Cenotaph Here
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name. Colloquially called "The Big E", she was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. Launched in 1936, she was one of only three American carriers commissioned before World War II to survive the war (the others being Saratoga and Ranger).
Repaired at Pearl Harbor from 10 September–16 October 1942, Enterprise embarked Air Group 10 in early October. She departed once more for the South Pacific, where with Hornet she formed TF 61, although Captain Osborne Hardison relieved Davis on 21 October. On 24 August 1942, a strong Japanese force was discovered some 200 miles (300 km) north of Guadalcanal, and TF 61 sent planes to the attack. In the ensuing Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the light carrier Ryūjō was sunk, and the Japanese troops intended for Guadalcanal were forced back. Enterprise suffered most heavily of the American ships; three direct bomb hits and four near misses killed 74, wounded 95, and inflicted serious damage on the carrier. Quick, hard work by damage control parties patched her up so that she was able to return to Hawaii under her own power.
S/O Venila M (Sheldon) & Carl Armstrong
Service # 6000486
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Seaman Second Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
Status Buried At Sea
ARMSTRONG, Arthur John, SEA2, 6000484, USS Enterprise (CV-6), Eastern Solomons, August 24, 1942, (Cascode121) killed in combat, dd August 24, 1942.
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Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name. Colloquially called "The Big E", she was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. Launched in 1936, she was one of only three American carriers commissioned before World War II to survive the war (the others being Saratoga and Ranger).
Repaired at Pearl Harbor from 10 September–16 October 1942, Enterprise embarked Air Group 10 in early October. She departed once more for the South Pacific, where with Hornet she formed TF 61, although Captain Osborne Hardison relieved Davis on 21 October. On 24 August 1942, a strong Japanese force was discovered some 200 miles (300 km) north of Guadalcanal, and TF 61 sent planes to the attack. In the ensuing Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the light carrier Ryūjō was sunk, and the Japanese troops intended for Guadalcanal were forced back. Enterprise suffered most heavily of the American ships; three direct bomb hits and four near misses killed 74, wounded 95, and inflicted serious damage on the carrier. Quick, hard work by damage control parties patched her up so that she was able to return to Hawaii under her own power.
S/O Venila M (Sheldon) & Carl Armstrong
Service # 6000486
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Seaman Second Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
Status Buried At Sea
ARMSTRONG, Arthur John, SEA2, 6000484, USS Enterprise (CV-6), Eastern Solomons, August 24, 1942, (Cascode121) killed in combat, dd August 24, 1942.
Source material from multiple public domain websites
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
Cenotaph Here
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name. Colloquially called "The Big E", she was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. Launched in 1936, she was one of only three American carriers commissioned before World War II to survive the war (the others being Saratoga and Ranger).
Repaired at Pearl Harbor from 10 September–16 October 1942, Enterprise embarked Air Group 10 in early October. She departed once more for the South Pacific, where with Hornet she formed TF 61, although Captain Osborne Hardison relieved Davis on 21 October. On 24 August 1942, a strong Japanese force was discovered some 200 miles (300 km) north of Guadalcanal, and TF 61 sent planes to the attack. In the ensuing Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the light carrier Ryūjō was sunk, and the Japanese troops intended for Guadalcanal were forced back. Enterprise suffered most heavily of the American ships; three direct bomb hits and four near misses killed 74, wounded 95, and inflicted serious damage on the carrier. Quick, hard work by damage control parties patched her up so that she was able to return to Hawaii under her own power.
S/O Venila M (Sheldon) & Carl Armstrong
Service # 6000486
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Seaman Second Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
Status Buried At Sea
ARMSTRONG, Arthur John, SEA2, 6000484, USS Enterprise (CV-6), Eastern Solomons, August 24, 1942, (Cascode121) killed in combat, dd August 24, 1942.
Source material from multiple public domain websites
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was a Yorktown-class carrier built for the United States Navy during the 1930s. She was the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name. Colloquially called "The Big E", she was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. Launched in 1936, she was one of only three American carriers commissioned before World War II to survive the war (the others being Saratoga and Ranger).
Repaired at Pearl Harbor from 10 September–16 October 1942, Enterprise embarked Air Group 10 in early October. She departed once more for the South Pacific, where with Hornet she formed TF 61, although Captain Osborne Hardison relieved Davis on 21 October. On 24 August 1942, a strong Japanese force was discovered some 200 miles (300 km) north of Guadalcanal, and TF 61 sent planes to the attack. In the ensuing Battle of the Eastern Solomons, the light carrier Ryūjō was sunk, and the Japanese troops intended for Guadalcanal were forced back. Enterprise suffered most heavily of the American ships; three direct bomb hits and four near misses killed 74, wounded 95, and inflicted serious damage on the carrier. Quick, hard work by damage control parties patched her up so that she was able to return to Hawaii under her own power.
S/O Venila M (Sheldon) & Carl Armstrong
Service # 6000486
Unit United States Naval Reserve
Rank Seaman Second Class U.S. Navy
★ Purple Heart
Status Buried At Sea
ARMSTRONG, Arthur John, SEA2, 6000484, USS Enterprise (CV-6), Eastern Solomons, August 24, 1942, (Cascode121) killed in combat, dd August 24, 1942.
Source material from multiple public domain websites
Remembered by Buffalo (50696055)
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