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725th Strategic Missile Squadron The 725th Strategic Missile Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 451st Strategic Missile Wing , stationed at Lowry Air Force Base , Colorado . It was inactivated on 25 June 1965 . History . World War II . Activated as a B - 24 Liberator heavy bombardment squadron in May 1943 , it was assigned to II Bomber Command for training primarily in the US midwest . It received deployment orders for the Mediterranean Theater of Operations ( MTO ) in November 1943 . The squadron was deployed to southern Italy in January 1944 and entered combat in January 1944 , being assigned to the Fifteenth Air Force . It carried out air echelon training in Algeria for several weeks before joining the remainder of the group in Italy . It was engaged in very long range strategic bombing missions on enemy military , industrial and transportation targets in Italy , France , Germany , Austria , Hungary , Romania and Yugoslavia . It attacked targets such as oil refineries , marshalling yards , aircraft factories , bridges and airfields in Italy , France , Germany , Czechoslovakia , Austria , Hungary , Romania , Bulgaria , Albania and Greece . The squadron also flew support and interdictory missions and helped to prepare the way for and participated in the invasion of southern France in August 1944 . It transported supplies to troops in Italy during September 1944 and supported the final advance of the Allied armies in northern Italy in April 1945 . The squadron returned to the US in June 1945 , forming at Dow Field , Maine . Unit personnel were demobilized throughout the summer of 1945 . The squadron was inactivated on 26 September 1945 . Strategic Air Command . Reactivated in 1961 as a Titan I ICBM launch squadron , the unit was activated by the redesignation of the 849th Strategic Missile Squadron . The squadron was deployed in a 3x3 configuration , which meant a total of nine missiles were divided into three bases . Each base had three ICBMs ready to launch at any given time . On 19 November 1964 , Defense Secretary Robert McNamara announced the phase - out of the remaining first - generation SM - 65 Atlas and Titan I missiles by the end of June 1965 . As a consequence , the Titan Is of the 724th SMS were removed from alert status on 17 February 1965 . The last missile was shipped out on 15 April . The US Air Force subsequently inactivated the squadron on 25 June . Missile sites were later sold off to private ownership after demilitarization . Today the remains of the sites are still visible in aerial imagery , in various states of use or abandonment .
Battle of Courtrai ( 1918 ) The Battle of Courtrai ( also known as the Second Battle of Belgium ( ) and the Battle of Roulers ( ) ) was one of a series of offensives in northern France and southern Belgium that took place in late September and October 1918 . Background . After the Fifth Battle of Ypres and the successful breaking of the Hindenburg Line further south , the Allies conceived a strategy of pursuing the Germans for as long as possible , before movement was stopped by the winter rains . Mud and a collapse of the supply - system had stopped the advance of the ( G . A . F . ) ending the Fifth Battle of Ypres ( ) . By mid - October the GAF ( comprising twelve Belgian divisions , ten divisions of the British Second Army ) and six divisions of the French Sixth Army , under the command of King Albert I of Belgium with the French General Degoutte as Chief of Staff , was ready to resume the offensive . Battle . The offensive began at on 14 October , with an attack by the GAF from the Lys river at Comines northwards to Dixmude . The British creeping barrage advanced at a rate of per minute , much faster and much further than the practice in 1917 , in expectation that there would be little resistance from German infantry . By the evening the British forces had reached high ground which dominated Werviq , Menin and Wevelghem in the south ; further north the British captured Morslede and closed up to Gulleghem and Steenbeek . Belgian troops on the left reached Iseghem , French troops surrounded Roulers and more Belgian troops captured Cortemarck . Roulers fell the next day and by 16 October the British held the north bank of the Lys up to Harlebeke and had crossed the river at several points . By 17 October Thourout , Ostend , Lille and Douai had been recaptured ; Bruges and Zeebrugge fell by 19 October and the Dutch border was reached the following day . The crossing of the Lys and the capture of Courtrai by the British Second Army on 19 October , led to a German retreat on the front of the Fifth Army further south , which encircled Lille on 18 October . Next day the British were in Roubaix and Tourcoing and by the evening of 22 October the British had reached the Scheldt from Valenciennes to Avelghem . Aftermath . By the time the Armistice had been signed , the front - line had advanced an average of and ran from Terneuzen , to Ghent , along the River Scheldt to Ath and from there to Saint - Ghislain where it linked up with the BEF on the Somme .
