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	Search results for Carrier    Refine your search Subject World War, 1939-1945 (9) Correspondence (7) United States Navy -- ... (7) United States Navy Pac... (7) World War, 1939-1945, ... (6) Show more... Creator Norman Vandivier (7) Frank Wallace Summers (1) Harold, Willard E (1) Date 1939-07-18 (1) 1940-09-05 (1) 1941-03-12 (1) 1941-05-22 (1) 1941-06-02 (1) Show more... results 1-13 of 13 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Letter from Norman Vandivier to His Family, May 22, 1941 World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Navy; United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy.--Airmen; Enterprise (Aircraft Carrier: CV-6); Aircraft carriers; Correspondence In the letter he describes how he recently crashed his airplane. He says pilots are placed in two categories, those who have crashed their planes and those who are going to. 2. Letter from Norman Vandivier to His Parents, June 2, 1941 World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Navy; Correspondence; United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy.--Airmen; Enterprise (Aircraft Carrier: CV-6) In the letter he describes a recent trip to the South Seas and a crash landing in the ocean. 3. Sergeant George F. Heiny and Others Strip a Weapons Carrier World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--War work; Military life; Military personnel; Military uniforms George F. Heiny of Anderson, at left, helps strip a weapons carrier that had been damaged by a Japanese bomber during a raid on an Allied base near Darwin, Australia, in 1943. Heiny served with the Forty-third... 4. Page 2 5. Page 2 6. Letter from Norman Vandivier to His Parents, February 12, 1941 World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --Personal narratives; Correspondence; Aircraft carriers; Aircraft accidents; United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy.--Airmen Vandivier describes recent activities aboard the ship including three nights of rough seas and a recent airplane crash. 7. Letter from Norman Vandivier to his Family, October 14 World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy.--Airmen; Enterprise (Aircraft Carrier: CV-6); Correspondence Vandivier has been practicing night flying. His ship is heading to San Diego for De-Gaussing gear. 8. Letter from Norman Vandivier to His Family, September 5, 1940 World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --Personal narratives; United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy.--Airmen; Correspondence Vandivier describes his qualifying to land an airplane on an aircraft carrier. He asks about things back home. 9. Letter from Navy Air Cadet Norman Vandivier to His Parents, July 18, 1939 World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Navy; United States. Navy. Bombing Squadron 6; United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy.--Airmen; Vandivier (Destroyer: DR 540); Enterprise (Aircraft Carrier: CV-6) Cadet Vandivier described flight training. His instructor put him through some "stunts" and he was learning to send and receive Morse Code. He listed clothing he had been issued and that he would be going... 10. Letter from Norman Vandivier to his Parents, Aug. 23, 1941 Vandivier, Norman Francis; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Navy; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Front; Soldiers--Correspondence; Military life; Aircraft carriers; Flight crews Although he tells them he can't reveal exactly where he is or what he has been doing, he does say he's been working long hours with a lot of night flying. He plans to buy a car and see the island where... 11. Letter from Frank W. Summers, June 1, 1943 World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --Personal narratives; United States. Army. Air Corps; World War, 1939-1945--Africa, North.; Correspondence Summers was part of the 4th Troop Carrier Squadron of the 12th Air Force and served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy during the war. In this letter he describes daily activities, places he's assigned... 12. Letter from Norman Vandivier to His Parents, May 27, 1942 World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Navy; United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy.--Airmen; Enterprise (Aircraft Carrier: CV-6); Correspondence Vandivier mentions the pleasant weather where he is fighting the war, and that he's glad he hasn't had to fight in weather like the last winter's in Russia. A family member of a lost crewman has written... 13. Letter from Norman Vandivier to His Parents, March 12, 1941 World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945, --Personal narratives; World War, 1939-1945, --United States, Navy; United States. Navy. Pacific Fleet; United States. Navy.--Airmen; Aircraft accidents; Aircraft carriers; Airplane equipment; Correspondence; Enterprise (Aircraft Carrier: CV-6) Vandivier had recently celebrated his 25th birthday when he wrote this letter. He had been training on another type of airplane, and engines from nine new airplanes had been returned to the factory due... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-13 of 13 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
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