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.
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Roanoke Man on USS Reuben James Sunk By German Submarine
From the October 3, 2016, Roanoke (Va.) Times "Looking Back."
"William Harding Newton, 21, son of William S. Newton, former Roanoke police lieutenant, was a member of the crew of the USS Reuben James, destroyer sent to the bottom by a torpedo in the North Atlantic Thursday night."
The War Hits Roanoke Even Before Pearl Harbor. --GreGen
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