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Zera Luther Tanner Zera Luther Tanner ( December 5 , 1835 – December 16 , 1906 ) , sometimes spelled Zero , was an American naval officer , inventor , and oceanographer . Tanner invented a depth sounding system , wrote several books on hydrography and retired a commander of the United States Navy in 1897 . Career . Zera Tanner was born in Warsaw , New York in 1835 , the son of Zerah and Ruth ( Foster ) Tanner . The elder Tanner died when his son was one year old , so the younger Tanner worked in family farms until his late teens , when he apprenticed to a mechanic . Tanner traveled by ship to Great Britain in 1855 , and because of ill health chose to take a longer voyage from Liverpool to Bombay , India aboard SS " Culloden " in 1856 . After two round trips , one as third officer , Tanner chose sailing for his profession . Returning to the United States , after Tanner served about American merchantmen , he eventually assisted several seaborne troop movements in the Gulf of Mexico . Tanner chose to join government service and was appointed acting ensign of the Union Navy in summer of 1862 . Tanner served upon the bark USS " Midnight " and the supply steamer USS " Rhode Island " during the American Civil War . When " Rhode Island " captured a British blockade runner in December 1864 , Tanner was put in charge of the prize crew . During the Second Battle of Fort Fisher , Tanner commanded the boats from his vessel landing Union ground forces . Tanner entered the United States Navy in 1868 , coming over from the deactivated volunteer services . Until his retirement in 1897 , Tanner served the navy in hydrographic survey and dredging commands , often in conjunction with the United States Fish Commission . Tanner partially designed and oversaw the construction of two ships for the commission . The USS " Fish Hawk " , was a smaller vessel designed for coastal waters , and was primarily used as a mobile fish hatchery . The USS " Albatross " was the first full - sized vessel primarily designed for marine research . Tanner commanded USS Albatross for many years , including transporting famed naturalist Alexander Emanuel Agassiz on a 1891 voyage to the Galapagos Islands . Tanner developed an improved method of depth sounding , using instruments of his own design . He patented his system in 1899 as the Tanner navigational sounding apparatus . Legacy . Tanner died in Washington , D . C . in late 1906 and was buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery . Two U . S . Navy ships have been named after Tanner . After World War II , USS " Pamina " ( AKA - 34 ) , an attack cargo ship with service in the Okinawa campaign was re - purposed for oceanographic survey work and renamed USS Tanner ( AGS - 15 ) . " Tanner " spent her career mapping significant coastline areas and was retired in 1969 . 1990 , USNS Tanner ( T - AGS - 40 ) was built for the navy as a fast Oceanographic Research Vessel . Now named TS " State of Maine " , she serves as the training ship of the Maine Maritime Academy .
Peter J . Boylan Peter J . Boylan is a retired Major General in the United States Army and is the President of Georgia Military College . He currently resides in Milledgeville , Georgia with his wife . Biography . Boylan was born in Portage , Wisconsin . He is an inductee the Portage High School Hall of Fame . Boylan graduated from the University of Michigan and Flagler College . He is married with five children and is a cantor at his local Roman Catholic church , the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church . Career . Boylan graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1961 . He then went on to served two tours of duty in the Vietnam War . In 1983 , Boylan took part in the Invasion of Grenada with the 82nd Airborne Division . He later served in the Office of the Joint Chief of Staff at The Pentagon , Deputy Inspector General of the Army and Commander of the 10th Mountain Division . Boylan would also return to the U . S . Military Academy as Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and , later , Commandant of Cadets . He was , and still is , on the Board of Trustees for the U . S . Military Academy . He retired from the Army in 1992 and was appointed President of Georgia Military College later that year . Awards he received during his time in the Army include the Army Distinguished Service Medal , the Silver Star , the Legion of Merit , the Bronze Star Medal with two oak leaf clusters and two Valor device s , the Purple Heart , the Combat Infantryman Badge , the Ranger tab and the Master Parachutist Badge .
