Title

College Academic Record of Elisha "Smokey" Stover

Description

This record shows Smokey Stover's attendance and grades while he was enrolled at North Texas State Teachers College and would likely have been forwarded to the Naval Academy as part of Stover's 1939 application.

Collection

Smokey Stover Collection

Context

Elisha Terrill "Smokey" Stover was a F4F Wildcat pilot with VF-8 on the USS Hornet (CV-8) and VF-5 aboard the USS Saratoga (CV-3) and later at Guadalcanal in 1942 where he downed 4 Japanese planes earning the Air Medal. Transferred aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) as a Fighter Director Officer in CIC in 1944, he appeared in scenes of "The Fighting Lady" and later returned to flight status with VF-5 when he was shot down over Truk Atoll on February 16, 1944.

Accession #

2023.63

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Primary Object Name

Record, Student

Sub-Class Name