Diethelm von Eichel - Streiber Diethelm von Eichel - Streiber ( 1914 – 1996 ) was a " Luftwaffe " flying ace of World War II . He claimed a total of 96 victories and was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . He was one of few experienced surviving Luftwaffe pilots who participated both in the Spanish Civil War and Second World War . In Spanish Civil War . Diethelm von Eichel - Streiber was born 10 August 1914 at Oppershausen in the region of Thüringen . He participated in the Spanish Civil War with the Condor Legion as a bomber pilot , and was awarded the " Spanienkreuz in Gold mit Schwerten " for his service in this conflict . In World War II . In spring 1940 , von Eichel - Streiber was transferred to III . / JG 52 , and then as Adjutant of III . / JG 77 through 1941 . During the invasion of Greece and Crete , he shot down a RAF Hurricane on 14 May 1941 for his first victory , althougth his aircraft was damaged by flak and he had crash - landed at his base at Molaoi in Greece . On 26 June 1941 , he shot down four Russian Tupolev SB - 2 bombers near Jassy . Later , he was appointed " Staffelkapitän " of 1 . ( Erg . ) / JG 77 . In January 1942 , he was transferred to 10 . / JG 1 , though the unit was redesignated 1 . / JG 5 on 10 March 1942 . In October 1942 , von Eichel - Streiber was appointed Staffelkapitän of 6 . / JG 51 based at Jesau to re - equip with Fw 190s prior to returning to the Russian front . In early 1943 von Eichel - Streiber was particularly successful against Russian Il - 2 Sturmovik ground - attack aircraft . He recorded his 20th victory a MiG - 3 fighter , on 10 July . Hauptmann von Eichel - Streiber was awarded the Ritterkreuz in April 1944 for 73 victories . He was then made Gruppenkommandeur of III . / JG 51 . In August 1944 , von Eichel - Streiber was appointed Gruppenkommandeur I . / JG 27 on " Reichsverteidigung " duties . He recorded his 96th and last victory on 28 November when he shot down a USAAF P - 47 fighter . In November 1944 Von Eichel - Streiber underwent training on the Me 262 jet fighter at Lechfeld . He then supervised jet fighter conversion courses for bomber pilots from IX . ( J ) Flieger Korps before a transfer to JV 44 , but did not fly any operational missions before the war ' s end . He achieved a total of 96 Victories , 94 over the Eastern front , including 42 Il - 2 Sturmoviks . After the war . Von Eichel - Streiber survived the war and emigrated to the USA where he became a successful Volkswagen distributor in Modesto , California .
Eberhard Stephan Eberhard Stephan ( 7 July 1910 – 22 October 2008 ) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II and an Oberstleutnant in the Bundeswehr . 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 . Eberhard Stephan was captured by American troops in 1945 . He later joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 , retiring in 1964 .
Hugh White ( RAF officer ) Air Vice - Marshal Hugh Granville White graduated from the Royal Military College , Sandhurst , and began his military career in the East Kent Regiment , transferring to the Royal Flying Corps ( a unit of the British Army ) during the First World War . He became a flying ace credited with seven aerial victories during the war to begin a four decade military career . He transferred to the Royal Air Force , in which he held important commands . First World War . White had originally contemplated a naval career , but he attended RMC Sandhurst instead . He was commissioned into the East Kent Regiment before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in early 1916 . He joined 20 Squadron in July 1916 at age 18 , and was promptly nicknamed " Child Pilot " . Flying a Royal Aircraft Factory FE . 2 d with a reluctant first - time observer aboard on 5 April 1917 , he engaged enemy planes by operating the observer ' s guns as well as the pilot ' s controls . By managing both tasks , White shot down Josef Flink of Jasta 18 , who fell into captivity with a hand wound . White followed up by scoring twice more in late May , with Thomas Lewis manning the guns . White was appointed a Flight Commander before being returned to Home Establishment as an instructor . He returned to the front a year later as a Royal Aircraft Factory SE . 5 a pilot in 29 Squadron . Between 15 and 19 May 1918 , he drove down an Albatros D . V and destroyed three Pfalz D . III s . His final victory of 19 May was an especially eventful one , as White collided with Karl Pech of Jasta 29 during a dogfight , killing the German ace . After the First World War . Hugh White survived the war , and went on to play on the Royal Air Force rugby team . By the time he retired in 1955 , he had risen to the rank of Air Vice - Marshal .
