The U.S.S. Oklahoma Memorial was dedicated at Pearl Harbor at noon on Dec. 7, 2007. Archived video of the memorial dedication ceremony as well as related interviews and news videos about the ceremony are available.

A special website honoring the survivors of the U.S.S. Oklahoma can be found at http://www.ussoklahoma.com/


To view a video of the U.S.S. Oklahoma Memorial Groundbreaking

ceremony in 2006 click on the YouTUBE video image.

To learn more about the U.S.S. Oklahoma check out this entry from the National Postal Museum.

Oklahoma's Sacrifice Finally Gets Its Due was the headline for The Honolulu Star Bulletin's story about the U.S.S. Oklahoma on Nov. 30, 2007.

The Enid News and Eagle ran a story under this headline "Pearl Harbor victims to be memorialized in marble" on Nov. 29, 2007. Click here to read the story.

"We were awake and a lot of us were getting ready to go to shore for church services," he said. "I was going down a passageway when the torpedoes hit. I didn't have a flashlight and I couldn't see a thing, but I just went. Everything was automatic because of the training. Grab your gun, grab your lifejacket and go to your battle station. I was to head back to the steam room, but there was no getting back down there. That ship was turning over. In 18 minutes it was bottomside up. That's pretty fast, isn't it?" Read more about Chester Jankowski's experience the day the U.S.S. Oklahoma was torpedoed and sunk in this story at bnd.com.

USS Oklahoma Getting Dec. 7 Memorial -- The Honolulu Advisor. Click here to read the story.

A brief history of the USS Oklahoma from 1912-1944 is available on Answers.com