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William J. Yokes [SEP] conflict | William J. Yokes
William J. Yokes (1918–1942) was a United States Navy sailor who distinguished himself during World War II and was killed in action. A U.S. Navy high-speed transport was named for him.
Navy career.
William John Yokes was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania, on 15 November 1918. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy ... | USS Yokes (APD-69)
USS "Yokes" (APD-69), ex-DE-668, was a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1944 to 1946.
Construction and commissioning.
"Yokes" was laid down as the "Buckley"-class destroyer escort USS "Yokes" (DE-668) on 22 August 1943 at Orange, Texas, by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Compa... | 9,300 | zeroshot-train |
William John Gillespie [SEP] conflict | William John Gillespie
Lieutenant William John Gillespie was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
Gillespie was a student at Daysland, Alberta before joining the military. He was posted to 41 Squadron on 11 December 1917. He scored five victories between 25 March and 7 July 1918; all of them we... | Michael D. Ward
Michael Don Ward (born August 24, 1948) is an American political scientist and academic. He is professor emeritus of political science at Duke University, an affiliate of the Duke Network Analysis Center, and the principal investigator at Ward Lab, a website that creates conflict predictions using Bayes... | 9,301 | zeroshot-train |
William Thomas Clark [SEP] conflict | William Thomas Clark
William Thomas Clark (June 29, 1831 – October 12, 1905) was an American soldier and politician, serving as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War and as a postbellum U.S. Congressman.
Birth and early years.
Clark was born in Norwalk, Connecticut. He became a school teacher and mo... | - 10 Aug – John Dos Passos
- 17 Aug – William L. Clayton
- 24 Aug – Francisco Franco, Emilio Mola & Manuel Azaña
- 31 Aug – Clark Gable
- 7 Sep – Eugene Talmadge
- 14 Sep – Helen Hull Jacobs
- 21 Sep – John D. M. Hamilton
- 28 Sep – James B. Conant
- 5 Oct – Lou Gehrig & Carl Hubbell
- 12 Oct – Lord Linlithgow
- 19 Oct... | 9,302 | zeroshot-train |
William W. Chisman [SEP] conflict | William W. Chisman
William W. Chisman (1843 – 1925) was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War who received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Siege of Vicksburg on May 22, 1863.
Chisman joined the army from Wilmington, Indiana in August 1862, and as mustered out in June 1865.
Union assault.
On May... | - Col (later Brig Gen) Paul W. Turner, CAP, Sep 1962 - Oct 1965
- Brig Gen Lyle W. Castle, CAP, Oct 1965 - Oct 1968
- Brig Gen F. Ward Reilly, CAP, Oct 1968 - Oct 1970
- Brig Gen Samuel H. DuPont, Jr., CAP, Oct 1970 - Oct 1973
- Brig Gen William M. Patterson, CAP, Oct 1973 - Aug 1975
CAP National Commanders.
- Brig Gen... | 9,303 | zeroshot-train |
Albert O'Connor [SEP] conflict | Albert O'Connor
Albert O'Connor (July 15, 1843 – April 3, 1928) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor.
O'Connor was born on July 15, 1843, in East Hereford, Quebec. His official residence was listed as Lodi, Wisconsin. He joined the US Army from West Point, Wisconsin, in... | and was the role which made him widely recognizable to the general Irish public. In 1990, he had a minor role in the Pat O'Connor-directed film "Fools of Fortune", about a Protestant family caught up in a conflict between Irish republicans and the British Army during the Troubles.
In 1994, Oates played the role of "The... | 9,304 | zeroshot-train |
Albert Vadas [SEP] conflict | Albert Vadas
Albert Vadas (March 26, 1876 – October 3, 1946) was a seaman of Croatian descent serving in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.
Biography.
Vadas was born March 26, 1876, in Austria-Hungary and after entering the navy was sent to fight in the S... | Vadas
Vadas is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert Vadas (1876–1946), United States Navy sailor
- Kenny Vadas (born 1981), Canadian actor
See also.
- Vada (disambiguation) | 9,305 | zeroshot-train |
Alexei Grigorievich Scherbatov [SEP] conflict | Aleksei Scherbatov
Prince Aleksei Grigorievich Scherbatov (; 1776-1848) was a Russian imperial general during the Napoleonic Wars and November Uprising. Born into a noble family, he served as Mayor of Moscow for the final five years of his life. | Dmitrievich Yeropkin (1786–1790)
- Alexander Prozorovsky (1790–1795)
- Mikhail Izmailov (1795–1797)
- Yuri Vladimirovich Dolgorukov (May–November 1797)
- Ivan Saltykov (1797–1804)
- Alexander Bekleshov (1804–1806)
- Timofei Tutolmin (1806–1809)
- Ivan Gudovich (1809–1812)
- Fyodor Rostopchin (1812–1814)
- Alexander Tor... | 9,306 | zeroshot-train |
Antoine Drouot [SEP] conflict | Antoine Drouot
General Antoine Drouot, Comte Drout (11 January 1774 – 24 March 1847) was a French officer who fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Drouot is one of a select group who were present at both the Battle of Trafalgar (1805) and the Battle of Waterloo (1815). Drouot's name is inscribed on t... | Drouot
Drouot may refer to:
- Antoine Drouot (1774–1847), French General
- Jean-Claude Drouot (born 1938), Belgian actor
- Hôtel Drouot, Paris auction house
- Richelieu – Drouot (Paris Métro), metro station
- Drouot, an inner-city ("cité ouvrière") in Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France | 9,307 | zeroshot-train |
Antonio Chiri [SEP] conflict | Antonio Chiri
"Sergente Maggiore" Antonio Chiri was a World War I flying ace credited with six confirmed and seven unconfirmed aerial victories.
Biography.
Antonio Chiri was born in Locana, the Kingdom of Italy on 26 August 1894.
On 9 September 1914, Chiri was conscripted into the 17th Field Artillery Regiment of the I... | he has subsequently been listed with five.
Chiri managed to rejoin the military to serve in the "Regia Aeronautica" reserves. At some point he was raised to the officers' ranks, as he reached the rank of "Capitano" on 8 June 1942.
Antonio Chiri died in Torino, Italy on 6 January 1971.
References.
- Franks, Norman; Gues... | 9,308 | zeroshot-train |
Battle of the Atlantic [SEP] conflict | Battle of the Atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945, and was a major part of the Naval history of World War II. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, announced the day after the declaratio... | 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... | 9,309 | zeroshot-train |
Bruce McCandless [SEP] conflict | Bruce McCandless
Bruce McCandless I (August 12, 1911 – January 24, 1968) was an officer of United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor during World War II for his heroism on board , during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, November 13, 1942. He retired with the rank of Rear Admiral. McCandless was the father of N... | Bruce McCandless II
Bruce McCandless II (June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017) was a U.S. naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, he made the first untethered free flight by using the Manned Maneuvering Unit.
Early life and education.
... | 9,310 | zeroshot-train |
Charles Saligny de San-Germano [SEP] conflict | Charles Saligny de San-Germano
Charles Saligny de San-Germano, also called Charles, Baron Saligny, was a French military leader in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. Saligny was born 12 September 1772 in Vitry-le-François. He was promoted to general of division on 1 January 1805.
Saligny married Ros... | ")
- Charles Saligny de San-Germano ("général de division")
- Jean-Baptiste Salm ("général de brigade")
- François Nicolas de Salomon ("général de division")
- Antoine Salva ("général de brigade")
- Thomas Chegaray de Sandos ("général de brigade")
- Claude François Thomas Sandoz ("général de brigade")
- Nicolas-Antoine... | 9,311 | zeroshot-train |
Claude François Ferey [SEP] conflict | Claude François Ferey
Claude François Ferey, Baron de Rozengath (21 September 1771 – 24 July 1812) became a division commander during the Napoleonic Wars and was killed fighting the British in Spain. In 1787 he joined the French Royal Army and became an officer in 1792. His surname is one of the Names inscribed under t... | . Ferey was mortally wounded and 1,000 of his troops became casualties during the fighting.
A different Claude François Ferey was born on 22 December 1723, attained the rank of general of brigade on 25 August 1793, and died on 6 January 1806. | 9,312 | zeroshot-train |
Clifford Chester Sims [SEP] conflict | Clifford Chester Sims
Clifford Chester Sims (June 18, 1942 – February 21, 1968) 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.
Biography.
