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James A . Greer James Agustin Greer ( 28 February 1833 – 17 January 1904 ) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy , who served during the Civil War . Early years . Greer was born in Cincinnati , Ohio . He enlisted into the Navy on 10 January 1848 , joining the sloop as a midshipman . He entered the United States Naval Academy in 1853 , and graduated as a passed midshipman the following year . After participating in the Paraguay Expedition , he cruised the west African coast until the outbreak of the Civil War . Civil War . Greer was serving as a lieutenant on board the on 7 November 1861 , when she stopped the British steamer " Trent " and removed the Confederate diplomatic commissioners on their way to Britain , thereby nearly drawing Great Britain into the war on the Confederate side . This incident became celebrated as the Trent Affair . Greer was promoted to lieutenant commander and served on the from 1862 to 1863 , and then was attached to Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter ' s Mississippi Squadron . While in command of the ironclads and , he participated in the Vicksburg campaign and the shelling of Grand Gulf as well as the abortive Union Red River expedition in early 1864 . After commanding the Naval Station at Mound City , Illinois , he assumed command of the , flagship of the Mississippi River Squadron under Samuel Phillips Lee , and was then in charge of conveying Army transports up the Tennessee River . Post - war service . A tour of duty as Assistant to the Commandant at Annapolis after the war was followed by promotion to commander on 25 July 1866 and appointment to command of with the Pacific Squadron , where Greer was commended for " defending American interests " in Mexico . He then commanded the . After a tour of duty at the Naval Academy between 1869 and 1873 , Greer returned to the Pacific Station . In 1873 , he commanded the when that ship was sent to find and aid the ship " Polaris " . The " Polaris " was wrecked on an Arctic expedition which had been led by Charles Francis Hall . Greer was promoted to Captain in 1876 . After special service in during the 1878 Paris Exposition , Greer commanded the ships and . He held a variety of shore posts and was promoted to commodore in 1886 before serving as commander of the European Squadron from 1887 to 1889 . Greer served as president of the " Board of Organization , Tactics , and Drill " , and of the " Examination and Retiring Board " . He was promoted to rear admiral in 1892 , and retired on 28 February 1895 . Admiral Greer died in Washington , D . C , and is buried in Arlington Cemetery .
Battle of Abomey The Battle of Abomey ( 1892 ) was the climactic struggle in the Dahomey War between France and the Kingdom of Dahomey . French forces , commanded by Alfred - Amédée Dodds , were victorious over the Dahomey army . The triumph was pivotal to linking French possessions in upper Senegal with those in the upper Niger .
National Cyber Range The National Cyber Range is a project being overseen by DARPA , to build a scale model of the Internet , which can be used to carry out cyber war games . Several organisations are involved in the development of the network , including Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and Lockheed Martin . More than $ 500m has been allocated by the Department of Defense to develop " cyber technologies " .
Battle of Tampere The Battle of Tampere of the Finnish Civil War was fought in Finland in 1918 between Red and White forces . The White forces besieged and captured the main city of the Red Guards , Tampere , taking around 10 , 000 Red prisoners . The battle was decisive , and soon afterwards the war was over . Even after the war , some Red Guard soldiers tried to make it to the Russian border , as they believed the alternative was to be captured and be placed in prison camps by the White Guards where conditions were thought to be inhumane .
Billy J . Boles General Billy Joe Boles ( born July 27 , 1938 ) is a retired United States Air Force four - star general . At the time of his retirement , he was Commander of the Air Education and Training Command , a 70 , 000 - person organization , responsible for recruiting , training and educating Air Force personnel . He served for more than three years as the Senior Personnel Officer for the US Air Force , at that time a 700 , 000 - person organization , worldwide . In his early career , Bill served in key leadership positions throughout the Air Force , to include four tours of duty at Air Force headquarters in Washington DC . During his command and staff assignments he had extensive experience in media relations and in presenting Air Force programs to congressional committees .
