[VOA]

Thank you for your service VOA and may God bless you.

You are too kind...I'm a life-long, spoiled, grateful civilian.

I missed out on military service due to two factors...spontaneouly-collapsing
lung in high school (permanently fixed by surgery) and not drafted because I was too young
for Vietnam.

And my recollections of BB37 Oklahoma are from growing up in OK, and seeing
collected relics from the ship (ship's bell, silver service) that reside
in the state historical society.

For those of my age and older...there was at least a bit of "perverse pride"
about BB37 not actually sinking, plus "refusing" to be cut up for salvage.
Just a good old story from the past...

[Cindy]

A grateful civilian is good...getting rarer these days.