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John C . Woods John Clarence Woods ( June 5 , 1911 – July 21 , 1950 ) was a United States Army Master Sergeant who , with Joseph Malta , carried out the Nuremberg executions of ten former top leaders of the Third Reich on October 16 , 1946 after they were sentenced to death at the Nuremberg Trials . He executed a total of 347 people during his 15 - year career . After the Nuremberg executions , Woods stated : He was born in Wichita , Kansas . Woods accidentally electrocuted himself in Eniwetok , Marshall Islands on July 21 , 1950 . He is buried in Toronto Township Cemetery , Toronto , Kansas .
SM UB - 126 SM " UB - 126 " 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 20 April 1918 as SM " UB - 126 " . " UB - 126 " was surrendered 24 November 1918 in accordance with the requirements of the Armistice with Germany . Construction . She was built by AG Weser of Bremen and following just under a year of construction , launched at Bremen on 16 April 1918 . " UB - 126 " was commissioned later the same year . Like all Type UB III submarines , " UB - 126 " carried 10 torpedoes and was armed with a deck gun . " UB - 126 " would carry a crew of up to 3 officer and 31 men and had a cruising range of . " UB - 126 " had a displacement of while surfaced and when submerged . Her engines enabled her to travel at when surfaced and when submerged .
T . A . Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion The T . A . Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion , sometimes called the Morgan Depot Explosion , occurred at 7 : 30 p . m . on October 4 , 1918 at an ammunition plant operated by the T . A . Gillespie Company and located in the Morgan area of Sayreville in Middlesex County , New Jersey . The initial explosion triggered a fire and subsequent series of explosions which continued for three days . The facility , said to be one of the largest in the world at the time , was destroyed along with more than 300 buildings , forcing reconstruction of South Amboy and Sayreville . T . A . Gillespie . T . A . Gillespie Company , a subsidiary of the American Shell Company , was loading shells for efforts during World War I . The company was renamed Gillespie Motor Company in 1919 , merged to form Gillespie - Eden Corporation in 1920 , and disappeared sometime after 1923 . Damages . Damage to the area was estimated to be US $ 18 million and the US Government paid US $ 300 , 000 in insurance to area residents , equal to approximately $ 4 . 9 million in 2012 dollars . According to a 1919 government report , the explosion destroyed enough ammunition to supply the western front for six months . Casualties . Martial law was declared following the accident , forcing the evacuation of Sayreville , South Amboy , and Perth Amboy , whose combined populations totaled approximately 62 , 000 . The death toll for the accident is unclear , since employment records were destroyed by the explosion , but it is assumed to be over 100 persons , with hundreds more injured . The unidentified remains of 14 to 18 workers were buried in a mass grave on Ernston Road in Old Bridge . Evacuated and homeless persons were said to be more susceptible to the influenza pandemic that occurred the following winter , and the death toll in the area from the outbreak was high . Involvement of the Coast Guard . Among many others involved in rescue operations were a number of United States Coast Guard smen stationed in Perth Amboy , New Jersey . Twelve received Navy Cross es for their heroic actions in the aftermath of the explosion , and two died in the effort . The award citations indicate that during the conflagration , they risked death when they relocated a train loaded with TNT that was threatened by the fire . One Navy Cross recipient was Joseph Stika , who later became a Vice Admiral . Legacy . Debris was scattered over a large area by the explosions . As late as 2007 , unexploded ordnance or other material from the facility was being found in the surrounding area . On June 7 , 2007 , ordnance was found at Samsel Upper Elementary School while workers were grading an area for a playground . Explosive Ordnance Disposal crews were called in to remove the material . Previously , in 1994 and again in 1997 , the discovery of shells near Sayreville ' s Dwight D . Eisenhower Elementary School spurred cleanup operations by the United States Army Corps of Engineers , which collected and disposed of a combined total of 5 , 080 pieces of ordnance .
