Oral History Interview with S. Tom Morris, October 18, 2012 Page: 3
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Interview with Lt. Senior Grade S. Tom Morris, USNR ............................................... 1-76
Flying Class Photo - S. Tom Morris .................................................................................77
WWII History of USS Ticonderoga ............................................................................ 78-83
Article on Kamikaze Attack on January 21, 1945, by C. Vern Higman, VT-80.......84 - 86
C urtis SB 2C H elldiver, V B -80 .................................................................................... 87-88
Photo o1f SB2C Helldiver, VB-80 ......................................................................................89
Photo of SB2C Helldiver over USS Ticonderoga, VB-80................................................90
Douglas SBD Dauntless............................................................................................... 91-92
G rum m an F6F H ellcat ......................................................................................... . 93-96
C hance-V ought F4U C orsair ..................................................................................... 97-102
USS Ticonderoga with a full deck load of aircraft.
Contributed by the United States Navy .........................................103
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) off San Diego, California, mid-September
1944, loaded with aircraft to be transported to Hawaii. The ship
is painted in camouflage. Photographed from a blimp. Official
U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval
Historical Center (#NH 92242). Contributed by the Naval Historical Center................104
An F6F Hellcat prepares to take off from USS
Ticonderoga (CV-14), October 1944, while training in
Hawaiian waters.
C ontributed by Pieter B akels ...........................................................................................105
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) launching aircraft prior toher first strike against the Japanese, 5 November 1944.
U.S. Navy photo now in the collection of the National
Archives (#80-G-301350) Contributed by U.S. Navy ....................................................106
This view taken from Ticonderoga (CV-14), entering Ulithi
Lagoon on December 8, 1944 shows the famous
"Murderers Row". Original image submitted by Steve Whitby .....................................107
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Morris, S. Tom & Fields, Ken. Oral History Interview with S. Tom Morris, October 18, 2012, text, October 18, 2012; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1613149/m1/3/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.