• She was launched on 8 September 1944 as Scarborough Castle (K536), but further work was then cancelled, and she was eventually completed as a convoy rescue ship in January 1945. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dr. Jakob Rosenfeld, center left, and Commander Chen Yi standing amid the troops of the New Fourth Army in 1944. (timesofisrael.com)
  • A Sikorsky-built R-4 helicopter was used in April 1944 in a dramatic rescue of a downed pilot and three wounded soldiers in the jungles of Burma. (cbi-theater.com)
  • In the Navy List of February 1944 his is listed as serving with 813 Squadron having been posted there in November 1943. (ww2irishaviation.com)
  • Map of Allied operations in Southern Italy, September 1943 to January 1944. (silverhawkauthor.com)
  • The XR-4 made its initial flight on January 13, 1942 and as a result of its successful flight tests, the Army ordered 30 for additional service testing and flight training. (cbi-theater.com)
  • A college graduate seeking a different lifestyle, Richard P. ("Scotty") Scott was drifting in 1942 when he was drafted into the Army. (nps.gov)
  • On November 3, 1942 the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), 18th Construction Battalion landed on Ballale Island to begin building an airfield with a contingent of 370 personnel later augmented by 517 British Prisoners Of War (POWs)) and local people as laborers. (pacificwrecks.com)
  • From the late 1930's until 1942 he worked for his father as an apprentice shoemaker. (findlaw.com)
  • Sakakida participated in the surrender by General Wainwright of Corregidor on May 7,1942 to General Homma of the Japanese Imperial Army. (javadc.org)
  • Between November 1942 and February 10, 1943, Sakakida was tortured in attempts to break his story. (javadc.org)
  • THE IOOTH INFANTRY BATTALION, the first Japanese-American unit to serve in Europe, was organized in June 1942 and consisted mainly of Hawaiian volunteers who were already in the Army when the war started. (fresnostate.edu)
  • Citino is an award-winning military historian and scholar who has published 10 books including The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943, Death of the Wehrmacht: The German Campaigns of 1942 , and The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich and numerous articles covering World War II and 20th century military history. (nationalww2museum.org)
  • Recognizing the need for a beach reconnaissance force, a select group of Army and Navy personnel assembled at Amphibious Training Base (ATB) Little Creek, Virginia on 15 August 1942 to begin Amphibious Scouts and Raiders (Joint) training. (mediusa.vn)
  • Dig a little deeper into the history of the controversial military that has come to be ranked as the third most powerful in the world, though, and you will find the more passive story of a Jewish doctor who helped resuscitate the Communist-controlled New Fourth Army during the 1937-1945 war with Japan, and its struggle against the country's ruling Kuomintang nationalists. (timesofisrael.com)
  • Between 1943 and 1945, a group of Jewish men and women from Palestine who had volunteered to join the British army parachuted into German-occupied Europe. (ushmm.org)
  • In January, 1945, the later YR-6 model was rushed to CBI "due to a critical situation concerning the rescue of combat personnel in enemy held territory in the India-Burma Sector. (cbi-theater.com)
  • Jumping to 1945, after the war ended, Hajda got a job as a civilian guard for a Polish military unit working with the U.S. Army. (findlaw.com)
  • The SS began evacuating Auschwitz on January 18, 1945 as the Soviet army began approaching. (holocaustsurvivors.org)
  • The Soviet army reached the camp on January 27, 1945, freeing 7,650 prisoners who had not been evacuated. (holocaustsurvivors.org)
  • When the Germans abandoned Auschwitz to the Soviet Army in January 1945, they destroyed what seemed to them to be the most damning evidence of their crimes-the crematoria were blown up along with most of the records of the camp. (holocaustsurvivors.org)
  • In this campaign, which was fought in Sicily from 10 July to 6 August 1943, and in mainland Italy from 3 September 1943, to 25 February 1945, the fighting was particularly bitter. (silverhawkauthor.com)
  • In November 1945, I together with several other Filterers were sent to 33 Wing, 2nd TAF at Malines in Belgium to work out the trajectories of the V2 Rockets being launched on Antwerp. (rafmuseum.org.uk)