West Coast Air Corps Training Center Western Flying Training Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was assigned to the Army Air Forces Training Command , stationed at Santa Ana Army Air Base , California . It was inactivated on 1 November 1945 . History . Established on 8 July 1940 when the United States Army Air Corps redesignated its training center at Santa Ana Army Air Base , California as the West Coast Air Corps Training Center . The West Coast Air Corps Training Center at Santa Ana handled flying training ( basic , primary and advanced ) at airfields in the Western United States . On 31 July 1943 , was redesignated as the Western Flying Training Command . Inactivated on 1 November 1945 , being consolidated into Central Flying Training Command at Randolph Field , Texas .
Savari Savari was the designation given to the regular Libyan cavalry regiments of the Italian colonial army in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica . The word " savari " was derived from a Persian term for " horsemen " ( Savārān ) . Organisation . This cavalry force was recruited from the Arab - Berber population of what is now Libya , following the Italian occupation in 1911 - 12 . The first Savari units were raised in December 1912 . The officers of the fourteen squadrons ( twelve designated as " regular line " and two as " command " ) comprising this corps were nearly all Italian . Their troopers and some of the non - commissioned officers were Berber and Arab volunteers who had a long tradition of horsemanship . Seven line squadrons were recruited from Tripolitania and five from Cyrenica during the 1930s . Uniforms . Each squadron was distinguished by a distinctively coloured sash and farmula ( sleeveless jacket ) worn with white or khaki uniforms according to occasion . Sash and farmula colours were yellow , black , crimson , blue , green , red and orange , worn in various combinations according to the unit . Dark red " tachia " fez s of traditional Libyan pattern were worn by all Muslim personnel . History . The Savari formed part of the " Regio Corpo Truppe Coloniali della Libia " ( Royal Corps of Libyan Colonial Troops or RCTL ) , which included desert and camel troops , infantry battalions , artillery and irregular cavalry ( called " Spahi s " ) . The Truppe Coloniali saw extensive service during the Italian conquest of Cyrenaica , which was not completed until 1932 . In 1936 Savari and other Libyan units took part in the Italian invasion of Ethiopia and received a " Gold Medal of Honor " for their performance in battle Savari commander . Amedeo Guillet was the commander of the VII°Savari Squadron in 1937 . He was recognized for improving relations with the Libyan populace and charged with organising the equestrian part for the celebrations ( during which the “ sword of Islam ” was unsheathed ) of Benito Mussolini ' s visit to Libya in 1937 World War II . On the eve of Italy ' s entry into World War II the Royal Corps of Libyan Colonial Troops comprised approximately 28 , 000 locally recruited personnel . They suffered heavy losses during the Battle of the Marmarica ( December 1940 ) . The RCTL was formally disbanded in January 1943 following the Italian withdrawal into Tunisia . Prior to this the role of the Savari and other mounted troops had been restricted to patrol and scouting work in the desert frontier regions of the Libyan interior , by the demands of modern mechanised warfare .
Protostates A protostates ( , " the one who stands first / in front " ) , in Ancient Greece , was the man in front of an " epistates " ( the one who stands behind ) . The Greek phalanx was made up of alternate ranks of " protostates " and " epistates " . Thus , in a file of 8 men , the " protostates " were the men in positions 1 , 3 , 5 and 7 , while the epistates occupied positions 2 , 4 , 6 and 8 . The term remained in use into the Byzantine Empire . The foremost " protostates " of a file ( " lochos " ) was called a " lochagos " ( λοχαγός ) .
HMS B5 HMS " B5 " was a Royal Navy B class submarine , built at Vickers , Barrow - in - Furness , launched 14 November 1905 and completed 25 February 1906 . " B5 " was sold on 25 August 1921 to AJ Anderson , then sold again on 1 March 1922 to J Smith , Poole .
TMA - 4 mine The TMA - 4 is a circular plastic cased Yugoslavian minimum metal anti - tank blast mine . It is a modernized version of the TMA - 3 . The mine is basically a cast block of TNT with three fuze wells cut into it , encased in plastic . Three black plastic UTMA - 4 fuzes are installed into the top surface of the mine . A thin rope carry handle is also provided . The small pressure plate area of the fuzes make the mine resistant to overpressure from explosive demining techniques . Additionally the low metal content of the mine make it very difficult to detect . Although no secondary fuze well is provided , it is possible that the mine could be fitted with improvised anti - handling device s . The mine is found in Albania , Angola , Bosnia , Chad , Croatia , Kosovo , Lebanon , Namibia , and Sudan .
