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Charles Griffiths ( British Army officer ) Lieutenant - General Charles Griffiths ( 3 August 1763 – 31 May 1829 ) was a British soldier , foster brother to Prince Frederick , Duke of York and Albany , Lieutenant - General and Governor of Yarmouth Castle , Isle of Wight . Parents and marriage . Griffiths was the son of the Reverend John Griffiths and his wife Mary , the daughter of John Denham . Mary has been described as the foster - mother to the Duke of York , second son of George III . Griffiths was thirteen days older than the Duke of York and has been described in turn as the latter ' s foster - brother . He married on 7 June 1796 Caroline Francis , the daughter of Sir William Neville Hart and Elizabeth , the daughter of Stanhope Aspinwall . His elder brother , John Griffiths of Erryd , was a medical practitioner and surgeon to Queen Charlotte ' s Household 1792 – 1818 . His elder brother ' s wife , Elizabeth , was the sister of his own wife . Military career . In 1779 , Griffiths was appointed ensign in the 15th Regiment of Foot . He was placed on half - pay in 1783 , restored to full - pay in the 40th Regiment in 1786 and appointed lieutenant in the 76th Regiment of Foot in 1787 . Service in India . During the Third Anglo - Mysore War , Griffiths served in the East Indies ( i . e . India ) . He was present at the siege , assault , and capture of the town and fortress of Bangalore , also at the siege and storming of the hill fort of Savendroog in the general action near Seringapatam with Tippu Sultan on 15 May 1791 . He was wounded in the general action on 6 February 1792 , when the enemy ' s lines were stormed under the walls of Seringapatam and at the siege of that capital . It terminated in the peace of 19 March of that same year . French Revolutionary Wars . Later , in 1794 , Griffiths was promoted to a company in the 14th Foot and with them he participated in the French Revolutionary Wars . He served in Flanders with the army under the Duke of York , and was in the actions of 17 / 18 May , and at Ponte chin on 22 May , with the brigade under Major - General Henry Edward Fox , consisting of the 14th , 37th , and 53nd Regiments . He was in the action of Geldermansel or Geldermalsen , on the Waal , under Lord Cathcart . He was appointed major in the 82nd Regiment in 1796 , and served in Ireland and Minorca with that Corps . Griffiths was promoted to lieutenant - colonel in ancient Irish Fencibles on 11 December 1800 . He served with that corps in Egypt , and was present at the Siege of Alexandria . Later career and the Napoleonic Wars . During the Napoleonic Wars , Griffiths was subsequently placed on the staff in Ireland and England , and received the brevet of colonel in 1810 . In the following year he was appointed lieutenant - colonel of the 2nd Battalion of the 11th Regiment of Foot , which corps he joined at Gibraltar . He received the rank of major - general on 4 June 1813 , and was placed on the staff of the garrison at Gibraltar . In the neighbouring Straits he commanded for nearly two years the British auxiliary troops in the fortress of Ceuta . He attained the rank of lieutenant - general in 1825 .
305th Infantry Brigade ( United Kingdom ) 305th Infantry Brigade ( 305 Bde ) was a formation of the British Army organised from surplus Royal Artillery ( RA ) personnel retrained as infantry towards the end of World War II . Origin . By the end of 1944 , 21st Army Group was suffering a severe manpower shortage , particularly among the infantry . At the same time the German " Luftwaffe " was suffering from such shortages of pilots , aircraft and fuel that serious aerial attacks on the United Kingdom could be discounted . In January 1945 the War Office began to reorganise surplus anti - aircraft and coastal artillery regiments in the UK into infantry battalions , primarily for line of communication and occupation duties in North West Europe , thereby releasing trained infantry for frontline service . 305th was one of seven brigades formed from these new units . Composition . 305th Infantry Brigade was formed on 22 January 1945 by conversion of Headquarters 49th Anti - Aircraft Brigade within 2 Anti - Aircraft Group . It was commanded by Brigadier R . C . Foot ( Brigadier M . A . Carthew from 4 July 1945 ) and comprised the following Territorial Army RA units : Service . After infantry training , including a short period attached to 55th ( West Lancashire ) Infantry Division , 305 Bde came under the orders of 21st Army Group on 18 April 1945 , and landed on the Continent two days later .
