Blackburn, Laurence H., Jr.
Person
Dates
- Existence: March 31, 1929
Biography
Laurence Blackburn, from Boston, Massachusetts, served as the senior medical officer aboard the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid (CVS-11) during the ship’s first and second deployments to Vietnam, from 1965 to 1967. While aboard Intrepid, Blackburn worked in sick bay. He was also involved in the hydrogen sulfide gas accident that occurred during the ship’s transit to Vietnam. After his service aboard Intrepid, Blackburn was assigned to Naval Air Station Key West and Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster.
Chronology:
- 1956
- Start Date of Military Service
- August 1965
- Start Date of Service Aboard Intrepid
- July 1967
- End Date of Service Aboard Intrepid
- 1978
- End Date of Military Service
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Jimm Larry Hendren Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 023
Scope and Contents
Jimm Larry Hendren served aboard Intrepid as the ship’s legal officer during the 1966 WESTPAC cruise to Vietnam. Hendren began his interview by discussing his family’s history and describing his education, from high school through Naval Justice School. He then continued, stating that his first orders were as Assistant Legal Officer at Commander Fleet Air Norfolk, where a fortuitous meeting with Captain Giuseppe Macri and Captain John Fair resulted in Hendren becoming Intrepid’s legal...
Dates:
November 11, 2013
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
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- Accidents -- Aviation Accidents -- Crash Landings 1
- Aircraft -- Skyhawk 1
- Aircraft -- Skyraider 1
- Aircraft -- Soviet Cold War -- Mikoyan-Gurevich 1
- Arresting(Process) 1
- Chains -- Anchor Chains 1
- Commander, O-5 1
- Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Emergencies 1
- Engineering -- Aeronautical Engineering -- Space Technology 1
- Health -- Mental Health 1
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 1
- Intrepid -- flight deck 1
- Intrepid -- fo’c’sle deck 1
- Intrepid -- hangar deck -- fantail 1
- Intrepid -- island 1
- Intrepid -- second deck -- ready room 1
- Intrepid -- second deck -- sick bay 1
- Intrepid -- second deck -- wardroom 1
- Italy (nation) -- Lazio (region (administrative division)) -- Roma (province) -- Rome (inhabited place) 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa-ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited place) 1
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 1
- Legislation -- Military Law 1
- Letter Writing 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
- Personnel Management -- Absenteeism 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) -- Pennsylvania (state) -- Bucks (county) -- Warminster (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster (military installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Rhode Island (state) -- Newport (county) -- Rhode Island (island) -- Newport (inhabited place) -- Naval Station Newport (naval base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Texas (state) -- Cameron (county) -- Brownsville (inhabited Place) -- Port Isabel Air Force Station (military instillation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Norfolk (independent city) -- Norfolk (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Norfolk (air base) 1
- X Division -- Legal Office 1
- “Intrepid Four” Protest, October 23, 1967 1 ∧ less
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