Williams, Jessica
Person
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Peter Carle Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 024
Scope and Contents
Peter Carle served aboard Intrepid as a radarman second class from December 1969 to November 1971. Carle began his interview by discussing his decision to join the Navy. Carle then described the training he had received from electronics school and radar school. He also recalled his assignment to Glynco Naval Air Station in Georgia, where he spent his time at C.I.C. school. Carle also noted that the training and experiences he received in the Navy had prepared him for his future job working...
Dates:
November 15, 2013
Raymond T. Stone Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 007
Scope and Contents
Raymond T. Stone served aboard Intrepid as a radarman second class during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. Stone began his interview by recalling the moment he heard of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He then discussed his decision to join the Navy, basic training, how he became a radarman, and his first time seeing Intrepid. Stone continued by describing his work in Intrepid’s combat information center (CIC). He covered topics such as the layout of CIC, the communication of information, the...
Dates:
June 14, 2013
Richard A. Schacht Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 017
Scope and Contents
Richard Schacht served aboard Intrepid as an officer in the OI Division from 1966-1968, during the Vietnam War. Schacht began his interview by stating that he lived with severe asthma attacks throughout his childhood until his parents took him to a hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi where he was subsequently cured. He then stated that he received his B.S. in Business Administration from Northwestern University during the height of the Vietnam War, and explained his reasons for joining the Navy:...
Dates:
August 18, 2013
Richard Lee Meyers Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 037
Scope and Contents
Richard Meyers served aboard Growler as a machinist’s mate second class from October 1961 to September 1963. Meyers began his interview by explaining his decision to leave his construction job in Wyoming and join the Navy. He then discussed boot camp and volunteering for the submarine service. Meyers continued, recounting the first time he saw Growler. The submarine was in dry dock in Pearl Harbor, which gave Meyers the opportunity to walk underneath Growler and see the submarine from a...
Dates:
July 2, 2014
Robert L. Owens Oral History (Second Interview)
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Identifier: OHP 126
Scope and Contents
Robert L. Owens served aboard Growler, first as executive officer, then as commanding officer, from February 1960 to December 13, 1963. He began his second interview by recalling his early Navy career when he was drafted during World War II. Owens stated that he attended boot camp in Farragut, ID, and electrician school, before volunteering for submarine service and completing five war patrols on Tinosa. After discussing his experiences in the submarine service during World War II, Owens...
Dates:
March 14, 2017
Wayne J. Mehl Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 137
Scope and Contents
Wayne Mehl served aboard Growler as the engineering officer and the nuclear weapons officer from 1961 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his childhood growing up on a naval base in San Francisco during World War II and noting how his father, a lieutenant during the First World War, heavily influenced his decision to join the Navy. Mehl then discussed his education at Stanford University and explained his decision to join the NROTC program, stating that his engineering degree,...
Dates:
June 29, 2017
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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- 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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