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Waller Redd Staples Waller Redd Staples ( February 24 , 1826 – August 21 , 1897 ) was a Congressman serving the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War . Biography . Staples was born in Patrick County , Virginia . He attended the University of North Carolina for two years and then entered the College of William and Mary from which he graduated in 1845 . After graduation , he moved to Montgomery County , Virginia to begin the practice of law . In 1854 – 1855 , Staples represented Montgomery County in the Virginia House of Delegates as a Whig . In the latter year , he ran for the United States House of Representatives in the 12th district as a Know Nothing , but lost to the Democratic incumbent , Henry A . Edmundson . After Virginia ' s secession from the Union and acceptance into the Confederate States , Staples was named a delegate to the Provisional Confederate States Congress . He was elected to the First and Second Confederate Congress es , serving in the Confederate House of Representatives from 1862 to the end of the war . When it ended , he resumed his law practice in Montgomery County . Staples served on the board of visitors of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg from 1886 to 1888 and was rector from 1886 to 1887 . He was appointed to the board by Gov . Fitzhugh Lee on January 1 , 1886 , and elected rector by the board on January 23 , 1886 . In February , 1870 , he was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals but , in 1882 , the Readjuster Party controlled the state and none of the judges on the Court of Appeals were re - elected . Judge Staples served as a member of the committee to revise the civil and criminal laws of Virginia in 1884 . In 1893 - 94 , Staples was president of the Virginia Bar Association . He was also one of the revisors 1887 Code of Virginia , along Edward C . Burks and John W . Riely , both of whom also served as Justices on the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia . Staples served as a member of Washington and Lee University School of Law ' s faculty from 1877 to 1878 .
Ōno no Azumabito In 724 , he fought alongside Fujiwara no Umakai against the Ebisu people of Mutsu province . Azumabito was later appointed to the Imperial positions of " Chinjufu - shogun " ( Commander - in - chief of the Defense of the North ) and " Azechi " ( Inspector ) . He also aided in the suppression of the 740 revolt of Fujiwara no Hirotsugu ( the " Dazai shoni " of the Dazaifu on Kyushu ) . The rebellion ended with Fujiwara ' s defeat and death .
White House Medical Unit The White House Medical Unit ( WHMU ) is the unit of the White House Military Office responsible for the medical needs of White House staff and visitors . The Unit provides medical care to the President , the Vice President , and their families . The Physician to the President currently is Navy Captain Jeffrey Kuhlman .
Evarts - class destroyer escort The " Evarts " class destroyer escorts were destroyer escort s launched in the United States in 1942 – 1944 . They served in World War II as convoy escorts and anti - submarine warfare ships . They were also known as the GMT or " short hull " DE class , with GMT standing for General Motors Tandem Diesel drive . The lead ship was USS " Evarts " ( DE - 5 ) , launched on 7 December 1942 . The first ship to be completed was commissioned on 20 January 1943 at the Boston Navy Yard ; it was delivered to the Royal Navy under the Lend - Lease provisions and became HMS " Bayntun " . " Evarts " - class ships were driven by diesel - electric power with four diesel engines mounted in tandem with electric drives . The ships were prefabricated at various factories in the United States and the units brought together in the shipyards , where they were welded together on the slipways . The original design specified eight engines for 24 knots but other priority programs forced the use of only four with a consequent shortening of the hull . In all , 105 " Evarts " - class ships were ordered with 8 later being cancelled . The United States Navy commissioned 65 while 32 " Evarts " - class ships were delivered to the Royal Navy . They were classed as frigate s and named after captains of the Napoleonic Wars and formed part of the Captain class along with 46 ships of the " Buckley " class .
Lancashire Landing Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Lancashire Landing Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located on the Gallipoli peninsula . It contains the graves of some of the Allied troops killed during the Battle of Gallipoli . Located 500 metres inland from W Beach on Karaja Oghul Tepe ( which the invading troops called Hill 114 ) just west of Cape Helles . Most of the cemetery was laid out between the landing in April 1915 and the evacuation in January 1916 . Additional graves were moved into it from the Aegean islands after the Armistice . Amongst the 1 , 253 graves are a Victoria Cross recipient , William Keneally , two graves from the Zion Mule Corps and 17 Greek graves . 135 of the burials are unidentified but memorials commemorate ten of people known to be buried among them .
