Continued from May 27th.
Hunter Scott was also at the reunion. His 7th grade history project as a student in Pensacola, Florida, led to a reassessment of the court martial of the ship's commanding officer, Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay III who was tried for not zig-zagging his course as a protection against enemy submarines.
He was found guilty.
But, because of Hunter Scott's efforts, in 2000, 32 years after his suicide because of the guilty finding, Congress passed an act clearing his name.
Hunter Scott is now 28-years-old and a Navy helicopter pilot.
--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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