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Francis Octavius Grenfell Francis Octavius Grenfell , VC ( 4 September 1880 – 24 May 1915 ) 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 . Biography . He was born on 4 September 1880 to Sophia and Pascoe Du Pré Grenfell . He was one of fifteen children . He had a twin brother , Riversdale Grenfell , also in the 9th Lancers , who was killed in action in September 1914 . Their maternal grandfather was Admiral John Pascoe Grenfell and other relatives included their uncle , Field Marshal Francis Grenfell , 1st Baron Grenfell . An older brother , Lieutenant Robert Septimus Grenfell , 21st ( Empress of India ' s ) Lancers , was killed in a cavalry charge during the Battle of Omdurman in 1898 . Three other brothers , Cecil Grenfell , Howard Maxwell Grenfell and Arthur Morton Grenfell all reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army . A cousin , Lieutenant Claude George Grenfell ( Thorneycroft ' s Mounted Infantry ) was killed at Spion Kop during the Boer War and two other cousins Julian Grenfell , the poet , and his brother , Gerald William Grenfell , were killed in the First World War . An Etonian who represented his school at cricket , Grenfell joined the army in 1899 and first served in the Second Boer War in the King ' s Royal Rifle Corps . Victoria Cross . Grenfell was 33 years old , and a Captain in the 9th ( Queen ' s Royal ) Lancers , British Army during the First World War when the following deed during the Action of Elouges took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 24 August 1914 at Audregnies , Belgium , Captain Grenfell rode with the regiment in a charge against a large body of unbroken German infantry . The casualties were very heavy and the captain was left as the senior officer . He was rallying part of the regiment behind a railway embankment when he was twice hit and severely wounded . In spite of his injuries , however , when asked for help in saving the guns , by Major Ernest Wright Alexander of the 119th Battery , Royal Field Artillery , he and some volunteers , under a hail of bullets , helped to manhandle and push the guns out of range of enemy fire . The citation was gazetted on 16 September 1914 and read : He was killed in action on 24 May 1915 and is buried in the Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery . Legacy . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of the 9th / 12th Royal Lancers housed in Derby Museum and Art Gallery , Derby , England . Polo . All nine of the Grenfell brothers were accomplished polo players . Francis and his brother Riversdale Grenfell were regarded as the best in the family . Francis was rated at an 8 goal handicap . The twin brothers were on the Ranelagh team that won the American Open and on the team Freebooters , alongside Leopold Christian Duncan Jenner and the Duke of Roxburghe , that won the Hurlingham Champion Cup .
Oryol Prison The Oryol Prison has been a prison in Oryol since the 19th century . It was a notable place of incarceration for political prisoners and war prisoners of the Second World War . The building of prison , built in 1840 , is one of the oldest buildings in the city of Oryol . In 1941 , the Orel isolation prison contained some five thousand political prisoners . On 11 September 1941 , just weeks before the occupation by German troops , by personal order of Joseph Stalin , 157 political prisoners incarcerated here were executed just outside Oryol , in the Medvedev Forest massacre . During the occupation by the Nazi Germany ( since October 1941 to June 1943 ) here was established a concentration camp . After the Second World War , the Soviet authorities used it as a concentration camp for prisoners of war , among them being Dietrich von Saucken . Prisoners of war ( from Germany , Hungary , Romania ) were exterminated by starvation , shooting , exposure , and poisoning . A former prisoner , Latkovska - Wojtuskiewicz , described the scene at Easter in 1951 as “ a veritable hell : the room was full of people , half - naked women languished and we , the new arrivals , wallowed on filthy straw , from which rose a stinking dust which choked one ’ s breath . We were so hoarse we could neither breathe nor speak . ” Bibliography .