Alexander E . Steen Alexander Early Steen ( 1827 – December 7 , 1862 ) was a career American soldier from Missouri who served as a general in the secessionist Missouri forces and the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . He was killed in the Battle of Prairie Grove . Military career . Steen graduated from the United States Military Academy in West Point , New York , and was assigned as a second lieutenant to the 12th U . S . Infantry . He served at Jefferson Barracks in St . Louis , Missouri , beginning in May 1846 . By the mid - 1850s , Steen was promoted to first lieutenant in the 3rd U . S . Infantry and assigned to duty at Fort Union in the New Mexico Territory , where he led several lengthy reconnaissance patrols scouting for hostile Indians . With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 , many Missourians were forced to choose sides , especially after the state ' s neutrality came under test when pro - secessionist forces began organizing , and fighting between Unionists and secessionists became imminent . Steen returned to Missouri and was commissioned as the Lt Colonel of the Second Regiment , Missouri Volunteer Militia ( MVM ) , a position he held concurrently with his commission in the U . S . Army . The Second Regiment , MVM , was composed primarily of members of the pro - secession " Minutemen " paramilitary organization . This unit was arrested by U . S . troops at Camp Jackson , on the out skirts of St . Louis on May 10 , 1861 on suspicion of disloyal activities . Steen avoided arrest at Camp Jackson and reportedly submitted his resignation from the U . S . Army the same day . Steen was subsequently appointed as a brigadier general in the secessionist Missouri State Guard ( MSG ) under its commander , Major General Sterling Price , serving as drillmaster at the State Guard encampment at Cowskin Prairie near the Arkansas border . He also commanded the Fifth Division of the Missouri State Guard ( mostly raw recruits ) early in the war . In January 1862 , he received an appointment as a captain in the Regular Confederate Army ' s Corps of Infantry , to date to March 16 , 1861 . Death and burial . He served in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States as a colonel , commanding the 10th Missouri Infantry , CSA in the Battle of Prairie Grove in December 1862 . He was killed during the fighting on December 7 , 1862 and his body recovered and shipped to Fort Smith . He is buried in the Fort Smith National Cemetery . A memorial to Unknown Confederate Dead , made of marble , commemorates Steen , as well as Brigadier General James M . McIntosh , an Arkansan who was killed at the Battle of Pea Ridge . Relations . Steen was a brother - in - law of fellow Confederate general Lewis Henry Little . He was also a first cousin of Arkansas Governor Henry M . Rector .
Ernst Stadler Ernst Stadler ( 11 August 1883 — 30 October 1914 ) was a German Expressionist poet . He was born in Colmar , Alsace - Lorraine and educated in Strasbourg and Oxford ; in 1906 he was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Magdalen College , Oxford . His early verse was influenced by Stefan George and Charles Péguy , but after 1911 , Stadler began developing a different style , and his most important volume of poetry , " Der Aufbruch " , which appeared during 1914 , is regarded as a major work of early Expressionism . The poems of " Der Aufbruch " are a celebration of the poet ' s joy in life and are written in long , free verse lines inspired by the example of Walt Whitman . Stadler was killed in battle at Zandvoorde near Ypres in the early months of World War I .
