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USS Charles E . Brannon ( DE - 446 ) USS " Charles E . Brannon " ( DE - 446 ) was a " John C . Butler " - class destroyer escort acquired by the U . S . Navy during World War II . The primary purpose of the destroyer escort was to escort and protect ships in convoy , in addition to other tasks as assigned , such as patrol or radar picket . Post - war she proudly returned home with one battle star to her credit . " Charles E . Brannon " ( DE - 446 ) was named in honor of Ensign Charles E . Brannon who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his brave actions during the Battle of Midway . She was launched 23 April 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding Co . , Newark , New Jersey ; sponsored by Second Lieutenant D . Brannon , WAG ; and commissioned 1 November 1944 , Commander E . W . Todd in command . World War II Pacific Theatre operations . Putting out from New York 27 January 1945 , " Charles E . Brannon " escorted cargo ships by way of the Panama Canal , and the Galapagos and Society Islands to Manus , arriving 15 March . Routed on to San Pedro Bay , Philippine Islands , she began the important task of guarding inter - island convoys . Late in April , she sailed in the screen of the assault forces bound for Tarakan , Borneo , off which she lay from 1 to 8 May , covering the landings and giving call fire support . Her effective gunfire won many compliments from the troops whose advance was thereby expedited . " Charles E . Brannon " gave similar support during the assault on Brunei Bay which began 10 June . End - of - war operations . From the beginning of July through mid - September 1945 , " Charles E . Brannon " escorted convoys sailing from the Philippines to Okinawa , then participated in the occupation of China operating between Okinawa and Hong Kong . She returned to San Francisco , California , 1 February and on 21 May 1946 was placed out of commission in reserve at San Diego , California . Assigned as Reserve training ship . From August 1946 into 1960 , " Charles E . Brannon " was assigned to the reserve training program . In cruises along the U . S . west coast over weekends and in more extended periods , active reservists manned her in refresher training . From 21 November 1950 to 18 June 1960 , " Charles E . Brannon " performed this service in commissioned status , and since the latter date has been in service under an officer - in - charge , with a reserve officer in command when she puts to sea with her reserve training group . On 23 September 1968 she was struck from the Navy list , and , on 23 September 1968 , she was sold for scrapping . Military awards . " Charles E . Brannon " received one battle star for World War II service .
Force de Raid The Force de Raid was a French naval unit based at Brest until 1940 . It included some of the most modern capital ship s of its day organised into two squadrons , commanded at the outbreak of World War II by Vice Amiral Marcel Gensoul . The Force effectively ceased to exist as a separate unit after the British attack on Mers - el - Kébir . History . Until June 1940 , the Force de Raid operated against the German Navy ( Kriegsmarine ) in the Atlantic and supported the Norwegian Campaign . In June , all the ships that could sail were moved to North Africa to avoid capture by the Germans . The wartime British Government of Winston Churchill was greatly alarmed by the possibility that these ships might be acquired , with or without French agreement , by the Axis powers and , when agreement over their fate was not reached , they were bombarded by the Royal Navy . Order of battle . Fast battleships . " Dunkerque " , " Strasbourg " Cruisers . " Montcalm " , " Georges Leygues " , " Gloire " Destroyers . " L ' Audacieux " , " Le Fantasque " , " Le Malin " , " Le Terrible " , " Le Triomphant " , " L ' Indomptable " , " Mogador " , " Volta " Aircraft carrier . " Béarn "
Helmut Störchel Helmut Störchel ( 18 January 1913 – 5 February 2004 ) was a highly decorated Major in the Luftwaffe during World War II , and a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Helmut Störchel joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1969 as an Oberstleutnant .
Battle of Chojnice ( 1939 ) Battle of Chojnice during the 1939 German invasion of Poland occurred on the first day of the hostilities , 1 September . A detached unit of the Polish army , " Chojnice Detached Group " under col . Tadeusz Majewski , part of the " Czersk Operational Group " under Stanisław Grzmot - Skotnicki , was tasked with defending the city of Chojnice , a major regional communications center , to protect the southern flank of Army Pomorze . The Polish forces managed to repulse German attacks until 1600 – 1700 hours , when they received order to fall back towards Rytel ( further continued on the night of 1 and 2 September ) . Polish forces managed even to destroy an armoured train .
