Levinsohn, Benjamin
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Roy Latall Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 011
Scope and Contents
Roy Latall served aboard Intrepid as an aviation machinist’s mate second class in the arresting gear crew during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. Latall began his interview by describing his journey to Intrepid in April 1943, explaining how he had travelled from Millington, Tennessee, to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where he was introduced to arresting gear, the equipment he would be operating aboard Intrepid. Latall noted that he had never heard of arresting gear and then explained the...
Dates:
August 16, 2013
Thomas Dugan Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 015
Scope and Contents
Thomas Dugan, from Greenwood, Texas, served aboard Intrepid as an aviation machinist's mate second class during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. He began his interview by discussing his childhood and explaining his jobs with the Civilian Conservations Corps and the Terrell Aviation School in Terrell, Texas. He then discussed his decision to join the Navy. Dugan continued, noting boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois, his brief assignment to Wolverine, and his orders to Intrepid, explaining that...
Dates:
August 17, 2013
William J. Murphy Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 016
Scope and Contents
William Murphy served aboard Intrepid as a musician third class and was a member of the Navy band (both the “square” and “swing” bands) during World War II, from 1943 to 1945. Murphy began his interview by stating that he remembered living in South Omaha, Nebraska, and then relocating to a small town near Chicago at the age of 4 or 5. Murphy explained that his mother and sister were musicians, and that he had experimented with music, playing all through high school, a theme that would...
Dates:
August 18, 2013
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- Attack -- Torpedo Attack 2
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 -- Torpedo Strike, February 17, 1944 2
- Aviation Machinist's Mate Petty Officer 2nd Class, AMM2 2
- Burial 2
- Damage Control 2
- Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 2
- Panama Canal Collision, December 9, 1943 2
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 2
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Newport News (independent city) -- Newport News (inhabited place) 2
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 2
- Air Department 1
- Air Department -- V-1 Division 1
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Typhoons 1
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 1
- Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 1
- Commissioning, August 16, 1943 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Food 1
- Intrepid -- crew berthing 1
- Intrepid -- hangar deck 1
- Japan (nation) -- Okinawa (region (administrative region)) -- Okinawa (prefecture) -- Okinawa-shoto (island group) -- Okinawa-Jima (island) 1
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Carrier Landings 1
- Landing -- Aircraft Landings -- Crash Landings 1
- Landing Aids -- Arresting Gear 1
- Leave 1
- Liberty 1
- Life(Biology) -- Death 1
- Musician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MU3 1
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
- Pre-World War II, ?–November 1941 1
- Recreation -- Games 1
- Shakedown Cruise, October 1943 1
- Ships -- Naval Vessels -- Naval Vessels(Combatant) -- Submarines -- Attack Submarine 1
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strike, October 29, 1944 1
- Surrender of Japan, August 14, 1945 1
- Typhoon near Ulithi, October 3–4, 1944 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Alameda (county) -- Alameda (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Alameda (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Francisco (county) -- Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Cook (county) -- Glenview (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Glenview (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Pennsylvania (state) -- Philadelphia (county) -- Philadelphia (inhabited place) -- Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
- United States (nation) -- Tennessee (state) -- Shelby (county) -- Millington (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Memphis (air base) 1
- Wounds And Injuries 1
- X Division -- Band 1 ∧ less
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