Sims was born Clifford Pittman but was orphaned at an early age. After briefly livin... | his own life. Each and every man of the 2nd Squad owes his very life to this man, Staff Sergeant Clifford C. Sims.
Clifford Sims, aged 25 at his death, was buried in Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida.
Medal of Honor citation.
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company D, 2d Battalion (Airbo... | 9,313 | zeroshot-train |
Dandridge McRae [SEP] conflict | Dandridge McRae
Dandridge McRae (October 10, 1829 – April 23, 1899) was an American lawyer, court official, and Inspector General of Arkansas State Troops, as well as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He served in several key battles that helped secure Arkansas for the Co... | – 23 Sep 1773), who married in 1747 Col. Nathaniel West Dandridge. He was Mary Dandridge's brother and a son of William Dandridge, Esq., of Elsing Green, King William Co., Va. Their daughter, Dorothea Spottswood Dandridge, married Patrick Henry, and they had 11 children. Their son, Nathaniel West Dandridge II married S... | 9,314 | zeroshot-train |
Daniel Phineas Woodbury [SEP] conflict | Daniel Phineas Woodbury
Daniel Phineas Woodbury (December 16, 1812 – August 15, 1864) was an American soldier and an engineer during the American Civil War.
Birth and early years.
Woodbury was born at New London, New Hampshire. He graduated at West Point in 1836, entered the artillery as a second lieutenant, and until ... | Henderson Hall.
The Arlington Line was never attacked, even after the federal defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) in late August 1863. The Line therefore effectively served its strategic purpose.
Major Daniel Phineas Woodbury was the Union engineer who designed and constructed the Arlington Line. One of ... | 9,315 | zeroshot-train |
Daniel Ruggles [SEP] conflict | Daniel Ruggles
Daniel Ruggles (January 31, 1810 – June 1, 1897) was a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is best remembered as a division commander at the Battle of Shiloh.
Early life and military service.
Ruggles was born in Barre, Massachusetts, on January 31, 1810. In ... | Ruggles (surname)
Ruggles is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Carl Ruggles (1876–1971), American composer
- Charles H. Ruggles (1789–1865), New York Chief Judge
- Charles Ruggles (1886-1970), character actor, older brother of director/producer, Wesley Ruggles
- Clive Ruggles (born 1952) British Ast... | 9,316 | zeroshot-train |
Dieter Collin [SEP] conflict | Dieter Collin
Leutnant Dieter Collin (17 February 1893—13 August 1918) IC was a World War I German flying ace credited with 13 aerial victories.
Early life.
Dieter Collin was born in Luben, Germany on 17 February 1893.
Military service.
Collin was originally assigned to Jagdstaffel 22 in November 1916, but was quickly ... | January 1918 – 27 March 1918
- Dieter Collin: 4 April 1918 – 13 August 1918
- Ludwig Beckmann: 13 August 1918 – war's end
Duty stations.
- Neuvilly, France: 14 January 1918
- Mons-en-Chausee: 26 March 1918
- Ingelmunster, Belgium: 11 April 1918
- Rumbeke East, Belgium: 5 May 1918
- Croulshouten: 30 September 1918
Notab... | 9,317 | zeroshot-train |
Dương Văn Nhựt [SEP] conflict | Dương Văn Nhựt
Dương Văn Nhựt (Mỹ Tho, born c.1920) was a in the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War. He was also brother of Dương Văn Minh, the last president of South Vietnam. | - Dương Thu Hương, Vietnamese author and political dissident.
- Dương Trương Thiên Lý, beauty pageant contestant
- Dương Thụ, composer
- Dương Triệu Vũ (Tuấn Linh), singer
- Dương Văn Đức, ARVN general
- Dương Văn Minh, President of South Vietnam, Army of the Republic of Vietnam general
- Dương Văn Nhựt, general in the... | 9,318 | zeroshot-train |
Ebenezer Dumont [SEP] conflict | Ebenezer Dumont
Ebenezer Dumont (November 23, 1814 – April 16, 1871) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, as well as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography.
Born in Vevay, Indiana, his parents were John Dumont, who was a member of the Indiana Legislature in 1822–23, and was afterward a ... | departed by train to the east. They disembarked at the small village of Thornton and marched south on a back road on the same side of the river as Philippi, intending to arrive at the rear of the town.
Meanwhile, the 7th Indiana under Col. Ebenezer Dumont were sent to Webster, about southwest of Grafton. They would uni... | 9,319 | zeroshot-train |
Edward Killen [SEP] conflict | Edward Killen
Edward Killen was a sailor of the United States Navy in the 19th century who served in the First Barbary War.
Killen joined the Navy on 5 May 1801 as a seaman aboard the schooner "Enterprise". Accompanying her to the Mediterranean Edward Killen served with skill and devotion, and was promoted to Master's ... | Editors]. "Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 70, Number 1."
- Killen, M. (Ed.). (1996). Children's autonomy, social competence, and interactions with adults and other children: Exploring connections and consequences. (New Directions for Child Development Vol. 73). S.F., CA: Jossey-Bass, Inc.
- Killen, M. (Ed.). (1995). Co... | 9,320 | zeroshot-train |
Edward Neville Syfret [SEP] conflict | Edward Neville Syfret
Admiral Sir Edward Neville Syfret, (20 June 1889 – 10 December 1972) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy who saw service in both World Wars. He was knighted for his part in Operation Pedestal, the critical Malta convoy, in the Second World War.
Naval career.
Born the son of Edward Ridge Syfret ... | Edward Neville Syfret (1889–1972), British naval officer
- Edward Neville da Costa Andrade (1887–1971), English physicist, writer, and poet | 9,321 | zeroshot-train |
Emerson Opdycke [SEP] conflict | Emerson Opdycke
Samuel Emerson Opdycke (January 7, 1830 – April 25, 1884) was a businessman and Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War.
Early years.
Opdycke was born on a farm in Hubbard, Ohio, to a military family. His father fought in the War of 1812 and his grandfather was a captain in New Jersey... | Opdycke
Opdycke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Emerson Opdycke (1830–1884), American businessman and Union Army brigadier general
- Sandra Opdycke (born 1936), American historian | 9,322 | zeroshot-train |
Franz Kramer [SEP] conflict | Franz Kramer
Franz Kramer (January 20, 1865 – April 18, 1924) was a seaman serving in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.
Biography.
Kramer was born January 20, 1865 in Germany and after entering the navy was sent to fight in the Spanish–American War aboar... | 25 Aug – Harold Stassen
- 1 Sep – Jake Kramer
- 8 Sep – C.S. Lewis
- 15 Sep – Sophie Gimbel
- 22 Sep – Jackie Robinson
- 29 Sep – Andrei Vishinsky
- 6 Oct – Robert Gordon Sproul
- 13 Oct – William Green
- 20 Oct – Oscar Hammerstein II
- 27 Oct – India
- 3 Nov – Robert A. Chappuis
- 10 Nov – Sir Stafford Cripps
- 17 Nov... | 9,323 | zeroshot-train |
François Joseph Lefebvre [SEP] conflict | François Joseph Lefebvre
François Joseph Lefebvre (; 25 October 1755 – 14 September 1820), Duc de Dantzig, was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon.
Early life.
Lefebvre was from Rouffach, Alsace, the son of ... | 93)
- Division Lefebvre: General of Division François Joseph Lefebvre (9,925)
- General of Brigade Jean François Leval
- 5th Line Infantry Demi Brigade (777 in 1st Battalion)
- 54th Line Infantry Demi Brigade (423 in 2nd Battalion)
- 99th Line Infantry Demi Brigade (640 in 2nd Battalion)
- 9th Chasseurs à Cheval Regime... | 9,324 | zeroshot-train |
GB-4 [SEP] conflict | GB-4
GB-4 was a precision guided munition developed by the United States during World War II. It was one of the precursors of modern anti-ship missiles.
Following German success with the Hs-293 and Fritz-X, the U.S. began developing several similar weapons, such as Felix, Bat, Gargoyle, GB-8, and GB-4.
