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156th ( Leeds and Grenville ) Battalion , CEF The 156th ( Leeds and Grenville ) Battalion , CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War . Based in Brockville , Ontario , the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in Leeds and Grenville Counties . After sailing to England in October 1916 , the battalion was absorbed into the 2nd , 21st , and 38th Battalions , CEF . A draft was also supplied to the Princess Patricia ' s Canadian Light Infantry , with the remaining men going to the 6th Reserve Battalion . The unit officially ceased to exist on February 15 , 1918 . The 156th ( Leeds and Grenville ) Battalion , CEF had two Officer Commanding : Lieut - Col . T . C . D . Bedell ( October 17 , 1916 – March 14 , 1917 ) and Lieut - Col . C . M . R . Graham ( March 14 , 1917 – February 27 , 1918 ) . References . Meek , John F . " Over the Top ! The Canadian Infantry in the First World War . " Orangeville , Ont . : The Author , 1971 .
Dov Yermiya Dov Yermiya ( born c . 1914 ) is a former Israeli Defence Forces lieutenant - colonel . In the 1948 Arab – Israeli War he was the officer who directed the assault that ended in the conquest of Saffuriyah , and his memory of the event confirms the version of events given by the Palestinians who fled . During the 1982 Lebanon War , Yermiya was expelled from his unit for voicing public criticism of the brutality of the IDF ' s treatment of civilians . In his diary account of the artillery and aerial assault on the refugee camp of Ain al - Hilweh , he wrote that the quantity of bombs used to destroy the area reminded him of World War 2 . The following year he became famous for his account of that period in his book " My War Diary : Lebanon June 5 - - July 1 , 1982 " . Published in defiance of censorship laws , it provoked , according to the publishers , ' widespread controversy when it was first published in Israel ' , but was ignored by western media . The book criticized Israeli wrongdoings during the war , and was first published in Hebrew with the title " Yoman Hamilchama Sheli " . It was later translated to English and published by South End Press . The book has been given some attention by western intellectuals , such as the US writer Noam Chomsky . In 1983 he was the recipient of a Human Rights Award from the Association for Civil Rights for his work in relieving the suffering of Lebanese civilians during hostilities . The Israeli army relieved him from duty . According to Edward Alexander , in a chapter surveying what he calls ' Antisemitism , Israeli - style , ' , Yermiya is said to have made a profession of giving speeches around the world that draw on an analogy between Israel and Nazi Germany , and to have affirmed in an interview that he and his friends thought as early as 1945 that the Holocaust would " affect Jews in Israel . . . for the bad . " In July 2009 , Yermiya wrote to friends expressing his despair at the situation in Israel and Palestine , and concluding
Alex McDade Alex McDade ( 1905 – 1937 ) was a Glasgow labourer who went to Spain to fight with XV International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War He was a Political commissar with the British Battalion and wounded at the Battle of Jarama in February 1937 . He was killed on the first day of the Battle of Brunete at Villanueva de la Cañada on 6 July 1937 . He wrote the poem " " Valley of Jarama " " .
HMS Boadicea ( 1908 ) HMS " Boadicea " was the lead ship of the " Boadicea " - class scout cruiser s which served with the Royal Navy . She was built at Pembroke Dockyard , being laid down in June 1907 , launched on 14 May 1908 and commissioned in June 1909 . Design . Designed to provide destroyer flotilla s with a command ship capable of outclassing enemy destroyers with her six guns , " Boadicea " proved too slow in service from the start of her career . Her was barely capable of matching the speeds of the " River " - class destroyers she led in the 1st Flotilla in 1909 but proved inadequate to match the of the " Beagle " - class destroyers which took over in 1910 , and the " Acheron " class , which could reach . Career . She joined the Grand Fleet in Scapa Flow at the start of hostilities in the First World War and was attached to the Second Battle Squadron . Further shortcomings were exposed as she proved unable to take the rough conditions in the North Sea , losing her bridge on 15 December 1914 , with several men drowned . She then had to return to port while her Squadron chased German raiders off the Yorkshire coast in December 1914 . " Boadicea " was rearmed in 1916 , with four additional guns and a anti - aircraft gun , which was upgraded to a weapon before the end of the war . " Boadicea " was at the Battle of Jutland but took no part in the fighting , being judged too light in armour and firepower to engage the enemy . She actually spotted the German fleet the night after the battle , but her report was not passed to Admiral John Jellicoe for fear of giving away the position of the British Fleet . She was converted to mine laying duties in December 1917 and completed three missions in that role , laying 184 mines . She operated in Dartmouth harbour from January 1921 , until being sold for scrap on 13 July 1926 to be broken up at Alloa , Rosyth .
