Governor George Wallace signing the guestbook of the USS Alabama during the dedication ceremony for the battleship in Mobile Bay.

With him are Cecile Cuevas and Paul Fay, undersecretary of the U.S. Navy. In 1962, after learning that the World War II battleship was to be scrapped, the state legislature established a commission to study the possibility of acquiring the vessel. Through the efforts of that commission and the contr...

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Main Author: Jones, Ed
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/146881