USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
CVB-42/CVA-42/CV-42 ~ 27 Oct. 1945 – 01 Oct. 1977
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1945-1954 The Early Years
1945 NY Navy Yard “Shipworker”
1945-46 Eldgidge E. Taylor VB-75
1945/12/10 FD Reporter
1945/12/17 FD Reporter
1946 Shipboard Papers
1946 Thanksgiving & 1947 Christmas Menus
1946-49 Naval Aviation News
1946/01/14 FD Reporter
1946/02/20 FD Reporter
1946/03/12 FD Reporter
1947/11/21 FD Reporter
1949-52 Robert DeCamp VF-61
1950-52 Naval Aviation News
1950-52 Welcome Aboard Booklets
1951 Holiday Menu
1951-52 Don Savercool
1951-52 Herb Gold VC-62
1951-53 Marlow D. Neuberger
1951-54 Donald Dobbins
1951/09/16-10/31 FD Reporters
1952-53 Robert Heinze
1952-54 Don Cavanaugh
1952/01 FD Reporter
1952/07/31 FD Reporter
1952/12/11 FD Reporter
1952/12/17 FD Reporter
1954 SCB-110 Modernization
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1956-1969 The Middle Years
1956 Recommissioning and Antartic
1957-58 Dave Olson VFP-62
1957-58 Ed Winslow
1957-58 Henry Tuminello Jr. VAH-3
1957-58 Jim Mulligan
1957-58 Vic Kretsinger VAH-3
1957-59 Ben & Max Balding
1957-59 Lee Fels
1958-59 Jim Durell
1958-59 Nick Scazafave
1958-60 Donald Lincoln
1958-60 Howard McDonald
1958-60 Larry Blumenthal
1958-60 Phil Gemmill
1958-67 Welcome Aboard Booklets
1959 George DeVirgilio
1959 Harold Woodrom VMF-114
1959 Naples Harbor
1959 Plan of the Day ~ 01 Sept.
1959-60 Glenn Muzzy VA-15
1959-60 Harold Travers
1960 Plan of the Day ~ 17 Aug.
1960 Press-I-Dential (Nov.)
1960-61 Dave Berry
1960-61 Jay Holley
1960-61 Ray Rapp
1960-62 Bill Burns
1960-62 John Firlit
1961 LCDR William J Burke
1961 Tom Bayer
1961-63 Fred Burgess
1962-64 Steve Kundzala
1962-66 Robert Sand
1963-64 Stan Martin VA-172
1963-65 Rick Renner
1964 Bill Prahl VA-15
1964-65 LCDR Frank Mudgett VA-12
1965 Presidential (20th. Anniv.)
1965 Robert Gotsch VF-11
1966 “CR” Divn. Photo & Watchbill
1966 Atsugi, Japan
1966 Bob Hope Christmas Special Vietnam
1966 FamilyGram & “Losing Screw” Story
1966 Presidential (Aug)
1966-68 Terry Johnson VA-172
1966-69 Robert Wendling
1967 Capetown Articles
1967 Capetown Photos
1967 Engineering Division B’Day Parties (Dec)
1967 FamilyGram
1967 Presidential (Feb-March)
1967 Presidential (Nov)
1967-68 David Beland
1967-68 David Porter HC-2
1967-68 Rudy Sobina
1968 Presidential (March)
1968 Roosevelt Sentinel (12 January)
1968 Roosevelt Sentinel (18 March)
1968 USS Bache Grounding (Feb)
1969 Surprise Cruise & Misc. Photos
Holiday Menus
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1969-1977 The Final Years
1969-71 Carmine Bossone
1970 Eugene Williams VAQ-130
1970 FamlyGram ~ 3 March
1970 Information Booklet
1970 Plan of the Day ~ 10 Feb.
1970 Roosevelt Sentinal
1970-71 Jim Reardon
1970-73 Gary Menso
1971 Bob Miller VA-15
1971 Plan of the Day ~ 10 May
1971-72 Pete Kannenberg VA-87
1971-73 Jim Burroughs VF-84
1971-73 Joe Miller
1971-73 Stan Meissner
1972 Steve Graham VA-176
1972-75 Phil Dyer
1974 FamilyGram
1974 Mayport Mirror
1974-77 Mike Keohane
1975 FamilyGram/RosieGram
1975 Rosie Gazette & VF-84 Newsletter
1975-77 Warren Hansen
1976 John Wilson
1976-77 Chris Wills (Parcell) VA-215
1977/04/21 The Ancient Mariner
1977/10/02 The Last Farewell
Holiday Menus
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1977-1978 The End of the Rosie
1977 “Last Man Standing”
1977 Rosie’s Last Deck Log
1978 Parade Magazine Story
1978 Rosie in the Scrap Yard
1978 Rosie’s Last Photo
1999 Sea Classics Magazine
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1946 “Operation Sleepless” Video
1956 Recommissioning Cruise
1957-58 Med Cruise Video
1959 Med Cruise Video
1960 Med Cruise Video
1961 Med Cruise Video
1962-63 Med Cruise Video
1963-64 “Flight Deck” Video
1964 Med Cruise Video
1965 Med Cruise Video
1966-67 VietNam Cruise Video
1967-68 Med Cruise Video
1970 Med Cruise Video
1971 Med Cruise Video
1972 Med Cruise Video
1973-74 Med Cruise Video
1975 Med Cruise Video
1976-77 Med Cruise Video
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1966 VFP-62 F8U Battle Damage
1966-68 Mishaps-Terry Johnson
1970 A3 Skywarrior Loss-Ed Turnberger
1970 A6 Loss-Tom Collins & Bob Schultz
1972 RF-8 & A-7 Losses
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1953 Collision ~ Lee Jordan
1963-65 Cleaning Boilers ~ Tom Lutz
1964 Refueling “Cans” ~ Tom Lutz
1964-65 Smoke in the Groove ~ Tom Lutz
1965 Weekend Flight ~ Tom Lutz
1966 Olongapo City ~ Julian Bradford
1966 Vietnam to the End ~ Robert Wendling
1969 Flight Deck Fire ~ Drake E. Nilsson
1972 Life on CVA-42 ~ Mike Stacey
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