Richard Montfort Diaries
Collection
Identifier: A2015.39
Scope and Contents
The diaries detail Montfort’s pre-war life and his Navy service. Almost every day has a comprehensive entry, with the exception of the missing pages at February 5-9, 1944. Highlights include the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, Montfort getting his ‘warrant letter’ from the Navy, and major Intrepid events such as the commissioning, Crossing the Line, participation in battles, kamikaze and torpedo attacks, damage to the ship, the ship’s arrivals and departures from ports, changes of command, and ship anniversaries. There are also many descriptions of everyday life on Intrepid. Montfort served on Intrepid from the commissioning until April 27, 1945.
Dates
- 1941–46
Creator
- Montfort, Richard (Historic Owner, Person)
Conditions Governing Use
For rights and reproduction, contact collections@intrepidmuseum.org
Extent
5 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Processing Information
A tax receipt and income tax return inserted at the back of the 1945 diary have been removed and stored in a document box.
- Attack -- Kamikaze Attack
- Attack -- Torpedo Attack
- Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
- Attack on Truk, February 16–17, 1944 -- Torpedo Strike, February 17, 1944
- Battle of Okinawa, April 1 – June 22, 1945 -- Kamikaze Strike, April 16, 1945
- Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line
- Commissioning, August 16, 1943
- Communication Artifacts -- Documentary Artifacts -- Other Documents -- Book -- Journal -- Diary
- Families (Human) -- Family Members
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement)
- Ports of Call
- Pre-World War II, ?–November 1941
- Raids on Japanese Home Islands, March 1945 -- Kamikaze Near-Miss, March 18, 1945
- Shakedown Cruise, October 1943
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strike, October 29, 1944
- Strikes against Luzon, October 29, 1944 -- Kamikaze Strikes, November 25, 1944
- USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11) (Vessel)
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945
- Author
- Katherine Meyers
- Date
- July 21, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Online Archives Repository
Contact:
One Intrepid Square
W. 46th Street and 12th Avenue
New York NY 10036-4103 United States
collections@intrepidmuseum.org
One Intrepid Square
W. 46th Street and 12th Avenue
New York NY 10036-4103 United States
collections@intrepidmuseum.org