59th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron The 59th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . Its last assignment was to the 9th Weather Reconnaissance Group , stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base , Texas . It was inactivated on 8 May 1964 . History . The 59th Reconnaissance Squadron , Very Long Range , Weather , was originally activated at Will Rogers Field , Oklahoma on 10 Aug 1945 , equipped with R B - 17G Flying Fortress es reconnaissance aircraft . It quickly moved to Ardmore AAF , Oklahoma and then on to Drew Field , Florida , followed by MacDill Field , Florida - all still in 1945 . On 26 Jan 1946 , the squadron moved to Castle Field , California ; then again moved to Fairfield - Suisun AAF , California on 22 Oct 1946 , where the Flying Fortresses were replaced by F - 13 As ( a B - 29 variant ) , for very long range weather reconnaissance flights . Three of the squadron ' s F - 13As were earmarked for weather reconnaissance duties in support of the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll . In March 1946 , three B - 29s of the 59th had a variety of weather instruments installed at Tinker Field , and then departed for the Pacific and " Operation Crossroads " . On 25 May 1946 , another F - 13A of the 59th flew the first " synoptic " weather reconnaissance mission from Castle out over the northeastern Pacific . On 1 Jun 1947 , the 59th moved to Ladd Field , Alaska Territory where it was inactivated on 15 Oct 1947 ; it ' s personnel and aircraft being absorbed into the SAC ( Strategic Air Command ) 72d Reconnaissance Squadron . The squadron designation was reactivated at Kindley AFB , Bermuda , on 3 March 1955 as the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Flight under the 9th Weather Reconnaissance Group . It was equipped with WB - 50D Superfortress es ; the mission of the 59th WRF was flying into tropical storms and hurricanes - Hurricane Hunting . On 1 April 1956 , it was redesignated the 59th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron . The squadron remained at Kindley AFB until its inactivation on 18 March 1960 , ( due to budget reductions ) . In 1963 , the 59th was re - activated briefly at Goodfellow AFB , Texas without personnel or aircraft . It was discontinued and inactivated on 8 May 1964 .
Jalil Zandi Brig . General Jalil Zandi ( ) ( 1951 – 2001 ) was an ace fighter pilot in the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force , serving for the full duration of the Iran - Iraq war . His record qualifies him as an ace and the most successful pilot of that conflict in the air combats . Jalil Zandi began in the IIAF and stayed on to serve in the IRIAF when it was somewhat dangerous for pilots to continue their military service . While a Major , he often clashed with his superior Lt . Col . Abbas Babaei . Abbas Babaei was notorious for his merciless treatment of the pilots and officers considered disloyal to the new regime and its virtues and because of this Jalil Zandi was condemned to ten years of imprisonment . In the time he was in prison he was threatened to be sentenced to death , but by demand of the then air force commander and many other air force pilots he was released after six months . His fame came as a F - 14 Tomcat pilot . He has been reliably credited with shooting down 11 Iraqi aircraft ( 8 confirmed victories through examination with US intelligence documents released according to FOIA inquiry and 3 probable victories ) . The victories include 4 MiG - 23 s , 2 Su - 22 s , 2 MiG 21 s and 3 Mirage F1 s . This makes him the most successful F - 14 Tomcat pilot ever . His last official post , before his death , was ' Deputy for Planning and Organization ' of the Iranian Air Force . He died with his wife Zahra Mohebshahedin in 2001 in a car accident near Tehran . He is buried in Behesht - e Zahra cemetery in the south of Tehran . He had three sons : Vahid , Amir , and Nader .