  • Although Korea was liberated from Japanese colonial rule in August 1945, Korea had no army or army medical services. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Lost Battalion was rescued, but the toll for the already depleted 442nd was high: more than 800 men killed or wounded. (fresnostate.edu)
  • Japanese Americans (Garfield students) served in one of three units, either in the 442nd Regiment or 100th Infantry Battalion, both regular army units composed of Japanese Americans. (garfieldhs.org)
  • The men of the 100th were trained in Wisconsin and Mississippi and then sent to North Africa in the Autumn of 1943. (fresnostate.edu)
  • He left for the army, eventually becoming a lieutenant with the military intelligence service, 347th Interrogation Team, especially with his knowledge of the Japanese language. (garfieldhs.org)
  • The Army sent him to Officers' Candidate School (OCS), but after becoming a 2nd lieutenant, he spent two years behind a desk in the Signal Corps. (nps.gov)
  • It was there in June 1943, that he was interviewed by a visiting lieutenant colonel. (nps.gov)
  • He was commissioned as a Sub Lieutenant (Air) on 30th June 1943. (ww2irishaviation.com)
  • On July 11th, 1941 a former Army colonel named William J. Donovan became what was called the "Coordinator of Information. (specialoperations.com)
  • As a result, the Fourth Army Intelligence School was established in San Francisco in 1941. (garfieldhs.org)
  • On March 14 1941, Richard was inducted into the US Army at Fort Shafter with the rank of Sergeant. (javadc.org)
  • Barely three weeks after his induction , on April 7 1941, Richard and one other Nisei agent ( Arthur Komori , Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame) boarded the US Army transport 'Republic' under cover as civilian crew members. (javadc.org)
  • The Army had started a Japanese language school at the Presidio of San Francisco in November 1941. (fresnostate.edu)
  • By the time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the US Army had already expanded its communications operation. (americainwwii.com)
  • Their mission was to organize resistance to the Germans and aid in the rescue of Allied personnel. (ushmm.org)
  • The insurgency was launched against the Germans on January 18, 1943. (connexions.org)
  • On January 18, 1943, the Germans began their second deportation of the Jews, which led to the first instance of armed insurgency within the ghetto. (connexions.org)
  • Canadian soldiers likely scanning the upper windows for Germans in the streets of a town in Sicily in 1943. (silverhawkauthor.com)
  • The three main camps were Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, and a work camp called Auschwitz III-Monowitz, or the Buna. (sources.com)
  • The "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Leads to Freedom) sign was above the entrance to Auschwitz I. It was the site of the infamous Block 11, the punishment block, and the site where the depraved "Medical experiments" were carried out. (holocaustsurvivors.org)
  • Following the Battle of Munda Point , the Allies recaptured the island in late 1943, following a decision to bypass a large concentration of Japanese troops on the island of Kolombangara . (wikipedia.org)
  • On July 15, 1935, he requested to be returned to the Line of the Navy, pursuant to the Line Personnel Bill, passed by Congress on June 25, 1935 primarily to permit Line officers to transfer to the Supply Corps. (navy.mil)
  • Some were requisitioned by the Navy and crewed by naval personnel, while others were manned by their civilian owners and crew. (history.com)
  • The garrison defending Ballale Island were both Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) personnel. (pacificwrecks.com)
  • The construction and anti-aircraft defenses were Navy personnel. (pacificwrecks.com)
  • At the end of the Pacific War, the island's garrison was 480 Japanese defenders manning the remaining guns including 321 personnel from No. 6 Kure Special Naval Landing Force (6th Kure SNLF) and 159 from No. 7 Yokosuka Special Navy Landing Force (7th Yokosuka SNLF). (pacificwrecks.com)
  • It then adopted its present name in 1880 in honor of Brigadier General Albert J. Myer, who established the Signal School of Instruction for Army and Navy Officers. (ucmjdefense.com)
