Subdeacon Joe Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 This story was published in 1995. No less gripping now. At first, everyone thought it was a piece of loose rigging slapping against the wrecked hull of the USS West Virginia. Bang. Bang. When salvage crews raised the West Virginia six months later, they found the bodies of three men huddled in an airtight storeroom: Ronald Endicott, 18; Clifford Olds, 20; and Louis "Buddy" Costin, 21. But the most haunting discovery was the calendar. Sixteen days had been crossed off in red pencil. The young sailors had marked their time, not knowing what had happened to their ship or that their country was at war. http://usswestvirginia.org/stories/story.php?id=23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 You are only gonna need one, Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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