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Arturo B . Ortiz Arturo B . Ortiz ( born 13 November 13 , 1955 ) is a Filipino Lieutenant general who was the Commanding General of the Philippine Army from 2010 - 2011 . He is a recipient of the Philippine Medal of Valor ( the Philippine equivalent of the Medal of Honor ) , a four - time recipient of Distinguished Service Star and Bronze Cross Medal s . Also he is a recipient of 21 Military Merit Medal s and three Gold Cross Medal s . Biography . Ortiz was born in Bautista , Pangasinan . He graduated in from the Philippine Military Academy in 1979 . In 1980 and 1981 he served at Special Warfare Brigade where he took basic courses in Airborne and Special Forces . He also took basic Armor Officer and civil - military operations course at the Training Command , Philippine Army four years later . A year later , he took courses in Civil Affairs , Instructor training , and Officer Qualification Record for becoming a member of Special Forces . All of those courses were taken in Fort Bragg , North Carolina . For his heroic actions on April 6 , 1990 , in a raid against the Communist New People ' s Army in Negros Occidental , he was awarded the Philippine Medal of Valor by President Corazon Aquino . In 1987 , 1993 and 2006 he took Close quarter battle course for becoming a jumpmaster and during the same years took scuba diving course , all of which were taken in Special Forces School . Later on , he took General Staff course at Fort Leavenworth , Kansas in 2000 . He was the 12th commander of the Special Operations Command where he served from November 3 , 2008 to July 23 , 2010 . He went on to serve as the 53rd Commanding General of the Philippine Army
Dennis Hapugalle Brigadier Dennis Hapugalle , VSV , psc , SLAC ( 1930 – 2000 ) was a Sri Lankan military officer , former Chief of Civil Defence and Permanent Secretary , Ministry of Internal Security . Education . Educated at Royal College , Colombo , Hapugalle joined the army in 1950 as a cadet officer , undergoing training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst . In 1952 he was commissioned in to the Ceylon Electrical and Mechanical Engineers as a Second Lieutenant and under took the Young Officers ' Course at the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineer Officer School . Hapugalle also under took the Command Staff Course at the Command and Staff College and the Armour Officers Advanced Course at United States Army Armor School . Military career . With the formation of the 1st Reconnaissance Regiment in 1955 which later became a part of the Ceylon Armoured Corps , he was transferred to it and played a major role in the introduction of armored warfare . He went on to become the commanding officer of the 1st Reconnaissance Regiment , prior to which he had served as a staff officer in the Army Headquarters and Ceylon Volunteer Force Headquarters . During the 1971 Insurrection , as a Colonel he was appointed Chief of Civil Defence based in Colombo and thereafter took up appointment as the Military Coordinating Officer for Mannar , commanding military operations in the district . Transferring to the Army Headquarters he became Additional Director , Personal Administration before his retirement with the rank of Brigadier . He was awarded the Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya ( VSV ) , the Sri Lanka Armed Services Long Service Medal and the Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal Purna Bhumi Padakkama . Later life . After his retirement he served as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Security , Honorary Secretary of the Board for Cricket Control in Sri Lanka and later Managing Director of the Alethea International School .
