Williams, Jessica
Person
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
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
Nancy E. Sloan Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 115
Scope and Contents
Nancy Sloan married Dennis Sloan, who served aboard Growler as an officer from 1959 to 1960. She began her interview by explaining that she met Dennis through a blind date during a visit to the Naval Academy and noting the initial hesitation that her family expressed when she eventually married a “Navy guy.” Sloan then spoke about her introduction to life as a Navy wife, which occurred when Dennis was in submarine school. She also described her trip to Hawaii after Dennis was assigned to...
Dates:
September 14, 2016
Peter Carle Oral History
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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
Item
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
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- Cold War, October 1945–March 15, 1974 28
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 15
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 14
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 14
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 11
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 11
- Recreation 11
- Food 10
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 10
- Strategy -- Deterrence 10
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 9
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 8
- Growler -- control room and attack center 8
- Growler -- crew's quarters 8
- Hygiene 8
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 8
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 8
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 8
- Accidents 7
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 7
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 7
- Growler -- enlisted mess 7
- Growler -- sail 7
- Communications Technicians, CTs 6
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 6
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 6
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 6
- Liberty 6
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 6
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 6
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 6
- Attack -- Kamikaze Attack 5
- Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 5
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 5
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 5
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 5
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 5
- Intrepid -- second deck -- wardroom 5
- Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 5
- Navigation 5
- Recreation -- Games 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
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 5
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- Detection -- Submarine Detection 4
- Egypt (nation) -- Suez (governorate) -- Suez Canal (canal) 4
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 4
- Growler -- sonar room 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
- Letter Writing 4
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 4
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 4
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 4
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 4
- Radar -- Radar Equipment 4
- Recreation -- Sports 4
- Second Vietnam Deployment, May – December, 1967 4
- Sonar Equipment 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
- Discipline 3
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 3
- Education -- Training -- Flight Training 3
- First Vietnam Deployment, April – November 1966 3
- Growler -- galley 3
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 3
- Growler -- radio room 3
- Hazing 3
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 3
- Intrepid -- fo’c’sle deck 3
- Intrepid -- hangar deck 3
- Intrepid -- island 3
- Intrepid -- stateroom 3
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 3
- Morale 3
- Morale -- Awards 3
- Operations Department -- OI Division 3
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 3
- Philippines (nation) -- Olongapo (special city) -- Olongapo (inhabited place) -- U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay (naval base) 3
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 3
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 3
- Seaman, E-3 3
- Six Day War, June 5–10, 1967 3
- Sonar 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) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 3
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 3 ∧ less
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