GB-4's developme... | - 1 Jul 1998 – 30 Jun 2000 (AMC GB-(DP)118)
- 1 Jul 2001 – 30 Jun 2002 (AMC GB-(DP)028)
- 1 Jul 2002 – 31 May 2004 (AMC GB-(A1)033)
- 1 Jun 2004 - 31 May 2006 (AMC GB-(A1)026)
- 1 Jun 2006 - 31 May 2007 (AMC GB-(A1)019)
- 1 Sep 2007 - 31 Aug 2009 (AMC GB-(A1)009)
- 1 Sep 2011 - 31 Aug 2012 (AMC GB-(A1)014)
- 1 Sep 2012... | 9,325 | zeroshot-train |
Godfrey Herbert [SEP] conflict | Godfrey Herbert
Captain Godfrey Herbert, , (28 February 1884 – 8 August 1961) was an officer of the Royal Navy who was sometimes referred to as 'Baralong Herbert', in reference to the Baralong incidents that took place during World War I. In a naval career stretching from 1898 to 1919, and with a return to duty between... | Health: The Life and Times of Herbert M. Shelton," was published by Jean A. Oswald.
Bibliography.
- Shelton, Herbert M. "An Introduction to Natural Hygiene." (Sep. 1996).
- Shelton, Herbert M. "Colds (Acute Coryza) and Related Subjects." (Sep. 1996).
- Shelton, Herbert M. "Facts About Fasting" (1977).
- Shelton, Herber... | 9,326 | zeroshot-train |
Gustav Klaudat [SEP] conflict | Gustav Klaudat
"Vizefeldwebel" Gustav Klaudat was a German World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
Biography.
Biography Origins.
Gustav Klaudat was born in eastern Prussia. He was serving in a Uhlan regiment during World War I when he transferred to aviation. Although it was customary for German pilo... | victories four and five. On 16 September 1918, he fought in the dog fight that brought down Maurice Boyau; Klaudat was credited with shooting down Boyau's wingman at midday over St-Hilaire. That was his last victory, although a 1 October combat claim of another Spad XIII would be undecided. On 23 October 1918, Gustav K... | 9,327 | zeroshot-train |
Gustav Schneidewind [SEP] conflict | Gustav Schneidewind
"Vizefeldwebel" Gustav Schneidewind was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories.
Biography.
Gustav Schneidewind was born on 28 August 1890, in the Kingdom of Prussia. He began his military service in the German Army in the 97th Infantry Regiment on 13 October 1911. As World War... | Pütz
Josef Raesch
Gustav Schneidewind
Marat Schumm
Georg Strasser
Karl Treiber
Kurt Ungewitter
Franz Walz
Johannes Werner
Karl Arnold
Johann Baur
Paul Bona
Moritz-Waldemar Bretschneider-Bodemer
Albin Bühl
Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp
August Burkard
Karl Deilman
Karl Engelfried
Alfred Fleischer
Gustav Frädrich
Mieczysław Ga... | 9,328 | zeroshot-train |
Harold Dale Meyerkord [SEP] conflict | Harold Dale Meyerkord
Harold Dale Meyerkord (9 October 1937 – 16 March 1965) was a United States Navy officer who received a posthumous Navy Cross for his actions during a battle in which he was killed during the Vietnam War. He was also the namesake of .
Biography.
Meyerkord was born on 9 October 1937 at St. Louis, Mi... | Meyerkord
Meyerkord may refer to:
- Harold Dale Meyerkord (1937-1965), a United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
- USS "Meyerkord" (FF-1058), a United States Navy frigate in commission from 1969 to 1991 | 9,329 | zeroshot-train |
Harrison W. Call [SEP] conflict | Harrison W. Call
Harrison W. Call served in the California legislature. He served in the United States Army in the Mexican Expedition (1916–1917) and World War I. | in: Laurence T. Yang (Ed.) Research in Mobile Intelligence – Wiley series on Parallel and Distributed Computing, 2010. 320-342.
- Hassan, W., Logrippo, L. A Governance Requirements Extraction Model for Legal Compliance Validation. In Proc. IEEE 17th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'09): RELAW Works... | 9,330 | zeroshot-train |
Henry Bell Van Rensselaer [SEP] conflict | Henry Bell Van Rensselaer
Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (May 14, 1810 – March 23, 1864) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a politician who served in the United States Congress as a Representative from the state of New York.
Early life.
Henry Van Rensselaer was born at the manor house in Al... | Henry van Rensselaer (disambiguation)
Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810–1864) was a US representative from New York and Union Army general.
Henry van Rensselaer may also refer to:
- Hendrick van Rensselaer (1667–1740), director of the Claverack patent of the Rensselaerswyck manor
- Henry K. Van Rensselaer (1744–1816), co... | 9,331 | zeroshot-train |
Hermann Bauer [SEP] conflict | Hermann Bauer
Hermann Bauer (22 July 1875—11 February 1958) was a German naval officer who served as commander of the U-boat forces of the "Kaiserliche Marine" during World War I. In addition to his World War I career, Bauer is well known as the author of the book "Das Unterseeboot", a treatise on the design and operat... | - Alfred Baeumler
- Rudolf Bamler
- Ewald Banse
- Hermann Baranowski
- Klaus Barbie
- Heinrich Barbl
- Hermann Bartels
- Ludwig Friedrich Barthel
- Rudolf Batz
- Erich Bauer
- Friedrich Franz Bauer
- Otto Baum
- Hans Baumann
- Eleonore Baur
- Hans Baur
- Kurt Becher
- Walter Becher
- Helene Bechstein
- Ludwig Beck
- Au... | 9,332 | zeroshot-train |
Hugh Wrigley [SEP] conflict | Hugh Wrigley
Brigadier Hugh Wrigley, (1 December 1891 – 3 June 1980) was a senior officer of the Australian Army who served in the First and Second World Wars. He also served with the Indian Army between 1917 and 1922. After returning to Australia in 1922, Wrigley worked as an oil company representative in New South Wa... | , English general practitioner
- Derek Fuller Wrigley (born 1924), British-born Australian architect
- Drew Wrigley (born 1965), American politician
- Edgar Wrigley (1886−1958), New Zealand rugby union and rugby league player
- George Weston Wrigley (1847–1907), Canadian journalist and social reformer
- Henry Wrigley (... | 9,333 | zeroshot-train |
Isamu Mochizuki [SEP] conflict | Isamu Mochizuki
Isamu Mochizuki (; 1906 – February 6, 1944) was an officer and ace fighter pilot in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Pacific theater of World War II. In aerial combat over China and the Pacific, he was officially credited with destroying seven enemy aircraft. ... | Mochizuki
Mochizuki (望月) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Mochizuki Chiyome (c. late 16th century), noblewoman
- Hiroo Mochizuki (born 1936), martial artist
- Hisayo Mochizuki (born 1978), voice actress
- Horace Yomishi Mochizuki (1937-1989), mathematician
- Isamu Mochizuki (1906-1944),... | 9,334 | zeroshot-train |
Ivan Fyodorovich Emme [SEP] conflict | Ivan Fyodorovich Emme
Ivan Fyodorovich Emme (; 1763–1839) was a Russian lieutenant general in the Napoleonic Wars. He commanded the city defences at the Siege of Riga in 1812 and successfully repulsed Marshal Jacques MacDonald's invading forces.
References.
- A. M. Gorshman. "ЭММЕ, Иван Федорович, генерал-лейтенант." I... | Siege of Riga (1812)
The Siege of Riga was a military operation undertaken by the Grande Armée during the French invasion of Russia in July 1812.
The siege was led by Marshal Jacques MacDonald, with a force of 30,000 men, facing Russian defenders under command of Ivan Fyodorovich Emme. The French were unable to take th... | 9,335 | zeroshot-train |
James R. Durham [SEP] conflict | James R. Durham
James R. Durham (February 7, 1833 – August 6, 1904) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Second Battle of Winchester, Virginia on June 14, 1863.
Medal of Honor citation.
"The President of the United States of America, in the name... | - 1 Jul – Earl Warren
- 8 Jul – Birdie Tebbetts
- 15 Jul – Norman Chandler
- 22 Jul – Nikita Khrushchev
- 29 Jul – Kim Novak
- 5 Aug – John Diefenbaker
- 12 Aug – Richard Russell Jr.
- 19 Aug – Alfried Krupp
- 26 Aug – Althea Gibson
- 2 Sep – James Cozzens
- 9 Sep – Jimmy Hoffa
- 16 Sep – Anastas Mikoyan
- 23 Sep – Orv... | 9,336 | zeroshot-train |
Jean Pierre François Bonet [SEP] conflict | Jean Pierre François Bonet
Jean Pierre François Bonet, Count of Bonet (born 8 August 1768 in Alençon; † 23 November 1857 Alençon) was a French military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars.
