Second lieutenant

The following year, in February 1960, British Petroleum employees finally located the remains of five crew members.

First Lieutenant William J. Hatton, Second Lieutenant Robert F. Toner, Second Lieutenant D.P. Hayes, Staff Sergeant Samuel E. Adams, and Tech Sergeant Robert E. Lamott.

A diary belonging to Lieutenant Toner was found, which provided crucial insights into what had happened.

The lieutenant's entries revealed that eight of the crew members survived the jump.

Operation Climax, a joint Army and Air Force search in May 1960, led to the discovery of two more crew members.

Staff Sergeant Guy E. Shelley, found 25 miles northwest of the first five, and Tech Sergeant Harold J. Ripslinger, found 26 miles north of Shelley.

In August 1960, another BP Oil team found the remains of Second Lieutenant John S. Woravka, who had died when his parachute failed to open.

The remains of the ninth airman, Staff Sergeant Vernon L. Moore, have never been officially found.

Well, today we're gonna examine the status of young officers.

And, uh, here's one quote to set the scene, and you're gonna tell us what Second Lieutenant Harold Melish of the 3rd East Lancashire Regiment says

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Fine body of men.

Yeah, yeah.

Uh, with the real authority provided by the platoon sergeant.

Well, I'm gonna be Second Lieutenant, uh, Eric Bird, 1/4 Machine Gun Company, and he said this: "All they expected of me was to lead them, put them in the right places, and tell them what to fire at.

[laughs] They did the rest." He means the NCOs, the senior NCOs.

And from those humble beginnings, he went on to live a life that reads like something straight out of a remarkable novel.

In March 1966, as a young man, Rand enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served with the 1st Marines in Vietnam, reaching the rank of corporal and being temporarily promoted to second lieutenant in the field.

After returning home, he went on to officer can- candidate school, the basic school, and then JAG school, before being honorably discharged as a first lieutenant.

But Rand was just getting started.

Well, in the Marine Corps, I had no idea what I was gonna do.

So when I finished up, when I came back from Vietnam, I was a corporal again, but I had been given the opportunity to go to officer candidate school.

And be a real live lawyer, or be a real live second lieutenant, and they couldn't take it away.

And I thought, "Yeah, I'll do that." And I knew that probably a good chance, 'cause I already was a combat veteran, that I would go back and be leading troops or be a forward observer or something.

During the journey, Navy Captain William Parsons had armed the bomb, which had been left unarmed to minimise the risks during take-off.

Second Lieutenant Morris Jepson removed the safety devices 30 minutes before reaching the target area.

The Tokyo control operator of the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation noticed that the Hiroshima station had gone off the air.

He tried to re-establish his program by using another telephone line, but it too had failed.

Father and son, he'll bolt, or if he doesn't, I will." Emma Torrance flings open the door grandly, and we learn what all the to-do is about.

Emma, allow me to introduce Second Lieutenant Torrance of the Royal Sussex.

Father, your son, Second Lieutenant Torrance, your father.

Mother, your little Rogie.

Roger, in uniform, walks in, strung up for the occasion, or the uniform comes forward with Roger inside it.

Major is nosy.

Admiral of the fleet is scrumptious, but Marechal de France, that is the best of all." Mrs.

Torrance, "I think there is nothing so nice as Second Lieutenant." Gulping.

Self-trust.

So there you go, 2LT so-and-so, whoever is listening to this and stressing out about their test tomorrow.

We hope you do awesome.

You will do awesome.

And he sees the oncoming tempest as the perfect way to show how useful this technique can be.

So Joseph tells Second Lieutenant Ralph O'Hare to gear up.

He needs a navigator.

The two men hop into a single-engine AT-6 Texan training aircraft.

I worked all that night, made up my accounts current, and turned over the balance of cash to the citizen physician, Dr. McDowell, and also closed my clothing and property returns, leaving blank receipts with the same gentleman for field signature when he should get there to be forwarded to the department of washington and the duplicates to me these i did not receive for more than a year i remember that i got my orders about eight p m one night and took passage in the boat for brownsville the next morning travelled by stage from brownsville to cumberland md and thence by cars to baltimore philadelphia and new york in a great hurry lest the ship might sail without me.

I found Company F. at Governor's Island, Captain C. Q. Tompkins in command, Lieutenant E. O. C. Ord, Senior First Lieutenant, myself Junior First Lieutenant, Lucian Lurser, and Charles Minor, the Second Lieutenants.

The Company had been filled up to one hundred privates, twelve non-commissioned officers, and one ordnance sergeant, Leighton, making one hundred and thirteen enlisted men and five officers.

Dr. James L. Ord had been employed as acting assistant surgeon to accompany the expedition, and Lt. H. W. Halleck of the Engineers was also to go along.