"As an aviator", he later recalled, "I was interested in more than just ships. In June 1939, he became the naval air attaché in Tokyo, a role in which his ability to speak fluent Japanese was invaluable. They had three daughters, Lillian, Jane and Anne.
He married Lillian Ursula Marie Smith, the daughter of a United States Marine Corps colonel, Harry Locke Smith. He was then posted to Torpedo Squadron 3 (VT-3), on the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. Īfter service on the cruisers USS Louisville and Houston, he became a naval aviator, completing his flight training at Naval Air Station Pensacola. He entered the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, graduating with the class of 1933.
Stephen spent much of his early years in the Philippines, where his father owned plantations, and went to school in the Philippines, China and Japan. Stephen had a brother, Thomas Walker Jurika (guerrilla assistant of Chick Parsons), and a sister, Katrushka (wife of Chick Parsons). (pronounced jer-EE-kah) was born in Los Angeles, California, on 9 December 1910, the son of Stefan Jurika and Blanche Anna née Walker. 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.
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 was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions as navigator of the aircraft carrier USS Franklin after it was severely damaged and set ablaze by a lone Japanese dive bomber on 19 March 1945. (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.
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