USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph D. Murphy Sr. Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 001
Scope and Contents
Joseph D. Murphy served aboard Intrepid as a gunnery officer and deck officer during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. Murphy began his interview by discussing his family and the community where he was raised. He then described hearing the news of the attack on Pearl Harbor, joining the Navy Reserve, and receiving his commission as an ensign from Columbia midshipmen school. Murphy then continued, describing the first time he saw Intrepid and Intrepid’s commissioning ceremony. At this time,...
Dates:
May 24, 2013
June Hays Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 096
Scope and Contents
June Hays married Wesley Hays in 1943, and experienced life on the home front during World War II while Wes served aboard Intrepid in VBF-10. Hays began her interview by discussing her childhood in Santa Anna, Texas. She also explained how she met Wesley Hays. June then recalled Wes joining the Navy, getting engaged to Wes, getting married in Pensacola, and having their first son, Wes Jr. As the interview continued, June noted that Wes was eventually stationed in Groton, Connecticut, and...
Dates:
April 28, 2016
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- Aircraft -- Japanese -- Mitsubish -- G4M -- UF Betty 1
- Animals -- Vertebrates -- Mammals -- Primates -- Humans -- Youth -- Children -- Infants 1
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- Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 1
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- Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 1
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 -- Torpedo Strike, February 17, 1944 1
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- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
- Federated States of Micronesia (nation) -- Chuuk (state) -- Truk Islands (island group) -- Truk Lagoon (anchorage) 1
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- Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
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- Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 1
- Pre-World War II, ?–November 1941 1
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- Rescues -- Sea Rescues 1
- Shakedown Cruise, October 1943 1
- Social Sciences -- Psychology -- Social Psychology -- Human Relations -- Interpersonal Relations -- Marriage 1
- Standards -- Living Standards 1
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strike, October 29, 1944 1
- Surrender of Japan, August 14, 1945 1
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- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) 1
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