JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Larry W. Jewell) (02/05/91)
From: "Larry W. Jewell" <JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
I was doing research for a series of articles I will be
doing for the fiftieth anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack
when I noticed that another historic date was coming up even
sooner.
7 May 1991 is the 100th anniversary of the keel-laying of
U.S.S INDIANA BB-1. The birth of our modern Navy should be
observed, and I propose to press Congress to commemorate the
date.
If any of you are interested in contributing (no money,
just a stamp or two) to this effort, please contact me by E-
mail and I will send you a short history of the first Battle-
ship.
I am doing a two-pronged effort aimed at the federal
level and at the State of Indiana, and hope that this truly
historic date will not be allowed to slide by unnoticed.
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*If you attack expecting to prevail, do it in full strength, because a *
*surplus of victory never caused any conqueror one pang of remorse. *
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Larry W. Jewell JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU