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Azerbaijani Legion The Azerbaijani Legion , or in German , Aserbaidschanische Legion , was one of the foreign units of the Wehrmacht . The Azerbaijani Legion was formed in December 1941 as the " Kaukasische - Mohammedanische Legion " ( Muslim Caucasus Legion ) and was re - designated 1942 into two separate legions , the North Caucasian legion and the Azerbaijani legion . It was made up mainly of former Azerbaijani POW volunteers but also volunteers from other peoples in the area . It was part of the Ostlegionen . It was used to form the 162nd ( Turkistan ) Infanterie - Division of the Wehrmacht in 1943 . Later , some of these Azerbaijanis joined the Azeri Waffen SS Volunteer Formations . Many Azerbaijanis joined here in hopes of liberating their homeland from Soviet occupation . One Azerbaijani soldier who was captured said to the Germans he was anti - Bolshevik , and only wanted an opportunity to free his homeland .
Xiong Guangkai Xiong Guangkai was born in Shanghai in 1939 . He joined the army in 1956 and the Chinese Communist Party in 1959 . Xiong was Deputy Director ( 1984 – 88 ) and later Director ( 1988 – 92 ) of the People ' s Liberation Army General Staff Intelligence Department , Assistant ( 1992 – 96 ) and later Deputy Chief - of Staff ( 1996 – 2005 ) . In 1988 he was conferred the rank of Major General , in 1994 Lieutenant General and in 2000 General . Xiong also served on the Central Leading Group on Taiwan , He was also Alternate Member of the 14th , 15th and 16th Central Committees and is currently an Adjunct Professor at Qinghua and Beijing Universities and Chairman of the Chinese Institute for International Securities Studies In 1995 , General Xiong was widely , and incorrectly quoted as threatening to use nuclear weapons against Los Angeles . The person to whom he was alleged to have said this , Chas Freeman , denies it .
USS New England ( 1861 ) The first USS " New England " was a whaler purchased by the Union Navy at New London , Connecticut , on 21 November 1861 . " New England " was used in the " Stone Fleet " as an obstruction at Maffit ' s Channel , Charleston Harbor , South Carolina , on 25 January 1862 .
45th Reserve Division ( German Empire ) The 45th Reserve Division ( " 45 . Reserve - Division " ) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I . The division was formed in August 1914 and organized over the next two months . It was part of the first wave of new divisions formed at the outset of World War I , which were numbered the 43rd through 54th Reserve Divisions . The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I . The division was part of XXIII Reserve Corps and was recruited primarily in the Prussian provinces of Pomerania and West Prussia , but the 212th Reserve Infantry Regiment was a Hanseatic regiment , raised in Hamburg and Bremen . Combat chronicle . The 45th Reserve Division fought on the Western Front , entering the line in October along the Yser and remaining there until April 1915 , when it went into the fight for Ypres . The division remained in the Yser region until September 1916 . In September , the division fought in the Battle of the Somme . Thereafter , it remained in the Aisne region until April 1917 . In April and May 1917 , it fought in the Second Battle of the Aisne , also known as the Third Battle of Champagne ( and to the Germans as the Double Battle on the Aisne and in the Champagne ) . Thereafter , the division went into the trenchline around Verdun , remaining there until the end of September 1917 , when it joined the Battle of Passchendaele . The division then returned to Verdun . In 1918 , it fought in the German Spring Offensive , including the breakthrough at St . Quentin and the follow - on battles in the Montdidier - Noyon region . It later saw action in the Second Battle of the Marne and the Meuse - Argonne Offensive . In 1918 , Allied intelligence rated the division as second class . Order of battle on formation . The 45th Reserve Division was initially organized as a square division , with essentially the same organization as the reserve divisions formed on mobilization . The order of battle of the 45th Reserve Division on September 10 , 1914 was as follows : Order of battle on March 30 , 1918 . The 45th Reserve Division was triangularized in September 1916 . Over the course of the war , other changes took place , including the formation of artillery and signals commands and a pioneer battalion . The order of battle on March 30 , 1918 was as follows :
Battle of Shinohara The Battle of Shinohara occurred in 1183 during the Genpei War in Japan , in what is now Kaga city , Ishikawa prefecture . Following the Battle of Kurikara , Minamoto no Yoshinaka caught up with the retreating Taira no Munemori . An archery duel by champions on both sides preceded general fighting , which included several celebrated instances of single combat . Victory went to the Minamoto .
