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The Taking of Joppa The Taking of Joppa is an ancient Egyptian tale describing the conquest of the town of Joppa by Thutmose III ' s general . The extant copy of the text is on the verso of Papyrus Harris 500 . This tale is traditionally regarded as a purely literary account of the conquest set in the wake of Thutmose III ' s campaigning in Syria . There was , however , a troop commander named Djehuti who served under Thutmose III . Despite the literary tradition and the character of its telling , it has been recently argued by the excavators of Jaffa that an LB IB destruction dated to between 1456 and 1400 BC of the Egyptian garrison may , in fact , be the historical context that formed the basis of this tale . This is supported by the publication of an extensive site - wide destruction level containing Egyptian vessels dated to the mid - Eighteenth Dynasty , including vessels of types attested in the reign of Amenhotep II . Together these and Cypriot ceramics suggest a date in the late 15th century BC , connected perhaps with the insurgency at Aphek quelled in the seventh year of Amenhotep II , 1418 BC . The excavators would attribute the destruction to the Canaanite insurgency during which the Egyptians lost their fortress within a short time after Thutmose III established the garrison . The story therefore relates the events of the retaking of Jaffa probably immediately preceding the campaign against Aphek and not Thutmose III ' s conquest or taking of the site as some have argued . The tactics used by Djehuti in the story are often noted to be reminiscent of the episode of the Trojan horse in the " Iliad " and the tale of " Ali Baba and the forty thieves " from " Arabian Nights " . However , this story would predate the Greek tradition ' s literary setting by more than 200 years . An important aspect of the story , which can be easily overlooked , is the attestation of important social elements within Canaan during the Late Bronze Age , namely the maryannu and ' apiru . Synopsis . ( The beginning of the tale is lost . ) Djehuti invites the prince of Joppa to a party in his camp outside the town . He knocks him out , hides two hundred of his soldiers in sacks which he has loaded onto pack animals , and sends a charioteer to announce to the town that the Egyptians have surrendered and are sending tribute . Introduced into the city the hidden Egyptian soldiers emerge and conquer it .
Robert Saint George Dyrenforth Robert Saint George Dy ' renforth ( 1844 – 1910 ) was an American soldier and lawyer . He was born in Chicago , graduated at Breslau in 1861 , and served in the United States Army ( 1861 – 66 ) as major of volunteer cavalry , assistant inspector general and signal officer in the Department of the Missouri , and was several times brevet ted . In 1866 he was correspondent of the Chicago " Post " and " Times " during the war between Austria and Prussia . He studied mechanical engineering at Heidelberg in 1866 - 69 . He worked in the U . S . Patent Office ( 1871 – 85 ) , resigned from there in 1885 and practiced as a patent and corporation lawyer . " Rain Maker " . Robert Saint George Dyrenforth became popularly known as " Rain Maker " while carrying out a series of experiments for the government , using violent explosions in Texas to condense water vapor into rain .
Harold Percival Norton Harold Percival Norton was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy . Biography . Norton was born on November 4 , 1855 in New York . He would marry Mary Barbour in 1911 . Norton died on February 11 , 1933 in Washington , D . C . and is buried with Mary at Arlington National Cemetery . Through his wife he was related to Lieutenant General Thomas B . Larkin , who is also buried at Arlington . Career . Norton was appointed a cadet engineer in 1874 . He would go on to serve in England and the Republic of China , as well as aboard the USS Swatara ( 1873 ) and the USS Albany ( CL - 23 ) .
Siege of Wasit The Siege of Wasit involved the army of the Abbasid Revolution under al - Hasan ibn Qahtaba and the future Caliph al - Mansur , and the Umayyad garrison of Wasit under the last Umayyad governor of Iraq , Yazid ibn Umar ibn Hubayra . Yazid had been forced to abandon Kufa due to a rebellion by Abbasid sympathizers , and fled to Wasit , where he was besieged for 11 months , from August / September 749 to his surrender in June / July 750 . The siege was marked by constant sallies and attacks , but as it progressed , the Umayyad garrison ' s morale collapsed and the internal divisions among the Qays and Yaman tribes began to manifest themselves . After news of the defeat of the Umayyad Caliph Marwan II at the Battle of the Zab and the Abbasid conquest of Syria arrived at Wasit , defections began . Yazid nevertheless held out for a few more months , until he received a pardon for himself and his followers from the Abbasid Caliph al - Saffah . Nevertheless , Yazid and his senior officers were executed soon after on al - Saffah ' s orders .
