From the Sept. 19, 2012, CBS WVNS 59.
West Virginia will be hosting what may be the final reunion of those who served on the battleship West Virginia in Charleston September 28-30.
Former sailors, their families and history buffs have been having reunions since 1955. As part of the reunion, they will tour the Culture Center and will see the 20-foot long replica of the ship in Beckley.
The ship was heavily damaged at Pearl Harbor and rebuilt in tiome to serve in the Pacific. Decommissioned after the war, it was scrapped. It's mast and bell are at West Virgina University
According to the W. Va. Executive, early reunions were held in southern California and usually coincided with Dec. 7th.
Sailors nicknamed the ship the "Wee Vee."
All These Final Reunions Are Getting Depressing. --GreGen
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.
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