Great article.
They found the Bertrand when I was a little kid, growing up not very far from there...next to another cut off bend in the river known as Carter Lake, Iowa.
A few years later, my Dad took me and my brother and sister to see it after they had put the cargo on display, and it’s a trip I won’t forget.
By the way, you can’t get to the museum right now because of the Missouri River flooding.
Funny how military necessity has shaped everyday needs through the years.