Title
The USS Yorktown Association Honors the Parents of Elisha "Smokey" Stover.
Description
This photograph shows the USS Yorktown Association presenting J. Spurgeon and Stella Stover with a certificate of appreciation during the 1952 Yorktown reunion.
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 #
2023.73
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Primary Object Name
Photograph
Sub-Class Name
Graphic Documents
Class Name
Documentary Objects
Category Name
Category 08: Communication Objects
