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To: bgill

I’ll always remember the whiff of Number 6 oil, tears of the Arizona, as we approached the memorial some years ago.

One of the Navy hands said that was a rumor that a dry dock would be built around the wreck and a cement sarcophigas built to contain the battleship and its contents.

She’s been under saltwater for 73 years.


14 posted on 05/27/2018 8:25:59 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

76 years now.


21 posted on 05/27/2018 8:49:39 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Coming up on 76.5 years.


68 posted on 05/28/2018 5:45:19 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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