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Boehm, Eric

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Sverre O. Bach Oral History

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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

William J. Murphy Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 016
Scope and Contents William Murphy served aboard Intrepid as a musician third class and was a member of the Navy band (both the “square” and “swing” bands) during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. Murphy began his interview by stating that he remembered living in South Omaha, Nebraska, and then relocating to a small town near Chicago at the age of 4 or 5. Murphy explained that his mother and sister were musicians, and that he had experimented with music, playing all through high school, a theme that would...
Dates: August 18, 2013

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  • Subject: World War II, December 1941–September 1945 X

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Accidents -- Aviation Accidents 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
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Aircraft -- Skyhawk 1
Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 1
Attack -- Torpedo Attack 1
Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 1
Battle of Kwajalein Atoll, January 31– February 3, 1944 1
Burial 1
Cold War, October 1945–March 15, 1974 1
Commissioning, August 16, 1943 1
Damage Control 1
Education -- Training -- Flight Training 1
Ensign, O-1 1
Guam (dependent state) -- Guam Island (island) 1
Intrepid -- crew berthing 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
Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 1
Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Crash Landings -- Ditching 1
Leave 1
Musician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MU3 1
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
Pre-World War II, ?–November 1941 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
Shakedown Cruise, October 1943 1
Ships -- Naval Vessels -- Naval Vessels(Combatant) -- Submarines -- Attack Submarine 1
Social Sciences -- Economics -- Economic Analysis -- Budgets -- Military Budgets -- Naval Budgets 1
Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strikes, November 25, 1944 1
Surrender of Japan, August 14, 1945 1
Typhoon near Ulithi, October 3–4, 1944 1
United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Newport News (independent city) -- Newport News (inhabited place) 1
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Francisco (county) -- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 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) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 1
United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Cook (county) -- Glenview (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Glenview (air base) 1
Warfare -- Aerial Warfare 1
Warfare -- Aerial Warfare -- Air Strikes 1
X Division -- Band 1
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