Not a bad reference for some possible ideas, goes through a build from start to finish with lots of reference and techniques on the build, will send you some pics...
One of my best pals back in the old country, Mike, his uncle was a cook, if I remember correctly, in the USN, in the Pacific....
My dad has relative, cousin I've been told, also USN, don't know about WWII though, been told he was in Korea....
Don't know if they've found out any more....