1941-12-06 Pacific
Operations USS
Enterprise AIRCRAFT
CARRIER
1941-12-07 Pearl
Harbor IJN
Akagi AIRCRAFT
CARRIER
1941-12-08 Battle
of Wake Island A6M
Zero / F4F Wildcat
1941-12-31 Sino-Japanese
War P-40 Flying
Tiger
1942-01-08 Battle
of Malaya
1942-02-08 Battle
of Singapore
1942-02 Marshall
Islands G4M
Betty
1942-03 Indian
Ocean Raid
1942-04-18 Doolittle’s
Raid B-25
Mitchell
1942-05-03 Port
Moresby
1942-05-05 Battle
of Corregidor G3M
Nell
1942-05-07 West Virginia Refloated at Pearl
1942-05-07 Battle
of Coral Sea IJN
Shoho LIGHT
CARRIER
1942-05-08 Lexington
Sunk at Coral Sea
1942-05 Battle
of Solomons USS
Indianapolis HEAVY
CRUISER
1942-06 Battle
of Midway SBD
Dauntless / TBF Devastator
1942-08 Battle
of Guadalcanal F4U
Corsair
1942-08 Battle
of East Solomons D3A Val
1942-08-17 Invasion
of Makin Atoll [Gilberts]
]1942-10 Battle
of Santa Cruz PBY
Catalina / F6F Hellcats
1943-01-23 Battle
of Rabaul
1943.01 Battle
of Rennell Island USS
Chicago HEAVY
CRUISER
1943-05-11 Battle
of Attu
1943-11 Gilbert
Islands Operations IJN
Akatsuki DESTROYER
1944-01 Marshall
Islands Operations
1944-02 Truk
Islands Operations
1944-04 Invasion
of Hollandia USS
N Carolina BATTLESHIP
1944-06-15 USMC
Landings at Saipan LVT AMPHIB
VEHICLE
1944-06-20 Marianas
Turkey Shoot USS
Lexington FLEET
CARRIER
1944-8/9 Chichi
Jima / Yap / Palau
1944-09-30 Battle
of Peleliu
1944-10 Okinawa
/ Formosa / Manila IJN Musashi HVY DESTROYER
Leyte Gulf and Luzon
CH01 - 16 AUG 1936
Newport News, Virgiania
Stevedore Adam Demkowicz
There were approximately 1500 Maryland men who put their hands in, on, and around her. She was a thing of absolute beauty. There was no girl like her in the whole world. It would take ten years for the rest of the world to figure that out.
Her name was USS Enterprise. She was one of the brand new carriers in the Yorktown Class. She was built to hold 1000 planes and three times as many sailors.
CH02 - 04 DEC 1941
Scouting Squadron Pilot
Pearl Harbor
His first battle would be his last.
CH03 - 23 DEC 1941
Bryan Hickey - Mechanical Engineer
Battle for Wake Island
Begins with the Surrender of Wake Island to the Japanese. Ends with Attack on Wake Island
CH04 - 18 APR 1942Doolittle Raid
CH05 - 02 JUN 1942
Petty Officer Second Class - Keith Carpenter
Battle of Midway
CH06 - 04 AUG 1942
USMC Communications Officer Sergeant
Marine - Beach Raid
Battle of Guadalcanal
Turns from Comm Officer to Bravo Grunt
CH0b - 24 AUG 1942Battle of GuadalcanalPetty Officer First Class / Fireman
Val Dive Bomber Pierces CV-6 Deck
Killed in Action
CH07 - 25 AUG 1942
Guadalcanal Beach Raid - Capturing "Henderson Field"
The Night Fight - Americans Seem to be Winning / Morning Sheds New Light
Near Total Pull-Out the Next Morning.
The Big E Takes a Hit.
CH08 - 26 OCT 1942Battle of Santa Cruz IslandsYeoman / Anti-Aircraft Gunner's Mate
CH09 - 14 NOV 1942
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
USN Dauntless Dive Bomber Pilot Jack Schuyler
Bomb Fuser - Aircraft Armament
(when Bomb bounces on deck - he's the one who rolls the bomb into the Pacific.
CH10 - -30 JAN 1943
Battle of Rennell Island
CH11 - 26 NOV 1943
Lt. Cmdr. Edward "Butch" O'Hare***
TBF Torpedo Plane Avenger Pilot
"The Black Panthers" - 1st USN Night Combat Patrol
CH12a - 16 FEB 1944Truk Atoll / Caroline Islands"Betty" Pilot Yashomura Ohba
"You mean they've just got all these ships gathered together in one place? That seems...."
"Vaguely familiar? We're going to put every piece of Japanese steel on the bottom of that lagoon."
- - - Attack of the "Bettys"
Ch12b - 12 APR 1944
Second Attack - Truk Atoll
- - - Re-built Bomber Fields for IJN.
19 JUN 1944Battle of the Philippine SeaFirst Admiral Koga
23 OCT 1944Battle of Leyte Gulf
Lt. Cmdr E.E. Evans (Taffy 3)
21 FEB 1945
Battle of Iwo Jima
