Title
Newspaper Article About Stover's Posthumous Honor
Description
Newspaper article from the May 5, 1946 edition of the Dallas Morning News about the post-war ceremony at McAlester Naval Munitions Depot awarding the Air Medal to Lt. Elisha Terrill Stover and presented to his mother Stella
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