Patrick H . White Patrick H . White ( June 1 , 1832 in Sligo , Ireland - November 25 , 1915 ) was an American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient . Early life . With his parents and siblings , he moved to Nova Scotia , Canada ( though one source says they emigrated to Fredericton , New Brunswick ) to escape the Irish potato famine of the 1840s . The family then moved to Chicago , Illinois , USA , where White took a job in a meat - packing plant . Military career and honor . He joined an artillery militia group , which became known as the Chicago Artillery , or First Illinois Light Artillery Battery A after emigrating to Chicago . When the war broke out , the majority of the Artillery group ' s members went to fight - however , White opted not to , instead choosing to help raise his siblings as both his parents died . He enlisted in the Union Army as a Second Lieutenant on August 15 , 1861 , joining another Chicago battery known as the First Illinois Light Artillery Battery B . White served as commander of the Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery from 1863 to 1864 . He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on May 22 , 1863 at Vicksburg , Mississippi , when , according to the United States Army ' s official Website , he " Carried with others by hand a cannon up to and fired it through an embrasure of the enemy ' s works . " He was later captured at the Battle of Mansfield , and was held at Camp Ford until 1865 . Burial . White is interred at St . Agnes Cemetery in Menands , New York .
USS Mary Pope ( SP - 291 ) USS " Mary Pope " ( SP - 291 ) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 . " Mary Pope " was built as the civilian wooden - hulled motorboat " Manitee " in 1915 by the Gas Engine and Power Company and the Charles L . Seabury Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx , New York . She later was renamed " Madge " and then " Mary Pope " . The U . S . Navy purchased " Mary Pope " from her owner , R . W . Bingham , on 7 July 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel . She was commissioned on 9 August 1917 as USS " Mary Pope " ( SP - 291 ) . " Mary Pope " operated on section patrol duties for the rest of World War I . After the war , " Mary Pope " was stricken from the Navy List on 31 March 1919 and was put up for sale . She was at Key West , Florida , awaiting sale when she was destroyed by a hurricane on 10 September 1919 .
William Smith ( Medal of Honor , 1869 ) William Smith was a private in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at Chiricahua Mountains , Arizona Territory on October 20 , 1869 during the Indian Wars . Biography . William Smith was born in Bath , Maine in 1838 and enlisted in the United States Army in 1869 . He should not be confused with William H . Smith , who also received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action in the same location on the same day . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Private , Company G , 8th U . S . Cavalry . Place and date : At Chiricahua Mountains , Ariz . , October 20 , 1869 . Entered service at . - - - - - - . Birth . Bath , Maine . Date of issue : February 14 , 1870 . Citation : Gallantry in action .
Velyka Krucha ( air base ) Velyka Krucha was an air base near Chernihiv , Ukraine located in Velyka Krucha village , 10 km south of Pyriatyn . It was a training base , and has been largely abandoned . Units stationed at Velikaya Krucha include the 443rd Aviation Training Regiment ( 443 UAP ) flying 101 L - 39 jet trainers during the early 1990s . Through the late 1980s and 1990s the 443rd Regiment was part of the Kharkhov Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots , in turn itself part of the 17th Air Army .
T . N . De Silva Major General T . N . De Silva , USP , psc , SLAC ( 1939 - ) is a Sri Lankan general , who was the former General Officer Commanding , 21 Division ; , Commandant , Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force , Brigade Commander Armoured Brigade and Director , National Cadet Corps . Education . Educated at Royal College , Colombo , Balasuriya joined the army in 1962 after leaving school and revived officer training at the Indian Military Academy . Thereafter he was commissioned in to the 1st Reconnaissance Regiment , Ceylon Armoured Corps in 1963 as a Second Lieutenant . He underwent training at the Royal Armoured Corps Training Centre and took the Armour Officers Advanced Course in India . Military career . After serving as a Troop Leader in the Ceylon Armoured Corps , he served as Officer Instructor , Aide - de - Camp to the Army Commander , staff officer of the General Staff , Recruiting Officer and Adjutant of the Ceylon Cadet Corps . As the Commanding officer he commanded the NCOs ' Training wing / Recruit Training school at the Army Training Centre in Diyatalawa and later the Sri Lanka Military Academy . After serving in the Security Forces Headquarters – Jaffna , he became the Commandant of the Infantry Training Centre in Minneriya before returning to Jaffna as Deputy Commander , Security Force Headquarters , Jaffna . During the Insurrection 1987 - 89 he served as Military Coordinator of the Gampaha District . Becoming the Director of Armour , he became the Brigade Commander of the Independent Armoured Brigade and later the 21 Brigade and the 33 Brigade . Thereafter he was appointed Director of Personnel Administration at the Army Headquarters , then the ommandant , Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Forces and eneral Officer Commanding , 21 Division . He was the Regimental Commander , Sri Lanka Armoured Corps and later the Director , National Cadet Corps . General De Silva is a graduate of the Command and Staff College . He was awarded the Uttama Seva Padakkama ( USP ) , the Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal , the Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal , the Purna Bhumi Padakkama .