Battle Monument ( West Point ) Battle Monument is a large doric column monument located on Trophy Point at the United States Military Academy , West Point , NY . Designed by Stanford White , it was dedicated on 30 May 1897 by surviving Civil War veterans . The monument was financed by monthly contributions from the pay of the officers and soldiers of the regular army . The granite column , standing 46 feet tall and 5 feet in diameter , is reputed to be the largest column of polished granite in the Western Hemisphere . Inscribed on the cannons are the names of 2 , 230 Union officers and soldiers from the Civil War . For this reason , Cadets from the South have been know to refer to Battle Monument as " The Monument to Confederate Marksmanship " . Designed by Frederick MacMonnies , a female statue sits atop the monument , representing " fame " . The statue that now tops the monument is actually the second version of the statue . Just months after it was unveiled , MacMonnies agreed to replace the original statue after complaints that it was too large and awkward . Traditionally , the plebes at West Point made reference to the statue of Fame when giving the following reply to any upperclassman demanding to know " How are they all ? " : " They are all fickle but one , sir . " " Who is the one ? " " She who stands atop Battle Monument , for she has been on the same shaft since 1897 . "
SEASPRAY SEASPRAY was a clandestine U . S . Army special operations unit . Its existence within the U . S . Department of Defense was held secret insofar as it testifies to the close links between the United States Army and the Central Intelligence Agency . Established on 2 March 1981 , SEASPRAY was charged with the clandestine transport of elements of special operations units in the course of their operations . The management of the unit was entrusted to a joint CIA / U . S . Army command . SEASPRAY may have been established in response to President Carter ' s 1978 Executive Order 12036 , which generally prohibited the use of the United States Armed Forces in " special activities . " On one hand , the CIA became the only branch to run clandestine operations abroad , but lacked the resources to do so ; on the other hand , the Army had the equipment but not the authority to carry out clandestine operations . A joint unit was created to bring these assets together . SEASPRAY operated many air assets , including various Cessna and Beechcraft light fixed - wing airplanes , and modified FLIR - equipped Hughes 500MD rotary - wing aircraft equipped to transport up to nine operators . At first , the unit had 10 pilots , the best flyboys out of the Army ' s 4 , 000 . Hundreds were evaluated by the CIA , and the best of the best were chosen . Finally , a commercial cover was devised , so that the unit could engage in covert operations , and not be identified as a part of the military . The cover was a CIA company , Aviation Tech Services , which let the helicopters appear as they were privately owned . The unit itself was headquartered at Fort Eustis , Virginia , and was named the First Rotary Wing Test Activity . Another secret headquarters for Seaspray was located in Tampa Bay at MacDill Air Force Base , to support operations in Central America . Seaspray would be involved in countless covert operations , most of which the public will never know of . They conducted intelligence missions , transported foreign leaders , and participated in counter - terrorist exercises and missions with Delta Force and other CT units . A few times , Seaspray helicopters were loaned to the Drug Enforcement Administration to combat drug smuggling . In one particular incident , a Seaspray pilot observed as a tanker off the Florida coast , unloaded " cargo " to high speed boats . Eventually , the Seaspray force grew to nine fixed - wing aircraft and five helicopters . Seaspray could get things done quickly , and they were generally well - liked in the special operations community . When Joint Special Operations Command ( JSOC ) needed a Boeing 737 airplane for a counter - terrorist exercise , the U . S . Air Force told them it would take three months to get one . Seaspray delivered the 737 in 3 days .
David H . Nichols David Hopkinson Nichols ( 1826 - December 17 , 1900 ) was the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Colorado , United States , serving from 1893 to 1895 under Davis Hanson Waite . Nichols was born in Hardwick , Vermont in 1826 . He served in the Mexican – American War and later moved to Colorado , living there beginning in 1859 . He was elected sheriff of Boulder in 1863 , but absented himself from office in order to take a captain ' s commission with the Third Colorado Volunteer Cavalry , called upon by Territorial Governor John Evans in 1864 to suppress Indian uprisings . In his capacity as Captain of Company D , Nichols participated in the infamous Sand Creek Massacre on November 29 , 1864 . Following his return to Boulder , Nichols was elected to the territorial Legislature and gave up his position as Sheriff . He served two non - consecutive terms in the Legislature . A member of Columbia Lodge # 14 he and his masonic brothers were instrumental in bringing the University of Colorado to Boulder . Nichols served as lieutenant governor of Colorado from 1893 to 1895 and was a member of the Board of Commissioners for the Colorado State Penitentiary for 19 years . Nichols died at his home near Boulder on the night of December 17 , 1900 .
