Carrier warfare

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Bee, Donald Kamikazes Damage Intrepid
Donald H. "Don" Bee had an explosive, right-hand man named Patterson [Annotator's Note: no given name provided]. Bee...
Sterrie, Norman Lexington Enters Combat
Norman Sterrie thought Hawaii was a nice experience for a man from the mid-west [Annotator's Note: Sterrie was from St...
Sterrie, Norman Lexington Island Raids
After Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941], Norman Sterrie...
Gibbs, Robert Leyte Gulf
Robert S. Gibbs was shipped to Leyte [Annotator's Note: Leyte, Philippines, aboard the USS Boston (CA-69)] in October...
Brannon, Mark Liberating Leyte
Next, the USS Hutchins (DD-746) took part in the landings on the Philippine island of Leyte, and Mark Brannon mentioned...
Bass, Stewart Life aboard an Essex Class Aircraft Carrier
Stewart Bass served aboard an Essex class aircraft carrier. [Annotator's Note: Bass served as a Grumman TBM Avenger...
Frisco, Paul LIfe Aboard the USS Cushing (DD-797)
Paul J. Frisco's regular watch station aboard the USS Cushing (DD-797) during the first year or so he was aboard was in...
Guderian, Emmett Life at Sea
The ship would reposition at Ulithi [Annotator's Note: Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands]. Occasionally, Japanese planes...
Shaw, Claude Life in the Navy
After serving aboard the Walke [Annotator's Note: USS Walke DD-4156)], Claude Bufford Shaw was assigned to the Bullard...
Rosenzweig, Rollins Life on an Aircraft Carrier
Following stateside training, Rollins Rosenzweig was assigned to the Bunker Hill [Annotator's Note: USS Bunker Hill (CV...
Nolan, Warren Life on the Bunker Hill
When Warren Nolan first boarded the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) he thought it was massive. He watched the first flight...
Peterson, Dale Living Aboard a Cruiser
Dale Peterson served on two different cruisers, the USS San Diego (CL-53) and the USS San Juan (CL-54). His battle...
Hoff, Donald Locating the Japanese Fleet at Midway
When they [Annotator's Note: Donald Hoff and the rest of the strike group] arrived at the point where they [Annotator's...
Glass, Jack Loss of the USS Hornet (CV-8) and USS Wasp (CV-7)
The first flight Jack Glass went on was a search mission during the later stage of the Eastern Solomons campaign. The...
Roy, William Loss of the USS Lexington (CV-2)
[Annotator's Note: William G. Roy served in the Navy as a Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class aboard the aircraft carrier USS...
Sterrie, Norman Loss of the USS Lexington (CV-2)
Norman Sterrie was spotted over the forward elevator just as an explosion below lifted the elevator and him in his TBD...
Purvis, Frank Man Overboard
Frank Purvis says there a lot of things that stick in your mind. One of the destroyer escorts lost a man overboard. The...
Taddeo, Al Marianas Turkey Shoot
Alfred Taddeo was involved in combat over Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Mariana Islands] and Saipan [Annotator's...
Wiebe, Ted Marooned and Reassigned
The Army was in charge of the Fiji station where Ted Wiebe's group was being held, and although they clothed and fed...
Leaming, Jack Marshall Islands Raid
Jack Leaming [Annotator's Note: with Scouting Squadron Six (VS-6) aboard the USS Enterprise (CV-6)] was on scouting and...
Hyland, Everett Meeting the Japanese Airman Who Bombed Pearl Harbor
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Everett Hyland what he saw from the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) during the...
Kight, Otis Midway Aftermath and USS Cowpens
Otis Kight and others volunteered for the salvage party to return to Yorktown [Annotator's Note: the USS Yorktown (CV-5...
Morse, Ralph Midway and Guadalcanal
Following the Doolittle Raid [Annotator's Note: named for its commander, then US Army Air Forces Colonel, later US Air...
Wiebe, Ted Misses and Hits
In February [Annotator's Note: February 1942], Ted Wiebe was making raids on Salamaua and Lae [Annotator's Note: on the...
Nolan, Warren Mission After Darkness
Warren Nolan remembers one particular close call around Okinawa. There was an enemy plane coming in from pretty far out...
Glass, Jack Mission After Darkness
It was getting dark when they took off after the Japanese fleet. The most Jack Glass had flown up to that point was...
Ukrop, Samuel Mount Yae-take on Okinawa
Samuel Ukrop [Annotator's Note: while serving with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine Division...
Lovell, James Naval Academy Education, Deployment and Flying Navy Fighters
The war ended while James Lovell was a senior in high school and he remembers V-J Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over...
Murphy, Paul Naval Campaigns and Repair
Paul J. Murphy had his first campaign [Annotator’s Note: as a fire controlman aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)] in...
Russell, Patrick Naval Pilot
Patrick Russell was aboard a cruiser [Annotator's Note: the USS Detroit (CL-8)] that performed a "pineapple run." It...
Wellford, Harry Navy V-12 Program and Okinawa
Harry Walker Wellford attended the Navy V-12 program [Annotator’s Note: V-12 US Navy College Training Program, 1943 to...
Ussery, Jake Okinawa
Jake Ussery and the Langley [Annotator's Note: USS Langley (CVL-27)] began to prepare for Okinawa soon after departing...
O'Keefe, Jeremiah Okinawa and Becoming an Ace
Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Keefe was there [Annotator's Note: on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu] for two or three months before...
James, Eugene Okinawa and Occupation
When Eugene N. James completed flight training, he was shipped to Sistersville, West Virginia and then on to Cherry...
Brooks, Charles Edward Okinawa and Postwar
Charles Brooks was sent to Corpus Christie, Texas as a night flight instructor. [Annotator's Note: Brooks was a TBF...
Cummings, Vernon Okinawa, War's End, Occupation Duty and Going Home
Vernon Cummings' ship [Annotator's Note: USS Indiana (BB-58)] stayed in formation with the carriers until 1 April 1945...

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