Fort Kyk - Over - Al Fort Kyk - Over - Al was a Dutch fort in the colony of Essequibo , in what is now Guyana . It was constructed in 1616 on an islet in the mouth of the Mazaruni River . It once served as the centre for the Dutch administration of the county , but now only ruins are left . The name Kyk - Over - Al derives from the Dutch for " See over all " , a reference to the commanding view of the river from the fort . History . The Dutch faced their first serious attacks in 1665 when Major John Scott was sent by the Governor of Barbados , Lord Willoughby , to invade the settlements in the Pomeroon . By that time , prosperous sugar plantations were already established in that area . Scott , in alliance with Caribs , seized Nova Zeelandia , and after leaving 50 men to hold it , he proceeded up the Essequibo and occupied Kyk - Over - Al with 20 men . The occupation of Kyk - Over - Al by the English did not last long , for the Dutch Commandeur of Berbice , Matthys Bergenaar , was able to march overland with a group of soldiers and recapture it . At the same time , a French expedition arrived in the Pomeroon area to help the Dutch who were their allies . They besieged the English at the fort at Nova Zeelandia and starved the men into surrendering . The prisoners were shortly after massacred by the Arawaks who were allies of the French . Thus , Essequibo reverted to the Dutch , and Admiral Crynssen , who had earlier captured Suriname from the English , arrived as Commandeur . He concentrated his attention on redeveloping Kyk - Over - Al and the surrounding areas . Pomeroon was not regarded as a priority . In 1676 the Dutch established a trading post on the Pomeroon River . Ten years later , they decided to appoint a separate Commandeur to control affairs on that river while maintaining a Commandeur at Kyk - Over - Al . This caused some difficulty because the Commandeur of Kyk - Over - Al refused to render assistance to his counterpart in Pomeroon . Nevertheless , within two years , settlements sprang up and was established again . The War of the Spanish Succession of 1708 - 14 again brought military action to Guyana when in October 1708 , three French privateers , under the command of Captain Ferry , sailed up the Essequibo and attacked settlements on both banks . The Commandeur of Kyk - Over - Al refused to send help to the settlements saying that he had to protect the Fort . At that time there were only 50 soldiers under his command . The privateers met resistance at Plantation Vryheid ( Bartica ) from the owner and his African slaves , but this did not last long . Only after Captain Ferry was paid a ransom of 50 , 000 guilders did he agree to leave with his privateers . One year later , another group of French privateers again attacked Essequibo . Pomeroon was also attacked the same year by the French and their Carib allies . However , Commander Blake , the Post - holder , and the few soldiers under his command were able to defend the settlement after killing many of the invaders . In December 1712 , Pomeroon was attacked again by a combined force of French and Spanish buccaneers , but Blake and his men were able to drive them away .
Aspis " Aspis " ( ; ) is the generic term for the word shield . The aspis carried by Greek infantry ( hoplite s ) of various periods is often referred to as a hoplon ( ) . According to Diodorus Siculus : Construction . A hoplon shield was a deeply dished shield made of wood . Some shields had a thin sheet of bronze on the outer face , often just around the rim . In some periods , the convention was to decorate the aspis ; in others , it was usually left plain . Probably the most famous aspis decoration is that of Sparta : a capital lambda ( Λ ) . From the late 5th century BC , Athenian hoplites commonly used the Little Owl , while the shields of Theban hoplites were sometimes decorated with a sphinx , or the club of Heracles .
USS Algonquin ( 1863 ) USS Algonquin ( 1863 ) , a gunboat , was launched by the New York Navy Yard on 21 December 1863 but poor machinery caused her to fail her trials . Consequently , she was never commissioned and was sold on 21 October 1869 .
Milton L . Olive , III Milton Lee Olive , III ( November 7 , 1946 – October 22 , 1965 ) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of America ' s highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in the Vietnam War . At the age of 18 , Olive sacrificed his life to save others by smothering a live grenade . He was the first African - American Medal of Honor recipient of the Vietnam War . Biography . Olive joined the Army from his birth city of Chicago , Illinois in 1964 , and by 1965 was serving as a Private First Class in Company B of the 2nd Battalion ( Airborne ) , 503rd Infantry Regiment , 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam . On October 22 , 1965 , while moving through the jungle with four fellow soldiers in Phu Cuong , Olive sacrificed his life by smothering an enemy - thrown grenade with his body . For his actions on that day , he was posthumous ly awarded the Medal of Honor . At a ceremony on the steps of the White House , on April 21 , 1966 , President Lyndon B . Johnson presented Olive ' s Medal of Honor to his father and stepmother . Also in attendance were two of the four men whose lives were saved by Olive ' s actions . Olive ' s body was returned to the United States and buried in West Grove Cemetery , Lexington County , Mississippi . Oliver was born in Chicago but left as a young boy living in Lexington , Mississippi where he finished high school . Tributes . In 1966 a plaque and park was dedicated in his honor . In 1979 , the city of Chicago recognized Olive by naming Olive Park on Lake Michigan in his honor . Olive - Harvey College , one of the City Colleges of Chicago , is named after both Olive and fellow Medal of Honor recipient Carmel B . Harvey . The Milton L . Olive Middle School in Wyandanch , Long Island , New York , is also named in his honor . In 2007 , a State Historical Marker was erected for Olive in Lexington , Mississippi . The dedication ceremonies included an address by the Adjutant General of the Mississippi National Guard . Fort Campbell has a recreation facility named in his honor .