Waldo P . Johnson Waldo Porter Johnson ( September 16 , 1817August 14 , 1885 ) was a United States Senator from Missouri , and later a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War . Born in Bridgeport , Virginia , he attended public and private schools , graduated from Rector College ( Pruntytown , Virginia ) in 1839 . He studied law and was admitted to the bar , commencing practice in Harrison County , Virginia in 1841 . He moved to Osceola , Missouri in 1842 and continued the practice of law , and served in the Mexican - American War as a member of the First Missouri Regiment of Mounted Volunteers . In 1847 he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives and was elected circuit attorney in 1848 and judge of the seventh judicial circuit in 1851 . He resigned in 1852 and resumed the practice of law . Johnson was a member of the peace convention of 1861 held in Washington , D . C . , in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war ; he was elected as a Democrat to the U . S . Senate and served from March 17 , 1861 , to January 10 , 1862 , when he was expelled from the Senate for disloyalty to the government . He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Missouri Infantry , and was appointed a member of the Senate of the Confederate States to fill a vacancy . From August 1865 to April 1866 , Johnson resided in Hamilton , Canada . He returned to Osceola and resumed the practice of his profession . Johnson was president of the State constitutional convention in 1875 and in 1885 died in Osceola . Interment was in Forest Hill Cemetery , Kansas City , Missouri . Waldo Johnson was a nephew of Joseph Johnson , a U . S . Representative and Governor of Virginia .
USS Alexandria ( PF - 18 ) USS " Alexandria " ( PF - 18 ) , originally classified PG - 126 , a " Tacoma " - class frigate , was the second ship of the United States Navy to hold that name , but it was the first to be named for the city of Alexandria , Virginia . The second " Alexandria " ( PF - 18 ) was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract ( MC hull 1848 ) on 23 June 1943 at the American Ship Building Company in Lorain , Ohio ; launched on 15 January 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . J . Leslie Hall ; and towed down the Mississippi River to New Orleans , Louisiana , where she was fitted out and then commissioned on 11 March 1945 , with Lieutenant Commander C . G . Houtsma , USCG , in command . Service history . " Alexandria " conducted shakedown and anti - submarine warfare ( ASW ) training out of Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , in late March and early April . She concluded shakedown on 19 April and put into the Norfolk Navy Yard on the 22nd to begin post - shakedown availability . Her repairs were finished on 4 May , and three days later , the war in Europe ended . The latter event obviated the primary mission for which she had been constructed , prosecution of the Battle of the Atlantic against German U - boat s . Thus , when she reported for duty with the Commander , Destroyers , Atlantic Fleet , on 15 May , the patrol frigate received an alternative assignment as a weather ship . After receiving modifications at the Charleston Navy Yard , she began weather patrol duty off the Newfoundland coast late in June 1945 . That duty , broken only by a visit to Alexandria , Virginia , in late October and early November , lasted until February 1946 when the ship was declared surplus to the needs of the Navy . She arrived at the Boston Naval Shipyard on 12 February and remained there just under one month . On 12 March , " Alexandria " arrived in Norfolk , Virginia , where she was decommissioned on 10 April 1946 . Her name was struck from the Navy list on 21 May 1946 . On 18 April 1947 , the former patrol frigate was sold to the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company of Chester , Pennsylvania , for scrapping .
RAAF Base Mallala RAAF Base Mallala was a Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) base at Mallala , South Australia . History . The base was built in 1941 as the home of No . 6 Service Flying Training School ( No . 6 SFTS ) during World War II . The SFTS provided advanced training for RAAF pilots , including fighter and multi - engine aircraft . Following the cessation of hostilities , RAAF Base Mallala was a temporary base for flight test and transport support for the joint UK - Australian Weapons Research Establishment at Woomera . When RAAF Base Edinburgh opened in 1954 , operations at Mallala wound down until the base closed in May 1960 . The site has been extensively modified and is now the Mallala Motor Sport Park . < br >
CCGS W . E . Ricker The CCGS " W . E . Ricker " is a Canadian Coast Guard offshore fisheries research vessel . The vessel was built in 1978 by Narasaki Senpakukogyo Limited of Muroran Hokkaido , Japan . . She previously sailed as the " Callistratus " . The ship sails with seven officers and a crew of 12 . The vessel has served on joint scientific voyages with US scientists . She is currently serving in the Pacific . Her home port is at the Pacific Biological Station Nanaimo B . C . On March 22 , 2006 , the W . E . Ricker was one of the ships that responded to the sinking of the BC Ferry " Queen of the North " in which 99 people were rescued , unfortunately 2 lives were lost . It was named after the fisheries scientist , editor , taxonomist , and naturalist W . E . ( Bill ) Ricker . She was built in 1978 In September 2009 the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced invitations for contracts to replace several of the Coast Guards research vessels , including the " W . E . Ricker " . Her replacement will be larger , 67 metres in Length . She will be staffed by a crew of 25 , and will be able to carry an additional staff of 18 scientists . She is scheduled to be completed in 2011 . CGS Base Patricia Bay . Most ships at this base are research vessels including :
Newport Barracks , North Carolina Newport Barracks , North Carolina were located near the town of Shepherdsville ( now Newport , North Carolina ) , near the site of an early defensive fortification built in the 1830s . The camp was near the tracks of the Atlantic and Coastal Railroad and paralleled a creek that led to the Newport River ( which in turn leads to Beaufort Inlet ) . The camp was heavily fortified by occupying Union forces based in New Bern following the Battle of New Bern on March 14 , 1862 , and was guarded by Fort Benjamin , a small earthwork defensive structure with 6 - and 12 - pound cannon armament . Primary occupants of the site were infantry and artillery units from Massachusetts , Connecticut and Rhode Island . The site was overrun by Confederate forces in 1863 and briefly held . As of 2006 , no remains are visible and the site is adjacent to a strawberry farm and electrical power substation . A historical marker is located on Old U . S . 70 before the bridge as a traveler enters the town of Newport from the east .