Kuliev Cavalry Group The Kuliev Cavalry Group was a cavalry formation of the Red Army during World War II . Formed in Mid July 1941 under the command of the 21st Cavalry Division ' s commander . The group operated as a raiding force on the southern flank of the German penetration at Smolensk . It spent most of July and August based around Rostov , usually under the direct control of Army Group Kachalov during the Battle of Smolensk . When 2nd Panzer Group turned south into the flank and rear of the Southwestern Theater it went right through the group staging area . The group retreated and was disbanded in September . References . See also Cavalry corps ( Red Army )
School of Mathematics and Naval Construction The Central School of Mathematics and Naval Construction was a short - lived shipbuilding college at Portsmouth Dockyard on the south coast of England . It was founded in 1848 but only lasted five years , until 1853 . The first Principal was Joseph Woolley , who in 1864 would found the Royal School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in South Kensington that became part of the Royal Naval College , Greenwich in 1873 . Building . The school was sited in the dockyard at Portsea in the building formerly used by the School of Naval Architecture ( 1816 – 1832 ) , facing the Commissioner ’ s house and Old Naval Academy . It is long by wide and high , to a design by Edward / Edmund Hall . Construction began in 1815 and was completed in 1817 . The building has since seen use as a residence , Port Admirals Office , Tactical School , War College , NATO and Naval HQ and C in C Western Fleet Offices . Education . The School of Mathematics and Naval Construction was intended as a finishing school for a select number of shipwright apprentices , to prepare them as officers in the dockyards . They were sent to the school for the final three years of their seven - year apprenticeship , to be taught mathematics by Wooley and shipbuilding by the master shipwright of the dockyard . Unusually , they were also taught chemistry in a laboratory created at the back of the school for the use of W . J . Hay , the chemical assistant of the dockyard .
Siege of Polotsk The Siege of Polotsk was laid in 1518 by forces of the Grand Duchy of Moscow on Polotsk during the Fourth Muscovite – Lithuanian War ( 1512 – 1522 ) . The Lithuanians defended the city . According to a legend , Prince Casimir Jagiellon appeared before the Lithuanian troops and helped them to achieve victory . It was the first miracle attributed to Casimir , which perpetuated his cult and led to his eventual canonization . Growing and strengthening Grand Duchy of Moscow engaged in a series of wars with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania over control of the former territories of Kievan Rus ' . A new war erupted in 1512 . In 1518 , Russian forces from Novgorod , commanded by Vasily Nemoy Shuysky , and Pskov , commanded by Ivan Vasilievich Shuysky , attacked Polotsk . The Russian army also included detachments of heavy artillery . They set siege tower s and fired volleys against city walls . However , soon the attackers faced food shortage . The Russians would cross the Daugava River in search for food . The Lithuanians sent reinforcements to the city , commanded by Albertas Goštautas , Voivode of Polotsk . The Lithuanian army also included a detachment of Polish mercenaries under Jan Boratyński . The Lithuanians attacked a Russian party searching for food . Many Russians drowned in the river during their hasty retreat . According to a legend , recorded by Bernard Wapowski and Marcin Bielski , the Lithuanians could not locate a safe place to cross the river . However , a young man appeared , dressed in white and riding a fine horse , and rode first into the river leading the Lithuanians safely across only to disappear on the other side . The soldiers identified the youth as their deceased Prince Casimir , elder brother of Lithuanian Grand Duke Sigismund I the Old . After crossing , the Lithuanians waited for the night , set hay stacks alight to confuse and disorient the enemy , and swiftly attacked the Russians . The Russians suffered great losses and had to retreat .
Swatow Operation The Swatow Operation , ( June 21 – 27 , 1939 ) was part of a campaign by Japan during the Second Sino - Japanese War to blockade China to prevent it from communicating with the outside world and importing needed arms and materials . Control of Swatow would provide a base to make the blockade of Guangdong province more effective . Order of battle Swatow Operation . Part of Goto Detachment and a part of Sasebo 9th SNLF landed on the east coast on June 21 near the airfield east Swatow . Other Japanese troops in more than ten motor boats proceeded up the Han river and landed at Mei - hsi ( near modern Anbu ) cutting the road between Swatow north to Chao - chow . A coordinated attack by the Japanese drove the Chinese defenders , Hua Chen - chung ' s Brigade and local militia units , from the city of Swatow . They fell back to a line Yenfu – Meihsi on June 23 . The Japanese also had landed at Jiao Yu , the island south of Swatow , on June 22 . They occupied whole island on June 24 . The Chinese fell back to Fuyang on the 24th to block the approaches to Chao - chow as the Japanese landed reinforcements . Proceading north in pursuit the Japanese also sent forces up the river and landed to the Chinese rear , part of the Chinese force then fell back into the city while the remainder moved into the mountains northwest of the city . The Japanese advancing from the west captured Chao - chow by June 27 after heavy street fighting . Later the Chinese sent reinforcements of the 5th Reserve Division , and 1st Advance Column to block the Japanese from further advances and conduct guerrilla warfare on their positions and lines of communications .