  • In 1913 Lawson began flying at Hempstead Field, L. I. He was granted Flying License No. 678, by the Joint Army and Navy Board on Aeronautic Cognizance. (eaa838.org)
  • We are the official repository for records of military personnel who have been discharged from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard. (sachecucine.it)
  • Working from his Law Offices Mr. Donovan established the first civilian run intelligence organization of the United States. (specialoperations.com)
  • OSS Detachment 101, the first unit of its kind, was responsible for intelligence gathering, rescuing of downed Allied airmen, producing target packages and the recruiting, training and leading of guerrilla forces. (specialoperations.com)
  • Unlike normal undercover personnel, who received intensive training for mission, Richard had no formal intelligence training to prepare him for his undercover assignment in the Philippines. (javadc.org)
  • But despite being unable to read herself, Tubman gathered intelligence for the Union army, organizing scouts to map territories and waterways and pinpoint the location of Confederate troops and ordnance. (history.com)
  • Wherever they were assigned, they performed indispensable intelligence work. (fresnostate.edu)
  • The base houses the headquarters for the Defense Logistics Agency, the Defense Acquisition University, the Defense Contract Audit Agency, the Defense Technical Information Center, the US Army Criminal Investigation Command, the US Army Intelligence and Security Command, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. (ucmjdefense.com)
  • That district officer, Lt. Thomas P Lyons penned a report on the 23rd of June to the Officer Commanding the Armies G2 (Intelligence) branch based at Custume Barracks in Athlone. (ww2irishaviation.com)
  • Mr. Mess, with his PT Boat P-564, conducted over 36 missions across the Bay of Bengal ferrying Swimmer teams and rescuing over 220 downed airmen from Escape and Evasion (E&E) points on the Burma coast. (specialoperations.com)
  • Starting in January 1943, the island was the target of hundreds of Allied bombing missions, fighter sweeps and strafing runs. (pacificwrecks.com)
  • Once on the ground these dynamic spies would organically grow resistance Armies as large as 3,000 strong to conduct Unconventional Warfare (UW) against the Japanese. (specialoperations.com)
  • The Battle of Vella Lavella was fought from 15 August - 6 October 1943 between the Empire of Japan and the Allied forces from New Zealand and the United States at the end of the New Georgia campaign . (wikipedia.org)
  • Some 220 [ 2 ] to 600 [ 3 ] Å»OB and 150 to 400 Å»ZW fighters (on April 19, 1943), thousands of civilians either fought or provided support. (connexions.org)
  • Hannah Szenes (Senesh) was one of 32 Jewish volunteer parachutists from Palestine that the British Army sent behind German lines for resistance and rescue efforts. (ushmm.org)
  • The most significant portion of the rebellion took place from April 19 until May 16, 1943, and ended when the poorly armed and supplied resistance was crushed by the German troops under the direct command of Jrgen Stroop . (connexions.org)
  • Allied victory had rescued humanity from a dark future, but for President Truman and his administration, the celebrations were short lived. (nationalww2museum.org)
  • Officer personnel came from various training facilities, and enlisted personnel were sought who had any experience in crane operating, stevedoring, longshore, tugs, barges, and any civilian occupation related to port operations. (488thportbattalion.org)
  • Sakakida was questioned extensively by the Japanese concerning his status with the US Army , but he adhered to his original cover, insisting that he was a civilian interpreter working for the US and not a US soldier. (javadc.org)
  • But Russin was soon out of work again and, like other unmarried, jobless men at the time, he eventually turned to the public work relief program, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). (wesa.fm)
  • They translated important documents, intercepted and deciphered coded messages, interrogated prisoners, and were pivotal in persuading Japanese military and civilian personnel to surrender. (fresnostate.edu)
