SOONER44EVER
5/20/2006, 02:20 AM
I had no idea the USS Oklahoma was the only ship sunk at Pearl Harbor that didn't have a memorial.
http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=4927491
USS Oklahoma Memorial fund drive kicked off
OKLAHOMA CITY A Navy veteran who survived the Japanese attack on the U-S-S Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor in 1941 attended a ceremony today to kick off a fundraising drive for a new memorial for the battleship.
Ed Vezey was an ensign aboard the ship and was sitting in his bunk when the attack came without warning.
Governor Brad Henry and other officials today kicked off a 750-thousand-dollar fundraising drive for a memorial on Ford Island near where the ship sank.
Of the nine battleships in Pearl Harbor, the U-S-S Oklahoma had the second highest loss of life, but is the only ship not to have a permanent memorial. Four-hundred-29 people lost their lives.
The memorial is scheduled to be dedicated in 2007, the state's 100th birthday.
http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=4927491
USS Oklahoma Memorial fund drive kicked off
OKLAHOMA CITY A Navy veteran who survived the Japanese attack on the U-S-S Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor in 1941 attended a ceremony today to kick off a fundraising drive for a new memorial for the battleship.
Ed Vezey was an ensign aboard the ship and was sitting in his bunk when the attack came without warning.
Governor Brad Henry and other officials today kicked off a 750-thousand-dollar fundraising drive for a memorial on Ford Island near where the ship sank.
Of the nine battleships in Pearl Harbor, the U-S-S Oklahoma had the second highest loss of life, but is the only ship not to have a permanent memorial. Four-hundred-29 people lost their lives.
The memorial is scheduled to be dedicated in 2007, the state's 100th birthday.