From the Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. Some remaining crew members of the World War II light cruiser USS Columbia will gather in South Carolina’s capital city this week.
The State reported about two dozen veterans and about 100 family members are expected in Columbia for the reunion Thursday.
The USS Columbia participated in most of the sea battles in the Pacific, surviving three kamikaze attacks and losing 60 sailors.
The veterans now all are in their 80s and 90s and were last in Columbia in 2004.
The reunion includes a new exhibit, with an 8-foot model of the ship at the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum.
The ship’s flag from the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of World War II, will be donated to the museum by the son of Admiral Maurice Curts, the skipper of the Columbia in the battle.
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