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[[File:Joseph Desha by Katherine Helm.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Joseph Desha]] 
;[[Joseph Desha]] ([[User:Acdixon|Acdixon]]) : '''Joseph Desha''' (1768&ndash;1842) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] and the [[List of Governors of Kentucky|ninth]] [[Governor of Kentucky|governor]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kentucky]]. Desha was raised near [[Gallatin, Tennessee]], where his family were involved in many skirmishes with the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indians]]. Two of Desha's brothers were killed in these encounters, motivating him to volunteer for "Mad" [[Anthony Wayne]]'s campaign against the Indians during the [[Northwest Indian War]]. Desha subsequently parlayed his military record into several terms in the [[Kentucky General Assembly|state legislature]]. In 1807, Desha was elected to the first of six consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was considered a [[War Hawk]], supporting the [[War of 1812]]. In 1813, he volunteered to serve in the war and commanded a [[Division (military)|division]] at the [[Battle of the Thames]]. He did not seek reelection in 1818, and made an unsuccessful run for governor in 1820. However, he was elected governor by a large majority in 1824. At the expiration of his term, he retired from public life.

;[[Ian Fleming]] ([[User: Schrodinger's cat is alive | SchroCat]]  and [[User:Cassianto|Cassianto]]) : '''Ian Fleming''' (1908–1964) was an English author, journalist and [[British Naval Intelligence|Naval Intelligence Officer]], best known for his [[James Bond]] series of [[spy novel]]s. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank [[Robert Fleming & Co.]], and his father was the Member of Parliament for [[Henley (UK Parliament constituency)|Henley]] from 1910 until his death on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] in 1917. Educated at [[Eton College|Eton]], [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst|Sandhurst]] and the universities of [[Munich University|Munich]] and [[University of Geneva|Geneva]], Fleming moved through a number of jobs before he started writing. While working in British Naval Intelligence during [[World War II]], Fleming was involved in the planning stages of [[Operation Mincemeat]] and [[Operation Golden Eye]]. He was also involved in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units, [[30 Assault Unit]] and [[T-Force]]. His wartime service and his career as a journalist provided much of the background, detail and depth of the [[James Bond novels|twelve Bond novels]]. The Bond stories rank among [[List of best-selling books#At least 100 million copies|the best-selling series of fictional books]] of all time, having sold over 100&nbsp;million copies worldwide. Fleming also wrote the children's story ''[[Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (novel)|Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang]]'' and two works of non-fiction. In 2008, ''[[The Times]]'' ranked Fleming fourteenth on its list of "The 50 greatest [[British literature|British writers]] since 1945".

[[File:HobeyBakerPrinceton1.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Hobey Baker]] 
;[[Hobey Baker]] ([[User: Kaiser matias| Kaiser matias]]) : '''Hobart Amory Hare "Hobey" Baker''' (1892–1918) was an American amateur athlete of the early twentieth century. Considered the first American star in [[ice hockey]] by the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]], he was also an accomplished [[American football|football]] player. Born into a prominent family from [[Philadelphia]], he enrolled at [[Princeton University]] in 1910. Baker excelled on the university's [[Princeton Tigers men's ice hockey team|hockey]] and [[Princeton Tigers football|football]] teams, and became a noted amateur hockey player for the [[St. Nicholas Rink|St. Nicholas Club]] in New York City. He was a member of three national championship teams, for football in 1911 and hockey in 1912 and 1914, and helped the St. Nicholas Club win a national amateur championship in 1915. Baker graduated from Princeton in 1914 and worked for [[J.P. Morgan & Co.|J.P. Morgan Bank]] until he enlisted in the [[United States Army Air Service]]. During World War I he served with the [[103rd Aero Squadron|103rd]] and the [[13th Aero Squadron]]s before being promoted to captain and named commander of the [[141st Air Refueling Squadron|141st Squadron]]. Baker died in December 1918 after a plane he was test-piloting crashed, hours before he was due to leave France and return to America.