German submarine U - 136 ( 1941 ) German submarine " U - 136 " was a Type VIIC U - boat of the Nazi German " Kriegsmarine " during World War II . She was laid down at the " Vulkan - Vegesackerwerft " in Bremen on 2 October 1940 as ' werk ' 15 , launched on 5 July 1941 and commissioned on 30 August with " Kapitänleutnant " Heinrich Zimmermann in command . Her service career began with the commencement of crew training with the 6th U - boat Flotilla on her commissioning date . She became operational on 1 January 1942 , also with the 6th flotilla . She sank five ships , with a total of and two warships totalling 1 , 850 tons . She also damaged one ship of 8 , 955 GRT . Operational career . 1st Patrol . Her first patrol was unusual in that it was divided into three parts . Part one saw the boat depart Kiel on 22 January 1942 and arrive at Kristiansand in Norway on the 24th . Part two was from Kristiansand to Bergen , also in Norway . Part three involved the boat crossing the North Sea and negotiating the passage between the Faroe and Shetland Islands into the Atlantic Ocean . While doing so , she sank HMS " Arbutus " on 5 February and HMCS " Spikenard " on the 11th . She also sank the " Empire Comet " on the 17th . She then sailed to St . Nazaire in occupied France , arriving on 1 March . 2nd patrol . During " U - 136 " es second patrol , the boat damaged the " Axtell J . Byles " off the US North Carolina coast on 19 April 1942 and sink the " Empire Drum " about southeast of New York on the 24th . All the crew survived ; one of them , the third engineer , was found floating with a part of the ship ' s cargo tucked under each arm - it was TNT . 3rd patrol and loss . The boat ' s third and last patrol began with her departure from St . Nazaire on 29 June 1942 . On 11 July , she was sunk with all hands ( 45 men ) , by depth charge s from the Free French destroyer " Léopard " , the British frigate HMS " Spey " and the British sloop HMS " Pelican " west of Madeira .
David Parker Gibbs Major General David P Gibbs was a United States Army General . He graduated from West Point as a second lieutenant in 1933 . A career soldier in the Signal Corps , he became Chief of Communications - Electronics in the Department of the Army Staff , a position formerly called " Chief Signal Officer " . He earned the Legion of Merit , the Croix de Guerre ( War Cross ) and the Bronze Star with two Oak Leaf Clusters . Career . Gibbs began his career in the Signal Corps prior to World War II , serving in Fort Bliss , Texas with the 1st Cavalry F Division ' s 1st Signal Troop and with the Hawaii Division ' s 11th Signal Company . During the Second World War , he served in various postings in Europe . He returned to the United States to command 1st Signal Service Group at Camp Polk , Louisiana and then was promoted to command the 51st Signal Operations Battalion at Fort Meade , Maryland , and then served as a staff officer in Washington . He followed these stateside postings with postings to Korea and Japan from 1954 to 1955 . In 1955 , he was Chief Signal Officer at Headquarters , Continental Army Command ( now the Training and Doctrine Command - TRADOC ) as a Brigadier General and then Commanding Officer of the Signal Training Center at Fort Gordon , and Chief of Staff for Communications and Electronics , Headquarters , North American Defense Command Center . He was promoted to Major General and advanced from first assistant to Chief Signal Officer in 1963 , a position held by his father George Sabin Gibbs from 1928 to 1931 . Major General Gibbs died in 1987 .
Czorsztyn Castle The ruins of Czorsztyn Castle ( ) are located in the southernmost part of Poland in Czorsztyn ( Nowy Targ County in Lesser Poland ) , at Czorsztyn Lake within Pieniny National Park borders . On the other side of the Czorsztyn Lake is located Niedzica Castle . History . The Czorsztyn Castle stands at the top of the hill nearby Dunajec . According to Jan Długosz , in 1246 the owner of the castle was Piotr Wydżga . However that theory was never after confirmed by other historians , so the beginnings of castle functioning are dated on 14th century . Large development of the castle took place during the reign of Casimir III the Great . In years 1629 – 1643 , when Jan Baranowski was a starosta of Czorsztyn , the castle was fundamentally rebuilt . In 1790 the roof of the castle burnt after a thunder clap . In the result castle was quickly broken down and became empty .
