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Nicholas Minue Nicholas Minue ( March 13 , 1905 – April 28 , 1943 ) received the Medal of Honor for military service on behalf of the United States of America in World War II . He received this recognition for charging a group of German soldiers that had a machine - gun position near Medjez El Bab , Tunisia . He died during the charge . Biography . Minue was born in Sedden , Poland to ethnic Ukrainian parents . He enlisted in the United States Army in Carteret , New Jersey , and after 16 years of service had reached the rank of sergeant . Wanting to served in a combat unit , he gave up his rank and went overseas with Company A , 6th Armored Infantry Regiment as a private in 1942 . He is buried in the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Carthage , Tunisia . His grave can be found in Section E , Line 8 . Grave 4 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Private , U . S . Army , Company A , 6th Armored Infantry , 1st Armored Division . Place and date : Near MedjezelBab , Tunisia , April 28 , 1943 . Entered service at : Carteret , N . J . Birth : Sedden , Poland . G . O . No . : 24 , March 25 , 1944 . Citation : For distinguishing himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the loss of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy on 28 April 1943 , in the vicinity of MedjezelBab , Tunisia . When the advance of the assault elements of Company A was held up by flanking fire from an enemy machinegun nest , Pvt . Minue voluntarily , alone , and unhesitatingly , with complete disregard of his own welfare , charged the enemy entrenched position with fixed bayonet . Pvt . Minue assaulted the enemy under a withering machinegun and rifle fire , killing approximately 10 enemy machinegunners and riflemen . After completely destroying this position , Pvt . Minue continued forward , routing enemy riflemen from dugout positions until he was fatally wounded . The courage , fearlessness and aggressiveness displayed by Pvt . Minue in the face of inevitable death was unquestionably the factor that gave his company the offensive spirit that was necessary for advancing and driving the enemy from the entire sector .
Type 96 mine The Type 96 mine is a Japan ese large hemispherical landmine used during the Second World War . It entered service in 1936 . The mine could be deployed in shallow water or on land , and used two lead alloy horn fuzes . The horns contained a glass vial filled with an electrolytic fluid , that when released triggered the electrical fuze detonating the mine .
4th Special Operations Squadron The 4th Special Operations Squadron ( 4 SOS ) is part of the 1st Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field , Florida . It operates AC - 130U Spooky aircraft providing special operations capability . Mission . Directly supports unified and theater special operations commands by conducting close air support , armed reconnaissance , and interdiction missions worldwide in support of Secretary of Defense taskings . The AC - 130U aircraft flown by the 4th SOS are maintained by the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit . History . The 4th ferried aircraft to locations in Alaska , Africa , and Europe from , April 1942 – February 1944 . It also airlifted cargo and evacuated wounded to US military hospitals . The 4th flew combat missions in Vietnam from , c . 20 November 1965 – 30 November 1969 . It provided an auxiliary command post and a communications link for the Fifteenth Air Force and Strategic Air Command from , 1 April 1970 – 30 September 1992 . In September 1996 , the squadron deployed to Brindisi , Italy , supporting Operation Joint Endeavor in the skies over Bosnia and Herzegovina . The squadron saw its first combat operations since the Vietnam War in April 1999 over Kosovo while supporting Operation Allied Force . The 4th was called upon to strike Taliban and Al - Qaeda targets in Afghanistan In the fall of 2001 . In the spring of 2003 the 4th participated in the invasion of Iraq . During the initial 2 months of the conflict the 4th flew more than 1000 combat hours from 3 separate forward operating locations .
