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John Slightom (1918)


World War II · US Navy · Lieutenant (Junior Grade)

Rank: Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
United States of America
Thumbnail for slightom ph2.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902John Day Slightom
Thumbnail for slightom drc1.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902Draft Registration Card pg1
Thumbnail for slightom drc2.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902Draft Registration Card pg2
Thumbnail for slighton ph texas.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902Slightom in training Corpus Christi Texas 1942
Thumbnail for temp duty vt-6.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902Temporary duty with VT-6
Thumbnail for vt-6 photo.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902VT-6 Officers. Ltjg Eddy far left standing and Ltjg Crenshaw far right kneeling. Ltjg Slightom not in photo.
Thumbnail for intrepid feb18.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902Sunbathing on the deck of the USS Intrepid dated 18 Feb 1944
Thumbnail for slightom ph.jpegAdded by: bgcarr902Ltjg John Day Slightom, probably May 1944 Kaneohe Hawaii (group photo)
Thumbnail for mays guam aar1.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902"Aircraft Action Report" 13 June 1944 (pg 1 of 5)
Thumbnail for Fold3_Page_397_World_War_II_War_Diaries_19411945fix.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902"Aircraft Action Report" 15 June 1944 (pg 1 of 5)
Thumbnail for slighton ph on left1.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902Lt John Slightom (left), Lt Carl Luedeman, and Ens Joseph Murphy in a press photo after arriving back home at the Seattle Naval Air Station. Photo is dated 9 Sep 1944.
Thumbnail for torpedo1.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902Mark 13 torpedo about to be loaded into the bomb bay of a TBF Avenger
Thumbnail for #82 Lt Nelson's plane June 20th 1944Added by: bgcarr902Charles Nelson in #82 about to launch to attack the Japanese fleet on June 20th. Both planes in this photo were shot down.
Thumbnail for Fold3_Page_24.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902Yorktown War Diary (pg 1 of 6)
Thumbnail for Fold3_Page_417_World_War_II_War_Diaries_19411945.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902"Aircraft Action Report" 20 June 1944 (pg 1 of 5)
Thumbnail for Cover of 1944 Flying magazine.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902Cover of 1944 Flying magazine
Thumbnail for 1944 Flying magazine article excerpt.jpgAdded by: bgcarr9021944 Flying magazine page 278 (article on "Aircrewmen")
Thumbnail for slightom article.jpgAdded by: bgcarr902Dr. Slightom article