Name
Joseph Adolph Samoluk
Born
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e-mail
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Date
Service
Unit
1942-Jan-11
USN
VP-81
Date
Rate
1942-Nov-01
Lt.(jg)
1944-Jun-12
Lieutenant
Citation
Date
Post
Action
1942-Nov-01
Pilot
Flight: Bombing - 3.6 hours
1943-Jan-25
Pilot
Flight: Patrol - 10.0 hours. "British Guiana and return"
1943-Jan-29
Pilot
Flight: training - 3.3 hours. "Spent nite aboard FDR"s Boeing Clipper"
1943-Mar-14
Pilot
Flight: Patrol/Night - 14.0 hours. "VP-34 returned to GTMO"
1943-Apr-15
Pilot
Flight: Patrol/Night - 14.3 hours. "Was in hospital for 10 days"
1943-Sep-05
Pilot
Flight: familiarization - 2.0 hours. "Looked the joint over. Was in gunnery school during rest of this month"
1944-Apr-14
Pilot
Flight: Patrol/Bombing/Night/Rescue? Landed in daylight two miles off Japanese-held Ballele Island (Bougainville Straits) to rescue a lone survivor in the water, but he was dead.
1944-May-27
Pilot
Flight: Patrol/Bombing? Working with PT boats, found three Japanese barges near Cape Laverdy (East Bougainville). Sank one, damaged two. Strafed soldiers on shore.
1944-Jun-12
Pilot
Flight. Rescued P-39 pilot (2nd Lt. George A. MAYBERRY) off coast of Shortland Islands.
Publication
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VP-81 Album
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VP-81 Album
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VP-81 Album
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VP-81 Album
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Biography