On June 5, 1944, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gave the final order for D-Day, the June 6 landing of the Allied Forces on the beaches of Normandy. Eisenhower famously said, “Ok, let’s go.” Or he said, “Let’s go.” Or he said, “Ok, we’ll go.” Historians still debate the exact wording today. In 1994, Bill was…
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1. What’s in a Code Name? On 24 January 1946, Vice Admiral W. H. P. Blandy, USN, announced plans for three postwar atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Blandy would be the Commander of Joint Task Force One and oversee 42,000 military, science, and civilian personnel, 95 target vessels, and…
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Veterans Remembering Veterans World War II veterans Bill “Mac” McGee (left) and Larry “Salty” Trueax (right) lay a wreath in the water from the deck of the USS Massachusetts. Memorial Day 1997, Battleship Cove, Massachusetts (Photo Sandra V. McGee) May is Military Appreciation Month Throughout the month, several military holidays pay tribute to present and…
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Another Divorce Ranch Moment by Bill McGee RENO, DECEMBER 17, 1947 – The big news in town was Preview Night at the Hotel Mapes, the new hotel with its prime location at 10 North Virginia Street, across the street from the Riverside Hotel and Truckee River. At twelve stories high, the Mapes was…
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Thanks to Rev. Michael Gatton, former Chaplain for the USS LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry) National Association, for permission to share his impressive remarks honoring the Greatest Generation. 7 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE GREATEST GENERATION Remarks from Chaplain Mike Gatton USS LCI National Association Annual Reunion 2011, Nashville, TN EVERY GENERATION LEAVES A LEGACY OF…
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On July 16, 1945, the world’s first detonation of a nuclear bomb was conducted by the United States on the plains of the Alamogordo Bombing Range 210 miles south of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Code name: TRINITY. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan designated July 16 as National Atomic Veterans’ Day, “a day dedicated to those…