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August 7, 1945: Atomic Bombing headlines. ATOMIC BOMBS MORE ESSENTIAL THAN REDS' AID and London papers concerning comments on the Bomb.




The Truman Presidential Library posted the full USS Augusta atomic bomb announcement film on their YouTube channel. Laugh take begins at approx. the 2:28 mark:






Unsung heroes of World War II: Tinian Island chef officer Charles A. Perry [1912-1986] who, according to the book ENOLA GAY: MISSION TO HIROSHIMA, created this welcome home flyer for the crew. "Ration free beer!"




August 7, 1945: US Navy Cites Tokyo Rose for Boosting Morale
"seductive-voiced Japanese girl propogandist, won a citation from the US Navy today for "meritorious service contributing greatly to the morale" of American troops in the Pacific."


Tokyo Rose ceased to be merely a symbol in September 1945 when Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American disc jockey for a propagandist radio program, attempted to return to the United States. Toguri was accused of being the "real" Tokyo Rose, and was arrested, detained by the US military for year, handed over to the DOJ and tried in 1949, and became the seventh person in U.S. history to be convicted of treason. Toguri was eventually paroled from prison in 1956, but it was more than twenty years later that she received an official presidential pardon from Gerald Ford in 1977 for her role in the war.

Note Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916-2006) was an American citizen visiting Japan when World War II began. Unable to return to the United States, she risked her life smuggling food to American service men held in prisoner of war camps. She graduated from UCLA in 1940 with a degree in zoology and that same year registered to vote as a Republican.

Walter Kaner (May 5, 1920 – June 26, 2005) was a journalist and radio personality who broadcast using the name Tokyo Mose during and after World War II. Kaner broadcast on U.S. Army Radio, at first to offer comic rejoinders to the propaganda broadcasts of Tokyo Rose and then as a parody to entertain U.S. troops abroad. In U.S.-occupied Japan, his "Moshi, Moshi Ano-ne" jingle was sung to the tune of "London Bridge is Falling Down" and became so popular with Japanese children and G.I.s that the U.S. military's Stars and Stripes newspaper called it "the Japanese occupation theme song."



August 7, 1957: Operation PLUMBBOB - shot STOKES, balloon, W30 nuclear warhead used on the RIM-8 Talos surface-to-air missile and the Tactical Atomic Demolition Munition (TADM), 19 kt. From about 5 miles away the Stokes shockwave collapses US Navy Blimp K-40, model ZSG-3.




This August 7, 1963 photo is of herdsman Ken Case, the Atomic Cowboy, holding a livestock branding iron. The Atomic Energy Commission had an experimental farm at Area 15 on the Nevada Test Site. Cattle were branded "AEC." From NNSS - One Voice, 65th Anniversary Edition, Winter 2016 PDF.




August 7, 1975: A Titan II ICBM (1963 to 1987) launches from Vanderberg Air Force Base, California, carrying a city killer nine-megaton W53 Thermonuclear warhead, as part of ongoing U.S. Air Force nuclear capabilities testing.




August 7, 1975: Continental Airlines Flight 426, a Boeing 727-224, crashes on takeoff from Denver after encountering severe windshear. The 727 struck the ground a few feet from the end of the runway and skidded for nearly 2,000 feet, ending up broken into three pieces. The 134 persons aboard the aircraft survived the crash; 15 persons were injured seriously, and the aircraft is written off as a total loss.



Here's a simulation vid showing how it happened:




August 7, 1989:



Great genes, err jeans. I remember Brooke Shields being a lot more provocative and she was only 15 at the time.



Sydney Sweeney’s Shocking Car Collection Has More Torque Than Her Rom-coms

Meet the Hollywood star who loves cars

Sydney Sweeney born September 12, 1997 is an automobile enthusiast. She has restored a 1969 Ford Bronco and a 1965 Ford Mustang, and also owns a 1956 Ford F100 with original patina, gifted by her grandfather. In partnership with Ford, Sweeney designed a custom 2024 Mustang.

In June 2024, it was reported that Sweeney had purchased a $13.5 million home in the Florida Keys. Not worried about climate change.