Bey Soo Khiang Bey Soo Khiang is a Singaporean business executive and retired military officer . He was the third Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces ( SAF ) from 1995 to 2000 , holding the rank of Lieutenant - General . Prior to that , he served the Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force . After retiring from the SAF in 2000 , Bey joined Singapore Airlines and held high executive positions in the company before leaving in 2011 . Education . Bey was awarded an overseas scholarship by the Singapore Armed Forces in 1974 . He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts ( first class honours ) from the University of Cambridge and went on to pursue a Master of Arts in engineering . He also holds a Master of Public Administration from the John F . Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School . Military career . Bey enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces ( SAF ) in 1973 and served as the Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force ( RSAF ) before assuming the post of Chief of Defence Force on 1 July 1995 , replacing Ng Jui Ping . While serving as the Chief of Defence Force , he was also appointed as a member of the board of directors for Singapore Technologies Engineering and Singapore Airlines Limited . Bey retired from the SAF on 1 April 2000 and was succeeded by Lim Chuan Poh as the Chief of Defence Force . Post - military career . After leaving the Singapore Armed Forces in 2000 , Bey joined Singapore Airlines ( SIA ) as Executive Vice President Technical and was promoted to Senior EVP Technical & Human Resources two years later . During his time in SIA , he led the project to introduce the A380 into SIA and also served in the following positions : Chairman of SIA Cargo Pte Ltd ; Chairman of Silkair Pte Ltd ; Chairman of Singapore Flying College ; Board Director of SIA Engineering Company ; Virgin Atlantic Limited ; Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited ; Virgin Travel Group Limited . He is also an active board member in the Sentosa Development Corporation . In early 2010 , he assumed the post of Senior Executive Vice President for Marketing & Corporate Services . Bey left SIA on 28 February 2011 . Bey was appointed as the Vice - Chairman of RGE Ltd in March 2011 .
Siege of Reading The Siege of Reading refers to the English Civil War military campaign waged to besiege a Royalist garrison quartered in the town of Reading , Berkshire from 4 November 1642 to 25 April 1643 . Background . In late October 1642 , King Charles returned to Oxford from the indecisive Battle of Edgehill ( 23 October ) . On 4 November , he entered Reading from Oxford and later that month retired leaving a Royalist garrison , of 2 , 000 foot soldiers and a cavalry regiment , under Sir Arthur Aston . The town and townspeople suffered many privations due to the demands of the garrison for money and lodging . On 13 April 1643 , the Earl of Essex at the head of a Parliamentary army of 16 , 000 men left Windsor and laid siege to Reading using cannon . Despite attempts by the King and Prince Rupert to lift the siege , the Royalist garrison surrendered on 26 and 27 April 1643 . Reading stayed a Parliamentary possession for the remainder of the Civil War , except for a single Royalist incursion .
134th ( Loyal Limerick ) Regiment of Foot The 134th ( Loyal Limerick ) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army , created in 1794 and disbanded in 1796 . The regiment was formed in Ireland by redesignating the newly raised 2nd Battalion of the 83rd ( County of Dublin ) Regiment of Foot , and did not leave Ireland before being disbanded in 1796 .
