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Gergely András Molnár [SEP] conflict | Gergely András Molnár
Gergely András Molnár (16 November 1897 – 22 March 2006) was, at age 108, one of the last Hungarian World War I veterans. There he served on the Russian front in the Annex II. He later served for six years in World War II. Molnár received the highest honors for his country being awarded the First ... | András Tóth (footballer born 1949), Hungarian footballer
- András Tóth (footballer born 1973), Hungarian footballer
- András Vasy (born 1969), American-Hungarian mathematician
- András Visky (born 1957), Hungarian Romanian poet
- András Wanié (1911-1976), Hungarian swimmer
- Gergely András Molnár (1897-2006), Austro-Hu... | 8,300 | zeroshot-train |
Giovanni Sabelli [SEP] conflict | Giovanni Sabelli
Tenente Giovanni Sabelli was an Italian World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. At the start of World War I, he was already an experienced combat pilot.
Early life.
On 23 September 1886 in Napoli, Giovanni Sabelli was born
into a wealthy family. He studied engineering in New York. ... | May 1917. He landed for medical aid at Doberdò del Lago, and was unable to return to duty until early July.
Upon his return, he submitted a claim for shooting down a seaplane on 13 July, but it went unverified. The next month, he and Giovanni Sabelli teamed to shoot down a Hansa-Brandenburg C.I for Allasia's first win.... | 8,301 | zeroshot-train |
Gregorio Ruiz [SEP] conflict | Gregorio Ruiz
Gregorio Ruiz was a Mexican general who participated in the Mexican Revolution. He was born in Perote, Veracruz and he died in Mexico City in 1913. He studied at the Heroico Colegio Militar, and by 1864 was a lieutenant of auxiliaries in the Mexican Army. He fought against the French Intervention in Mexic... | Julius L. Belen | 3rd Sunday of Jan.
- Diocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Isidore the Worker - Talavera
Rev. Fr. Aldrin B. Domingo, PhL (Parish Priest) and Rev. Fr. Dean Jerome C. Cruz (Parochial Vicar) | May 15
- St. Lorenzo Ruiz Parish - Pinagpanaan, Talavera
Rev. Fr. Carlos A. Padilla | Sep. 28
Vicariates Vicariate o... | 8,302 | zeroshot-train |
Günter Kuhnke [SEP] conflict | Günter Kuhnke
Günter Kuhnke (7 September 1912 – 11 October 1990) was a "Korvettenkapitän" with the "Kriegsmarine" during World War II and later a "Konteradmiral" with the "Bundesmarine". He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ().
He commanded the , and , sinking eleven ships on nine patrols, fo... | Kuhnke
Kuhnke is a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Alice Bah Kuhnke (born 1971), Swedish Minister of Culture and Democracy
- Christian Kuhnke (born 1939), German tennis player
- Günter Kuhnke (1912–1990), German Konteradmiral
- Johannes Bah Kuhnke (born 1972), Swedish actor and singer
- Kurt Kuhnke (19... | 8,303 | zeroshot-train |
Günther Sachs [SEP] conflict | Günther Sachs
Günther Sachs (4 May 1903 – 15 July 1962) was a general in the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 18th Flak Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Awards and decorations.
- German Cross in Gold on 3 January 1944 as "Oberst im Generalstab" in the ... | 1858) On the geographical distribution of reptiles. "Proc Zool Soc London".
- Günther, Albert (1859–70) "Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum", eight volumes.
- Günther, Albert (1863) On new specimens of Snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Sep. Annals Mag. Nat. Hist., 1–6.
- Günther, Albert (1863) ... | 8,304 | zeroshot-train |
Hansgeorg Bätcher [SEP] conflict | Hansgeorg Bätcher
Hansgeorg Bätcher (13 January 1914 – 23 April 2003) was a highly decorated pilot in the Luftwaffe and with more than 658 combat missions the leading bomber ace during World War II. He was a recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Military Training and Second World War.
Han... | lost a bomber to a Soviet fighter attack over the Kerch Strait: the Red Air Force (VVS) was active over the sea-lanes. The exploits of one particular pilot—"Staffelkapitän" of 8 "Staffel" Hansgeorg Bätcher—prevented KG 100's presence from passing without note. Commander of "Luftflotte" 4 demanded all supply ships be de... | 8,305 | zeroshot-train |
Harold Huston George [SEP] conflict | Harold Huston George
Harold Huston George (14 September 1892 – 29 April 1942) was a general officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He began his military career before World War I when he enlisted as a private in the 3rd New York Infantry Regiment. Joining the Air Service, he became an ace in ... | - George Suranovich, Harold Brown - drums
- Papa Dee Allen - congas
- Bob Mercereau, Lee Oskar - harmonica
- Charles Miller - tenor saxophone
- Chris Huston, George Koch, Richard Moore, Stan Agol - engineers
External links.
- Album Cover Guilty!
- Album Cover Black & White Blues | 8,306 | zeroshot-train |
Harry Herbert Miller [SEP] conflict | Harry Herbert Miller
Harry Herbert Miller (May 4, 1879 – March 12, 1968) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Spanish–American War.
Biography.
Harry Miller enlisted in the U.S. Navy from the state of Massachusetts and served d... | Harry Miller
Harry Miller may refer to:
Sports.
- Harry Miller (basketball, born 1923) (1923–2007), American basketball player (Toronto Huskies)
- Harry Miller (basketball, born 1950), American college basketball coach at Baylor
- Harry Miller (footballer) (born 1985), Australian rules footballer with Hawthorn, drafted... | 8,307 | zeroshot-train |
Heli Rolando de Tella y Cantos [SEP] conflict | Heli Rolando de Tella y Cantos
Heli Rolando de Tella y Cantos (September 14, 1888 – October 10, 1967) was a decorated Spanish soldier and military officer who served in the Moroccan War and the Spanish Civil War, siding with Franco's Nationalists.
Tella, born to a family of Galician farmers, studied at the Toledo Infan... | Spanish colonies were four men who would go on to distinguish themselves fighting against the Republic in the civil war: Francisco de Borbón y de la Torre, Duke of Seville, Martin Alonso, Ricardo Serrador Santés, and Heli Rolando de Tella y Cantos.
The political left became fractured, whilst the right united. The Socia... | 8,308 | zeroshot-train |
Henry A. Thompson [SEP] conflict | Henry A. Thompson
Henry A. Thompson (1841 – February 16, 1889) was a U.S. Marine stationed aboard the during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865.
Military service.
Emigrating from his native England, Thompson volunteered for ... | Quarterly Review of Biology 24 no. 3 (Sep. 1949): 269.
- Malone, Henry Thompson. The Episcopal Church in Georgia 1733-1957. Atlanta: The Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Atlanta, 1960.
- Martin, Harold H. Atlanta and Environs A Chronicle of Its People and Events: Years of Change and Challenge 1940-1976 Vol... | 8,309 | zeroshot-train |
Henry Mowat [SEP] conflict | Henry Mowat
Henry Mowat (1734–1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy commanding ships in northern New England during the American Revolutionary War. He was the son of Captain Patrick Mowat of the post ship HMS "Dolphin". He was born in Scotland and went to sea at the age of 18.
Career.
After six years as an able seaman... | Mowat
Mowat is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alex Mowat (1935–1995), Scottish paediatric hepatologist
- Angus Mowat (1892–1977), Canadian librarian, novelist, father of Farley Mowat
- C. L. Mowat (1911–1970), British-born American historian
- Claire Mowat (born 1933), Canadian... | 8,310 | zeroshot-train |
Henry Robinson Clay [SEP] conflict | Henry Robinson Clay
Captain Henry Robinson Clay, Jr. was a World War I flying ace credited with eight confirmed aerial victories.
Early life.
Though born in Plattsburg, Missouri on 27 November 1895, Clay later lived in Fort Worth, Texas.
Aviation service.
He was one of the first contingent of American fliers shipped to... | 1863 – 23 Sep 1869 Donald McLean
- 24 Sep 1869 – 1 Jan 1877 John Davies Ormond
List of superintendents Marlborough Province.
The Marlborough Province had five superintendents:
- 1860 William Adams
- 1861 Captain Baillie
- 1863 Thomas Carter
- 1864 Arthur Seymour (1st time)
- 1865 William Henry Eyes
- 1870 Arthur Seymou... | 8,311 | zeroshot-train |
Henry S. Webster [SEP] conflict | Henry S. Webster
Henry S. Webster (January 7, 1846 – July 2, 1910) was a sailor in the U.S. Navy stationed aboard the during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Second Battle of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865.
Military service.
