The USS Enterprise (CV-6) was the most highly decorated American ship in World War II. She participated in almost ever major action of the Pacific theater. This collection contains 1941-1943
The USS Kearsarge (CV/CVA/CVS-33) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the third US Navy ship to bear the name, shared with peak that rises in the White Mountains in Merrimack County, N.H.. Kearsarge was commissioned in March 1946, and arriver at her homeport of Norfolk, VA, on 21 April 1946.
Vernon Neufeld served with the 364th Bomb Squadron in the 305th Bomb Group in the Second World War. His B-17 was shot down over enemy territory and her became a prisoner of war.
Gerald F. Bogan, Vice Admiral, U.S.N., was a distinguished veteran of 38 years of naval service. In 1950, at the time of his retirement, Admiral Bogan was Commander, First Fleet. Before his final assignment, he had served as Commander, First Task Fleet, Pacific, as Commander, Air Force, Atlantic, as Commander, Fleet Air, Alameda, and as Commanding Officer, U.S.S. Saratoga.
Virginia Streeter was a WASP in the Second World War.
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