Serving on the USS New Jersey, the most decorated battleship in the history of the United States Navy, “really shaped our lives,” a veteran told me.
Yesterday was the 250th birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps, and today is Veterans Day. It was peculiarly appropriate, therefore, that Marine veterans of the USS New Jersey returned today to their erstwhile duty station to open a new historic exhibit on board and to share their experiences with a new generation.
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One veteran admitted to me, “I didn’t understand the historical significance of serving on board ship here until years afterward.” He said he was around 25 years old when he arrived on the WWII-era battleship during its last period of active service in the 1980s. “You’re
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