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Oral History: Ariel M. Whittaker 25-Jun-09, 20090625.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Internet videos.
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- online resource (video file 1:06:34) : Sound, Colour
- Place of Publication:
- 25-Jun-09,
- Summary:
- Nickname is Zeke; Chief Aviation Hydraulic Mechanic (CAMMH ); Whittaker joined the USS Enterprise (CV6) on its return trip to Pearl Harbor after the 7 December 1941 attack; he recalls with great detail watching the Doolittle Raiders take off from the USS Hornet; he feared that the Japanese were going to retaliate and destroy the fleet he was in; he also recalls the aftermath of the Battle of Midway and the actions at Guadalcanal and in the Solomon Islands.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource (viewed on 12 June, 2019).
- Archive Reference: OH.2804.
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