  • For a fee, a request can be made to the FBI for your Identity History Summary-often referred to as a criminal history record or a rap sheet.Oct 31, 2022 · The National Personnel Records Center's (NPRC) Federal Records Center Program maintains the Official Personnel Folders (OPF) of former Federal civilian employees whose employment ended after 1951. (sachecucine.it)
  • Therefore, the Korean Army had no other choice but to conduct medical evacuations using mobilized civilian doctors who were not sufficiently trained as military doctors. (bvsalud.org)
  • SS Empire Peacemaker was a British convoy rescue ship that served at the end of World War II, originally laid down as the corvette HMS Scarborough Castle. (wikipedia.org)
  • But you maintain that the failure of the Espero convoy meant that the Italians decided not to ship anymore supplies and personnel on surface warships? (axishistory.com)
  • However, the crux of this story and what became his lifelong passion began on October 4, 1943 when he was assigned to a five-week "helicopter service and maintenance" training course designed for "Army, Coast Guard and British personnel" iv at the Sikorsky Factory in Bridgeport, Connecticut. (cgaviationhistory.org)
  • Shortly after Jablonski graduated (November 5, 1943) with his helicopter maintenance qualification, CDR Frank Erickson, the first Coast Guard helicopter pilot and Commanding Officer, Air Station Brooklyn, included Jablonski's name in his Flight Logbook for the first time as a passenger for a 0.1-hour test flight in YR-4B #9 on November 10, 1943. (cgaviationhistory.org)
  • Despite the fact that he had not flown in such conditions, Erickson's responded immediately realizing that such a flight could prove that the helicopter was the future of Coast Guard rescue capabilities. (cgaviationhistory.org)
  • The Santa Rosa carried 5500 troops and the first contingent of 500 Women Army Corps (WAC s) sailed out of New York harbor, without escort, avoiding waiting German submarines. (488thportbattalion.org)
  • On 12 August, an advanced party, consisting of naval and military personnel and a small group of troops from the 103rd Infantry Regiment , was sent from Guadalcanal and Rendova Island to Barakoma aboard four torpedo boats . (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1862, she traveled to a Union camp in South Carolina, to help formerly enslaved people who had taken refuge with Union troops, and to work as a cook and a nurse. (history.com)
  • Italians greet Canadian troops enthusiastically as they pass through, September 1943. (silverhawkauthor.com)
  • During that time she rescued three survivors from an aircraft which had overrun the flight deck of the MAC ship MV Empire MacAlpine. (wikipedia.org)
  • Aircraft Crash Rescue Crew Chief, and US Marine Embassy Guard. (homelandmagazine.com)
  • Eighth Air Force was the largest of the deployed combat Army Air Forces in numbers of personnel, aircraft, and equipment. (ospreypublishing.com)
  • The first recorded use of a helicopter as rescue aircraft by the U.S. Military took place in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II. (cbi-theater.com)
  • Alec von Voight grew up in Connecticut, where his father worked for Sikorsky Aircraft. (cbi-theater.com)
  • After graduating high school, Alec too went to work for Sikorsky Aircraft and was involved in the development of the Hoverfly. (cbi-theater.com)
  • Throughout these early years improvements were rapidly made in helicopter technology speed and stability increased, engines were more powerful, range was extended and the R-4 was proving its worth as an effective aircraft for reconnaissance and rescue. (cbi-theater.com)
  • In an April 30, 1943 Sikorsky letter with a subject line, "MECHANICS' TRAINING", author C. L. "Les" Morris (Chief Test Pilot, Sikorsky Aircraft) states "helicopters are a specialized and completely novel type of aircraft and require maintenance and servicing of a somewhat different nature from conventional aircraft. (cgaviationhistory.org)
  • By the middle of October 1943, Ballale Airfield was neutralized as a forward airfield and the remaining aircraft in flyable condition were withdrawn northward. (pacificwrecks.com)
  • He learned to fly in 1943 and he was half owner of a rare light aircraft - a Welch - before he owned a bicycle or a car. (eaa838.org)
  • He began developmental aircraft work in 1908. (eaa838.org)
  • The Lawson Aircraft Company worked on a reconnaissance aircraft and an armored craft called the Lawson Battler. (eaa838.org)