Josef Holte Josef Holte was an Oberscharführer in the Waffen SS during World War II . He was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross , which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II . Josef Holte was born on the 28 March 1912 , in Gelsenkirchen . During World War II he volunteered for the SS - VT He took part in Operation Barbarossa the invasion of the Soviet Union where he was awarded his first combat decoration the Iron Cross 2nd class in July 1941 and the Iron Cross 1st class in November 1941 . He was posted to the 9th SS Panzer Division " Hohenstaufen " as a platoon commander in the 2nd Company , 9th SS Panzer Regiment . He was killed in action of the 20 August 1944 , near Livarot in France and awarded a posthumous Knight ' s Cross .
Action of 15 February 1783 The Action of 15 February 1783 was a small naval engagement which was fought off Guadeloupe between the French Navy frigate " Concorde " of 36 guns and the Royal Navy 74 - gun ship of the line . The British were victorious when " Concorde " was overhauled and captured . Captain Charles Inglis was given command of a squadron of four ships cruising independently in the West Indies . The squadron , consisting of HMS " St Albans " , the 64 - gun , the 74 - gun HMS " Magnificent " under Captain Robert Linzee and the sloop , had arrived in St . Lucia . They were to eventually help blockade Cap - François off Saint - Domingue with the help of ships of the line from the Jamaica station . On 12 February reports arrived of a French squadron , consisting of " Triton " , " Amphion " and several frigates , having sailed from Martinique and so the squadron was sent to investigate . " Magnificent " sailed from Gros Islet Bay in Bay on 12 February 1783 in company with " Prudent " and " St Albans " . On 15 February 1783 a French frigate was sighted just past Guadeloupe island by " Magnificent " . The frigate was the " Concorde " carrying 36 guns and 300 men , and was under the command of Chevalier du Clesmaur . " Magnificent " gave chase and by 20 : 00 as darkness fell " Concorde " opened fire on her pursuer with her stern guns . " Magnificent " however overhauled the French ship by 21 : 15 , and after fifteen minutes of fighting including a devastating broadside , forced her to strike her colours . " Magnificent " then took possession of " Concorde " . Shortly after surrendering , the " Concorde " s maintopsail caught fire , forcing the crew to cut away the mainmast to extinguish it . " Prudent " and " St Albans " arrived two hours later and " Magnificent " towed " Concorde " to St . John ' s , Antigua . " Concorde " served in the Royal Navy as HMS " Concorde " until being broken up in 1811 .
New Madrid Floodway Project The New Madrid Floodway Project is an ongoing project intended to close a gap in the Mississippi River Birds Point - New Madrid Floodway levee at New Madrid County , Missouri , to decrease southeast Missouri ' s vulnerability to flooding . This area is also called the St . Johns Bayou Basin and is located near Bird ' s Point , Missouri . Although authorization for the move was authorized by Congress as early as 1954 , the gap remains ; as environmental groups , local citizens , and politicians wrestle the issue through the courts . Controversy . The U . S . Army Corps of Engineers contends that the program is vital to the actual and economic survival of the region . Opponents of the plans , such as The Missouri Coalition for the Environment say it will not address the flooding problem , but instead , will only destroy fish habitat . On average , the Mississippi River floods Mississippi County , MO & New Madrid County , MO once every three years ; or , a total of 16 times over the past 45 . In the spring of 2002 , flooding covered over in the New Madrid Floodway , destroying of crops . The flood damage , the United States Department of Agriculture says , could have been greatly limited had the Floodway Project been completed . According to the U . S . Fish & Wildlife Service , however , the plan is unworkable ; or per Senator John McCain ' s recitation of an earlier Washington Post article , " absolutely ridiculous " . Southeast Missourians affected by the flooding feel differently . One well respected citizen who many times has been forced to evacuate , then sit helplessly as the churning water consumed her home , put it like this : " It is vital for our community . If you don ' t get to work , you can ' t pay your mortgage . " U . S . Rep . Jo Ann Emerson , R - MO , who represents the bootheel region in Missouri ' s Eighth Congressional District , sees it differently : " Flood protection is a necessity . . . Last year , [ were flooded , and ] nearly of crops were destroyed . Farmers cannot afford to sustain these preventable annual losses . " . Legal battle . On September 19 , 2007 , U . S . District Court for the District of Columbia dealt a major blow to the $ 107 million St . John ' s Bayou / New Madrid Floodway Project . In ordering a halt to the floodwall ' s construction , Judge James Robertson said the Corps had improperly manipulated its habitat models to make it seem that the project ' s environmental impacts would be " compliant with the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Policy Act , when it is not . " He further ordered that the already completed work on the project , tallied at $ 7 million , be undone . The decision came after environmentalist groups argued that the Clean Water Act and the National Environmental Policy Act were being violated in the name of agrarian prosperity ; and that the Floodway project would create no possible human benefit . " That ' s a bunch of nonsense , " says one local official , " They can say what they want , but they don ' t live here . " Emerson called the judge ' s ruling " a pause before we move forward . . . "
1st Connecticut Regiment The 1st Connecticut Regiment was a unit of the Continental Army , and was involved in the American Revolutionary War . The regiment was initially formed in 1776 , and was active in various forms until 1783 . 1776 – 1780 . The 1st Connecticut Regiment was authorized on 16 September 1776 in the Continental Army . The regiment was organized between 1 January 1777 at Norwich , Connecticut , with eight companies from the counties of New London , Windham , and Hartford of the state of Connecticut . It was assigned to the 2nd Connecticut Brigade of the Highlands Department on 3 April 1777 . On 12 June 1777 it was reassigned from the 2nd Connecticut Brigade to the 1st Connecticut Brigade . Three days later , 15 June 1777 this brigade was reassigned to the main Continental Army . On 17 July 1777 the brigade was reassigned to the Highlands Department . The Regiment was reassigned to the 2nd Connecticut Brigade on 12 September 1777 and two days later 14 September 1777 the brigade was reassigned to the main Continental Army . On 2 May 1779 the brigade was reassigned to the Highlands Department and the regiment was re - organize to nine companies on 11 July 1779 . On 16 November 1779 the 2nd Connecticut Brigade was reassigned to the main Continental Army . One year later , 27 November 1780 the brigade was reassigned to the Highland Department . On 1 January 1781 the regiment was consolidated with the 8th Connecticut Regiment and was re - designated the 5th Connecticut Regiment . The regiment would see action in the New York Campaign and the Battle of Monmouth . 1781 – 1783 . The re - newed 1st Connecticut Regiment was formed from the merger of the old 3rd Connecticut Regiment with the old 4th Connecticut Regiment on 1 January 1781 . On 1 January 1783 it was reassigned from the 1st Connecticut Brigade to the Connecticut Brigade in the Highland ' s Department . The regiment was re - designated the Connecticut Brigade on 15 June 1783 and reassigned to the Main Continental Army . The regiment was disbanded at West Point , New York on 15 November 1783 .
Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk The Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk was a light 1930s biplane fighter aircraft that was carried by the United States Navy airship s and . Design . The Sparrowhawk is an example of a parasite fighter , a small airplane designed to be deployed from a larger aircraft such as an airship or bomber . At long and with only a wingspan , the Sparrowhawk was ideal for service in the fighter complement of large rigid - framed airships because of its small size . Although the Sparrowhawk was armed , its primary duty was reconnaissance , and it provided the airships it served with a much wider search area . " Akron " was reported to have a complement of three Sparrowhawks , while " Macon " was discovered at its underwater resting place with four in its hangar . To achieve launching and recovery from the airship , a hook / anchor system was developed ( dubbed by crews the " flying trapeze , " after the equipment used in circus acts ) . The Sparrowhawk had a hook mounting on its top wing that attached to the cross - bar of the trapeze . For launching , the biplane ' s hook was engaged on the trapeze inside the ( internal ) hangar , the trapeze was lowered clear of the hull into the ( moving ) airship ' s slipstream and , engine running , the Sparrowhawk would then disengage its hook and fall away from the airship . For recovery , the biplane would fly up underneath its mother ship , moving slightly faster than the airship , and in a somewhat tricky maneuver hook onto the trapeze ; the width of the trapeze cross - bar allowed a certain lateral lee - way in approach , the biplane ' s hook mounting had a guide rail to provide some tolerance against relative vertical motion ( see photo ) , and engagement of the hook was automatic on positive contact between hook and trapeze . More than one attempt might have to be made before a successful engagement was achieved , for example in gusty conditions . Once the Sparrowhawk was securely caught , its engine could be safely cut and it could then be hoisted by the trapeze back within the airship ' s hull . One interesting use of the Sparrowhawks was to act as " flying ballast " . The airship could take off with additional ballast or fuel aboard instead of its airplanes . Once the airship was cruising , the aircraft would be flown aboard , the additional weight being supported by dynamic lift until the airship lightened . In order to increase their scouting range while the airship was on operations , some Sparrowhawks were modified by having their landing gear removed and replaced by a fuel tank . When the airship was returning to base , the biplanes ' landing gear would be replaced so that they could land independently again . Only one Sparrowhawk survives today . XF9C - 2 Bu . Aer A9264 was previously displayed at the National Museum of Naval Aviation and is currently displayed at the Steven F . Udvar - Hazy Center , wearing the markings of F9C - 2 A9056 of USS " Macon " .
Sami al - Hinnawi Colonel Sami Hilmy al - Hinnawi ( 1898 – October 31 , 1950 ) ( ) was a Syrian politician and military man . He was born in Aleppo and had served in the Ottoman army before serving in the French - Syrian army during the French Mandate of Syria . Col . al - Hinnawi overthrew the military rule of Syrian President Husni al - Za ' im in August 1949 with the aid of fellow members in the Syrian Social Nationalist Party , including Adib al - Shishakli . After the coup , he swiftly ordered al - Za ' im and Prime Minister Muhsin al - Barazi to be brought to Mezze prison in Damascus , where both were executed in front of Muhsin al - Barazi ' s son . Al - Hinnawi was then installed as leader of a military junta , but al - Shishakli remained the military strongman . In 1949 , Shishakli carried out another coup d ' état ( the third that year ) , strengthening his dictatorship . On October 31 , 1950 , he was murdered in Beirut , Lebanon , by Hersho al - Barazi , a cousin of Muhsin al - Barazi .
USS SC - 6 USS " SC - 6 , until July 1920 known as Submarine Chaser No . 6 or S . C . 6 " , was an " SC - 1 " - class submarine chaser built for the United States Navy during World War I . " SC - 6 " was a wooden - hulled 110 - foot ( 34 m ) submarine chaser built at the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn , New York . She was commissioned on 19 August 1917 as USS " Submarine Chaser No . 6 " , abbreviated at the time as USS " S . C . 6 " . When the U . S . Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920 , " Submarine Chaser No . 6 " was classified as SC - 6 and her name was shortened to USS " SC - 6 " . On 24 June 1921 , the Navy sold " SC - 6 " to Joseph G . Hitner of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .
List of Pennsylvania Civil War regiments This is a list of Civil War regiments from Pennsylvania . Infantry . Note : There are " gaps " in the numbering for the infantry regiments . This is because Pennsylvania numbered all regiments , regardless of branch , in sequence depending on when the regiment was raised . For example , the 6th Cavalry was also numbered the 70th Volunteer Regiment since it was raised between the 69th Infantry and the 71st Infantry , thereby there is no 70th Infantry . 42nd Regiment - See Pennsylvania Reserves section below
RFA Dingledale ( A144 ) RFA " Dingledale " ( A144 ) was a Dale - class fleet tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary . She was first based at Gibraltar and served as escort oiler on several Malta Convoys . During Operation Pedestal , together with RFA " Brown Ranger " , she fuelled one cruiser and 24 destroyer s in 14 hours . Narrowly escaping damage during a severe air raid in Bône in December 1942 , she survived to join the Pacific Fleet Train and was present for the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay . After the war she carried out routine freighting duties . She was decommissioned on 10 May 1959 and was laid up at Devonport .