Webster volunteered for service in the U.S. N... | olfactory acuity and neuroleptic treatment in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, Sep 1; 44(3): 221 – 232.
Purdon, S., Klein, S., FLOR-HENRY, P. (2001). Menstrual effects on asymmetrical olfactory acuity. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 7: 703 – 709.
Pazderka-Robinson, H., Morrison, J., FLOR... | 8,312 | zeroshot-train |
Henry W. Hahn [SEP] conflict | Henry W. Hahn
Henry W. Hahn is a corporal of the US Marine Corps who was awarded the Navy Cross for his extraordinary heroism during World War II in the Pacific War theatre. Hahn was born in Detroit, Michigan.
Service details.
At the time of the service for which he was decorated, Corporal Hahn was serving with Company... | MacKeen
834. Henry Ries
835. Henry Robert Bowreman Foote
836. Henry Rowland (actor)
837. Henry Royds Pownall
838. Henry Ruthven Moore
839. Henry Schauer
840. Henry Scrimgeour
841. H. B. Stallard
842. Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney
843. Henry T. Elrod
844. Henry T. King
845. Henry Terry
846. Henry W. Hahn
847. Henry W... | 8,313 | zeroshot-train |
Henry Watson Powell [SEP] conflict | Henry Watson Powell
General Henry Watson Powell (1733-14 July 1814) was a British officer during the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War.
Powell was born in England in 1733. He commissioned as a Lieutenant on 10 March 1753, with the 46th Regiment of Foot. He was promoted to captain on 2 September 1756 and g... | Henry Powell
Henry Powell may refer to:
- Henry Powell (Wisconsin) (1828–1902), American politician
- Henry Absalom Powell (1855–1930), Canadian lawyer and politician
- E. Henry Powell (1839–1911), politician in Vermont
- Henry Powell House, a historic house in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Henry "Tank" Powell (bor... | 8,314 | zeroshot-train |
Henschel Hs 293 [SEP] conflict | Henschel Hs 293
The Henschel Hs 293 was a World War II German anti-ship radio controlled glide bomb with a rocket engine slung underneath it. It was designed by Herbert A. Wagner.
Development.
The Hs 293 project was started in 1940, based on the "Gustav Schwartz Propellerwerke" pure glide bomb that was designed in 1939... | - Henschel Hs 132 - jet dive bomber prototype
- Henschel Hs 293 - rocket propelled glide bomb
- Henschel Hs 294 - rocket propelled anti-shipping glide bomb
- Henschel Hs 295 - rocket propelled torpedo glider
- Henschel Hs 296 - rocket propelled torpedo glider
- Henschel Hs 297 - rocket propelled torpedo glider
- Hensch... | 8,315 | zeroshot-train |
Herbert T. Levack [SEP] conflict | Herbert T. Levack
Col. Herbert T. Levack (March 14, 1916 – January 27, 2010) was a command pilot in the U.S. Air Force flying B-24s in
World War II, and C-124s in Korea and Vietnam. He was also the Operations Officer for the first
Operation Deep Freeze exploring the Antarctica. Mount Levack was named after him by the... | . Named by US-ACAN for Major Herbert T. Levack, United States Air Force (USAF), who participated in establishing the South Pole Station in the 1956-57 season.
See also.
- Mountains in Antarctica
Maps.
- Vinson Massif. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1988.
- Antarctic Digital Dat... | 8,316 | zeroshot-train |
Hermann Hogeback [SEP] conflict | Hermann Hogeback
Hermann Hogeback (25 August 1914 – 15 February 2004) was a German bomber pilot during the Nazi era. He flew more than 100 operational sorties during the Spanish Civil War and 500 during World War II and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. ... | 958. Hermann Buchner
959. Hermann Buchner
960. Hermann de Pourtalès
961. Hermann Ehrhardt
962. Hermann Eilts
963. Hermann Esser
964. Hermann Fegelein
965. Hermann Florstedt
966. Hermann Friedrich Graebe
967. Hermann Göring
968. Hermann Görtz
969. Hermann Gauch
970. Hermann Gehri
971. Hermann Giesler
972. Hermann Graf
9... | 8,317 | zeroshot-train |
Holloway Halstead Frost [SEP] conflict | Holloway Halstead Frost
Holloway Halstead Frost (April 11, 1889 - January 26, 1935), born in Brooklyn, New York,
was an American World War I Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient.
Naval career.
Frost was a member of the U.S. Naval Academy class of 1910.
A widely published author, his work ranged the gamut of naval sub... | mission Ambassadors to Italy.
- Alister McIntosh (1966–1970)
- Ian Stewart (1970–1972)
Italy List of heads of mission Chargés d'Affaires in Italy.
- Dick Atkins (1972–1973)
Italy List of heads of mission Ambassadors to Italy.
- Phil Holloway (1973–1976)
- Eric Halstead (1976–1980)
- Jim Weir (1980–1983)
- Gordon Parkin... | 8,318 | zeroshot-train |
Hormuzan [SEP] conflict | Hormuzan
Hormuzan (Middle Persian: "Hormazdān", New Persian: ) was an Iranian aristocrat who served as the governor of Khuzestan, and was one of the Sasanian military officers at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah. He was later taken prisoner by the Muslims after the fall of Shushtar in 642. Two years later, he was accused of... | in March 637 followed by capturing of Tikrit and Mosul. Umar wanted Zagros mountains to be the frontiers between Muslims and Persians and is quoted saying
Persians kept on raiding Iraq, which resulted in political instability in Iraq, as a result Muslims invaded Ahvaz in 638 which forced powerful Persian commander in ... | 8,319 | zeroshot-train |
Hugh Rodman [SEP] conflict | Hugh Rodman
Admiral Hugh Rodman KCB (6 January 1859 – 7 June 1940) was an officer in the United States Navy who served during the Spanish–American War and World War I, later serving as the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet from 1919 to 1921.
Biography.
Born at Frankfort, Kentucky, Rodman graduated from the Naval A... | USS Admiral Hugh Rodman
USS Admiral Hugh Rodman" (AP-126) was an : Laid down, 24 April 1944, as a Maritime Commission type (P2-SE2-R1) hull, under Maritime Commission contract, (MC hull 684), at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Alameda, California; launched on 25 February 1945; commissioned as the USS "Admiral Hugh ... | 8,320 | zeroshot-train |
Ian Donald Roy McDonald [SEP] conflict | Ian Donald Roy McDonald
Captain Ian Donald Roy McDonald (9 September 1898 – 22 September 1920) was a British World War I flying ace credited with 20 aerial victories. Although born in the British West Indies, he returned to England to serve in the air force. After his successful career in combat, he spent a short while... | had 33 flying aces among its ranks, including
- Tom Hazell
- Ian Donald Roy McDonald
- Horace Barton
- Andrew Cowper
- William C. Lambert
- George McElroy
- Herbert Richardson
- Ronald T. Mark
- Patrick Anthony Langan-Byrne
- Alan Wilkinson
- Selden Long
- Reuben Hammersley
- John Oliver Andrews
- Bernard Paul Gascoign... | 8,321 | zeroshot-train |
Ion Theodorescu-Sion [SEP] conflict | Romanian professional association.
As Romania entered World War I in 1916, Ion Theodorescu-Sion was forced to interrupt his work on the Constanța murals. Once drafted into the Romanian Land Forces, he returned to official and academic art: he was employed by Chief of Staff Dumitru Iliescu to depict the Romanian Armed F... | Theodorescu
Theodorescu is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Cicerone Theodorescu (1908-1974), poet
- Dem. Theodorescu (1888-1946), journalist and critic
- George Theodorescu, dressage trainer
- Ion Theodorescu-Sion (1882-1939), painter
- Monica Theodorescu (1963-), German equestrian and dr... | 8,322 | zeroshot-train |
Jack Cornwell [SEP] conflict | Jack Cornwell
John Travers Cornwell VC (8 January 1900 – 2 June 1916), commonly known as Jack Cornwell or as Boy Cornwell, is remembered for his gallantry at the Battle of Jutland during World War One. Having died at the age of only 16, he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in ... | Navy Combined Cadet Force divisions, such as the RN CCF section at Whitgift School, Croydon, which is named the "Cornwell" division in his honour.
In Canada, Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps John Travers Cornwell, VC, based on HMCS Chippawa in Winnipeg, MB is named after him.
Remembrance Other memorials.
In Little Ilford... | 8,323 | zeroshot-train |
Jameel Sayhood [SEP] conflict | Jameel Sayhood
Jameel Sayhood was an Iraqi pilot in the Gulf War who it is claimed managed to attain one of the few aerial victories by the Iraqi Air Force in his MiG-29B, before being shot down by USAF Captain Craig Underhill and Captain Cesar Rodriguez with their F-15Cs mere minutes after his air-air victory.
