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
Mike Wade Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 086
Scope and Contents
Mike Wade served aboard Intrepid as an air intelligence officer in VA-34 during Intrepid’s second deployment to Vietnam in 1967. He began his interview by discussing his life before joining the Navy, stating that he grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, attended the University of Georgia, and graduated with a degree in chemistry. Wade then discussed his route to Navy flight training, noting that he had initially intended to be a pilot, before explaining why he eventually became an air intelligence...
Dates:
September 19, 2015
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- Subject
- CVW-10 -- VA-34 1
- Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 1
- Commander, O-5 1
- Education -- Training -- Flight Training 1
- Egypt (nation) -- Suez (governorate) -- Suez Canal (canal) 1
- Engineering -- Aeronautical Engineering -- Space Technology 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
- First Vietnam Deployment, April – November 1966 1
- Health -- Mental Health 1
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
- Intrepid -- hangar deck -- fantail 1
- Intrepid -- second deck -- sick bay 1
- Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
- Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Emergency Medicine 1
- Medical Department UF 1
- Medicine -- Military Medicine 1
- Military Personnel -- Military Surgeons -- Flight Surgeons 1
- Morale 1
- Personnel Management -- Absenteeism 1
- Philippines 1
- Philippines (nation) -- Olongapo (special city) -- Olongapo (inhabited place) -- U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay (naval base) 1
- Planning -- Defense Planning -- Military Planning -- Naval Planning 1
- Poisoning 1
- Radar -- Radar Equipment 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
- Rescues -- Sea Rescues 1
- Six Day War, June 5–10, 1967 1
- South China Sea (sea) -- Dixie Station (military instillation) 1
- Standards -- Living Standards 1
- Strategy -- Military Tactics -- Rules Of Engagement 1
- Tonkin, Gulf of (gulf) -- Yankee Station (military installation) 1
- USS Forrestal Fire, July 29, 1967 1
- United States (nation) -- Florida (state) -- Duval (county) -- Jacksonville (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Cecil Field (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
- Viet Nam (nation) -- Hải Phòng (municipality) -- Hải Phòng (inhabited place) 1
- Warfare -- Aerial Warfare -- Air Strikes 1
- Weapons -- Antiaircraft Guns 1
- “Intrepid Four” Protest, October 23, 1967 1 ∧ less
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