From the March 3, 2016, Nevada Appeal "Past Pages for Thursday, March 3, 2016."
70 YEARS AGO
"Other items from the USS Nevada, according to Judge Clark J. Guild, chairman of the board of directors of the state museum, include a silver service, bell, nameplate of the USS Nevada, a magnesium chest and a plaque bearing the names of the captains who commanded the ship.
"The chest was made by the Basic Magnesium Plant near Las Vegas in 1944."
The USS Nevada was about to be decommissioned and used in the atomic tests.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Artifacts of the USS Nevada Given to Nevada State Museum in 1946
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Las Vegas Nevada,
Nevada,
USS Nevada
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