Initial... | 1984), American mixed martial artist
- Jameel McCline (born 1970), American boxer
- Jameel Sayhood, Iraqi military pilot
- Jameel Sewell, (born 1989), American football player
- Jameel Watkins (born 1977), American basketball player
- Jameel Khan, Indian actor
People with the surname Jameel.
- Fathulla Jameel (1942–201... | 8,324 | zeroshot-train |
James Dudley Beane [SEP] conflict | James Dudley Beane
Lieutenant James Dudley Beane (January 20, 1896 – October 30, 1918) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
Biography.
He was born on January 20, 1896.
Beane attended Concord High School. He was employed in Boston before joining the Ambulance Service. He spent a year's duty o... | 1918 after aerodrome crash on 20 OCT 1918)
- Lt. James Dudley Beane, DSC, air ace (6 aerial victories) (MIA - 30 OCT 1918)
- Lt. James B. Biggs, (Killed in Aerial Accident 27 OCT 1918)
- Cpt. Ray C. Bridgman, SSC, (4 aerial victories)
- Cpt. Arthur Raymond Brooks, DSC, air ace (6 aerial victories) C Flight Commander an... | 8,325 | zeroshot-train |
James H. Bronson [SEP] conflict | James H. Bronson
James H. Bronson (1838 – March 16, 1884) was an African American Union Army soldier during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Biography.
Bronson was born into slavery in Indiana County, Pennsylvania; it is unknown when he gained his free... | 83, Francis B. Brower 54, Francis C. Marvin 19). Hamilton Ward was nominated for attorney general during the first ballot. Howard Soule was nominated for state engineer by acclamation.
The Prohibition state convention met on September 3 at Syracuse, New York. James H. Bronson, of Amsterdam, was chairman. They nominated... | 8,326 | zeroshot-train |
James H. Luther [SEP] conflict | James H. Luther
James H. Luther (January 24, 1841March 3, 1916) was a private in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War.
Luther joined the Army in June 1861, and mustered out with his regiment three years later.
Medal of Honor citation.
Rank and organization: Private, C... | May 22)
- Mike Porzio (Jul 9)
- Luther Hackman (Sep 1)
Player stats.
Player stats Batting.
Player stats Batting Starters by position.
"Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in"
Player stats Batting Other batters.
"Note: G = Games played... | 8,327 | zeroshot-train |
James J. Andrews [SEP] conflict | James J. Andrews
James J. Andrews (c. 1829 – June 7, 1862) was a Kentucky civilian who worked for the Union Army during the early years of the American Civil War. He led a daring raid behind enemy lines on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, known as the Great Locomotive Chase. The mission failed and Andrews and seven f... | 7 Jul – Yosuke Matsuoka
- 14 Jul – Wilhelm Keitel
- 21 Jul – Claude Wickard
- 28 Jul – Sir Charles Portal
- 4 Aug – Charles de Gaulle
- 11 Aug – Sumner Welles
- 18 Aug – Hubertus J. van Mook
- 25 Aug – Henry L. Stimson
- 1 Sep – Frank Maxwell Andrews
- 8 Sep – Reza Shah Pahlavi
- 15 Sep – Harold L. Ickes
- 22 Sep – Kic... | 8,328 | zeroshot-train |
James R. Stark [SEP] conflict | James R. Stark
James R. Stark (born May 27, 1943) is a retired rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Cold War and in the Vietnam War and oversaw operations related to the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. A surface warfare officer, his career included command of ships at sea, senior U.S. Navy and North... | . Decommissioned on 7 May 1999, "Stark" was scrapped in 2006.
Missile attack.
USS "Stark" was deployed to the Middle East Force in 1984 and 1987. Captain Glenn R. Brindel was the commanding officer during the 1987 deployment. The ship was struck on 17 May 1987 by two Exocet anti-ship missiles during the Iran–Iraq War f... | 8,329 | zeroshot-train |
Jean-Antoine Verdier [SEP] conflict | Jean-Antoine Verdier
Jean-Antoine Verdier (2 May 1767 – 30 May
1839) was a French General during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Service.
Born in Toulouse, he enlisted into the Régiment de la Fère on 18 February 1785. He served as Aide-de-camp to Augereau in 1792 with the army of the Eastern Pyrenees.
Service S... | Verdier
Verdier is a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Jean Verdier (1864–1940), French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Jean-Antoine Verdier (1767–1839), French general
- Jean-Louis Verdier, mathematician, inventor of Verdier duality
- Nicolas Verdier, French footballer
- Paul A. Verdie... | 8,330 | zeroshot-train |
Jesse Orin Creech [SEP] conflict | Jesse Orin Creech
Lieutenant Jesse Orin Creech was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. He shot down the final victory of the war for his squadron.
Creech lived in Washington, DC before the war began and had studied at the University of Kansas and Cornell University. He joined the USAAS, and w... | , including one shared with Field Eugene Kindley.
Honors and awards.
Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Jesse Orin Creech, First Lieutenant (Air Service), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action at Cambrai, France, September 26, 1918; south of Masnieres, France, Sep... | 8,331 | zeroshot-train |
Joel H. Lyman [SEP] conflict | Joel H. Lyman
Joel H. Lyman (May 11, 1845–May 4, 1922) was a Quartermaster sergeant in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War.
Lyman enlisted in the Army from East Randolph, New York in October 1861. He was wounded at the Third Battle of Winchester, and mustered out the ... | ", by Peter Leeson. "Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence" 28.1 (Jan. 2015): 237-40.
- "Who Rules America?" Rev. of "The New Class Conflict", by Joel Kotkin. "Reason". Reason Foundation, Sep. 20, 2014.
- "In Us We Trust?" Rev. of "The Moral Foundations of Economic Behavior", by David C. Rose. "The Freeman: Ideas o... | 8,332 | zeroshot-train |
John Brazell [SEP] conflict | John Brazell
John Brazell (1837 – August 12, 1866) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Biography.
Born in 1837 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Brazell was still living in that city wh... | David Brazell
David Brazell (1875 - 1959) was a Welsh singer. His parents were collier John Brazell, and Mary, of Pwll, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. Following his education at local schools, David entered employment in the tinplate industry, but studied music in Llanelli during his spare time. In 1901, encouraged by his ... | 8,333 | zeroshot-train |
John G. Burkhalter [SEP] conflict | John G. Burkhalter
Rev. John G. Burkhalter, was a Baptist minister and highly decorated chaplain who served in World War II and the Korean War. He was part of the D-Day invasion of Normandy at Omaha Beach.
Early days.
Burkhalter was born in Thomasville, Georgia on July 23, 1909. While an adolescent, he boxed profession... | Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and included a military band, American flag draped over the coffin, horse-drawn wagon, 21-gun salute, taps, Riderless horse, etc.
External links.
- Biography of Rev. John G. Burkhalter: https://web.archive.org/web/20111001045624/http://www.highrock.com/JohnGBurkhalter/
- John Burkhalte... | 8,334 | zeroshot-train |
John Gunby [SEP] conflict | in the later battles of the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War with Gunby continuing to command the 1st Maryland Regiment.
Of the Maryland Line's actions at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, General Greene wrote in his official report of the engagement:
Gunby continued in the capacity of commander of the 1st... | Gunby (surname)
Gunby is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- John Gunby (1745–1807), American planter and soldier
- Peter Gunby (born 1934), British professional football player and coach
- Steve Gunby (born 1984), British professional footballer | 8,335 | zeroshot-train |
John Jackson Dickison [SEP] conflict | John Jackson Dickison
John Jackson Dickison, known as J. J. Dickison (March 27, 1816 – August 20, 1902), was an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Dickison is mostly remembered as being the person who led the attack which resulted in the capture of the Union warship in the "Battle of ... | Famous Confederate colonels
- Lloyd J. Beall - former army officer who served as Commandant of the Confederate States Marine Corps.
- John Jackson Dickison – led the Confederate forces which captured the , in the only known incident in North American history where a cavalry unit sank an enemy gunboat.
- Ambrosio José G... | 8,336 | zeroshot-train |
John Knox MacArthur [SEP] conflict | John Knox MacArthur
Lieutenant John Knox MacArthur was an American World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. He was his squadron's first ace.
Biography.
MacArthur was an electrical engineer before he joined the U.S. Army Air Force.
