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Among American battleships, the Navy's USS Arizona is notably remembered, not for its achievements but for its tragic demise during Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. ....
ELIZABETHTON â Just two days after ending a production of âThe Sound of Music,â the Jonesborough Repertory Theatre and the Bonnie Kate Theater are once again coming together to present this yearâs performance of the â1940s USO Show.â Because of renovations taking place with the Jonesborough groupâs home theater, it found a temporary home in the Bonnie Kate to present its rendition of âThe Sound of Musicâ from June 10-27. The troupe will continue its symbiotic relationship with the Bonnie Kate by presenting its 18th annual â1940s USO Showâ at the Elizabethton landmark. The patriotic Independence Day program will be performed eight times from July 2 through July 4. The first performance is Friday night, July 2, at 7:30 p.m. The program will be presented on Saturday, July 3, at 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. The final performances will be on Sunday, July 4, at 2, 4, and 6 p.m. ....
Construction of Arizona – then known simply as Battleship 39 – began in March 1914 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, which ran twenty-four hours per day and at full capacity employed 70,000 workers. It was originally assumed the warship would be named North Carolina in honor of the home state of Josephus Daniels, the Navy secretary. It has been common practice in recent years for U.S. Navy sailors who served on the battleship USS Arizona (BB-39) to have their ashes scattered over the wreck site – a way for them to be reunited with those crew members who were lost when the ship was sunk on December 7, 1941. More than thirty sailors who survived the attack had chosen the site as their final resting place. ....