[[File:HMS Furious-15.jpg|thumb|right|100px|HMS ''Furious'' circa 1935&ndash;6]]
; [[HMS Furious (47)]] ([[User:Sturmvogel 66|Sturmvogel 66]]) : '''HMS ''Furious''''' was a modified {{sclass|Courageous|battlecruiser}}  built for the [[Royal Navy]] (RN) during the [[First World War]]. Lightly armoured and armed with only a few heavy guns, she was modified as an [[aircraft carrier]] while under construction. Her forward turret was removed and a [[flight deck]] was added in its place, so that aircraft had to manoeuvre around the superstructure to land. Later in the war, she had her rear turret removed and a second flight deck installed aft of the superstructure. She was reconstructed with a full-length flight deck in the early 1920s. After her conversion, she was used extensively for trials of naval aircraft and later as a training carrier once the new armoured carriers like {{HMS|Ark Royal|91|2}} entered service in the late 1930s. During the early months of the [[World War II|Second World War]] she  spent her time hunting for German raiders in the North Atlantic and escorting convoys. This changed dramatically during the [[Norwegian Campaign]] in early 1940 when her aircraft provided air support to British troops ashore in addition to attacking German shipping. After the withdrawal of British troops in May, she made several anti-shipping strikes in Norway with little result before beginning a steady routine of ferrying aircraft for the [[Royal Air Force]]. She was given a lengthy refit in the United States and spent a few months training after her return in April 1942. She made several more ferry trips in mid-1942 before her aircraft attacked airfields in [[Vichy French]] [[French Algeria| Algeria]] as part of the opening stages of [[Operation Torch]] in November 1942. The ship remained in the Mediterranean until February 1943 when she was transferred to the Home Fleet. She spent most of 1943 training, but made a number of attacks on the {{ship|German battleship|Tirpitz}} and other targets in Norway during the first half of 1944. By September 1944, the ship was showing her age and she was placed in [[Reserve fleet|reserve]]. She was decommissioned in April 1945, and sold for [[scrap]] in 1948.

[[File:Oerip Soemohardjo 5 November 1947 KR.JPG|thumb|right|100px|Soemohardjo in uniform, c. 1947]]
;[[Oerip Soemohardjo]] ([[User:Crisco 1492|Crisco 1492]]) : General '''Oerip Soemohardjo''' (1893–1948) was an Indonesian general and the first chief of staff of the [[Indonesian National Armed Forces]]. Born in [[Purworejo]], [[Dutch East Indies]], Oerip graduated from military training in in 1914, and served as an officer in the [[Royal Netherlands East Indies Army]], the army of the Dutch colonial government. During almost 25 years of service he was stationed on three different islands and promoted several times, eventually becoming the highest-ranking [[Native Indonesians|native]] officer in the country. Oriep resigned from his position in about 1938, but was recalled to active duty in May 1940. When the [[Empire of Japan]] [[Japanese occupation of Indonesia|occupied the Indies]] less than two years later, he was arrested and detained in a prisoner-of-war camp for three and a half months. On 14&nbsp;October 1945, several months after [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|Indonesia proclaimed its independence]], Oerip was declared the chief of staff and interim leader of the newly formed army. On 12&nbsp;November 1945 General [[Sudirman]] was selected as leader of the armed forces after two deadlocked votes. Oerip remained as chief of staff, and together the two oversaw almost three years of development during the [[Indonesian National Revolution]], until disgusted by the political leadership's lack of trust in the army and ongoing political manoeuvrings, Oerip resigned in early 1948. Already suffering from a weak heart, his health deteriorated and he died of a heart attack a few months later. A lieutenant general at the time, Oerip was posthumously promoted to full general. He received several awards from the Indonesian government, including the title [[National Hero of Indonesia]] in 1964.

