Air Group 13
![Air Group 13 Aboard USS Franklin (US Navy) 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.](https://mglennross.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Air-Group-13-Aboard-USS-Franklin-US-Navy-landscape-56de197d83a4f559f247ddd985919f76-.png)
USS Franklin Draws Its First Blood–July 4, 1944
Air Group-13 Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers prepare to strike the Japanese in the Philippines in October 1944. On 30 June...
![John_Wooden-1972-credit-Associated-Students-of-the-Universityn-of-California-at-Los-Angeles-1972-Southern-Campus-UCLA-yearbook-p-77 Coach John Wooden](https://mglennross.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/John_Wooden-1972-credit-Associated-Students-of-the-Universityn-of-California-at-Los-Angeles-1972-Southern-Campus-UCLA-yearbook-p-77-landscape-23a067b048a75911c03a2ca9cc0a60cd-.jpg)
Memorial Day Remembrances of Lts. John Wooden, Fred Stalcup, and Wayne Winecoff, USN
Air Group-13 Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers prepare to strike the Japanese in the Philippines in October 1944. Memorial Day is...
![Air Group 13 Aboard USS Franklin (US Navy) 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.](https://mglennross.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Air-Group-13-Aboard-USS-Franklin-US-Navy-landscape-56de197d83a4f559f247ddd985919f76-.png)
Kamikazes Attack USS Franklin (CV-13)
Air Group-13 Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers prepare to strike the Japanese in the Philippines in October 1944. Normally, 17-year-old Seaman...