On June 26, 1948, U.S. and British pilots begin delivering food and supplies by airplane to Berlin after the city is isolated by a Soviet
Union blockade.

When World War II ended in 1945, defeated Germany was divided
into Soviet, American, British and French zones of occupation. The
city of Berlin, though located within the Soviet zone of occupation,
was also split into four sectors, with the Allies taking the western
part of the city and the Soviets the eastern. In June 1948, Josef
Stalin’s government attempted to consolidate control of the city
by cutting off all land and sea routes to West Berlin in order to
pressure the Allies to evacuate. As a result, beginning on June 24
the western section of Berlin and its 2 million people were deprived
of food, heating fuel and other crucial supplies.

On June 22, 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed
the G.I. Bill, an unprecedented act of legislation designed to
compensate returning members of the armed services—known
as G.I.s—for their efforts in World War II.

As the last of its sweeping New Deal reforms, Roosevelt’s
administration created the G.I. Bill (officially the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944) hoping to avoid a relapse into the
Great Depression after the war ended.

Blocker was a high-school English and drama teacher in
Sonora,  Texas, from 1953 to 1954, a sixth-grade teacher
and coach at Eddy Elementary School in Carlsbad, New
Mexico, and then a teacher in California. Blocker and his
wife Dolphia, moved to Los Angeles where he secured
some acting roles.          

Blocker (center) playing football at Sul
Ross University in 1946.       
     

Blocker was drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War
where he served as an infantry sergeant from December 1951
to August 1952. He received a Purple Heart, for wounds in
combat, and several service medals.  

In 1957, Blocker appeared in a Three Stooges short, Outer
Space Jitters, playing the Goon, billed as "Don Blocker". He
made two  appearances on Gunsmoke (CBS) as a blacksmith.

       
   
Bobby Dan Davis Blocker (December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972)

In 1942, the Battle of Midway ended in a decisive victory for
American naval forces over Imperial Japan, marking a turning
point in the Pacific War.

CAMILLE BOHANNON