USS Wolverine (IX–64)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Sverre O. Bach Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 018
Scope and Contents
Sverre Bach served aboard Intrepid as an F6F pilot in VF-6 during World War II, in 1944. Bach began his interview by discussing his family history and stating that he followed in the footsteps of his two older brothers who were naval aviators. He then described the various stages of flight training, the aircraft he flew, and the lessons he learned. Bach then discussed his training in the F4F Wildcat and explained the differences between the American F4F and the Japanese “Zero.” He also...
Dates:
August 17, 2013
Thomas Dugan Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 015
Scope and Contents
Thomas Dugan, from Greenwood, Texas, served aboard Intrepid as an aviation machinist's mate second class during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. He began his interview by discussing his childhood and explaining his jobs with the Civilian Conservations Corps and the Terrell Aviation School in Terrell, Texas. He then discussed his decision to join the Navy. Dugan continued, noting boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois, his brief assignment to Wolverine, and his orders to Intrepid, explaining that...
Dates:
August 17, 2013
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- Subject: Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 X
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- Accidents -- Aviation Accidents 1
- Air Department 1
- Air Group 6 -- VF-6 1
- Aircraft -- Hellcat 1
- Aircraft -- Japanese -- Aichi -- D3A -- UF Val 1
- Aircraft -- Japanese -- Mitsubishi -- A6M -- UF Zeke UF Zero 1
- Aircraft -- Skyhawk 1
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Typhoons 1
- Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 1
- Attack -- Torpedo Attack 1
- Aviation Machinist's Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class, AMM2 1
- Battle of Kwajalein Atoll, January 31– February 3, 1944 1
- Cold War, October 1945–March 15, 1974 1
- Damage Control 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Flight Training 1
- Ensign, O-1 1
- Food 1
- Guam (dependent state) -- Guam Island (island) 1
- Intrepid -- hangar deck 1
- Intrepid -- second deck -- ready room 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Tōkyō (metropolis) -- Ogasawara-gunto (island group) -- Kazan-rettō (island group) -- Iō-jima (island) 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kyūshū-chihō (region (administrative division)) -- Kagoshima-ken (prefecture) -- Amami-shotō (island group) -- Amami-Ō-shima (island) 1
- Japan (nation) -- Okinawa (region (administrative region)) -- Okinawa (prefecture) -- Okinawa-shoto (island group) -- Okinawa-Jima (island) 1
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 1
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Crash Landings -- Ditching 1
- Life(Biology) -- Death 1
- Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
- Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 1
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
- Recreation -- Games 1
- Social Sciences -- Economics -- Economic Analysis -- Budgets -- Military Budgets -- Naval Budgets 1
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strikes, November 25, 1944 1
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Newport News (independent city) -- Newport News (inhabited place) 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Alameda (county) -- Alameda (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Alameda (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Florida (state) -- Escambia (county) -- Pensacola (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Pensacola (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Naval Air Station Barbers Point (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Cook (county) -- Glenview (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Glenview (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 1
- Warfare -- Aerial Warfare 1
- Warfare -- Aerial Warfare -- Air Strikes 1
- Wounds And Injuries 1 ∧ less
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