Dayton National Cemetery Dayton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Dayton in Montgomery County , Ohio . It encompasses and as of September 30 , 2008 , had 44 , 175 interments . History . The cemetery was established in 1867 as a place to inter veterans who died while under the care of the Central Branch of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and Seamen , located in Dayton . The first interment , of Civil War veteran Cornelius Solly , was on September 11 , 1867 . The National Asylum became part of the newly formed Department of Veterans Affairs in 1930 and evolved into today ' s Dayton VA Medical Center . The cemetery was administered as part of the medical center until 1973 , when it was transferred to the National Cemetery Administration . It has the remains of veterans from every major conflict the United States has been involved in dating back to the American Revolutionary War .
Henry Wills ( Medal of Honor ) Henry Wills ( born 1842 , date of death unknown ) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military ' s highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States . Born in Gracon , Virginia , in 1842 , Wills was living in St . Louis , Missouri , when he joined the Army . He served as a Private in Company C of the 8th Cavalry Regiment . He was cited for providing " [ s ] ervices against hostile Indians " near Fort Selden , New Mexico , from July 8 , to July 11 , 1873 , and was awarded the Medal of Honor two years later , on August 12 , 1875 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Private , Company C , 8th U . S . Cavalry . Place and date : Near Fort Selden , N . Mex . , 8 - July 11 , 1873 . Entered service at . Pennsylvania . Birth : Gracon , Pa . Date of issue : August 12 , 1875 . Citation : Services against hostile Indians .
80th Battalion , CEF The 80th Battalion , CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War . Based in Barriefield , Ontario , the unit began recruiting in the late summer of 1915 in eastern Ontario . After sailing to England in May 1916 , the battalion was absorbed into the 51st Battalion , CEF on September 30 , 1916 . The 80th Battalion , CEF had one Officer Commanding : Lieut - Col . W . G . Ketcheson . References . Meek , John F . " Over the Top ! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War . " Orangeville , Ont . : The Author , 1971 .
Governor of Blackness Castle The Governor of Blackness Castle was a military officer who commanded the fortifications at Blackness Castle , a Scottish fortress on the Firth of Forth . Held by the Crown since 1453 , Blackness saw military use until 1912 and a brief revival during the First World War .
Georg Pausch Georg Pausch ( born about 1740 ; died in 1795 or 1796 ) was a Hessian soldier . He is noted for the journal he left describing the experiences and those of his company in Canada with Burgoyne ' s campaign . The campaign culminated in Burgoyne ' s surrender after the Battle of Saratoga . Biography . Pausch was chief of the Hesse - Hanau artillery in the Burgoyne campaign . Little is known of him after Burgoyne ' s surrender . His signature appears on the Cambridge parole , now in the Boston Public Library . In 1786 the name of Georg Pausch is entered in the official calendar of Cassel as major in the regiment of light artillery . His name disappears from the calendar in 1796 , so that it is probable he died early in that year or late in the year preceding . Journal . His journal , which was found in the late 19th century in the state library at Cassel , is among the most valuable of the accounts of the German troops in the British service during the American Revolution that have yet been discovered . It gives detailed descriptions of the difficulties that the Hessians experienced in passing through the countries on the lower Rhine and the Netherlands to the seaboard . It details the fate and fortune of Pausch and his men from 15 May 1776 , the day they left Hanau , to the close of Burgoyne ' s last battle , 7 October 1777 . The journal dwells freely on the personal experiences of its author and his men while in Canada , providing glimpses into the private lives of the Hessian soldiers . Pausch ' s account is the first of the part played by the Hesse - Hanau artillery in the Battle of Saratoga . It supplements the information in the " Military Journals of General Riedesel " on the actions of the Brunswick infantry in the same battle . Editions . The journal has been translated by William L . Stone , with an introduction by Edward J . Lowell ( Albany , 1886 ) .