During the Peninsular War, both he and his commanding officer, Marshal Marmont, were wounded by shra... | - Honoré Bonet, Provençal Benedictine
- Gaston Bonet-Maury, French Protestant historian
- Jaume Bonet, Catalan football coach
- Jean Bonet, French scholar of Vietnamese
- Jean Pierre François Bonet, a French military commander
- John Bonet, English politician
- Jordi Bonet, Catalan-Canadian artist
- Jose Antonio Ortega... | 9,337 | zeroshot-train |
Jefferson Coates [SEP] conflict | Jefferson Coates
Francis Jefferson Coates (August 24, 1843 – January 27, 1880) was a soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of 64 men who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle of Gettysburg.
Biography.
Coates was born 24 August 1843 in Grant County, Wisconsin to William Coat... | Earle Coates (1850–1927), American poet and philanthropist
- Geoffrey Coates (1917–2013), English chemist and academic
- Gloria Coates (born 1938), American composer
- Gordon Coates (1878–1943), former Prime Minister of New Zealand
J–R.
- James Coates (parliamentary official) (1815-1854), prominent pioneer settler of A... | 9,338 | zeroshot-train |
Jerzy Żuławski [SEP] conflict | Jerzy Żuławski
Jerzy Żuławski (; 14 July 1874 – 9 August 1915) was a Polish literary figure, philosopher, translator, alpinist and nationalist whose best-known work is the science-fiction epic, "Trylogia Księżycowa" ("The Lunar Trilogy"), written between 1901 and 1911.
Literary legacy.
In a twenty-year writing career, ... | trying to force new route on the Meije
- Jerzy Żuławski (1874–1915) Polish literary figure, philosopher, translator and alpinist
- Juliusz Żuławski (1910–1999) Polish poet, prose writer, literary critic, translator and climber; son of Jerzy Żuławski
- Marek Żuławski (1908–1985) Polish painter, graphic artist, author an... | 9,339 | zeroshot-train |
Johann Frint [SEP] conflict | Johann Frint
Hauptmann Johann Frint was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. | 1872.10.07 – 1893.08.14)
- Bishop Joseph Feßler (1864.09.23 – 1872.04.23)
- Bishop Ignaz Feigerle (1851.12.02 – 1863.09.27)
- Bishop Anton Alois Buchmayer (1842.12.28 – 1851.09.02)
- Bishop Michael Johann Wagner (1835.11.16 – 1842.10.23)
- Bishop Johann Michael Leonhard (1835.02.20 – 1835.11.19)
- Bishop Jakob Frint (1... | 9,340 | zeroshot-train |
John Eglit [SEP] conflict | John Eglit
John Eglit (born October 17, 1874 - January 31, 1914) was a seaman serving in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.
He continued to serve in the navy until being lost at sea while aboard the steamer Monroe off the shores of Virginia in 1914. His g... | 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 ... | 9,341 | zeroshot-train |
John F. Dunlap [SEP] conflict | John F. Dunlap
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John F. Dunlap (born 1922-) served in the California legislature, with his 1975-1978 Senate term (he was defeated for re-election by Jim Nielsen) preceded by service in the Assembly, and during World War II he served in the United States Army. | John Dunlap (disambiguation)
John Dunlap (1747–1812) was an American printer.
John Dunlap may also refer to:
- John Dunlap (American football) (born 1986), former American football wide receiver
- John R. Dunlap (1857–1937), American journalist, editor and publisher
- John F. Dunlap, American politician in California
-... | 9,342 | zeroshot-train |
John McArthur [SEP] conflict | John McArthur
John McArthur (November 17, 1826 – May 15, 1906) was a Union general during the American Civil War. McArthur became one of the ablest Federal commanders in the Western Theater.
Early life.
McArthur was born in Erskine, Scotland. He learned to be a blacksmith and emigrated to the United States at age 23 an... | Conflict of Interest Commissioner, but by fellow NDP party member and Glen Clark deputy minister Doug McArthur. Although McArthur found that Sihota had "exercised poor judgment and bullied commission staff", he found that Sihota had not been in a conflict of interest. Glen Clark then reappointed Sihota back to cabinet ... | 9,343 | zeroshot-train |
John P. Gillis [SEP] conflict | John P. Gillis
John P. Gillis (6 September 1803 – 25 February 1873) was a Commodore in the United States Navy, whose service extended from the mid-1820s through the end of the American Civil War.
Biography.
Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Gillis was appointed midshipman in 1825. He served with distinction in the Mexican–... | -Hyman
- MAJ Allison Owen
- CPT Luther E. Hall (141 Field Artillery)
- MAJ Guy Molony
- MAJ Raymond H. Fleming (2nd BN Field Artillery)
- LTC Henry Curtis (141 Sep BN Field Artillery – Motorized)
- LTC Edward P. Benezech, Sr. (1st BN, 141 FA Regiment)
- LTC Thurber G. Rickey (2nd BN, 141 FA Regiment)
- LTC Bernard Raus... | 9,344 | zeroshot-train |
John Stewart of Darnley [SEP] conflict | John Stewart of Darnley
Sir John Stewart of Darnley, 1st Lord of Concressault and 1st Lord of Aubigny, Count of Évreux ( 1380 – 1429) was a Scottish nobleman and prominent soldier during the Hundred Years War.
Life.
The son of Sir Alexander Stewart of Darnley and Janet Keith, he was a distant cousin of the Stewart King... | John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox
John Stewart, 1st Earl of Lennox (before 14308 Jul/11 Sep 1495) was known as Lord Darnley and later as the Earl of Lennox.
Family.
Stewart was the son of Catherine Seton and Alan Stewart of Darnley, a direct descendant of Alexander Stewart, 4th High Steward of Scotland. His paternal gra... | 9,345 | zeroshot-train |
Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard [SEP] conflict | Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard
Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard (24 January 1760, Thoirette - 5 April 1828) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. His name is inscribed on the north side of the Arc de Triomphe.
Montrichard commanded the right wing at the Bat... | . The Right Wing was led by Lecourbe and included four divisions led by Generals of Division Dominique Vandamme, Joseph Hélie Désiré Perruquet de Montrichard, Jean Thomas Guillaume Lorge and Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty. Vandamme commanded 9,632 infantry and 540 cavalry, Montrichard supervised 6,998 infan... | 9,346 | zeroshot-train |
José Solchaga [SEP] conflict | José Solchaga
José Solchaga Zala (1881, Aberin, Navarre - 1953) was a Spanish general who fought for the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
A Navarrese professional officer of the Spanish Army, in 1936 he joined the "coup" against the Republican government. He led the Navarrese troops in the campaign against Guipuz... | Llanes and west, along Cares river, from Panes towards Cabrales.
On both fronts, the rugged terrain and stiff Republican resistance halted the advance. It was then clear that the mountains of the Sierra de Cuera were vital to the defence of Asturias, and the key to the Sierra de Cuera was the pass of El Mazuco.
The com... | 9,347 | zeroshot-train |
Karl Deilmann [SEP] conflict | Karl Deilmann
Lieutenant Karl Deilmann was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
Deilmann was born in Dortmund on 22 April 1894. As World War I began, Deilmann joined the "Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches" (Imperial German Flying Corps) in September 1914. He was posted to "Feldflieg... | Difficulties between POWs and local residents were few, and in fact friendships formed", stated Lowell May, president of the camp's preservation society. "Only a handful of escape attempts occurred, none successful." Life at the camp was easy compared with the war in Europe. Prisoners played outdoor sports, listened to... | 9,348 | zeroshot-train |
Kay Summersby [SEP] conflict | Kay Summersby
Kathleen Helen Summersby BEM (née MacCarthy-Morrogh; 23 November 1908 – 20 January 1975), known as Kay Summersby, was a member of the British Mechanised Transport Corps during World War II, who served as a chauffeur and later as personal secretary to Dwight D. Eisenhower during his period as Supreme Comma... | "Kay's War", "Time", 27 September 1948.
- Summersby's wartime diaries
- Oral History Interview with General Louis W. Truman, President Truman's cousin, on the Eisenhower letter about Summersby.
- http://www.irishbarrister.com/book.html Ike's Irish Lover, 2016 , historical paperback about Kay Summerby's relationship wit... | 9,349 | zeroshot-train |
Kingman Douglass [SEP] conflict | During World War I, Kingman Douglass served as a captain and pilot with the 91st Aero Squadron, the "Demon Chasers," engaged in aerial observation and photographic intelligence. Credited with three aerial victories, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (United States) and commended for bravery in action.
