William Henry Purnell Blandy Admiral, United States Navy |
 |
| William
H. P. Blandy was born in New York City 28 June 1890.
William H. P. Blandy graduated from the Academy in 1913. He participated in the occupation of Veracruz in 1914 and served on board a battleship with the British Grand Fleet during World War I. During World War II he was Chief of the Bureau
of Ordnance; Commander, Group 1, Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet; and Commander,
Cruisers and Destroyers, Pacific Fleet. After the war he commanded JTF
1 during the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. He commanded the 2nd Task
Fleet and later served as Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet. Admiral Blandy
died 12 January 1954.
He is, however, most known for overseeing the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Island in the Pacific Ocean. He died on January 13, 1954 at the U.S. Navy Hospital, St. Albans, New York, and was buried in Section 2 of Arlington National Cemetery.
BLANDY, WILLIAM HENRY PURNELL ADMR USN DATE OF BIRTH: 06/28/1890 DATE OF DEATH: 01/12/1954 BURIED AT: SECTION 2 SITE 4964-A R ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 
Photo By Michael Robert Patterson, 1999 Updated: 19 December 2001 Updated: 16 April 2005 Updated: 26 March 2006 |
|
