World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narrative, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; Medicine, Naval; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; V-J Day, 1945;
Oral history interview performed on January 30, 2004 by Eileen Hurst, Associate Director of Central Connecticut State University's Center for Public Policy and Social Research. The interview details Nicholas' military training and service during...
World War, 1939-1945; Trawls and trawling -- Military aspects; Naval ceremonies, honors, and salutes. ; Shellbacks;
Sailors participted in Line-crossing ceremony, which sailors were considered 'Polly wogs' prior to their maiden voyage across the equator. Once they across they were initiated as 'shellbacks.' Many sailors depicted are wearing long fake white...
World War, 1939-1945; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; Cemeteries -- Guadalcanal
The grave in the forefront (24-10) of the photograph belongs to D.A. Joy, the son of Nicholas Lavnikevich's nursing school instructor. D.A. Joy was a member of the Marine 1st Division.
World War, 1939-1945; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; Hospitals, Naval and marine -- Solomon Island;
Photograph of hospital tents and bunker. In the lower right corner of the photograph is the bunker (hole in the ground covered by logs) where patients were relocated during Japanese shelling.
Military hospitals; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives; World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area; United States. Navy --...
Lavnikevich enlisted in the Navy shortly after Pearl Harbor. He was a Registered Nurse
and was immediately assigned to a clinic at the Chelsea Naval Hospital with the rank of Chief
Pharmacist Mate..
He was then assigned to the "Surge", YP417, a...
