Monday, July 1, 1946 Crossroads Able.

 

Crossroads Able, "Gilda" July 1, 1946.

Atomic weapons were detonated, this time on Bikini Atoll, for the fourth time in human history.   The testing was on ships.  The device was not on target, so the impact was less than expected.

It was front page news, of course, but it was mixed with economic news and concerns.

Ameican troops were fighting German uniforms again, but over a different cause.

Last edition:

Sunday, June 30, 1946. Wartime powers expire.

Labels: 1940s, 1946, actors and actresses, Communism, Economics, Internment of Japanese, It was because of World War Two, Office of Price Administration, Poland, Rationing, Teenagers, Trucks, USSR, War Assets Administration, Women

Monday, June 28, 1976. First women in a service academy.

155 out of an entering class of 1,600 at the United States Air Force Academy were women, the first females to be so admitted.  This was the day of their admission.

They were also the first women to enter any US service academy, although the following week women would enter West Point and Annapolis.

Basic recruit training for the first class with women recruits.  Note that M1 Garands were still being used at the time.

The People's Revolutionary Tribunal of Angola found three American and ten Britons guilty of war crimes connected with their mercenary service in the Angolan Civil War.  Americans Daniel Gearhart and British citizens John Derek Barker, Andrew McKenzie and Tony Callan (Costas Georgiu) received the death sentence.

Gearhart was a Vietnam veteran who had advertised his services in Soldier of Fortune.  He arrived in Angola just days before his capture and may never have fired a shot in the war.  Callan, a Greek Cypriot, in contrast, was described by other mercenaries as a homicidal maniac.

Soldier of Fortune still exists, although you don't hear about it much anymore.  It was hugely destested in Africa at the time due to its embrace of mercenaries, with the 60s and 70s being highwater mark of a sort of romantic view of soldiers of fortune.

British character actor Stanley Baker died at age 48.

The News had a report about a hijacking.

And a hijacking of a French airliner.

Apparently Pride Week was already a thing, and Colorado had a pornography law back on the books.

Last edition:

Friday, June 25, 1976. President for life.

Labels: 1970s, 1976, Idi Amin, Uganda

End Athletic Admissions to Military Academies — Minding The Campus

End Athletic Admissions to Military Academies — Minding The Campus: Secretary Peter Hegseth’s first order to the Department of Defense promised “a focus on lethality, meritocracy, accountability, standards, and readiness.” To the extent that the Service Academies—West Point, Annapolis, the Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, and the Merchant Marine Academy—take this directive seriously, they should end athletic admissions. Such a move would change […]