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, April 16, 2021

Chattanooga National Cemetery-- Part 2: Notable Internments

Notable Internments:

8 bodies of the Famed Andrews' Raiders from the Civil War, including James J. Andrews, the leader of the raid.

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3, now 4, Medal of Honor recipients:

Master Sgt.  Ray E. Duke from the Korean War

Corporal Desmond Doss, World War II.  The first conscientious objector.  The 2016 movie "Hacksaw Ridge" was about his life.

Private  William F. Zion, Boxer Rebellion

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Two Union generals from the Civil War:

William P. Sanders

Timothy Robbins Stanley

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186  foreign prisoners from World War I and World War II

One Canadian soldier from World War I

--GreGen


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