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.

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Edward Everette Talbert U.S. Navy Sailor from USS Oklahoma Identified

From the November 3, 2021, 11 ABC WTVD (North Carolina)  "NC sailor in Pearl Harbor attack finally accounted for."

After 80 years, a North Carolina sailor is finally coming home.

Navy Seaman 1st Class Edward Everette Talbot was one of 429 crewmen who died on the USS Oklahoma that day in 1941 when it capsized after being hit multiple times by torpedoes.

He will be buried March 26, 2022, in his hometown of Albemarle, North Carolina.

--GreGen


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