On D... | Kingman Douglass
Kingman Douglass (April 16, 1896 – October 8, 1971), was an American investment banker and a leading member of the United States intelligence community. He was a deputy director of Central Intelligence from March 1946 to July 1946.
Kingman Douglass was born April 16, 1896, in Oak Park, Illinois, the so... | 9,350 | zeroshot-train |
Lambert Wickes [SEP] conflict | Lambert Wickes
Lambert Wickes (1735 – October 1, 1777) was a Captain in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War.
Revolutionary activities.
Wickes was born sometime in 1735 in Kent County, Province of Maryland. His home was on Eastern Neck Island, in the family home, Wickliffe. Prior to the American R... | officers were afforded the ability to receive commissions and to survey and purchase prospective ships for military use.
Early in the conflict, Captains Lambert Wickes and Gustavus Conyngham operated out of various French ports for the purpose of commerce raiding. The French did attempt to enforce their neutrality by s... | 9,351 | zeroshot-train |
Lauri Nurminen [SEP] conflict | Lauri Nurminen
Lauri Nurminen (9 September 1906 – 20 February 2009) was a Finnish man who was the last known White Guard, and the last known surviving veteran from the Finnish Civil War.
Biography.
Lauri Nurminen served in the White Guard in the Finnish Civil War just after the war broke out in 1918, when he was barely... | Nurminen
Nurminen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Jari Nurminen (born 1961), Finnish racing driver
- Julius Nurminen (1887–1918), Finnish journalist and politician
- Kai Nurminen (born 1969), Finnish ice hockey player
- Lauri Nurminen (1906–2009), Finnish soldier
- Pasi Nurminen (born 1... | 9,352 | zeroshot-train |
Luigi Gorrini [SEP] conflict | Luigi Gorrini
Luigi Gorrini, MOVM (12 July 1917 – 8 November 2014), was an Italian World War II fighter pilot in the Regia Aeronautica and in the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana. During the conflict he flew with the "Corpo Aereo Italiano" (CAI, Italian Air Corps) during the Battle of Britain, fought over Libya and T... | of First and Second Class. Gorrini is the only pilot who has served in the A.N.R. to be awarded with the Italian highest military award after the war for his accomplishments obtained before the Armistice of 8 September 1943.
Bibliography.
- Benzi, Andrea (Interview with Luigi Gorrini). "Storia del XX Secolo N. 33." "Fe... | 9,353 | zeroshot-train |
Manley Laurence Power [SEP] conflict | Manley Laurence Power
Admiral Sir Manley Laurence Power KCB, CBE, DSO & Bar, DL (10 January 1904 – 17 May 1981) was a Royal Navy Admiral who fought in World War II as a Captain and later rose to more senior ranks, including the NATO position Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel. He is chiefly remembered for leading the 2... | Justice
- Manley Angell James (1896-1975), British general and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Manley Kemp (1861–1951), British schoolmaster and cricketer
- Manley Power (1773-1826), British lieutenant general and Lieutenant Governor of Malta
- Manley Laurence Power (1904-1981), British admiral and great-grandson of ... | 9,354 | zeroshot-train |
Marina Ginestà [SEP] conflict | Marina Ginestà
Marina Ginestà i Coloma (29 January 1919 – 6 January 2014) was a French-born Catalan veteran of the Spanish Civil War, and a member of the Unified Socialist Youth. She became famous due to the photo taken by Juan Guzmán on the rooftop of Plaça de Catalunya 9, 08002 Barcelona, Catalonia, Barcelona during ... | managed to gain a small cache of weapons. Following this, her group went to Caspe on the Aragon front.
Marina Ginestà i Coloma was another woman on the front in Madrid in July 1937. Originally from France and a member of the Unified Socialist Youth, she joined the war as a reporter when she was only 17 years old. Gin... | 9,355 | zeroshot-train |
Mario Fucini [SEP] conflict | Mario Fucini
"Tenente" (later General) Mario Fucini was a World War I flying ace who claimed credit for 13 aerial victories during the war; seven of these were confirmed in 1919.
He would remain in the Italian air force after World War I, rising through squadron commands to head up the Castiglione Fighter School.
Biogr... | commission credited Mario Fucini with seven confirmed aerial victories. He remained in aviation as the "Corpo" became the "Regia Aeronautica", rising to successive commands of "29a Squadriglia" and "78a Squadriglia". In 1931, he was promoted to "Tenente Colonnello". In 1932, he published "Voli sul nemico", his memoirs.... | 9,356 | zeroshot-train |
Maurice Amiot [SEP] conflict | Maurice Amiot
Maurice Amiot (19 March 1932 – 2 April 1961) was a French soldier who fought in the First Indochina War and the Algerian War. He was killed in action leading his platoon in the Aurès Mountains during the Algerian War.
Biography.
Maurice Amiot was born on 19 March 1932 in Vaire-le-Grand, Doubs department. ... | Amiot
Amiot may refer to:
- People
- Félix Amiot (1894–1974), French aircraft designer and shipbuilding
- Jean Joseph Marie Amiot (1718–1793), French Jesuit missionary to China
- Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939), French composer
- Maurice Amiot (1932–1961), French soldier
- Paul Amiot (1886–1979), French actor
- Pierre Am... | 9,357 | zeroshot-train |
Mobile Riverine Force [SEP] conflict | Mobile Riverine Force
In the Vietnam War, the Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) (after May 1967), initially designated Mekong Delta Mobile Afloat Force, and later the Riverines, were a joint US Army and US Navy force that comprised a substantial part of the Brown Water Navy. It was modeled after lessons learned by the French... | Be River
- River Division 55 Da Nang
- Support ships 1966
- Support ships 1967–1968
See also.
- Operation Market Time
- Mobile Riverine Force
- Operation Sealords
- Kit Carson Scouts
Notes.
Bibliography
Further reading.
- Daniels, Victory and Judith C. Erdheim. Game Warden. Arlington, Virginia: Center for Naval Analyse... | 9,358 | zeroshot-train |
Nicolas C. Petris [SEP] conflict | Nicolas C. Petris
Nicolas Chris Petris (February 25, 1923 - March 20, 2013) served in the California legislature and during World War II he served in the United States Army. | Nicholas C. Petris
Nicholas C. Petris (February 25, 1923 – March 20, 2013) was a California State Senator from 1966 until 1996. A Democrat, he represented the 11th district from 1966 to 1976 and the 9th district from 1976 until he was termed out in 1996. He was previously in the California State Assembly, representing ... | 9,359 | zeroshot-train |
Norman Roberts [SEP] conflict | Norman Roberts
Lieutenant Norman Roberts (1896–1980) was a British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories.
Military service.
Roberts was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant (on probation) in the Royal Flying Corps on 5 July 1917. He eventually flew a Bristol F.2 Fighter in No. 48 Squadron,... | The Blockheads
The Blockheads are an English rock band. Originally fronted by lead singer Ian Dury as Ian Dury and the Blockheads, the band has continued to perform since Dury's death in 2000. Current members include Derek "The Draw" Hussey (vocals), Chaz Jankel (guitar and keyboards), Norman Watt-Roy (bass), Mick Gall... | 9,360 | zeroshot-train |
Otto Binge [SEP] conflict | Otto Binge
Otto Binge, (born 19 May 1895, died 18 July 1982) was an SS-Standartenführer during World War II and a commander of the SS Division Götz von Berlichingen and the SS Polizei Division. | (October 1943 – January 1944)
- SS-"Gruppenführer" Werner Ostendorff (January 1944 – 15 June 1944)
- SS-"Standartenführer" Otto Binge (16 June 1944 – 18 June 1944)
- SS-"Brigadeführer" Otto Baum (18 June 1944 – 1 August 1944)
- SS-"Standartenführer" Otto Binge (1 August 1944 – 29 August 1944)
- SS-"Oberführer" Dr. Edua... | 9,361 | zeroshot-train |
Otto Creutzmann [SEP] conflict | Otto Creutzmann
Leutnant Otto Creutzmann was a World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories.
Early life and ground service.
