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Mon-SUN 10AM-4PM Language Search Menu * Visit * Exhibits & Activities * Education * Give & Join * Events * Contact * Buy Tickets Donate Buy Tickets In the course of 47 years of service, the USS Midway carried aviators, sailors, marines and a powerful idea: that freedom is worth defending and preserving at home and far out at sea. Together, their personal stories from missions of combat and hope aboard this iconic carrier remind us that her legacy endures — and that the spirit of service and sacrifice lives on in each of us. Watch the stories of six heroes in Midway’s new docuseries, United Stories of America® , brought to you by World of Warships. RINGSIDE SEAT: AT THE BATTLE THAT NAMED USS MIDWAY (CV-41). Young Rudy Matz was in the thick of the action at the most decisive naval battle of World War II. His story frames... Hear His Story → OPERATION FROSTBITE: THE COLD WAR GETS COLDER. The end of World War II saw the specter of global conflict loom. When America decided to test the nation’s... Hear His Story → OPERATION SANDY: SPARKING THE SPACE AGE ON A FLIGHT DECK. In 1947, a captured World War II German V-2 rocket was launched from the flight deck of the USS Midway... Hear His Story → SURVIVING THE HANOI HILTON: A REMARKABLE LEGACY OF COURAGE. In their own words, the story of four incredible military aviators, including one who flew from the deck... Hear His Story → THE MONTH OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY: FROM RIPCORD TO RESCUE. Navy fighter pilot Paul Ilg’s world went from ordinary to extraordinary when a Vietnam combat mission became a test of sheer... Hear His Story → OPERATION FREQUENT WIND: WITH THOSE WHO LIVED THE LEGEND. Midway played a leading role in the amazing rescue operation that saved thousands of people at the end of the Vietnam War... Hear His Story → WHAT IT'S LIKE WHEN AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND A SUPPLY SHIP DO A DANCE You need 120,000 gallons of aviation fuel and 120,000 gallons of diesel fuel, and you need it fast. Also, you’re thousands of miles away... Hear His Story → PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WERE CRAZY. THAT'S FLIGHT OPS. Keep your head on a swivel: wise words for those working in Flight Ops on the USS Midway. Here, young men worked on the edge... Hear His Story → EAT, SLEEP, WORK, REPEAT: LIFE ON A FLOATING CITY Cramming an entire city into an aircraft carrier is no small feat. Add the citizens, 4,000 19-year-olds from everywhere you can imagine, and things get really interesting. Hear His Story → PROPELLERS ON THE RIGHT, JET INTAKES ON THE LEFT. IN HIGH SEAS. WELCOME TO WORK. As workplaces go, the USS Midway was one of the more intense, and dangerous, of all time... Hear His Story → "YOU'RE AWAKE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO BE WATCHING." LET'S TALK CAPTAINS. Just who is in charge of a floating city? What qualities should captains of a huge aircraft carrier possess? What kind of grace under pressure... Hear His Story → THE MANY SHAPES OF MIDWAY Over its 47 year career, the aircraft carrier USS Midway became one of the most famous ships in the United States Navy. Commissioned just... Hear This Story → THE BRINK On August 23, 1958 the communist-led Chinese forces launched a massive artillery barrage of two small islands off the coast of Taiwan, where... Hear This Story → OPERATION FREQUENT WIND Considered by many to be the 30 most dangerous hours on board the aircraft carrier USS Midway, Operation Frequent Wind was one of the largest... Hear This Story → THE INVISIBLE WAR Over the 47 years serving in the United States Navy, the USS Midway was active for the entire length of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. Hear This Story → MIDWAY’S FINAL FIGHT While the United States and the Soviet Union engaged in an ‘Invisible War’ regional players took advantage of the vacuum this created. Enter Saddam Hussein. Hear This Story → MOTHBALLS TO MAGIC After 47 years of legendary service in the United States Navy, it was time for the USS Midway to face its final challenge… retirement. Hear This Story → CAPTAIN JOHN C. ENSCH The combat missions seemed endless. First, he and his co-pilot shot down two North Vietnamese fighter jets only minutes apart... Hear His Story → CAPTAIN JAMES D. REILY, JR. He was responsible for all the supplies aboard a floating city of 4,500 voracious young men. From eggs to pens to equipment weighing tons... Hear His Story → STEPHANIE DINH As Saigon collapsed around her, she and her family ran to a rescue helicopter destined for the USS Midway. Stephanie experienced firsthand... Hear Her Story → CAPTAIN HERBERT A. ZOEHRER The shortest flight of his career was over in “10 or 15 seconds” — when a botched catapult launch dumped Herb Zoehrer's aircraft... Hear His Story → SENIOR CHIEF PETTY OFFICER EDWARD J. MURRAY He defied the odds to make sure that Navy aircrews could rely on their 75 planes during combat missions... Hear His Story → CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER RUDY SHAPPEE The son of a fisherman, he was an enlisted man who “came up the hawsepipe” to become Chief Warrant Officer aboard Midway... Hear His Story → Visit Exhibits & Activities Education Give & Join Events Contact Copyright © 2024 USS Midway Museum * Site Map * Search * Privacy * Terms & Conditions * Contact Us Please Powered by Google Übersetzer * English * Spanish * Portuguese * French * Italian * German * Russian * Chinese * Japanese Originaltext Diese Übersetzung bewerten Mit deinem Feedback können wir Google Übersetzer weiter verbessern