Williams, Jessica
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Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel Higa Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 120
Scope and Contents
Samuel Higa served aboard Growler as a seaman from 1963 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his family’s relocation to a concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Higa then stated that his family moved to Southern California, where he completed high school and briefly attended UCLA, before joining the Navy. After explaining how he enlisted, Higa discussed boot camp, electronics school, submarine school, and SINS (Ship’s Inertial Navigation System)...
Dates:
September 16, 2016
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
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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- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 29
- 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
- Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing 4
- 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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