Otto Creutzmann was born in Spickendorf Halle an der Salle on 8 January 1892. He joined the German army in 1914, as World War I began. He saw ground combat until June 1915, when he ... | Paul Turck
Paul Wenzel
Hans Wolff (aviator)
Ernst Freiherr von Althaus
Arno Benzler
Konrad Brendle
Albert Dietlen
Otto Fitzner
Friedrich Huffzky
Herbert Knappe
Egon Koepsch
Fritz Kosmahl
Walter Kypke
Helmut Lange
Gustav Leffers
Herbert Mahn
Eberhard Mohnicke
Hans Karl Müller
Karl Pech
Willi Rosenstein
Karl Schattauer
A... | 9,362 | zeroshot-train |
Philip Bazaar [SEP] conflict | Philip Bazaar
Seaman Philip Bazaar, born in Chile, South America, was a United States Navy seaman who was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration of the United States for valor in combat. According to the citation he distinguished himself during the battle for Fort Fisher of the American Civil War.
... | 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... | 9,363 | zeroshot-train |
Phillips Cosby [SEP] conflict | Phillips Cosby
Vice Admiral Phillips Cosby (1729–1808) was a Royal Navy officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War.
Naval career.
Cosby joined the Royal Navy as an ordinary seaman in 1747. He was given command of a schooner at the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758 and was present at the capture of Quebec in 1759.
P... | America for Sale
- 21 Sep – Robert Bork
- 28 Sep – Bill Cosby
- 5 Oct – Soviet Space Program
- 12 Oct – Hite Report
- 19 Oct – Greenhouse Effect
- 26 Oct – Changing U.S.S.R.
- 2 Nov – The Stock Market Crash
- 9 Nov – America's Leadership Crisis
- 16 Nov – Glenn Close & Michael Douglas
- 23 Nov – Reinvigorating the City... | 9,364 | zeroshot-train |
Pierre-Joseph Habert [SEP] conflict | Pierre-Joseph Habert
Pierre-Joseph Habert (22 December 1773 – 19 May 1825) enlisted in the French army at the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars and led a division during the Napoleonic Wars. After serving in the army from 1792 to 1797, he fought in Ireland and Egypt, rising in rank to become a colonel by 1802.... | infantry divisions under Jean Isidore Harispe, Bernard-Georges-François Frère and Pierre-Joseph Habert and 1,400 cavalry led by André Joseph Boussart. There were also 2,000 gunners and 750 engineers and sappers attached to the army. Harispe and Frère marched from Lleida (Lérida) while Habert moved from Tortosa along th... | 9,365 | zeroshot-train |
Prince Maurice of Battenberg [SEP] conflict | Prince Maurice of Battenberg
Prince Maurice of Battenberg , (Maurice Victor Donald; 3 October 1891 – 27 October 1914) was a member of the Hessian princely Battenberg family and the extended British Royal Family, the youngest grandchild of Queen Victoria. He was known as Prince Maurice of Battenberg throughout his life,... | of Queen Victoria and Albert, Prince Consort.
As he was the child of a morganatic marriage, Prince Henry of Battenberg took his style of "Prince of Battenberg" from his mother, Countess Julia Hauke who was created Princess of Battenberg in her own right. As such, Maurice was styled as "His Serene Highness" Prince Mauri... | 9,366 | zeroshot-train |
Richard J. Donovan [SEP] conflict | Richard J. Donovan
Richard J. Donovan served in the California legislature and during World War II he served in the United States Navy.
California has named the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility after him. | Richard Donovan
Richard Donovan may refer to:
- Richard Donovan (speed skater) (1901–1985), American speed skater
- Richard J. Donovan, member of the California legislature
- Dick Donovan (1927–1997), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Richard Donovan (runner) (born c. 1966), Irish runner and marathoner
- Richard II O'Don... | 9,367 | zeroshot-train |
Richard Wickes [SEP] conflict | Richard Wickes
Richard Wickes (died June 29, 1776) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. He served as the third lieutenant on the , captained by his brother Lambert Wickes. During the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet, he was the first American casualty of the war in New Jersey.
Richard... | Richard Wickes Greene House
The Richard Wickes Greene House is an historic house at 27 Homestead Avenue in Warwick, Rhode Island. The 2-1/2 story wood frame house was built in 1849, and is an excellent local example of transitional Federal-Greek Revival styling. Richard Wickes Greene was a ship's captain who acquired t... | 9,368 | zeroshot-train |
Robert B. Wood [SEP] conflict | Robert B. Wood
Robert B. Wood (1836 – July 1, 1878) 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 Suffolk.
Born in 1836 in New Garden, Ohio, Wood was still living in that city when he joined the Navy. He ... | Richard B. Sellars. He helped establish the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the largest philanthropy in the United States devoted exclusively to health and health care.
After having been nominated to the position by Governor of New Jersey William T. Cahill in July 1973, he resigned as one of the six commissioners repre... | 9,369 | zeroshot-train |
Robert Byington Mitchell [SEP] conflict | Robert Byington Mitchell
Robert Byington Mitchell (April 4, 1823January 26, 1882) was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and the Governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1866 to 1869.
Early life and career.
Mitchell was born on April 4, 1823, in Mansfield, Ohio. For some odd reason, it... | of the US House of Representatives from Ohio
- Robert Mitchell (Wisconsin politician) (1826–1899), Wisconsin legislator
- Robert Byington Mitchell (1823–1882), governor of New Mexico territory and Civil War general
Sports.
- Robert Mitchell (athlete) (born 1980), British high jumper
- Robert Mitchell (canoeist) (born 1... | 9,370 | zeroshot-train |
Rudolf Buhse [SEP] conflict | Rudolf Buhse
Rudolf Buhse (10 April 1905 – 26 November 1997) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II and a Brigadegeneral in Bundeswehr. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Buhse surrendered to the Allied troops during the fall of Tunisia in 1943.
Post-war.
Buhse was ... | Buhse
Buhse is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:
- Friedrich Alexander Buhse (1821–1898), Baltic-German botanist
- Rudolf Buhse (1905–1997), German military officer
- Willms Buhse (born 1970), German business executive | 9,371 | zeroshot-train |
Rudolf Szepessy-Sokoll [SEP] conflict | Rudolf Szepessy-Sokoll
Oberleutnant Rudolf Szepessy-Sokoll Freiherr von Negyes et Reno was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He flew a strategic bombing mission directed against Milan, Italy on 14 February 1916; this is believed to be the first strategic bombing mission in history. | Squadriglia").
Summer 1917 was spent by Martinengo familiarizing himself with a new plane, the Macchi M.5 seaplane. When enough of the new planes accumulated, they were formed into the new "260a Squadriglia" with Martinengo included. The new squadron was thrown immediately into battle covering the retreat from the Batt... | 9,372 | zeroshot-train |
Russell L. Blaisdell [SEP] conflict | Russell L. Blaisdell
Russell L. Blaisdell (September 4, 1910 – May 1, 2007) was an American minister and United States Air Force Chaplain colonel who organised the so-called "Kiddy Car Airlift," the rescue of 964 orphans and 80 orphanage staff from Seoul in the face of the Chinese advance during the Korean War on Decem... | Force Chaplain LTC Russell L. Blaisdell and Staff Sergeant Merle Y. Strang the credit for arranging the transport for the evacuation, with Hess' role being reduced to providing accommodation on the island of Cheju itself. According to this criticism, Blaisdell was reportedly originally credited with the evacuation by t... | 9,373 | zeroshot-train |
Samuel Harriman [SEP] conflict | Samuel Harriman
Samuel Harriman (October 1826 – August 25, 1897) was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general in 1866.
Biography.
Harriman was born in Orland, Maine in October 1826. After taking part in the Califor... | - 5 Jul – Sargent Shriver
- 12 Jul – Seán Lemass
- 19 Jul – Conrad Hilton
- 26 Jul – H. Edward Gilbert
- 2 Aug – W. Averell Harriman
- 9 Aug – Madame Nhu
- 16 Aug – Michael Ramsey
- 23 Aug – None ("U.S. Atomic Arsenal" cover)
- 30 Aug – Roy Wilkins
- 6 Sep – William L. Pereira
- 13 Sep – None ("Red China" cover)
- 20 S... | 9,374 | zeroshot-train |
Stanisław Maczek [SEP] conflict | Stanisław Maczek
General Stanisław Maczek (; 31 March 1892 – 11 December 1994) was a Polish tank commander of World War II, whose division was instrumental in the Allied liberation of France, closing the Falaise pocket, resulting in the destruction of 14 German Wehrmacht and SS divisions. A veteran of World War I, the ... | . Stan Frankel
1202. Stan Free
1203. Stan Lopata
1204. Stan Musial
1205. Stan Rowley
1206. Stan Spence
1207. Standard Beaverette
1208. Standartenführer
1209. Stanisław Broniewski
1210. Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz
1211. Stanisław Dobosiewicz
1212. Stanisław Grodzicki
1213. Stanisław Grzesiuk
1214. Stanisław Grzmot-Skotn... | 9,375 | zeroshot-train |
Stephen L. Bettinger [SEP] conflict | Stephen L. Bettinger
Stephen L. Bettinger (April 28, 1924 – December 4, 2010) was a United States Air Force flying ace during the Korean War, credited with shooting down five enemy aircraft.