Harry C . Adriance Harry Chapman Adriance ( October 27 , 1864 – January 25 , 1934 ) was a United States Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his " distinguished conduct in the presence of the enemy in battle near Tientsin , China " on July 13 , 1900 during the Boxer Rebellion . Biography . Harry Adriance was born on October 27 , 1864 in Oswego , New York . At the age of 33 , he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in Boston , Massachusetts on June 15 , 1898 . He served at Marine Barracks , New York Navy Yard and then was transferred to the U . S . Naval Base , Cavite , Philippine Islands , arriving there on September 21 , 1899 . He was among the Marines sent to the city of Tientsin on June 29 , 1900 at the outbreak of hostilities by the Boxers in China . Two weeks after arriving in China , Cpl Adriance distinguished himself by meritorious conduct during the battle near Tientsin . He served with the China Relief Expedition until October 10 , 1900 . On March 24 , 1902 , Cpl Adriance was presented the Medal of Honor for his actions on July 13 , 1900 . Corporal Adriance returned to Cavite after his tour in China ended and then was transferred to the Brooklyn Navy Yard , New York on July 20 , 1902 . He was discharged there at the rank of sergeant on June 19 , 1903 . Three weeks later , Sgt Adriance re - enlisted in Buffalo , New York . A contested court - martial approximately one year later regarding theft charges resulted in Sgt Adriance receiving a bad conduct discharge from the Marine Corps and a reduction in rank to private on September 7 , 1904 . Adriance died in a Coney Island , New York , hospital on January 25 , 1934 , at the age of 70 from gallstones and jaundice . Records indicate he was cremated , and his ashes given to his wife . In the late 1980s , the Marine Corps League in his hometown of Oswego initiated proceedings in an attempt to upgrade Pvt Adriance ' s discharge . The outcome is unknown . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Corporal , U . S . Marine Corps . Born : October 27 , 1864 , Oswego , N . Y . Accredited to : Massachusetts . G . O . No . : 55 , July 19 , 1901 . Citation : In the presence of the enemy during the battle near Tientsin , China , July 13 , 1900 , Adriance distinguished himself by meritorious conduct .
Joe Vandeleur Brigadier John Ormsby Evelyn ' JOE ' Vandeleur DSO and Bar , ON ( 14 November 1903 – 4 August 1988 ) was a British Army officer who served in the Second World War . Early life . His family was originally from Kilrush , County Clare , where they were the local landlords . Vandeleur was born in Nowshera , India ( now Pakistan ) . Military career . He was commissioned into the Irish Guards as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1924 , serving in Sudan and Egypt before the war . As Commanding Officer of 3rd Battalion Irish Guards he led the breakout of XXX Corps during Operation Market - Garden . His cousin Lieutenant - Colonel Giles Vandeleur ( their grandfathers were brothers ) was acting Commanding Officer of the 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards . He went on to command the 129th Brigade and 32nd Brigade . He retired from the Army in 1951 . His memoirs " A Soldier ' s Story " were privately printed by Gale & Polden in 1967 . In the 1977 film " A Bridge Too Far " , Michael Caine played J . O . E . and Michael Byrne played Giles Vandeleur . Brigadier Vandeleur ( ret . ) acted as Military Consultant to the production . He lived out his life after the war in a magnificent manor house in Pinkneys Green , near Maidenhead in Berkshire . Vandeleur died in Maidenhead , England in 1988 . He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery . His grave is marked by a simple headstone inscribed only " J . O . E . V 1903 - 1988 " and underneath " Once an Irish Guardsman " . See also . Joe ' s Bridge — is the nickname given to Bridge No . 9 on the Maas – Scheldt Canal in the Belgian city of Lommel just south of the Belgian – Dutch border . < BR >
Z - plan castle Z Plan is a form of castle design common in England and Scotland . The Z - plan castle has a strong central rectangular tower with smaller towers attached at diagonally opposite corners . Examples of the Z plan are Glenbuchat Castle in Aberdeenshire , Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire and Hatton Castle , Angus , Scotland . A variant on the Z plan is the C plan , in which the two smaller towers are attached at adjacent corners of the main tower .
