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Thomas R . St . George Thomas R . St . George ( born November 23 , 1919 ) is an author , World War II veteran , reporter , editor , columnist and screenwriter . He was born in Simpson , Minnesota . His best known work is " C / O Postmaster " , a semi - autobiographical description of his experiences in Australia as a U . S . soldier in 1942 . This book was a best seller and Time Book of the Month Club selection in 1943 . St . George published a sequel to " Postmaster " in 1945 , titled " Proceed Without Delay " , which chronicled his further adventures in the Pacific Theater during World War II , as a writer for " Yank , the Army Weekly " magazine . After the war , St . George was a screenwriter in Hollywood , and wrote the screenplay for the film " Campus Honeymoon " among others . He then worked as a reporter , editor , and columnist for newspapers in Rochester , Minnesota , San Diego , Philadelphia and St . Paul , Minnesota . He retired from newspaper work in 1994 , and devoted the next several years to a series of nine satirical , semi - autobiographical novels . This collection is referred to as the Eddie Devlin Compendium , published by Xlibris . This series follows a gaggle of characters from the stock market crash in 1929 , through the Great Depression , World War II , to life in an old folks home at the Millennium - " Old Tim ' s Estate " ( covering the years 1929 - 1935 ) " Wildcat Strike " ( 1939 ) " The Bloody Wet " ( 1943 – 1944 ) " Bringing Chesty Home " ( 1948 ) " Replevy for a Flute " ( 1956 ) " Clyde Strikes Back " ( 1963 – 1964 ) " Flacks " ( 1973 ) " Deadlines " ( 1984 – 1985 ) " The Survivors " ( 1999 – 2000 ) . These books are available in print and e - book versions at XLibris , Amazon . com , and Barnes and Noble . His published works , all of which he illustrated himself with sketches of his characters and their situations , are noted for their quirky humor , the lively immediacy with which he portrays a moment in time , and the often touching characterizations of people whom St . George obviously knew well . In 1945 , at the end of World War II , St . George married a WAC ( Women ' s Army Corps ) Staff Sergeant from Philadelphia , whom he had met in Brisbane , Australia during the war . They had four children . His wife died in 1994 , and his son died in 2004 . His three daughters now live in Wisconsin , in Maine , and in England . St . George now resides in the Rochester , Minnesota area with his second wife .
John of Giscala John of Giscala ( " Yohanan mi - Gush Halav " or " Yohanan ben Levi " ) ( birth date unknown ; death date after 70 ) , was a leader of the Jewish revolt against the Romans in the First Jewish - Roman War , and played a part in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 . As part of the Roman campaign to put down the revolt in Judea , Titus marched on Gush Halav , called Giscala by the Romans . Giscala was the last town in Galilee not yet conquered . Outside the walls of the city , he called on them to surrender . John prevailed upon Titus not to enter the city that day , as it was Sabbath , " not so much out of regard to the seventh day as to his own preservation . " John fled to Jerusalem that night , and " Titus was greatly displeased that he had not been able to bring this John , who had deluded him , to punishment . " When John entered Jerusalem , it was in an uproar , and the people clamored for news . Soon after his arrival in Jerusalem , he played an instrumental part in the outcome of the Zealot Temple Siege , handing the city over to control of the Zealots . He attempted to set himself up as ruler of Jerusalem , but was challenged in April 69 by Simon Bar Giora . They were both in turn challenged by a third faction led by Eleazar ben Simon . John and the Zealots fought in civil war with these two factions until he was finally captured by Titus commanding the Romans during the Siege of Jerusalem . He was sentenced to life imprisonment , and taken back to Rome . He was paraded through the streets of Rome in chains John of Giscala in the Arts . John of Giscala was the subject of the Italian drama " Giovanni di Giscala " ( 1754 ) by Alfonso Varano . The work inspired the Italian opera " Giovanni di Giscala " ( 1855 ) by Giovanni Gaetano Rossi and Alfonso Cavagnar .
