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HMS Tickler ( 1798 ) HMS " Tickler " was a gunvessel purchased in Honduras for local use . She was a sloop armed with one 18 - pounder gun and had a crew of 25 men . Like , she was under the command of a merchant captain , in " Tickler " s case a Mr . Hosmer , who brought with him some of his crew . She served in defense of the British colonists at Honduras and participated in the repulse of the Spanish expedition at the Battle of St . George ' s Caye in September 1798 . She was still listed in 1800 and her ultimate disposition is unknown . It is arguable that she deserves the designation " HMS " as " Tickler " was never commissioned into the Royal Navy , and her officers and crew were civilians , whereas in the case of hired armed vessels , the Navy provided the captain .
USS Patapsco ( 1862 ) USS " Patapsco " ( 1862 ) was a " Passaic " - class ironclad monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War . She was named for the Patapsco River in Maryland . Built in Wilmington , Delaware . " Patapsco " was the fourth U . S . Navy ship to bear that name . She was built by Harlan & Hollingsworth , Wilmington , Delaware ; launched on 27 September 1862 ; and commissioned on 2 January 1863 , Commander Daniel Ammen in command . Civil War service . Assigned to the South Atlantic blockade . Assigned to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron , she took part in a bombardment of Fort McAllister on 3 March . On 7 April , " Patapsco " joined eight other ironclads in a vigorous attack on Fort Sumter , and received 47 hits from Confederate gunfire during that day . Beginning in mid - July , she began her participation in a lengthy bombardment campaign against Charleston ' s defending fortifications . This led to the capture of Fort Wagner in early September . Fort Sumter was reduced to a pile of rubble , but remained a formidable opponent . In November 1863 , " Patapsco " tested a large obstruction - clearing explosive device that had been devised by John Ericsson . Remaining off South Carolina and Georgia during much of 1864 and into 1865 , the monitor — or her boat crews — took part in a reconnaissance of the Wilmington River , Georgia , in January 1864 and helped capture or destroy enemy sailing vessels in February and November of that year . Sunk by a mine . On 14 January 1865 , while participating in obstruction clearance operations in Charleston Harbor , " Patapsco " struck a Confederate mine and sank , with heavy loss of life .
Nelson H . Davis Nelson H . Davis was a career soldier in the United States Army . Graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1845 , he served in the Mexican - American War , the American Civil War and in actions against the Apache people in New Mexico . His service in the Civil War began as a colonel commanding the 7th Massachusetts . However , after a few months , he was transferred as a major to a staff position within the Army of the Potomac . In this capacity , he caught the attention of Maj . Gen . George B . McClellan , who eventually assigned Davis to duty with his headquarters staff . On July 10 , 1868 , President Andrew Johnson nominated Davis for the award of the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general , U . S . A . , Regular Army , to rank from March 13 , 1865 , for meritorious and efficient services during the war , and the U . S . Senate confirmed the award on July 28 , 1868 . Nelson H . Davis retired from the army as a brigadier general in 1885 . He died at Governor ' s Island , New York , on May 15 , 1890 .
Castore - class gunboat The Italian Castore " - class gunboats , Castore and Polluce " , were a class of two Rendel gunboats , designed and built by Sir W G Armstrong Mitchell & Co . ' s Elswick Works in the late 1880s to a contract by the Italian War Ministry . Designed by Philip Watts and Herbert Rowell , and constructed in Elswick ' s Tyneside yard in the United Kingdom , the two gunboats were dissassembled and shipped to Italy for reassembly in the Armstrong facility at Pozzuoli , proving to be the only ships constructed there after the Italian government cancelled the shipyard project . It is uncertain whether the vessels were designed as testbeds for heavy guns , or were intended from the outset as operational gunboats . Design . Both vessels were laid down in the Elswick yard on 22 February 1887 . Built to a design calling for a length of and a beam of , giving them a length to beam ratio of 3 . 1 : 1 , they displaced under normal conditions , and were powered by two steam engines , driving a pair of propellers that gave a speed of around . As constructed , both vessels were armed with a single , massive Krupp , 32 - caliber cannon mounted on the stern , that could be elevated to an angle of 13 degrees , firing a shell . " Castore " . " Castore " was launched in September 1888 , and conducted her trials in 1889 at Pozzuoli . She had her heavy gun removed in 1889 , and was commissioned into the Italian Navy on 18 July 1891 as a gunboat . Rearmed with a single gun , she served until 1899 when she was disarmed and reclassified as a barge . In 1904 , she was reclassified again as a minelayer , and served in that role until late 1915 when she was designated as a torpedo testing craft . After serving in this role throughout the First World War , she was stricken and discarded on 8 October 1925 . " Polluce " . " Polluce " was launched in October 1888 , and conducted her trials in 1889 at Pozzuoli . She was commissioned into the Italian Navy on 18 July 1891 along with her sister vessel , but retained her heavy gun until 1899 , when she was rearmed with a single gun . She saw no action in her time serving the Regia Marina , and in 1911 , she was stricken and discarded .
