Stephen Jurika

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 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.

Early life and career Stephen Jurika Jr. (pronounced jer-EE-kah) was born in Los Angeles, California, and Blanche Anna Walker. Stephen had a brother, Thomas Walker Jurika (guerrilla assistant of Chick Parsons), and a sister, Katrushka (wife of Chick Parsons). on the best industrial and military targets in the city, and the best routes to get to them, and instructed them on how to identify themselves to people in China. He commanded Carrier Air Wing Fourteen from 1957 to 1959, and then was Commanding Officer of the Stanford University NROTC program from 1959 to 1962. ) + Blanche Anna Walker Jurika (1885—1944, Manila North Cemetery) Susanna Elizabeth Jurika Cecil (1909, Jolo—1961, Lovelock) + Robert Edgar Cecil (1906—1961) Robert S. Cecil Victoria J. Cecil Stefani Deirdre Cecil Cochran (1940, Manila— ) Suzita Cecil Myers Stephen Jurika (1910, Los Angeles—1993, Menlo Park) + Lillian Ursula Marie Smith Jurika (1920, Parris Island—2011, Los Altos) Lilian Ursula Jurika (1938—2006) Jane Ellen Jurika (1945— ) Ann Jurika Katrushka Rozhenka Jurika Parsons (1912, Zamboanga—1982, Makati) + Charles Thomas Parsons (1902, Shelbyville—1988, Pasay) Michael Parsons (Baguio— ) Patrick Parsons + Toni Serrano Parsons Patrick Parsons Maria Parsons Jose Parsons Thomas Walker Jurika (1914, Zamboanga—1997, Sarasota) + Virginia Laurene Kidwell Jurika (1919, Zamboanga—2003, San Rafael) William Jurika Anne Jurika Moore Louis Lee Jurika (Manila— ) Thomas Walker Jurika (1954, Davao—1993, Mill Valley)