On Christmas Eve in 1943, the USS North Carolina sat anchored off a tiny volcanic island in the South Pacific, where crewmen tried to make merry in shoebox bunks stacked four high, half a globe away ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Christmas Eve in 1943, the USS North Carolina sat anchored off a tiny volcanic island in the South Pacific, where crewmen tried ...
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Crew aboard USS North Carolina staged a boisterous Christmas Eve 'smoker' in 1943. Chaplain Wuebbens raised funds and arranged Macy’s ...