Battle of Wakde The Battle of Wakde " ( Operation Straight Line ) " was part of the New Guinea campaign of World War II . It was fought between the United States and Japan from 15 May 1944 to 18 May 1944 . Task Force 77 , commanded by Rear Admiral William Fechteler supported by USS Stockton covered the landing on 17 May 1944 by the 2nd Engineer Special Brigade , Company A , 542nd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment , of the 163rd Regimental Combat Team of the 41st Infantry Division . After a three - day battle the island was declared captured on 18 May . The capture of Wakde cost the Americans 40 killed , and 107 wounded , the Japanese lost 759 killed and 4 captured .
Castle Acre Castle Castle Acre Castle is the remains of a motte - and - bailey castle , with extensive earthworks , at Castle Acre , in the English county of Norfolk ( ) . It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument , and a Grade I listed building . The castle was founded soon after the Norman Conquest of 1066 by William de Warenne , the first Earl of Surrey , as his most important estate in Norfolk . The original castle was restructured around the 1140s . The settlement is strategically placed where the ancient trackway known as the Peddar ’ s Way crossed the River Nar . To the west of the castle was a planned town ; the whole settlement was fortified . The riverside location was important both for defence and for river - borne supplies , in an age when road transport was extremely difficult . The castle was of motte - and - bailey construction ; on the summit of the motte was the residence of the owner , and the last refuge in the event of an attack . The bailey below contained living quarters , stores and workshops . A strong curtain wall with wall walks surrounds the motte summit , and a lesser wall tops the bailey banks . The Castle is now in the care of English Heritage , along with the nearby Castle Acre Bailey Gate and Castle Acre Priory .
USS William M . Wood ( DE - 557 ) USS " William M . Wood " ( DE - 557 ) was a proposed World War II United States Navy " John C . Butler " - class destroyer escort that was never built . " William M . Wood " was to have been built at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston , Massachusetts . Her construction contract was cancelled on 10 June 1944 . The name " William M . Wood " was reassigned to the destroyer USS " William M . Wood " ( DD - 715 ) .
French cutter Espion ( 1781 ) The French cutter " Espion " was launched in 1781 . The British captured her and took her into the Royal Navy as HMS " Espion " . She was sold in 1783 . French service . " Espion " was one of the last of the " Levrette " - class cutters of Royal French Navy , built by Jacques and Daniel Denys at Dunkirk , and launched on 22 June 1781 . On 7 December she and " Sagittaire " sailed as escors to a convoy of ten transports taking supplies to the fleet of Admiral de Grasse at Martinique . The convoy arrived safely in January and from there sailed to bring shells to the forces under François Claude Amour , marquis de Bouillé , which were Basseterre , the chief port and capital of St Kitts . On 24 January 1782 she encountered a British fleet under Admiral Sir Samuel Hood , which was sailing to try to relieve St Kitts . The sixth - rate frigate captured " Espion " near Nevis . Her captain was the Knight of Malta " Lieutenant de Vaiseau Chevalier " de Montluc de la Bourdonnaye . Hood described her as a large cutter , seven months old , and armed with sixteen 6 - pounder guns . Hood sailed on to Basseterre but the delay occasioned in capturing " Espion " gave de Grasse time to get out to sea . Although Hood was unable to relieve the siege , he was able to goad de Grasse into three futile attacks on the British fleet on 25 and 26 January . These attacks cost the British 172 men killed and 244 wounded ; the French evacuated some 1000 wounded to Sint Eustatius . Hood then sailed away to Barbados . The Brimstone Hill redoubt at St Kitts surrendered on 13 February . Hood and Admiral George Rodney would then meet and defeat de Grasse at the Battle of the Saintes in early - April . Fate . The British took " Espion " into service under her existing name and commissioned her 24 January under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Sevell Shivers . She then sailed for Britain in September 1782 . The Admiralty sold " Espion " in April 1783 .
