USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Laurence H. Blackburn, Jr. Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 008
Scope and Contents
Laurence Blackburn served as the senior medical officer aboard Intrepid during the ship’s first and second deployments to Vietnam, from 1965 to 1967. Blackburn began his interview by discussing his decision to become a doctor. He then recounted joining the Navy, meeting his wife while in medical school, and attending flight surgeon school. Blackburn then continued, relating his decision to serve aboard Intrepid rather than Randolph, and shortly thereafter learning that Intrepid was being...
Dates:
July 12, 2013
Wesley Hays Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 095
Scope and Contents
Wesley Hays served aboard Intrepid during World War II, in 1945, as a Corsair pilot in VBF-10. Hays began his interview by providing an overview of his time on board Intrepid. He also briefly discussed his childhood and how he developed an interest in flight. The interview then transitioned to a discussion on flight training, and Hays described the stages of flight training and the aircraft he flew. He also explained how he was assigned to VBF-10 and provided a detailed description of the...
Dates:
April 28, 2016
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Accidents -- Aviation Accidents 1
- Air Group 10 -- VBF-10 1
- Air Group 10 -- VF-10 1
- Aircraft -- Corsair 1
- Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 1
- Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 -- Kamikaze Strike, April 16, 1945 1
- Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 1
- Cold War, October 1945–March 15, 1974 1
- Commander, O-5 1
- Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing 1
- Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing -- Tactical Bombing -- Dive Bombing 1
- Education -- Training -- Flight Training 1
- Egypt (nation) -- Suez (governorate) -- Suez Canal (canal) 1
- Engineering -- Aeronautical Engineering -- Space Technology 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
- Federated States of Micronesia (nation) -- Yap (state) -- Ulithi (atoll) 1
- First Vietnam Deployment, April – November 1966 1
- Gunnery -- Antiaircraft Gunnery 1
- Health -- Mental Health 1
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 1
- Intrepid -- hangar deck -- fantail 1
- Intrepid -- junior officer bunkroom 1
- Intrepid -- second deck -- sick bay 1
- Intrepid -- squadron ready room 1
- Intrepid -- stateroom 1
- Japan (nation) -- Okinawa (region (administrative region)) -- Okinawa (prefecture) -- Okinawa-shoto (island group) -- Okinawa-Jima (island) 1
- Japan (nation) -- Ōita (prefecture) -- Usa (inhabited place) 1
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 1
- Letter Writing 1
- Lieutenant, O-3 1
- Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Emergency Medicine 1
- Medical Department UF 1
- Medicine -- Military Medicine 1
- Military Personnel -- Military Surgeons -- Flight Surgeons 1
- Morale 1
- Morale -- Awards 1
- Personnel Management -- Absenteeism 1
- Philippines (nation) -- Olongapo (special city) -- Olongapo (inhabited place) -- U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay (naval base) 1
- Poisoning 1
- Recreation -- Games 1
- Second Vietnam Deployment, May – December, 1967 1
- Six Day War, June 5–10, 1967 1
- South China Sea (sea) -- Dixie Station (military instillation) 1
- Standards -- Living Standards 1
- Tonkin, Gulf of (gulf) -- Yankee Station (military installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Florida (state) -- Clay (county) -- Green Cove Springs (inhabited place) -- Lee Field Naval Air Station (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Florida (state) -- Escambia (county) -- Pensacola (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Pensacola (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Cook (county) -- Glenview (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Glenview (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Pennsylvania (state) -- Bucks (county) -- Warminster (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster (military installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Texas (state) -- Cameron (county) -- Brownsville (inhabited Place) -- Port Isabel Air Force Station (military instillation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Texas (state) -- Dallas (county) -- Dallas (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Dallas (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Texas (state) -- Kleberg (county) -- Kingsville (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Kingsville (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Texas (state) -- Nueces (county) -- Corpus Christi (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (air base) 1
- Vietnam War, 1966–68 1
- “Intrepid Four” Protest, October 23, 1967 1 ∧ less
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