Williams, Jessica
Person
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
James Smith Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 012
Scope and Contents
James Smith served aboard Intrepid during World War II, from 1943 to 1946, and was a seaman first class stationed as a first loader on a 40mm gun. Smith began his interview by providing a brief background of his life before he joined the Navy. He then discussed his decision join the Navy, how he felt after the Pearl Harbor attack, being assigned to gunnery, and his job as a first loader. After focusing on his initial Navy experiences, Smith described the first time he saw Intrepid, as well...
Dates:
August 16, 2013
James W. Day Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 130
Scope and Contents
James Day served aboard Growler as a hospital corpsman from 1961 to 1963. He began his interview by discussing why he joined the Navy and providing a brief overview of his service. Day noted boot camp, hospital corps school in San Diego at the Balboa Naval Hospital, operating room technician school at Bethesda Maryland Naval Hospital, being stationed at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, and his time as an OR tech aboard the hospital ship Haven during the Korean War. Day also stated that he left...
Dates:
May 24, 2017
Jimm Larry Hendren Oral History
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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
Joseph Barry Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 013
Scope and Contents
Joseph Barry served aboard Intrepid as a radioman during World War II. Barry began his interview by recalling the early years of his life. He then discussed how he learned about the attack on Pearl Harbor and his decision to join the Navy. Barry next recounted becoming a radioman, seeing Intrepid for the first time, and working in the radio shack. He described the radio shack, stated the number of men that worked in that space, and explained the job they performed. Barry also noted that the...
Dates:
August 17, 2013
Kenneth Erger Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 193
Scope and Contents
Kenneth Erger served aboard Intrepid as a fire controlman third class during World War II, from 1944 to 1946. He began his interview by discussing his childhood in Iowa and describing life growing up on a farm. Erger then explained his decision to join the Navy and described boot camp before stating that he went aboard Intrepid while the ship was in San Francisco. He noted the ship’s shakedown after being repaired from a torpedo strike and also recounted the arrival of the air group and the...
Dates:
April 11, 2019
Laurence H. Blackburn, Jr. Oral History
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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
Mike Wade Oral History
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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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- Subject: Military Forces (United States) -- Navy X
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- Cold War, October 1945–March 15, 1974 23
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 10
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 10
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 10
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 10
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 9
- Food 9
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 8
- Hygiene 8
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 8
- Recreation 8
- Strategy -- Deterrence 8
- Accidents 7
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 7
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 7
- Growler -- sail 7
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 7
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 7
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 6
- Growler -- control room and attack center 6
- Growler -- enlisted mess 6
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 6
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 6
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 6
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 6
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 6
- Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 5
- Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 5
- Growler -- crew's quarters 5
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 5
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 5
- Intrepid -- second deck -- wardroom 5
- Liberty 5
- Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 5
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 5
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 5
- Vietnam War, 1966–68 5
- Communications Technicians, CTs 4
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 4
- Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing 4
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 4
- Egypt (nation) -- Suez (governorate) -- Suez Canal (canal) 4
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 4
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 4
- Growler -- wardroom 4
- Gunnery -- Antiaircraft Gunnery 4
- Intrepid -- gallery deck -- combat information center (CIC) 4
- Intrepid -- crew berthing 4
- Intrepid -- flight deck 4
- Intrepid -- second deck -- ready room 4
- Intrepid -- third deck -- mess 4
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 4
- Navigation 4
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 4
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 4
- Radar -- Radar Equipment 4
- Recreation -- Games 4
- Recreation -- Sports 4
- Second Vietnam Deployment, May – December, 1967 4
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 4
- Accidents -- Aviation Accidents 3
- Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 3
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 -- Torpedo Strike, February 17, 1944 3
- Burial 3
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 3
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 3
- Education -- Training -- Flight Training 3
- First Vietnam Deployment, April – November 1966 3
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 3
- Growler -- sonar room 3
- Hazing 3
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 3
- Intrepid -- fo’c’sle deck 3
- Intrepid -- hangar deck 3
- Intrepid -- island 3
- Intrepid -- stateroom 3
- Letter Writing 3
- Morale 3
- Morale -- Awards 3
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 3
- Operations Department -- OI Division 3
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 3
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 3
- Philippines (nation) -- Olongapo (special city) -- Olongapo (inhabited place) -- U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay (naval base) 3
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 3
- Six Day War, June 5–10, 1967 3
- Sonar Equipment 3
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strikes, November 25, 1944 3
- Tonkin, Gulf of (gulf) -- Yankee Station (military installation) 3
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 3
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 3
- United States (nation) -- Rhode Island (state) -- Newport (county) -- Rhode Island (island) -- Newport (inhabited place) -- Naval Station Newport (naval base) 3
- Aircraft -- Skyhawk 2
- Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 -- Kamikaze Strike, April 16, 1945 2
- CVW-10 -- VA-34 2
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Damage Control 2
- Discipline 2 ∧ less
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