From the Feb. 20, 2014, Fort Hood (Tx) Sentinel "World War II in America, Asia, Pacific: Part 2" by Eric Rogers.
Fredericksburg, Texas, has the National Museum of the Pacific War and the Admiral Nimitz Museum in the historic Nimitz Hotel.
** Iwo Jima Flagraising-- Three of the six were dead a month later.
** Sullivsan Brothers-- Five brothers died on the USS Juneau when it was sunk in 1942.
** Life-sized replica of the "Fat Man: atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945.
** An actual rusted orange door from the USS Arizona with visible lines from fuel oil floating in the harbor and an egg-shaped hole cut by divers searching for survivors.
--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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