MacArthur downed his half dozen Germany planes from 13 June through 19 ... | Sep – Leroy Randle Grumman
- 18 Sep – Harry Crerar
- 25 Sep – John C. H. Lee
- 2 Oct – Van Wyck Brooks
- 9 Oct – Josip Broz Tito
- 16 Oct – Courtney Hodges
- 23 Oct – Thomas E. Dewey
- 30 Oct – Douglas MacArthur
- 6 Nov – Harry S. Truman
- 13 Nov – Joseph Stilwell
- 20 Nov – Edgar Bergen
- 27 Nov – Juan Perón
- 4 Dec –... | 8,337 | zeroshot-train |
John Milton Thayer [SEP] conflict | John Milton Thayer
John Milton Thayer (January 24, 1820March 19, 1906) was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Nebraska. Thayer served as Governor of Wyoming Territory and Governor of Nebraska.
Thayer was born in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts... | John Thayer
John Thayer may refer to:
Politicians.
- John R. Thayer (1845–1916), member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- John A. Thayer (1857–1917), member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
- John Milton Thayer (1820–1906), fUnited States Senator from Neb... | 8,338 | zeroshot-train |
John Porter Hatch [SEP] conflict | John Porter Hatch
John Porter Hatch (January 9, 1822 – April 12, 1901) was a career American soldier who served as general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received a Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at the September 1862 Battle of South Mountain during the Maryland Campaign.
Early life and car... | "New York Times" said that Porter, as a lawyer, was "a laborious, keen, strongly-equipped man in nearly every branch of the law."
Sources.
- "The Descendants of Moses and Sarah Kilham Porter of Pawlet, Vermont: with some notice of their ancestors and those of Timothy Hatch, Amy and Lucy Seymour Hatch, Mary Lawrence Po... | 8,339 | zeroshot-train |
Joseph Burlazzi [SEP] conflict | Joseph Burlazzi
Joseph L. Burlazzi (May 20, 1912 – March 23, 1943) was a private in the United States Army who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his conduct during military operations in North Africa during World War II. He became the Belleville, New Jersey area's "first local war casualty" o... | mistakenly fired on their position after having been given incorrect firing coordinates. Hit in the face and blinded, Villeneuve survived; however, Burlazzi and 36 others were killed.
In recognition of his bravery, Joseph Burlazzi was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, which was accepted on his behal... | 8,340 | zeroshot-train |
Joseph Irlam [SEP] conflict | Joseph Irlam
Joseph Irlam (born 1840, date of death unknown) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Born in 1840 in Liverpool, England, Irlam immigrated to the United States and was liv... | Sep., 1996), pp. 479–501. (JSTOR)
- Operationalising Pro-Poor Growth, A Country Case Study on Uganda, John A. Okidi, Sarah Ssewanyana, Lawrence Bategeka, Fred Muhumuza, October 2004
- "New-Breed" Leadership, Conflict, and Reconstruction in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: A Sociopolitical Biography of Uganda's Yoweri ... | 8,341 | zeroshot-train |
Joseph Michael John Moore [SEP] conflict | Joseph Michael John Moore
Flight Lieutenant Joseph Michael John Moore was a British World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. He flew as a gunner/observer in two-seater fighters, garnering his wins while flying with three different pilots. He would return to military service for World War II.
Early l... | This Divided State
This Divided State is a documentary film by first-time filmmaker Steven Greenstreet that details the conflict that erupted at Utah Valley State College, now called Utah Valley University, when controversial figure Michael Moore was scheduled to come speak on campus shortly before the 2004 presidentia... | 8,342 | zeroshot-train |
Joseph Sterett [SEP] conflict | Joseph Sterett
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sterett (1773-1821), also known as Joseph Sterrett, was a Maryland militia officer who served during the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. At the Battle of Bladensberg and the Battle of North Point he commanded the 5th Maryland Regiment, composed largely of volunteers ... | Sep., 1996), pp. 479–501. (JSTOR)
- Operationalising Pro-Poor Growth, A Country Case Study on Uganda, John A. Okidi, Sarah Ssewanyana, Lawrence Bategeka, Fred Muhumuza, October 2004
- "New-Breed" Leadership, Conflict, and Reconstruction in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: A Sociopolitical Biography of Uganda's Yoweri ... | 8,343 | zeroshot-train |
Juan Ibarrola [SEP] conflict | Juan Ibarrola
Juan Ibarrola Orueta (1900 in Llodio, Álava – 1976) was a Spanish military commander who fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. He was a captain of the Civil Guard ("Guardia Civil"); unlike many of his fellow officers he rallied to the Republic when the Nationalist rising began. Feature... | strong air support (including the German "Legión Cóndor", partly based on the Cue Aerodrome). The pass of El Mazuco is only five km from the sea, and so the cruiser "Almirante Cervera" was also able to use its 6 in. guns in the action.
The Asturian and some Basque and Santander forces (Republicans) comprised three weak... | 8,344 | zeroshot-train |
Juan Luis Beigbeder y Atienza [SEP] conflict | Juan Luis Beigbeder y Atienza
Juan Luis Beigbeder y Atienza (Cartagena, Spain, 31 March 1888 – Madrid, 6 June 1957) was a Spanish military and political leader who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs during the rule of Francisco Franco between 1939 and 1940, just after the Spanish Civil War. In the Protectorate of Mo... | Beigbeder
Beigbeder may refer to:
- Charles Beigbeder, French businessman
- Frédéric Beigbeder, French writer
- Géraldine Beigbeder, French writer
- Germán Álvarez Beigbeder (1882-1968), Spanish composer
- Juan Luis Beigbeder y Atienza (1888 – 1957), Spanish politician | 8,345 | zeroshot-train |
Julius Arigi [SEP] conflict | Julius Arigi
Julius Arigi (3 October 1895 – 1 August 1981) was a flying ace of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I with a total of 32 credited victories. He was Austro-Hungary's most highly decorated ace. His victory total was second only to Godwin von Brumowski. Arigi was considered a superb natural pilot. He w... | "Flugegeschwader I" on the Isonzo line. Here he and Julius Arigi flew as fighter escort to the unit's bombers and Strohschneider scored his first two victories despite a certain lack of finesse at the controls, as on 17 April 1917, he wrecked Hansa-Brandenburg D.I serial number 28.08. However, this assignment saw him a... | 8,346 | zeroshot-train |
Julius Ellsberry [SEP] conflict | Julius Ellsberry
Julius Ellsberry (August 22, 1921 – December 7, 1941) was an American killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was the first Alabamian killed in World War II, and one of the first Americans to die in the Pacific during World War II. He was killed while aboard .
Early life.
Ellsberry was bo... | marker honoring Ellsberry's sacrifice has also been erected in Kelly Ingram Park, which is named for fellow Navy veteran and Birmingham native Osmond Kelly Ingram, the first American killed in World War I.
External links.
- Miller, Richard E. (January 8, 2008) "Julius Ellsberry". The Historical Marker Database
- Curry,... | 8,347 | zeroshot-train |
Julius von Verdy du Vernois [SEP] conflict | Julius von Verdy du Vernois
Adrian Friedrich Wilhelm Julius Ludwig von Verdy du Vernois (19 July 1832 – 30 September 1910), often given the short name of Verdy, was a German general and staff officer, chiefly noted both for his military writings and his service on Helmuth von Moltke the Elder's staff during the Franco-... | repeating rifles as well as new regulations of pension funds and compulsory military service. On 23 April 1888 he was promoted to General of the Infantry.
Minister Bronsart resigned on 8 April 1889 and was succeeded by Julius von Verdy du Vernois. At his request, he was appointed commanding general of the I Army Corps ... | 8,348 | zeroshot-train |
Karl Gallwitz [SEP] conflict | Karl Gallwitz
Leutnant Karl Gallwitz was a World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories.
Early life.
Karl Gallwitz was born in Sigmaringen, the German Empire, in 1895. He visited the Gymnasium-school in Nordhausen.
Aerial service.
Gallwitz originally flew a Roland D.III for artillery cooperation units on t... | (von Eichhorn's Chief of Staff)
- 09.1917 10. Armee (von Eichhorn's Chief of Staff) (concurrent with above)
- 07.1918 "Generalleutnant"
- 11.1918 Heeresgruppe Gallwitz - Verdun (von Gallwitz' Chief of Staff)
- 12.1918 38. Infanterie-Division (Commander)
Literature.
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand/Christian Zweng Die Ritter... | 8,349 | zeroshot-train |
Kurt Fricke [SEP] conflict | Kurt Fricke
Kurt Fricke (8 November 1889 – 2 May 1945) was an Admiral with the Kriegsmarine (navy) of Nazi Germany during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
Biography.
