{"id":33744,"date":"2013-01-22T08:27:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T12:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=33744"},"modified":"2013-01-22T08:27:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T12:27:20","slug":"james-jake-mcniece-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=33744","title":{"rendered":"James &#8220;Jake&#8221; McNiece passes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=33745\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33745\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mcniece_02-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"mcniece_02\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-33745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mcniece_02-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mcniece_02.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>ROS sends <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiok.com\/news\/article_eaf10481-2418-5aee-89cd-9558c6a5f36c.html\">the sad news<\/a> that James &#8220;Jake&#8221; McNiece has passed at the age of 93. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>McNiece, a retired Ponca City postal worker, commanded a group of rough men nicknamed \u201cThe Filthy 13,\u201d who served as the inspiration for the 1967 movie \u201cThe Dirty Dozen.\u201d Hours before the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion, McNiece led 18 paratroopers behind enemy lines to destroy two bridges and control a third to prevent German reinforcements from moving into Normandy and to cut off retreating German troops. Sixteen of his men were killed during the 36-day mission, in which they also cut enemy communications and supply lines.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>McNiece talks about his refusal to stand &#8220;Retreat&#8221;;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P2BT4RRhcik\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And he talks about his war experiences;<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=1675312137001&#038;linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsok.com%2Farticle%2F3747833&#038;playerID=1681694480&#038;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAACqD3ms~,3I1DNCm2Ps-fwJuGXeVP_-3n_u1FX_vj&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashVars=\"videoId=1675312137001&#038;linkBaseURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsok.com%2Farticle%2F3747833&#038;playerID=1681694480&#038;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAACqD3ms~,3I1DNCm2Ps-fwJuGXeVP_-3n_u1FX_vj&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROS sends the sad news that James &#8220;Jake&#8221; McNiece has passed at the age of 93. &hellip; <a title=\"James &#8220;Jake&#8221; McNiece passes\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=33744\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">James &#8220;Jake&#8221; McNiece passes<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blue-skies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33744\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}