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Posts Tagged ‘Hellcat’
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Foundation Donor Provides New Tires For Museum Aircraft
Posted: Sep 22, 2020A donation to the USS Yorktown Foundation is funding the replacement of 72 tires on 22 different aircraft at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum. The $65,000 project also includes […]
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Battle of Okinawa Memorial Held 70 Years After Kamikaze Attack on USS Laffey
Posted: Apr 21, 2015On Thursday, April 16, 2015, seven World War II veterans who served in the Okinawa campaign assembled on the fantail of the USS Yorktown overlooking the USS Laffey to remember […]
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18 April Scout Topgun!
Posted: Apr 19, 2009Boy Scout Troop 245 from Cumming, Georgia, attended the aviation merit badge class onboard Yorktown this weekend at Patriots Point. The troop did a pretty good job in the combat […]
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The Amazing Fred Fox story!
Posted: Mar 28, 2009Sixty four years ago, the Yorktown (CV-10) was engaged in softening up Okinawa for the Army/Marine invasion on 01 April. On the morning of 26 March, VBF-9 and VT-9 off […]