Jiang Yiqu Jiang Yiqu was a military general serving under the warlord Yuan Shao during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history . Jiang then met Yuan Shao in Liyang , who at the time had just lost to Cao Cao at the Battle of Guandu . Jiang then gathered his troops which were currently scattered , and escorted Yuan safely back to Ji Province .
German submarine U - 389 German submarine " U - 389 " 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 British aircraft southwest of Iceland in October 1943 . Service history . The submarine was laid down on 3 December 1941 at the " Howaldtswerke " ( yard ) at Flensburg as ' werk ' 20 , launched on 19 December 1942 and commissioned on 6 February 1942 under the command of " Kapitänleutnant " Siegfried Heilmann . The boat was a member of one wolfpack . She served with the 5th U - boat Flotilla from 6 February 1943 and the 9th flotilla from 1 August of the same year . Patrol and loss . After moving briefly between Kiel , Bergen and Trondheim , " U - 389 " set - off from the latter on 18 September 1943 . Passing through the ' gap ' that separates Iceland and the Faroe Islands , she was attacked and sunk by depth charge s dropped from a British Liberator of No . 120 Squadron RAF . 50 men died in the U - boat ; there were no survivors . Previously recorded fate . " U - 389 " was noted as sunk on 5 October 1943 southwest of Iceland in the Denmark Strait by a Lockheed Hudson of 269 Squadron . This attack accounted for " U - 336 " .
Joseph A . Glowin Joseph Anthony Glowin ( March 14 , 1892 – August 22 , 1952 ) was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat in the Dominican Republic in 1916 . Biography . Glowin was born in Detroit , Michigan , on March 14 , 1892 . He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in Lansing , Michigan , during December 1913 and took part in the expedition to Vera Cruz , Mexico , from April to November 1914 . During the following year , he participated in engagements in the Republic of Haiti during September and November 1915 . In 1916 , Cpl Glowin deployed to the Dominican Republic with the 13th Company , Artillery Battalion , 1st Brigade . Corporal Glowin , a machine gun ner , was deep into the jungle of Santo Domingo , near Guayacanas , on July 3 , 1916 with a small detachment of Marines . Cpl Glowin and his fellow Marines encountered a strong row of bandit trenches manned by a superior force . The Marines were in the open , their only course lay in a direct front attack . Cpl Glowin , although hit by enemy fire , remained at his post , fighting off the enemy until wounded again and forced by his comrades to get medical aid . He was awarded the Nation ' s highest military decoration , the Medal of Honor , for his heroism at Guayacanas . Glowin remained in the Dominican Republic until June 1917 where he was promoted to the rank of gunnery sergeant ( temporary ) . He was honorably discharged on December 8 , 1917 . He reenlisted ten days later for the duration of World War I , but because his previous ranks had all been temporary warrants , he was later honorably discharged a second time at his permanent rank of private on September 6 , 1919 . He later served with the Detroit Police Department from 1923 until 1941 . Joseph Glowin died on August 23 , 1952 , aged 60 , and was buried in Mt . Olivet Cemetery in Detroit . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Corporal , U . S . Marine Corps . Born : March 14 , 1892 , Detroit , Mich . Accredited to : Michigan . G . O . NO . : 244 , October 30 , 1916 . Citation : During an engagement at Guayacanas on 3 July 1916 , Cpl . Glowin participated in action against a considerable force of rebels on the line of march .
