At Pearl Harbor, the battleship USS Tennessee survived the Japanese attack with relatively minor damage but was trapped in her berth for ten days. The crew fought fires and defended the ship, which was later repaired and modernized to become a key naval gunfire support vessel throughout the rest of World War II. The attack On December 7, 1941, the Tennessee was moored in Battleship Row, with the USS West Virginia docked alongside it and the USS Arizona directly astern. The crew quickly went to b

During the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Doris “Dorie” Miller grabbed an anti-aircraft gun on the USS West Virginia and shot down multiple Japanese planes. He became the first African American awarded the Navy Cross for heroism. #TheWarRoom #DorieMiller #PearlHarbor #WWIIHeroes #fblifestyle | The War Room

USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) is the lead ship of her class of landing ship dock of the United States Navy. This warship was named for the town of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, which, because of the U.S. arsenal there, was an important location during the Civil War. Read more https://wp.me/p3avY4-3f9 | Military Leak

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