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Boston National Historical Park
Valentino Dominelli
- Type: Person
Valentino Dominelli, a watertender aboard USS Cassin Young, was the son of immigrants from Italy. A watertender was a crewman aboard a steam-powered ship and was responsible for tending to the fires and boilers in the ship's engine room. "Dom" died in action when a kamikaze plane struck USS Cassin Young on July 30, 1945.
Boston National Historical Park
Walter Budd Wimley
- Type: Person
Walt Wimley enlisted in the US Navy on September 11, 1942. He served aboard USS CASSIN YOUNG in the ship's engineering department as a Machinist Mate 1st Class in 1944 and 1945. He died in action aboard Cassin Young off the coast of Okinawa on July 30, 1945.
Boston National Historical Park
John James Takacs
- Type: Person
John was one of six children (three boys and three girls) of Stephen and Elizabeth Takacs, who immigrated from Hungary. John grew up in a Bridgeport, Connecticut. In mid-December he arrived in California and on December 31, 1943, he joined the crew of USS Cassin Young (DD-973). Cassin Young was hit by a second kamikaze on July 30, 1945. Forty-five sailors were wounded and 22 were killed. WT2c(T) John Takacs was one of them.
Boston National Historical Park
Frank Leon Miller
- Type: Person
Miller enlisted in the US Navy in August 1942. On April 12, 1945, a kamikaze struck the mast of Cassin Young and exploded. Miller was wounded in the leg and awarded a purple heart. On July 30, 1945, USS Cassin Young was struck by a kamikaze a second time. WT2c Miller was one of 22 sailors killed, passing later that day.
Boston National Historical Park
Jasper Clarence McCartney
- Type: Person
Jasper McCartney spent most of his life at sea, enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1930 at age 20. In the 1930s, he served on three destroyers, including the USS West Virginia where he worked as a fireman and watertender. In 1940, McCartney joined the crew of the USS Arkansas and was promoted to chief watertender. He was assigned to the USS Cassin Young a few days after its commissioning in December, 1943. McCartney was killed in action during a kamikaze attack on the destroyer.
Boston National Historical Park
David Stewart Johnson
- Type: Person
Born March 17, 1921, David Stewart Johnson grew up in Newbury, Massachusetts. While attending Middlebury College, Johnson decided to enlist in the Navy. He trained to become a torpedoman and achieved a rating of torpedoman’s mate 1st class. In 1944 he joined the crew of the USS Cassin Young. On July 30, 1945, Johnson was at his battle station when a kamikaze crashed into the main deck below him. He succumbed to his injuries the following day.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Maritime Museum
- Type: Place
The National Lakeshore's Maritime Museum is housed in the Sleeping Bear Point U.S. Life-Saving Service Station. Walk through the boathouse next to the museum and see the life-saving equipment used during the early 1900's.
Boston National Historical Park
Byron A. Smith
- Type: Person
Byron A. Smith served in the US Navy during World War II, voluntarily enlisting as an apprentice seaman (AS) in 1943. Prior to serving in the Navy, Smith worked at the Campbell, Wyant and Cannon Foundry Company in Michigan, a company that provided critical contributions to the defense industry. After completing different training schools, Smith was assigned to the USS Cassin Young. Smith was killed when a kamikaze attacked the destroyer.
Boston National Historical Park
Ben Conn
- Type: Person
Ben Conn served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After attending specialized radar training in Hawaii, Conn joined the crew of the USS Cassin Young. He was killed in action while serving on the USS Cassin Young when kamikaze attacked the destroyer.
Boston National Historical Park
Arnold William Erickson
- Type: Person
Arnold William Erickson was one of the older sailors on the USS Cassin Young; he enlisted at age 34 in 1942. Stationed aboard USS Cassin Young as a Radioman, he was killed in action after a kamikaze struck Cassin Young early on the morning of July 30, 1945.
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Spinnaker Island
- Type: Place
A history of Spinnaker Island.
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Outer Brewster Island
- Type: Place
Sometimes referred to as an “outward island,” Outer Brewster sits ten miles from Downtown Boston. Its nearly twenty acres of rocky shoreline have been left relatively untouched due to its distance from the mainland. Similar to the other Brewster Islands, it is characterized by bed rock covered in soil and a barren landscape. Special features on the island include steep cliffs and a rock formation called “pulpit’s rock.”
- Type: Place
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Sweeney Ridge
- Type: Place
Sweeney Ridge is a hilly hiking area of ridges and ravines between San Bruno and Pacifica, about a 25-minute drive south from San Francisco. The ridge's 1,200-foot-high summit, covered with coastal scrub and grassland, slopes down to the San Francisco Bay on one side and to the Pacific on the other. Wildlife at Sweeney Ridge includes hawks, deer, and a plethora of both native and introduced spring wildflowers.
Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park is taking action to resist, accept, and direct change
- Type: Article
At Rocky Mountain National Park, climate change is intensifying the impacts of drought, invasive species, and wildfire, and stressing the ecosystems that rely on natural processes to remain consistent. Read more about how RMNP is using the RAD framework to adapt to their changing landscape.
Cape Cod National Seashore
Marconi Station Site
- Type: Place
Come learn more about wireless history and Guglielmo Marconi!
- Type: Place
Have you ever heard of a floating light house? For a moment in US history several of these mobile beacons guided ships for commercial, transportation, and military services. Learn more about lightships and the Lightship Chesapeake!
- Type: Person
Reginald Fessenden, considered the “Father of Voice Radio”, was a Canadian-born inventor who performed pioneering radio experiments and applied them in ways that are still in use today. In pursuit of a successful system to transmit and receive the human voice using continuous radio waves, Fessenden experimented on Roanoke Island and the surrounding area for eighteen months from 1901-1902.
Capitol Reef National Park
Rangeland restoration and the RAD framework at Capitol Reef National Park
- Type: Article
Rangeland restoration is underway at Capitol Reef National Park, but climate change-driven drought and heat stress are challenging the transition from old grazing allotments into healthy ecosystems. Learn more about how Capitol Reef National Park is taking action to resist, accept, and direct change.
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park Directs Change
- Type: Article
In Glacier National Park, water temperatures are warming due to climate change-driven loss of glaciers and increasing air temperatures. Bull trout reproduction, growth, and survival require the coldest water temperatures of any inland salmonid species, and without action, Glacier bull trout may vanish from the park because of climate change. Discover how GLAC is using the RAD framework to direct change for Glacier bull trout.