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The Onslow County News And Views
Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina
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Arnold V. Jenkins, seaman first class from Jacksonville, N.C., served aboard an Essex-class aircraft carrier during the U.S. invasion of Okinawa, where planes conducted intense strikes on Japanese targets in the Pacific.
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Aboard An Aircraft Carrier In The Pacific—Arnold V. Jenkins, seaman, first class, USNR, whose parents Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Jenkins, live on Route 3, Jacksonville, N. C., was aboard this Essex class aircraft carrier when her planes battered Okinawa prior to the Marine and Army landings.
With other units of the Pacific Fleet, this ship sent out her planes in a long series of sweeps and strikes that blasted enemy aircraft, shore installations and shipping from the Ryukyu Islands to the Japanese homeland.
Veteran Pacific fighters aboard the ship consider the recent action among the severest of the war in the Pacific. Sometimes day and night were broken by only short pauses for food and rest. Planes were fueled, armed, launched, then landed and at once prepared to fight again.
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veteran pacific fighters aboard the ship consider the recent action among the severest of the war in the pacific.
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Arnold V. Jenkins, seaman, first class, USNR, from Jacksonville, N. C., was aboard an Essex class aircraft carrier when her planes battered Okinawa prior to the Marine and Army landings. With other units of the Pacific Fleet, this ship sent out her planes in a long series of sweeps and strikes that blasted enemy aircraft, shore installations and shipping from the Ryukyu Islands to the Japanese homeland. Sometimes day and night were broken by only short pauses for food and rest. Planes were fueled, armed, launched, then landed and at once prepared to fight again.