietnam in the late 1960s . The book was made into a movie of the same name , The Odd Angry Shot .
USS Nashawena ( AG - 142 ) USS " Nashawena " ( AG - 142 / YAG - 35 ) was a U . S . Navy cable layer . She was constructed during World War II for the U . S . Army Signal Corps as USASPB " Col . William . A . Glassford " , a wooden - hulled self - propelled barge . She was transferred to the U . S . Navy in 1947 as a miscellaneous auxiliary and assigned to cable - laying duties for the U . S . Pacific Fleet . Constructed in Seattle , Washington . " Nashawena " , a cable ship built in 1944 by the Seattle Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp . , Seattle , Washington , was operated by the U . S . Army as " Col . Wm . A . Glassford " until transferred to the U . S . Navy 20 June 1947 ; and commissioned as " Nashawena " ( AG – 142 ) the same day , Lt . William K . Bickenbach in command . Cable service on the U . S . West Coast . " Nashawena " soon commenced cable laying and tending services in the 12th Naval District and in the 14th Naval District for the U . S . Naval Electronics Laboratory . Reclassified " YAG – 35 " , 9 September 1947 , she continued to provide communications maintenance until decommissioned at Mare Island , her homeport 17 August 1953 . In - service at Treasure Island . She was then turned over to the Naval Station , Treasure Island , California , where she operated briefly with the status “ in service ” before entering the Pacific Reserve Fleet at the end of the year . " Nashawena " was sold to Anthony Zahardis , 1 June 1960 , towed from Treasure Island , 3 July , and subsequently struck from the Naval Register . She was renamed " Omega " and was used by the U . S . Undersea Cable Corporation for cable laying work . References .
Giuseppe Perrucchetti Giuseppe Domenico Perrucchetti ( 13 July 1839 - 5 October 1916 ) was an Italian general and politician , the creator of the Alpini corps . He was born in Cassano d ' Adda , in what is now the province of Milan in Lombardy . He studied architecture in the University of Pavia , but when he was twenty , he fled from Lombardy ( at the time under Austrian domination ) to enroll in the Piedmont army . He was a volunteer in the Second Italian Independence War and in the 1866 war against Austria , at which point he gained a silver medal in the Battle of Custoza . Perucchetti was a made a captain in 1872 , when he proposed the creation of the Alpini corp , in an article published in the Italian military journal " Rivista Militare Italiana " . Perrucchetti drew examples from the mountain militias in the Roman age , the “ Cacciatori delle Alpi ” brigades , and the Volontari Cadorini led by Pier Fortunato Calvi . Perucchetti later became a General , and a Senator , of the Kingdom of Italy . However , he never became an Alpino , nor did he command the corps he invented . He died in 1916 , when the Alpini were operating in the Alps and in Africa during World War I .
Gabardini G . 9 The Gabardini G . 9 was an Italian single - seat biplane fighter prototype produced by Gabardini in 1923 . Design and development . G . 9 . Gabardini designed the G . 9 in parallel with its work on its first fighter design , the Gabardini G . 8 , which had a similar wing cellule . The G . 9 was a metal , fabric - covered , single - bay biplane which differed from the unequal - span G . 8 in having a shorter - span upper wing and less cabane bracing . It was powered by the 164 - kilowatt ( 220 - horsepower ) SPA 6a engine — a more powerful engine than that of any G . 8 variant — driving a two - bladed propeller . The " Regia Aeronautica " ( Italian Royal Air Force ) did not place a production order for the G . 9 G . 9 " bis " . Gabardini re - engined the G . 9 with the 224 - kilowatt ( 300 - horsepower ) Hispano - Suiza HS 42 , replaced its frontal radiator with two radiators mounted on the sides of the fuselage above the leading edge of the wing , raised its cockpit , increased the gap between its fuselage and upper wing , and increased the height of its undercarriage to create the G . 9 " bis " . After Ing Filippo Zappata ( 1894 - 1994 ) joined Gabardini in 1923 , he further modified the G . 9 " bis " ; among various changes he made were an improved engine cowling intended to reduce aerodynamic drag and the mounting of a large propeller spinner . In October 1923 , Victor Emmanuel III ( 1869 - 1947 ) , King of Italy ( 1900 - 1946 ) , visited Cameri airfield , where he observed a demonstration of the G . 9 " bis " . Flown by Lodovico Zanibelli , the G . 9 " bis " achieved a maximum speed of 250 kilometers per hour ( 155 miles per hour ) during the demonstration . However , the " Regia Aeronautica " was no more interested in the G . 9 " bis " version of the aircraft than it had been in the G . 9 version , and no production order resulted .
