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Two African American sailors posing in front of the mothballed aircraft carrier USS Essex at an unknown location in the United States in the 1940s
Two African American sailors posing in front of the mothballed aircraft carrier Essex at an unknown location in the...
USS Essex in the Pacific Ocean
Photograph. Starboard side view of the USS Essex (CV-9). Official caption on front: "USS Essex US Navy Photo 111-5."...
Spencer, Wallace "Wallace Smigiro" Serving Aboard USS Essex (CV-9)
Wallace Spencer was in Sampson, New York [Annotator's Note: Naval Training Station Sampson in Sampson, New York] for a...
Spencer, Wallace "Wallace Smigiro" Life aboard Ship
Wallace Spencer remembers the air groups and the pilots stayed away from the sailors. In one attack, all the colored...
Spencer, Wallace "Wallace Smigiro" After the War
Wallace Spencer and two others stole a whaleboat after the war. A wooden one. They were in Bremerton, Washington where...
Spencer, Wallace "Wallace Smigiro" Under Attack
Wallace Spencer remembers when they were under attack. All the guns were firing. The crew was sitting there watching...
Spencer, Wallace "Wallace Smigiro" Life Aboard the USS Essex (CV-9)
Wallace Spencer describes life aboard the USS Essex (CV-9). There was one man aboard who never took showers so they all...
Spencer, Wallace "Wallace Smigiro" Postwar Life
Wallace Spencer is honored that he was able to serve. He did his job and it was an honor to do it. His hat helped him...