  • A purchase agreement between Lawson Aircraft Manufacturing Co. and the Army was reached, but it was withdrawn by the Army when the war ended. (eaa838.org)
  • From the book Aircraft Industry Builder is this notation: "Lawson's work in Milwaukee was phenomenal. (eaa838.org)
  • The work done by the airwomen plotters of the Filter Room, the Movement Liaison Officers and the Filterer Officers who were responsible for calculating and rectifying the position, and identifying the hundreds of tracks of hostile and friendly aircraft leaving and approaching the coasts of the British Isles, was vital. (rafmuseum.org.uk)
  • The R-6 provided search and rescue services in China during the final months of the war. (cbi-theater.com)
  • In each of these episodes, ships operating out of Maitland were involved in search and rescue operations, recovering mines, searching for submarines and escorting or towing damaged vessels. (navy.gov.au)
  • At the outset, Churchill and the rest of British command expected that the evacuation from Dunkirk could rescue only around 45,000 men at most. (history.com)
  • With the support of KMAG, the Korean Army was able to build a nationwide evacuation chain during the Korean War. (bvsalud.org)
  • Relying on original, primary source documentation from the National Archives, we describe the practice of anesthesia in mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) units and the 171st Evacuation Hospital during the latter part of the Korean War in 1953. (bvsalud.org)
  • During the months of December through March, Scottsdale hosts many well know events such as: Barrett Jackson car auction, Good Guys Car Show, Rock and Roll Marathon, Phoenix Open, Arabian Horse Show, and many other events which allows Officers the opportunity to work off duty. (homelandmagazine.com)
  • Work also commenced on seven huts adjacent to the old naval reserve depot, built to accommodate up to 80 officers and sailors. (navy.gov.au)
  • Fort Eustis and Fort Story are home to the US Army Transportation Center, the US Army Transportation School, the Non-Commissioned Officers Academy, the Army Aviation Logistics School, and the 7th Sustainment Brigade. (ucmjdefense.com)
  • The primary mission of the base is to educate and train officers and enlisted men on the transportation modes utilized by the US Army, as well as aviation maintenance, logistics, and deployment doctrine and research. (ucmjdefense.com)
  • These were the prerequisites for members of the WAAF seeking to work as plotters or Filter Officers in the Filter Room. (rafmuseum.org.uk)
  • Whether as soldiers, spies, recruiters or medical personnel, African Americans made crucial contributions to the Union cause. (history.com)
  • None of the macro scenarios has the "running of the gauntlet" type situations which tend to be boring and one sided, but rather gives the feel of the battle along the Kessel perimeter as well as outside rescue attempts. (criticalhit.com)
  • En route, the boats were subjected to aerial attack which resulted in several casualties, but their crews were able to continue to their destination where they were met by a small group of natives in canoes. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the aftermath of the crews rescue, they were driven from Achill to the Border with Northern Ireland where they were handed over to UK forces at 01:30 hours on the morning of June 20th. (ww2irishaviation.com)
  • The site for the camp (16 one-story buildings) had earlier served as Polish army artillery barracks. (sources.com)
  • From the USHMM special exhibition Flight and Rescue. (ushmm.org)
  • In 1943 he was inducted into the U.S. Army and sent to the Eastern Flight Training Command headquarters at Maxwell Field, Alabama. (cbi-theater.com)
  • Two weeks later on November 24, 1943, Jablonski was again listed as a passenger for a 0.3 hour flight with Erickson in YR-4B #9 from the "Sikorsky plant to DAGHESTAN" viii (a 442-foot British freighter with a helicopter landing pad). (cgaviationhistory.org)
  • The British aviation publication, Flight published the general arrangement drawings shown below during 1943. (ww2irishaviation.com)
  • Post-war she was transferred to the Transport Branch of the Royal Army Service Corps for service as a troop transport. (wikipedia.org)
  • US Army Signal Corps photograph taken by C.A. Corrado. (ushmm.org)
  • I subsequently became the first military person assigned to the new U.S. Army Air Corps helicopter pilot training squadron. (cbi-theater.com)
