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Photograph. Starboard side view of the USS West Virginia (BB-48); the deck is crowded with United States Navy sailors....

Sinking of the USS West Virginia (BB-48), USS Tennessee (BB-43) and USS Arizona (BB-39). Official caption: "Japanese...

Battleship firing 16 inch naval guns at Iwo Jima, probably the USS West Virginia (BB-48). Official caption:'"Navy big...

James Downing thought time was compressed during the attack. [Annotator's Note: During the Japanese attack on Pearl...

Firman Balza was transferred off the ship on 7 April 1944, and watched the Maryland [Annotator's Note: USS Maryland (BB...

On the battleship, J. W. Childs said, it was mandatory for a sailor to wear his white hat if he went outside of his...

Archie Kelley went to Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after graduating from the United States...

Archie Kelley realized he was a raw ensign [Annotator's Note: lowest rank of commissioned officer in the US Navy and...

On that Saturday [Annotator's Note: 6 December 1941], Archie Kelley's uncle Bruce [Annotator's Note: US Navy Commander...

Archie Kelley thought much more time was going by than really was [Annotator's Note: onboard the now-torpedoed USS West...

The USS West Virginia (BB-48) was raised from the bottom of Pearl Harbor. Archie Kelley was there during part of that...

Archie Kelley [Annotator's Note: assigned to the USS West Virginia (BB-48)] was never questioned about Pearl Harbor...

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