[[File:Salt marshes - geograph.org.uk - 205488.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Salt marsh near Brancaster Staithe]]
;[[North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest]] ([[User:Jimfbleak|Jimfbleak]]) : The '''North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest''' ([[Site of Special Scientific Interest|SSSI]]) comprises 7,700&nbsp;ha (19,027&nbsp;acres) of [[Norfolk]]'s north coast from just west of [[Holme-next-the-Sea]] to [[Kelling]]. Habitats within the SSSI include [[reed bed]]s, [[salt marsh]]es, freshwater [[lagoon]]s and sand or [[shingle beach]]es. The wetlands are important for wildlife, including some scarce breeding birds such as [[Pied Avocet]]s, [[Western Marsh Harrier]]s, [[Eurasian Bittern]]s and [[Bearded Reedling]]s. The location also attracts [[bird migration|migrating birds]] including [[vagrancy (biology)|vagrant]] rarities. Ducks and geese winter along this coast in considerable numbers, and several [[nature reserve]]s provide suitable conditions for [[European Water Vole|water vole]]s, [[Natterjack Toad|natterjack toads]], and scarce plants and [[invertebrate]]s. The area is [[archaeology|archaeologically]] significant, with [[artifact (archaeology)|artefacts]] dating back to the [[Upper Paleolithic]]. The mound of an [[Iron Age]] fort is visible at [[Holkham]], and the site of a 23 ha (57 acres) [[Roman Britain|Roman]] naval port and fort built on the [[castrum]] pattern is just outside [[Brancaster]]. The site of the medieval "[[Blakeney Chapel|chapel]]" (probably a domestic dwelling) at [[Blakeney, Norfolk|Blakeney]] is no longer accessible. Military remains from both [[world war]]s include an [[armoured fighting vehicle]] gunnery range, a hospital and bombing ranges, as well as passive defences such as [[British hardened field defences of World War II|pillboxes]], barbed wire and [[Dragon's teeth (fortification)|tank traps]].

[[File:WW2 Pillbox at Cley-next-the Sea - geograph.org.uk - 11710.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Ruined World War II [[pillbox (military)|pillbox]] at Cley Marshes]]
;[[Cley Marshes]] ([[User:Jimfbleak|Jimfbleak]] and [[User:MeegsC|MeegsC]]) : '''Cley Marshes''' is a {{convert|176|ha|acre|adj=on}} [[nature reserve]] on the [[North Sea]] coast of England just outside the village of [[Cley next the Sea]],  [[Norfolk]]. A reserve since 1926, it is the oldest of the reserves belonging to the [[Norfolk Wildlife Trust]] (NWT). Cley Marshes protects an area of [[reed bed]]s, freshwater [[marsh]], [[pond|pools]] and [[wet meadow]]s and has been designated as a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] (SSSI), [[Special Area of Conservation]] (SAC), [[Special Protection Area]] (SPA), and [[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar Site]] due to the large numbers of birds it attracts. The reserve is important for some scarce breeding species, such as [[Pied Avocet]]s on the islands, and [[Western Marsh Harrier]]s, [[Eurasian Bittern]]s and [[Bearded Reedling]]s in the reeds, and is also a major [[bird migration|migration]] stopoff and wintering site. It has five [[bird hide]]s and an environmentally friendly [[visitor center|visitor centre]], and further expansion is planned through the acquisition of neighbouring land and improvements to visitor facilities. The site has a long history of human occupation, from [[prehistoric]] farming to its use as a [[prisoner of war]] camp in the [[World War II|Second World War]]. The reserve attracts large numbers of visitors, contributing significantly to the economy of Cley village. Despite centuries of [[levee|embankment]] to reclaim land and protect the village, the marshes have been flooded many times, and the southward march of the [[shingle beach|coastal shingle]] bank and encroachment by the sea make it inevitable that the reserve will eventually be lost. New [[wetland]]s are being created further inland to compensate for the loss of coastal habitats.

[[File:Bundesarchiv DVM 10 Bild-23-61-83, Linienschiff "SMS Kaiser".jpg|thumb|right|100px|SMS ''Kaiser'']]
; {{SMS|Kaiser|1911}} ([[User:Parsecboy|Parsecboy]]) : '''SMS ''Kaiser''''' was the [[lead ship]] of the {{sclass|Kaiser|battleship|4}} of [[battleship]]s of the [[Germany|German]] [[Kaiserliche Marine|Imperial Navy]]. ''Kaiser'' was built by the [[Kaiserliche Werft Kiel|Imperial Dockyard]] at [[Kiel]], launched on 22 March 1911 and commissioned on 1 August 1912. The ship was equipped with ten {{convert|30.5|cm|in|sp=us|adj=on}} guns in five twin turrets, and had a top speed of {{convert|23.4|kn}}. ''Kaiser'' was assigned to the III Squadron of the [[High Seas Fleet]] for the majority of [[World War I]]. In 1913, ''Kaiser'' and her sister {{SMS|König Albert||2}} conducted a cruise to South America and South Africa. The ship participated in most of the major fleet operations during the war. She fought at the [[Battle of Jutland]] on 31 May&nbsp;– 1 June 1916, during which she was hit once and suffered negligible damage. The ship was also present during [[Operation Albion]] in the [[Baltic Sea]] in September and October 1917, and at the [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]] in November 1917. During peace negotiations after the end of the war in 1918, she was interned with other ships of the High Seas Fleet at [[Scapa Flow]]. On 21 June 1919 the commander of the interned fleet, Rear Admiral [[Ludwig von Reuter]], [[Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow|ordered the fleet to be scuttled]] to ensure that the British would not be able to seize the ships. The wreck was subsequently raised in 1929 and broken up in [[Rosyth]] in 1930.

