1951 Korean War Navy Carrier Operations

U.S. Navy Carrier Operations. Korean War Era.

[@MrFarnanonical]

It's funny how much more advanced The Navy seemed in only 6 years since ww2. Helicopters, Jets, and Catapults!

[@JoesLife89]

My grandfather was a aircraft mechanic during the Korean War. He passed away 30 years ago. I think the skills he learned there stayed with him for life. I remember being a little kid and he would always work in something in his toolshop. He was a stern but kind man.

[@TheLeadSled]

My father fought in the Korean War, as a child who was fascinated with the military I would often ask him about it, he would never speak to me about it, and would just say no to me, he didn't wanna talk about it. Years later after his death my grandmother gave me an old foot locker of his that had all kinds of photos from his time in Korea and also his discharge papers 1953. Years later I followed his lead and served in the US Army and I also went into Combat (Iraq) now I understand why he never wanted to speak on his time in Korea, God Bless all my fellow veterans, and God Bless America.

[@Swampfox612]

I always loved Richard Rogers' Victory at Sea symphonic soundtrack. And your account is marvelous. Thank you so much for sharing this!

[@M5guitar1]

My dad was on the USS Essex during Korea as a AA gunner loader. He's pretty deaf now.

[@Lipo]

Thanks very much for posting this wonderful short film of naval operations in Korea. My father flew F4U's in Korea on the USS Boxer.

[@markclark732]

My dad was on the USS Boxer (even on it's maiden voyage) - he was being trained to be in on the invasion of Japan - luckily we ended the war with the atomic bomb - and he didn't have to invade.... I got to go into Japan just after the war...... after that he flew in China to break up Mao's rallies by diving down and scattering everyone on the ground. Do you happen to have any photo's of the boxer ?

[@Tyrannosaurus34]

Mark Clark yes I have alot

[@Juzgames]

Still alive ?

[@1949rangerrick]

My father was on the Boxer as well. They launched the first jet aircraft off of the Boxer. He was a Chief Petty Officer in the engine room. Hero’s all for sure. God bless them all. The Boxer was his last ship after the Korean conflict.

[@JeffersonHI]

Aloha, Mr. Keller! My uncle Harvey was a fighter pilot in squadron 154 on-board the USS Princeton CVA-37: LTJG Harvey N. Kitaoka. He earned membership into the Century Club by completing his 100th jet carrier landing on Aug 27, 1953. If you have any memories of him that you can share with me, I would love to hear from you! I have his photo album in my possession, too, and it is full of black-and-white still photos from those days. But there is nothing quite like seeing live action, full color film of Grumman F9-F5 Panthers taking off and landing on-board the USS Princeton. This is priceless! Thank you so much for posting.

[@gilbertogonzalezr9353]

Wow what a great video great experience. Those were the golden years of our country. Reminds me of the movie Bridges at Toko Ri. Had an uncle who fought in Korea. My respect to that generation and to those Service men and service women who everyday work hard to keep this nation going forward.

[@lizard869]

Bridges at Toki Ri is easily my favorite movie about naval aviation

[@rev.crismascarroll8216]

Antietam..Cdr Buck Carroll...flyboy extraordinaire...three wars ..thanks for this !

[@chucklubchenko4661]

Splendid. Nice to hear the Richard Rogers soundtrack to Victory at Sea.

[@paulivey5369]

Lloyd D. Ivey, my dad served on the USS Sicily and the USS Philippines Sea during the Korean War (police action)

[@letsplaybarrysmod5815]

My great grandfather was in korean war and ww2 he was in the navy when Korean war started

[@faintcorona1726]

good

[@techbit7607]

Thank you to your Grandfather for serving.

[@ninoherrera3944]

The A-1 or AD despite of slowliness but I say it is the most beautiful rugged lady I ever seen especially wearing blue paint

[@twopointo536]

Great flick, my grandpa was on the Yorktown during Korea, sadly he's just passed. ⚓️🇺🇸

[@kevinballenger1211]

I Was An ABH3 Aboard The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), In Air Dept/V-1 Div, From 1980 - 1984. Although Flight Ops Are More Advanced Now, The Basics Will Always Be The Same! ⚓

[@allgood6760]

Thanks for this 👍

[@0159ralph]

No Thank You for sharing these films. I'm a USN from the 1980s this was great. BRAVO ZULU !!!

[@williamfreeh1198]

i was stationed during nam at N.A.S. Chase field in pilot traing squadron vt 26. we had the post korea upgrade with swept wings and no wing tip feul tanks. many had lengthened fuselages for two seaters for pilot training. i was a plane captain on the flight line and performed everything such as pre flight post flight feuling tie down and rattle snake removal from the landing gear. this was very southern texas lol.

[@bjames7894]

My dad was there for 18 months, “The Frozen Chosen.” They were on 3 different carriers before returning to San Francisco.