M4 Tractor The M4 High - Speed Tractor was an artillery tractor used by the US Army from 1943 . Design and development . The M4 was based on the chassis and drive train of the obsolescent M2 Light Tank . This common practice of re - using old vehicles simplified design , allowed for easy production , and made maintenance in the field easier . One variant was designed to tow anti - aircraft gun s and another for howitzer s . The rear compartment carried the gun crew and other equipment and some later variants included a crane to assist with heavier projectiles . History . The M4 was manufactured by Allis - Chalmers of Milwaukee , starting in 1942 and was in U . S . military service until approximately 1960 . Under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program , the M4 was supplied to Greece , The Netherlands , Japan , Brazil , Yugoslavia and Pakistan after World War II ended . In the Indo - Pakistani War of 1965 the Pakistani Army used the M - 4 Tractor to haul M115 Howitzers to the battlefield of Chamb and then to the Lahore front . Post - War Use . After the war many types of these tractors were stripped of their military components and used for log skidders , and power line construction . Many were used as carriers for rock drills , used in logging road construction in British Columbia . The first prototype was designed in the early 1960 ' s by G . M . Philpott Ltd . of Vancouver , BC , and Scott - Douglas Industries , who supplied the M4 Carrier . It was used by MacMillan , Bloedel , and Powell River Company at their Juskatla , BC logging operation . Many improvements were made and when Finning Tractor later bought G . M . Philpott , the machine became the Finning Tank Drill . At least 500 were built , many of which are still in service . The original Finning Tank Drill was replaced by the M32F and M40F Tank Drills which used larger Sherman tank carriers . One restored and was shown fully operational at War And Peace show in the UK 21 July 2012
USCGC Midgett ( WHEC - 726 ) USCGC " Midgett " ( WHEC - 726 ) is the twelfth and last of the United States Coast Guard ' s fleet of high endurance cutter s . With her crew of twenty four officers and one hundred sixty enlisted men and women , she is homeported in Seattle , Washington under the operational and administrative control of Commander , Pacific Area ( COMPACAREA ) . Coast Guard Cutter " Midgett " ' s keel was laid April 5 , 1971 at the Avondale Shipyard in New Orleans , Louisiana , and she was launched on September 4 , 1971 . She was commissioned on March 17 , 1972 . The " Midgett " was decommissioned and placed in Fleet Renovation and Maintenance ( FRAM ) on January 7 , 1991 and was placed in " In Commission Special " status as of April 25 , 1992 . She was fully re - commissioned in February 1993 . She is a multipurpose ship , designed to meet the many and varied missions of today ' s Coast Guard . Her responsibilities include Homeland Security , Search and Rescue , Maritime Law Enforcement , and Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations as well as maintaining military readiness in support of NATO allies and the U . S . Navy . One of ten high endurance cutters on the west coast , her normal patrol areas include the Bering Sea , Gulf of Alaska and Central American waters , enforcing the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( limit ) and drug interdiction laws . The " Midgett " appears on the cover of the 1979 Jefferson Starship album " Freedom at Point Zero " . Namesake . " Midgett " is the third ship in her class ( HERO ) to be named for outstanding Coast Guardsmen . Her namesake , the late Chief Warrant Officer John Allen " Bos ' n " Midgett , Jr . was born in 1876 in Rodanthe , North Carolina , and served for nearly forty years with the United States Life - Saving Service and the Coast Guard . He was awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal , the country ' s highest award for saving a life , for his heroic rescue of thirty six crewmen from the torpedoed British tanker " Mirlo " in 1918 . Bos ' n Midgett and his lifeboat crew rescued the entire crew , despite rough seas and flames from the tanker ' s cargo of refined oil and gasoline . The Midgett family ( earlier spelled Midgette and Midyett ) has lived along the coast of Virginia and the Outer Banks of North Carolina for nearly three centuries , and has a long tradition in maritime service . John Allen " Bos ' n " Midgett , Jr . was one of seven Midgett family members to have been awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal . More than 150 living members of the Midgett family have made the Coast Guard a career , including more than thirty who are still on active duty . USCGC " Midgett " characteristics . Engines
