Front:
U.S.S. Alabama - Welcome Home!
Back:
U.S.S. ALABAMA
This flotilla welcomes the U.S.S. ALABAMA home
as she prepares to stop at McDuffie Island for
ceremonies. From her launching at Norfolk, Va.,
she saw action in World War II for 28 months
in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Mostly it
was in the Pacific that she gained the nickname
the "Lucky A" because not a single carrier was
hit while escorted by her. She carried from 2400
to 3200 men aboard while engaged in campaigns
in Guam, Gilbert Islands, Mariannas, Okinawa,
the Philippine Sea (was 1st ship to sight enemy
aircraft, of which 403 were destroyed that day),
Kwajalein Atoll (Marshall Islands) and Honshu,
where she joined the Missouri while Gen.
McArthur signed Peace Treaty. After treaty she
served as carrier to bring men home.
Alabama Post Card Co., Bessemer, Ala. 35020
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