[@danielrousseau4842]

I found four different carriers in this great film: USS BOXER, CVA21; USS VALLEY FORGE, CVA45; PHILLIPINE SEA, CVA47P and USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN, CVA39. As a sea-going Marine, I spent nineteen months on the LAKE CHAMPLAIN as a Captain's Orderly. Spent endless hours on the bridge watching flight ops in all kinds of weather. Great duty. Semper Fi.

[@aidendoyle356]

I don’t know how to describe it but somehow this feels like a dream idk if it’s the music or just how clean the planes are with their blue paint but it just feels so surreal I love it

[@Mies78]

this video is gold.

[@kf4293]

I was watching this, as I am interested in building an RC Skyraider. What really grabbed my attention was when the narrator said he was going to school in Colorado. I'm a Colorado native. My dad was a Korean war vet, and is buried at Ft Logan.

[@bobonealsr]

That plane with NR on its tail was from my old squadron VC35 out of North island airbase San Diego. Station there in 1951.

[@lynnarthur172]

Did you know John "Ken" Arthur?

[@randolphgrohnke3471]

Nice job, thank you

[@markthompson9870]

Nice video. My late father was a seaman on CVA-39 in Korea. Just going through a bunch of slides he took whilst serving on it. So many of the aircraft types in this video I can identify in his slides.

[@thebatman911]

My father was as well. I haven't got a clue what ship he was on while in the Korean war though. He never told us. I don't know anything about his time while in the service.

[@ricksadler797]

Great video thank you

[@texaswilly200]

My Grandfather served on a cruiser in the war he would fire the big ol guns

[@helloareyouthere]

Thank you american. Fought for S.korea. and your a lot of sacrifices...

[@briand4000]

Gamidge, Forney, Brubaker...."where do we get such men?"....

[@Lord_Unicorn]

i want to thanks to all the people who went to save our ass thank you guys so much

[@Wooley689]

Our Pop , LT.JG Phillip, K Resh was an aviator on the Princeton during this time. I have his Uniforms, Ribbons and Wings and Flight gear displayed with honor. The Keller name sounds familiar. Only wish I had found this before his passing.

[@joshsharp3955]

My father is a Korean war vet

[@jeffwalther3935]

It's so great to hear Richard Keller's clean, clear and succinct description of carrier operations in the first year of the Korean War. Other sources about those harrowing times are very emotional, e.g., (The Bridges at Toko-Ri and so many others), high pitched, understandably, considering the times and surprise nature of the North Korean invasion. It had all the chaos of 1941 all over again! Yet our hero describes how he, his distinguished and esteemed ship and crew transitioning from civilian to military to combat ready and combat experienced in a mild, matter-of-fact way that speaks well of the men of that time and their unique, cool American warrior temperament. Good show Navy. Thank you for your (wonderful) service.

[@rdkelle]

Thanks for your kind words. Several other Videos on my KZbin channel show a trip I made with college students plus other veterans to relive our experiences and see what a wonderful country S. Korea has become since that "forgotten war" 70 years ago! Just search for "Richard Keller Korea" and look for video titles starting with 2013

[@rdkelle]

To see the other Korean videos of mine, search KZbin for "Richard Keller Korea" and watch the videos that start with "2013 ".

[@jeffwalther3935]

@@rdkelle Aye, aye, Skuooer.

[@jeffwalther3935]

@@rdkelle Re: Korea as Forgotten War - Another American treasure-trove, so to speak, of stories of monumental valor, devotion, courage, resourcefulness, ingenuity, glory and human achievement against all odds in the Korean War; as good or even better than WW2 tales. For example, ("The Chosin few"), the stories around Chosin Reservoir in Korea rival Valley Forge legend, like many stories about the first year of the war. The entire first year of the war was a "Twilight Zone" experience of challenges for the allies, everyone involved. One of the best biographical American human-interest stories I've ever read is about Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner, USN Corsair wingmen off the USS Leyte. The events, character(s), performance and feats of daring do in all these stories are peerless, stunning, heartwarming, endearing and inspiring.

[@usauk3605]

Awesome video Mr. Keller, I have a question, what do you think are the best books on naval aviation in Korea. There are a plethora of books on Vietnam, but not so for Korea. As someone who was there, I was wondering if you had any ideas about the most realistic books to read.

[@ArcFixer]

My uncle flew Panthers in the Korean war. His squadron flew top cover for the bombing missions against the bridges at Toko-Ri of movie fame. James Michener, the author of the novel which the movie was based on, made up the village of Toko-Ri. It was actually three villages and Mitchener simplified them into one for dramatic purposes. Go Navy

[@mikeblackburn3745]

My dad was on CV-32...USS LEYTE

[@rooney1155]

Thank you for posting this footage. My grandfather was on the Princeton and participated in the May 1st, 1951 attack on the Hwachon Dam. He flew Skyraider 511 B. Is there any chance you have any footage of his plan.