Private First Class In many armed forces in the world , Private First Class ( PFC ) is a military rank held by junior enlisted persons . United States . In the United States military , recruits enter either the Marine Corps or the Army as pay grade E - 1 . United States Marine Corps . In the United States Marine Corps , the rank of Private First Class is the second lowest , just under Lance Corporal and just above Private , equivalent to NATO Grade OR - 2 , being pay grade E - 2 . It was established in 1917 to match the newly created Army rank , although it is actually one grade lower . United States Army . In the United States Army , Private First Class ( PFC ) is the third lowest enlisted rank , just above Private ( PV2 ) and below Corporal ( CPL ) or Specialist ( SPC ) . The lowest ranks are in order : Private E - 1 ( PVT ) ; Private E - 2 ( PV2 ) ; Private First Class ( PFC ) ; and Corporal ( CPL ) . PFC is equivalent to the NATO Grade OR - 3 , being pay grade E - 3 . Created in 1916 , originally the Army had no insignia identifying a Private First Class , but in 1920 one chevron was established for this grade . In 1968 , a rocker was placed below the chevron and the single chevron insignia was authorized for the lower rank of private . The single chevron distinguishes Private ( E - 2 ) from the still lower rank of Private ( E - 1 ) . Advancement to the rank of Private First Class is currently automatic after a minimum of 6 months time in service .
Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov ( Russian : Сергей Гаврилович Симонов ; 9 April 1894 – 6 May 1986 ) was a Russian weapons designer ; he is one of the fathers of the modern assault rifle . Mostly known for the Samozaryadnyi karabin sistemi Simonova ( Russian : Самозарядный карабин системы Симонова ) , 1945 ( Self - loading Carbine , Simonov ' s system , 1945 ) , or SKS carbine , he also pioneered the assault and semi - automatic rifle field in the 1920s and 1930s , mostly under the supervision of both Vladimir Fyodorov and Fedor Tokarev . His early work preceded both the M1 Garand ( of 1933 ) , and the later M1 Carbine , AK - 47 , and M16 series . Born in 1894 in Fedotov , Simonov began work in a foundry immediately after completing his elementary school studies . By the end of World War I , after completing a basic technician ' s course of instruction , he began working on a pioneering automatic rifle designed by Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov , the Federov Avtomat . After the Russian Revolution , Simonov continued further at the Moscow Polytechnic Institute , graduating in 1924 to work at Russia ' s giant Tula Arsenal . By 1926 he had become a quality - control inspector at Tula , and by 1927 , had been promoted into the Soviet Design and Development Department where he worked directly under Fyodorov . The Simonov AVS - 36 , which entered service in the 1930s would see service in the early part of World War II , up to about 1940 or so where it was replaced by other semi - automatic designs . During World War II , Simonov designed some firearms of his own ; a submachine gun which did not enter production , and a self - loading anti - tank rifle , the 14 . 5 x 114 mm PTRS , which went on to form the basis — in scaled - down form - of the SKS . An earlier semi - automatic rifle was hindered by official insistence on using the powerful 7 . 62 x 54 mm R , which was at that point standard amongst Russia n rifles ; unfortunately , as had been found the Fedor Tokarev ' s SVT - 40 is a flawed design . The 7 . 62x54R ' s " rim " was detrimental to reliable , rapid function of a semi - automatic rifle . The design was proven with the 14 . 5 x 114 mm PTRS - 41 ammo . The SKS could have been scaled to fire the 7 . 62x54R . The power just wasn ' t needed . By 1943 , advances in thinking - and confirmed data showed engagements took place between 100 meters to 300 meters — led to the adoption of a shorter , less powerful round , the 7 . 62 x 39 mm M1943 ( also known as " 7 . 62 Soviet " or " 7 . 62 short " to differentiate it from several other rounds in 7 . 62 mm calibre ) . Field trials of the new rifle proved the weapon and , in 1944 a pre - production run of the SKS went to the Belorussian Offensive for battlefield trials . After some tweaking , it was officially adopted and designated the 7 . 62 Samozaryadnyi Karabin Sistemy Simonova Obrazets 1945 g . ( translated , " 7 . 62 Self - loading Carbine System Simonov model year 1945 " or SKS - 45 , and chosen as the ideal replacement for the SVT - 40 .