VL Sääski VL Sääski II ( English : Midge ) was the first series produced aircraft that had been designed in Finland . The aircraft was built by the State Aircraft Factory ( " Valtion lentokonetehdas " ) ( abbrevated either V . L . or VL ) and was a two - seat , biplane , single - engined trainer constructed out of wood . The aircraft was designed by Kurt Berger and Asser Järvinen in 1927 and the prototype was financed by own means by a ten person construction team in the A . E . Nyman workshop . The prototype was called Sääski I and it was ready in early spring 1928 . The aircraft ' s civil registration code was " K - SASA " and it was sold to the Finnish Air Force on June 25 , 1928 . The constructors of the aircraft formed a company called " Sääski " in 1928 , obtained the manufacturing licence from the designers and built four improved Sääski II ' s for civil use with the State Aircraft Company . Due to lack of orders and the near bankruptcy of the company , the FAF ordered 10 " Sääski II " aircraft . These were built in 1930 . Two further orders came from the air force and the total production of the aircraft numbered 32 aircraft between 1930 and 1932 . The second series ( beginning with SÄ - 127 ) differed from the former , by having a greater span . This version was called Sääski IIA . The aircraft was considered to be safe and reliable and it was also equipped with floaters . The floater version was still able to do aerobatics . Use in Finland . The Finnish Air Force had 33 " Sääski " - aircraft between 1928 - 1943 : the 32 series produced aircraft had the identification codes SÄ - 113 , SÄ - 117 - SÄ - 126 ( version II ) , SÄ - 127 - SÄ - 148 ( version IIA ) , the prototype , had the identification code SÄ - 95 ( version I ) , it had formerly been known under the civil registration code K - SASA . There were a further five " Sääski " ' s in the civil market . The aircraft was primarily used as a trainer , but also for aerial photographing , machine gun exercises and as a liaison aircraft for the army . One " Sääski IIA " is preserved today and on display at the air museum in Vantaa . Another one , the former coast guard aircraft LK 1 is on display at Maritime Centre Vellamo in Kotka , Finland .
Barwick - in - Elmet Castle Barwick - in - Elmet Castle was in the village of Barwick - in - Elmet , West Yorkshire , England to the east of Leeds ( ) . Originally the site of an Iron Age hill fort , a motte and bailey castle was erected by the Norman Ilbert de Lacy on the southern end of the hill fort . Most of the bailey to the east of Hall Tower Hill has now been built on and destroyed .
Battle of Cotton Plant The Battle of Cotton Plant ( also known as the Battle of Hill ' s Plantation or the Battle of Cache River ) occurred on July 7 , 1862 , in Woodruff County , Arkansas , during the American Civil War . During the summer of 1862 , Union Maj . Gen . Samuel R . Curtis planned to move his army toward Helena , Arkansas , in search of supplies to replace those that had been promised but never delivered by the US Navy . The Confederates skirmished with Union troops as the Federals marched south along the White River toward the supply flotilla waiting at Clarendon . On July 7 , 1862 , Confederate Maj . Gen . Thomas C . Hindman ordered Brig . Gen . Albert Rust to stop them at the Cache River . Rust moved too slowly , so the forward elements of his force did not strike until 4 miles south of the river on Parley Hill ' s plantation near Cotton Plant . The outnumbered Illinois and Wisconsin infantry commanded by Union Col . Charles E . Hovey repulsed repeated , poorly organized attacks by Confederate Col . William H . Parsons ' s two Texas cavalry regiments . The Confederates fled when Federal reinforcements arrived . On July 8 , the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry , under the command of newly promoted Brig . Gen . Cadwallader C . Washburn , pursued the Confederates to the Cache River , destroying two ferry boats and capturing several prisoners . Curtis proceeded to Clarendon , only to find that the flotilla had departed the previous day . He turned east toward Helena and occupied it on July 12 . Federal forces controlled the town for the duration of the war . Nevertheless , Hindman , despite suffering defeat , remained between Curtis and Little Rock , his objective . Battlefield today . The Battle of Cotton Plant , designated one of the Civil War ' s 384 principal battlefields by the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission in 1993 , has regional / state significance because it had an observable influence on the outcome of the Vicksburg Campaign . The Union victory enabled Federal forces to move toward Helena and occupy that strategic town on the Mississippi River for the duration of the Civil War .
