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Honoring the Oklahoma National Park Service USS Oklahoma Memorial U.S. Department of the Interior USS Arizona Memorial Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i Honoring the Oklahoma BHKBS Why a Memorial? The USS Oklahoma Memorial stands to honor the 429 men who lost their lives aboard the Oklahoma on December 7th, 1941. These men were not only sailors and Marines, they were 429 brothers, sons, husbands, and fathers. Edward F. Slapikas, Seaic, always lent a helping hand to younger sailors. John L. Wortham, GM2C, looked forward to returning to his wife and baby boy. Slapikas, Wortham and their crewmates never went home; on December 7th Japanese torpedoes destroyed their ship and lives in mere minutes. Their memorial stands on the shores of Ford Island, next to the former berth of the Oklahoma. Those who escaped and swam ashore may have walked or crawled across this ground. To them these shores were a place of sanctuary, or a place they longed for as they lay trapped inside the capsized Oklahoma. For us, it is a place to remember. Aubrey McClendon Family Beating tfyeUvlemoB The horrendous number of deaths on the USS Oklahoma— Beck Design Group 429— was second only to the 1,177 men wno perished aboard Chesapeake Energy Clifford Projects Inc. the USS Arizona. For almost 60 years, there was no memorial Governor and Mrs. Brad Henry Inasmuch Foundation to commemorate the men or their ship. Part of the Oklahoma Kirkpatrick Family Fund sat submerged near Ford Island while many of her crew lay in James and Madalynee Norrick Foundation James and Teresa Day unidentified mass graves. At the Punchbowl cemetery, where John and Jerry Marshall Foundation McCasland Foundation countless young servicemen rest, no one knew exactly where Nan Inc. Construction the Oklahoma crew was buried. It seemed to some that the Oklahoma Centennial Commission OG&E Foundation Okie had been forgotten. Beginning in 2000, USS Oklahoma ONEOK Foundation, Inc PELCO Products, Inc. survivors, members of the USS Oklahoma Memorial at Preferred Tape, Inc. Pearl Harbor Committee, and hundreds of others came Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation The Kerr Foundation together to create the memorial. In 2006, President Bush The Love Family The Meinders Foundation .officially signed the memorial into law as a national memorial The Oxley Foundation entrusted to the National Park Service. On December 7th, The Rainbolt Family The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation 2007, the memorial was formally dedicated as an enduring The Waters Foundation Triple C Lighting reminder of the Oklahoma and her crew. To those listed at United States Navy League - OK City Council right we owe a debt of gratitude for their contributions. Wallace Engineering W & W Steel Architectual Theory! The memorial's black granite walls suggest the once formidable hull of the Oklahoma while the white marble standards represent its lost sailors and Marines. Each perfectly aligned marble standard symbolizes an individual in pristine white dress uniform, inspired from the naval tradition of 'manning the rails.' In full dress whites the ship's crew stand at attention along the rails or in the rigging of the ship to