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Wesley Hays Oral History

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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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Cold War, October 1945–March 15, 1974 9
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Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 5
Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 5
Hygiene 5
Strategy -- Deterrence 5
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 5
Food 4
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Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 4
Recreation 4
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 4
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 4
Accidents -- Aviation Accidents 3
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 3
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 3
Growler -- forward torpedo room 3
Growler -- sail 3
Growler -- sonar room 3
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 3
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 3
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 3
Recreation -- Games 3
Recreation -- Sports 3
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 3
Communications Technicians, CTs 2
Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing 2
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 2
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
Growler -- control room and attack center 2
Growler -- crew's quarters 2
Growler -- enlisted mess 2
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 2
Italy (nation) -- Lazio (region (administrative division)) -- Roma (province) -- Rome (inhabited place) 2
Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 2
Letter Writing 2
Lieutenant, O-3 2
Navigation 2
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 2
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 2
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 2
Sonar 2
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United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 2
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 2
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Accidents -- Boat And Ship Accidents 1
Air Group 10 -- VBF-10 1
Air Group 10 -- VF-10 1
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Aircraft -- Skyhawk 1
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Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 -- Kamikaze Strike, April 16, 1945 1
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Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
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Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Damage 1
Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing -- Tactical Bombing -- Dive Bombing 1
Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
Education -- Training -- Flight Training 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
Egypt (nation) -- Suez (governorate) -- Suez Canal (canal) 1
Emergencies 1
Engineering Department -- B Division 1
Engineering Department -- R Division 1
Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class, EN2 1
Europe (continent) -- Baltic Sea (sea) 1
Executive Officer 1
Federated States of Micronesia (nation) -- Yap (state) -- Ulithi (atoll) 1
First Vietnam Deployment, April – November 1966 1
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France (nation) -- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (region (administrative division)) -- Cannes (inhabited place) 1
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Growler -- engine room 1
Growler -- engine room control booth 1
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
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