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The following images were promoted in September:

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File:Matsumoto Castle05s5s4592.jpg|[[Matsumoto Castle]] (created by [[User:663highland|663highland]], nominated by [[User:Tomer T|Tomer T]])
File:M4A4 cutaway.svg|Cutaway of an [[M4 Sherman]] tank (created by [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Malyszkz Malyszkz], nominated by [[User:TomStar81|TomStar81]])
File:Taagepera mõisa peahoone2.jpg|[[Taagepera Castle]] (created by [[User:Iifar|Iifar]], nominated by [[User:Tomer T|Tomer T]])
File:ISR-EGY border 6521a.jpg|[[Israel–Egypt barrier]] (created by [[User:Idobi1|Idobi1]], nominated by [[User:Tomer T|Tomer T]])
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[[File:Major Norman Frederick Hastings.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Major Norman Frederick Hastings]]
;[[Norman Frederick Hastings]] ([[User:PunkyNZ|PunkyNZ]]) :  [[Major]] '''Norman Frederick Hastings''', [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (1879&ndash;1915) served as [[Officer Commanding]] New Zealand's 6th (Manawatu) Squadron, [[Wellington Mounted Rifle Regiment]].  After serving with British military units during the [[Second Boer War|Second Anglo-Boer War]] in [[South Africa]], he worked as an engineering fitter with the [[New Zealand Railways Department]] workshops at [[Petone]].  He enlisted in the [[New Zealand Expeditionary Force]] at the outbreak of [[World War I]], and served with distinction before dying of wounds after the attack on [[Battle of Chunuk Bair|Chunuk Bair]], [[Gallipoli]], in August 1915. He was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order]] (second only to the [[Victoria Cross]] for officers), was [[mentioned in Despatches]], and was one of only 14 members of the [[New Zealand Army]] to receive the French [[Legion of Honour]] decoration during the war.  The memorial flagstaff at Petone railway station appears to have been erected in his honour, and was the site of New Zealand's first public [[Anzac Day]] ceremony on 25 April 1916.

[[File:USS Lexington (CV-2) leaving San Diego on 14 October 1941.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Aerial view of ''Lexington'' on 14 October 1941]]
; [[USS Lexington (CV-2)]] ([[User:Sturmvogel 66|Sturmvogel 66]]) : '''USS ''Lexington'' (CV-2)''', nicknamed "Lady Lex",was an early [[aircraft carrier]] built for the [[United States Navy]]. She was the [[lead ship]] of the {{Sclass|Lexington|aircraft carrier|4}}, though her only [[sister ship]], {{USS|Saratoga|CV-3|2}}, was commissioned a month earlier. Originally designed as a [[battlecruiser]], she was converted into one of the Navy's first aircraft carriers during construction to comply with the terms of the [[Washington Naval Treaty]] of 1922, which essentially terminated all new [[battleship]] and battlecruiser construction. The ship entered service in 1928 and was assigned to the [[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]] for her entire career. ''Lexington'' and ''Saratoga'' were used to develop and refine carrier tactics in a series of annual exercises before [[World War II]]. On more than one occasion these included successfully staged surprise attacks on [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Hawaii]]. The ship's [[turbo-electric]] propulsion system allowed her to supplement the electrical supply of [[Tacoma, Washington]], during a drought in late 1929 to early 1930. She also delivered medical personnel and relief supplies to [[Managua]], [[Nicaragua]], after an earthquake in 1931. ''Lexington'' was at sea when the [[Pacific War]] began on 7 December 1941, ferrying fighter aircraft to [[Midway Island]]. Her mission was cancelled and she returned to Pearl Harbor. ''Lexington'' rendezvoused with ''Yorktown'' in the Coral Sea in early May. A few days later the Japanese began [[Operation MO]], the invasion of [[Port Moresby]], [[Papua New Guinea]], and the two American carriers attempted to stop the invasion forces. They sank the [[light aircraft carrier]] {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōhō||2}} on 7 May during the [[Battle of the Coral Sea]], but did not encounter the main Japanese force of the carriers {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōkaku||2}} and {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuikaku||2}} until the next day. Aircraft from ''Lexington'' and ''Yorktown'' succeeded in badly damaging ''Shōkaku'', but the Japanese aircraft crippled ''Lexington''. Vapors from leaking [[aviation gasoline]] tanks sparked a series of explosions and fires that could not be controlled, and the carrier had to be [[scuttled]] by an American [[destroyer]] during the evening of 8 May to prevent her capture.