Blohm & Voss BV 142 The Blohm & Voss BV 142 was a German civil aircraft developed for the transatlantic air mail service , originally designed for the German national airline " Lufthansa " . The first prototype was flown on 11 October 1938 . Design . The aircraft had four engines mounted on a low inverted gull monoplane wing , high horizontal stabilizer , and a double vertical tail , based on the Blohm & Voss Ha 139 seaplane . The wing center section was strengthened by a typical Blohm & Voss cross - girder , which consisted of a large - diameter pipe . This transverse tube ( divided internally into 5 section ) also acted as a fuel tank . The center wing was metal - covered , while the outer wings were fabric - covered . There were six hydraulically - operated flaps in the mid - wing . The fuselage was of metal and had an approximately circular cross - section . Each main landing gear leg had dual wheels and was fully retractable , as was the tailwheel . The landing gear was hydraulically lowered and retracted . Only four prototypes ( V1 through V4 ) were built . These aircraft were tested by " Lufthansa " and used briefly in the postal service . However , the outbreak of World War II ended further development of the civilian project . Operations . Soon after the start of World War II , it was proposed to convert all four prototype BV 142 to long - range maritime patrol aircraft . The BV 142 V2 , thus underwent a trial modification . It was fitted with an extended nose section with extensive glazing ( like the Heinkel He 111 H - 6 ) , defensive armament ( 7 . 92 mm / . 312 in MG 15 machine gun in nose , twin - beam position , ventral cupola , and a powered dorsal turret ) , a compartment for ordnance in the fuselage , and navigation and military radio equipment . The BV 142 V2 , was redesignated BV 142 V2 / U1 while V1 was similarly converted . Both were used operationally from late 1940 and were posted to the " Luftwaffe " s second surveillance Group . This unit was assigned to the operations staff of " Luftflotte " III in France . However , their performance was disappointing , and after only a few missions , they were withdrawn from service in 1942 . The two other aircraft ( V3 and V4 ) were used as transport aircraft for the occupation of Denmark and in the Norway campaign with the KGr . z . b . V . 105 ( Special combat team ) and could transport 30 fully equipped soldiers over 4 , 000 km ( 2 , 490 mi ) . The ultimate fate of V3 and V4 is unknown . It was later planned to use V1 and V2 to carry the Henschel GT 1200C guided torpedo , but the plan was scrapped .
Battle of Mount Vesuvius The Battle of Vesuvius was one of the first , if not the first , battles of the Third Servile War . The rebels led by Spartacus attacked the camp of the praetor Gaius Claudius Glaber at the bottom of the mountain . The battle was Spartacus ' first victory over a Roman Praetor .
Anton Csorich Anton Csorich ( ) , ( born in Mahično at Karlovac , Croatia , in 1795 and died in Dornbach at Vienna , Austria , in 1864 ) was the " baron od Monte Creto " and became a general in the Austrian Army and then was promoted to the position of lieutenant field marshal when he became second chief of the 15th Infantry Regiment . In that position he took part in the suppression of the October 1848 uprising in Vienna . He then went on to participate in the Austrian war against the Hungarian Republic in 1849 .
478th Aeronautical Systems Wing The 478th Aeronautical Systems Wing ( 478 ASW ) is a wing of the United States Air Force based out of Wright - Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio . The antecedent group was a Fourth Air Force RTU and west coast air defense fighter unit , 1943 - 1944 . It provided Air Defense in the North - Central United States , 1957 - 1963 . From 2004 to the present it provided Depot level maintenance . Mission . The 478th ASW is a depot - level maintenance organization tasked with the servicing of F - 22A Raptor aircraft and weapons systems .