Burt Green Wilder Burt Green Wilder ( August 11 , 1841 – January 21 , 1925 ) was an American comparative anatomist , born in Boston to David and Celia Colton Wilder . He graduated at Harvard ( Lawrence Scientific School ) , 1862 ; medical department , 1866 ) . During part of the Civil War he served as surgeon of the Fifty - fifth ( Negro ) Massachusetts Infantry . From 1867 to his retirement in 1910 he was professor of neurology and vertebrate zoölogy at Cornell . In 1885 he was president of the American Neurological Association and in 1898 of the Association of American Anatomists . While at Cornell , WIlder began what would become the Wilder Brain Collection . His own brain was removed from his corpse and added to the collection . Among his writings are :
Ouvrage Plate Lombard Ouvrage Plate Lombard is a lesser work ( " petit ouvrage " ) of the Maginot Line ' s Alpine extension , the Alpine Line . The ouvrage consists of one entry block , two infantry blocks and one observation block . Unusually for an " ouvrage " , Plate - Lombard was built by MOM ( " Main d ' Oeuvre Militaire " ) , which usually was responsible for lesser fortifications . The isolated position was commanded in 1940 by Lieutenant de Loye . It controlled the Fouillouse valley and the Col du Vallonet . History . Plate - Lombard saw action against Italian forces on 22 June 1940 , when covering fire from Ouvrage Roche - la - Croix assisted with the defense of Plate Lombard . After German forces occupied southern France , Free French forces completed the liberation of the Briançon area on 25 April 1945 .
USS Ella ( 1862 ) The first USS " Ella " was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War . She was used by the Union Navy as a picket and patrol vessel , as well as a dispatch boat , on Confederate waterways . Acquisition and outfitting at the New York Navy Yard . " Ella " , a side wheel steamer , was purchased at New York City 30 July 1862 ; outfitted at New York Navy Yard ; and commissioned 10 August 1862 , Acting Master S . C . Gray in command . Assigned to the Potomac Flotilla . " Ella " sailed 12 August 1862 for duty with the Potomac Flotilla , and arrived at Fortress Monroe 2 days later . She performed her entire service in Virginia waters as a picket , patrol and dispatch boat , based on the navy yard at Washington , D . C . After a useful career , she returned to her base for the last time 30 July 1865 . Post - war decommissioning and disposal . She was decommissioned there 4 August and sold 15 September 1865 .
Strela ( satellite ) Strela ( , " arrow " ) is a Ukrainian ( previously Soviet ) military communications satellite constellation operating in low Earth orbit . History . The first three satellites , Kosmos 38 ( reentered 1964 - 11 - 08 ) , Kosmos 39 ( reentered 1964 - 11 - 17 ) and Kosmos 40 ( reentered 1964 - 11 - 17 ) , were launched on 18 August 1964 . Five different types of Strela satellites have been launched , designated Strela - 1 ( 1964 – 65 ) , Strela - 1M ( 1970 - 1992 ) , Strela - 2 ( 1965 - 1968 ) , Strela - 2M ( 1970 - 1994 ) , and Strela - 3 ( 1985 - 2010 ) . Strela satellites are also used for the civilian Gonets program . The current version of Strela , Strela - 3M is also known as Rodnik .
Aberdeen Castle Aberdeen Castle was a late Middle Ages fortification , in Aberdeen , Scotland . It was situated on Castle Hill , a site today known as the Castlegate , where a block of flats is currently located . It is thought the castle and fortifications were burned down by King Robert the Bruce in June 1308 , during the Wars of Scottish Independence immediately following the Harrying of Buchan . Bruce and his men laid siege to the castle before massacring the English Garrison to prevent its use by the English troops of Edward II . It is said the Scots showed no mercy but " slew every man who fell into their hands . Edward I , indeed , had already set the example of executing his prisoners , and it was not to be expected that the other side would fail to follow the same course " . On 10 July 1308 , English ships left Hartlepool to help the English garrison . However by August 1308 , Gilbert Pecche and the last troops had all been forced out of the city . Following the destruction of Aberdeen Castle , Bruce marched his men to capture Forfar Castle . Legend tells that the city ' s motto , Bon Accord came from the password used to initiate Bruce ' s final push and destruction of the castle . History . The castle was surrendered to the English in 1295 and on 14 April 1296 , the English King , Edward I arrived in Aberdeen and stayed in the castle as part of his tour of the east coast of Scotland having defeated the Scots . However the next year , after defeating the English at Dunnottar Castle in 1297 , William Wallace marched his men to Aberdeen during their campaign to retake the east - coast for the Scots . They found the English hastily preparing to leave in an armada of one hundred ships . The speed of Wallace ' s arrival from Dunottar caught the English unawares and at low tide the stranded ships were attacked in the harbour , the crew and soldiers slaughtered , the cargo taken and the ships burnt . The English Sheriff of Aberdeen , Sir Henry de Lazom had been left in charge of the Castle , but during the chaos of the attack he defected , declaring it in the name of the Scottish King , John de Balliol .