[[File:F-111 F-A-18F.jpg|thumb|right|100px|One of No. 82 Wing's first Super Hornets, with an F-111C (rear), 2010]]
; [[No. 82 Wing RAAF]] ([[User:Ian Rose|Ian Rose]]) : '''No. 82 Wing''' is the [[bomber|strike]] and [[reconnaissance]] [[Wing (military aviation unit)|wing]] of the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] (RAAF), and is headquartered at [[RAAF Base Amberley]], Queensland. Coming under the control of [[Air Combat Group RAAF|Air Combat Group]], the wing operates [[Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet|F/A-18F Super Hornet]] multirole fighters and [[Pilatus PC-9]] [[forward air control]] aircraft. It is also responsible for training personnel to operate the RAAF's [[IAI Heron]] unmanned aerial vehicles.  The wing's units include [[No. 1 Squadron RAAF|Nos.&nbsp;1]] and [[No. 6 Squadron RAAF|6 Squadrons]] (Super Hornet), [[No. 4 Squadron RAAF|No.&nbsp;4 Squadron]] (PC-9), and [[No. 5 Flight RAAF|No.&nbsp;5 Flight]] (Heron). Formed in August 1944, No.&nbsp;82 Wing operated [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|B-24 Liberator]] heavy bombers in the [[South West Pacific theatre of World War&nbsp;II]]. Initially comprising two flying units, [[No. 21 Squadron RAAF|Nos.&nbsp;21]] and [[No. 24 Squadron RAAF|24 Squadrons]], the wing was augmented by [[No. 23 Squadron RAAF|23 Squadron]] in 1945.  After the war its operational units became Nos.&nbsp;1, [[No. 2 Squadron RAAF|2]] and 6 Squadrons. It re-equipped with [[Avro Lincoln]]s in 1948 and, from 1953, [[English Electric Canberra]] jets. Both types saw action in the [[Malayan Emergency]] during the 1950s; the Canberras were also deployed in the [[Vietnam War]] from 1967 to 1971. Between 1970 and 1973, as a stop-gap pending delivery of the long-delayed [[General Dynamics F-111C]] [[Variable-sweep wing|swing-wing]] bomber, Nos.&nbsp;1 and 6 Squadrons flew leased [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|F-4E Phantoms]]. No.&nbsp;2 Squadron continued to fly Canberras until it was disbanded in 1982. After taking delivery of their F-111Cs in 1973, Nos.&nbsp;1 and 6 Squadrons operated the type for 37 years through numerous upgrades, augmented in the mid-1990s by ex-[[United States Air Force|USAF]] G&nbsp;models. The forward air control unit joined No.&nbsp;82 Wing in 2002, and the Heron flight in 2010, the same year that the wing retired its F-111s and replaced them with Super Hornets as an interim force until the planned entry into Australian service of the [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II|F-35 Lightning]] Joint Strike Fighter.


; [[List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (F)]] ([[User: MisterBee1966| MisterBee1966]]): The [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross]] and its variants were the highest awards in the military of the [[Third Reich]] during [[World War II]]. It was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of gallantry. A total of 7,322 awards were made between 30 September 1939 and 17 June 1945. Of these, 280 awards were made to members of the three military branches Germany whose last name starts with "F". Author and historian Veit Scherzer has challenged the validity of 12 of these listings. [[Georg-Wolfgang Feller]], a 13th doubted recipient, is listed by the [[Association of Knight's Cross Recipients]] (AKCR); however the AKCR themselves challenge his listing. The recipients are ordered alphabetically by last name. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded.
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