  • He became the first member of the Dental Corps to achieve the rank of Vice Admiral in 1943. (cmohs.org)
  • At the urging of General of the Armies John Pershing, the US Army Signal Corps established a pigeon service in 1917. (americainwwii.com)
  • This is one of two photos taken at the same location with most of the same personnel. (silverhawkauthor.com)
  • As part of the 442nd, he was with the first military personnel that came upon the Nazi death camp, Dachau, and liberated it. (garfieldhs.org)
  • Additional support units of the 442nd were the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion, the 232nd Combat Engineers Company, the 206th Army Band, an antitank company, a cannon company, a service company, and a medical detachment. (fresnostate.edu)
  • In 1952 Empire Peacemaker, Empire Shelter and Empire Lifeguard provided a shuttle ferry service for Army personnel between Port Said, Egypt, and Famagusta, Cyprus, as well as making occasional troop movement voyages to Libya and Malta. (wikipedia.org)
  • 24] Army Special Forces, founded in 1952 by former members of the OSS, established the first military special operations combat diver units nearly a decade before the SEALs were created in 1962. (mediusa.vn)
  • After the U.S. entered the war, he became an Army officer and was subsequently approached by the OSS to train for operations in France. (nps.gov)
  • The 488th arrived in Oran, Algeria, on the African continent, in August and was subsequently transported to Naples, Italy in September 1943. (488thportbattalion.org)
  • Strous, having already been wounded, exposed himself to enemy fire to rescue his wounded comrades," reads the award citation. (sofmag.com)
  • He took that mindset with him after finishing his initial enlistment with 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment in 1994, when he decided to continue his service with the Army Guard. (sofmag.com)
  • His hometown roots lead him back to Ohio where he joined the Ohio Army National Guard, before finding a long-term home in the Vermont Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain) in 2000. (sofmag.com)
  • Yagi published an English translation describing the work in 1928, from that time on his name was associated with the invention of his pupil. (microwaves101.com)
  • When a call for help came from the beleaguered American commander of the Los Angeles garrison, he joined the army to fight against Mexico. (cityofalhambra.org)
  • It houses the US Army Military District of Washington, the 3rd US Infantry, the1101st Signal Brigade, the Headquarters of Fort Myer Activities, the Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the US Army Garrison, the US Army Criminal Investigation Command, and the 501st Military Police Company. (ucmjdefense.com)
  • He spent the next thirty years in the special operations: OSS, Army Special Forces, and CIA. (nps.gov)
  • The Marines provided me with a great sense of pride, meaningful work, adventure, and camaraderie. (homelandmagazine.com)
  • On June 6, 1918, during World War I, at the Battle of Belleau Wood in Bouresches, France, Osborne risked his life to rescue wounded Marines from the field of battle. (cmohs.org)
  • Until the outbreak of World War II, the unit focused on air-sea rescue with a fleet of Hall-Aluminum PH-2 seaplanes. (cgaviationhistory.org)
  • By early June of 1943, the unit had been mustered out, took part in a parade at Tampere, and became part of the Finnish Army a month later. (criticalhit.com)
  • Part of the reason for this tribute may be Rosenfeld's close wartime colleague, New Fourth Army commander Chen Yi. (timesofisrael.com)
  • In 1943, Mr. Mess became an official OSS operative and the Maritime Unit's "Flotilla Officer Commander. (specialoperations.com)
  • Sri Lanka s Army commander, Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka arrived at the Palaly airport Friday morning, was taken to Jaffna Thuraiyappah stadium in a Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) helicopter and proceeded to meet the commanders at the 51-2 Brigade Head Quarters in Jaffna amid high security, sources in Jaffna said. (tamilnet.com)
  • He left without taking the time to change from his soiled work clothing. (ushmm.org)
  • The US Army believed it was just a matter of time before Japan expanded its territorial conquest to the Pacific with the Philippines being its initial target. (javadc.org)