Battle of Ravenna ( 729 ) The Battle of Ravenna in 729 was fought between the troops of the Eastern Roman ( Byzantine ) Exarchate of Ravenna and a force of Italians . This was in response to Emperor Leo III the Isaurian outlawing the veneration of holy icons , which Pope Gregory II was against . After a fierce battle , the Eastern Roman Army was overcome and thousands of Byzantines were killed .
AAM - 3 The Mitsubishi AAM - 3 ( Type 90 air - to - air missile , ) is a short - range air - to - air missile developed in Japan . It has been officially operated since 1991 , and is expected to ultimately replace the US AIM - 9 Sidewinder , the missile upon which the AAM - 3 is based .
SS Alacrity ( 1893 ) The SS " Alacrity " was a 353 gross tons tug built in Graville , France in 1893 as " Jean Bart " and was operated by the Dunkirk Chamber of Commerce . She was sold in 1902 to Howard Smith and renamed " Alacrity " for tug service in Port Phillip , Australia . During the First World War , she was purchased by the Royal Australian Navy in 1917 for use as a patrol vessel , inspection vessel , and minesweeper based at Fremantle . She was never commissioned . After being sold in 1925 , she was slated for breaking up was moored in Jervoise Bay , Western Australia , however a fierce gale in Cockburn Sound wrecked her in 1931 .
Rudolf Konrad Rudolf Karl Peter Georg Konrad ( 7 March 1891 – 10 June 1964 ) was a highly decorated General der Gebirgstruppe in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several corps . 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 . Rudolf Konrad was captured in 1945 and was released in 1947 .
79th Medical Wing The 79th Medical Wing ( 79 MDW ) is the United States Air Force ' s single medical voice for planning and implementing Air Force and joint medical solutions within the National Capital Region ( NCR ) . Activated on May 10 , 2006 , it is the largest wing within the Air Force District of Washington and only the second medical wing in the Air Force . The 79th Medical Wing is a tenant unit on Andrews Air Force Base , and headquartered at Malcolm Grow Medical Center . As part of its mission , the wing organizes , trains , equips and provides medical forces for Air and Space Expeditionary Force ( AEF ) deployment , homeland operations and in support of joint operations within the NCR , and is the East Coast hub for aeromedical evacuation aircraft returning sick or injured patients form the Atlantic area . Additionally , the 79th Medical Wing is responsible for providing medical support to Presidential , Congressional , Joint and Air Staff special airlift missions . Mission . To provide the right care , in the right way , supporting readiness here and around the world . References . " This article contains information that originally came from a US Government website , in the public domain . "
USS Oswald A . Powers ( DE - 542 ) USS " Oswald A . Powers " ( DE - 542 ) was a United States Navy " John C . Butler " - class destroyer escort launched during World War II but never completed . The name " Oswald A . Powers " was assigned to DE – 542 on 28 September 1943 . " Oswald A . Powers " was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard at Boston , Massachusetts , on 18 November 1943 and launched on 17 December 1943 , sponsored by Mrs . Ella M . Powers , mother of Ensign Oswald A . Powers , the ship namesake . Construction of " Oswald A . Powers " was suspended before she could be completed . On 30 August 1945 , she was assigned to the Atlantic Inactive Fleet in an incomplete state . On 7 January 1946 , the contract for her construction was cancelled , and the incomplete ship was sold on 17 June 1947 to the John J . Duane Company of Quincy , Massachusetts , for scrapping .