Elisha Terrill Stover's High School Academic Record

Archive

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Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum

Name/Title

Elisha Terrill Stover's High School Academic Record

Scope and Content

Copy of Elisha Terrill "Smokey" Stover's high school academic record and North Texas State Teachers College Entrance Certificate

Context

Elisha Terrill "Smokey" Stover was a F4F Wildcat pilot with VF-8 on the USS Hornet (CV-8) and VF-5 aboard the USS Saratoga (CV-3) and later at Guadalcanal in 1942 where he downed 4 Japanese planes earning the Air Medal. Transferred aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) as a Fighter Director Officer in CIC in 1944, he appeared in scenes of "The Fighting Lady" and later returned to flight status with VF-5 when he was shot down over Truk Atoll on February 16, 1944.

Collection

Smokey Stover Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2023.63

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Update Date

October 1, 2026