Leavenworth Militia ( African Descent ) The Leavenworth Militia ( African Descent ) was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . As was customary at the time , the unit was actually named Leavenworth Colored Militia Infantry , and referred to at least once at the 2nd Kansas Colored Militia . Service . The Leavenworth Militia ( African Descent ) was called into service on October 9 , 1864 . It was disbanded on October 29 , 1864 . Detailed service . The unit was called into service to defend Kansas against Major General Sterling Price ' s raid . It was on duty at Fort Leavenworth .
Powrie Castle Powrie Castle is a 16th - century castle located in the north of Dundee , Scotland . The castle was built in the early 16th century and later razed in 1548 by the English , then based in Balgillo , as part of the Rough Wooing . It was after this incident that the castle was rebuilt as two separate buildings forming a courtyard . The south wing was built as a Z - plan tower house with a vaulted ceiling . This building is now a ruin . The north wing was built in 1604 in a more renaissance style with a vaulted ground floor and a residential wing . A National Trust for Scotland competition was later held to design a plan to restore this building . This was won by Gillian Strickland who was awarded ownership of the castle as a result . The north wing is now in use as private residences . The main entrance is off Tarago Road .
Kosmos 1109 Kosmos 1109 ( meaning " Cosmos 1109 " ) was a Soviet US - K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1979 as part of the Soviet military ' s Oko programme . The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . Kosmos 1109 was launched from Site 41 / 1 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR . A Molniya - M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch , which took place at 18 : 11 UTC on 27 June 1979 . The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 1979 - 058A . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 11417 . Podvig says that it self - destructed and that its orbit was never stabilised .
USS Duffy ( DE - 27 ) USS " Duffy " ( DE - 27 ) was an that served in the Pacific during World War II . She was named after Charles John Duffy . " Duffy " was launched from the Mare Island Navy Yard on 16 April 1943 , and was originally intended for transfer to the British Royal Navy . Instead , she was commissioned by the U . S . Navy on 5 August 1943 , Commander G . A . Parkinson in command . Service history . " Duffy " was mainly involved in escorting supply ships and as part of larger carrier groups , taking credit for downing an enemy plane in December 1944 at Leyte . On 29 December , " Duffy " fired a shore bombardment on Maloelap while covering air strikes . " Duffy " continued to bombard and wage psychological warfare on various bypassed islands , and on 14 June 1945 , she took prisoner seven men of the cutoff garrison on Mille Atoll . At the end of the war , " Duffy " sailed back to San Francisco , where she arrived on 26 July 1945 . She was decommissioned there on 9 November 1945 and sold for scrap on 16 June 1947 .
31st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 31st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry , nicknamed the " Dirty - First , " was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 31st Illinois Infantry was organized at Jacksonville , Illinois and mustered into Federal service at Cairo , Illinois on September 18 , 1861 . Among the early officers was Major Andrew J . Kuykendall , later a U . S . Representative and Illinois State Senator . The regiment was mustered out on July 19 , 1865 and discharged at Springfield , Illinois on July 31 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 9 officers and 166 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 293 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 471 fatalities .
15th Operations Group The 15th Operations Group ( 15 OG ) is the flying component of the 15th Wing , assigned to the United States Air Force Thirteenth Air Force . The group is stationed at Hickam Air Force Base , Hawaii . The 15 OG is responsible for managing operational matters at Hickam AFB and Bellows AFS , Hawaii ; and Wake Island Airfield . Overview . The 15th Operations Group has five operational squadrons assigned flying C - 17 , KC - 135 , F - 22 , C - 40B , and C - 37A aircraft along with an operational support squadron supporting the Commander , US Pacific Command and the Commander , Pacific Air Forces . Components . The 15th Operations Group ( Tail Code : HH ) consists of the following squadrons : History . On 1 April 1992 the 15th Operations Group was activated as a result of the 15th Air Base Wing implementing the USAF objective wing organization . Upon activation , the 15th OG assumed responsibility from the 15th Air Base Wing for managing operational matters at Hickam AFB and Bellows AFS , Hawaii ; and Wake Island Airfield . Also provided command and control for the defense of the Hawaiian Islands and directed tactical control of Hawaii Air National Guard alert F - 15 aircraft . Its 25th Air Support Operations Squadron provided combat ready tactical air control parties ( TACPs ) ready to advise on the employment of air assets in training and combat and to deploy worldwide with each brigade and battalion of the U . S . Army ' s 25th Infantry Division and other designated ground components . Beginning in 1992 , the group had one airlift squadron assigned and equipped with specially configured C - 135 aircraft , which provided transportation for the Commander , US Pacific Command , Commander , Pacific Air Forces , and other high ranking civilian , military , and foreign dignitaries . Added C - 37 aircraft in 2002 and C - 40 aircraft in 2003 ; retired C - 135 aircraft in 2003 . Assigned second airlift squadron in 2005 .