Fricke entered the "Kaiserliche Marine" as a cadet on 1 April 1910. He served on during his cadetship and graduated f... | 17 May 1945.
Key personnel.
Key personnel Kurt Fricke.
Admiral Kurt Fricke (8 November 1889 – 2 May 1945) was Chief of Operations of Naval War Command. Kurt Fricke ran the major enquiry which investigated the sinking of the German auxiliary cruiser, colloquially known as an "armed raider", the Atlantis in the context o... | 8,350 | zeroshot-train |
Liam Pilkington [SEP] conflict | Liam Pilkington
Liam Pilkington (2 June 1894 – 26 March 1977), also known as William Pilkington and Billy Pilkington, served in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence. Pilkington served the IRA as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 3rd Western Division IRA from 1921 to 1923. After the... | others (Constables Clarke and O'Rourke). The IRA ambush was led by Sligo Brigade Commanding Officer (O/C) William Pilkington. On 4 September 1922, an Anti-Treaty IRA unit under Liam Pilkington took the Dromhaire barracks in County Sligo because the Free State garrison surrendered. On 6 April 1922, a meeting to be addre... | 8,351 | zeroshot-train |
Lillian Kinkella Keil [SEP] conflict | Lillian Kinkella Keil
Captain Lillian Kinkella Keil (November 17, 1916 – June 30, 2005) was a highly decorated American World War II and Korean War flight nurse. Keil made 250 evacuation flights (23 of them transatlantic) during World War II and 175 evacuation flights during the Korean War, becoming one of the most dec... | Keil (1878–1963), Austrian historian, epigrapher, and archaeologist
- Klaus Keil (b. 1934), American astronomer and father of Mark Keil
- Lillian Kinkella Keil (1916–2005), American flight nurse
- Mark Keil (b. 1967), American tennis player and son of Klaus Keil
- Olaf Keil(b. 1934), Samoan-born guitarist, founder of t... | 8,352 | zeroshot-train |
Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers [SEP] conflict | Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers
Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers (13 August 1764 – 6 January 1813) was a French Army general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was the father of Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers, a Marshal of France, and the father-in-law of General Damrémont, governor-general of Alge... | Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers
Louis-Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers, 1st Comte Baraguey d'Hilliers (6 September 1795 – 6 June 1878) was a Marshal of France and politician.
Baraguey d'Hilliers was born in Paris, the son of the French revolutionary general Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers. He was educated at the Prytanée National Mil... | 8,353 | zeroshot-train |
Louis Prosper Gros [SEP] conflict | Louis Prosper Gros
Sous lieutenant Louis Prosper Gros (24 July 1893 – 3 March 1973) became a flying ace during World War I, scoring eight confirmed aerial victories, and possibly a ninth. He continued in aviation after the war, and defended his nation again during World War II.
World War I.
Gros enlisted in the French ... | Henry Monnier
Henry-Bonaventure Monnier (7 June 1799 in Paris – 3 January 1877) was a French playwright, caricaturist and actor.
Life.
After studying at the Lycée Bonaparte, he frequented the workshops of Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson and Antoine-Jean Gros. He installed himself in London in 1822 and returned to France 5 y... | 8,354 | zeroshot-train |
Luis Orgaz Yoldi [SEP] conflict | Luis Orgaz Yoldi
Luis Orgaz Yoldi (28 May 1881 in Vitoria – 31 January 1946 in Madrid) was a Spanish general who was a leading figure on the Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War. He later went on to become a critic of the regime of Francisco Franco and agitated for the restoration of the monarchy.
Early years.
Fro... | Preliminaries.
By winter of 1936–37 the Nationalist forces, led by General Francisco Franco, having failed to carry Madrid by storm in November 1936, resolved to cut off the city by crossing the Jarama to the south east and severing Madrid's communications with the "pro tempore" Republican capital of Valencia.
General ... | 8,355 | zeroshot-train |
Léon Bourjade [SEP] conflict | Léon Bourjade
Léon Bourjade (25 May 1889 – 22 October 1924), born Jean-Pierre Léon Bourjade, was a leading French fighter pilot in World War I, notable for being his country's leading balloon-busting ace. He interrupted his theological studies to fight in World War I; post-war, he completed his studies and spent the fe... | take advantage of its increased range.
Because of their importance as observation platforms, balloons were defended by anti-aircraft guns, groups of machine guns for low altitude defence and patrolling fighter aircraft. Attacking a balloon was a risky venture but some pilots relished the challenge. The most successful ... | 8,356 | zeroshot-train |
Manuel Mondragón [SEP] conflict | Manuel Mondragón
Manuel Mondragón (born Ixtlahuaca, State of Mexico, 1859 - died San Sebastián, Spain, 1922) was a Mexican military officer who played a prominent role in the Mexican Revolution. He graduated from the Mexican Military Academy as an artillery officer in 1880. He designed the world’s first gas-operated se... | Manuel López Mondragón
Manuel Ernesto López Mondragón (born 22 February 1983) is a Mexican born football player whose professional career began with club Veracruz. He currently plays for Venados F.C. in the Ascenso MX.
Career.
López Mondragón started his career with Veracruz. During his playing time there, he was consi... | 8,357 | zeroshot-train |
Manuel Peláez [SEP] conflict | Manuel Peláez
Manuel Peláez Gorrochotegui (1885–1959) Mexican military officer, noteworthy for his participation in the Mexican Revolution of 1910 to 1920.
Manuel Peláez was born in 1885 in the Huasteca region of the state of Veracruz, in the coastal area roughly between Tampico, Tamaulipas, and the port of Veracruz. H... | (1921–1994), Mexican painter of Spanish origin
- Catalina Peláez (born 1991), Colombian squash player
- Daniel Peláez Balbuena (born 1985), Peruvian footballer
- Daniel Peláez Bellido (born 1986), Spanish footballer
- Emmanuel Pelaez (1915–2003), politician and Vice-President of the Philippines
- Gonzalo Peláez (died 1... | 8,358 | zeroshot-train |
Marc Nicolas Louis Pécheux [SEP] conflict | Marc Nicolas Louis Pécheux
Marc Nicolas Louis Pécheux (born 28 January 1769 in Bucilly (Aisne) – 1 November 1831 in Paris), was a French general during the Napoleonic Wars.
Pécheux fought and lost the Battle of the Göhrde in 1813. During the Hundred Days Pécheux commanded the 12th infantry division and fought in the ba... | division")
P Pe.
- Mathieu Péalardy ("général de division")
- Marc Nicolas Louis Pécheux ("général de division")
- Guillaume Alexandre Thomas Pégot ("général de brigade")
- Jean Gaudens Claude Pégot ("général de brigade")
- Jean-Jacques Germain Pelet-Clozeau ("général de division")
- Jean-Louis Pellapra ("général de di... | 8,359 | zeroshot-train |
Mariano Acha [SEP] conflict | Mariano Acha
Mariano Acha (11 November 1799 - 16 September 1841) was a soldier who fought in the Argentine Civil Wars.
On 20 March 1841 the four hundred men led by Colonel Mariano Acha were surprised by troops under General Nazario Benavídez and scattered.
In the Battle of Angaco on 16 August 1841, Acha defeated Benavi... | of 1840 and 1841 against the Northern Coalition in La Rioja, Catamarca and San Juan.
While Aldao was facing Mariano Acha in the Battle of Angaco, he was in command of the Mendoza Province forces.
He supported Nazario Benavídez in the Battle of La Chacarilla, where General Mariano Acha was captured and San Juan was re... | 8,360 | zeroshot-train |
Max Clifford Stormes [SEP] conflict | Max Clifford Stormes
Max Clifford Stormes (27 July 1903 – 15 November 1942) was a World War II American naval commander.
Biography.
Born in Big Flats, New York, Stormes was appointed midshipman on 15 June 1920 and graduated on 15 May 1924. He was assigned to USS "Nevada" (BB-36) and subsequently served in USS "Chewink"... | USS Stormes
USS "Stormes" (DD-780), an , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Commander Max Clifford Stormes, who was killed in action during the night of 14 and 15 November 1942, when the destroyer was sunk in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Stormes was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross as "hi... | 8,361 | zeroshot-train |
Maxime Weygand [SEP] conflict | Maxime Weygand
Maxime Weygand (21 January 1867 – 28 January 1965; ) was a French military commander in World War I and World War II.
Weygand mainly served as a staff officer to Ferdinand Foch in World War I. Weygand initially fought against the Germans during the invasion of France in 1940, but then signed an armistice... | Weygand
Weygand is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Conrad Weygand (1890–1945), German chemist
- Maxime Weygand (1867–1965), French military commander
- Robert Weygand (b. 1948), American politician
See also.
