Title
Elisha "Smokey" Stover's Diary Notes Dated From January 1, 1943 to January 16, 1943
Description
Diary entries from January 1, 1943 to January 16,1943 during the time that Smokey was visiting family and friends in Southern California where he receives orders to report to the new Yorktown. Boarding an eastbound train, he stops in Chicago to meet up with Billie, proposes to her, she accepts and they spend the next day together. He departs for Norfolk, gets settled, watches the movie Fantasia and calls Billie for her ring size.
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 #
2017.26
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Secondary Object Name
Journal
Primary Object Name
Book
Sub-Class Name
Other Documents
Class Name
Documentary Objects
Category Name
Category 08: Communication Objects