Sasebo Naval Arsenal History . The Sasebo Naval District was established at Sasebo , Nagasaki in 1886 , as the third of the naval districts responsible for the defense of the Japanese home islands . After the establishment of the navy base , a ship repair facility was established in 1889 with a dry dock . With the addition of equipment and facilities for ship production by 1897 , the " Sasebo Shipyards " were officially established , and renamed the " Sasebo Naval Arsenal " in 1903 . Construction of the arsenal was supervised by the French engineer Louis - Émile Bertin . In 1913 , a 250 ton crane was installed , and the shipbuilding facilities expanded to permit the construction of large warship s . With the mothballing of the Maizuru Naval Arsenal due to restrictions by the Washington Naval Treaty , much of the design and prototype work for new classes of destroyer s and torpedo boats formerly done at Maizuru was shifted to Sasebo . The facilities at Sasebo were also used for the conversion of the " Akagi " and " Kaga " from battleship s to aircraft carrier s . The Imperial Japanese Navy employed some 50 , 000 people at the Sasebo Naval Arsenal at the peak of World War II , constructing and refitting destroyers , light cruiser s , submarine s and other various naval vessels . The 21st Naval Air Arsenal , established jointly at Sasebo and Omura , produced a total of 966 aircraft . The facilities at Sasebo were used for repairs on the battleships " Yamato " and " Musashi " during the Pacific War . After the surrender of Japan , On September 22 , 1945 , the 5th Marine Division landed at Sasebo , and in June 1946 , United States Fleet Activities Sasebo was formally established on a portion of the former Sasebo Naval Arsenal . The remaining portion of the shipyards was given into civilian hands with the establishment of Sasebo Heavy Industries Co . , Ltd . in 1946 . Sasebo Heavy Industries is one of Japan ' s few remaining active shipbuilders .
USNS Silas Bent ( T - AGS - 26 ) USNS " Silas Bent " ( T - AGS - 26 ) was a " Silas Bent " class survey ship acquired by the United States Navy in 1964 and delivered to the Military Sealift Command in 1965 . " Silas Bent " spent her career in the Pacific Ocean performing oceanographic surveys . The ship was equipped with the Oceanographic Data Acquisition System ( ODAS ) as were the later oceanographic survey ships and . Constructed in Lorain , Ohio . " Silas Bent " ( AGS - 26 ) , an oceanographic survey ship , was laid down in March 1964 by the American Shipbuilding Co . at Lorain , Ohio ; launched on 16 May 1964 ; sponsored by Miss Nancy M . McKinley and Mrs . Jeffrey R . Grandy ; and was delivered to the Military Sea Transportation Service ( now the Military Sealift Command ) in July 1965 . Oceanographic survey operations . " Silas Bent " — the first of a new class of oceanographic survey ships — was manned by a Civil Service crew and operated by the Military Sealift Command as an integrated system for the gathering of vital oceanographic data in both underway and on - station modes . The data she collected was recorded in a form immediately usable by computers . She was under the technical control of the Naval Oceanographic Office in Suitland , Maryland . The oceanographic survey ship completed her shakedown cruise during the winter of 1965 and 1966 . Since that time , she had been conducting oceanographic research primarily in the northern Pacific , between Alaska and Japan . In May 1968 , after only six days on station , she and scientists from the Naval Oceanographic Office located an ammunition - laden Liberty ship sunk in the North Pacific . In 1972 , she visited Japan , for the 2nd annual Ocean Development Conference held at Tokyo . During the conference , there were numerous tours and briefings held on " Silas Bent " describing , for the ocean scientists of the world , her capabilities for measuring bathymetric depth , magnetic intensity , gravity , surface temperature , seismic reflection , sound velocity , ambient light , and salinity . As of mid - September 1974 , " Silas Bent " engaged in special operations in the area of Kodiak , Alaska . Decommissioning and dispositioning . USNS Silas Bent was deactivated in Singapore 28 October 1999 , and transferred to the Republic of Turkey as TCG " Çeșme " ( A - 599 ) . She was joined in 2001 by sister ship USNS " Elisha Kent Kane " ( T - AGS - 27 ) renamed TGC " Çandarli " ( A - 588 ) . Honors and awards . Qualified " Silas Bent " personnel were eligible for the following :