Joe Hughes ( GC ) Driver Joseph Hughes of the Royal Army Service Corps was awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he displayed on the 21st of March , 1946 in Lyemun Barracks in Hong Kong . Notice of his award appeared in the London Gazette of the 26th of June , 1947 . The 19 year old was driving a 3 ton truck full of cleared ammunition and explosives into the magazine area when it caught fire . Knowing it could explode at any moment , he tried to remove the burning camouflage netting and when that failed , tackled the developing blaze with fire extinguishers . Despite his efforts the lorry exploded and Hughes died two days later of his wounds . A plaque containing a replica of his medal and summary of his action hangs in the St . Francis Centre in the Gorbals in Glasgow , where Hughes was born .
Chester H . West Chester Howard West ( January 3 , 1888 – May 20 , 1935 ) was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during World War I . Biography . West was born in Fort Collins , Colorado on January 3 , 1888 and died May 20 , 1935 . He is buried in Van Cycle Southside , West Virginia . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : First Sergeant , U . S . Army , Company D , 363d Infantry , 91st Division . Place and date : Near Bois - de - Cheppy , France , September 26 , 1918 . Entered service at : Los Banos , Calif . Birth : Fort Collins , Colo . G . O . No . : 34 , W . D . , 1919 . Citation : While making his way through a thick fog with his automatic rifle section , his advance was halted by direct and unusual machinegun fire from 2 guns . Without aid , he at once dashed through the fire and , attacking the nest , killed 2 of the gunners , 1 of whom was an officer . This prompt and decisive hand - to - hand encounter on his part enabled his company to advance farther without the loss of a man .
Frederick Miller ( VC ) Lieutenant - Colonel Frederick Miller VC ( 10 November 1831 – 17 February 1874 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . Miller was 22 years old , and a lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery , British Army during the Crimean War when the following deed took place at the Battle of Inkerman for which he was awarded the VC . Further information . He later achieved the rank of lieutenant - colonel . His VC is on display in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum , London .
4th Virginia Regiment The 4th Virginia Regiment was raised on December 28 , 1775 at Suffolk Court House , Virginia for service with the Continental Army . The regiment saw action at the Battle of Trenton , Battle of Princeton , Battle of Brandywine , Battle of Germantown , Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston . Most of the regiment was captured at Charlestown , South Carolina on May 12 , 1780 by the British and the regiment was formally disbanded on January 1 , 1783 .
Kosmos 1658 Kosmos 1658 ( meaning " Cosmos 1658 " ) was a Soviet US - K missile early warning satellite which was launched in 1985 as part of the Soviet military ' s Oko programme . The satellite was designed to identify missile launches using optical telescopes and infrared sensors . Kosmos 1658 was launched from Site 41 / 1 at Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Russian SSR . A Molniya - M carrier rocket with a 2BL upper stage was used to perform the launch , which took place at 14 : 27 UTC on 11 June 1985 . The launch successfully placed the satellite into a molniya orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 1985 - 045A . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Number 15808 . It re - entered the Earth ' s atmosphere on 12 November 2005 .