Detroit Air Defense Sector The Detroit Air Defense Sector ( DADS ) is an inactive United States Air Force organization . Its last assignment was with the Air Defense Command ( ADC ) 26th Air Division at Custer Air Force Station ( AFS ) , Michigan . It was inactivated on 1 April 1966 . History . DADS was originally designated as the 4627th Air Defense Wing , but was redesignated before being organized in January 1957 at Custer AFS , Michigan . It became operational in September 1958 , but did not assume control of former ADC Central Air Defense Force units with a mission to provide air defense of lower Michigan , northeast Indiana , and most of Ohio until 1959 . The organization provided command and control over several aircraft , missile and radar squadrons . On 1 September 1959 the new Semi Automatic Ground Environment ( SAGE ) Direction Center ( DC - 06 ) and Combat Center ( CC - 01 ) became operational . DC - 06 was equipped with dual AN / FSQ - 7 Computer s . The day - to - day operations of the command were to train and maintain tactical units flying jet interceptor aircraft ( F - 86 Sabre , F - 89 Scorpion , F - 101 Voodoo , F - 102 Delta Dagger , F - 104 Starfighter , F - 106 Delta Dart ) and operating interceptor missiles ( CIM - 10 Bomarc ) and radar squadrons in a state of readiness with training missions and series of exercises with Strategic Air Command and other units simulating interceptions of incoming enemy aircraft . The Sector was inactivated 1 April 1966 as part of ADC reorganization and consolidation and replaced at Custer AFS by the 34th Air Division . Most of its units were reassigned to 34th or the 29th Air Division .
William Buckingham William Buckingham VC ( February 1886 – 15 September 1916 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Background . Buckingham was born in Leicester . He spent his childhood in the care of the local county council . Military career . Buckingham joined the 2nd Battalion of The Leicestershire Regiment in 1901 , at the age of 15 , and served in Egypt and India . The 2nd Battalion , was posted to France during the First World War . He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 10 and 12 March 1915 at Neuve Chapelle during which he was wounded in the chest . The citation reads as follows : He was killed in Thiepval on 15 September 1916 , during the later stages of the Battle of the Somme . Medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Leicestershire Regiment Museum Collection in the Newarke Houses Museum , Leicester , England .
Martin Hunt Martin Hunt ( September 14 , 1872 – July 22 , 1938 ) was an American Private serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery . Biography . Hunt was born September 14 , 1872 in the County of Mayo , Ireland and enlisted into the marine corps from Boston , Massachusetts on August 27 , 1896 . After entering the Marine Corps he was sent to fight in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion . He received his Medal for his actions in Peking , China from June 20 - July 16 , 1900 . The Medal was presented to him July 19 , 1901 . He was discharged from the marine corps on August 26 , 1901 , and lived in the Philippines until his death on July 22 , 1938 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Private , U . S . Marine Corps . Born : 9 July 1873 , County of Mayo , Ireland . Accredited to : Massachusetts . G . O . No . : 55 , 19 July 1901 . Citation : In the presence of the enemy during the battle of Peking , China , 20 June to 16 July 1900 , Hunt distinguished himself by meritorious conduct .