Carle Augustus Woodruff Carle Augustus Woodruff ( August 8 , 1841 – July 20 , 1913 ) , was a career soldier in the United States Army who rose to the rank of brigadier general . He received the Medal of Honor while serving as an artillery officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Early life and Civil War . Woodruff was born in Buffalo , New York , the son of Colonel Isaac Carle Woodruff ( 1815 - 1878 ) . He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 2nd U . S . Artillery at Washington , D . C . Serving with Combined Batteries B and L , 2nd U . S . Artillery , he was part of the U . S . Horse Artillery Brigade in the Army of the Potomac . As a section chief , he was cited for gallantry during an engagement at Newby ' s Crossroads , Virginia , on July 24 , 1863 and received the Medal of Honor . Woodruff was eventually awarded the Medal of Honor for these actions , on September 1 , 1893 . He was also awarded brevet promotions for gallantry at the battles of Gettysburg ( brevet captain , July 3 , 1863 ) and Trevillian Station ( brevet major , June 11 , 1864 ) , and for good conduct during the war ( lieutenant colonel , March 13 , 1865 ) . Serving primarily as a section chief , Woodruff commanded Battery M , 2nd U . S . Artillery , at the Battle of Cold Harbor , June 3 , 1864 . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : First Lieutenant , 2d U . S . Artillery . Place and date : At Newbys Crossroads , Va . , 24 July 1863 . Entered service at : Washington , D . C . Born : Buffalo , N . Y . Date of issue : 1 September 1893 . Citation : While in command of a section of a battery constituting a portion of the rear guard of a division then retiring before the advance of a corps of Infantry was attacked by the enemy and ordered to abandon his guns . Lt . Woodruff disregarded the orders received and aided in repelling the attack and saving the guns . Postbellum service . Woodruff remained in the regular army after the Civil War , and gained his captaincy in 1869 . He rose steadily through the officers corps , to major of the 2nd U . S . Artillery ( 1894 ) , lieutenant colonel of the 7th U . S . Artillery ( 1899 ) , and colonel of the Corps of Artillery , 1901 . By the end of his career , he ranked as a brigadier general . He died in Raleigh , North Carolina , and was buried there at Oakwood Cemetery . His grave can be found in the Magnolia Hill section , Lot 25 . Namesakes . Battery Woodruff at Fort Hughes is named for him . The Carle A . Woodruff Lodge of the Perfection , Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is also named for him .
DSST ( standardized test ) DSST ( formerly DANTES Subject Standardized Tests ) are credit - by - examination tests originated by the United States Department of Defense ' s Defense Activity for Non - Traditional Education Support ( DANTES ) program . The program is an extensive series of 38 examinations in college subject areas that are comparable to the final or end - of - course examinations in undergraduate college courses . These tests are frequently used in conjunction with CLEP ( College Level Examination Program ) tests by students pursuing college degrees in non - traditional formats . Whereas CLEP tests are almost exclusively used for lower level credit at regionally accredited institutions , DSST ' s are available for both upper and lower level credit . Prometric administers Internet - based versions of DSSTs under contract with the Defense Department ( for military personnel ) or on a fee basis ( for civilians ) . List of tests . Humanities . B = Baccalaureate Program | BU = Baccalaureate Upper Division | T = Technical Program
362d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron The 362d Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing , stationed at Pleiku Air Base , Republic of Vietnam . It was inactivated on 27 June 1972 . History . The squadron was activated in South Vietnam in 1967 . It flew C - 47 aircraft equipped with electronic countermeasures equipment over South Vietnam . It was made inactive as part of United States drawdown in Southeast Asia during 1972 .
Onega Andozero Onega Andozero ( also Vatega ) is an air base in Russia located 16 km east of the town of Onega , Arkhangelsk Oblast . It is an uncompleted deployment field for large aircraft , perhaps used for attack aircraft training flights in the 1980s . A highway crosses the runway in the middle .
