Wigent, Richard
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Brian Walker Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP-071
Scope and Contents
Brian Walker served aboard Intrepid as an attack aviator in VA-34 during Intrepid’s second Vietnam deployment in 1967. He began his interview by discussing his upbringing in Wisconsin and his interest in flight, which began at an early age. Walker then continued, explaining his decision to join the Navy and describing his experiences in flight training, which involved flying T-34s, T-28s, and F-9s. The interview then shifted to Walker’s time aboard Intrepid, where he flew A-4s, an aircraft...
Dates:
February 17, 2016
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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- Aircraft -- Cougar 1
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- Aircraft -- Skyhawk 1
- Aircraft -- Tiger -- F-11 1
- Aircraft -- Trojan -- T-28 1
- Chile (nation) -- Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena (region (administrative division)) -- Wollaston, Islas (island group) -- Hornos, Isla (island) -- Hornos, Cabo de (cape) 1
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- Damage Control -- Warning Systems -- Radar Warning Systems 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures -- Radar Countermeasures 1
- Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing 1
- Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing -- Night Bombing 1
- Education -- Training -- Adaptive Training 1
- Egypt (nation) -- Suez (governorate) -- Suez Canal (canal) 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
- Guided Missiles -- Antiaircraft Missiles 1
- Guided Missiles -- Surface To Air Missiles 1
- Gunnery -- Aerial Gunnery 1
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- Intrepid -- junior officer bunkroom 1
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- Rockets -- Aircraft Rockets 1
- Six Day War, June 5–10, 1967 1
- Strategy -- Military Tactics -- Rules Of Engagement 1
- Thailand (nation) 1
- Tonkin, Gulf of (gulf) -- Yankee Station (military installation) 1
- USS Forrestal Fire, July 29, 1967 1
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- United States (nation) -- Texas (state) -- Bee (county) -- Chase Field Naval Air Station (defense installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Texas (state) -- Nueces (county) -- Corpus Christi (inhabited place) -- Navy Landing Airfield Cabaniss (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Wisconsin (state) -- Dane (county) -- Madison (inhabited place) 1
- Viet Nam (nation) -- Hà Nội (municipality) -- Hà Nội (inhabited place) 1
- Viet Nam (nation) -- North Vietnam (territory) 1
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