From the June 4, 2012, Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star by Tim Gay.
Donol McKay of Grand Island joined the Army in 1942. On the outskirts of Rennes, France, in early August 1944, over a period of 48 hours, Private McKay killed six German soldiers, captured 28 and volunteered twice to be led blindfolded into a German command post to plead for its officer to surrender.
He returned with the message, "They still want to make a fight of it. His commander, Lt.Col. William Bailey replied' "They can have a fight then. We will blow some sense into them."
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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