741st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron The 741st Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 31st Air Division , Aerospace Defense Command , stationed at Lackland Air Force Base , Texas . It was inactivated on 31 December 1969 . The unit was a General Surveillance Radar squadron providing for the air defense of the United States . Lineage Assignments Stations
Francis Rowland Scarlett Air Vice - Marshal Francis Rowland Scarlett CB , DSO , RAF ( 18 May 1875 - 15 April 1934 ) was a senior Royal Air Force commander . Early and family life . Francis Rowland Scarlett was born on 18 May 1875 , the son of Lieutenant - Colonel William James Scarlett . At the age of 29 he married Dora Blakiston - Houston , the daughter of John Blakiston - Houston , an Irish Unionist Party politician . Military career . Scarlett joined the Royal Navy in ( or around ) 1891 and in April 1913 he attended the Central Flying School , being awarded his Aviator ' s Certificate no . 468 on 4 April 1913 . He served in World War I as the Inspecting Captain of Aircraft , of Air Stations and then of Air Training , gaining a promotion to wing captain at the close of 1915 . In February 1916 he became Commander of all Royal Naval Air Service units in the Eastern Mediterranean and in May 1919 he was given command of No . 12 Group . He was created a Commander of the Greek Order of the Redeemer . In December 1919 became was made Officer Commanding the No . 1 School of Technical Training at RAF Halton and on 22 January 1920 , he was awarded a permanent commission in the RAF . He went on to be Air Officer Commanding Coastal Area in 1924 , Air Officer Commanding Air Defence of Great Britain ( on a temporary basis ) in 1928 and Air Officer Commanding Fighting Area in January 1929 . His last appointment was as Air Officer Commanding Middle East Command in October 1929 before he retired in the rank of Air Vice Marshal in December 1931 . References .
William Osborn ( Medal of Honor ) William Osborn or Osborne ( 1837 – May 17 , 1887 ) was an American soldier in the U . S . Army who served with the 1st U . S . Cavalry during the Indian Wars . He was one of several men who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during Lieutenant Colonel George Crook ' s " winter campaign " against the Apache Indians in the Arizona Territory during 1872 and 1873 . Biography . William Osborn was born in Boston , Massachusetts in 1837 . He later enlisted in the U . S . Army and became a member of the 1st U . S . Cavalry . He participated in the Indian Wars against the Plains Indians during the 1870s and eventually reached the rank of sergeant . During the Apache Wars , he served under Lieutenant Colonel George Crook in his " winter campaign " of 1872 - 73 . He distinguished himself in several battles with the Apache in the Arizona Territory during this time and , on April 12 , 1875 , was among the members of his regiment to receive the Medal of Honor for " gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches " . Osborn died in Washington , D . C . on May 17 , 1887 , at the age of 50 . He was interred at the United States Soldiers ' and Airmen ' s Home National Cemetery . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Sergeant , Company M , 1st U . S . Cavalry . Place and date : Winter of 1872 - 73 . Entered service at : - - - - - - . Birth : Boston , Mass . Date of issue : 12 April 1875 . Citation : Gallant conduct during campaigns and engagements with Apaches .
Wonsan - class minelayer " Wonsan " - class minelayer ( Hangul 원산급 기뢰부설함 ) is a one - ship class of minelayer s currently in service on the Republic of Korea Navy . The Republic of Korea Navy planned to commission three " Wonsan " class mine layers . However , due to budget problems , only one was commissioned .
154th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 154th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 154th Illinois Infantry was organized at Camp Butler , Illinois and mustered into Federal service on February 21 , 1865 for a one - year enlistment . The 154th served in garrisons in Tennessee . The regiment mustered out September 18 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 76 enlisted men who died of disease for a total of 76 fatalities .
Catherine Roy Catherine Murray Roy , CBE , RRC , MM was a Scottish military nurse during World War I . She was the daughter of John Roy , minister of the parish of Drymen , and trained at the Western Infirmary , Glasgow , before joining the regular army as a staff nurse in 1909 . She was one of the first 50 British nurses to go to the front in 1914 . She served in both France and Belgium and was mentioned in despatches . In 1917 she was awarded the Military Medal for conspicuous gallantry , displayed in the performance of her duties on the occasion of hostile air raids on Casualty Clearing Stations in the Field . At the end of World War I she was awarded the Royal Red Cross ( First Class ) , receiving this honour from the King at Holyrood Palace , Edinburgh , on 5 July 1920 . From 1934 she was Principal Matron at the War Office . On 13 April 1938 , Roy was appointed Matron - in - Chief of Queen Alexandra ' s Imperial Military Nursing Service , with overall charge of the Service . She held the post until 1940 . Roy was awarded the CBE after World War II .
