Only Two USS Nevada Crew Members Remain-- Part 3: 'The Honor of Firing the First Shot'

Dick Ramsey has received the French Foreign Legion of Honor and said he still has the letter sent by General Dwight D. Eisenhower telling the troops how significant the Allied landings were.

"Eisenhower had requested some battleships with big guns," said Ramsey.  

"So they sent them the three oldest battleships in the Navy-- the Arkansas, the Texas and the Nevada."

Outside Utah Beach, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Morton Deyo ordered the Nevada to open fire.  "The Nevada had the honor of firing the first shot."  And doubly impactful in that the Nevada was the only one also at Pearl Harbor,

And, another honor for the USS Nevada in the next post.

--GreGen