28th Guards Mechanised Brigade The 28th Guards Mechanised Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces . The full name of the Brigade is the 28th Separate Guards Mechanised Brigade . ( , " 28 okrema gvardiyska mehanizovana brugada " ) The original 28th Guards Rifle Division was formed during the Second World War from the 180th Rifle Division in May 1942 . The division fought at Kharkov and Iasi . It was with the 37th Army in Bulgaria in May 1945 . During the 1980s , the then 28th Guards Motor Rifle Division was part of the 14th Guards Army headquartered at Kishinev , in the Moldovian SSR ( Odessa Military District ) . After the fall of the Soviet Union it became part of the reorganised Ukrainian 6th Army Corps .
USS Oahu ( ARG - 5 ) USS " Oahu " ( ARG - 5 ) was laid down as " Caleb C . Wheeler " , MCV hull 1782 , 14 August 1943 by the Bethlehem - Fairfield Shipyard , Inc . , Baltimore , Maryland ; launched 9 September 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . O . F . Hurt ; acquired by the U . S . Navy from the Maritime Commission 15 September 1943 ; converted by the Maryland Drydock Company , Baltimore , Maryland ; and commissioned 4 April 1944 , Comdr . Clyde Lovelace in command . World War II Pacific Theatre Operations . Following a Chesapeake Bay shakedown , the repair ship " Oahu " departed Hampton Roads , Virginia , 16 May 1944 , steaming south and then west . Transiting the Panama Canal , she headed out into the $ 3 . On 8 July she arrived at Eniwetok and on the 11th began repairing the damaged vessels of the Pacific Fleet . " Oahu " remained based at Eniwetok for the greater part of the next eight months . There she kept Allied vessels , naval and merchant , in trim and prepared them for the Philippine and Iwo Jima operations . Moving forward to Ulithi at the end of February 1945 , she serviced the ships gathering for the invasion of Okinawa during March and then returned to the Marshalls . " Oahu " continued her work at Eniwetok until 6 December when she got underway for the United States . Post - War return to Stateside . Arriving at San Pedro , California , 25 December , " Oahu " , having repaired over two thousand ships during the war , was ordered to San Diego , California , to complete repair and pre - inactivation work on vessels going into mothballs . Decommissioning . On 22 November she herself was ordered inactivated , and decommissioned in January 1947 . She was berthed at San Diego as a unit of the Pacific Reserve Fleet until transferred in July 1963 to the Maritime Administration and laid up at Suisun Bay . She remained there as a unit of the National Defense Reserve Fleet . Awards . USS " Oahu " ( AGR – 5 ) received one battle star for World War II service .
Harold Burrough Admiral Sir Harold Martin Burrough GCB , KBE , DSO ( 4 July 1889 – 22 October 1977 ) was a senior Royal Navy officer and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff to the Royal Navy during World War II . Early career . Born the tenth son of Rev . Charles Burrough and his wife Georgina Long , Burrough began his career as a naval cadet in 1903 after being educated at St Edward ' s School , Oxford . He first saw action during World War I as a gunnery officer aboard HMS " Southampton " , later taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 . In 1930 he was given command of HMS " London " . He was made Commander of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla in 1935 and of HMS " Excellent " in 1937 . He was made Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1939 . World War II . During World War II he was awarded the DSO after a successful raid on the Norwegian islands of Vågsøy and Måløy on 27 December 1941 in which nine enemy ships were sunk by the Navy and Royal Air Force and the garrisons were wiped out by the military forces . Burrough would serve on the Naval Staff for two years until 1942 . In July of that year he was given command of the close escort force for Operation Pedestal , and subsequently placed in command of Allied naval forces in the assault on Algiers during Operation Torch , as well as directing the Northwest Africa landings . After his appointment as Flag Officer Commanding Gibraltar and Mediterranean Approaches in 1943 , Burrough succeeded Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay as Allied Naval Commander - in - Chief , Expeditionary Force ( ANXF ) , following Ramsay ’ s death after an aircraft accident . Planning the Allied naval strategy and operations , working closely with U . S . General Dwight D . Eisenhower during the final years of the war , Burrough was one of the signatories to the German Surrender Documents on 7 May 1945 at Rheims , France . He remained as naval commander occupying post - war Germany , where among his duties he authorised the formation of the German Mine Sweeping Administration . He then became Commander - in - Chief , The Nore in 1946 . He retired in 1949 , being created Knight Grand Cross of the order of the Bath ( GCB ) that year . He died on 22 October 1977 from pneumonia at the Moorhouse Nursing Home , Hindhead , Surrey . Family . Burrough married in 1914 , Nellie Wills , daughter of C . W Outhit of Halifax , Nova Scotia , and had two sons and three daughters . His wife died in 1972 .
