Bits of War: news of World War II.
1. NOSE ART-- From Oct. 6, 2009, Anonymous Arts. Four pictures of World War II nose art on the site. Nose art was the term given to the paintings near the front of US aircraft.
One featured was Nancy and another was Leapy Time Girls.
http://anonymousworks.blogspot.com.
2. $25 MILLION--
October 7, 2009, The Department of Defense has an appropriations bill for $25 million in funds to go to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans to build the U.S. freedom Pavilion and Homefront exhibition.
3. USS MISSOURI-- From the Columbian Missourian-- The USS Missouri was the nation's last battleship and it has been towed two miles from its spot as a memorial in Pearl harbor near the USS Arizona Memorial to a dry dock where it will be sandblasted, fully repainted and hull repaired for $18 million.
It was scheduled to leave dry dock in early January, 2010 and have a grand reopening Jan. 29th, the 66th anniversary of its launching at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Some News. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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