Arthur Dalzell , 13th Earl of Carnwath Arthur Edward Dalzell , 13th Earl of Carnwath CB ( 25 December 1851 – 9 March 1941 ) , was a British Army officer and a Representative Peer of Scotland . He was born into an old Anglo - Irish ' Ascendancy ' family . Lord Carnwath was the fourth of five children born to The Hon . Robert Alexander George Dalzell ( 1816 – 1878 ) and Sarah Bushby Harris ( 1821 – 1916 ) . His father was the fourth son of Robert Alexander Dalzell , 6th Earl of Carnwath and his mother the daughter of John and Amelia ( Ryerse ) Harris of Eldon House , London , Ontario , Canada . Eldon House , built in 1834 , its grounds and collections were gifted to the city of London as a museum in 1960 . Dalzell married Muriel Wyndham Knatchbull ( d . 1958 ) in 1902 and had two children : Receiving his education at East Sheen and Cheltenham , he joined the 12th or Suffolk Regiment as an ensign in 1870 . The following year he transferred to the 52nd ( Oxfordshire ) Regiment of Foot and was commissioned a lieutenant on 1 November 1871 . He had become a supernumerary captain by March 1882 , and made full captain on 7 October 1885 . While he served with his regiment in Malta he first saw active service in Upper Burma between 1891 and 1892 . By now a major he was appointed as Inspector of Gymnasia in Bengal and Punjab he returned to his regular duties in 1896 . Further promotions followed and he served in the Second Boer War , seeing action at Paardeberg and other campaigns during the conflict . He was made a Companion of the Bath on 29 November 1900 for his services there . Ultimately promoted to the position of honorary Brigadier - General , Dalzell served on the Western Front during World War I . Upon the death of his nephew , Ronald Arthur Dalzell , 12th Earl of Carnwath , in 1931 he succeeded to the peerage and was elected a Scottish Representative Peer in 1935 . He died on 9 March 1941 at his country residence , Sand House , Wedmore , Somerset , England .
USS Dash ( AM - 428 ) USS " Dash " ( AM - 428 ) was an of the United States Navy . Laid down on 2 July 1951 by the Astoria Marine Construction Co . , Astoria , Oregon and launched on 20 September 1952 , the ship was commissioned on 14 August 1953 , and reclassified as an Ocean Minesweeper , MSO - 428 , 7 February 1955 . North Atlantic operations . Sailing from San Diego , California on 12 June 1954 " Dash " arrived at Charleston , South Carolina on 6 July . She sailed out of Charleston on local duty and for refresher training at Key West , Florida , until 4 January 1956 when she got underway with her division for a tour of duty in the Mediterranean with the U . S . 6th Fleet . She returned to Charleston on 11 June . " Dash " served in the Mediterranean again between 1 May and 2 October 1957 , and between 27 April and 27 August 1959 . Through 1962 , she operated along the east coast and in the Caribbean in amphibious and mine warfare exercises . Decommissioning . " Dash " was decommissioned on 2 October 1982 , and sold for scrap on 26 January 1984 to Wayne Hobbs of Huntington , California , for $ 22 , 229 .
Sambre – Oise Canal The Sambre – Oise Canal ( French : " Canal de la Sambre à l ' Oise " ) is located in northern France . It forms a connection between the river Sambre ( Meuse basin ) at Landrecies and the Oise ( Seine basin ) at Tergnier . The canal is 71 km long , and has 38 locks . It is only suited for small boats , maximum length 38 . 5 m . World War I battle . The Sambre – Oise Canal saw one of the last Allied victories of World War I before the Armistice with Germany which came into effect at 11 . 00 am on 11 November 1918 . The forcing of the Sambre – Oise Canal took place on November 4 , 1918 . Participating in the operation were the 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex , as well as the 2nd Manchesters , to which the poet Wilfred Owen belonged . The Lancashire Fusiliers also took part in the battle . The British forces were to cross some fields surrounded by high hedges , then cross the canal at a point where there was a lockhouse . The Germans had this area defended with machine gun s and rifle teams . As the 2nd Battalion advanced on the canal , the Royal Engineers placed small footbridge s across the lock . Some Royal Sussex Regiment men actually climbed up onto the lock gates , one of them firing his Lewis gun from the hip as he went . Eventually the British managed to take the lockhouse and pushed on to their final objective near the Étreux road . Wilfred Owen , officer and poet , was killed as he crossed the Sambre – Oise Canal at the head of a raiding party : Owen ' s death occurred only a week before the war ended .
