Added by: bgcarr902Draft Registration Card Pg1
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Added by: bgcarr902Numerous Yorktown Muster Reports show that Petty Officer Tiritilli was assigned to the Yorktown since at least August of 1943.
Added by: bgcarr902VT-1's first day of combat June 12th, strike #3 Aircraft Action Report (pg4). The first of the two photographic hops flown by Ens Wilmanns & his crew that day.
Added by: bgcarr902Aircraft Action Report for June 13th 1944 (pg1)
Added by: bgcarr902Aircraft Action Report pg2
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Added by: bgcarr902Aircraft Action Report pg5
Added by: bgcarr902USS Yorktown Diary Entry for June 13th 1944
Added by: bgcarr902Aerial photo of 25mm guns (believed to be located near the causeway)
Added by: bgcarr902"The Fighting Lady" book by Clark G. Reynolds pg 145
Added by: bgcarr902"The Fighting Lady" book by Clark G. Reynolds pg 146
Added by: bgcarr902Yorktown Muster Report showing transfer from ships company to VT-1 in August 1944. How, when, & why he was assigned to VT-1 as a turret gunner isn't real clear.
Added by: bgcarr902AMM2c Herman Peter Tiritilli in squadron photo possibly taken at Kahului (Maui) Hawaii in March or April of 1945 (reformed squadron).
Added by: bgcarr902USS Card (CVE-11) muster report showing Tiritilli and Proctor assigned to VT-100. They departed Pearl Harbor July 17th 1944 aboard the USS Card.
Added by: bgcarr902#82 Lt Nelson's plane June 20th 1944