Hermann Bühlbecker Hermann Bühlbecker ( 6 April 1913 – 19 April 1991 ) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also 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 .
Clement G . Boothroyd Lieutenant Clement Graham Boothroyd DFC became an ace during World War I . He flew as an observer / gunner in a Bristol F . 2 Fighter , and in conjunction with his pilots , was credited with 12 confirmed aerial victories . World War I service . Boothroyd ' s initial aerial success with 20 Squadron came on 2 July 1918 , when he destroyed a Fokker D . VII near Geluwe . On 11 August , he destroyed an kite balloon south of Heule . Then , on 20 September , he began a streak of ten victories that took him through double wins on 23 and 30 October ; for this latter pair of double triumphs , he was piloted by fellow ace Capt . Horace Percy Lale . His final tally was : one balloon busted , one Fokker D . VII set afire in mid - air , nine others destroyed in flight , and one sent down out of control . Post World War I . Boothroyd remained in the service postwar . On 1 August 1920 , Observer Officer Clement Graham Boothroyd was Mentioned in Dispatches by General C . C . Monro for exemplary service in Waziristan . On 12 December 1922 , Boothroyd transferred to the Class A Reserve . Exactly four years later , he surrendered his commission . Honors and awards . Distinguished Flying Cross 2nd Lieut . Clement Graham Boothroyd . An officer of high courage . On 23 October , after attacking with bombs a railway station the formation with which this officer was flying was engaged with about fifteen enemy scouts ; of these , he destroyed one and his pilot accounted for a second . In all he has to his credit eight enemy . aircraft and one kite balloon .
2nd Cavalry Army The 2nd Cavalry Army ( ) was a military formation of the Bolsheviks active during the Russian Civil War . It was created by the order of RVS ( Revolutionary Military Council ) of the Southwestern Front on 16 July 1920 . It was allocated to the Southwestern Front , but from 21 September 1920 served on the Southern Front . The Army conducted combat operations in northern Tavria , on the Dnepr right - bank in Ukraine , and later against the White Poles . After failure of the 13 – 25 August 1920 attack on Warsaw it changed its commanders . It later participated in the 1920 Perekop - Chongar operation . Commanders On 6 December 1920 the Army was reorganised as the 2nd Cavalry Corps .
New Hampshire State Navy The New Hampshire State Navy during the American Revolutionary War consisted of a single ship commissioned by the state of New Hampshire in 1779 . The " Hampden " , a privateer owned by John Langdon , was purchased and outfitted by the state in August 1779 for use in what became known as the Penobscot Expedition . The " Hampden " was captured by the British Royal Navy , which eventually put it into service . The state also authorized the issuance of letters of marque and created an admiralty court to deal with marine matters , including the disposition of prizes brought in by privateers .
Cleveland - class cruiser The U . S . Navy designed the " Cleveland " class of light cruiser s for World War II with the goal of increased cruising range , antiaircraft armament , torpedo protection , etc . , compared with earlier American cruiser s . 52 light cruiser s of this class were originally planned , but nine of them were completed as the light aircraft carrier s of the , and two of them were completed to a somewhat different design , with more compact superstructures and just a single smokestack . These two were called the . Of the 27 " Cleveland " - class cruisers that were commissioned , one ( ) was completed as a guided missile cruiser and five were later modified as - and - class guided missile cruiser s . Following the naming convention at the time , all the ships completed as cruisers were named for American cities and towns . The " Cleveland " - class cruisers served mainly in the Pacific Fleet during World War II , especially in the Fast Carrier Task Force , but some of them served off the coasts of Europe and Africa in the U . S . Atlantic Fleet . All of these warship s survived the war . Except for the USS " Manchester " , which remained in service until 1956 , and the guided missile cruiser s all of these cruisers were decommissioned by 1950 . The six that were completed as or converted into guided missile cruisers were reactivated during the 1950s and then served into the 1970s . The last of these in service , the USS " Oklahoma City " , was decommissioned in December 1979 . Only one " Cleveland " - class cruisers remains in existence . She is the guided missile cruiser " Little Rock " , which is a museum ship along the Niagara River at Buffalo , New York .