Ferdinand Cohen - Blind Ferdinand Cohen - Blind ( March 25 , 1844 – May 8 , 1866 ) was a German student who attempted to assassinate Otto von Bismarck , then the Minister President of Prussia . He committed suicide shortly after his arrest . Childhood and youth . Cohen - Blind was born in Mannheim , Grand Duchy of Baden to Jacob Abraham Cohen and his second wife Friederike , née Ettlinger . Shortly after her son ' s birth , Friederike began a relationship with journalist and revolutionary Karl Blind , a former student of the University of Heidelberg who had been expelled for expressing radical democratic sentiments . She financially supported Blind ' s political activities and was arrested with him in the summer of 1847 . They married after Jacob Cohen ' s death in 1848 , at which time Ferdinand ' s last name was changed to Cohen - Blind . After the Baden Revolution Blind and his family went into exile , stopping in Paris and Brussels before arriving in London in 1852 . A childhood in exile shaped Ferdinand ; following in his parents ' shoes , he rejected the monarchical system of the German states , hoping to emulate his stepfather as a champion of democracy . Cohen - Blind returned to Germany in his 18th year , studying at the University of Tübingen and ( from 1864 ) the Agricultural Academy of Hohenheim , where he was known as a good student . Assassination attempt . After graduating in March 1866 , Cohen - Blind went on a hike through Bavaria and Bohemia . The growing likelihood of war between Prussia and Austria led him to the decision to kill Bismarck , whom he saw as the originator of the threat of civil war . He left Carlsbad , arriving in Berlin and checking into the " Hotel Royal Unter den Linden " hotel on May 5 . On the afternoon of May 7 he lay in wait for Bismarck , revolver in hand , in the Unter den Linden , a boulevard in central Berlin . The Prime Minister had just reported to King Wilhelm and was now walking home . When Bismarck was close to the Russian Embassy , Cohen - Blind took aim and fired twice from behind ; Bismarck spun around and grabbed his attacker , who was able to fire three more shots before soldiers from the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Guards rushed up and took him into custody . Bismarck continued on his way home . Later that night , he allowed the King ' s physician , Gustav von Lauer , to examine him . Lauer noted that the first three bullets had only grazed Bismarck ' s body and the last two had ricocheted off the ribs and had caused no major injuries . Some sources claim that Bismarck was saved because he had worn a bulletproof vest . Cohen - Blind was taken to police headquarters for questioning , but in an unguarded moment he slashed his own throat with a knife , severing his carotid artery . He died shortly after 4 AM on May 8 . His body was quickly buried at night without ceremony in St . Nicholas Cemetery .
William W . Hartzog General William White Hartzog ( born September 21 , 1941 ) was a four - star U . S . Army general whose commands during his 35 - year career include the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command , the 1st Infantry Division , and United States Army South . He was born in Wilmington , North Carolina . Military career . After graduating from The Citadel in 1963 , where he received a degree in English , he was commissioned in the infantry . His first assignment after the Infantry Officer Basic Course was as Executive Officer of an Officer Candidate School company at Fort Benning . In 1965 he was assigned to Fort Kobbe , Panama . He deployed to Vietnam in 1967 , eventually commanding a company , and upon return to the United States he attended the Infantry Officer Advanced Course . After graduation , he was assigned as a tactics instructor at the United States Military Academy , then returned to Vietnam in 1972 as a Plans Officer for Military Assistance Command , Vietnam . He attended the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College from 1973 to 1974 , then proceeded to Fort Riley , where he served in various staff positions with the 1st Infantry Division . In April 1978 , he was given command of the 193rd Infantry Brigade . Following his assignment in Panama , he attended the United States Army War College at Carlisle Barracks , Pennsylvania , and then served at the War Plans Division in Washington D . C . , where he eventually became Chief . He was next assigned as Executive Officer at the U . S . Army Training and Doctrine Command , before taking command of another brigade , the 197th Infantry Brigade at Fort Benning . After serving from 1987 to 1989 as the Assistant Commandant of the United States Army Infantry School , he returned to Panama for a third time as the J - 3 , United States Southern Command , a position he held during Operation Just Cause . He took command of United States Army South in 1990 , and followed that command in 1991 with command of the 1st Infantry Division . He served as Deputy Commander in Chief / Chief of Staff , United States Atlantic Command from 1993 to 1994 before taking command of United States Army Training and Doctrine Command at Fort Monroe , from which he retired in 1998 . Awards and Decorations . He was given the Appalachian State University Distinguished Alumni Award in 1996 . Post military . After retiring from the Army , Hartzog became CEO of Burdeshaw Associates , a defense consulting firm , sits on the Board of Directors of the Army Historical Foundation , and is a member of the Defense Science Board .
