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, March 13, 2020
USS West Virginia Unknown Returns Home: Bethel Walters
March 11, 2020, Texhoma Home Page. "WW II sailor returns home to Texas with hero's welcome 78 years later" by Zach Verdea.
His family went to Hawaii to collect his remains and came back to Dallas with them. Fireman 1st Class Bethel Walters died December 7, 1941, on his ship the USS West Virginia and his body was recovered but his identity not known until recently.
He was escorted from Dallas to home in Bowie, Texas, by family, friends and the North Texas Patriot Guard Riders. All along the way, people welcomed him home and especially upon arrival in Bowie.
He will be buried Saturday.
It Is So Wonderful What the U.S. Is Doing With the USS West Virginia and USS Oklahoma Unknowns. --GreGen
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