Just off Pier 86 in Manhattan, New York City, lies the USS Intrepid, a famous WWII-era aircraft carrier. The Intrepid began her storied military career in 1943, being sent to capture the Marshall ...
Navy Lt. j.g. Alfred Lerch had a relatively short career for a naval aviator, earning his naval wings in 1944 and serving aboard the USS Intrepid in 1945 with, as he described it, only one “really ...