Bettinger also claimed 1 kill in World War II. He was the final American ace of the Korean War with his final victory claimed on ... | - Luigi Di Canossa (1877.03.20 – 1900.03.12)
- Casimiro Gennari (1901.04.18 – 1914.01.31)
- Franziskus von Bettinger (1914.05.28 – 1917.04.12)
- Francesco Ragonesi (7 March 1921 - 14 Sep 1931)
- Maurilio Fossati, Oblates of Saints Charles and Gaudentius of Novara (O.Ss.G.C.N. ) (13 March 1933 - 30 March 1965)
- Carlo G... | 9,376 | zeroshot-train |
Suomi KP/-31 [SEP] conflict | and drums for the KP/-31.
The M-22 and KP/-26 were made by Konepistooli Oy, founded by Master Armorer Aimo Lahti, Captain V. Korpela, Lieutenant Y. Koskinen and Lieutenant L. Boyer-Spoof. The Suomi KP/-31 was designed by Koskinen and Lahti.
History.
The Suomi KP/-31 went into serial production in 1931 by Tikkakoski Oy ... | Suomi KP/-31
The Suomi KP/-31 (Suomi-konepistooli or "Finland-submachine gun", literally: "Finland Machine-pistol") was a submachine gun (SMG) of Finnish design used during World War II. It was a descendant of the M-22 prototype and the KP/-26 production model, which was revealed to the public in 1925. The "Suomi-konep... | 9,377 | zeroshot-train |
T-26 [SEP] conflict | combat engineer vehicles, remotely controlled tanks, self-propelled guns, artillery tractors, and armoured carriers. Twenty-three of these were series-produced, others were experimental models.
The T-26 and BT were the main tanks of the Red Army's armoured forces during the interwar period. The T-26 was the most import... | .
26 April 2010
- L&T arranges funds for Kattupalli project. The shipbuilding facility, billed as India’s biggest, has got environmental clearance from the Union government. The Tamil Nadu government has allocated land for the shipyard complex.
14 Sep 2010
- India’s biggest engineering and construction firm, L&T, will ... | 9,378 | zeroshot-train |
Thomas Francis Prendergast [SEP] conflict | Thomas Francis Prendergast
Thomas Francis Prendergast or Pendegrast (2 April 1871, Waterford, Ireland – 26 April 1913, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his United States Marine Corps service in the Philippine-American War.
Military service.
Prendergast joined the Marine Corps from B... | Thomas Prendergast (disambiguation)
Thomas Prendergast (1806–1886) was an East India Company civil servant and writer on language learning.
Thomas Prendergast may also refer to:
- Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet (c.1660–1709), Irish politician and soldier
- Sir Thomas Prendergast, 2nd Baronet (died 1760), Irish po... | 9,379 | zeroshot-train |
USS Howell Cobb (1861) [SEP] conflict | USS Howell Cobb (1861)
USS "Howell Cobb" was a schooner acquired on an emergency temporary basis by the United States Navy from the United States Coast Survey for service during the American Civil War. She served as a cargo ship in Union Navy service.
Service history.
"Howell Cobb", a United States Coast Survey schoone... | - Howell Cobb (1815–1868), U.S. Representative from Georgia 1843–51 1855–57, Governor of Georgia 1851–53, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1857–60, Speaker of the Provisional Confederate Congress 1861–62. Great nephew of Howell Cobb.
- Thomas R.R. Cobb (1823–1862), member of the Provisional Confederate Congress from Geor... | 9,380 | zeroshot-train |
USS Swift (1864) [SEP] conflict | USS Swift (1864)
USS "Swift" (1864) was a small 12-ton schooner captured by the Union Navy during the Union blockade of the American Civil War.
"Swift" was used by the Union Navy as a ship’s tender, serving ships at Tybee Island, Georgia, and at Port Royal, South Carolina.
Civil War service.
"Swift" was a small schoone... | an automobile produced by the De Vaux-Hall Motors Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan and Oakland, California
- De Vaux Continental, an automobile produced by the Continental-De Vaux Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan
- USS Richard Vaux (1864), a 120-ton canal boat, purchased by the Union Navy at Philadelphia, Pennsylvani... | 9,381 | zeroshot-train |
Vasileios Goudas [SEP] conflict | Vasileios Goudas
Vasileios Goudas (, c. 1779 - 1845 ) was a fighter of the Greek War of Independence and an officer of the Greek Army from Epirus.
Biography.
Goudas was born in Ioannina or Grammeno around 1779. He took part in the Greek War of Independence, being connected to the Souliot clan of Botsaris. At first he s... | guard of the monastery of Mega Spilaion which was under the leadership of Tousias Botsaris.
From late 1827 until mid-1828, because of a serious health problem, Goudas, starting from the Ionian Islands, travelled to various European cities (Ancona, Pisa, Marseilles, Geneva, Paris, etc.) meeting various important people ... | 9,382 | zeroshot-train |
Viktor Dankl von Krasnik [SEP] conflict | Viktor Dankl von Krasnik
Viktor Julius Ignaz Ferdinand Graf Dankl von Krásnik (Born as Viktor Dankl; 18 September 18548 January 1941) was a highly decorated Austro-Hungarian officer who reached the pinnacle of his service during World War I with promotion to the rare rank of Colonel General ("Generaloberst"). His succe... | Class, the Marianer Cross of the Teutonic Order, and the Star of the Decoration for Services to the Red Cross with war decoration.
Civilian honors include an honorary PhD from an Innsbruck university in philosophy, the naming of a "Dankl" street in Innsbruck and honorary membership in the German Student Corps "Danubia ... | 9,383 | zeroshot-train |
Walter Gwynn [SEP] conflict | Walter Gwynn
Walter Gwynn (February 22, 1802 – February 6, 1882) was an American civil engineer and soldier who became a Virginia Provisional Army general and North Carolina militia brigadier general in the early days of the American Civil War in 1861 and subsequently a Confederate States Army colonel. He was a railroa... | , the grandson of Humphrey Gwynn, a descendant of Colonel Hugh Gwynn, who settled in Virginia before 1640. Walter Gwynn was the son of Thomas Peyton Gwynn, born April 19, 1762,
and Ann. Thomas Peyton Gwynn died in 1810, the same year his daughter, Frances Ann Gwynn, married William Branch Giles, Senator and later Gover... | 9,384 | zeroshot-train |
William High Keim [SEP] conflict | William High Keim
William High Keim (June 13, 1813 – May 18, 1862) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, as well as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Early life and career.
William High Keim (a nephew of George May Keim) was born near Reading, Pennsylva... | Keim
Keim may refer to:
People.
People In arts and media.
- Betty Lou Keim, American actress
- Claire Keim, French actress and singer
- De Benneville Randolph Keim, American journalist and diplomat
- Loren Keim, American author
People In government, law, and military.
- August Keim, German military officer
- De Bennevi... | 9,385 | zeroshot-train |
William Mayes Fry [SEP] conflict | William Mayes Fry
Squadron Leader William Mayes Fry (14 November 1896 – 4 August 1992) was a World War I Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force fighter ace. He was credited with eleven aerial victories, piloting no fewer than four different types of fighter aircraft. Fry also has the distinction of being one of the few... | William Mayes (disambiguation)
William Mayes (1885–1946) was an English cricketer.
William Mayes may also refer to:
- William Edward Mayes (1861–1952), English painter
- William Harding Mayes (1861–1939), American journalist
- William Mayes Fry (1896–1992), Royal Air Force fighter ace
See also.
- William Mays (disambig... | 9,386 | zeroshot-train |
William Moultrie [SEP] conflict | William Moultrie
William Moultrie (; November 23, 1730 – September 27, 1805) was a South Carolina planter and politician who became a general in the American Revolutionary War. As colonel leading a state militia, in 1776 he prevented the British from taking Charleston, and Fort Moultrie was named in his honor.