display respect and honor. The marble standards of this memorial stand perfectly straight, 'manning the rails' of the Oklahoma, forever. Visiting tl |MjemoriB To visit the memorial purchase shuttle tickets at the USS Bowfin ticket counter, just north of the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center. Combine the Oklahoma Memorial with visits to the Battleship Missouri Memorial Museum or the Pacific Aviation Museum, also located on Ford Island. Tickets include transport to all three sites. Personal cameras and one water bottle per visitor are permitted, but purses, handbags, camera bags, or items that permit concealment are not allowed. May We Never Forget Those of the Oklahoma United States Navy •a Marvin B. Adkins, GM3C Wallace E. Eakes, SK3C Jesse B. Jenson, GM3C James N. Phipps, Sea2c Victor P. Tumlinson, FC3C Willard H. Aldridge, Seaic Eugene K. Eberhardt, MMic Charles H. Johannes, Sea2C Gerald H. Pirtle, Fie Billy Turner, Seaic Hugh R. Alexander, Lt. Comdr David B. Edmonston, Sea2C Billy J. Johnson, Fie Rudolph V. Piskuran, Sea2C LouisJ.Tushla, Fie Stanley W. Allen, Ens (VO-i) Earl M. Ellis, RM3C Edward D. Johnson, Fie Herbert J. Poindexter, Jr., Seaic Russell O. Ufford, Sea2c Hal J. Allison, F2C Bruce H. Ellison, RM3C Joseph M.Johnson, Seaic Brady o. Prewitt, Sea2c Lowell E. Valley, F2C Leon Arickx, Seaic Julius Ellsberry, MAttic Jim H.Johnston, Fie Robert L. Pribble, FC3C Durrell Wade, AMM2C Kenneth B. Armstrong, Mldnc John C. England, Ens Charles A. Jones, Seaac George F. Price, Fie j^r^ Lewis L. Wagoner, Sea2c Daryle E. Artley, QM2C Ignacio C. Farfan, MAttic Lewis B. Pride, Jr., Ens ^^ Harry E. Walker, SKic John C. Auld, Sea2C Luther J. Farmer, MMic Jerry Jones, MA«3C Jasper L. Pue, Jr., F3C Robert N. Walkowiak, F3C John A. Austin, Chf Carp Lawrence H. Fecho, Fie Paul S. Raimond, Seaic Eugene A. Walpole, Sea2C Walter H. Backman, RM2C Charlton H. Ferguson, Mus2c Wesley V. Jordan, Seaic Eldon C. Ray, SK3C Charles E. Walters, Sea2c Gerald J. Bailey, Seaic Robert A. Fields, EM3C Thomas V. Jurashen, Sea2c Dan E. Reagan, Fie * James R. Ward, Seaic Robert E. Bailey, SF3C William M. Finnegan, Ens Albert U. Kane, Fie ^% \ Leo B. Regan, WTic Edward Wasielewski, Seaic Wilbur F. Ballance, Seaic * Francis C. Flaherty, Ens John A. Karli, Seaic Irvin F. Rice, RM3C Richard L. Watson, Seaic Layton T. Banks, Cox James M. Flanagan, Sea2c Howard V. Keifer. RM3C Porter L. Rich, WT2C James C. Webb, Fie Leroy K. Barber, Fie Felicismo Florese, OS2C Ralph H. Keil, Seaic Clyde Ridenour, Jr., RM3C William E.Welch, Seaic Malcolm J. Barber, Fie Walter C. Foley, Seaic Donald G. Keller. Seaic David J. Riley, Sea2c Alfred F. Wells, MMic Randolph H. Barber, F2C George P. Foote, SK3C Joe M. Kelley, Sea2C Russell C. Roach, Seaic Ernest R. West, Seaic Cecil E. Barncord, EM3C George C. Ford E2C Warren J. Kempf, RM3C Joseph M. Robertson, Sea2C John D. Wheeler, F2C Wilber C. Barrett, Sea2c Joy C. French, Sea2c Leo T. Keninger, Fie Harold W. Roesch, Seaic Claude White, CWT (PA) Harold E. Bates, Fie Tedd M. Furr, CCM (AA) William H. Kennedy, Fie Walter B. Rogers, Fie Jack D. White, Seaic Ralph C. Battles, F2C Michael Galajdik, Fie Elmer T. Kerestes, Fie Joseph C. Rouse, Seaic Alton W. Whitson, EM3C Earl P. Baum, Seaic Martin A. Gara. F2C David