U.S.S. Drexler, Launched 3 Sept. 1944, Bath Iron Works.

U.S.S. Drexler, Launched 3 Sept. 1944, Bath Iron Works.

Eugene Camp Hicks served aboard the Drexler during World War II; he and his wife sent this postcard to his parents on November 5, 1944. Hicks was killed when the ship was sunk off the coast of Okinawa by Japanese suicide planes on May 28, 1945.

Bibliographic Details
Format:	Electronic
Published:	Alabama Department of Archives and History
Subjects:	Alabama Photographs and Pictures
Online Access:	http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/27106

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