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May 14, 1945: a bomb-laden crazy kamikaze dove straight through five decks on USS Enterprise (CV-6) during the Battle of Okinawa. The resulting explosion blew the 15-ton forward elevator 400 feet into the air, killing 14 and wounding 68. Swift damage control extinguished all fires within 30 minutes. Amazing! Wait, there's more.


^^^ Appearing as if they were walking on water, USS Enterprise sailors who had been blown overboard by the explosion used the forward elevator as a life raft until being rescued by USS Waldron.

"Led by Lieutenant (j.g.) Shunsuke Tomiyasu, 26 Japanese A6M5 Zeke fighters, each armed with a bigger-than-usual 1,100-pound bomb (facilitated by the shorter range to the target)...The plane and bomb plunged right through the flight deck, creating a 12-by-20-foot hole, with the plane disintegrating in the hangar bay and the big bomb penetrating several more decks. The force of the explosion separated the elevator structure from the decking and blew the decking 400 feet into the air. (This explosion resulted in one of the more spectacular photos of the war, but did not blow the whole elevator as high as 400 feet, as most captions have it.)"

USS Enterprise (Task Force 58 Flagship), 14 May 1945


May 14, 1945: U-858 was taken over by a U.S. Navy crew. The German CO had surrendered the sub at sea four days earlier and was then ordered to proceed to Fort Miles, Delaware. The transfer was watched over by a (rare view) Sikorsky HNS-I, the first helicopter to enter U.S. military service. That blimp is a US Navy K class patrol blimp. K-ships were used for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) duties in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as well as the Mediterranean Sea.



U-858 was the first enemy ship to surrender to the United States forces (since War of 1912) following the defeat of Germany in World War II. After surrendering, she was used for publicity in War bond drives.


May 14, 1945: U-234 surrendered to USS Sutton after Hitler's successor ADM Karl Dönitz ordered all U-boats to turn themselves over to Allied forces. Her first and only mission into enemy or contested territory consisted of the attempted delivery of 1,200 pounds of uranium oxide and German advanced weapons technology to the Empire of Japan. Also, had two Japanese officers aboard who chose to commit suicide rather than surrender.


The Japs were in fact working on building a nuke. The 1,200 pounds of uranium disappeared. Some historians & researchers believe it was most likely transferred to the Manhattan Project's Oak Ridge diffusion plant.

Docu vid: Nazi Uranium for the Manhattan Project The U-Boat U-234 with U-235 Nuclear cargo



THE BIG THREE
One job done.
- Time magazine, May 14, 1945




Happy 105th birthday to CAPT Dale Reed, USN (Ret). CAPT Reed is the oldest living graduate of the United States Naval Academy (Class of 1942). When he passes he should get a state funeral.




"BUILD THIS CONELRAD." Boy's Life, January 1956. CONELRAD would cease to exist by 1963 - replaced by the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS). Today we have the Emergency Alert System (EAS).





May 14, 1968: Lieutenant General Berton E. Spivy Jr. (1911-1997) wrote the "Freedom Drop" memo concerning the contingency use of nuclear weapons in North Korea during the USS Pueblo crisis. He was promoted to 4-star general in July 1968 and served as the U.S. Representative to the NATO Military Committee until retiring in July 1971 with 37 years active service. He then went to work as a weapons consultant for Martin Marietta (known as Lockheed Martin today). Well, of course he did.

Document 17:



Read full documents here:

USS Pueblo: LBJ Considered Nuclear Weapons, Naval Blockade, Ground Attacks in Response to 1968 North Korean Seizure of Navy Vessel, Documents Show





The largest number of U.S. Army and Air Force generals believed to have assembled in West Berlin since the end of World War II met, Jan. 22, 1965 for an executive board meeting of the Transatlantic Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Left to right: Bring. Gen. Harold K. Kelly, U.S. Air Force; Brig. Gen. Arthur W. Kellond, Cmdr. European Security Region; Lt. Gen. William W. Quinn, Cmdr. 7th Army; Brig. Gen. John Hay, Cmdr. Berlin Bring.; Maj. Gen. Berton E. Spivy, Jr. Cmdr. 3rd Arm. Div.; Maj. Gen. John F. Franklin Jr., Berlin Commandant; Maj. Gen. John Hardy, Cmdr. 3rd Air Force; Maj. Gen. Stanley R. Larsen, Hqs. USAREUR; Lt. Gen. R.M. Montgomery, Vice Cmdr. In Chief US Air Force Europe; Brig. Gen. Fillmore K. Meams Cmdr. V. Corps Art; Brig. Gen. D.E. Munson; 7th Army Support Cmd.; Brig. Gen. Glass, Asst. Cmdr. 4th Army Div.; Brig. Jos M. Heiser, Chief of Staff U.S. Army Communications zone Europe; Dr. Rob. M.O'Kane, head of U.S. schools in Europe Brig. Gen. J.B. Heines, Cmdr. Europe Exchange, Brig. Gen. F.C. Gray. Cmdr. US Air Force Turkey; H. Wechsler, US Embassy, Bonn. (AP Photo/Edwin Reichert)


May 14th - As far the public are concerned, Capricorn One lands, and footage is broadcast of the astronauts walking on the surface of Mars. In reality, they are still on earth and filming from the desert.


I remember watching this for first time on HBO as a kid and next morning had a dozen questions for my dad. LOL.


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