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Photograph of Fighting Squadron Ten (VF-10), also known as The Grim Reapers squadron. Squadron members are seen standing and seated in front of a banner with the squadron's motto, "The Grim Reapers...
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Just I was getting ready to give a program on the A-4 Skyhawk yesterday, one of our visitors boldly asked me how much I wanted to know about the A-4. I quickly took him up on his offer after I learned...
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Photograph of the USS Block Island (CVE-106) underway in 1953. Captain James Flatley served as the Commander of the USS Block Island.
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This is a copy of the remarks made by Captain E. L. Woodside as he posthumously delivered Smokey Stover's Air Medal. The Air Medal was presented to Stella Stover following the end of World War II.
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A photograph of Elisha "Smokey" Stover before the outbreak of World War II.
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On October 15, 1942, while engaged with an enemy float plane in combat, Elisha "Smokey" Stover skillfully clipped the wing of the opposing plane with his own. This caused the Imperial Japanese plane...
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Photograph of Lieutenant Elisha 'Smokey' Stover being congratulated with a cake by Captain Joseph "Jocko" Clark for the 7,000th landing on the USS Yorktown (CV-10).
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A letter from Admiral Chester Nimitz, the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, awarding Smokey Stover the Distinguished Flying Cross. Stover was awarded the honor for his heroism and...
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This photograph shows Elisha "Smokey" Stover standing on the wing of his Gruman F6F Hellcat following the 7,000th landing on the USS Yorktown (CV-10). He can be seen holding a plotting board in his...
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This photograph shows Elisha "Smokey" Stover just before his deployment aboard the USS Hornet (CV-8).
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In this letter Elisha "Smokey" Stover discusses the quickly approaching commissioning ceremony for the USS Yorktown (CV-10). Stover also discusses how he flew to Washington D.C. to deliver invitations...
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Patriots Point and the town of Mount Pleasant will welcome veterans and visitors to our Memorial Day service at 0900 on Monday, 25 May 2009. The program will be conducted at our Vietnam Support Base...
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On May 18, 1943, Smokey Stover received a congratulatory memorandum from the USS Yorktown's Air Officer H. R. Dozier.
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Smokey Stover's self-made portrait in pilot's headgear. The photograph was taken in the cockpit of his Hellcat fighter.
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Smokey Stover and an official from North American Aviation smiling as they look over a copy of the "Take Off" Newsletter.
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In this photograph Elisha "Smokey" Stover can be seen with a Stearman biplane.
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This photograph shows Elisha "Smokey" Stover standing alongside his mother, Stella Stover.
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This photograph shows Elisha "Smokey" Stover in the cockpit of a F6F Hellcat while aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10).
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This paperwork discusses Smokey Stover's candidacy for the United States Naval Academy.