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.

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Exhibit Traces Events before, After '41 Attack-- Part 3: Airraid On Pearl Harbor X This Is No Drill"

A glass display holds a piece of a Japanese plane shot down in the battle, as well as a copy of the first typed message sent from Pearl Harbor:  'AIRRAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NO DRILL" it reads.

Other items on display include a large pair of binoculars from the bridge of the USS Arizona.  This being the ship in which so much carnage took place and over 1000 killed.

The exhibit also reflects on the heightened fear and anger over Japanese living in America, and the experiences of Japanese families forced to live in internment camps.

At the end of the exhibit are buttons, pins, stamps and other keepsakes produced in the wake of the attack.

All bear the national rallying call:  "Remember Pearl Harbor."

--GreGen

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