Battle of Agusan Hill Battle of Agusan Hill , May 14 , 1900 . Capt . Walter B . Elliott , CO of Company I , 40th Infantry Regiment USV , with 80 men proceeded to the village of Agusan , about 16 kilometers west of Cagayan de Misamis town proper , to dislodge about 500 guerillas who were entrenched on a hill with 200 rifles and shotguns . The attack was successful ; 2 Americans were killed and 3 wounded ; the Filipinos suffered 38 killed , including their commander , Capt . Vicente Roa . The Americans also captured 35 Remington rifles
91st Air Refueling Squadron The 91st Air Refueling Squadron ( 91 ARS ) is part of the 6th Air Mobility Wing at MacDill Air Force Base , Florida . It operates the KC - 135 Stratotanker aircraft conducting aerial refueling missions . History . Established in 1940 as a long - range reconnaissance squadron , equipped with a mixture of B - 17C / D Flying Fortress es and B - 18 Bolo s . Assigned to the GHQAF Northeast Air District at Langley Field , Virginia Reassigned to Westover Field , Massachusetts in the spring of 1941 . Flew antisubmarine patrols over the Northeast coastline after the Pearl Harbor attack ; reassigned to II Bomber Command and became a B - 17 Operational Training Unit ( OTU ) at Geiger Field , Washington in January 1942 , and was redesignated as a heavy bombardment squadron in April . Reassigned to Davis - Monthan Field in May 1942 and continued its mission as an OTU in May 1942 , continuing this assignment , later being assigned to the Desert Training Center in Southern California in late 1942 , remaining as a training squadron at the DTC until April 1944 with the closure of the facility . Deployed to the European Theater of Operations ( ETO ) in late April 1944 , being assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England . Engaged in long - ranger strategic bombardment operations over Occupied Europe and Nazi Germany , attacking enemy military and industrial targets as part of the United States ' air offensive against Nazi Germany . Returned to the United States after the German Capitulation in May 1945 , being programmed as a B - 29 Superfortress squadron for deployment to the Pacific Theater . Inactivated in late August 1945 after the Japanese Capitulation and the end of World War II . Reactivated as a Strategic Air Command B - 29 Air Refueling squadron in April 1950 . Over the past 60 years , the 91st has flown worldwide air refueling operations . Crews and aircraft from the 91st deployed to Southeast Asia to refuel tactical aircraft and B - 52 Stratofortress es involved in combat in Vietnam from , January 1965 - December 1975 . It refueled aircraft participating in the Grenada rescue mission between October and November 1983 . The squadron also supported U . S . operations during the 1991 Gulf War . It performed aerial refuelings for bombers , airlift , and fighter aircraft as part of Tanker Task Force ( TTF ) around the world from , 1992 - 1995 . On 1 October 1996 the 91st relocated with aerial refueling aircraft from Malmstrom Air Force Base , Montana to MacDill Air Force Base , Florida . Since 2002 the squadron has refueled fighter aircraft providing security for the southeastern United States .
Adventuress ( schooner ) Adventuress is a gaff - rigged schooner launched in 1913 in East Boothbay , Maine . She has since been restored , and is listed as a National Historic Landmark . " Adventuress " is currently operated by Sound Experience , a non - profit organization based in Port Townsend , Washington . History . " Adventuress " was built for John Borden at the Rice Brothers ' yard in East Boothbay , Maine , and was designed by B . B . Crowninshield . Borden intended to sail to Alaska to catch a bowhead whale for the American Museum of Natural History in New York . Aboard this maiden voyage sailed the famed naturalist Roy Chapman Andrews . During the voyage , Chapman stopped on the Pribilof Islands and captured film of fur seals , which led to efforts to protect their colonies . Borden ' s efforts to catch a whale failed and he sold " Adventuress " to the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association , which marked the beginning of her career as a workboat . For 35 years , she transferred pilots to and from cargo vessels near the Farallone Islands . During World War II , she was a United States Coast Guard vessel , guarding San Francisco Bay . Around 1952 , " Adventuress " was brought to Seattle , where she went through several owners . Eventually , she wound up in the care of Monty Morton and Ernestine Bennett , who managed a non - profit sail training organization called Youth Adventures . Under their ownership , the boat was restored to most of her original lines , which had been altered during her years as a working vessel . In 1988 , Sound Experience began conducting educational programs on the vessel , and the following year she was listed as a National Historic Landmark . Sound Experience . Today " Adventuress " is operated by the non - profit organization Sound Experience , as a platform for environmental education about Puget Sound . She sails from April to October , on trips ranging from 3 hours to 7 days . Paid employees and volunteers perform office , crew , and maintenance work .