40th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry The 40th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment raised in the state of New Jersey during the American Civil War . It was the last such unit the state raised for the conflict . Organization . The first company of the unit was organized on October 23 , 1864 , but since the low enlistments numbers the companies were individually sent to the front , and were temporarily attached to the 4th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in the First New Jersey Brigade . It was officially organized and mustered in as a whole on March 10 , 1865 , when the last company was sent to the front . Owing largely to high bounties paid out and a smaller pool of available men of age since the war was in its later days , the unit suffered heavy desertion rates - the highest of any New Jersey infantry regiment . Its commander , Colonel Stephen Rose Gilkyson , had previously commanded the 6th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry as a Lieutenant Colonel , and had several years of combat field service under his belt . Likewise , most of the 40th ' s officer corps were combat veterans from previous New Jersey regiments . Due to the haphazard way the unit was organized , many officers served in their duty in the field long before they were officially mustered in . Field service . Although the unit as it existed at the time was present at the Battle of Hatcher ' s Run near Dabney ' s Mills on February 5 – 7 , 1865 , the 40th New Jersey participated in their first and last battle on April 2 at Petersburg , where it participated in the final Union army assaults on Confederate entrenchments . There the unit suffered 23 wounded ( 2 of whom died later ) . Private Frank E . Fesq of Company A captured the battle flag of the 18th North Carolina Infantry during the assault , earning him the Medal of Honor . The regiment remained in occupation duty after the Confederate surrender , then was mustered out at Hall ' s Hill , Virginia on July 13 , 1865 . Original field and staff . Lieutenant Colonel Hopkins was never mustered in , and his position was eventually filled by promoting Major Fay to lieutenant colonel . The major ' s duty of the regiment then went to Captain Andrew J . Mandeville , who was promoted on June 7 , 1865 . Company commanders . Company A Captain John Edelstein Mustered in October 24 , 1864 , left state October 24 , 1864 Company B Captain Samuel W . Downs Mustered in December 24 , 1864 , left state January 12 , 1865 Company C Captain George Eggers Mustered in December 24 , 1864 , left state January 12 , 1865 Company D Captain Maurice C . Stafford mustered in January 21 , 1865 , left state January 21 , 1865 Company E Captain Joseph A . Schnetzer Mustered in January 27 , left state January 31 , 1865 Company F Captain Charles E . Grant Mustered in February 2 , left State February 6 , 1865 Company G Captain Ellwood Lippincott Mustered in February 9 , left state February 10 , 1865 Company H Captain Andrew J . Mandeville Mustered in February 16 , left state February 17 , 1865 Company I Captain Ezra Stewart Mustered in March 2 , left sate March 4 , 1865 Company K Captain John W . Goodenough Mustered in March 10 , left state March 12 , 1865
HMS Raider ( H15 ) HMS " Raider " ( H15 ) was an R or " Rotherham " class destroyer adopted by Romford during World War II . She was launched on 1 April 1942 as the 2nd RN ship to carry the name , previously borne by a destroyer built in 1916 and sold in 1927 . The town council still has all of the relevant documents regarding the adoption . The local Sea Cadet Unit was renamed T S Raider . She was placed in Reserve at Devonport in January 1946 and was recommissioned for service in the Mediterranean on 6 May that year . The ship was extensively deployed for Plane Guard duties with aircraft carriers and took part in Fleet exercises . She returned to UK in August 1947 and reduced to Reserve status . She was subsequently sold to the Indian Navy in 1948 , where she was commissioned in 1949 as INS " Rana " ( D115 ) . She was decommissioned in 1976 , and scrapped in 1979 .