Interview with Edward J. Bartek, WWII veteran. CCSU Veterans History Project.

[detroitdaddy1960]

Thank you for your service Ed. Andrew Hammond, son of ATC John S. Hammond VAW-33 USS ESSEX.

[gcrav]

Ranger was the first aircraft carrier purpose built from the keel up, not the first aircraft carrier.

[Monscent]

Very interesting, but why is the video quality so very poor? Also, why not film the entire man instead of just his head and the wall?

[brucencalifornia]

Ahoy Ed, Thanks

as tele-phone talker in Bravo 3, I too could flip channels to listen to reports from the deck.excited reports from mount 54, during our 15 minute escape. reporting splashes marching after us as we fire at our target. While 20 or more guns on the shore have us zeroed in

We agree about war. 1st dead I saw was sailor,

I thought that could be me,then I said that's not right,

haze gray and underway