Carrier warfare

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Boreen, Roy S. “Swede” Attack on Pearl Harbor
On the morning of 7 December 1941, Roy Boreen enjoyed an early breakfast of pancakes. After breakfast he went to the...
Freligh, Robert Battle of Leyte Gulf
Robert Freligh’s crewman Sam Plonski was from the Boston area, and Peter Sanchez from the Chicago area. He always flew...
Nelson, Walter Battle of the Coral Sea
Walter Nelson loved the airplane he flew in [Annotators Note: TBF and TBM Avenger torpedo bombers]. It was slow but...
Freligh, Robert Flying combat missions and being shot down
[Annotators Note: Robert Freligh served as a TBF and TBM Avenger torpedo bomber pilot in Torpedo Squadron 13, VT13,...
Nelson, Walter Hits on the Japanese Carriers at Coral Sea
Walter Nelson recognized that they were close enough that they could have bailed over Australia if they needed to. From...
Boreen, Roy S. “Swede” Pacific Duty
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roy Boreen was stationed at the Section Base until 1943. After that, he was sent to...
Freligh, Robert Postwar life
When Robert Freligh got out of the navy he went back to school at Albion College in Albion, Michigan. They had to go to...
Nelson, Walter Pre-War and the USS Lexington
Walter Nelson went into the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression. It was just about the same time that...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 1
Alexander Vraciu was on a mission with a flight of 12 aircraft when he noticed five Zeros [Annotators Note: Mitsubishi...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 1
Merrill was returning from a search mission just as the Doolittle Raiders were taking off from the Hornet [Annotator's...
Hoff, Donald Segment 1
[Annotators Note: Donald Hoff served in the navy as a rear seat gunner and radio operator on SBD Dauntless dive bombers...
Hilliard, Madlyn and Paul Segment 1
Paul Hilliard believes the SBD Dauntless is much underrated and unfortunately much unrecognized. WWII books sometimes...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 1
Wiley grew up during the Great Depression and he joined the Navy in 1940 just shortly after he graduated from high...
Hoff, Donald Segment 10
After the battle they headed to the Aleutians. At this time they had a full air group after adopting guys from Bombing...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 10
Years later Vejtasa asked Japanese veterans if they had thought about strafing the deck and they said no. Vejtasa would...
Feightner, Edward "Whitey" Segment 10
When Feightner pulled up at the end of the runway he was hit again. His F6F [Annotator's Note: Grumman F6F "Hellcat"...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 10
The torpedo planes flew into Espiritu Santo. They stayed on Espiritu Santo for about a week. They sent 6 TBF's [...
Hoff, Donald Segment 11
[Annotators Note: Donald Hoff served in the navy as a rear seat gunner and radio operator on SBD Dauntless dive bombers...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 11
Vejtasa could see the Lexington on fire but still recovering planes. The Yorktown was also burning but recovering...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 12
Vejtasa had hit the carrier he had made a run on. Fighting 42 was aboard the Yorktown and was commanded by Jimmy...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 14
Admiral Kinkaid [Annotato's Note: Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid] who had no experince with carriers or aviators, ordered a...
Vejtasa, Stanley Segment 15
On the morning of the battle, Vejtasa was flying CAP. Jimmy Flately and Johnny Leppla were flying escort for the...
Vraciu, Alexander "Alex" Segment 2
During the second Truk raid Alexander Vraciu was on a morning hop escorting bombers when they were attacked by a group...
Merrill, Milford "Bud" Segment 2
Merrill was aboard the Saratoga [Annotator's Note: USS Saratoga, CV-3] both times she was torpedoed.When they left...
Blanchard, Robert C. Segment 2
The ship [Annotator's Note: the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13)] wasn't at Pearl Harbor for long before heading...
Monpat, Raymond Segment 2
The Evans [Annotator's Note: US Navy destroyer USS Evans (DD-552)] was a Fletcher Class destroyer of 2100 tons.Life on...
Hoff, Donald Segment 2
Donald Hoff was regularly assigned to fly with Ensign Stone. Hoff was used to flying with him and felt like they were a...
Ramage, James D. "Jig Dog" Segment 2
Ramage was at Pearl Harbor when the Battle of Midway took place. He was not aboard ship at the time. The newspapers of...
Thatcher, David "Dave" Segment 2
Thatcher watched and was actually in a few of the B-25's that were practicing taking off from a short runway. It gave...
Hilliard, Madlyn and Paul Segment 2
For Paul Hilliard, The National WWII Museum obtaining an SBD [Annotators Note: Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber] is a...
Hopkins, Lewis Segment 2
Hopkins finished that phase in September 1941. Hopkins was assigned to Bombing Squadron 4 which operated off of the USS...
Wiley, Delmar Segment 2
Wiley relates that at the time of the hit and run carrier raids, they had more aircrew than airplanes. Being a new...
Earnest, Albert J. Segment 2
Earnest then had to make a decision, he was already a 2nd lieutenant in the Army but he was not sure if he wanted to be...
Cole, Richard Segment 2
On the trip from Pendleton to Columbia [Annotators Note: Oregon to South Carolina in December 1941] Richard Cole was...
Bourgeois, Henry "Hank" Segment 2
Henry Bourgeois' first air to air combat was over Bougainville. When the dive bombers went into their dive, the entire...
Brooks, Howard Segment 3
On the evening of 28 February [Annotator's Note: 28 February 1942] they left the area they had been fighting in and...

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