W.H.P. Blandy
Birthday:
June 28, 1890 in New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name:
William Henry Blanchard Blandy
Admiral Blandy was the head of the Navy's Bureau of Ordinance in the early stages of World War II; later commanding an amphibious task group in the central Pacific. In late 1945, he was given command of Joint Task Force 1 which carried out atomic bomb tests in Bikini atoll in the summer of 1946.
