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Henry Armstrong Reed Henry Armstrong Reed ( April 27 , 1858 – June 25 , 1876 ) was the nephew of George Armstrong Custer , Thomas Custer , and Boston Custer . Although not an official soldier , he was killed along with them at the Battle of the Little Bighorn at the age of 18 . Early life . Henry Reed was born on April 27 , 1858 in Monroe , Michigan . While he had several sisters , he was the only son of David and Lydia Reed . At a young age , he was given the nickname “ Autie ” by his mother — a nickname of his middle name Armstrong , which was also shared by his uncle George Armstrong Custer . Indian wars . Heavily influenced by his military uncles , he followed in their footsteps and left Monroe in May 1876 with his sister Emma for Fort Abraham Lincoln in the Dakota Territory . There , he was hired on May 10 to serve as a beef herder for the 7th Cavalry Regiment , which was under the command of George Armstrong Custer . Reed joined the 7th Cavalry Regiment shortly after the start of the Great Sioux War of 1876 – 77 in the Montana Territory , part of the larger American Indian Wars . While Reed was never officially enlisted as a soldier , he volunteered his services as such for the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25 , 1876 . Under normal circumstances , this would be prohibited , but since he was part of the “ Custer Clan ” with his three uncles , he was granted permission by them to partake in the battle . The regiment ’ s orderly , John Burkman , argued for Reed to stay back with the herding train where he belonged . Burkman himself was ordered to stay behind , and Reed taunted him by saying , “ You ’ re mad because you can ’ t go along ” before riding off on his horse for combat . Death . The Battle of the Little Bighorn proved a disastrous defeat for the 7th Cavalry Regiment . Reed was killed , as were all three of his uncles — George , Boston , and Thomas — and Reed ’ s uncle - in - law James Calhoun . Reed was killed atop Last Stand Hill , and his head was scalped and body mutilated by the victorious Indian forces , as were the majority of those killed in the battle . A marble marker was erected at the exact site where his body was recovered several days later . He was originally buried on the battlefield , but a year later , his body was exhumed and interred at the Woodland Cemetery in his hometown of Monroe , Michigan , while the marble marker remains in its location in the present - day Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument . Interestingly , his removed scalped is on display at the Museum of World Treasures in Wichita , Kansas .
Georg Graf von Plettenberg Georg Graf von Plettenberg ( 11 July 1918 – 29 July 1980 ) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberst in the Bundeswehr . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Georg Graf von Plettenberg was captured in May 1945 by Allied troops and was held until 1946 . He joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1974 .
Ludwig Schulz Ludwig Schulz ( 4 August 1896 – 10 December 1966 ) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe during World War II , and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . Ludwig Schulz was captured by American troops in May 1945 and was released in 1947 .
Georg von Sodenstern Georg von Sodenstern ( 15 November 1889 – 20 July 1955 ) was a highly decorated General der Infanterie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 19 . Armee . 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 .
Adolph Meyer Adolph Meyer ( October 19 , 1842 – March 8 , 1908 ) was a member of the U . S . House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana . He served nine terms as a Democrat from 1891 until his death in office in 1908 . Biography . Meyer was born in to a Jewish family of German descent in Natchez , Mississippi . During the Civil War , Meyer served on the staff of Brigadier General John Stuart Williams of Kentucky and attained the rank of assistant adjutant general . General Meyer Avenue in the Algiers part of New Orleans is named in his honor as a tribute to his efforts to lobbying for a Naval Yard in that area .
G - class frigate The G class ( Turkish : " Gabya sınıfı fırkateyn ( ler ) " ) is one of the frigate classes of the Turkish Navy . They are extensively modernized versions of ex - " Oliver Hazard Perry " class guided - missile frigates , mainly designed for air defense with a weapons configuration that is optimized for general warfare . Modernization . The G class frigates have undergone a major modernization program which included the retrofitting of a Turkish digital combat management system named GENESIS ( " Gemi Entegre Savaş İdare Sistemi " ) . The system was designed and implemented jointly by the Turkish Navy and Havelsan , a Turkish electronic hardware systems and software company . The first GENESIS upgraded ship was delivered in 2007 , and the last delivery is scheduled for 2011 . The GENESIS advanced combat management system includes the following characteristics and abilities : The modernization program also includes : The Mk - 41 VLS will be fitted in front of the Mk . 13 launchers , similar to their installation on the s of the Royal Australian Navy , which are Australian - built derivatives of the " Oliver Hazard Perry " class frigates . F - 495 TCG " Gediz " became the first ship in the class to receive the Mk 41 VLS installation . The " short hull " ex - " Perry " class frigates that are currently being operated by the Turkish Navy were modified with the ASIST landing platform system at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard , so that they can accommodate the S - 70B Seahawk helicopter .