Yerablur Yerablur ( ) is a military cemetery located on a hilltop in the outskirts of Yerevan , Armenia . Since 1988 , Yerablur has become the burial place of Armenian soldiers who lost their lives during the Nagorno - Karabakh war . Many famous Armenian heroes are buried in this military cemetery , including :
Hec Kilrea Hector Joseph " Hurricane " Kilrea ( June 11 , 1907 September 8 , 1969 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward . He played for the Ottawa Senators , Detroit Falcons , Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League . Hec Kilrea won Stanley Cup three times , with the Senators in 1927 and Red Wings in 1936 and 1937 . His brothers Ken and Wally also played in the NHL . Kilrea was also a champion speed skater , and once won a race at the Montreal Forum in 1928 , circuiting the ice in 16 2 / 5 seconds . After his retirement from professional hockey he became an U . S . citizen , and like many other players , he enlisted for duty in World War II , eventually receiving the Distinguished Service Cross ( the second highest military decoration of the United States Army ) , Purple Heart and French Croix de guerre . He died after a long illness on September 8 , 1969 .
Army of Puerto Rican Occupation Medal The Army of Puerto Rican Occupation Medal was a military decoration of the United States Army which was created by an act of the United States War Department on February 4 , 1919 . The medal recognized those service members who had performed military occupation duty in Puerto Rico after the close of the Spanish - American War . For those service members who performed duty both during and subsequent to the Spanish - American War , the Spanish Campaign Medal was also authorized . The qualifying dates for the Army of Puerto Rican Occupation Medal were from August 14 through December 10 , 1898 . The United States Navy and Marine Corps had no equivalent to the Army of Puerto Rican Occupation Medal . The Army of Puerto Rican Occupation Medal was commemorative by nature although was approved for wear on active military uniforms . A similar decoration , the Army of Cuban Occupation Medal was created for occupation service in Cuba following the Spanish - American War .
J . Griffyth Fairfax James Griffyth Fairfax ( 15 July 1886 – 27 January 1976 ) was a British poet and translator . Fairfax , a grandson of the Australian newspaper tycoon John Fairfax , was educated at Winchester and New College , Oxford . His first volume of poetry was published in 1908 . He served in the 15th Indian Division for the duration of the First World War , and was made a Captain in the Army Service Corps . He was a Member of Parliament for Norwich from 1924 – 1929 . Source : Up The Line To Death , edited by Brian Gardner . ( Magnum Books , 1964 )
Giessen Army Depot Giessen Army Depot is a former military garrison , located 5 . 7 km east - northeast of Giessen in Hesse , Germany . History . The facility opened as a civilian airport in July 1925 . The airfield , however dates to the spring of 1911 when it was first used by biplanes . In 1924 a sports flying event was held at the airfield . In July 1925 , Lufthansa operated flights from the new airport to Frankfurt / Main and Kassel . The station building was opened in 1927 . Hangars and other builddings began to appear from 1929 . In 1933 a beacon was built just off the airfield to facilitate nighttime navigation . After the establishment of the National Socialist government in 1933 , and Fliegerhorst Giessen was militarised , and became home to a Combat Wing ( Kampfgeschwader 55 ( KG - 55 ) " Greif " ) . The airfield was enlarged and more hangars were built in 1938 . Other buildings were marked as commercial warehouses on building plans , masking their use as munitions storage . United States Army units moved into the Gießen area in April 1945 , and designated the airfield as " Advanced Landing Ground Y - 84 " . It was used briefly as a casualty evacuation and combat resupply airfield by the IX Air Service Command , Ninth Air Force . After the German Capitulation on 8 May , it was re - designated as " Army Air Forces Station Giessen " . Army Air Forces units moved out in July , and the facility was taken over by United States Army units , which converted the facility into the Giessen Army Depot , one of the largest depot facilities in Germany , with its own railway system and warehouses . The only known Army Aviation use was the Giessen Army Heliport ( Giessen AHP ) operated by a detachment of the 503d Combat Aviation Battalion . During the 1950s Elvis Presley was assigned to Giessen . The facility was closed by the United States in 2008 .