  • Being hired by the Depot was the best thing that could have happened at the time, and certainly James had repaid his employers, the taxpayers of the United States of America, with years of diligent hard work. (blogspot.com)
  • On stationery of the MORRISON HOTEL AND Terrace Garden, Chicago (Telephone 8700), was this hand written notation by Alfred Lawson: "The reason I want to live for 200 years is to have sufficient time to enable me to accomplish certain tasks which I have undertaken and which require long stretches of time to work out properly. (eaa838.org)
  • His skills and experience were quickly recognized and he served full time at the Infantry Training Company and then as an assistant instructor at the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School, both run by the Vermont Army Guard at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho. (sofmag.com)
  • About 600 full-time staff work in St. Louis. (sachecucine.it)
  • After VE day, I was sent for some time as a guide and interpreter to Breendonck to show RAF personnel what happened at this concentration camp. (rafmuseum.org.uk)
  • This meant leave was impossible and other than eating, sleeping and working, there was little time left. (rafmuseum.org.uk)
  • After learning that Dreux spoke French fluently, the officer asked if he would be interested in a mission behind enemy lines in German-occupied France, working with the Maquis in ambushes and sabotage. (nps.gov)
  • He received a major's commission as head surgeon in the 7th U.S. Colored Infantry, the Army's first African American physician out of eight in the Union Army-and its highest-ranking African American officer. (history.com)
  • He was accosted by Japanese military personnel when he stood forthwright and declared that he was an American soldier and not a Filipino.After the surrender of Corregidor, he reverted to his undercover role. (javadc.org)
  • Beginning in 1943 individuals and small groups would be parachuted behind Japanese lines to infiltrate small villages and recruit guerrilla forces. (specialoperations.com)
  • But the MP had been working his post for about three months now, and he knew Boatwright to be one of the many department managers of the busy Columbus Army Service Forces Depot. (blogspot.com)
  • In 1943, its named had been changed yet again to the Columbus Army Service Forces Depot, but to everyone who worked there it had always been, and would always be, simply called "The Depot. (blogspot.com)
  • This command is in charge of supporting the operational fighting forces of the Army through developing doctrine and equipment requirements, designing and maintaining Army organization, and providing training for combat. (ucmjdefense.com)
  • Previously German inventors Max Dieckmann and Rudolf Hell had patented such a device but had not managed to make it work. (microwaves101.com)
  • Although the Belgians held the bridge at Haelen, the remainder of the German army won the Battle of Liege on August 16 and the German army continued their advance through and takeover of neutral Belgium. (blogspot.com)
  • Russin joined the armed services in March 1943 with his best friend from Lyndora, John Furka. (wesa.fm)
  • In this war, the Depot would support all the services, not just the Army. (blogspot.com)
  • Korean Army doctors who were not sufficiently trained as military doctors struggled between the goals of military medical services and those of medical care. (bvsalud.org)
  • He was, as he recalled, rescued by an OSS recruiter, "a dashing Major in paratroop boots," who interviewed him and got him into the OSS Communications Branch. (nps.gov)
  • Captain J K Birthistle of the Army s G2 branch was particularly excised at this because others had told the British party to be at the border at 21:00 hours the previous evening. (ww2irishaviation.com)
  • Upon working for six years for his father-in-law without anything of value to call his own, his wife urged him to write a request for 'half interest' in the lands adjacent to Lake Vineyard. (cityofalhambra.org)
  • Hirtz finished college and spent the next forty years working international finance, grain, and trade. (nps.gov)
  • 1 That sort of thinking probably changed in 1994, however, when the government brought this suit (under 8 U.S.C. § 1451(a)) to denaturalize Schiller Park resident Bronislaw Hajda, a 73-year-old retired factory worker who spent 22 years working at the Container Corporation of America in Chicago. (findlaw.com)
