Unlike the 16-inch USS Missouri gun barrel the association brought to Fort Miles two years ago, the new discovery is a massive document: a fragile, 90-square-foot map glued to the wall of a storage shed that tells the little-known story of more than 3,500 submariners who were lost at sea during World War II.
Gary Wray, president of the association, said U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Henry Draper Sipple used the wall map to detail submarine battles of World War II.
“It's amazing," Wray said. "It's the map of his life and the story of submarine warfare in the Pacific.”
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I hope some expert photographer will digitize the map before anything else is done.. Information is too valuable to lose.
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