# Anyone here served/or know of someone on the USS Enterprise CV6 WWII? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-served-or-know-of-someone-on-the-uss-enterprise-cv6-wwii/602911 "2011-11-14T17:15:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![obbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-served-or-know-of-someone-on-the-uss-enterprise-cv6-wwii/602911/1 "2011-11-14T17:15:55Z")
Hello Everyone, My Grandfather Tony Padula served on the USS Enterprise CV6 in World War II. I was very close to my Grandfather and unfortunately he passed away 14 years ago. He was always very proud of his service, but didn’t talk about it much. Because I was young and stupid I didn’t ask him much about his time during the war. Since the internet has come along I have read all I can on the Enterprise, have posted in a few veterans boards but haven’t been able to come up with anything about him. Since SD seems to be so diverse I was hoping that maybe someone here either served on the Enterprise or might know someone that did that they could put me in touch with. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of my Grandfather. I can’t believe all the wasted years when I didn’t ask questions and now this great man is gone. Any help anyone might have would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-served-or-know-of-someone-on-the-uss-enterprise-cv6-wwii/602911/2 "2011-11-14T18:42:27Z")
Don’t know anything about about CV6 but I have been to the Navy memorial in Washington DC. My dad’s ship (DE 440) had reunions there a couple of times and that was just a tiny speck of a ship compared to CV6. I can’t imgine that the Enterprise doesn’t have a reunion group as well. They have a lot of information about navy personal at the memorial and, I seem to remember, if they don’t have someone in their records it is easy to add them. [http://www.navymemorial.org/](http://www.navymemorial.org/) ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-served-or-know-of-someone-on-the-uss-enterprise-cv6-wwii/602911/3 "2011-11-16T02:54:05Z")
I was behind someone at the post office today who apparently did. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-served-or-know-of-someone-on-the-uss-enterprise-cv6-wwii/602911/4 "2011-11-16T03:09:38Z")
I didn’t know the gentleman personally, but I’ve done a lot of business with his company. James Crawford Taylor flew Hellcats (F6F’s) from the carrier _Enterprise_ during WWII, and used the carrier’s name when he founded his business. Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Does this count? ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-served-or-know-of-someone-on-the-uss-enterprise-cv6-wwii/602911/5 "2011-11-16T05:54:08Z")
Fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-served-or-know-of-someone-on-the-uss-enterprise-cv6-wwii/602911/6 "2011-11-16T06:05:18Z")
[A Very Good Read.](http://www.amazon.com/Big-Story-USS-Enterprise/dp/1557509980/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321423459&sr=8-1) ---
**Author:** ![obbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d6d6ee/32.png) [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-served-or-know-of-someone-on-the-uss-enterprise-cv6-wwii/602911/7 "2011-11-16T19:48:11Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > [A Very Good Read.](http://www.amazon.com/Big-Story-USS-Enterprise/dp/1557509980/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321423459&sr=8-1) Thanks for the suggestion. Just finished my latest book and looking for something new. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-served-or-know-of-someone-on-the-uss-enterprise-cv6-wwii/602911/8 "2011-11-17T16:06:01Z")
Although the _Enterprise_ wasn’t at Midway, I recently finished this book about the search for the sunken USS _Yorktown_. Learned a lot about the battle and about life aboard a WWII American aircraft carrier: [Amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com/Return-Midway-Robert-D-Ballard/dp/0792275004/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321545886&sr=1-1) ---
**Author:** ![Generally\_Giap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Generally\_Giap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Generally_Giap)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-served-or-know-of-someone-on-the-uss-enterprise-cv6-wwii/602911/9 "2011-11-17T17:04:00Z")
The History Channel repeats a series from 2005 or so: “Battle 360” About 6 one hour episodes on the USS Enterprise in WWII, with some state of the art animation for the battle scenes. The show was financed by Enterprise Rent a Car. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-served-or-know-of-someone-on-the-uss-enterprise-cv6-wwii/602911/10 "2011-11-17T19:16:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Although the _Enterprise_ wasn’t at Midway, I recently finished this book about the search for the sunken USS _Yorktown_. Learned a lot about the battle and about life aboard a WWII American aircraft carrier: [Amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com/Return-Midway-Robert-D-Ballard/dp/0792275004/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321545886&sr=1-1) Enterprise was at Midway, it’s aircraft sank 3 Japanese carriers and assisted in the 4 th. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-served-or-know-of-someone-on-the-uss-enterprise-cv6-wwii/602911/11 "2011-11-17T21:03:56Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Enterprise was at Midway, it’s aircraft sank 3 Japanese carriers and assisted in the 4 th. :smack: I was too focused on the _Yorktown_. Thanks. Well, all the more reason to read the Ballard book, then!