  • Years earlier, he had to work odd jobs in Butler County just to feed his family, and pick up pieces of coal that tumbled off railroad cars to keep his home warm. (wesa.fm)
  • He enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Force aviation when he was 18 years of age. (eaa838.org)
  • Citino enjoys close ties with the US military, and taught one year at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and two years at the U.S. Army War College. (nationalww2museum.org)
  • The earliest documented use of pigeons by an army was by the Romans more than 2,000 years ago. (americainwwii.com)
  • In ten terrible days from 24 July to 3 August 1943 British bombers reduced to rubble more than 6,000 acres of Hamburg. (revisionist.net)
  • Asked about his fellow Special Operations trainees at Area B in the fall of 1943- many of them brash young paratroopers with parachute wings on their blouses and trouser cuffs jammed into their jump boots-one of them, future Jedburgh John K. Singlaub, who would serve in France and China, and end his Army career as a major general, recalled that "they were all independent thinkers. (nps.gov)
  • A few hours later the escort vessels Pilo and Missori also departed with 52 soldiers and several scores of tons of supplies for the Army on board. (axishistory.com)
  • He earned a Ph.D. in physics at Yale, then worked at General Electric's research lab in Schenectady NY. (microwaves101.com)
  • General de Witte, Belgian Army knew what to do. (blogspot.com)
  • Seaforth Highlanders on the March, en route to a Brigade Inspection by General Sir Bernard Montgomery, Militello, Sicily, 20 Aug 1943. (silverhawkauthor.com)
  • One unforgettable assignment started on December 21, 1943 when my co-pilot and I took off from Bridgeport, Connecticut in thirty mile headwinds for Andrews Air Base in Washington, D.C. where we were to demonstrate the new helicopter technology to a select group of international military personnel. (cbi-theater.com)
  • In the military, personnel are taught to always obey the lawful orders of those placed in positions of command over them. (listverse.com)
  • The National Personnel Records Center fire of 1973, [1] also known as the 1973 National Archives fire, was a fire that occurred at the Military Personnel Records Center (MPRC) in the St. Louis suburb of Overland, Missouri, from July 12-16, 1973. (sachecucine.it)
  • The fire destroyed some 16 million to 18 million official military personnel records. (sachecucine.it)
  • [9] As of 15 August, there were 250 Japanese personnel present on Vella Lavella. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Kempei Tai (Japanese Secret Military Police) were convinced that Sakakida was a member of the US Army and tried every conceivable torture and pressure to get him to change his story, including the water treatment , where his stomach was filled with water and then jumped upon by his torturers. (javadc.org)
  • Because the Japanese Americans in the Pacific were so scattered and because of the secret nature of their work, there was little publicity about their role in the war. (fresnostate.edu)
  • In September 1943, I was in paratroop school at Fort Benning, Georgia," recalled Caesar J. Civitella, a private from Philadelphia, "and then at Camp Mackall near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for airborne and gliders. (nps.gov)
  • Fort Gregg-Adams - Fort Lee is currently home to the headquarters of the US Army Combined Arms Support Command, the US Army Quartermaster Center and School, the Army Logistics University, the US Defense Commissary Agency, and the US Ordnance Center and Schools. (ucmjdefense.com)
  • Their tactics, techniques and procedures are taught during the 2nd Phase of BUD/S training and mastered during a SEAL Platoon deployment work up. (specialoperations.com)
  • In January 1946 she made three voyages between Southampton and St. Helier, Jersey, carrying returning service personnel. (wikipedia.org)
  • If you've been discharged from military service, your personnel files are stored here at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). (sachecucine.it)
  • In fact, this campaign was the first large-scale land operation in which the Canadian Army stationed in Great Britain took part. (silverhawkauthor.com)