SMS V46 SMS " V46 " was a Großes Torpedoboot 1913 class torpedo boat of the German Kaiserliche Marine during World War I , and the 22nd ship of her class . Construction . Built by AG Vulcan Stettin shipyard , Germany , she was launched in December 1914 . The " V " in " V46 " denotes at which shipyard she was built . Service . " V46 " was assigned to the Sixth Torpedo Boat Flotilla , Twelfth Half - Flotilla , of the High Seas Fleet of the Kaiserliche Marine when she participated in the Battle of Jutland . After the end of hostilities , " V46 " was interned at Scapa Flow . Attempts to scuttle her with the rest of the German fleet were unsuccessful . She was transferred to France in 1920 and scrapped in 1924 .
Russian ship of the line Vola Vola ( " " ) was an 84 - gun built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the mid - 1830s . The ship was assigned to the Baltic Fleet for her entire career . She was one of the ships deployed to Denmark during the First Schleswig War of 1848 – 50 to help preserve Denmark ' s territorial integrity against Prussia . The ship was converted to steam power in 1854 – 57 and cruised the Baltic Sea in 1857 – 61 before she was placed in ordinary . " Vola " was stricken from the navy list in 1871 and sold for scrap . Description . " Vola " was long between perpendiculars , with a beam of and a depth of hold of . As built she was armed with a variety of smoothbore guns : On the forecastle and quarterdeck , the ship was fitted with six 12 - pounder guns and twenty - six 24 - pounder carronade s . On her upper deck , she carried 32 long 24 - pounder guns and , on her lower deck , " Vola " was fitted with 28 long 36 - pounder guns and four 60 - pounder licorne s . In 1840 she was rearmed with 32 long 24 - pounder guns on the middle deck and six shell guns , 28 long 36 - pounders and four 60 - pounder licornes on her lower deck . On her quarterdeck and forecastle , Vola was now armed with six 24 - pounder gunnades and fourteen 24 - pounder carrondades . Her crew numbered 779 officers and enlisted men . In 1854 – 56 , " Vola " was rebuilt and converted to steam with a steam engine of 500 nominal horsepower built by Nobel of St . Petersburg that drove a single propeller shaft . Steam was provided by four boilers and she had a maximum speed of . Enlarged to accommodate the steam engine and its boilers , she displaced and the ship measured 2 , 659 tons bm . She now measured between perpendiculars , her beam was increased to and her depth of hold was increased to . Forward her draft measured and aft . " Vola " was also rearmed when her reconstruction was complete . The ship now carried four short 30 - pounder guns and sixteen 30 - pounder howitzer s on her quarterdeck and forecastle , four long and 28 short 30 - pounder guns on her upper deck , and twenty - six 60 - pounder shell guns and four long 30 - pounder guns on her lower deck . Career . " Vola " , named after the Warsaw suburb of Wola captured by the Imperial Russian Army in 1831 during the November Uprising , was laid down on 23 October 1835 at the New Admiralty Shipyard in St . Petersburg . The ship was launched on 30 July 1837 and cruised the Baltic in 1839 – 43 and 1846 – 47 . She sailed to Denmark , along with most of the Baltic Fleet , to show the flag during the First Schleswig War between Denmark , Sweden and Prussia . Tsar Nicholas I was determined to support the integrity of Denmark so he deployed a large force in Danish waters for the duration of the war , although it did not actively participate in the war . " Vola " was rebuilt as a screw ship of the line between 1 June 1854 and 26 October 1856 . She cruised the Baltic for the next four years before she was laid up . The ship was stricken from the naval list on 26 August 1871 and subsequently scrapped .
