1. USS WEST VIRGINIA-- The West Virgina Culture Center in Charleston will showcase artifacts from the USS West Virgina, including the ship's bell and other items from those who served on board the ship. Just in time for the ship's reunion this coming weekend.
2. PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR-- 9-20-12-- Vern Smith, 94, died (1917-2012). Joined the Navy in 1939 and was on the USS Worden at Pearl Harbor at age 24. Served in the Navy 24 years.
3. ANOTHER PH SURVIVOR-- Margaret "Peggy" Dye died August 20, 2012, at age 98. She was one of the last-surviving nurses from the attack. A member of the Navy Nurse Corps from 1937 to 1942, she tended the wounded for days afterwards. In 2001, she attended the premier of the Disney movie "Pearl Harbor" on the aircraft carrier John C. Stennis moored in pearl Harbor. That had to have been an experience.
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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