Taara Army Base The Taara Army Base ( ) is a military installation of the Estonian Defence Forces located in Võru , in South Estonia . History . The Taara military facilities were built between 1926 to 1928 . Structure . The Taara Army Base accommodates the following units :
William Ellis ( Medal of Honor ) William Ellis ( 1834 - February 1 , 1875 ) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . He received the Medal of Honor . Ellis was born in England in 1834 but his official residence when he received his Medal of Honor was listed as Watertown , Wisconsin . His name was misspelled as " William Elise " on his Medal of Honor citation . He died February 1 , 1875 in San Bernardino County , California . Medal of Honor citation . His award citation reads : For extraordinary heroism on 14 January 1865 , while serving with Company K , 3d Wisconsin Cavalry , in action at Dardanelles , Arkansas . First Sergeant Ellis remained at his post after receiving three wounds , and only retired , by his commanding officer ' s orders , after being wounded the fourth time .
Willem Ter Braak Jan Willem ( or Wilhelm ) Ter Braak ( originally Engelbertus Fukken ) ( c . 1914 – c . 29 March 1941 ) was a Dutch espionage agent working for Germany who operated for five months in the United Kingdom . Although his active period was short , Ter Braak is believed to have been the German agent who was at large for the longest time in Britain during the Second World War . When he ran out of money , Ter Braak committed suicide in a public air raid shelter . Arrival . Ter Braak arrived by parachute on the night of 2 – 3 November 1940 , landing near Haversham in Buckinghamshire . His parachute was discovered the next day but Ter Braak was not found . He had in fact made his way to Cambridge where he arrived on 4 November . He found lodgings with a landlord and landlady who accepted his story of having come from Holland during the Dunkirk evacuation , and claimed to be working with Free Dutch forces in London on a Dutch newspaper . Activities . As an alien from an occupied country , Ter Braak ' s residence should have been registered with the police , but he did not do so . His landlord did tip the Aliens Officer off that a Dutch national was living with him , but the police did not follow up and speak to him , saying that they were sure he would register before long . He spent most of the day out of the house but never spent a night away , and supported himself from a large amount of cash which he had brought with him and which included United States Dollars . Suspicion . In January 1941 , Ter Braak was contacted by the Food Office about his ration card , which its records showed had been issued to someone else . This was because the card had been supplied by the Abwehr using numbers given by the double agent SNOW ( Arthur Owens ) . Ter Braak evidently suspected that he would be detected , and told his landlady that he had to leave for London ; in fact , he obtained a new set of lodgings again in Cambridge . Suicide . By March , Ter Braak ' s money was running out and he had to change the dollar bills through a fellow lodger who worked at a bank . At the end of the month he no longer had the money to pay his landlady . On 29 March he deposited a large case in the left luggage office at Cambridge station , and went to the air raid shelter where he committed suicide using an Abwehr - issue pistol . His body was not found until 1 April ; the possessions found on him included a forged identity card also carrying numbers issued by SNOW which had obvious errors , a Dutch passport without an immigration stamp , and 1 / 9d in cash . The case at the station was found to contain a radio transmitter . Ter Braak ' s story was suppressed at the time . An inquest was held " in camera " ; its findings were released , along with other information about him , on 9 September 1945 .
Fieseler Fi 157 The Fieseler Fi 157 was an unsuccessful attempt at developing a radio - controlled , full - sized anti - aircraft target . Development . In 1937 , the Reichsluftfahrtministerium ( RLM ) contracted Fieseler to produce a radio controlled anti - aircraft target drone . The resulting Fi 157 was a low - wing monoplane of entirely wooden construction and was carried beneath a bomber before being released . All three prototypes crashed during testing ; a single example of a manned version , designated Fi 158 , was built to investigate remote guidance .