Tal Ashtah Air Base Tal Ashtah Air Base is a former Iraqi Air Force base in the Kirkuk Governorate of Iraq . It was captured by Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 . Overview . Tal Ashtah Air Base was a primary air base for the Iraqi Air Force . At each end of the main 10 , 000 - foot runway are a dozen hardened aircraft shelters known as " Trapezoids " or " Yugos " which were built by Yugoslavian contractors some time prior to 1985 with multiple runways and taxiways , patterned after their Russian counterparts . The base was heavily attacked by Coalition airpower during Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003 , and seized by Coalition ground forces . Under United States Army Control , Forward Operating Base Grant was established at the former airfield . During the winter of 2004 the 2nd Brigade , 25th Infantry Division Combat Team ( Warrior Brigade ) transferred FOB Grant to the Iraqi people with the grand opening of the Daquq Youth Center . Task Force 1 - 14 Infantry worked diligently as the stewards of this important project . The months - long renovation included painting , new windows , ping pong tables , and ten brand new computers with high - speed Internet access . In addition , the children of Daquq will be able to enjoy several sports , including soccer , boxing , volleyball , tetherball , and weightlifting . Current aerial imagery shows that FOB Grant has been closed and dismantled . The operational structures around the airfield appear to have been demolished and removed . Today the concrete runway and series of taxiways remain exposed and deteriorating to the elements , being reclaimed by the desert .
Daniel Sandate Daniel Sandate was the second known U . S . soldier to be deported from Canada ( after having fled there from the United States Army ) to the United States when he was deported July 16 , 2008 from Niagara Falls , Canada . Previously Daniel Sandate had completed one deployment in Iraq . Upon return to the US , he allegedly was denied adequate physical and mental health care at Fort Carson . In frustration , he fled to Brampton , Ontario where he lived for over 2 years . After a failed suicide attempt and his arrest by the Canadian authorities , he was removed from Canada . Upon return to the US , he was placed into custody and was later court - martialed at Fort Carson and given an 8 - month prison sentence . Daniel Sandate was represented by James M . Branum ( of Pine Ridge , Oklahoma ) , William Durland ( of Colorado Springs , Colorado ) and Captain Seth Cohen ( U . S . Army Trial Defense Service ) . Long ' s principal sentencing arguments focused on Sandate ' s suffering from post traumatic stress disorder which was the result of his time in Iraq and his potential for rehabilitation upon release . He was released on January 20 , 2009 at Fort Sill , Oklahoma and spoke publicly about his experience at a press conference in Oklahoma City on January 22 , 2009 and at a peace march in Oklahoma City on March 22 , 2009 . Sandate is now living in Oklahoma City . On or around March 22 , 2009 , Sandate wrote a statement to supporters in the United States and Canada asking for help to fight the pending deportation of Kimberly Rivera , a female U . S . soldier , from Canada . Sandate is now a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War .