Port Isabel Air Force Station Port Isabel Air Force Station ( ADC ID : TM - 190 ) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station . It is located north - northeast of Brownsville , Texas . It was closed in 1961 . History . Port Isabel Air Force Station came into existence as part of Phase III of the Air Defense Command Mobile Radar program . On October 20 , 1953 ADC requested a third phase of twenty - five radar sites be constructed . The 811th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron was moved to the former Port Isabel Auxiliary Naval Air Station on 1 January 1958 . It operated an AN / FPS - 3 A search radar and an AN / FPS - 6 height - finder radar at the site , 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 . The Air Force inactivated Port Isabel AFS on 1 June 1961 due to budgetary constraints . Today the site is part of the Port Isabel - Cameron County Airport .
Gold Star Lapel Button A Gold Star Lapel Button in the United States is an official decoration authorized by an Act of Congress that is issued to the direct next of kin family members of service members whom lost their lives in WWI & WWII and subsequent armed hostilities in which the Armed Forces of the United States has been engaged in . History . The Gold Star Lapel Button was established by Act of Congress , Public Law 80 - 306 , in August 1947 for the public identification of the direct next of kin of military members of the Armed Forces of the United States who lost their lives of WWI & WWII and subsequent armed hostilities of the United States . Award criteria . The issuance of the Gold Star Lapel Button for the next of kin consists the following time periods : ( 1 ) World War I , April 6 , 1917 to March 3 , 1921 ; ( 2 ) World War II , September 8 , 1939 to July 25 , 1947 ; ( 3 ) United Nations action in Korea , June 27 , 1950 to July 27 , 1954 ) ; ( 4 ) After June 30 , 1958 ( a ) while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States ; ( b ) while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force ; ( c ) while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict in which the United States is not a belligerent party against an opposing armed force . The Department of Defense recognizes the following Operations subsequent to June 30 , 1958 One Gold Star Lapel Button will be furnished , without cost , to the widow , widower and to each of the parents ( mother , father , stepmother , stepfather , mother through adoption , father through adoption and foster parents ) , children ( step children and children through adoption ) , brothers , sisters , half brothers , and half sisters . Appearance . The Gold Star Lapel Button consists of a gold star on a purple circular background , bordered in gold and surrounded by gold laurel leaves . On the reverse is the inscription “ United States of America , Act of Congress , August 1966 ” with space for engraving the initials of the recipient .
Henry W . Butner Henry Wolfe Butner ( April 6 , 1875 – March 13 , 1937 ) was a United States Army general in World War I and onetime commanding officer of Fort Bragg ( 1928 – 29 ) . Camp Butner near Durham , NC — today the site of the town of Butner , North Carolina — was named for him . Early life . Henry Wolfe Butner was born in the Shoals community of Surry County , North Carolina on April 6 , 1875 to Francis Augustine and Sarah Wolfe Butner . He came from a family rich in military tradition , including service in both the American Revolution and the Civil War . Butner attended the Davis Military School near Winston - Salem before taking the entrance exam at West Point in June 1894 . He graduated 18th of 109 in the West Point class of 1898 . Military career . His first assignment in the Artillery took him to San Francisco , CA . He then moved to Fort Riley , KS and by 1900 was in Cuba . He returned to the US in 1901 and traveled around the country while attending Army schools . In 1909 , Butner sailed to the Philippines , spending 2 years there . Assignments , including several battery commands , took Butner across the American Southwest , and in 1916 he was ordered to Hawaii . Returning from Schofield Barracks in 1917 , Colonel Butner went to France with the 16th Field Artillery on 21 May 1918 . He participated in a number of offensive operations , was promoted to brigadier general , and took command of the 1st Field Artillery Brigade on 1 October 1918 . After World War I , Butner attended the U . S . Army War College and became Commandant of the Field Artillery School by 1923 . In 1925 he was back in the Philippines , commanding the 24th Field Artillery , Philippine Scouts . Further assignments gave Butner the opportunity for additional command time and military schooling . On 4 August 1930 he became the commander of Fort Eustis , VA . Before being promoted to major general on 1 February 1936 , Butner commanded additional units and had once again traveled across America before taking command of the Panama Canal Department . Death . Butner had a slight stroke while playing golf in December 1936 , and was sent to Walter Reed Army Hospital , where he died on 13 March 1937 .