64th Air Refueling Squadron The 64th Air Refueling Squadron ( 64 ARS ) is a United States Air Force air - refueling squadron that is part of the 22d Air Refueling Wing ' s 22d Operations Group at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas . Through the Air Force ' s Total Force Initiative , the 64th is operationally assigned to the 157th Air Refueling Wing at Pease Air National Guard Base in New Hampshire . History . The 64th flew aerial transportation and evacuation in the South and Southwest Pacific from , 7 August 1943 - c . 14 August 1945 and between Japan and Korea from , 19 May - 31 December 1952 . In 1957 the squadron moved on paper from Portland International Airport to Niagara Falls Municipal Airport , where is assumed the mission , personnel , and equipment of the 700th Troop Carrier Squadron . The squadron trained and provided airlift services from , January 1953 - March 1997 , including airlift to Vietnam during the late 1960s and to Southwest Asia in 1990 - 1991 . It participated in various training exercises and airlift missions worldwide until inactivation on 31 March 1997 . Associate Status . The 64th Air Refueling Squadron was activated at Pease Air National Guard Base , New Hampshire on 2 October 2009 as part of the 22d Air Refueling Wing . It is part of the Total Force Initiative and will work side by side with the 157th Air Refueling Wing , New Hampshire Air National Guard . This will be the first time that an active duty U . S . Air Force unit has returned to Pease since the active Air Force closed the base in 1991 . On 9 January 2013 , the USAF announced that Pease Air Guard Station would be in the running to host the first KC - 46A Tankers as they entered active service in 2016 and with Guard units in 2018 .
Daejang Daejang or taejang ( ; Hanja : 大將 ) is a senior military rank of the Korean Peninsula , used by both North and South Korea . It is considered the combined equivalent of a general and admiral in other nations . The rank of " daejang " is sometimes spelled as " taejang " , depending on the transliteration system used ( " taejang " in McCune – Reischauer , " daejang " in official ROK transliteration system ) . North Korea . " Daejang " is senior to North Korea ' s three other general / admiral ranks : " sojang " ( major general / rear admiral ) , " jungjang " ( lieutenant general / vice admiral ) , " sangjang " ( colonel general / admiral ) . North Korean generals and admirals wear one to four stars . There are also four marshal ranks above this : " chasu " ( vice marshal ) , " wonsu " ( marshal of the KPA ) , " konghwaguk wonsu " ( marshal of the DPRK ) and " dae wonsu " ( grand marshal ) . The insignia for Daejang is based upon the former Soviet Union military rank insignia ( before 1974 ) for Generals of the Army and modern Generals of the Army of Russia , and in the naval versions , the Soviet ( before 1974 ) and Russian ( after 1994 ) rank insignias for Admirals of the Fleet . It is also the highest rank which is effectively held by the professional military , since the higher ranks are normally seen more as combined military - political titles . South Korea . " Daejang " is senior to South Korea ' s three other general and admiral ranks : " Chunjang " ( brigadier general / rear admiral ( lower half ) and formerly commodore and commodore admiral ) , " sojang " ( major general / rear admiral ( upper half ) or rear admiral previously ) and " jungjang " ( lieutenant general / vice admiral ) . South Korean generals wear one to four stars as a badge of rank . The higher rank of " wonsu " ( marshal or fleet admiral ) has never been used . Currently , eight ( sometimes nine ) officers of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces in active service hold the rank of " daejang " .