Battle of Bukowo The Battle of Bukowo ( or Teleajen River ) was fought during the Moldavian Magnate Wars between the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Principality of Wallachia in October 20 , 1600 . Polish - Lithuanian forces under the command of Jan Zamoyski defeated the Wallachian forces commanded by Michael the Brave . References . Dariusz Skorupa , Bitwa pod Bukowem 20 października 1600 r . { w } Staropolska sztuka wojenna XVI - XVII wieku - " Fasciculi Historici Novi " , Tom V , 2002
Vogelsang Airfield Vogelsang Airfield ( Fliegerhorst Vogelsang ) is an abandoned World War II military airfield located approximately 3 miles northwest of Schleiden ( Nordrhein - Westfalen ) ; approximately 330 miles southwest of Berlin . The airfield is a part of the former Ordensburg Vogelsang military training area . History . The airfield was built as part of the National Socialist estate about 1935 for light courier aircraft operations . It was likely a grass airfield with a small aircraft parking area and possibly a hangar and a station building . In May 1940 , as part of the buildup in western Germany prior to the Battle of France , the Luftwaffe stationed Kampfgeschwader 76 ( KG 76 ) with Dornier Do 17 Z light bombers , and Jagdgeschwader 3 and 21 ( JG 3 , JG 21 ) with Messerschmitt Bf 109 E fighters at the airfield . All of these units moved into Belgium shortly after the invasion on 10 May . Vogelsang was not used again by combat aircraft until 1945 . In late February 1945 , as a result of the Western Allied invasion of Germany , United States Army forces moved though the Eifel area and captured the airfield about 1 March . On 8 March the IX Engineer Command 816th Engineer Aviation Battalion moved in and began to construct an operational airfield for Allied aircraft . The engineers laid down a 3600 ' Pierced Steel Planking runway aligned 15 / 33 on the former Luftwaffe field to support all - weather operations on the site . On 23 March the airfield was designated as Advanced Landing Ground " Y - 51 Vogelsang " . Its operational use by the USAAF was by the Ninth Air Force 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group , which operated various photo - reconnaissance aircraft ( P - 38 , P - 51 ) from the airfield taking reconnaissance photos west of the Ludendorff Bridge supporting the advancing Ninth Army to close the Ruhr Pocket until the end of April 1945 when it moved into Central Germany . After the combat units moved out , the airfield remained open , supporting the Occupation forces in the area with transport supply flights until being closed on 10 July 1945 . The airport and the Vogelsang estate were turned over to Belgian military authorities in 1945 , and was used as a NATO military training area until 2006 . The USAAF airfield was dismantled and there is little evidence of the wartime airfield today .
Battle of Philippopolis ( 1878 ) The Battle of Philippopolis or Battle of Plovdiv was one of the final battles of the 1877 - 1878 Russo - Turkish War . Following the crushing Russia n victory at the last battle of Shipka Pass , Russian commander Gen . Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko began to move southeast towards Constantinople . Blocking the route was the Ottoman fortress at Plovdiv under Suleiman Pasha . On January 17 , 1878 , a squadron of Russian dragoons led by Capt . Burago stormed the city . Its defenses were strong but superior Russian numbers overwhelmed them and the Ottoman forces retreated almost to Constantinople . At this time foreign powers intervened and Russia agreed to the Treaty of San Stefano .
RTAF - 5 The RTAF - 5 was a Thai training and forward air control aircraft developed and built by the Science and Weapon Systems Development Centre of the Royal Thai Air Force in the 1980s . It was a twin boom configuration aircraft powered by a single pusher turboprop engine , but only a single example was built . Development and design . In 1976 , the Science and Weapon Systems Development Centre of the Royal Thai Air Force , based at Don Muang Air Base , Bangkok , started development of a trainer / forward air control aircraft , the RTAF - 5 . It was a single - engined high - wing monoplane of all metal construction with twin booms , and with a fuselage resembling that of an OV - 10 Bronco , but powered by a single Allison 250 turboprop engine at the rear of the fuselage . It had a retractable nosewheel undercarriage and had four underwing hardpoint s , with wingtip fuel tanks . The prototype first flew on 5 October 1984 , with the undercarriage fixed for early testing . Development was delayed by the license production of RFB Fantrainer s by the RTAF , and was eventually abandoned , only the single prototype ( which is preserved at the Royal Thai Air Force Museum ) being flown , with a second example being used for static testing .