Jack "Weary" McKnight
Enlistment: September 1942 to March 1943 |
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Pre-diary Notes |
Sept. 31, 1942 |
Enlisted in the U.S. Navy from home in Pittsburgh, Pa. |
Oct. 21, 1942 |
Entered service. Assigned to Naval Training Station in Newport, R.I. |
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Dec. 25, 1942 |
First Christmas in the Navy, U.S. Naval Training Center, Boston
Mass. |
Dec. 31, 1942 |
Completed "basic training." |
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Jan. 11, 1943 |
Assigned to Advance Base Aviation Training Unit, Naval Air
Station, Norfolk, Virginia. Reported the following day. Photo |
April 25, 1943 |
Assigned to U.S.S. Essex CV-9: Division V-3-R
(C.I.C.), Combat Information Center . |
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The U.S.S. Essex CV-9 was launched on July 31,
1942 in Newport News, Virginia. It was commissioned on
Dec. 31, 1942. The newcarrier was the first of its class
and remained stationed in Norfolk conducting trial operations until May. Additional
photo. |
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