Henri Aldridge at a microphone, preparing to speak during the ceremony held to celebrate the arrival of the USS Alabama in Mobile Bay.
Aldridge was the chairman of the USS Alabama Commission, which was established to study the possibility of acquiring the World War II battleship. Through the efforts of that commission and the contributions of private citizens (who raised more than $750,000 for the effort), the ship was taken to Mob...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/142109 |