Name
Walter F. Howard - "Chick"
Born
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e-mail
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Date
Service
Unit
1941-Jun-06
USN
VP-23
1941-Jan-07
USN
VP-11
Date
Rate
1941-Jun-06
AMM3c
Citation
Date
Post
Action
1941-Jun-06
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Flight - 2.0 hours
1941-Jun-19
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Flight - 3.7 hours
1941-Jun-19
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Flight - 3.7 hours
1941-Jun-23
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Flight - 0.5 hours
1941-Jun-23
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Flight - 0.5 hours
1941-Jun-30
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Flight - 6.3 hours
1941-Jul-10
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Flight - 2.4 hours
1941-Jul-10
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Flight - 1.9 hours
1941-Jul-18
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Flight - 3.6 hours
1941-Aug-14
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Flight - 4.0 hours
1941-Aug-18
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Flight - 2.2 hours
1941-Aug-20
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Flight - 2.5 hours
1941-Aug-21
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Flight - 0.6 hours
1941-Aug-21
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Flight - 0.6 hours
1941-Sep-10
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Flight - 3.2 hours
1941-Sep-11
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Flight - 2.0 hours
1941-Sep-12
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Flight - 3.8 hours
1941-Sep-16
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Flight - 4.6 hours
1941-Oct-02
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Flight - 2.0 hours
1941-Oct-13
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Flight - 4.0 hours
1941-Nov-02
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Flight - 2.1 hours
1941-Nov-03
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Flight - 5.0 hours
1941-Nov-05
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Flight - 2.9 hours
1941-Nov-06
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Flight - 3.6 hours
1941-Nov-13
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Flight - 5.0 hours
1941-Nov-27
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Flight - 1.5 hours
1941-Nov-28
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Flight - 3.8 hours
1941-Dec-02
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Flight - 4.2 hours. "Patrol"
1941-Dec-19
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Flight - 10.5 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1941-Dec-21
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Flight - 10.5 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1941-Dec-23
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Flight - 10.3 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1941-Dec-25
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Flight - 12.3 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1941-Dec-28
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Flight - 10.0 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-Jan-03
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Flight - 13.0 hours. "War Patrol"
1942-Jan-07
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Flight - 9.8 hours. "War Patrol"
1942-Jan-11
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Flight - 11.8 or 11.3 hours. "War Patrol", "Patrol. N/L."
1942-Jan-13
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Flight - 10.3 hours. "War Patrol"
1942-Jan-17
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Flight - 12.3 hours. "War Patrol"
1942-Jan-21
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Flight - 6.7 hours. "War Patrol AB" [Advance Base], "Johnston Is." At 0615, departed for Johnston, searching sector 244-260d enroute. Arrived 1400.
1942-Jan-22
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Flight - 4.5 hours. "War Patrol AB" [Advance Base], "Johnston Is."
1942-Jan-23
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Flight - 1.0 hours. "War Patrol AB" [Advance Base], "Johnston Is."
1942-Jan-23
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Flight - 4.1 hours. "War Patrol AB" [Advance Base], "Johnston Is."
1942-Jan-24
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Flight - 5.0 hours. "War Patrol AB" [Advance Base], "Johnston Is."
1942-Jan-25
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Flight - 1.0 hours. "War Patrol AB" [Advance Base], "Johnston Is." At 0853, ordered to patrol sector 237d-246d, 330-600 miles from Pearl Harbor.
1942-Jan-25
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Flight - 6.5 hours. "War Patrol AB" [Advance Base], "Johnston Is." At 1430, ordered to assist USS RAIL which spotted a submarine while escorting a convoy at 18d20m Lat, 163d40m Long.
1942-Jan-26
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Flight - 7.2 hours. "War Patrol AB" [Advance Base], "Johnston Is."
1942-Jan-27
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Flight - 10.5 hours. "War Patrol AB" [Advance Base], "Johnston Is." At 1200, departed Johnston for Kaneohe. Arrived 1700-1730.
1942-Feb-03
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Flight - 3.5 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-Feb-05
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Flight - 10.6 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-Feb-09
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Flight - 12.2 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-Feb-15
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Flight - 12.1 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-Mar-16
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Flight - 12.0 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-Mar-19
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Flight - 12.0 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-Mar-26
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Flight - 12.1 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-Mar-29
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Flight - 12.5 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-Apr-01
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Flight: patrol. Took off between 0600 and 0730, landed between 1800 and 2000. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-Apr-04
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Flight: patrol. Took off between 0600 and 0700, landed 1900. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-Apr-09
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Flight: patrol. Took off 0630, landed 2000. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-Apr-11
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Flight: patrol. Took off 0630, landed between 2030 and 2045. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-Apr-14
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Flight: patrol. Took off 0600, landed 1900. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-May-11
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Flight: Night - 1.1 hours. "Nite Bounce Hop", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-May-15
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Flight - 3.5 hours. "War Patrol", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-May-16
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Flight - 11.6 hours
1942-May-18
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Flight - 1.0 hour. "Bounce Hop", "Kaneohe TH"
1942-May-20
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Flight - 1.2 hours. "War Patrol A.B. [Advance Base]", "Barking Sands, K[a]uai"
1942-May-23
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Flight - 11.8 hours. "War Patrol A.B. [Advance Base]", "Barking Sands, K[a]uai"
1942-May-25
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Flight - 12.1 hours. "War Patrol A.B. [Advance Base]", "Barking Sands, K[a]uai"
1942-May-27
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Flight - 12.0 hours. "War Patrol A.B. [Advance Base]", "Barking Sands, K[a]uai"
1942-May-29
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Flight - 12.0 hours. "War Patrol A.B. [Advance Base]", "Barking Sands, K[a]uai"
1942-May-31
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Flight - 11.9 hours. "War Patrol A.B. [Advance Base]", "Barking Sands, K[a]uai"
1942-Jun-03
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Flight - 12.3 hours. "War Patrol A.B. [Advance Base]" [Searching for Japanese fleet during Battle of Midway]
1942-Jun-05
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Flight - 12.0 hours. "War Patrol A.B. [Advance Base]" [Searching for Japanese fleet during Battle of Midway]
1942-Jun-07
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Flight - 12.1 hours. "War Patrol A.B. [Advance Base]" [Searching for Japanese fleet during Battle of Midway]
1942-Jun-09
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Flight - 11.9 hours. "War Patrol A.B. [Advance Base]" [Searching for Japanese fleet during Battle of Midway]
1942-Jun-13
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Flight - 12.3 hours. "War Patrol A.B. [Advance Base]" [Searching for Japanese fleet during Battle of Midway]
1942-Jun-15
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Flight - 12.8 hours. "War Patrol A.B. [Advance Base]", "Barking Sands, TH"
1942-Jun-16
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Flight - 2.4 hours. "War Patrol A.B. [Advance Base]", "Return to Kaneohe TH"
Publication
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VP/VPB-11 Association Photo: Video Collection
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Biography