page 1 1 5 



QUARTERDECK CONFERENCE ON THE AD- 

 MIRAL'S BARGE. Touring the Bikini Lagoon while 

 in earnest conference with Admiral Blandy are 

 Major General W. E. Kepner (left), Deputy Task 

 Force Commander for Aviation, and Hon. James 

 Forrestal, Secretary of Navy. So large and rami- 

 fied was the Operation that weeks were required 

 to give visitors real understanding of the interplay 



of technical and operational problems presented 

 by the tests. Admiral W. H. P. Blandy was a logi- 

 cal choice to command Joint Task Force One. 

 Long distinguished in the field of ordnance engi- 

 neering, and Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance 

 from 1941 to 1943, Admiral Blandy saw action in 

 the Pacific, was latterly Deputy Chief of Naval 

 Operations, Special Weapons. 