- Wiegand
- Weigand
- Wigand | 8,362 | zeroshot-train |
Michael Fleming Folland [SEP] conflict | Michael Fleming Folland
Michael Fleming Folland (April 15, 1949 – July 3, 1969) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.
Biography.
Folland joined the Army from his birth city of Richmond, Virginia in 1968,... | Folland
Folland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alison Folland (born 1978), American actress and filmmaker
- Gerald Folland (born 1947), American mathematician
- Henry Folland (1889–1954), British aviation engineer and aircraft designer
- Leah Norah Folland (1874–1957), British educationalist, ... | 8,363 | zeroshot-train |
Mile Mrkšić [SEP] conflict | Mile Mrkšić
Mile Mrkšić (; 1 May 1947 – 16 August 2015) was a Colonel of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) in charge of the unit involved in the Battle of Vukovar during the Croatian War of Independence in 1991. He was convicted for not preventing the mass killing of 264 Croats that followed the fall of Vukovar, and sen... | two former JNA officers, Mile Mrkšić and Veselin Šljivančanin for their involvement in the Vukovar massacre.
As a result of the conflict, a deep ethnic divide exists between the Croat and Serb populations.
Demographics.
In the years from 1948 until 1991 Vukovar's population increased quickly due to industrial developme... | 8,364 | zeroshot-train |
Morris E. Crain [SEP] conflict | was destroyed by the enemy. T/Sgt. Crain's outstanding valor and intrepid leadership enabled his platoon to organize a new defense, repel the attack and preserve the hard-won bridgehead.
Honored in ship naming.
The USAT "Morris E. Crain", a United States Army ship which served at the end of World War II, was named in h... | a civil service crew. Assigned to the Military Sealift Command, "Sgt. Morris E. Crain" carried cargo for all the services.
Decommissioning.
She was decommissioned at an unknown date and struck from the Navy List on 1 April 1975. She was returned to the U.S. Maritime Commission on 17 July 1975. Her subsequent fate is no... | 8,365 | zeroshot-train |
Neal Anderson Scott [SEP] conflict | Neal Anderson Scott
Neal Anderson Scott (May 21, 1919October 26, 1942) was a naval officer who died while in service with the United States Naval Reserve during World War II, and who was awarded the Navy Cross.
Navy career.
Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Scott was appointed assistant paymaster with the rank of ensign, U.... | Scott E. Anderson
Scott E. Anderson (born April 1, 1964), is an American special effects artist best known for "Babe", which he won an Academy Award for.
Oscar history.
All of these are in the category of Best Visual Effects.
- 68th Academy Awards-"Babe". Award shared with John Cox, Charles Gibson, and Neal Scanlan. Wo... | 8,366 | zeroshot-train |
Nebelwerfer [SEP] conflict | Nebelwerfer
The Nebelwerfer (smoke mortar) was a World War II German series of weapons. They were initially developed by and assigned to the Wehrmacht's "smoke troops" ("Nebeltruppen"). This weapon was given its name as a disinformation strategy designed to fool observers from the League of Nations, who were observing ... | 10 cm Nebelwerfer 40
The 10 cm Nebelwerfer 40 (10 cm NbW 40) was a heavy mortar used by Germany during the Second World War. Much like the American M2 4.2 inch mortar it was intended to deliver chemical munitions, such as gas and smoke shells, as well as ordinary high-explosive shells. It was derived from Rheinmetall's... | 8,367 | zeroshot-train |
Newton Henry Mason [SEP] conflict | Newton Henry Mason
Newton Henry Mason (24 December 1918 – May 1942) was a decorated United States Navy fighter pilot of World War II who was killed in action at the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Mason was born in New York City on 24 December 1918. He enlisted as a seaman in the United States Naval Reserve on 7 November 1940... | Newton Mason
Newton Mason may refer to:
- Newton E. Mason (1850–1945), United States Navy rear admiral
- Newton Henry Mason (1918–1942), United States Navy ensign, posthumous recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross | 8,368 | zeroshot-train |
Nicholas Lear [SEP] conflict | Nicholas Lear
Nicholas Lear (1826 – July 4, 1902) was a Quartermaster in the Union Navy and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War.
Lear enlisted for a three-year term in the US Navy in August 1862, and was assigned to the Union ironclad .
Medal of Honor citation.
The President of the Uni... | - 9 May 1951 "King Lear" John Alden Company
- 25 Jul 1951 "A Victorian Marriage" John Alden Company
- 30 Jul 1951 "Night Must Fall" Saul Sterling Players
- 4 Aug 1951 "Anna Christie" John Alden Company
- 8 Sep 1951 "Misalliance" John Alden Company
- 12 Oct 1951 "The Vigil" John Alden Company
- 15 Nov 1951 "Rusty Bugles... | 8,369 | zeroshot-train |
Nicolas Léonard Beker [SEP] conflict | Nicolas Léonard Beker
Nicolas Léonard Beker or Nicolas Léonard Becker or Nicolas Léonard Bagert, born 18 January 1770 – died 18 November 1840, joined the French army as a dragoon before the French Revolutionary Wars and rose in rank to become a general officer. In 1800 he married the sister of Louis Desaix, who was kil... | Beker
Beker is a surname that may refer to:
- Avi Beker (born 1951), Israeli writer, statesman, and professor
- Gisela Beker (born 1932), German-American artist
- Jeanne Beker (born 1952), Canadian television personality, author and newspaper columnist
- Jeroen Beker (contemporary), Dutch film producer
- Nicolas Léonar... | 8,370 | zeroshot-train |
Nikolaos Mykonios [SEP] conflict | Nikolaos Mykonios
Nikolaos Mykonios (, November 6, 1803 - March 21, 1890) was a fighter of the Greek War of Independence and later an officer of the Greek army.
Biography.
Mykonios was born in Koronida of Naxos on November 6, 1803. He took part in the Greek War of Independence, serving first in the naval battles, and f... | After the creation of the Greek State, Mykonios followed a military career reaching the rank of the major of Infantry. He retired on December 4, 1861. and he died in Athens on March 21, 1890.
Bibliography.
- Konstantinos Skokos (1891). "Ημερολόγιον Σκόκου". Athens: Εκ του Τυπογραφείου των Καταστημάτων Ανέστη Κωνσταντιν... | 8,371 | zeroshot-train |
Oliver Stewart [SEP] conflict | Oliver Stewart
Major Oliver Stewart MC AFC was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Post war, he had a long and distinguished career as a writer.
World War I service.
Stewart was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment in October 1914. He transferred to the Royal Flying Corps... | and Mercy Corps.
Board Members.
International Alert’s board of trustees is composed of the following members: Carey Cavanaugh, Hans Bolscher, Chris Deri, Abir Haj Ibrahim, Padma Jyoti, Oliver Kemp, Lisa L. Rose, Erin Segilia-Chase, and Gregor Stewart. Cavanaugh became board chair in 2018.
Notable initiatives.
Notable i... | 8,372 | zeroshot-train |
Olivier Voutier [SEP] conflict | Olivier Voutier
Olivier Voutier (born May 30, 1796 in Thouars, France - died April 18, 1877 at Hyères, France) was a French naval officer who discovered the statue of the Venus de Milo in 1820, and fought in the Greek War of Independence.
Discovery of the Venus de Milo.
Voutier was the son of a naval officer, and at th... | Bibliography.
- Curtis, Gregory, Disarmed - "The Story of the Venus de Milo". Vintage, 2004.
- Colonel Voutier, "Découverte et acquisition de la Vénus de Milo", Hyères, 1874, in-8° br.
- Jean-Paul Alaux, "La Vénus de Milo et Olivier Voutier", Collection du galion d’or chez Jean-Paul Alaux, Paris, 1939.
- Jules Sébastie... | 8,373 | zeroshot-train |
Otto Jäger [SEP] conflict | Otto Jäger
Oberleutnant Otto Jäger was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. | - Diego Bianconi
- Gabriela Dauerer
- Otto Eckmann (1882–1885)
- Martin Eder (1993–1995)
- Johannes Götz
- Carl Haag
- Adolf von Hildebrand
- Karl Jäger
- Friedrich August von Kaulbach
- August von Kreling, director 1853–1874
- Richard Lindner
- Johann Daniel Preissler
- Michael Mathias Prechtl
- Johann Daniel Preissle... | 8,374 | zeroshot-train |
Philip Kearny [SEP] conflict | Philip Kearny
Philip Kearny, Jr. (; June 1, 1815 – September 1, 1862) was a United States Army officer, notable for his leadership in the Mexican–American War and American Civil War. He was killed in action in the 1862 Battle of Chantilly.
