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Too many photos to post so the flickr link should make it easier.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/127906254 ... 1443/page1

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Amazing photos, thanks Mark!

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USS Ogala (Originally SS Massachusetts) capsized December 8th, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor.

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[quote="Mark Allen M"]USS Ogala (Originally SS Massachusetts) capsized December 8th, 1941, the day after Pearl Harbor.


In Walter Lords 'Day of Infamy" a survivor was quoted as saying the Old Ogala had sunk from fright.


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It's "Oglala", named after one of the Lakotas' subtribes.
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If you say it, it's "Ogala"

If you sing it, it's "Oglala"

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