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"Robert Prince (November 7, 1919 - January 1, 2009) was an officer in the United States Army's elite 6th Ranger Battalion. In 1945 he was chosen personally by Lt. Col. Henry Mucci to plan the rescue at the Cabanatuan POW camp in the Philippines. Personal life Prince was born in Seattle, Washington on November 7, 1919 and grew up in the Madrona neighborhood. He graduated from Garfield High School and Stanford University, studying history and economics. He was initiated in Sigma Chi fraternity at Stanford. Prince joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and was commissioned as a Second lieutenant in 1941. On January 31, 1942, he married Barbara Harrison at Seattle's Episcopal Church of the Epiphany. Only a few months afterwards, Prince was sent to New Guinea to fight in the war against the Imperial Japanese Army. The fighting in New Guinea ended a week before his group arrived. Shortly afterwards, the US Army created the 6th Ranger Battalion with Lt. Colonel Mucci commanding. In January 1945, news spread of the "Kill-All" policy of the Japanese. Mucci was quickly ordered to form a team to rescue prisoners at the Cabanatuan camp. After the successful raid in 1945, Prince left the Army as a Major the day before Thanksgiving 1946. Prince reunited with his wife and raised two sons. He settled in Wenatchee and ran an apple business.Robert Prince, U.S. Army Ranger, 1919–2009 In his later years, he retired in Kirkland, WA, and, after the death of his wife, he moved to Port Townsend, WA to be closer to his son. Raid at Cabanatuan Prince was mainly involved with the planning of the raid. He had to hastily create a plan using a low level of intelligence of the area. Prince built his plan around his two best weapons; surprise and confusion. One of his primary concerns was the flatness of the countryside, since the Rangers would have to crawl across an open field without being seen by the guards. At the suggestion of Juan Pajota, a Filipino guerrilla, Mucci arranged for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) to have a P-61 Black Widow night fighter buzz the camp while the men made their way across the field. It proved to be the biggest factor in achieving the element of surprise.American Experience Bataan Rescue People & Events Prince was personally responsible for the rescue of approximately 500+ Bataan Death March survivors through his rescue plan and direct actions. The principles of this plan are still taught today at the United States Military Academy. Honors Prince received the nation's second-highest award for valor, the Distinguished Service Cross, for his involvement in the raid. In the late 1990s, he was added to the Army Ranger Hall of Fame.Leader of WWII's 'Great Raid' looks back at real-life POW rescue The Raid at Cabanatuan was depicted in the 1945 film Back to Bataan and the 2005 film The Great Raid that featured actor James Franco playing Prince. References Category:1919 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Military personnel from Seattle Category:United States Army officers Category:American army personnel of World War II Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States) Category:Stanford University alumni "
"Vinay is a masculine Indian name typically meaning leading, guidance, politeness, humility and modesty in Sanskrit. It has its origins in the Sanskrit language, and is of Indo-Aryan / Indo-European origin. Most Indian languages spell and pronounce the name as is in Sanskrit but in a few other languages such as Bengali and Odiya, changes either in spelling or pronunciation or both occur. For example, it may be used as, Binay in Bengali- speaking and Odia- speaking regions. Feminine form of the name is Vinaya or Vinayaa. Binay is also a surname popular in Philippines. Vinay may refer to: People *Vinay Anand, Indian actor *Vinay Apte, Indian actor *Vinay Bhaskar, Indian politician *Vinay Bhat, American chess Grandmaster *Vinay Chandra Maudgalya, Indian classical musician *Vinay V. Deodhar, a professor of mathematics at Indiana University *Vinay Forrt, Indian actor *Vinay Govind, Indian film director *Vinay Katiyar, Indian politician *Vinay Khetia, Muslim Scholar *Vinay Kore, Indian politician *Vinay Kumar, Indian cricketer *Vinay Kumar (pathologist), Professor of Pathology at the University of Chicago *Vinay Kumar Pandey, Indian politician *Vinay Kumar Pathak, Indian academic *Vinay Kumar Sorake, Indian politician *Vinay Lal, Indian historian *Vinay Maloo, Indian businessman *Vinay Nair, American investor *Vinay Nadkarni, Indian banker *Vinay Pathak, Indian actor *Vinay Prasad, American hematologist-oncologist *Vinay Rai, Indian actor *Vinay Rajkumar, Indian actor *Vinay Rohrra, Indian actor *Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Indian politician *Vinay Saynekar, Indian type designer, calligrapher *Vinay Shukla, Indian film writer and director *Vinay Singh, Indian footballer *Vinay Virmani, Canadian actor *Vinay Pratap, Buisnessman Others *21644 Vinay, a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1370.4239593 days (3.75 years) *Jean-Baptiste-Maximien Parchappe de Vinay, French psychiatrist *Ranvir Vinay Aur Kaun?, Indian Hindi talk show *Vinay, Isère, commune in the Isère department in southeastern France *Vinay, Marne, commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France * Category:Indian masculine given names "
"John McCowan (4 February 1863 – 24 November 1900) was a Scottish physicist born in Bridge of Allan, near Stirling, Scotland, to tailor William McCowan and his wife Mary McKay. He was educated at the University of Glasgow (B.Sc. 1883, M.A 1886, D.Sc. 1892). He taught first at the Royal College of Science for Ireland (in Dublin) from 1884 to 1888, and from then on at University College, Dundee. McCowan was a pioneer in the study of the fluid mechanics and physics behind surfing, and his papers on wave theory are still being cited over a century later. His career was cut short due to heart issues, and he died age 37.MacTutor: History of Mathematics archive John McCowanScience and Discovery: John McCowan at beamccowan.comHydraulicians in Europe, 1800-2000: a biographical dictionary of leaders in hydraulic engineering and fluid mechanics Journal of Hydraulic Research. Volume 42, 2004 - Issue 4 Scientific publications * J. McCowan, On the solitary wave, Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 32, pp. 45–58 (1891). * J. McCowan, On the highest wave of permanent type, Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 38, pp. 351–358 (1894). References Category:Scottish physicists Category:1863 births Category:1900 deaths Category:People from Bridge of Allan "