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1 day ago · Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun ( US: / ˌvɜːrnər vɒn ˈbraʊn / VUR-nər von BROWN, German: [ˌvɛʁnheːɐ̯ fɔn ˈbʁaʊ̯n]; 23 March 1912 – 16 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer [3] and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, the leading figure in the development of rocket ...
Jun 29, 2024 · 942. Walter Brown had served on the Western front with the 20th Battalion, AIF and was first awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1917 and then, in July 1918, the Victoria Cross. The many published biographies, as well as his military service dossiers, all state that at the outbreak of the Second World War, he served as a gunner in the 2nd/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery and in the wake of the Japanese trust through Malaya to Singapore he was listed as being killed on
3 days ago · Walter Augustine Brown (February 10, 1905 – September 7, 1964) was an American sports executive. He was the founder and original owner of the Boston Celtics, [1] operated the Boston Garden-Arena Corporation, and served as president of the Boston Athletic Association. In ice hockey, he coached the Boston Olympics to five Eastern Hockey League ...
Jul 4, 2024 · The primary purpose in publishing the Nominal Roll is to provide a list of those members of Australia's armed forces who served during World War II. Canteen staff in the Army and RAAF were formally enlisted serving members and their names appear on the roll. Navy canteen staff were not enlisted and, as civilians, were required to sail on RAN ...
Jun 29, 2024 · Initially known as The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, it recruited primarily in Preston, Chorley, Bolton and Wigan. The new unit’s 1st Battalion was in Ireland when the amalgamation occurred, but in 1882 deployed first to Gibraltar, then India. The 2nd Battalion was already in India at the time of the merger, but returned to Britain for 16 ...
3 days ago · List of. Father Brown. episodes. Father Brown is a British television detective period drama that has been broadcast on BBC One since 14 January 2013. It stars Mark Williams as the eponymous crime -solving Roman Catholic priest. The series is loosely based on short stories by G. K. Chesterton. [1]
1 day ago · Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, BETHESDA, Md – Walter Reed Director, U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr.) Melissa Austin, awarded command coins to Army Maj. (Dr.) Carlie Cerne and Army Capt. Mark DeJesus during a meeting of the hospital’s board of directors on July 16 for the emergency and lifesaving care Cerne and DeJesus provided on a recent medevac and off base respectively.