Avro Type G The Avro Type G was a two seat biplane designed by A . V . Roe to participate in the 1912 British Military Aeroplane Competition . It is notable in having a fully enclosed crew compartment , and was also the first aircraft to have recovered from a spin in front of witnesses . Design and development . The Avro Type G was a two - seat two bay biplane biplane with a fully enclosed crew compartment . The fuselage occupied the entire gap between upper and lower wings , which were of Roe ' s characteristic high aspect ratio . Two prototypes were started , one with a Green engine , the other with an ABC . The latter engine was not delivered in time , and the second prototype was abandoned . At the trials , the Type G was placed first in the assembly tests ( erected in 14½ minutes ) and the fuel consumption tests , but its poor rate of climb prevented it from winning a major prize , although Avro were awarded £100 . However , the Type G did later set a British endurance record of 7 hours 31 minutes piloted by F . P . Raynham at Brooklands on 24 October ( a record broken only one hour later by Harry Hawker ) . It was the second British airplane to have recovered from a spin , and the first to do so in front of witnesses . Early on the morning of 25 August Lt Wilfred Parke , with Lt Breton as passenger , took off to make an endurance trial . After having flown for three hours , he was executing a series of dives and while turning entered a spin at about . By a combination of luck and cool nerves coupled with flying skill , he was able to recover when barely feet above the ground , the craft suddenly righting itself and flying off under perfect control . Parke ' s ability to clearly report on his experience to expert witnesses of the event was most important , since going into a spin had previously meant almost certain death .
Fairchild XNQ The Fairchild XNQ ( T - 31 ) ( Model M - 92 ) was an American trainer designed as a standard primary trainer for the U . S . Air Force during the 1950s . If the Fairchild XNQ had gone into production in its T - 31 guise , it would have been the first United States Navy - designed airplane used as a standard primary trainer for the U . S . Air Force . Design and development . Before 1947 , the Navy had always used slightly modified versions of Air Force aircraft . Designed by Fairchild Aircraft as a replacement for current primary trainers , the XNQ - 1 was the fastest primary trainer to date . The Model M - 92 featured a controllable pitch propeller , flaps , electronically operated retractable landing gear and all - metal skin with fabric - covered rudder , ailerons and elevators . Its unobstructed , one - piece bubble canopy provided instructors and students seated in tandem with all - round visibility , and its cockpit instruments were arranged to match those found in a 600 mph jet fighter or a 5 , 000 - mile , long - range patrol plane . To help students recognize the instruments , the landing gear handle was in the shape of a tiny landing gear wheel , and the flap handle was shaped like the airfoil of a flap . Operational history . The XNQ - 1 basic / advanced trainer was developed for the U . S . Navy and was first flown by Richard Henson on 7 October 1946 . Two prototypes were flown as XNQ - 1 [ 75725 / 75726 ] . Delivered to the U . S . Navy in 1947 for trials , they were rejected . Tests had revealed problems with exhaust fumes leaking back into the cockpit . The first prototype was subsequently to receive a number of engine upgrades , first powered with 320 hp Lycoming R - 680 - 13 , then finally with an inline 350 hp Lycoming GSO - 580 . The aircraft was destroyed in a crash in 1950 . The second aircraft ( BuNo . 75726 ) with a larger stabilizer was evaluated by the USAF in 1949 as a replacement for the AT - 6 , being selected on 24 March 1949 as a primary trainer . Designed to be acrobatic to teach pilots basic maneuvers , such as stalls , spins , rolls and dive pullouts , Fairchild received a contract for 100 aircraft as the model 129 , USAF designation T - 31 . However , the order was cancelled later in 1949 , in favor of the Beech T - 34 Mentor . Fairchild dropped plans to develop the design as the company concentrated on other production contracts , including the Fairchild C - 119 . The second aircraft , privately owned , was still on the civil register on 15 January 2006 and is airworthy .