Hans - Joachim Pancherz Hans - Joachim Pancherz ( born 15 April 1914 ) was a German aviator and test pilot . Biography . Hans - Joachim Pancherz was born in Bytom , then Beuthen , in Upper Silesia . From 1933 he worked as a civilian flight instructor at the Würzburg , Kitzingen and Fürth flying schools , and at the Dresden LKS ( Luftkriegsschule ) . In 1934 he gained experience as a test pilot at the " E - Stelle Rechlin " , the German test centre and in 1938 was offered the chance to fly for the SCADTA airline in Colombia . Returning to Germany in 1940 , he began working for Junkers at Dessau as a test pilot , mainly with Junkers ' larger machines , including the Ju 90 , Ju 290 and finally the Ju 390 . On 15 July 1943 he became one of the first pilots to eject from an aircraft in flight when he ejected from the Ju 290 SB + QF over Rechlin after the aircraft began to come apart in flight after a flutter test . He also helped test the Me 163 and the Ju 248 , making the latter ' s first flight . During World War II Pancherz was the chief pilot for Junkers on their massive six engined Ju 390 project . In his own post war recollections in 1969 he declared to the British " Daily Telegraph " newspaper from his home in Barcelona that he flew a Ju 390 to Cape Town and back on an air - to air refuelling mission . Following the war , he flew for the US army of occupation until 1948 when he went to Sweden . After flying Ju 52 s for a local company , he joined the Swedish aviation company Malmö Flygindustri as a designer and consultant , where he worked until his retirement in 1979 .
United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria The United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria ( UNSMIS ) is a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Syria , set up in 2012 as a result of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2043 in response to the Syrian uprising ( Syrian civil war ) . It was commanded by Norwegian major general Robert Mood until 20 July 2012 followed by Lieutenant General Babacar Gaye from Senegal . Although observers remain in the country , Mood suspended their mission on June 16 , 2012 citing " escalating violence . " Observers will conduct no further patrols and stay in their current positions until the suspension is lifted . On 20 July 2012 , the Security Council extended UNSMIS for a final period of 30 days . According to resolution 2059 , the Council would only consider further extensions " in the event that the Secretary - General reports and the Security Council confirms the cessation of the use of heavy weapons and a reduction in the level of violence sufficient by all sides " to allow UNSMIS to implement its mandate . Make - up and strength . Resolution 2043 authorises up to 300 unarmed military observers , plus an appropriate civilian component . As of 30 June 2012 , UNSMIS consisted of 278 military observers , 81 international civilian staff and 40 local civilian staff . Military personnel came from Armenia , Bangladesh , Benin , Brazil , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Cambodia , Chad , China , Croatia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Ecuador , Egypt , Fiji , Finland , France , Ghana , Indonesia , Ireland , Italy , Jordan , Kenya , Kyrgyzstan , Mauritania , Morocco , Nepal , Netherlands , New Zealand , Niger , Nigeria , Norway , Paraguay , Philippines , Romania , Russia , Senegal , Slovenia , Sweden , Switzerland , Togo , Yemen and Zimbabwe . On 25 July 2012 Under - Secretary - General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous announced that about half of the military observers have been sent back to their countries . On August 16 , France ' s UN Ambassador Gerard Araud , the current Security Council president , said the conditions to extend the mission beyond August 20 , among which a significant reduction of violence , were not met and the mission would end . Russia organised new UN meetings in New York on Friday , August 17 , and calls on all sides to end the violence . On 20 July , the Security Council extended UNSMIS for a final period of 30 days . According to resolution S / RES / 2059 , the Council would only consider further extensions to the mission ‘ ’ in the event that the Secretary - General reports and the Security Council confirms the cessation of the use of heavy weapons and a reduction in the level of violence sufficient by all sides " to allow the UNSMIS monitors to implement their mandate . The two conditions set by the Council were not met . This was reported in a Secretary - General ’ s letter to the Security Council on 10 August , in which he also set forth his observations on the future work of the United Nations in Syria . The UNSMIS mandate came to an end at midnight on 19 August 2012 .