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KCBS TV: Mourners Remember War Dead On The USS San Francisco

KCBS TV: Mourners Remember War Dead On The USS San Francisco

by usssanfran | May 28, 2017 | Feature

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Seventy-five years ago, the world was at war and the USS San Francisco was part of a massive naval struggle to take the Pacific island of Guadalcanal. Chief Jon “Johnny” Gordon was aboard the ship and remembers that midnight battle of 13...
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet

by usssanfran | May 11, 2017 | Feature

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN (center) (Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas) on board USS San Francisco (CA 38) to visit the two senior ship’s officers who had survived the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 12-13 November 1942. Photographed at...
Special 75th Anniversary Event Commemorating the Battle of Guadalcanal

Special 75th Anniversary Event Commemorating the Battle of Guadalcanal

by usssanfran | May 10, 2017 | Feature, Foundation News

Sunday, May 28th, 2017 | 12:00 – 1:30 pm A turning point in the Battle for the Pacific, Guadalcanal marked the end of the southern march of Imperial Japanese forces towards the resource rich continent of Australia. This was a hard-fought campaign with great...

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