Rispain Camp Rispain Camp is the remains of a fortified farmstead 1 mile west of Whithorn , Dumfries and Galloway , Scotland . It is one of the major Iron Age archaeological sites in Scotland . Today it consists of two broad earth banks separated by a ditch , originally almost six metres deep surrounding an enclosure of almost half a hectare . Its defences are so well preserved that until the mid - 1970s archaeologists believed the site to be either a Roman fort or mediaeval farmstead . However excavations in the early 1980s provided evidence that it was inhabited between the 100 BC and 200 AD by local Celtic farmers . Radiocarbon dating has provided evidence that the site was definitely occupied around 60 BC . The name Rispain may derive from a local equivalent of the Old Welsh word " rhwospen " meaning ' the chief of the cultivated country ' , a name certainly appropriate to as prestigious a farm as this . Excavation revealed traces of a timber gateway to the north east , which would probably have been connected to a timber stockade running along the top of the inner rampart . There was also evidence of large timber roundhouse s inside the enclosure , one of which is thirteen and a half metres in diameter . In the ditch ' s south eastern corner excavation uncovered a square pit , possibly a cistern . Cattle , sheep and pigs were kept and hunting in the surrounding countryside provided venison . Barley and wheat may not just have been used as foodstuffs but also , in the case of barley , used in the brewing of alcohol . The property is in the care of Historic Scotland . Access is through a farm off the B7021 Port William road .
Polish 114th Fighter Escadrille The 114th Fighter Escadrille of the Polish Air Force ( Polish : " 114 . Eskadra Myśliwska " ) was one of the fighter units of the Polish Army at the beginning of the WW2 . Crew and equipment . On 1 September 1939 the escadrille had 10 planes : 6 PZL P . 11c and 4 PZL P . 11a . The commanding officer was kpt . pil . Juliusz Frey and his deputy was Jerzy Szałowski pilots :
Convoy PQ 12 Convoy PQ 12 was an Arctic convoy sent from Great Britain by the Western Allies to aid the Soviet Union during World War II . It sailed in March 1942 , reaching Murmansk despite a sortie against it by the German battleship Tirpitz . All ships arrived safely . Ships . PQ 12 consisted of 16 ships under the command of Commodore HT Hudson . The close escort comprised the minesweeper " Gossamer " and five whalers . These were joined on 5 March by the Ocean Escort of two destroyers , " Oribi " , commanded by Cdr JEH McBeath who took over as SOE , and " Offa " , supported by the cruiser " Kenya " . Distant cover was provided by Two Heavy Cover forces ; one comprising the battleship " Duke of York " ( V . Adm . ATB Curteis commanding ) , the battlecruiser " Renown " , and six destroyers , sailing from Reykjavik , and another led by Adm . J Tovey comprising the battleship " King George V " , the carrier , the cruiser " Berwick " and six destroyers , sailing from Scapa Flow . Action . PQ 12 sailed from Reykjavik on 1 March 1942 with its Close escort . It was joined on 5 March by the Ocean escort , and on 6 March by the cruiser " Kenya " . Also at sea were the Heavy Cover Forces , V . Adm . Curteis from Reykjavik sailing on 3 March and Adm . Tovey from Scapa Flow on the 4th . On 5 March the convoy was sighted by a German reconnaissance aircraft , and on 6 March , after obtaining permission from Hitler to do so , " Tirpitz " sortied from Trondheim with three destroyers as escort . This was Operation Sportpalast , and was intended to find and destroy both PQ 12 and its reciprocal , QP 8 , which was also at sea . Shortly after sailing " Tirpitz " was sighted by the patrolling submarine " Seawolf " , and the Heavy Cover Forces , now joined together , sought to bring " Tirpitz " to action . Over the next two days these groups of ships manoeuvered around each other , without coming into contact , though on two occasions they were just 60 miles apart . " Tirpitz " had no success , though her destroyers encounterd one straggler from QP 8 , the freighter " Ijora " , and sank her . Finally on 9 March as " Tirpitz " headed for home , she was sighted by aircraft from " Victorious " and attacked , though also without success . PQ 12 arrived at Murmansk on 12 March . No ships were lost , though the escort suffered one whaler lost , " Shera " , capsized by ice buildup , and one destroyer , " Oribi " , damaged by pack ice . On 24 March the Lancaster Castle was dive bombed alongside the quay in Murmansk . Eight men were killed . It was towed out and moored in the river . The crew continued to live on board . A few days later it was dive bombed again and received five direct hits . There were no casualties but the crew moved to shore .
