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, July 8, 2016

Hoosier Victim of USS Oklahoma Returns Home-- Part 1: USS Oklahoma

From the July 6, 2016, Terre Haute (Ind) Tribune Star "75 years after his death in Pearl Harbor attack, Carlisle sailor's military honors set for Saturday" by Nick Hedrick.

Paul Andrews Nash of Sullivan County will be buried with full military honors at 2 p.m. this Saturday at Oddfellows Cemetery in Carlisle, Indiana.

Friday, today, his remains arrive from Hawaii by plane in Indianapolis where it will be disembarked with full military honors.  The Indiana Patriot Guards will meet the casket.

Then, the hearse carrying his remains will drive to Holmes Memorial Chapel in Sullivan for a ceremony.  After that, he will be buried in a plot next to that of his parents, Earl and Faye.

--GreGen

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