(1910-12-09)9 December 1910 Los Angeles, California
Died
15 July 1993(1993-07-15) (aged 82) San Mateo, California
Buried
Los Altos Cemetery
Allegiance
United States of America
Service/branch
United States Navy
Years of service
1933–1962
Rank
Captain
Service number
0-72378
Commands held
Carrier Air Wing Fourteen
Battles/wars
World War II:
Doolittle Raid
Battle of Midway
Guadalcanal Campaign
Solomon Islands campaign
Air raids on Japan
Korean War
Awards
Navy Cross Silver Star Legion of Merit (2) Commendation Medal (2)
Stephen Jurika Jr. (9 December 1910 – 15 July 1993) was a United States Navy officer and aviator during World War II, best known for his role as an intelligence officer in the Doolittle Raid. He was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions as navigator of the aircraft carrier USS Franklin after it was severely damaged and set ablaze by a lone Japanese dive bomber on 19 March 1945. After the war he was the naval air attaché in Australia, and during the Korean War, he was the naval liaison officer with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. He retired from the Navy in 1962, he became a professor at Stanford University, Santa Clara University and the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
StephenJurika Jr. (9 December 1910 – 15 July 1993) was a United States Navy officer and aviator during World War II, best known for his role as an intelligence...
Commander Chick Parsons and the Japanese. Parsons's brother-in-law StephenJurika was also a United States Navy officer. Blanche was a volunteer at Emmanuel...
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Tondo. Blanche Anna Walker Jurika (1885-1944): mother of naval officer StephenJurika and guerrilla Thomas Walker Jurika, and mother-in-law of Charles...
"Rehearsals for Pearl Harbor". Unlearned History. Retrieved July 6, 2018. Lt. StephenJurika, Saturday Evening Post, January 21, 1930. (Reports USS Saratoga simulated...
(1986). "The Armed Forces in Bangladesh Society". In Olsen, Edward A.; Jurika, Stephen Jr (eds.). The Armed forces in contemporary Asian societies. Westview...
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Global Information
United States Navy
Captain