Early life and career.
Kearny was born in New York City to a wealthy Irish Ameri... | Luisa married Louis' brother Philip V of Spain by proxy on 11 Sep 1701. Sadly Maria Adelaide would die in 1712 at Versailles of Measles. These two prestigious marriages were designed by Louis XIV to entice Savoyard support during the War of the Spanish Succession. During this war, Marie Jeanne Baptiste was obliged to s... | 8,375 | zeroshot-train |
Ptolemaios Sarigiannis [SEP] conflict | Ptolemaios Sarigiannis
Ptolemaios Sarigiannis (, 1882–1958) was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of Major General, holding senior staff positions during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 and serving as Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff in 1925–1926.
Life.
Ptolemaios Sarigiannis was born in Piraeus in 1... | in Asia minor.
Background.
After the First Battle of İnönü, where Miralay (Colonel) İsmet Bey fought against a Greek detachment out of occupied Bursa, the Greeks prepared for another attack aiming the towns of Eskisehir and Afyonkarahisar with their inter-connecting rail-lines. Ptolemaios Sarigiannis, staff officer in ... | 8,376 | zeroshot-train |
Ralph Ambrose O'Neill [SEP] conflict | Ralph Ambrose O'Neill
Ralph Ambrose O'Neill (December 7, 1896 - October 23, 1980) was a flying ace from World War I credited with five aerial victories.
Biography.
O'Neill was born in Durango, Durango, Mexico on 17 December 1896 to an American father and a Mexican mother. He was raised in the United States and entered ... | - (Ó Tuathail) Clan intermarried with the Uí Néill.
See also.
- Sir Neil O'Neill, 2nd Baronet
- Owen Roe O'Neill
- Chiefs of the Name#List of Ireland's Chiefs as at Abandonment, 2003
- Battle of St. George's Caye
- List of Colonial Governors of Florida
- Eoin MacNeill
- Jack O'Neill (businessman)
- James P. O'Neill NYP... | 8,377 | zeroshot-train |
Richard Binder [SEP] conflict | Richard Binder
Richard Binder (July 26, 1839 – February 26, 1912) was an American Civil War Marine Corps Sergeant and a recipient of America's highest military decoration - the Medal of Honor. His birth name was Richard Bigle.
Biography.
Richard Binder is described as having been born in either Philadelphia, Pennsylvan... | the Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog.
Additional affiliations.
Binder is a member of the Center for Effective Public Management and serves as President of the Midwest Political Science Foundation for the 2018–2019 term. She also chairs the MPSA's publishing-ethics committee, which oversees the editorial process at th... | 8,378 | zeroshot-train |
Roland Corbineau [SEP] conflict | Roland Corbineau
Roland Corbineau (24 February 1928 – 7 May 1954) was a French Army officer who served during the First Indochina War. He was one of the last to die during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
Life and career.
Corbineau was born in Loudun, Vienne department, the second child in a merchant family of four childre... | .
The regiment bears wearing 2 fourragère:
- Fourragère bearing the colors of the Médaille militaire.
- Fourragère bearing the colors of the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures.
Traditions Honours.
Traditions Honours Battle honours.
- Indochine 1949–1954
- AFN 1952–1962
Notable members of the 6 RPIMa.... | 8,379 | zeroshot-train |
S.L.A. Marshall [SEP] conflict | S.L.A. Marshall
Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall (July 18, 1900 – December 17, 1977) was a chief U.S. Army combat historian during World War II and the Korean War. Known professionally as S. L. A. Marshall, and nicknamed "Slam" (the combination of all four of his initials), he authored some 30 books about warfare, includin... | Samuel Marshall
Samuel Marshall may refer to:
- S.L.A. Marshall (1900–1977), American military historian
- Sam Marshall, fictional character in the Australian TV drama series "Home and Away"
- Samuel Marshall (1803–1879), founder Marshall & Sons music retailer of Adelaide, South Australia
- Samuel Marshall (Canadian po... | 8,380 | zeroshot-train |
Samuel W. Kinnaird [SEP] conflict | Samuel W. Kinnaird
Samuel W. Kinnaird (May 2, 1840 – April 20, 1923) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.
Kinnaird's Background.
Born on May 2, 1840, in New York City, Kinnaird was st... | Twelve of "Lackawanna's" sailors received the Medal of Honor for their actions during this battle:
- Seaman John M. Burns
- Landsman Michael Cassidy
- Landsman Louis G. Chaput
- Landsman Patrick Dougherty
- Captain of the Top John Edwards
- Landsman Samuel W. Kinnaird
- Seaman Adam McCullock
- Boatswain's Mate William ... | 8,381 | zeroshot-train |
Staikos Staikopoulos [SEP] conflict | Staikos Staikopoulos
Staikos Staikopoulos (Greek Στάικος Σταϊκόπουλος, 1799-1835) was a participant in the Greek War of Independence.
Biography.
Staikopoulos was born at Zatouna, Gortynia, in Arcadia and from an early age was involved in the fur trade. On the island of Hydra, where he went in 1818, he was recruited to ... | .
The name Zatouna is of Arabic origin from Zaituna, and means olive. It origins are from the Ottoman Empire when there were cultivation of olive trees in the area.
People.
Zatouna is the birthplace of Staikos Staikopoulos, who laid siege to the castle of Palamidi in 1821 while it was under Turkish control. The Greek c... | 8,382 | zeroshot-train |
Stefan Kirmaier [SEP] conflict | Stefan Kirmaier
Oberleutnant Stefan Kirmaier was a World War I German flying ace credited with eleven aerial victories. Kirmaier would succeed Oswald Boelcke as commander of the famed Jagdstaffel 2 before being killed in action.
Early life.
Stefan Kirmaier was born in Lachen, the German Empire, on 28 July 1889.
World W... | John Oliver Andrews
Air Vice Marshal John Oliver Andrews, (20 July 1896 – 29 May 1989) was an English flying ace of the First World War and later a senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He was credited with twelve aerial victories. His most significant victory was over German ace Stefan Kirmaier, although he also enjo... | 8,383 | zeroshot-train |
Svend Poulsen [SEP] conflict | Svend Poulsen
Svend Poulsen ( – ), also referred to as Svend Poulsen Gønge () was a Danish military commander in the 17th century, serving in the armies of Christian IV, Frederick III, and Christian V. He fought in the Torstenson War, Second Northern War, and the Scanian War, and led the "snaphane" militia in guerilla ... | born Svend Poulsen around 1610. A 1673 protocol has the earliest reference to him as "Svend Poulsen Gynge", Gynge being the contemporary Danish name for the two Göinge () hundreds in Scania. Danish historians in the 19th century, used the Gynge name to establish Svend Poulsen as hailing from Gønge and leading Gønge sol... | 8,384 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas Brodie [SEP] conflict | Thomas Brodie
Major-General Thomas Brodie, CB, CBE, DSO (20 November 1903 – 1 September 1993) was a British Army soldier who saw service in World War II, Palestine and the Korean War. After retirement in 1955, he became involved with the British pressure group, the Economic League.
Military career.
Brodie was born on 2... | 1763
- John Gillies LLD: 15 Jun 1793
- George Brodie: 5 Mar 1836
- John Hill Burton LLD: 29 Aug 1867
- William Forbes Skene DCL LLD: 14 Nov 1881
- David Masson LLD: 3 Mar 1893
- Peter Hume Brown: 4 May 1908
- Sir Robert Sangster Rait CBE MA: 11 Jan 1919
- Robert Kerr Hannay LLD FRSE: 14 July 1930
- Henry William Meikle... | 8,385 | zeroshot-train |
Thornton A. Jenkins [SEP] conflict | Thornton A. Jenkins
Thornton A. Jenkins (11 December 1811 – 9 August 1893) was an officer in the United States Navy, who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. He later served as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation and as President of the United States Naval Institute. Jenkins retired as a Rea... | John Wingate Thornton. Box 2; Folder 40.
09 Sep 1851 Letter from James Brown Thornton, Sr. to John Wingate Thornton. Box 2; Folder 40.
09 Sep 1853 Letter from John Wingate Thornton to Elizabeth Bowles Thornton. Box 2; Folder 40.
07 Jul 1857 Letter from George Wingate Gookin to John Wingate Thornton. Box 4; Folder 118.
... | 8,386 | zeroshot-train |
USS George W. Rodgers (1861) [SEP] conflict | USS George W. Rodgers (1861)
USS "George W. Rodgers" (1861) was a schooner captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was initially intended to be used as part of the stone fleet of sunken obstructions; however, she was retained and used as a picket boat and dispatch vessel and, later, as a survey sh... | : no publisher, 1890.
