This WWII battleship was about to be scrapped. Then Alabama’s schoolchildren stepped in.

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Alabama Schoolchildren’s Nickels and Dimes Save USS Alabama

In 1962, a small news item caught Jimmie Morris’s eye: the USS Alabama would soon be scrapped. He just couldn’t let that happen.

Morris got friends and the governor on board, but they faced a big problem – no cash. That’s when Alabama’s kids stepped up…

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