Japanese submarine I - 201 The Japanese submarine I - 201 was a World War II , diesel - powered submarine . It was captured at the end of the war by American forces . After examination of its design , it was sunk off Oahu in 1946 . It was discovered in 2009 by the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory . The submarine was one of the fastest diesel submarines launched . It had a rubber coating that was intended to make it less detectable by sonar or radar . The submarine featured retractable bow planes and deck guns coupled with a sleek designed conning tower . These features enabled the sub to reach a top speed of just over 20 knots while submerged . She also was capable of being submerged for 30 days at a time before needing to resurface making her a formidable foe .
Sweden in the Korean War The Swedish Red Cross Field Hospital was the name given to the Swedish mission sent to Korea to deal with the humanitarian situation created by the Korean War , 1950 - 3 . Following the temporary resolution of the war in 1953 , Sweden was heavily involved in maintaining the armistice through its position in the Neutral Nations ' Supervisory Committee . Swedish Red Cross Field Hospital . Following the North Korean invasion of the South , the UN Security Council adopted a resolution asking all U . N . member states to support South Korea . The Swedish government responded on July 14 , 1950 by authorizing the dispatch of a 200 - bed mobile field hospital . Shortly before his resignation , King Gustaf V annonced that the Swedish state would cover the Hospital ' s expenses . The Swedish Hospital arrived in Korea on September 23 , 1950 . Deciding that a 400 - bed ( stationary ) Evacuation Hospital would be more valuable than a smaller but more mobile Field Hospital , the Swedish Hospital was converted and moved to the compound of the " Commercial Middle School " in Pusan where it remained until 1958 . Containing 400 beds throughout much of the duration of the conflict , the hospital was expanded to 600 beds by the end of the war , staffed by 174 Swedish doctors and nurses at any one time , all belonging to the Swedish Red Cross . After the ceasefire in 1953 , the Swedish hospital stayed comparatively unchanged as a civilian hospital until it was closed in April 1957 . A small advisory group from Sweden stayed in Korea to advise on medical practices ( known as the ' Scandinavian training hospital " ) until Autumn 1958 . Over the duration of the conflict 1 , 124 Swedish men and women served in the Swedish hospital and 19 , 100 United Nations personnel and 2 , 400 Korean personnel were treated by Swedish doctors . Neutral Nations ' Supervisory Commission . Because of Sweden ' s reputation for neturality during the major 20th century conflicts ( First World , Second World and Korean War s ) , Sweden was included as one of the four founding members of the Neutral Nations ' Supervisory Commission ( NNSC ) and several Swedish military personnel served in Korea enforcing the Panmunjom armistice .
Flags of Our Fathers Flags of Our Fathers ( 2000 ) is a " New York Times " bestselling book by James Bradley with Ron Powers about the five United States Marines and one United States Navy Corpsman who would eventually be made famous by Joe Rosenthal ' s lauded photograph of the flag raising at Iwo Jima , one of the costliest and most horrifying battles of World War II ' s Pacific Theater . The flag raisers included John Bradley ( a Navy corpsman , and the author ' s father ) , Rene Gagnon , Ira Hayes , Mike Strank , Harlon Block , and Franklin Sousley ; the latter three men died later in the battle . Strank was a Sergeant who refused several promotions during the battle in order to " Bring his boys back to their mothers . " Block was a Corporal who reported to Strank , and the rest were Privates in the Marines , except for John Bradley , a Navy Corpsman who administered first aid to Easy Company of 2d Battalion , 28th Marines , 5th Marine Division , the company to which all the flag raisers were assigned . The book , published in May 2000 by Bantam Books , a division of Random House , spent 46 weeks on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list , spending six weeks at number one . Shortly after the book ' s publication , Steven Spielberg acquired the option on the film rights for DreamWorks Pictures . The book follows the lives of the six flag - raisers through their early lives of innocence , military training , fierce combat and afterward , when they were sent on tours to raise money for war bond s . The film adaptation " Flags of Our Fathers " , which opened in the U . S . on October 20 , 2006 , was directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by Steven Spielberg , with a screenplay written by William Broyles , Jr . and Paul Haggis .
Josef Schreiber Josef Schreiber ( 24 December 1919 – missing as of 1 February 1945 ) was an Oberfeldwebel in the Wehrmacht 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 .