After in... | Moultrie County, Illinois
Moultrie County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 United States Census, its population was 14,846. Its county seat is Sullivan. The name is pronounced as in "mole tree", unlike the pronunciation of its namesake, the South Carolinian Revolutionary War hero William... | 9,387 | zeroshot-train |
William Portwood Erwin [SEP] conflict | William Portwood Erwin
Lieutenant William Portwood Erwin was an American World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. On 19 October 1927, he disappeared during the Dole Air Race from Oakland, California to Hawaii.
Early life.
William Portwood Erwin was the son of W. A. Erwin of Chicago. The younger Erwi... | 1884–1953), American footballer
- William Portwood Erwin (1895–1927), American flying ace
Fictional characters.
- Erwin Smith, a character from the manga and anime series "Attack on Titan"
- Erwin Sikowitz, a character from the Nickelodeon TV show "Victorious"
Places.
- Erwin, Indiana
- Erwin, New York
- Erwin, North C... | 9,388 | zeroshot-train |
Władysław Grydziuszko [SEP] conflict | awarded the Cross of Valor (Krzyz Walecznych) for showing tremendous courage on the battlefield. During the battle, Grydziuszko was lightly wounded on October 17, 1944 and suffered minor spinal cord injuries from Nazi artillery fire. However, he quickly recovered and returned to the forces to serve for another two year... | was held in the USSR. Following his ordeal on the basis of the Sikorski-Maisky agreement of July 30, 1941, Władysław Grydziuszko was released for the purpose of joining the Polish Armed Forces in USSR. From 1942 to 1944 Władysław received military training by the British Army in the Middle East. Then in 1944 to 1946 he... | 9,389 | zeroshot-train |
Zafeirakis Theodosiou [SEP] conflict | Zafeirakis Theodosiou
Zafeirakis Theodosiou () (1772 - 1822) was a Greek "prokritos" (πρόκριτος), meaning political leader of Greeks during Ottoman rule, of Naousa, Imathia and an important figure of the Greek War of Independence in the region of Macedonia.
Life.
Zafeirakis was born in Naousa, Imathia originating from ... | defended Naousa with a force of 4,000 under Anastasios Karatasos, Dimitrios Karatasos, Aggelis Gatsos, Karamitsos and Philippos, the son of Zafeirakis Theodosiou, under the overall command of Zafeirakis Theodosiou and Anastasios Karatasos. The Turks attempted to take the town of Naousa on 16 March, and again on 18 and ... | 9,390 | zeroshot-train |
7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen [SEP] conflict | 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen
The 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen" (7. SS-Freiwilligen Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen") was a German mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the German Nazi Party that served alongside but was never formally part of the Wehrmacht dur... | "" ("Forward, Prinz Eugen! History of the 7th SS Volunteer Division Prinz Eugen"). (2007) Dresden, Germany: . .
- "7. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen" im Bild" ("7th SS Mountain Division Prinz Eugen in Action"). (1983) Osnabrück, Germany: .
Awards.
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (30 May 1940) & 1st Class (3 June 1940)
... | 9,391 | zeroshot-train |
Adam Petrovich Ozharovsky [SEP] conflict | Adam Petrovich Ozharovsky
Count Adam Petrovich Ozharovsky () (1776 – 30 November 1855, Warsaw) was a Russian general of Polish descent who distinguished himself during the Napoleonic Wars.
His father, hetman Piotr Ożarowski, was seized by the insurrectionists and charged with treason during the Warsaw Uprising, which t... | Fabryka Broni
- Tomasz Adam Ostrowski
- Władysław Ostrowski - Marshal of the Sejm during November Uprising
- Adam Petrovich Ozharovsky () - a Russian general of Polish descent
- Piotr Ożarowski
- Stanisław Przyjemski - Grand Marshal of the Crown ()
- Julian Ursyn-Niemcewicz
- Jerzy Zdziechowski
- Kazimierz Zdziechowski... | 9,392 | zeroshot-train |
Agustín Aznar [SEP] conflict | Agustín Aznar
Agustín Aznar Gerner (18 August 1911 – 2 May 1984) was a Spanish medical doctor, political activist with the Falange and a leading figure during the Spanish Civil War. Aznar was part of a radical element within the followers of Francisco Franco and at times represented a challenge to his leadership.
Early... | the Salesian convent of Burgos. At that time, Pilar Primo de Rivera sought someone capable of leading the spiritual organization of the religious life of that organization. Severino Aznar, father of Agustín Aznar, commented that at the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos there was a spiritual and erudite monk who would dou... | 9,393 | zeroshot-train |
Alan Haines [SEP] conflict | Alan Haines
Alan Haines (6 June 1924 – 17 April 2011) was a British actor and playwright who spent four years in the Royal Navy during World War II — including at D-Day on his 20th birthday and appeared in many West End shows and touring productions, as well as in the cult TV series Dad's Army and Van der Valk and two ... | 6 December 1834 – 18 June 1905) on 28 May 1855
- Maria Haines (c. 1834 – 31 May 1862) married William Harmer (9 February 1834 – 9 February 1901)
- Mary Ann Haines (28 Sep 1843 – 15 Jul 1931) married John Harmer (c. 1840 – 12 August 1914) on 13 October 1859
He married three times: (1) Mary Tozer (c. 1823 – 27 April 1876... | 9,394 | zeroshot-train |
Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport [SEP] conflict | Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport
Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KB (2 December 17262 May 1814) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars, and the brother of Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood.
Early life.
Hood entered the navy in January 1... | (1726–1814)
Barons Bridport (1794).
- Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, 1st Baron Bridport (1726–1814)
- Samuel Hood, 2nd Baron Bridport (1788–1868)
- Alexander Nelson Hood, 3rd Baron Bridport (1814–1904) (created Viscount Bridport in 1868)
Viscounts Bridport; Second creation (1868).
- Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st V... | 9,395 | zeroshot-train |
Anagnostis Petimezas [SEP] conflict | Anagnostis Petimezas
Anagnostis Petimezas (, 1765 - 1822) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence.
He was born in 1765 in Soudena near Kalavryta and was descended from the historic Petmezades family. He was the son of Sotiris, brother of Athanasios which he in Voussoka. He took part in the... | Petimezas
Petimezas (Greek: Πετιμεζάς) is a Greek surname. It may refer to the following persons:
- Anagnostis Petimezas (1765–1822), Greek revolutionary leader
- Konstantinos Petimezas (1764–1824), Greek revolutionary leader
- Nikolaos Petimezas (1790–1865), Greek revolutionary leader and politician | 9,396 | zeroshot-train |
Antoine Béthouart [SEP] conflict | Antoine Béthouart
Marie Émile Antoine Béthouart (17 December 1889 – 17 October 1982) was a French Army general who served during World War I and World War II.
Born in Dole, Jura in the Jura Mountains, Béthouart graduated from Saint-Cyr military academy and served as a platoon leader in the 159th Alpine Infantry Regimen... | of French occupation forces in Austria, and then as the High Commissioner for France in Austria between 1946 and 1950.
Béthouart subsequently served as a senateur for overseas French citizens from 1955 until 1971. He died in Fréjus on the 17 October 1982, and was buried in Rue.
In June 2003, amid pomp and ceremony, a b... | 9,397 | zeroshot-train |
Anton Tus [SEP] conflict | Anton Tus
Anton Tus (born 22 November 1931) is a retired Croatian general who served as head of the Yugoslav Air Force between 1985 and 1991 and was the first Chief of Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces from 1991 to 1992 during the Croatian War of Independence.
Biography.
A graduate of the Yugoslav Air Force Academy, T... | Tus
Tus may refer to:
- Tus (biology), a protein involved in termination of prokaryotic DNA replication
- Thales Underwater Systems, an international defence contractor
- Tuscarora language, an Iroquoian language spoken in southern Ontario, Canada, and northwestern New York, United States
- An informal word used to ale... | 9,398 | zeroshot-train |
Antonio Amantea [SEP] conflict | Antonio Amantea
Sottotenente Antonio Amantea was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. He lived to become the last surviving Italian ace of the war.
World War I service.
Amantea was working as an electrician when he was conscripted into Italian military in September 1914. He volunteered for avia... | : Lost territory to establish Diocese of Nicotera
- 1094: Gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Amantea
- Dec 31, 1963: Lost territory to Archdiocese of Cosenza and Diocese of Nicastro
- Sep 30, 1986: Suppressed to the Diocese of Mileto–Nicotera–Tropea
Ordinaries.
Ordinaries Diocese of Tropea.
"Erected: 7th C... | 9,399 | zeroshot-train |
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