SM UB - 93 SM " UB - 93 " was a German Type UB III submarine or U - boat in the German Imperial Navy ( ) during World War I . She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 15 May 1918 as SM " UB - 93 " . " UB - 93 " was surrendered to Britain on 21 November 1918 and broken up in Rochester in 1922 . Construction . She was built by AG Vulcan of Hamburg and following just under a year of construction , launched at Hamburg on 12 April 1918 . " UB - 93 " was commissioned later the same year . Like all Type UB III submarines , " UB - 93 " carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun . " UB - 93 " would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . " UB - 93 " had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged . Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged .
BNS Osman BNS Osman is a modified Type 053H frigate of the Bangladesh Navy , bought in 1989 from China . She is the first Guided Missile Frigate to enter service with the Bangladesh Navy . History . The Type 053H1 Frigate " BNS Osman " was previously known as " Xiangtan , " which served with " PLAN " in " South Sea Fleet " . It was commissioned in " PLAN " in 1987 . In 1989 the ship was sold to Bangladesh Navy . She is the first guided missile frigate to enter in service with Bangladesh Navy . Career . " BNS Osman " is based in Chittagong , serving with the Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla ( COMBAN ) . About 250 personnel serve aboard " BNS Osman " , with most living on board . She is one of five frigates in the Bangladeshi Navy , but is the first one which test fired C - 802A missile in Bay of Bengal On May 12 , 2008 which successfully hit the target . The ship has recently gone through major upgrades which includes replacement of propulsion system , new missile launching platforms and an addition of a combat data link . Armament . The ship is armed with advanced C - 802A anti - ship missiles , and FM - 90N surface - to - air missile systems . It also carries naval guns , torpedoes and anti - submarine weapons . Besides it can lay up to 60 mines . Mission . BNS Osman is currently deployed at Lebanon with the UN mission UNIFIL . See also . Frigates Naval Establishments
44th Fighter Squadron The 44th Fighter Squadron ( 44 FS ) is part of the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base , Japan . Mission . The 44 FS operates the F - 15 Eagle aircraft conducting air superiority missions . History . The 44th Flew patrols over the Pacific from Hawaii from 7 December 1941 – October 1942 . It went on to fly combat missions in the South and Southwest Pacific from 21 December 1942 – 15 August 1945 . It again flew combat missions in Southeast Asia from 18 December 1964 – 25 February 1965 , 21 April – 22 June 1965 , 19 – 29 October 1965 , and 25 April 1967 – 6 October 1970 . The squadron was unmanned from 31 December 1966 – 24 April 1967 and November 1970 – 15 May 1971 . It has flown air defense over Okinawa and Japan since 1971 . The 44th Fighter Squadron was recently named as the winner of the Raytheon Trophy for 2012 . The 44th FS closed out the year with more than 3 , 000 sorties , logged more than 5 , 000 hours of flying , and provided air superiority for 11 countries across three continents . Awarded annually since 1953 , the Raytheon trophy is awarded to the top air superiority or air defense squadron in the Air Force . 2013 Sequestration . Air Combat Command officials announced a stand down and reallocation of flying hours for the rest of the fiscal year 2013 due to mandatory budget cuts . The across - the board spending cuts , called sequestration , took effect 1 March when Congress failed to agree on a deficit - reduction plan . Squadrons either stood down on a rotating basis or kept combat ready or at a reduced readiness level called “ basic mission capable ” for part or all of the remaining months in fiscal 2013 . This affected the 44th Fighter Squadron with a reduction of its flying hours , placing it into a basic mission capable status from 5 April - 30 September 2013 .
