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.

Friday, January 8, 2016

Ed Vezey, Last USS Oklahoma Survivor, Dies

From the Jan. 5, 2016, Guns.com.

Mr. Vezey died on January 2.  He was instrumental in getting the USS Oklahoma Memorial established on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor.

Ed Vezey went to Pearl Harbor every year and was born in College Station, Texas.

Sorry to See This.  --GreGen
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  1. RTDJanuary 8, 2016 at 1:06 PM

    RIP Mr. Vezey. May he now have fair winds and following seas forever.
    Best wishes from a new WW2 blog, http://americaandworldwar2.blogspot.com/
    v/r Charles

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