Prince Karl of Bavaria ( 1874 – 1927 ) Prince Karl of Bavaria ( ) ( 1 April 1874 – 9 May 1927 ) was a member of the Bavarian Royal House of Wittelsbach and a Major General in the Bavarian Army . Early life and Military career . Karl was born at Villa Amsee near Lindau in Bavaria . He was the second son of King Ludwig III of Bavaria and his wife Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria - Este . Like his older brother Crown Prince Rupprecht , Karl joined the Bavarian Army and eventually reached the rank of Major General . Death . Karl died in Munich and is buried in the crypt of the famous Frauenkirche in the Bavarian capital .
USS Wenonah ( YT - 148 ) USS Wenonah ( YT - 148 / YTB - 148 / YTM - 148 ) was a " Woban " - class district harbor tug which served during World War II in California ports , and continued her service until she was struck by the Navy in 1974 . On 17 August 2009 , the Wenonah sank while berthed at Treasure Island , CA and was raised by the floating crane Left Coast Lifter on 28 August 2009 . Constructed in New York . " Wenonah " ( YT - 148 ) - - a harbor tug constructed during the winter of 1940 and 1941 at Morris Heights , New York , by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp . - - was placed in service soon after her completion in June 1941 . World War II service . " Wenonah " served in the 11th Naval District throughout her entire Navy career . She was initially based at San Diego , California ; but , during her 33 years of service , she also operated at and visited various other ports on the California coast . Designation changes . On 15 May 1944 , she was redesignated a large harbor tug with the hull designation , " YTB - 148 " . Some 18 years later , she again changed designation and became " YTM - 148 " , a medium harbor tug . Decommissioning . In April 1974 , she concluded her long career and went out of service . Her name was struck from the Navy list , and she was sold for scrapping . The identity of her purchaser is unrecorded , but sources say that the tug is owned by the Historic Tugboat Education and Restoration Society . This ship is currently laid up at Pier 1 at Treasure Island , California , where she sprouted a leak in August 2009 and sank at the pier . News reports indicate that the ship would be hauled to Mare Island , CA for dismantling .
VBR - Belgium PDW The VBR - PDW is a prototype personal defense weapon chambered in the 7 . 92x24mm round and is designed by Rik Van Bruaene . Design and Operation . It uses the double action firing mechanism from a Beretta M92F Pistol and magazines from Glock pistols . As of 2010 , it is still at prototype stage . It has a retractable buttstock to increase accuracy at longer ranges . The VBR - PDW is also silencer compatible with an externally threaded barrel . Civilian Version . A semi - automatic pistol variant chambered in the same ammunition known as the CQBW is also under development . The company has also made a 7 . 92x24mm round conversion kit for the Glock 17 , 19 and 26 .
Mem de Sá Mem de Sá ( c . 1500 – 2 March 1572 ) was a Governor - General of the Portuguese colony of Brazil from 1557 - 1572 . He was born in Coimbra , Kingdom of Portugal , around 1500 , the year of discovery of Brazil by a naval fleet commanded by Pedro Álvares Cabral . He was nominated the third Governor - General of Brazil in 1556 , succeeding Duarte da Costa , who was Governor - General from 1553 to 1557 . The seat of the government was Salvador , in the present - day state of Bahia . He was fortunate in securing the support of two important Jesuit priests , Fathers Manuel da Nóbrega ( 1517 - 1570 ) and José de Anchieta ( 1533 - 1597 ) , who founded São Vicente in 1532 , and São Paulo , on 25 January 1554 , which is today one of the largest metropolises in the world . The Jesuits were stern and persistent missionaries of the Catholic faith with the aboriginal people , and their pacification of these warrior societies was one of the most important conquests of Mem de Sá ' s government . The Jesuits had conflicts with Duarte da Costa , because he supported the plantation owners , who tried to force slavery upon the Indians . Mem de Sá had also an important military and political mission when , in 1560 , leading a naval expedition of 26 ships and 2 , 000 soldiers and sailors , he was sent by the Portuguese crown to attack " France Antarctique " , a colony founded by Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon , a Huguenot French vice - admiral in present day Rio de Janeiro . Fort Coligny , built by the French colonists on a small island of the Guanabara Bay was destroyed , but Mem de Sá was able to expel definitely the French invaders in 1567 only , with the help of his nephew , Estácio de Sá , who was also the founder of Rio de Janeiro on 1 March 1565 . With the help of the Jesuits , Mem de Sá was able to convince the Tamoyo Confederation to withdraw their support to the Frenchmen . Mem de Sá died on 2 March 1572 , in Salvador .