Battle of Anadan The Battle of Anadan ( ) was a ten - hour - long armed confrontation between the rebels of the Free Syrian Army and soldiers of the Syrian Army that occurred when FSA forces attempted to overrun a large army checkpoint in the area . At the end of the battle , the FSA successfully seized the checkpoint . Events . At dusk on 29 July , the Free Syrian Army commander in the area , Lieutenant Rifaat Khali , mobilized 150 fighters to seize control of the Anadan checkpoint , a strategic location linking the city of Aleppo to the south with the Turkish border to the north , which the FSA used as a source for supplies . The FSA surrounded the checkpoint as night fell and began an assault against the garrisoned troops and besieged them . A force of 50 fighters out of an initial 150 fighters took part at first , using RPGs , machine guns , and assault rifles . The besieged government soldiers called in artillery strikes from batteries based in Aleppo city , which pounded areas surrounding the checkpoint , striking nearby villages where FSA fighters were located , in a last - ditch effort to force the FSA to disengage , but failed to do so . Three hours after the attack began , a loyalist helicopter arrived and circled the area , but had little effect on the battle . The lack of reinforcements for the government soldiers during the whole ten hours led to speculation that the Syrian army was under significant military pressure in other areas of Aleppo . An FSA operated BMP - 2 armoured personnel carrier supported the fighters , as they assaulted the base , firing at least 70 rounds into the checkpoint . After ten hours of fighting , some of the government soldiers were able to break out and flee . At least six of them were killed and 25 others captured . The FSA lost four fighters , and an unknown number were wounded . Aftermath . After seizing the checkpoint , the Free Syrian Army retrieved ammunition left behind by the defeated government forces . During the fighting , eight tanks were also captured , seven of which were still operational ; the operational ones were intended for use in the Battle of Aleppo . At least some of the captured tanks were deployed northwards to Azaz , where they were used to support an attack on a loyalist - held airbase . The rebels , however , pulled back from their attack on the airbase within a day after failing to capture it .
Siege of Capua The Siege of Capua was a military operation involving the states of medieval southern Italy , beginning in May 1098 and lasting forty days . It was an interesting siege historically for the assemblage of great persons it saw and militarily for the cooperation of Norman and Saracen forces which it necessitated . The siege was instigated by Richard II , prince of Capua , who had been exiled from his own capital for seven years ( 1091 – 1098 ) by Lando IV until , reaching his majority , he requested the aid of his great uncle , the count of Sicily , Roger I , and his first cousin once removed , the duke of Apulia , Roger Borsa . The two Rogers came , the former in exchange for the city of Naples and the latter for Richard ' s recognition of Apulian suzerainty . Roger of Sicily had lately arrested Robert , bishop of Troina and Messina , whom Pope Urban II had given the legateship of Sicily , though Roger himself was holding it . Embroiled in such controversy , the pope came down to discuss it with Roger , who released Robert . The pope ' s presence caused the saintly archbishop of Canterbury , a Lombard , Anselm of Aosta , then in self - exile from King William II of England , to go to meet the pope . According to Eadmer , Anselm ' s biographer , " the Lord Pope and Anselm were neighbours at the siege . " Eadmer also gives us an interesting portrait of the Arabs , whose brown tents Anselm found " innumerable . " According to Eadmer , many Arabs , impressed by tales of Anselm ' s holiness , visited his tent for food and other gifts . The biographer goes on to say that the count , whose soldiers the Saracens were , would not allow them , though many would readily have done so , to convert to the Roman Catholic faith . " With what policy — if one can use that word — he did this , is no concern of mine : that is between God and himself . " The policy , so inconceivable to Eadmer , is probably explained in this way : by maintaining a third religious and cultural party ( other than Latin or Greek Christian ) on the island , he assured that he could always have an ally , should either Muslim or Greek oppose him , a Latin . It also assured the presence of an " outlet for the military instincts and talents of his Muslim subjects , " according to historian John Julius Norwich . When the city surrendered , Richard was reinstated , Roger Borsa accepted his homage , and the pope and Roger of Sicily retired to Salerno .