Harbin Z - 19 The Harbin Z - 19 is a Chinese reconnaissance / attack helicopter developed by HAMC for the People ' s Liberation Army Air Force and the Ground Force Air Force . It is an up - gunned variant of the Harbin Z - 9 and hence a distant cousin of the Eurocopter Dauphin . Description . The Z - 19 is an updated modified version of the Harbin Z - 9W ( similar to the development of Bell AH - 1 Cobra from UH - 1 ) . It is a twin - seat tandem helicopter with a similar mechanical layout to the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin series as the Z - 9 series are licence - built versions of the Dauphin . The Z - 19 features a fenestron tail , damping its sound and therefore allows it achieve some level of acoustic stealthiness . The exhausts also protect the helicopter from infrared threats . The Z - 19 also features armor platings , crash resistant seats , and a turret with FLIR , TV , and laser range finder . Z - 19 is also equipped with advanced helmet mounted sight ( HMS ) , which looks different than that of WZ - 10 . General designer of the WZ - 19 was Wu Ximing ( 吴希明 ) of the 602nd Research Institute , one of the Chinese top scientists involved in the 863 Program , after graduating from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1984 . Wu had earlier participated in the designs of the armed version of transport helicopters Z - 8A , Z - 11 and WZ - 9 , and he is also the general designer of another Chinese attack helicopter CAIC WZ - 10 . At the 9th Zhuhai Airshow held in November 2012 , Aviation Industry Corporation of China formally announced the official names of WZ - 10 and WZ - 19 at a televised news release conference , with both attack helicopters are named after the nicknames of fictional characters in the " Water Margin " , one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature . WZ - 10 is named as Fierce Thunderbolt ( Pi Li Huo , 霹靂火 ) , the nickname of Qin Ming , while WZ - 19 is named as Black Whirlwind ( Hei Xuan Feng , 黑旋風 ) , the nickname of Li Kui . Production . Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation is developing the Z - 19 , which is expected to function and support with a heavier attack helicopter the CAIC WZ - 10 in the near future . Export variants will be designated WZ - 19 ( Wuzhuang Zhishengji - attack helicopter ) , but aircraft used in country will be designated Z - 19 as WZ is used by the PLAAF for UAVs ( WZ - Wuren Zhencha ( Unmanned Reconnaissance ) ) .
Skoda 75 mm Model 15 The Skoda 7 . 5 cm Gebirgskanone M . 15 was a mountain gun used by Austria - Hungary in World War I . In German service it was known as the 7 . 5 cm GebK 15 . The Italians designated them as the Obice da 75 / 13 and the Wehrmacht would designate captured guns as 7 . 5 cm GebK 259 ( i ) after the surrender of Italy in 1943 . History . Its development was quite prolonged as the Austrians couldn ' t decide on the specifications that they wanted . Initially they wanted a gun that could be broken - down into no more than 5 pack - animal loads to replace the various 7 cm mountain guns in service , but prolonged trials proved that the 7 . 5 cm M . 12 prototype to be the best gun . However the commander - in - chief of Bosnia - Hercegovina believe it to be too heavy and demanded a reversion back to the old 7 cm caliber to save weight . Skoda dutifully built enough guns for a test battery in the smaller caliber and tested them during the spring of 1914 where they were judged inferior to the 7 . 5 cm guns . This cost the Austrians heavily as the 7 . 5 cm guns were delivered beginning in April 1915 instead of the planned date of April 1914 . For transport , the gun could be dismantled into 6 parts , generally carried in 4 loads . In addition , there was a gun shield fitted on some ( perhaps many ) such guns . A revised version of this gun was released as the Skoda 75 mm Model 1928 . The Germans bought some guns during World War I , but used them as infantry gun s in direct support of the infantry where their light weight would allow them to move with the infantry . They complained that the guns were too fragile and didn ' t have a high enough muzzle velocity to act as an anti - tank gun . Considering that the guns were designed to be disassembled it ' s not too surprising that they couldn ' t stand the abuse moving through the shell - pocketed front lines on the Western Front .
