USS Enterprise

ID: 2719 ~ Source: US Naval History and Heritage Command, via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Enterprise_(CV-6)_in_Puget_Sound,_September_1945.jpg ~ Date: 1945

This file appears in: Norman Vandivier WWII Navy Veteran Memorial

A colorized photo of the USS Enterprise in Puget Sound, circa 1945. Norman Vandivier was serving aboard the Enterprise during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

This file appears in: Norman Vandivier WWII Navy Veteran Memorial

Norman Vandivier WWII Navy Veteran Memorial

By Linda S. Kilbert

Many Hoosier families sent a son or daughter to serve in the military during World War II (1939-1945). Pride in their child’s service mingled with worry about their safety. Families’ anticipation of news about the war mixed with trepidation about…