Madivala Machideva Madivala Machideva ( ಮಡಿವಾಳ ಮಾಚಿದೇವ ) ( also known as Veera Ganacheeri Madivala Machideva ) was a popular Legendary Great warrior also Freedom fighter and Saint of the 12th century . He belonged to Madivala ( Vannar ) caste . Early life and career . Great warrior Madivala Machideva fought valiantly against King Bijjala army to protect manuscripts of Vachanas written by Sharanas and transported them from Basava Kalyan . He followed Lingayath dharma given by Vishwaguru Basavanna . Personal life . Madivala Machideva was the coeval Sharana of the Guru Basaveshwara . He fought against the communal forces which intended to destroy the Vachana Sahitya literature during the Kalyana Kranti . He was a Dhobi at Kalyan . He also worked to define the daily practice of Lingayath ethics . In his Vachana , he specified Basaveshwara invented Guru ( preceptor ) , the godwin gnani Linga , Jangama ( Priest ) , Prasada ( Grace of God , holly food , Phala / return for the good deed ) and even seven worlds . In another Vachana Madivala Machideva witness the historical truth in a beautiful manner along with other essential aspects Basava Kalyan . References . 1 ) Colourful procession marks Madiwala Machideva Jayanti - http : / / www . thehindu . com / todays - paper / tp - national / tp - karnataka / colourful - procession - marks - madiwala - machideva - jayanti / article4678822 . ece 2 ) Sri Veera Maheswara Madivala Machideva Blog - http : / / madivaala . blogspot . in / 3 ) Books on Sri Madivala Machideva - http : / / books . google . co . in / books / about / Madivala _ Machideva . html ? id = GFXsPgAACAAJ & redir _ esc = y Spelling and pronunciation . Sri Madivala Machideva is the name For Karnataka people . Tamilnadu people name for Sri Madivala Machideva is " veera vannar " . People in Andhrapradesh call as Madelu ( or ) Machayya ( or ) Sri Veera Maheswara Madivala Machideva .
Zayyan ibn Mardanish Zayyan ibn Mardanish or Zayán Ibn Mardanix ( b . ? , Onda – d . 1270 , Tunisia ) also known as " Zahén " or " Çaèn " , was the last king of the Taifa of Valencia before it fell to the Kingdom of Aragon in the Reconquista campaign led by James I of Aragon . Biography . In 1229 , Zayyan became King of Valencia or " Balensiya " after dethroning Zayd Abu Zayd , the last Almohad governor of the province . Abu Zayd , who had converted to Christianity , fled the city and became a vassal of the Aragonese king , James I . The dethroned monarch provided James I with the perfect " casus belli " to invade and conquer Valencia , a process that was completed in the year 1238 . Zayyan personally commanded troops various battles throughout the campaign , including the Siege of Burriana and the Battle of the Puig , where the Muslim troops were decisively defeated , marking the inevitability of the Aragonese take over . After the Battle of the Puig , Zayyan defended the city of Valencia until it fell in 1238 . The Muslim hand was forced into surrender due to a lack of aid that was expected from the Sultan of Tunisia . In the accords of the capitulation , Zayyan promised James I that he and his entourage would go into exile from Valencian land via the port at Cullera to Tunisia where he would eventually die .
Weston Jarvis Colonel Sir ( Alexander ) Weston Jarvis CMG MVO TD ( 26 December 1855 – 31 October 1939 ) was a British Conservative Party politician and officer in the British Army . He served in the Matabele Rebellion , Boer War and First World War . He was educated at Harrow School . He was elected as Member of Parliament ( MP ) for King ' s Lynn at a by - election in August 1886 , and held the seat until the 1892 general election , when he did not stand for re - election . He gave his maiden speech on 6 April 1887 , on the Criminal Law ( Ireland ) Amendment Bill . He was not an active Member , and spoke on only a few occasions during his tenure . He had extensive business interests in Rhodesia , and spent a significant amount of time there . He was in the country during the Matabele Rebellion , and joined the volunteer forces there , eventually taking command of a squadron . He was again present at the outbreak of the Boer War , and joined the Rhodesian contingent raised by Herbert Plumer for service in South Africa . He saw service at the Relief of Mafeking before returning to England , travelling back to South Africa three months later in command of the 21st Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry . After seeing action under General Bruce Hamilton , his unit was employed on building blockhouses for the remainder of the war . At the end of the fighting , he was given an honorary lieutenant - colonelcy in the Army , and appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George . After the war , he left the Derbyshire Yeomanry in order to take command of the 3rd County of London Imperial Yeomanry , a unit formed from the 21st plus two other disbanded battalions . He was still in command at the outbreak of the First World War and the battalion took part ( dismounted ) in the Gallipoli Campaign . He returned home at the end of 1916 and then held a staff position with XIX Corps in France for the remainder of the war . He was knighted on 26 February 1931 , for his work as chairman of the council of the Royal Empire Society .