95th Fighter Squadron The 95th Fighter Squadron ( 95 FS ) is part of the 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base , Florida . It is a combat - coded squadron , flying the F - 22 Raptor . Until its most recent inactivation in 2010 , it conducted advanced fighter training for the F - 15 Eagle . History . The squadron first saw service flying the original twin - tailed fighter , the P - 38 Lightning , serving in both North Africa and Italy . The 95th participated in the attacks on the Ploesti oil refineries . Each aircraft carried a 1 , 000 - pound bomb and a 300 - gallon gas tank . In May 1943 , the 95th was tasked with bombing Pantellaria , supporting the Allied invasion of Sicily . In part due to the squadron ' s efforts the garrison surrender just prior to the Allies landing on the island . The squadron also took part in some of the first shuttle missions to Russia . At the end of World War II , the 95th tallied more than 400 total victories including 199 air - to - air kills and seven aces . During the post - war period , the squadron was assigned to the Alaskan Air Command , flying the P - 51 Mustang . In the fall of 1959 , the 95th was tasked with defending Washington , D . C . , and the surrounding area . With the initiation of North American Aerospace Defense Command ( NORAD ) and the threat of manned bomber attacks , the 95th was assigned to 24 - hour alert status at both Dover AFB , and at its Detachment 1 at Atlantic City International Airport , New Jersey . Armed with F - 106 Delta Dart aircraft , the squadron could be called to action and within minutes , be airborne fully loaded and armed with nuclear missiles . The squadron was activated at Tyndall Air Force Base on 15 August 1974 , as the 95th Fighter Interceptor Training Squadron . Upon arrival at Tyndall , the 95th transitioned from the F - 106 to the T - 33 Shooting Star , where they flew in support of Tyndall ' s Weapons Controller ( now known as Air Battle Manager ) training program . They also provided training to pilots newly assigned to the T - 33 as well as drone chase support for the Air Force ' s Weapons System Evaluation Program at Tyndall . The 95th FITS was the last active USAF unit to operate the T - 33 , affectionately known by its crews as the " T - Bird " . In 1988 , the 95th retired its last T - Birds and gained the mission of providing combat crew training for pilots flying the McDonnell Douglas F - 15 Eagle . At this time , the 95th was redesignated the 95th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron . In 1991 , the 95th was redesginated as the 95th Fighter Squadron , which remained the squadron ' s designation until the time of its inactivation in September 2010 . The Squadron was reactivated on October 11 , 2013 to house the new F - 22 squadron at Tyndall AFB . Though the 95th ' s mission was training , and was not an operational squadron , during Operation Noble Eagle , the 95th Fighter Squadron generated combat - configured F - 15s and flew combat air patrol missions over cities in the southeastern United States . The 95th provides air dominance training at Tyndall AFB .
Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower Santa Maria delle Grazie Tower was a fortification on the island of Malta . It stood above the shore to the east of Grand Harbour , close to the present day town of Xghajra . The tower was built by the Knights of Malta in 1620 during the reign of Grand Master Fra Alof de Wignacourt , and the last of the Wignacourt towers to be built . The tower was demolished to clear the field of fire of the nearby Della Grazie Battery , construction of which began in 1888 , by the British . Nothing of the original tower remains .
