Name/Title
Newspaper Article About Stover's Posthumous HonorScope and Content
Newspaper article from the May 5, 1946 edition of the Dallas Morning News about the post-war ceremony at McAlester Naval Munitions Depot awarding the Air Medal to Lt. Elisha Terrill Stover and presented to his mother StellaContext
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 CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2023.63Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionUpdate Date
October 1, 2026