- Ward, George W. "History of the Second Pennsylvania Veteran Heavy Artillery (112th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers) from 1861 to 1866, Including the Provisional Second Penn'a. Heavy Artillery". Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: George W. Ward Printer, 1904.
- Ward, Joseph R.C. "History of the One Hun... | 8,387 | zeroshot-train |
USS William Badger (1861) [SEP] conflict | USS William Badger (1861)
USS "William Badger" (1861) was a whaler acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a supply ship and ship’s tender in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
Navy use as a supply ship.
"William Badger"—a wooden-hulled whali... | William Badger (shipbuilder)
William Badger (May 26, 1752 – February 22, 1830) was a master shipbuilder operating in Kittery, Maine, United States who built more than 100 vessels.
Life and career.
The eldest of six children, he was born to William Badger and Anstisa Emerson Badger at what is now Newfields, New Hampshir... | 8,388 | zeroshot-train |
USS William H. Brown (1862) [SEP] conflict | USS William H. Brown (1862)
USS "William H. Brown" (1862) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a dispatch and supply boat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
"William H. Brown" acquired by the Union Navy as a transport.
On ... | disease.
Commanders.
- Colonel Edwin D. Bradley - Resigned Feb 6, 1862
- Colonel William A. Choate - commanded at the battle of Perryville as lieutenant colonel; Died Sep 12, 1864 of wounds received in action at the battle of Jonesboro Sep 1, 1864
- Colonel Edward H. Phelps - Killed Nov 25, 1863 in battle for Mission R... | 8,389 | zeroshot-train |
Viktor Schobinger [SEP] conflict | Viktor Schobinger
Leutnant Viktor Schobinger was a World War I flying ace credited with eight confirmed victories. Victory number two was confirmed over Charles Dawson Booker.
Biography.
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I
Viktor Schobinger was born in Ulm, Alb-Donau district, the Kingdom of Württemberg, i... | On 11 August 1917, after victory 23, Tutschek was severely wounded in the shoulder by Flt Lt Charles Dawson Booker of Naval 8 Squadron. If Viktor Schobinger had not intervened and shot Booker down, Tutschek would probably have been killed.
With his lower right shoulder blade shattered, Tutschek took six months to recov... | 8,390 | zeroshot-train |
Walter Noble [SEP] conflict | Walter Noble
Lieutenant Walter Noble was a World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories.
Early life.
Walter Noble was originally from Stowmarket, Suffolk. He was a tea planter in India from 1911 through 1915. However, in January 1913, Noble was named co-executor in a will, and still gave his address as ... | ."
Synopsis.
"Metamora" is set in 17th century New England around the arrival of the Puritans. The story deals with the conflict between the New English settlers, specifically Walter and Oceana, and the Wampanoags, specifically Metamora and his wife, Nehmeokee. Metamora is a tragic, noble Indian hero turned violent onl... | 8,391 | zeroshot-train |
Webster Anderson [SEP] conflict | Webster Anderson
Webster Anderson (July 15, 1933 – August 30, 2003) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War.
Anderson joined the Army from his birth city of Winnsboro, South Carolina in 1953 and served during the Kor... | . He held that while all three provide meaningful ways to think about moral questions, the possibility of conflict among the three elements cannot always be easily solved. (Anderson, SEP)
Dewey also criticized the dichotomy between means and ends which he saw as responsible for the degradation of our everyday working l... | 8,392 | zeroshot-train |
Wesley Phelps [SEP] conflict | Wesley Phelps
Wesley Phelps (June 12, 1923 – October 4, 1944) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions and sacrifice of life during the World War II Battle of Peleliu.
Biography.
Wesley Phelps was born in Neafus, Kentucky on June 12, 1923. He was educated in the Ohi... | ), American mathematician
- Samuel Phelps, English actor
- Samuel S. Phelps, United States Senator
- Sarah Phelps, British television, radio, film and freelance playwright
- Seth Ledyard Phelps, Union naval officer in the American Civil War
- Shirley Phelps-Roper, daughter of Fred Phelps (above)
- Timothy Guy Phelps, b... | 8,393 | zeroshot-train |
Willi Rosenstein [SEP] conflict | Willi Rosenstein
Willy Rosenstein (28 January 1892 – 23 May 1949), Iron Cross, was a German Flying Ace in World War I, credited with 9 victories.
Background.
Willy Rosenstein was born on 28 January 1892 in Stuttgart, Germany. Rosenstein had an early interest in aviation, gaining pilot's license No. 170 on 14 March 1912... | 4. Hermann Göring (14)
5. Friedrich Noltenius (13)
6. Willi Kampe (8)
7. Albert Lux (8)
8. Helmut Dilthey (6)
9. Willy Kahle (6)
10. Ludwig Luer (4)
11. Franz Brandt (3)
12. Willi Rosenstein (2)
13. Hans von Keudell (1)
Bibliography.
- VanWyngarden, Greg (2016). "Aces of "Jagdgeschwader" III", Osprey | 8,394 | zeroshot-train |
William Haines Lytle [SEP] conflict | William Haines Lytle
William Haines Lytle (November 2, 1826 – September 20, 1863) was a politician in Ohio, renowned poet, and military officer in the United States Army during both the Mexican–American War and American Civil War, where he was killed in action as a brigadier general.
Biography.
Lytle was born in Cincin... | William Lytle
William Lytle may refer to:
- William Lytle (captain) (1728–1797), officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution
- William Lytle II (died 1831), his son, Surveyor General of Illinois
- William Haines Lytle (1826–1864), his nephew, Ohioan poet and politician
- William Lytle, father of Rob ... | 8,395 | zeroshot-train |
William Stephen Walker [SEP] conflict | William Stephen Walker
William Stephen Walker (April 13, 1822 – June 7, 1899) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War (Civil War). He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but was raised by Robert J. Walker, his uncle, who was a Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Senator. Walker ser... | in Episcopal Church Conflict with Bishop Walker.
There has been a broad agreement in the literature on the subject that the action against Crapsey was the work of Bishop William David Walker as "a strong-willed bishop" and of "conservatives" in the diocese. However, in his article "Algernon Sidney Crapsey and the Move ... | 8,396 | zeroshot-train |
Willis Bradley Haviland [SEP] conflict | Willis Bradley Haviland
Commander Willis Bradley Haviland, (10 March 1890 – 28 November 1944) was a pioneer military pilot in World War I and a Naval Air Station Commanding Officer in World War II. As the sixteenth American volunteer in the Lafayette Escadrille, he was among the first air combat pilots to fight the Ger... | Dr. Willis Henry Haviland, M.D., born 10 Sep 1864 in Haviland Hollow, Putnam County, NY, died 15 Jan 1939 in Butte, Silver Bow County, MT. He was a career physician, and a Montana State Senator in 1906–1910 (Democratic Party). Willis Henry Haviland married 5 Jun 1889 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Grace Hynes (born 31 Oct 1... | 8,397 | zeroshot-train |
3rd Alpine Division Julia [SEP] conflict | 3rd Alpine Division Julia
The 3rd Alpine Division "Julia" was a World War II light Infantry division of the Italian Army, specializing in Mountain Combat. The "Alpini" that formed the divisions are a highly decorated and elite mountain corps of the Italian Army comprising both infantry and artillery units. Today the tr... | Brigade, *1923-1934
- Alpine Brigade ""Julia"", *1949- (Udine)
- 3rd Alpine Division ""Julia"", *1934-1943
- 3rd Alpine Brigade, *1923-1934
- Alpine Training Center, *1934-1943, 1948- (Aosta)
- ""Aosta"" Alpini Battalion, *1886-1943, 1946-1989, received the flag of the 4th Alpini Regiment in 1975. Became a support unit... | 8,398 | zeroshot-train |
A. Arthur Giddon [SEP] conflict | A. Arthur Giddon
A. Arthur Giddon (April 26, 1909 – November 24, 2010) was an American lawyer, World War II veteran and Major League Baseball batboy.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Giddon was raised in Brookline. His father, Abram, was in the horse business — commercial hauling ones, the type soon to be replaced by tru... | , complications from surgery.
- James Tyler, 70, American lutenist.
- George Otto Wirz, 81, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Madison (1977–2004).
November 2010 24.
- Peter Christopherson, 55, British musician (Coil, Throbbing Gristle) and graphic artist (Hipgnosis), natural causes.
- Annie Lee Coope... | 8,399 | zeroshot-train |
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