Fourteen of the 31 surviving crew members gathered recently in Indianapolis for the 70th reunion. Hundreds of family members, friends and dignitaries were also in attendance. Most everyone realized that here probably will not be a 75th anniversary reunion.
The reunions have been held annually the last several years and before that biannually.
Harold Bray, 88, a retired police officer from Benicia, California, is the youngest survivor still living. He says: "Our numbers are dropping fast. We've lost three since the last reunion. It's really tough to belong to a club like this."
--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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