Bits of War for World War II
1. USS IOWA-- From Dec. 28, 2010, LA Times-- San Pedro, Ca. wants the battleship that carried FDR to important meetings and as such is the only US Naval vessel with a bathtub There are no battleship memorials on the West Coast. The 900-foot ship, 15-story-high ship was decommissioned in 1990 and it has been in the Suisun Bay near San Francisco in the mothball fleet. (Since then, the ship was sent to Los Angeles where it has become a museum ship.)
2. SCHINDLER'S LIST-- From Dec. 28, 2012, Times of India. A 13-page original copy of the list that spared more than 1000 Jews went up for auction. It is one of several original copies, Oskar Schindler had made.
3. DUNKIRK ANCHOR-- The anchor from the Mona's Queen, lost at Dunkirk in May 1940 was found and returned to the Isle of Man. It is a memorial to the staff of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Line who lost their lives.
The Mona's Queen was one of eight company ships that rescued 24,669 troops from Dunkirk.
The ships Fennella and King Orry were also lost.
The Mona's Queen struck a German mine and 24 crew lost their lives.
A Bit of the War. -GreGen
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.
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