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  • Pearl Harbor Battleship honored on Dec. 7 (USS Oklahoma)

    12/06/2004 6:14:06 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 49 replies · 1,921+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 12/6/04 | Jaymes Song - AP
    HONOLULU (AP) - Sixty-three years after the sneak attack that plunged the United States into World War II, hundreds of men who died aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma are finally getting their own special tribute. A new exhibit of photos, artifacts and oral histories was being unveiled Monday to honor the 429 men from the Oklahoma who died in the Dec. 7, 1941 attack. That is the second-highest number of Pearl Harbor casualties behind the USS Arizona, where most of its 1,177 killed crewmen remain entombed. The anniversary also will be marked with simultaneous ceremonies Tuesday aboard the Arizona Memorial...