HEROES ON DECK: World War II on Lake Michigan

NOLA Code:

HODM 0000 H1

Number of Episodes/Length:

1 / 60

Genre:

Documentary

Collections:

November, Veterans

Rights End:

3/3/2026

Producer

John Davies Productions, Inc.

Co-Producer

Moshman Productions Inc

TV-G

CC

sIX

Stereo

Year Produced:

2016

Version:

Base

HEROES ON DECK: World War II on Lake Michigan tells the story of a bold operation that changed the course of World War II. In 1942, responding to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy converted two passenger steamships into aircraft carriers to train more than 15,000 pilots and 40,000 deck crews in the safety of Lake Michigan. Today, dozens of aircraft still rest on the lake bottom.

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