L. Kesler. Bkr2c Charles L. Ruse, Mus2c Eugene W. Wicker, Seaic Howard W. Bean, RM3C Jesus F. Garcia, MAtt2C William A. Klasing, EM3C Edmund T. Ryan, Y3C Lloyd P. Wiegand, Mus2c Walter S.Beit, Jr., Fie Eugene Garris, MAtt2C - Verne F. Knipp, Cox Roman W. Sadlowski, EM3C George J. Wilcox, Jr., Sea2c Robert J. Bennett, F3C Paul H. Gebser, MMic Hans C. Kvalnes, Sea2c Kenneth H. Sampson, Seaic Albert L. Williams, Mus2c Harding C. Blackburn, Y3C Leonard R. Geller, Fie Wiliiam L. KvideraT,.CM3C Dean S. Sanders, CMM (PA) James C. Williams, Seaic William E. Blanchard, Bmknc George T. George, Sea2c D.T Kyser, Sea2C Charles L. Saunders, Sea2c Wilbur S. Williams, OS3C Clarence A. Blaylock, F3C George H. Gibson, EM3C Ellioit D. Larsen, Music Lyal J. Savage, Seaic Bernard R. Wimmer, FCic Leo Blitz, MM2C George E. Giesa, F2C ^^j^ Johnnie C. Laurie, MAttic John E. Savidge, Seaic Everett G. Windle, Sea2c Elmer P. Lawrence, Seaic Rudolph Blitz, Fie Quentin J. Gifford, RM2C * Paul E. Saylor, Fie Starring B. Winfleld, RM3C Willard I. Lawson, F3C John G. Bock, Jr., Sea2c George Gilbert, FC2C Walter F. Schleiter, Fie Rex E. Wise, Fie j; Gerald G. Lehman, F3C Paul L. Boemer, Cox Warren C. Gillette, Seaic Herman Schmidt, GM3C Frank Wood, Sea2C Myron K. Lehman, Sea2c James B. Booe, Cbmster Benjamin E. Gilliard, MAttic Aloysius H. Schmitt, Lt. (j.g.)(ChC) Lawrence E. Woods, Fie Lionel W. Lescault, Bgmstr2c James B. Boring, F2C Arthur Glenn, MMic Andrew J. Schmitz, Fie Winfred O. Woods, MMic Harold W. Lindsey, Sea2c Ralph M. Boudreaux, MAttic Daryl H. Goggin, Mach John H. Schoonover, PhMic Creighton H. Workman, Fie John H. Lindsley, F3C Lawrence A. Boxrucker, F2C Bernard o. Scott, MAttic John L. Wortham, GM2C Jack R. Goldwater, RM3C Alfred E. Livingston, F3C RaymondD. Boynton,Sea2c^ Chester E. Seaton, Fie Paul R. Wright, CWT (PA) Charles C. Gomez, Jr., Sea2c Clarence M. Lockwood, WT2C Carl M. Bradley, F2C Verdi D. Sederstrom, Ens Eldon P. Wyman, Ens George M. Gooch, EM3C Adolph J. Loebach, FC3C Oris V. Brandt, Seaic William L. Sellon, Sea2c Martin D. Young, F2C Clifford G. Goodwin, Seaic Vernon T. Luke, MMic Jack A. Breedlove, FC3C Everett I. Severinson, SFic Robert V. Young, Seaic Robert Goodwin, SC3C Octavius Mabine, MAttic Joseph J. Yurko,WTic Randall W. Brewer, MAttic Duff Gordon, CMsmth Howard S. Magers, Sea2c William K. Shafer, Fac Thomas Zvansky, CSM (PA) William Brooks, Seaic Claude o. Gowey, Fie Michael Malek, Sea2c William J. Shanahan, Jr., SM3C Wesley J. Brown, Fie Wesley E. Graham, Seaic Algeo V. Malfante, SF2C Edward J. Shelden, FCic United States William G. Bruesewitz, Seaic William G. Silva, GMic Arthur M. Grand Pre, Fie Walter B. Manning, EMic Marine Corps James R. Buchanan, MM2C t homas F. Griffith, RM3C Henri C. Mason, Music Eugene M. Skaggs, SMic Earl G. Burch, Bkr3C Edgar D. Gross, WT2C Joseph K. Maule, Seaic Garold L. Skiles, Sea2c Marley R. Arthurholtz, PFC Oliver K. Burger, WTic Vernon N. Grow, Sea2c Edwin B. McCabe, WTic Edward F. Slapikas, Seaic Waldean Black, Pvt Millard Burk, Jr., Seaic Daniel L. Guisinger, Jr., Seaic ODonald R. McCloud, FC2C Leonard F. Smith, Msmthic Walter L. Collier, PFC Rodger C. Butts, SCic William I. Gurganus, CEM (A James O. McDonald, Fie Merle A.
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