József Heszlényi József Vitéz Heszlényi ( " Heyszl " ; 24 July 1890 , Igló , county – 2 June 1945 ) was a Hungarian General during World War II and commander of the 3rd Hungarian Army . On May 8 , 1945 Heszlényi , along with his son József Heszlényi Jr . , who served on the staff of his father , were captured by American troops . Heszlényi was then sent to a POW camp in the Soviet Union where he cut his wrists with a razor blade on June 2 , 1945 . On June 19 , 1945 a military tribunal posthumously demoted and dishonorably discharged Heszlényi from the Hungarian Army .
Captain of the Port The Captain of the Port is an official who has different functions in the United Kingdom , the United States and other countries . United Kingdom . In the Royal Navy , the Captain of the Port is the officer , usually with the rank of Captain , responsible for the day - to - day running of a Naval Dockyard under the authority of the Admiral - Superintendent . He usually also holds the position of Queen ' s or King ' s Harbourmaster and was directly responsible for the Captain ' s Department , which among other things operated the yard craft . To some extent the role of " Captain of the Port " is analogous to that of a " Harbourmaster " United States . In the United States of America , Captain of the Port ( COTP ) is a title held by a U . S . Coast Guard officer , usually the Commander of a United States Coast Guard Sector with the rank of Captain ( O - 6 ) . Captain of the Port duties involve enforcing within their respective areas port safety and security and marine environmental protection regulations , including regulations for the protection and security of vessels , harbors , and waterfront facilities ; anchorages ; security zones ; safety zones ; regulated navigation areas ; deepwater ports ; water pollution ; and ports and waterways safety .
Joseph Edward Connolly Joseph Edward Connolly was born June 1 , 1904 in New York City . Navy and Marine Corps career . He served in the United States Navy 1927 to 1930 before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps March 9 , 1936 . " Connolly " attained the grade of Corporal by 1942 and took part in the assault on Guadalcanal , first American amphibious operation of the war . Awarded the Navy Cross . During the bitter fight for the island , " Connolly " and his men bore the brunt of a heavy Japanese assault along the Matanikau River October 9 , 1942 . For his extraordinary bravery in this action , " Corporal Connolly " received the Navy Cross posthumously . Describing his gallantry , his citation reads in part : Namesake . " Joseph E . Connolly " ( DE - 450 ) was named in his honor . She was laid down April 6 , 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co . , Newark , New Jersey ; launched August 6 , 1944 ; sponsored by Miss Cecilia C . Connolly , sister of Corporal Connolly ; and commissioned February 28 , 1945 , Lt . Comdr . M . C . Walley in command .
German submarine U - 423 German submarine " U - 423 " was a Type VIIC U - boat of the Nazi German " Kriegsmarine " during World War II . She carried out one patrol . She did not sink or damage any ships . She was sunk by a Norwegian aircraft northwest of the Faroe Islands in June 1944 . Service history . The submarine was laid down on 16 March 1942 at the " Danziger Werft " ( yard ) at Danzig ( now Gdansk ) , as ' werk ' 124 , launched on 7 November and commissioned on 3 March under the command of " Oberleutnant " Joachim Methner . She served with the 8th U - boat Flotilla from 3 March 1943 until her loss . Patrol and loss . The boat ' s only patrol commenced with her departure from Kiel on 9 June 1944 . On the 17th , she was sunk northeast of the Faroe Islands by depth charge s dropped from a Norwegian PBY Catalina flying boat of No . 333 Squadron RAF . Fifty - three men went down with the U - boat ; there were no survivors .