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A crowed deck of planes, pilots, and crews of Air Group 13 in October 1944. The first nine are Hellcat fighters, the ones in the back are Helldivers and Avengers. Franklin would be struck by a Kamikaze on 30 October 1944.

USS Franklin Draws Its First Blood–July 4, 1944

July 3, 2024
Air Group-13 Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers prepare to strike the Japanese in the...
Action Reports / Air Group 13 / July 4th / US Navy / USS Franklin
Two carriers burning after separate kamikaze strikes. USS Franklin (CV-13), at right, and USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) afire after being hit by Japanese kamikaze suicide planes, while operating off the Philippines on 30 October 1944. Photographed from USS Brush (DD-745). US Navy 80-G-326798

Some Points From The USS Franklin CV-13 War Damage Report

June 27, 2024
USS Franklin Sailors examine damage to the flight and hangar decks after the...
19 march / Kamikaze attack / October 1944 / US Navy / USS Franklin
!st page of the USS Franklin Muster Roll dated 31 March 1944.

How To Learn More About Your Ancestor’s U. S. Military Records

June 14, 2024
Cover sheet of 31 March 1944 Muster Roll of USS Franklin. (National Archives)...
Muster Rolls / National Archives
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USS Franklin (CV-13) Documentaries, Videos, And Oral Histories

June 7, 2024
Until my book comes out, here are other sources that provide more information...
Admiral James S. Russell / Books, Movies, Videos, and other media / Research / Stephen Jurika / The Museum of the Pacific War / USS Franklin
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Memorial Day Remembrances of Lts. John Wooden, Fred Stalcup, and Wayne Winecoff, USN

May 27, 2024
Air Group-13 Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers prepare to strike the Japanese in the...
Air Group 13 / Memorial Day / USS Franklin
USS Yorktown, CV-10, shown underway in June 1944 during the Marianas campaign. The photo is taken from a plane flying off her port side. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 10a. There are twenty-eight aircraft parked on her flight deck aft with folded wings. Photo credit US National Archives 80-G-238298

How Eleanor Roosevelt Prevented A Curse

May 15, 2024
Underway during the Marianas operation, June 1944. The ship is painted in camouflage...
Eleanor Roosevelt / Things I Have Learned / US Navy

Thank You Teachers!

May 10, 2024
I am haunted by the ghosts of my teachers. As I research my...
Me / Things I Have Learned
Massive smoke clouds and flames issue from USS Bunker Hill on 11 May 1945 strikes by two kamikazes. (US Navy 80-G-274266)

“Information on and Means for Combating Suicide Plane Attacks”

April 29, 2024
USS Franklin (CV-13), at right, and USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) afire after being...
Kamikaze attack / Strategy and Tactics / Things I Have Learned
USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) arrives at New York Navy Yard for repair of battle damage, circa 28 April 1945

USS Franklin Arrives In New York Harbor, Flag Flying

April 28, 2024
USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) arrives at New York Navy Yard for repair of battle...
US Navy / USS Franklin
Title Page for the Task Group 58.2 Action Report Commander Task Group 58.2 Period 14 March to 24 March 1945

Highlights From “ACTION REPORT: TASK GROUP 58.2

April 12, 2024
Title Page For Admiral Ralph Davison's TG 58.2 Action Report. This report discussed...
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