USS Lavaca ( APA - 180 ) USS " Lavaca " ( APA - 180 ) was a " Haskell " - class attack transport built and used by the US Navy in World War II . She was a Victory ship design , VC2 - S - AP5 . She was named after Lavaca County , Texas , USA . World War II service . " Lavaca " was launched 27 November 1944 by the Oregon Shipbuilding Corp . , Portland , Oregon , under a Maritime Commission contract ; sponsored by Mrs . Charles Harper , Jr . ; acquired by the Navy 17 December 1944 and commissioned the same day , Capt . Walter S . Gabel , USNR , in command . After shakedown off California , " Lavaca " arrived San Diego 30 December and on 29 January 1945 became the flagship for Commander , Transport Division 65 . " Lavaca " arrived Pearl Harbor 25 February . Leaving 8 March , she transported Seabee s to the Philippines , arriving Samar 27 March . From 27 March to 2 August " Lavaca " shuttled troops and equipment between the Admiralty and Philippine Islands . On 2 August she arrived Markham Bay , New Guinea . That night an Australian plane crashed into Huon Gulf . " Lavaca ' s " salvage crew rescued five men and towed the plane to shore . On 27 August following Japan ' s capitulation , " Lavaca " joined TF 33 . 1 at Luzon , prepared for the occupation of Japan , and arrived Yokohama 2 September . The attack transport shuttled passengers from Pearl Harbor and San Francisco to Sasebo , Japan , 7 September 1945 to 6 July 1946 . She departed Sasebo for the east coast via Colón , Panama , and arrived Norfolk , Virginia , 12 July . " Lavaca " decommissioned 31 January 1947 and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Norfolk . Fate . She was struck from the Navy List 1 October 1958 following transfer to the Maritime Administration and placed in National Defense Reserve Fleet at Wilmington , North Carolina , in September . In October 1964 " Lavaca " was moved to the James River , Virginia . In late 1982 she was defueled . In 1986 , and again in 1990 , she was withdrawn from James River for stripping . Ex - " Lavaca " was sold for US $ 125 , 244 to Global Marketing Systems , Inc . for scrapping on 14 October 1992 . At 1030 EST , on 17 November 1992 she was withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet and sent to the breaker ' s yard .
Bob Hay ( general ) Major General Robert Arthur " Bob " Hay CB , MBE ( born 9 April 1920 ) was an Australian army general . He also played Australian rules football and made two appearances in 1942 for Richmond in the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) . Both of Hay ' s VFL games were finals . He made his debut in Richmond ' s semi - final win over Essendon at Princes Park and also played in the 1942 VFL Grand Final two weeks later against the same opponent , as a half forward flanker . Richmond lost the grand final by 53 points and Hay never played again for the club . Hay went on to have a distinguished career in the Australian Army , serving as Commander of Australian military forces in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970 . He was Commandant of the Royal Military College in Duntroon .
Heeze Castle Heeze Castle ( " Kasteel Heeze " ) is situated in the Netherlands , south of Eindhoven . It used to be the centre of the seigneury of Heeze , Leende and Zesgehuchten , part of the Duchy of Brabant . In the Middle Ages , it was owned by the de Horne family . In the seventeenth Century Pieter Post designed a new castle , of which the first part was built in 1665 . Pieter Post had died and the work was completed by his son Maurits Post . Due to the rising costs of importing all building materials from other regions of the country , the build of the Post design was halted early and never finished . For this reason , the part of the castle that is used by the current owners was actually meant to be the servants ' quarters . The biggest part of the castle was to be built behind the first courtyard . In 1760 the castle was bought by Jan Maximiliaan van Tuyll van Serooskerken . The van Tuyll van Serooskerken family has lived in the castle ever since . Eymerick Castle . At the east of the building of Heeze Castle within the waters is a part of an older castle situated Eymerick Castle . This castle was already in 1659 in a bad shape . Because the building - plans of Heeze Castle were never completed this part of the old castle is still there .