Edward Blayney , 1st Baron Blayney Edward Blayney , 1st Baron Blayney , also Blainey or Blaney ( 1570 - 1629 ) was a Welsh soldier in Ireland . He became Baron Blayney of Monaghan in the Peerage of Ireland . After Lord Mountjoy occupied Moyry Pass in 1600 dismantling the Irish earthworks there , he marched to Mountnorris ( halfway between Newry and Armagh ) where he built an earthwork fort and left a garrison of 400 men under the command of Blayney , then a captain . As the governor of Monaghan Blayney was granted land at Ballynalurgan and Muckno on the shore of Lough Muckno . He built Castle Blayney castle , around which the town of Castleblayney has grown , and was created Baron Blayney of Monaghan on 29 July 1621 . He died on 11 February 1629 . He had married Anne , a daughter of Adam Loftus , as her third husband . and was succeeded by his son Henry .
USS Monticello ( 1859 ) The first USS " Monticello was a wooden screw - steamer in the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was named for the home of Thomas Jefferson . She was briefly named Star " in May 1861 . " Monticello " was built at Mystic , Connecticut , in 1859 ; chartered by the Navy in May 1861 ; and purchased on 12 September 1861 at New York from H . P . Cromwell & Company , for service in the Atlantic Blockading Squadron , Captain Henry Eagle in command . Service history . " Monticello " was renamed " Star " on 3 May 1861 , but resumed her original name on 23 May . Seeing immediate action , " Monticello " relieved in blockading the James River and preventing communication with the Elizabeth River on 2 May , then relieved at Cape Henry on the 8th . She engaged the batteries at Sewell ' s Point from 10 – 14 May , then continued blockade duty until steaming up the Rappahannock to Smith ' s Island on 24 June . Operating with the Army on the James River above Newport News , Virginia on 5 July , she dispersed a body of Confederate cavalry . Often engaging Confederate batteries through the remainder of 1861 , she was in the squadron that captured the batteries at Hatteras Inlet on 28 – 29 August in the first significant Union victory , one which greatly encouraged the North . She drove off Confederates attacking Union soldiers in that area on 5 October . Departing Baltimore , Maryland on 25 March 1862 for the blockade of Wilmington , North Carolina , " Monticello " sent a boat party to the expedition up Little River on 26 June that destroyed two schooner s . She engaged the batteries at New Inlet on 12 July , and took British schooner " Revere " off Wilmington on 11 October 1862 . After relieving on blockade at Shallow Inlet on 15 November , " Monticello " destroyed British schooners " Ariel " and " Ann " there the 24th . " Monticello " operated around Little River through 1863 , taking British schooner " Sun " on 30 March , and steamer " Old Fellow " on 15 April . She joined the expedition to Murrell ' s Inlet on 25 April , and shelled a schooner there on 12 May with . In November , she destroyed salt works near Little River Inlet . Returning to the Wilmington blockade in January 1864 , she joined in the expedition to Smithville North Carolina ( now the town of Southport ) on 29 February , capturing Captain Patrick Kelly of General Louis Hebert ’ s staff . In July , she joined in the chase after , and on 24 August attacked Confederate batteries at Masonboro Inlet . " Monticello " participated in the attacks on Fort Fisher on 24 – 25 December and on 13 – 14 January 1865 . She took the surrender of Fort Casswell on 18 – 19 January , then participated in the Little River expedition of 4 – 6 February . After the war , " Monticello " decommissioned on 24 July 1865 at Portsmouth , New Hampshire , and was sold at public auction at Boston , Massachusetts to W . H . Lincoln on 1 November . Redocumented for merchant service on 25 July 1866 , she served American commerce until foundering off Newfoundland on 29 April 1872 .
