Williams, Jessica
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Wesley Hays Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 095
Scope and Contents
Wesley Hays served aboard Intrepid during World War II, in 1945, as a Corsair pilot in VBF-10. Hays began his interview by providing an overview of his time on board Intrepid. He also briefly discussed his childhood and how he developed an interest in flight. The interview then transitioned to a discussion on flight training, and Hays described the stages of flight training and the aircraft he flew. He also explained how he was assigned to VBF-10 and provided a detailed description of the...
Dates:
April 28, 2016
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- Recreation 7
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- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 7
- Strategy -- Deterrence 6
- Accidents 5
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 5
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 5
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 5
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 5
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- Communications Technicians, CTs 4
- Food 4
- Growler -- sonar room 4
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 4
- Hygiene 4
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 4
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 3
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 3
- Growler -- crew's quarters 3
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 3
- Growler -- radio room 3
- Liberty 3
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 3
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 3
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 3
- Sonar 3
- Sonar Equipment 3
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 3
- Accidents -- Aviation Accidents 2
- Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Behavior -- Emotions -- Anxiety 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 2
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 2
- Education -- Training -- Flight Training 2
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
- Growler -- control room and attack center 2
- Growler -- enlisted mess 2
- Growler -- sail 2
- Growler -- toilet 2
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- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 2
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- Air Group 10 -- VBF-10 1
- Air Group 10 -- VF-10 1
- Aircraft -- Corsair 1
- Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 1
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- Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing -- Tactical Bombing -- Dive Bombing 1
- Discipline 1
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- Engineering Department -- R Division 1
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