Bert Hoffmeister Major General Bertram Meryl ( Bert ) Hoffmeister , OC , CB , CBE , DSO and Bar , ED ( 15 May 1907 – 4 December 1999 ) was a Canadian Army officer , businessman , and conservationist . Biography . Born in Vancouver , British Columbia , he was a sales manager with the Canadian White Pine Co . Ltd . in Vancouver . He enlisted with the Non - Permanent Active Militia ( NPAM , the Canadian Army Reserve Force ) in 1927 . He was promoted Captain in 1934 . After he was promoted to Major , in 1939 , he was made officer commanding a company of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada who went to England in 1939 . He attended the Canadian Junior War Staff courses at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston , Ontario . In 1942 , he was promoted Lieutenant Colonel . In 1943 , he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order while fighting in Sicily . He received a bar to the DSO the following year In October 1943 , promoted to Brigadier General , he was named commanding officer of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade , who fought in the Italian Campaign . In March 1944 , he was promoted to Major General and made General Officer Commanding the 5th Canadian Armoured Division . After VE - Day , he was made General Officer Commanding the 6th Canadian Division ( Canadian Army Pacific Force ) which disbanded after the atomic bombings of Japan . Hoffmeister retired from active service in September 1945 . That same year , he was made a Grand Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau with swords as well as a Companion of the Order of the Bath and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire . In 1947 , he was made a Commander of the Legion of Merit . After the war , in 1949 he became President of MacMillan Bloedel Limited and was its Chairman from 1956 to 1958 . From 1958 to 1961 , he was British Columbia ' s Agent General in London . From 1961 to 1968 , he was Chairman of the Council of Forest Industries of British Columbia , an association for the British Columbia interior forest industry . From 1971 to 1991 he was the founding Chairman of the Nature Trust of British Columbia , a non - profit land conservation organization . In 1982 , he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada , Canada ' s highest civilian honour .
Ernst - Friedrich Langenstraß Ernst - Friedrich Langenstrass ( 16 January 1914 – 22 September 2010 ) was a highly decorated Lieutenant Colonel in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Brigadier General in the Bundeswehr . 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 .
National Defence College of Thailand The National Defence College of Thailand or NDC ( ) is an education organization that provides advanced training for both senior military officers and civilians . It is operated by the Royal Thai Armed Forces of the Thai Ministry of Defence . The NDC was founded in on 2 February 1955 by Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram . Famous alumni . NDC alumni have dominated the military and political fields of Thailand since the establishment of the College . Prominent alumni include military dictator Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn ( Class 1 ) , Prime Minister Sanya Thammasak ( Class 1 ) , Supreme Commander Serm Na Nakhon ( Class 4 ) , Supreme Commander and ISOC Commander Sayud Kerbphol ( Class 5 ) , military dictator Kriangsak Chomanan ( Class 5 ) , and Privy Council president Prem Tinsulanonda ( Class 9 ) , Council for National Security President Sonthi Boonyaratglin ( Class 42 ) , Assistant CNS Secretary - General Saprang Kalayanamitr ( Class 43 ) .
Hans Becker ( officer ) Hans Becker ( 30 May 1914 – 15 January 2004 ) was a highly decorated Oberstleutnant 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 .
Peter Ratcliffe Major Peter Ratcliffe DCM is an author and former member of the Special Air Service ( SAS ) . Peter Ratcliffe came originally from Salford , Greater Manchester . As a boy , he joined the 1st Battalion , The Parachute Regiment ( 1 PARA ) before and eventually going on to pass the SAS selection course . Upon joining the regiment , he was posted to 18 ( Mobility ) Troop D Squadron . During his time in the SAS he was to deploy into a number of theatre and operations including the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman , the Falklands War and Operation Granby in the Gulf . During the 1991 Gulf War , Ratcliffe was the Regimental Sergeant Major and deployed in Iraq to relieve the Officer Commanding A Squadron ( one of the few times where an enlisted man has formally relieved a commissioned officer ) . He subsequently led the squadron on a raid on a communication site known as " Victor Two " for which he was awarded the DCM . After the conflict Ratcliffe was himself commissioned as an officer . Apart from writing books himself Ratcliffe has appeared in books by Andy McNab , Chris Ryan , Peter ' Yorkie ' Crossland and Cameron Spence .