USS Catskill ( 1862 ) USS " Catskill " ( 1862 ) was a monitor built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War . She continued to serve the Navy after the war ’ s end until decommissioned in 1898 after the end of the Spanish - American War . Built in Greenpoint , New York , in 1862 . USS " Catskill " — a single - turret ed " Passaic " - class monitor — was launched on 16 December 1862 by Continental Iron Works , Greenpoint , N . Y . ; outfitted at New York Navy Yard ; commissioned on 24 February 1863 , Commander George Washington Rodgers in command ; and reported to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron . Civil War Operations . Assigned to the South Atlantic blockade . " Catskill " reported for duty at Port Royal , S . C . on 5 March 1863 , and for the remainder of the war operated off Charleston , S . C . . " Catskill " was damaged by Confederate gunfire during the 7 April attack on Fort Sumter that demonstrated both the strengths of well - defended fortifications and the limitations of monitor - type ironclad s . That began the lengthy series of operations against the strongly fortified and stoutly defended harbor . From July – September 1863 , " Catskill " repeatedly took part in attacks on the batteries and forts protecting Charleston from the sea . Rodgers was killed in action on 17 August , while directing the fire of his ship against Charleston ' s forts . The ship was hit by Confederate gunfire on several occasions , but skillful work by her crew — now under the command of Lieutenant Commander Edward Barrett — returned her to action without returning for repairs . " Catskill " destroyed the grounded blockade runner " Prince Albert " off Fort Moultrie on 9 August 1864 . When Charleston was evacuated on 18 February 1865 , she boarded and took possession of the grounded blockade runner , " Deer " , and later in that day raised the flag over another grounded steamer , " Celt " . Post - Civil War service . Relieved from duty , " Catskill " cleared Charleston on 13 July , and sailed to the Philadelphia Navy Yard , where she was decommissioned on 26 July . Here she remained in ordinary until 1873 . During that time , she was briefly renamed Goliath ( 15 June – 10 August 1869 ) . Repaired at New York during 1874 and 1875 , " Catskill " joined the North Atlantic Squadron , with whom she cruised along the northeast coast from 4 March 1876 – 5 November 1877 . From 1878 to 1895 , " Catskill " was in ordinary at various anchorages in Virginia , and from 1895 to 1898 in ordinary at Philadelphia ' s League Island Navy Yard . Spanish - American War service . Upon the outbreak of the Spanish - American War , " Catskill " was recommissioned for patrol duty in New England waters . This lasted from 16 April - 22 September 1898 , after which " Catskill " returned to League Island until sold on 4 December 1901 .
Kosmos 1223 Kosmos 1223 ( meaning " Cosmos 1223 " ) was a Soviet US - K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1980 as part of the Soviet military ' s Oko programme . The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . Kosmos 1223 was launched from Site 41 / 1 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR . A Molniya - M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch , which took place at 21 : 37 UTC on 27 November 1980 . The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 1980 - 095A . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 12078 .
USS Saffron ( 1863 ) USS " Saffron " ( 1863 ) was a small ( 73 - ton ) steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the beginning of the American Civil War . She served the Union Navy during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America in a variety of ways : as a tugboat , river clearance vessel , and as a minesweeper responsible for clearing " torpedoes " ( mines ) placed in the water by Confederates . Built in New Jersey in 1863 . " John T . Jenkins " , a wooden - hulled screw tug built in 1863 at New Brunswick , New Jersey , was purchased by the Union Navy on 8 December 1864 at Perth Amboy , New Jersey ; renamed " Saffron " ; and commissioned within the following week , Act . Vol . Lt . Henry M . Pishon in command . Civil War service . Assigned to the North Atlantic blockade . The tug was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and was serving at Hampton Roads , Virginia , by 15 December 1864 . " Saffron " operated there and up the James River supporting Union Army forces during the final months of General Ulysses S . Grant ' s Richmond , Virginia , campaign . On 3 April 1865 , soon after Union forces learned that General Robert E . Lee had evacuated Richmond , " Saffron " joined a group of other Union ships in clearing obstructions and torpedoes from the channel leading to the fallen city . Their rapid and efficient work enabled President Abraham Lincoln to proceed safely up stream the next day to the newly captured Confederate capital . There , throngs of rejoicing former slaves greeted the President as he walked to the Confederate executive mansion . After clearing the river to Richmond , " Saffron " helped to tow a captured Confederate ram , Texas , down stream . The tug then continued to operate in the James River , clearing torpedoes and obstructions from that important waterway , until late in May . Her squadron ' s report of 1 June tells that " Saffron " either had recently sailed or was about to sail north . End - of - war deactivation . No record of her decommissioning has been found , but it is certain that the ship was sold at New York City to a D . Townsend on 25 October 1865 . The tug was redocumented as " Clifton " on 17 February 1866 and remained in merchant service until she was lost under unknown circumstances in 1885 .