The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Deaths: Code Talker-- Naval Aviator

SAMUEL JESSE SMITH, 88.  Died April 12, 2014.  American Navajo soldiers and code talker.


JOSEPH A. DOYLE, 93, Died April 4, 2014.  Lawyer, Asst. Secretary of Navy 1979-1981.  Born 1920, served in U.S. Navy 1941-1945.  From 1943-1945, he was aviator on USS Enterprise (CV--6) and awarded Navy Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Cross.

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