USS Cates ( DE - 763 ) USS " Cates " ( DE - 763 ) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys . She was named after William Finnic Cates who was killed in action 12 November 1942 when a Japanese torpedo plane , which he kept under fire while refusing to leave his station , crashed aboard the ship . For this heroism , he received the Navy Cross posthumously . " Cates " was launched 10 October 1943 by Tampa Shipbuilding Co . , Inc . , Tampa , Florida ; sponsored by Mrs . P . Dyer ; commissioned 15 December 1943 , Lieutenant G . A . Prouse , USNR , in command ; and reported to the Atlantic Fleet . World War II North Atlantic operations . Between 27 February and 1 May 1944 , " Cates " guarded two convoys carrying American troops to ports in Ireland and Wales in the lengthy preparations for the invasion of Normandy . Overcoming the threat of submarine attack and the ever - present hazards of vicious North Atlantic weather , she aided in the completely safe passage of critically needed men . After a brief period training with submarines from New London , Connecticut , " Cates " completed 1944 with five convoy voyages from New York to ports in Ireland , Great Britain , and France escorting tankers , carrying critical petroleum products to support the push of the Allies across Europe . " Cates " opened 1945 with a brief training period in Casco Bay , Maine , then a return to tanker convoy duty from Boston , Massachusetts , to Scotland , returning to New York 18 February . Two weeks later she sailed in the escort of another convoy , but had to break off and return to Earle , New Jersey , for repairs , followed by refresher training in Casco Bay . This training became most realistic when " Cates " took part in a 2 - week anti - submarine sweep along the northeast coast . She returned to New York 20 April , and sailed 4 days later escorting tankers to Liverpool . Transfer to Pacific Theatre operations . Returning to New York with empty tankers 23 May 1945 , " Cates " sailed on to training in Cuban waters , passed through the Panama Canal , and arrived at Pearl Harbor 31 July for training and overhaul . Arriving at Eniwetok 30 August , she began six months of convoy escort supporting the redeployment of troops in the Far East , calling at ports in the Philippines , Japan , and Okinawa until 18 February 1946 . Post - War decommissioning . She then cleared for San Pedro , California , Norfolk , Virginia , and Green Cove Springs , Florida . She arrived at the latter port 22 April for duty training reservists until 28 March 1947 , when she was decommissioned there . " Cates " was transferred to France under the Military Assistance Program on 11 November 1950 . She served in the French Navy as " Soudanais " ( F . 722 ) until stricken and scrapped in 1959 .
Cut Bank Air Force Station Cut Bank Air Force Station ( Perm ID : P - 24 , SAGE ID : Z - 24 ) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station . It is located northwest of Cut Bank , Montana . It was closed in 1965 . History . The facility was hosted by the 681st Aircraft Control and Warning ( AC & W ) Squadron , Air Defense Command between April 1952 and June 1965 . Cut Bank AFS replaced an earlier radar site at Del Bonita , Montana ( LP - 24 ) which had opened in March 1951 . The 681st AC & W Squadron started operating AN / FPS - 3 and AN / FPS - 4 radars in April 1952 , and initially the station functioned as a Ground - Control Intercept ( GCI ) and warning station . As a GCI station , the squadron ' s role was to guide interceptor aircraft toward unidentified intruders picked up on the unit ' s radar scopes . In 1958 an AN / FPS - 20 search radar replaced the AN / FPS - 3 at this site . In the following year two AN / FPS - 6 B height - finder radars superseded the AN / FPS - 4 . In 1961 this site was integrated into the SAGE system , the squadron being re - designated as the 681st Radar Squadron ( SAGE ) . The radar squadron provided information 24 / 7 the SAGE Direction Center where it was analyzed to determine range , direction altitude speed and whether or not aircraft were friendly or hostile . In 1962 the AN / FPS - 20A was further upgraded and redesignated as an AN / FPS - 66 . In 1963 one AN / FPS - 6B was removed and on 31 July , the site was redesignated as NORAD ID Z - 24 . In 1964 the other AN / FPS - 6B was upgraded to an AN / FPS - 90 , and an AN / FPS - 26 A height - finder radar was installed . In addition to the main facility , Cut Bank operated an AN / FPS - 14 Gap Filler site : The station was closed on 1 March 1965 as part of a general reduction of ADC . Today it is largely intact , and abandoned . Air Force units and assignments . Units . Assignments :