Finschhafen Airport Finschhafen Airport is a general aviation airport in Morobe Province , Papua New Guinea . . It is located on the south - east tip of Huon Peninsula at Finschafen . A half mile inland , parallel to Schneider Harbor , with Dregerhaffen to the south - east . It has no scheduled commercial airline service . History . The airport was built during World War II in late 1943 by the United States Army 807th and 808th Aviation Engineer Battalions which constructed a 6 , 000 ' x 100 ' coral and steel matting single runway running NNW to SSE . The tower was code named ' Harvest ' . In mid - November 1943 , US Navy Seabees performed rough grading on the northern end of the strip , and crushed coral for the entire area . On 5 January the 808th departed , and the Seabee 60th Battalion completed the airfield , building fighter and medium bomber hardstands , mostly located to the north , with more to the east and a few on the southern side of the runway . Many aircraft shipped from the United States were assembled at Finschafen and then flown to other airfields for operations . Allied units assigned to Finschhafen . At the war ' s end , millions of dollars of equipment both new and used was bulldozed into a huge holes in the area and abandoned .
Mark Norman ( RCN officer ) Vice - Admiral Mark A . G . Norman is a Royal Canadian Navy officer who serves as Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy . Naval career . Educated in Queen ' s University , Norman joined the Naval Reserve in 1980 as a diesel mechanic before transferring to the regular force in 1985 as a sub - lieutenant . He became Commanding Officer of the frigate HMCS " St . John ' s " . He went on to be Assistant Chief of Transformation in 2005 , Director General Strategy , Chief Force Development in 2007 and Commander Canadian Fleet - Atlantic in 2009 . He then became Director General Maritime Force Development in 2010 and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff and Deputy Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy in June 2011 before becoming Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy in June 2013 .
Miles City Air Force Station Miles City Air Force Station ( ADC ID : M - 98 , NORAD ID : Z - 98 ) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station . It is located southwest of Miles City , Montana . It was closed in 1968 . History . Miles City Air Force Station was established as part of the planned deployment by Air Defense Command of forty - four Mobile radar stations across the United States to support the permanent Radar network established during the Cold War for air defense of the United States . This deployment had been projected to be operational by mid - 1952 . Funding , constant site changes , construction , and equipment delivery delayed deployment . The station consisted of 60 buildings , including operation and administrative facilities , dormitories , family housing units , radar domes , and the normal support facilities / utilities . Helicopter pad and skeet range were also included . The 902d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was activated at the station on 1 October 1954 . By August 1955 the 902nd AC & W Squadron was operating an AN / MPS - 7 search radar and an AN / MPS - 14 height - finder radar , and initially the station functioned as a Ground - Control Intercept ( GCI ) and warning station . As a GCI station , the squadron ' s role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit ' s radar scopes . In 1958 an AN / FPS - 20 radar replaced the AN / MPS - 7 . In 1961 this set was upgraded and redesignated as an AN / FPS - 66 . Also in 1961 an AN / FPS - 6 B height - finder radar was installed . During 1961 Miles City AFS joined the Semi Automatic Ground Environment ( SAGE ) system , initially feeding data to DC - 20 at Malmstrom AFB , Montana . After joining , the squadron was re - designated as the 902d Radar Squadron ( SAGE ) on 15 July 1961 . The radar squadron provided information 24 / 7 the SAGE Direction Center where it was analyzed to determine range , direction altitude speed and whether or not aircraft were friendly or hostile . On 31 July 1963 , the site was redesignated as NORAD ID Z - 98 . In 1965 , the site received an AN / FPS - 27 search radar , replacing the AN / FPS - 66 . The AN / MPS - 14 was removed in 1967 . In addition to the main facility , Miles City operated an AN / FPS - 14 Gap Filler sites : The 902nd Radar Squadron was inactivated in June 1968 . Its AN / FPS - 27 radar set was then shipped to Mount Hebo AFS , Oregon ( M - 100 / Z - 100 ) and installed there , replacing the troublesome AN / FPS - 24 which had recently lost its third radome . Today , the former Miles City Air Force Station is now the Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Lab ( USDA ) , part of Montana State University . Many of the Air Force buildings have been torn down , replaced by modern facilities . A few foundations and deteriorating buildings remain of the sites military past .