William Henry Purnell Blandy (28 June 1890 – 12 January 1954), known to close associates as "Spike", was an admiral in the United States Navy during World...

USS Blandy (DD-943) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer, named for Admiral William H. P. Blandy USN (1890–1954), Blandy was built by the Bethlehem Steel...

conducted by Joint Army/Navy Task Force One, headed by Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy rather than by the Manhattan Project, which had developed nuclear...

Blandy (born 1976), British artist Mary Blandy (1720–1752), English murderer Stella Blandy (1836-1925), French woman of letters, feminist William H....

preceding the mid-February amphibious assault. However, Rear Admiral William H. P. Blandy, commander of the Amphibious Support Force (Task Force 52), did not...

tons (200 t) (440,000 lb) of RDX per day. A decision was taken by William H. P. Blandy, chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, to adopt RDX for use in mines and...

William H. P. Blandy, U.S. Navy admiral William Eckert, U.S. Air Force lieutenant general and fourth commissioner of Major League Baseball Martin P....

persuading Vice Admiral William H. P. Blandy to abandon the cleanup and with it the surviving target ships. On August 10, Warren showed Blandy an autoradiograph...

Admiral Ingolf N. Kiland, Amphibious Support Force Rear Admiral William H. P. Blandy and Gunfire and Covering Force, Rear Admiral Morton Deyo. At the...

Mary Blandy (c. 1720 – 6 April 1752) was an eighteenth century British murderer. In 1751, she poisoned her father, Francis Blandy, with arsenic. She claimed...

Worth H. Bagley Ralph A. Bard George Barnett Micheal Barrett Robert H. Barrow Reginald R. Belknap William S. Benson Delbert Black William H. P. Blandy (4...

excerpts from speeches, interviews and news reports: Lloyd Bentsen, William H. P. Blandy, Owen Brewster, Frank Gallop, Lyndon Johnson, Maurice Joyce, Nikita...

Pola (1914–2012), Australian rules footballer William H. P. Blandy (1890–1954), US Navy admiral William Eckert (1909–1971), US Air Force lieutenant general...

staff and aide to Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet under Admiral William H. P. Blandy. In April 1949, the budget's cuts and proposed reorganization of...

Rabbit Maranville, baseball player (b. 1891) January 12 William H. P. Blandy, admiral (b. 1890) Elmer H. Geran, politician (b. 1875) January 17 – Leonard Eugene...

was flagship for Operation Crossroads, flying the flag of Admiral William H. P. Blandy, Joint Task Force One's commander during the atomic tests. Following...

was a change of attitude, with Captain William H. P. (Spike) Blandy as the head of BuOrd's Research Desk. Blandy welcomed the assistance of NDRC scientists...

ship Eldorado Amphibious Support Force (Task Force 52) Rear Admiral William H.P. Blandy in amphibious command ship Estes Attack Force (Task Force 53) Rear...

coverage throughout the early 1990s The title track features a quote by William H. P. Blandy, who originally said "I am not an atomic playboy" in response to...

1934–1937 Rear Admiral William R. Furlong, 1937–1941 Rear Admiral William H. P. Blandy, 1941–1943 Vice Admiral George F. Hussey Jr., 1943–1947 Rear Admiral...

Walden L. Ainsworth USN (31 October 1944 - 13 July 1945) Rear Admiral William H. P. Blandy USN (13 July 1945 - 2 September 1945) List of DesPac Commanders [1]...

was launched on 19 December 1943, sponsored by the wife of Admiral William H. P. Blandy, and commissioned on 21 April 1944, with Commander John E. Lee in...

headquarters co-located to those of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Admiral William H.P. Blandy was given the dual-hatted command of both U.S. Atlantic Fleet and...

admiral (died 1958) Jeanne Eagels, actress (died 1929) June 28 – William H. P. Blandy, admiral (d. 1954) June 30 – Gertrude McCoy, actress (d. 1967) July...

four-star admirals William H. P. Blandy, Laurance T. DuBose, John L. Hall Jr.; Vice admirals Paul Hendren, Arthur G. Robinson, Leo H. Thebaud; and Rear...

minesweepers 2 landing craft, control 6 landing craft, vehicle Rear Adm. William H.P. Blandy Embarking 27th Infantry Division (Army) Transport Division 7 (Capt...

Station Norfolk, and after training, broke the flag of Rear Admiral William H. P. Blandy, Commander, Amphibious Group One. She sailed from Pearl Harbor on...

William Ellsworth Kepner (6 January 1893 in Miami, Indiana - 3 July 1982 in Orlando, Florida) was an officer in the United States Army, United States...

assumed duty as Commander Service Force, Atlantic Fleet under Admiral William H. P. Blandy. Baker remained in Norfolk until February 1949, when he was ordered...

Marine Forces, Atlantic. In July 1948 he joined the staff of Admiral William H. P. Blandy, the Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet as the fleet Marine officer...