USS Tillamook ( AT - 16 ) The first USS " Tillamook " ( Tug No . 16 ) , later AT - 16 , later YT - 122 , later YTM - 122 , was a United States Navy tug in service from 1914 to 1947 . " Tillamook " was laid down on 6 January 1914 by the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company at Seattle , Washington and launched on 15 August 1914 . She was placed in service soon thereafter , probably later in August or in September 1914 , as USS " Tillamook " ( Tug No . 16 ) . " Tillamook " steamed south to San Francisco , California , and reported to the Commandant , 12th Naval District , for duty at Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo , California . She served her entire 33 - year U . S . Navy career towing and assisting ships at Mare Island Navy Yard . During her service , " Tillamook " changed designations three times . On 17 July 1920 , when the Navy adopted the modern system of alpha - numeric hull designations , she was classified as a fleet tug and redesignated AT - 16 . On 31 January 1936 , a number of old tugs previously classified as fleet tugs were reclassified as harbor tugs , and " Tillamook " became a harbor tug designated YT - 122 . She received her final classification , as a medium harbor tug , on 13 April 1944 and was redesignated YTM - 122 . " Tillamook " was placed out of service and turned over to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 28 April 1947 .
11th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 11th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . It was originally formed as a three - month volunteer unit at the beginning of the war , and then reorganized as a three - year unit , in which role it served until the end of the war . Three - month unit . Service . The original 11th Illinois Infantry was mustered into Federal service at Springfield , Illinois mustered into Federal service on April 30 , 1861 for a three - month enlistment . The regiment remained in garrison at Cairo , Illinois and was mustered out on July 30 , 1861 . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 10 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 10 fatalities . Three - year unit . Service . The reorganized 11th Illinois Infantry was mustered into Federal service for a three - year enlistment on July 30 , 1861 at Cairo , Illinois . It saw service at the Battle of Fort Donelson , where over 60 % of those engaged were wounded , missing or killed ; the Battle of Shiloh ; the Battle of Vicksburg ; and the Yazoo River Expedition , among other operations . The regiment was mustered out on July 14 , 1865 . Total strength and casualties . When the regiment was re - mustered in as a three - year regiment aggregate strength was 288 , raised to 801 by November through recruiting . On April 23 , 1863 the 109th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment was incorporated into the 11th , adding 589 men . The regiment suffered 7 officers and 179 enlisted men killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 284 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 471 fatalities .
Francis James Ralph Second Lieutenant Francis James Ralph was a World War I ace credited with 13 confirmed aerial victories over German fighter aircraft while flying as an aerial observer . Early life . Francis James Ralph was born in Cheltenham on 9 December 1892 . After completion of his education , he worked as a draftsman for the Co - op Gas Company in Thurlaston , Leicestershire before his enlistment in 1915 . Military career . Ralph served as a gunner / observer in the rear seat of a Bristol F . 2 Fighter in 20 Squadron . On an afternoon patrol on 9 May 1918 , he set afire a German Fokker Dr . I triplane west of Lille for his first triumph . On the last day of May , he destroyed an Albatros D . V . He flew with pilot William McKenzie Thomson to destroy a Pfalz D . III on 9 June ; they teamed again on 16 June to help Tom Cecil Noel and Dennis Latimer drive a Fokker D . VII down out of control . Ralph became an ace while flying with Paul Iaccaci ; they drove down a Pfalz D . III out of control on 26 June . Ralph then manned the rear cockpit for Horace Percy Lale . This crew would score eight victories together , including one shared with Harold Leslie Edwards and Arthur Ernest Newland . Its success ended with one final victory on 3 September 1918 , followed by Ralph ' s death in action on 3 September 1918 . Francis James Ralph is credited with the destruction of eight enemy fighters , including two shared victories . He also drove down five enemy fighters out of control ; one of these wins was also shared . He was awarded a posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross on 2 November 1918 . Honors and awards . Distinguished Flying Cross 2nd Lt . Francis James Ralph . A brave and skilful observer who has taken part in many combats with enemy aircraft , invariably displaying cool courage and presence of mind . On a recent occasion our patrol of eleven machines , after bombing a railway junction , was attacked by fifteen enemy scouts . One of these , which was engaged by this officer ' s pilot , crumpled and fell . The formation was then attacked by seven Fokkers from above , one of which was shot down by 2nd Lt . Ralph .