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Original U.S. Pre-WWII USS Arizona Named Photo Album - John Paul Nicholas

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Original Item: One-of-a-kind. Ship's Cook, Third Class John Paul Nicholas served in the United States Navy between 1930 and 1936 aboard a number of ships concluding his service on the 1st of December 1936 aboard the USS Arizona. This was his photo album during his service in the USN. The cover of the album features a full color printed fabric depicting the USS Arizona Battleship at sunrise above which it reads Photographs and below U.S.S. Arizona. Inside are dozens of original photographs, the first page features Nicholas and a fellow sailor on the deck of the Arizona underneath her Bow Guns. This photo is on a page dated 1934. There are photos of girls and island sights including the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, as well as other ships such as the USS Pennsylvania, USS Bremerton, as well a multiple original photos of the Arizona. It concludes with his Honorable Service Discharge. The album is offered in very good overall condition.

On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service launched a surprise, preemptive military strike on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, "a date which will live in infamy." The attack unfortunately resulted in destruction of numerous ships, as well as airfields and planes on the ground.

Probably the most famous loss during the attack was the U.S.S. Arizona, which sustained a bomb hit near turret II, which resulted in the forward magazine detonating, effectively destroying the ship. The bombs during the attack and subsequent explosion killed 1,177 of the 1,512 crewmen on board at the time, approximately half of the lives lost during the attack. The Arizona was not salvaged, and 15 years later a memorial was built over the sunken remains of the ship, which is now this bit of history got out of the water.
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