[@billandloricarlson3898]

Very cool! My dad (Swede Carlson) led that mission. A couple years ago we visited Hwachon Dam and there is a nice memorial to VA-195.

[@bkilpatrick68]

Outstanding footage! Sounds like you may have been at NAS Barbers Point at the same time as my father. He served as an aviation mechanic and crew member in VU-1.

[@Doones51]

Landing a prop plane is one thing. Landing a jet at much faster speeds, with engines that were slow to respond to throttle input, on those primitive carriers must have required your best aviation skills.

[@shayshay34444]

I do private home care and one of my clients was on the Princeton as well. I showed him this video and his face lit up. He really enjoyed it.

[@bojackson5201]

Amazing video!....great narration too! Thanks for your service, and thanks for sharing this with the world! This is Bob, I met you tonight and really liked talking with you!

[@seavee2000]

Thank you.

[@jkaposi]

Great old film.

[@CrossOfBayonne]

The Corsairs also went up against Soviet made MIG-15s although they were outmatched several were shot down by F4U pilots

[@thunderbird1921]

The MiGs WERE dangerous, but they definitely were FAR from invincible. I actually read the story recently of how a British Sea Fury pilot managed to bring one down also. The Royal Navy had some remarkably good aviators helping us and the other UN forces in that conflict.

[@usauk3605]

Absolutely, and it was largely thanks to the Fleet Air Arm that the Corsair was cleared for service aboard USN carriers, as the British worked out a lot of the early problems the aircraft had.

[@BeachsideHank]

08:10 1961: Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to enter space and the first to orbit the Earth, Glenn was the first American to do so. Still, a nice video.

[@Whitesp44]

Did the Banshees always turn short finals on carrier landings so they could always see THE LSO? Or a wind direction thing? Not a Naval Aviator just a flight sim geek. Used to seeing long final lined up. Obviously, the technology wasn't there during that time. Cool video!

[@mariekatherine5238]

Would appreciate helicopter footage. My father worked on them stateside, Lakehurst, NJ, US Navy 1951-1954.

[@joelonzello4189]

My Dad did his parachute training at Lakehurst around same time. Parachute Rigger onboard USS Salerno Bay...

[@jonnyquest3110]

John Glenn was the first AMERICAN to orbit the Earth. The first man to orbit was Yuri Gagarin.

[@19Koty96]

Great footage! But, sorry, Glenn was not the first man to orbit the Earth.

[@dougball328]

True. But he was the first American to orbit the earth.

[@sasmitadas4866]

What is the name of the movie shown in this video

[@CoalPoggers]

Its his own footage

[@bertcanepa5651]

USS Antietam Task Force 77 '51 '52 AV. Ordnance.......

[@rev.crismascarroll8216]

Cdr Buck Carroll,dad, flew off the Antietam same time.. Maybe y'all scraped shoulders. Blessings

[@gregwilliams1460]

Those skyraider's were some bad ass planes, and I love the dark sea blue scheme. Did the paint always keep its shiny luster?

[@stevensons78]

Awesome

[@daffidavit]

How is it possible that a carrier group radar ship named "Princeton" as part of the Nimitz fleet in 2004 which became famous because of the "tic tac" UFO story, take the name of "Princeton" from former Navy Aircraft carrier? I'm interested because I'm Navy proud due to my dad being a CPO in the Naval Reserves after WWII.

[@josephdupont]

gun camera footage seems from WW II

[@martinjuulandersen9694]

What was the name of that plane with the belly radardome and what was its specific function? Was it AEW or ASW?

[@dustyrhodes9988]

Martin Juul Andersen I was on the USS Antietam in 51 and 52. I think the plane was a Sky raider and we called them Guppies

[@bertcanepa5651]

@@dustyrhodes9988 See my post above: USS Antietam '51'52 AV. Ordnance......Correct; It was a "modified" Skyraider......

[@johnwillett-br8sn]

The plane is an AD5W in an AEW (Aircraft Early Warning) squadron. These planes would patrol over Task Force 77 using the radar to detect any enemy aircraft or vessels approaching. They would also vector returning aircraft to the task force if needed. I was a plane captain of one and went to Korea in 1952 aboard the Bon Homme Richard and again in 1953 aboard the Lake Champlain with my squadron VC12 detachment. Oh yes, there were two enlisted radar operators in the back.

[@billhahn4113]

As soon as you see 1/2 of the credit screen you know you're watching something deliberately screwed up to avoid copyright infringement. No thanks. 'Bye.

[@gilbertogonzalezr9353]

Wow what a great video great experience. Those were the golden years of our country. Reminds me of the movie Bridges at Toko Ri. Had an uncle who fought in Korea. My respect to that generation and to those Service men and service women who everyday work hard to keep this nation going forward.