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The Brown Shoes Project

Dedicated to the forgotten guys from the forgotten war — who changed history
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    • History of the Brown Shoes Project
    • Whence the Term "Brown Shoes"
    • About the Website
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    • Glossary
  • The Events
    • The Holloway Plan
      • The Flying Midshipmen - a note
      • James Lemuel Holloway III: (Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-1978)
      • Herb Sargent
      • Walter Thomas
    • Navy Flight Training
    • The Korean War
      • The Beginning
      • The Division
      • The Hushed Up MiG Encounter
      • The Revolt of the Admirals
    • The Vietnam War
    • The Cold War
  • The Stories
    • Individuals and Their Stories
    • Once a Jock – Tales from the Aviation Midshipmen Log
    • The Squadrons
    • New Stuff’
  • A Few Poems
    • Kill Devil Hill
    • Reunion
    • Ode to a Hose-Nose
    • Hawg Riders in the Sky
    • Ode to a Catapult
    • The Maintenance Man
    • Welcome Essex
    • Don't Buy for Me: Car Too Teeny
    • Saga of the Drafting Room
    • To All Who Seek a Refuge
    • Letter from Benjamin Franklin
    • Ode to a Naval Flier
    • Reunion - VF-781 56th Anniversary
    • Remember Lt. Mano
  • The Photos
    • Ships
    • Aircraft
    • People
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Ship Photos

USS Valley Forge off the Hawaiian Coast
USS Valley Forge - Largest Ship Through the Panama Canal
USS Valley Forge as a Car Carrier
USS Kearsarge
USS Hancock
USS Constellation
USS Consolation
USS Cabot
USS Shangri-La
Jenkin
FMA USS Cabot
USS Hailey in Wonsan Harbor, North Korea
Launch from the Bon Homme off North Korea
C.O.D. takes off from The Bon Homme
Bon Homme in Yokosuka, 1951
BHR Box Score December 1951
BHR (CV-31) Fires 5 inch at Drone

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  • USS Valley Forge off the Hawaiian Coast
  • USS Valley Forge - Largest Ship Through the Panama Canal
  • USS Valley Forge as a Car Carrier
  • USS Kearsarge
  • USS Hancock
  • USS Constellation
  • USS Consolation
  • USS Cabot
  • USS Shangri-La
  • Jenkin
  • FMA USS Cabot
  • USS Hailey in Wonsan Harbor, North Korea
  • Launch from the Bon Homme off North Korea
  • C.O.D. takes off from The Bon Homme
  • Bon Homme in Yokosuka, 1951
  • BHR Box Score December 1951
  • BHR (CV-31) Fires 5 inch at Drone
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The Brown Shoes

This is the generation the historians forgot to write about. This generation was in “the golden age” of aviation. The earliest trained in burlap and bailing wire N2S trainers. The last flew supersonic aircraft.  These men are now passing into history — their stories are recorded in these pages.

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  • Address:
    The Brown Shoes Project
    228 Unity Court
    Suffolk, VA 23434

  • Phone: (757) 923-5575

  • Email: avmidn@aol.com

About The Project

The Brown Shoes Project operates under the aegis of the §501(c)(3) tax-exempt Alumni Association Fund of the University of Virginia.

It is funded by the support of those interested in the collection and categorization of these resources.

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