Albatros D . IV The Albatros D . IV was an experimental German fighter aircraft built and tested during World War I . It was designed to test a geared version of the 120 kW ( 160 hp ) Mercedes D . III engine . Unlike the ungeared version , the geared engine was completely enclosed within the fuselage . The airframe basically combined the D . II wing cellule with the D . Va fuselage along with minor alterations to the rudder balance and the horizontal stabilizer . Three examples were ordered in November 1916 , but only one was flown , which was tested with several types of propeller , but excessive vibration problems and limited performance increase precluded further development . Variants . Though two D . IVs were destroyed after the Armistice , one was retained by the Deutsche Versuchsanstalt fur Luftfahrt ( German Aeronautical Experimental Institute ) and in 1926 was modified for high altitude flight research . Changes included longer span , reinforced wings , revised empennage and a propeller specifically design for operation at height , driven by a Siemens - Halske Sh . III a rotary engine . This aircraft , now designated the Albatros H . 1 , was never flown as its was judged to be structurally vulnerable . Its wingless fuselage and engine are on display at the Polish Aviation Museum at Crakow .
Christian Braun Christian Braun ( 8 November 1920 – 1 January 1987 ) was a highly decorated " Leutnant der Reserve " in the " Wehrmacht " during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
22nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery XXII Brigade , Royal Field Artillery was a brigade of the Royal Field Artillery which served in the First World War . It was composed of 104th , 105th and 106th Batteries , and on mobilisation in August 1914 was stationed in South Africa . It returned to the United Kingdom , and was attached to 7th Infantry Division in October . It saw service with 7th Division throughout the war . 35th ( Howitzer ) Battery joined the Brigade in July 1916 .
Siege of Akizuki The 1587 siege of Akizuki , also known as the siege of Oguma , was undertaken by Japanese warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi against the Akizuki clan ' s Oguma castle , as part of his campaign to conquer Kyūshū . After seizing the nearby Ganjaku castle , controlled by a retainer to the Akizuki , Hideyoshi turned his attention to the Akizuki clan ' s home castle . As his army approached and prepared for the siege , however , Akizuki Tanezane , the lord of the castle , escaped and fled in the night . Taking the castle , Hideyoshi is said to have covered the walls in white paper , to give the illusion that he had the resources to replaster the entire castle overnight . Seeing this , Tanezane surrendered without a fight .
Hugo Meurer Hugo Meurer ( 28 May 1869 – 4 January 1960 ) was a Vice - Admiral of the Kaiserliche Marine ( German Imperial Navy ) . Meurer was the German naval officer who handled the negotiations of the surrender of the German fleet in November 1918 at the end of World War I . Life . Meurer was born in Sallach in Styria . In 1886 he joined the Kaiserliche Marine . During World War I he served as commander of at the Battle of Jutland , and from 1916 to 1917 as captain of the battleship . In 1917 he was promoted to the rank of Rear - Admiral ( " Konteradmiral " ) , as the second Admiral of the 4th Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet , which he remained until the end of the war . From 21 February to 2 May 1918 , as commander of the special unit ( " Sonderverband " ) of the Baltic Sea , he led the naval expedition for the German intervention in the ongoing civil war in Finland . In November 1918 Meurer negotiated as representative of Admiral Franz von Hipper with Admiral David Beatty the details of the surrender of the German fleet . Rather than show any sign of magnanimity to Meurer and his staff , Beatty chose to overawe and humiliate them instead . Beatty described Meurer as a ' wretch ' and gloated about how intimidated Meurer was throughout the negotiations . Meurer was also the naval station commander of the Baltic , based in Kiel . He retired in 1920 with the rank of Vice - Admiral of the Reichsmarine . He died in 1960 in Kiel , where he was buried .
Admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union An admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union ( , aдмирал флота Cоветского Cоюза ) was the highest naval rank of the Soviet Union . The rank was largely honorary and could be considered equivalent to admiral of the navy in other nations . It was formally established by the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union on March 3 , 1955 and replaced a similarly named rank , admiral of the fleet ( aдмирал флота ) that had been equivalent to marshal of the Soviet Union since 1945 . The holders were entitled to a marshal ' s star . Upon its creation , the only two admirals of the fleet , Nikolai Kuznetsov and Ivan Isakov , were " promoted " to this rank . Less than a year later Kuznetsov was demoted to vice admiral for political reasons in 1956 and Isakov remained the only admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union until his death in 1967 . His successor , Admiral Sergei Gorshkov , then became the third and final admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union . Gorshkov died in 1988 and no further appointments were made before the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 . From 1962 onwards , it was one grade higher than admiral of the fleet , which was recreated as an intermediate rank , equivalent to general of the army .