A row of TBM Avengers at NAS New Orleans. The huge smoke stack still stands on the University of New Orleans campus in 2005.
Robert with Will Burns at San Diego, while on the Hornet prior to transfer to the Essex.
The squadron insignia was designed by Paul Southard, one of the VT-15 pilots. He's in the officer photo: front row, last man on right, and was killed while they were on Essex.