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    Rear Admiral Clarence Wade McClusky, Jr., (June 1, 1902 – June 27, 1976) was a United States Navy aviator during World War II and the early Cold War period...
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    USS McClusky (FFG-41) was a Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate of the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral C. Wade McClusky (1902–1976) who...
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  • McClusky is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: C. Wade McClusky (1902–1976), United States Navy aviator George W. McClusky (1861–1912)...
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  • 1959), singer Conn McCluskey (1914–2013), Irish civil-rights activist C. Wade McClusky (1902–1976), American admiral Edward J. McCluskey (1929–2016),...
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    (1907–2011), American singer and banjoist C. Wade Mcclusky (1902-1976), American aviator and Rear Admiral. Wade Meckler (born 2000), American baseball outfielder...
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    because of the time spent looking for the enemy. Air Group Commander C. Wade McClusky, Jr. decided to continue the search and by good fortune spotted the...
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    McCain Sr. David McCampbell (also an MOH) Benjamin McCandlish, 36th Naval Governor of Guam John McCloy (also two MOH) C. Wade McClusky Donald L. McFaul...
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    issue. In 1976, he played a supporting role as Lieutenant Commander Wade McClusky in the all-star World War II epic Midway. That same year, he played...
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    Commander C. Wade McClusky, on a search to find the Japanese carrier task force led by Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo. After several hours of searching, McClusky's...
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  • Paulus Joachim Hansen as Alfred Jodl Earl Hindman as Lt. Commander C. Wade McClusky Elizabeth Hoffman as First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt Ian Jentle as Joseph...
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    Midway strike... Through the static-filled air came a message from (C. Wade) McClusky indicating that he was at last in contact with the enemy ... Miles...
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    Enterprise (Capt. George D. Murray) Enterprise Air Group (Lt. Cmdr. C. Wade McClusky) 27 F4F-4 fighters (VF-6 – Lt. James S. Gray) 19 SBD-2/3 dive bombers...
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  • Miracle at Midway. Goldstein, Donald M., Dillon, Katherine V. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0070506728. OCLC 8552795. Groom, Winston (2005). 1942: The...
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    dives. At 10:22, 25 SBD Dauntless dive-bombers from Enterprise, led by C. Wade McClusky, hit Kaga with one 1,000-pound (450 kg) bomb and at least three 500-pound...
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    late-arriving Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers led by Lieutenant Commander C. Wade McClusky and Max Leslie, which dive-bombed and fatally damaged three of the...
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    Enterprise, led by C. Wade McClusky, began an attack on Kaga, hitting her with at least four bombs. At the last minute, one of McClusky's elements of three...
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    Kaufman (1894–1981), Medal of Honor recipient C. Wade McClusky (1902–1976), United States Navy aviator Harold C. Roberts (1898–1945), Colonel in the United...
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    1926 along with Howard W. Gilmore, Carlton Hutchins, Max Leslie, and C. Wade McClusky. Henderson departed the United States on November 3, 1927 from San...
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  • Squadron Six (flying off Enterprise); killed at the Battle of Midway. C. Wade McClusky — Air Group Six Commander at the Battle of Midway. Miles Browning —...
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    squadron and C. Wade McClusky as most outstanding attack squadron. On 12 November 2001, the squadron deployed with CVW-9 on USS John C. Stennis to conduct...
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    24 – Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (b. 1883) June 27 – C. Wade McClusky, United States Navy admiral (b. 1902) June 28 – Stanley Baker, Welsh...
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  • 1969) May 29 – Henri Guillaumet, French aviator (d. 1940) June 1 – C. Wade McClusky, United States Navy admiral (d. 1976) June 2 – James T. Berryman, American...
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    in France. Born: Joseph Sikora, American TV actor; in Chicago Died: C. Wade McClusky, 74, U.S. Navy aviator and hero of the Battle of Midway The United...
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  • Miles Barbee Midway Dick Best Ed Skrein Edwin T. Layton Patrick Wilson C. Wade McClusky Luke Evans William "Bull" Halsey Dennis Quaid Chester W. Nimitz Woody...
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    Higgins – Congressman of New York State's 27th District (Class of 1978) C. Wade McClusky – Rear Admiral USN, pilot at the Battle of Midway (Class of 1918) Warren...
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  • Wayne Morris as McKinney Walter Brennan as Pete Richard Julie London as Barbara McKinney Bruce Bennett as Rear Admiral C. Wade McClusky Jack Holt as Admiral...
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    James S. Russell, Laurence H. Frost, C. Wade McClusky, Robert B. Pirie, Charles L. Carpenter, Tom Hamilton or Henry C. Bruton. He was commissioned second...
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    James S. Russell, Laurence H. Frost, C. Wade McClusky, Robert B. Pirie, Charles L. Carpenter, Tom Hamilton or Henry C. Bruton. As any other new officer,...
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    James S. Russell, Laurence H. Frost, C. Wade McClusky, Robert B. Pirie, Charles L. Carpenter, Tom Hamilton or Henry C. Bruton. Wornham was subsequently transferred...
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    James S. Russell, Laurence H. Frost, C. Wade McClusky, Robert B. Pirie, Charles L. Carpenter, Tom Hamilton and Henry C. Bruton. Benner graduated with Bachelor...
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