Dekabrist - class submarine The " Dekabrist - class " ' were the first class of submarines built for the Soviet Navy after the October Revolution . They were authorized in the Soviet Naval Shipbuilding Program of 1926 . Operational - tactical requirements and design concepts were formulated in 1923 . In 1925 A Soviet naval mission obtained blueprints for the Balilla class submarine from the Italians and used concepts from that design together with Soviet ideas . The boats were constructed by the Ordzhonikidze Shipyard and the principal designer was B . M . Malinin . The first boat in the class was laid down on March 5 , 1927 ; launched on November 3 , 1928 , and commissioned on November 18 , 1930 . This first boat , the " Dekabrist " , was later designated D - 1 , September 15 , 1934 . The class was of a double – hull design with 7 compartments and constructed using riveting . These boats were of Soviet design and had numerous technical shortcomings and construction defects . The most serious problems were their slow diving time and poor stability during diving . In May 1933 , the " Dekabrist " was shifted to the Northern Fleet via the White Sea - Baltic Canal . She remained in service until 1940 . She showed high seaworthiness in polar circumstances . The boat was lost with entire crew in a diving accident on November 13 , 1940 in Molotovskiy Bay .
Tran Van Minh Lieutenant General Sylvain Trần Văn Minh ( born 19 August 1923 , Saigon , French Indochina – died 31 May 2009 , Nice , France ) was a Vietnamese diplomat and a general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam . He was sometimes known as “ Little Minh ” to distinguish him from the much larger ( physically ) Dương Văn Minh . In 1942 , he passed the entry exam for the St Cyr / St Maxient Military Academy organized in Tong , Indochina . From 1943 - 45 , Lieutenant Minh served with the 9th R . I . C . During this period , he participated in operations in Central and North Vietnam , most notably in Cha Pa . After the Japanese coup of 9 March 1945 , he accompanied General Alessandri ' s troops in the retreat to China . In 1946 , he was part of the French troops that retook Dien Bien Phu . From there , he eventually made his way to Saigon , travelling on the Mekong River through Luang Prabang and Vientiane . Deployed to the 22nd R . I . C . ( 1946 – 47 ) , he was in charge of protecting military convoys between Saigon and Dalat . Minh was named Directeur des Etudes ( Chánh Sở Nghiên Cứu – Director of Intelligence ) for the Governor of North Vietnam , Nghiêm Xuân Thiện . 1950 found him in Paris studying at the War Academy ( École de Guerre à Paris ) . Upon his return to Vietnam , he worked at the newly formed State of Vietnam ' s Ministry of Defense . Two years later , he served on the Chief of Staff . During this time , he worked with General de Lattre de Tassigny in the " Vietnamization " of the Corps Expéditionnaire Français . After participating in Operation Atlante , he was promoted to Commander of the South Sector . In 1955 , Colonel Minh was one of the French delegates at the Geneva Convention . After the accords were signed , he returned home to take command of the first military region in South Vietnam . Late 1955 , he was promoted to Général de brigade ( Major General ) . A year later , the 33 - year old Minh was promoted to Général de division ( Lieutenant General ) . From 1957 - 59 , he served as Commandant of the Dalat military academy . In 1960 , President Ngô Đình Diệm named him Inspector General the National Defense , a post he held until 1963 . In 1964 – 65 , he was the Chief of General Staff and in 1965 , Minister of Defense . The last position he held was Ambassador of the Republic of Vietnam to Tunis , Tunisia from 1971 until 30 April 1975 , when Saigon fell .
Bhamo Airport Bhamo Airport is an airport serving Bhamo ( Banmaw ) , a city in the Kachin State in northern Burma . It is also known as Banmaw Airport . History . Built as a Japanese Air Force base in 1942 , the airport was attacked numerous times by Allied forces before being seized in May 1945 . It was repaired by the 1891st Engineer Aviation Battalion then was used as a combat resupply and casualty evacuation airfield by Tenth Air Force , which moved elements of the 1st Combat Cargo Group to the field . It was also used as a communications relay station as well as a base for forward air controllers ( 51st Fighter Control Squadron ) . It was closed at the end of September 1945 . Facilities . The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level . It has 1 runway designated 15 / 33 with a bituminous surface measuring .