USS Watseka ( YT - 387 ) USS " Watseka " ( YTM - 387 ) was a medium harbor tug of the " YTM - 192 " class in the service of the United States Navy during World War II . She is one of the Naval vessels named for a woman . Watseka was a Potawatomi woman . " Watseka " was purchased in 1943 from Ira S . Bushey and Sons , of Brooklyn , New York , and assigned to the 8th Naval District , New Orleans , Louisiana . On 15 May 1944 , her designation was changed From YTB - 387 to - - ( YTM - 387 ) . Placed in reserve , out of service , and berthed with the Columbia River , Oregon , group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet from March 1946 , she was subsequently sold on 1 July 1972 . As a civilian tug , she operated under the name " Seahorse " .
Ebenezer Dumont Ebenezer Dumont ( November 23 , 1814 – April 16 , 1871 ) was a U . S . Representative from Indiana , as well as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Biography . Born in Vevay , Indiana , Dumont pursued classical studies at Hanover College and studied law . He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Vevay . He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1838 . He served as the treasurer of Vevay from 1839 – 1845 , and then signed up for military service during the Mexican - American War , serving as a lieutenant colonel of Indiana volunteers . Upon his return to the Hoosier State , Dumont resumed his law practice . He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1850 and 1853 . During the Civil War , Governor Oliver P . Morton appointed Dumont as colonel of the 7th Indiana Volunteer Infantry , which , after seeing initial action in western Virginia , primarily fought in the Western Theater . Dumont was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on September 3 , 1861 , and served until February 28 , 1863 , when he resigned from the army to resume his political career . Dumont was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty - eighth Congress and was reelected as a Republican to the Thirty - ninth Congress ( March 4 , 1863 – March 3 , 1867 ) . He served as chairman of the Committee on District of Columbia ( Thirty - eighth Congress ) and the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior ( Thirty - ninth Congress ) . He was not a candidate for renomination in 1866 . He was appointed by President Ulysses S . Grant as the Governor of Idaho Territory , but died in Indianapolis , Indiana , on April 16 , 1871 , before taking the oath of office . He was interred in Crown Hill Cemetery .
USS Vendace ( SS - 430 ) USS " Vendace " ( SS - 430 ) , a proposed World War II " Balao " - class submarine , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the vendace , a species of whitefish native to Lochmaben in Scotland . Her construction by the Cramp Shipbuilding Company at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , was authorized but the contract for her construction was cancelled on 29 July 1944 .
Paul Dike Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike was the Nigerian Air Force ' s Chief of the Air Staff from 2006 to 2008 . In August 2008 , he was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff . Prior to his appointment as Chief of the Air Staff , Dike was Air Officer Commanding Tactical Air Command . Appointed Commander of the Presidential Air Fleet in 1997 by military dictator General Sani Abacha , he was appointed Chief of Air Staff by General Olusegun Obasanjo ' s civilian government in 2006 . Dike is married and enjoys playing tennis . References .
Opole - Kamień Śląski Airport Opole - Kamień Śląski Airport is a former military airport . Opole ( 130 thousand inhabitants , 4 , 5 million in nearby GOP conurbation ) and Opolskie voivodship ( 1 , 1 million inhabitants ) do not have currently any operating airport serving scheduled flights . Its only larger airport is located in Kamień Śląski , 17 kilometers to the south of Opole . It is a former military airport , for some time - privately owned . As it could be easily be adapted to serve regional and international traffic for the densely populated region of Opole and 4 , 5 million inhabitants of the enormous conurbation of the Upper Silesia Coal Basin , plans were made for such a modernisation . The airport is located 8 kilometers from the A4 motorway connecting Wrocław with the GOP area . It possesses also a railway branch , which makes it possible to provide a rail link to Opole , where a change could be made for the trains to GOP cities , that are very badly served by the rather remotely located Pyrzowice airport . The airport has a concrete runway of 2300 m length and 60 m width . History . The airport was opened before the second World War , it served to milirtary purposes . Airport infrastructure . There exists a railroad line nearby the terminal that can be used for passenger service .