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1941 USS WEST VIRGINIA BB-48 LIFE PRESERVER

VINTAGE AND ORIGINAL, LIFE PRESERVER FROM THE U.S.S. WEST VIRGINIA BATTLESHIP (BB-48) WHICH WAS DESTROYED DURING THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, DEC. 7, 1941. THIS LIFE PRESERVER WAS RECOVERED DAYS AFTER THE ATTACK FROM THE WATERS AROUND PEARLHARBOR BY OUR CONSIGNOR AND HAS BEEN IN HIS POSSESSION EVER SINCE. READS "U.S.S. W. VA 1st DIV. FIRE AND RESCUE". LIFE PRESERVER SHOWS DAMAGE THROUGHOUT FROM THE ACTUAL ATTACK. PROVENANCE: LIFE PRESERVER COMES WITH A PHOTO COPIED NEWSPAPER AD WHICH TELLS THE STORY OF THE RECOVERY.

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