Heroes on deck, World War II on Lake Michigan
Type
Label
Heroes on deck, World War II on Lake Michigan
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Heroes on deck
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
953104416
Runtime
57
Sub title
World War II on Lake Michigan
Summary
Tells the story of two passenger steamships that were converted into makeshift aircraft carriers in order to train more than 15,000 pilots and 40,000 deck crew in the safety of Lake Michigan, where today, more than one hundred World War II aircraft still rest on the lake bottom
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
Subject
- Navy Pier (Chicago, Ill.) -- History
- Wolverine (Ship)
- Aircraft accidents -- Michigan, Lake
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Illinois
- Sable (Ship)
- Air pilots, Military + Training of -- Michigan, Lake
- War and society
- Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Great Lakes, Ill.) -- History
- Naval Air Station Glenview (Ill.) -- History
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Subject9
- Navy Pier (Chicago, Ill.) -- History
- Wolverine (Ship)
- Aircraft accidents -- Michigan, Lake
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Illinois
- Sable (Ship)
- Air pilots, Military + Training of -- Michigan, Lake
- War and society
- Great Lakes Naval Training Center (Great Lakes, Ill.) -- History
- Naval Air Station Glenview (Ill.) -- History
- Content1
- Mapped to1