Henry George Raverty Henry George Raverty ( 31 May 1825 – 20 October 1906 ) was a British Indian Army officer and linguist . Life . He served from 1843 to 1864 , rising to the rank of Major in the 3rd Bombay Native Infantry . Raverty fought in the Punjab campaign of 1849 – 1850 and Swat campaign of 1850 . He compiled a gazetteer of Peshawar . While serving in Peshawar he was taught Pashto by the scholar Qazi Abdur Rahman Khan Muhammadzai ( 1827 - 1899 ) and Mirza Muhammad Ismail Qandahari ( 1813 - 1912 ) and he began to study Afghan poetry . On retirement from the army , he returned to England and continued his oriental studies , culminating in his vast " Notes on Afghanistan and part of Baluchistan " and his unpublished " History of Herat " . He died in Cornwall , England in 1906 .
Staverns Fortress The construction of Staverns Fortress began in 1677 when Ulrik Frederick Gyldenløve built a blockhouse with battery and palisades on a hill at Stavern , Norway as part of the overall development of Norwegian fortresses . The fort was first built on Karlsøy during the Gyldenløve War ( 1675 – 1679 ) . The fortress was expanded in 1687 until 1689 to include three canon batteries and a blockhouse . The fortress served as an important base for Norwegian naval hero Tordenskiold and his fleet during the Great Northern War ’ s final Norwegian phase from 1709 until 1720 and as a central staging point for sea commerce from Denmark in this period . The fort was the homeport for the Danish – Norwegian Kattegat squadron . And not least , it served as a major chandelling and forwarding center for canon from the Norwegian ironworks and other equipment . Fredriksvern and Fredriksvern Verft was established as the headquarters for the Norwegian Fleet from 1750 until 1758 so that the older fortification became part of the naval base . The oldest constructed building , ‘ ’ Krutttårnet ’ ’ , has a distinctive architecture and today is a well known tourist attraction .
Charles Vernon Gridley Charles Vernon Gridley ( 24 November 1844 – 5 June 1898 ) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War and the Spanish - American War . Early life . Gridley was directly descended from Thomas Gridley ( 1612 – 1653 ) , who emigrated from England to the New England area in 1633 . Gridley was born in Logansport , Indiana on 24 November 1844 . Naval career . After attending Hillsdale College , Gridley was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1860 . Reporting for duty with his class in September 1863 , Gridley joined the sloop - of - war with the West Gulf Blockading Squadron and distinguished himself with David Farragut at the Battle of Mobile Bay on 5 August 1864 . Gridley was promoted to lieutenant in 1867 and lieutenant commander on March 12 , 1868 . From 1871 to 1875 , Gridley was stationed on the only United States Navy ship based on the Great Lakes at the time , the , at Erie , Pennsylvania . While stationed in Erie , he married the daughter of Judge John P . Vincent and had three children . Gridley ' s wife was also a cousin of the late Civil War Hero , Brigadier General Strong Vincent . Gridley was promoted to commander in 1882 . Gridley also served a tour as instructor at the Naval Academy and another with the Cruiser Training Squadron . Gridley was promoted to captain in March 1897 and took command of , Admiral George Dewey ' s famous flagship on June 10 , 1897 in Yokohama , Japan . During the Battle of Manila Bay on 1 May 1898 , Dewey gave his famous command , " " You may fire when you are ready , Gridley " , " immortalizing the captain . After the destruction of the Spanish fleet and the capture of Manila , Gridley was obliged to leave his command because of his health , and died en route to the United States at Kobe , Japan . Legacy . Four ships in the United States Navy have been named for him . A monument to Gridley was erected in Erie and placed in the center of a city park , which was named Gridley Park . The engraved plaque affixed to the monument is made of a metal panel retrieved from the . A seashell is depicted on the coat - of - arms of Gridley ' s original alma mater , Hillsdale College , in honor of his heroism at the Battle of Manila Bay .