Race to the Dan - Battle at the Old Stone House

10/30/2025

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12/09/2022

USS West Virginia BB-48 resting on the bottom after sinking at her berth during the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, USS Tennessee BB-43 is directly behind West Virginia - December 7, 1941

Note the CXAM-1 Radar Antenna on West Virginia, the only other USN Battleships with Radar sets at Pearl Harbor on December 7 was California (CXAM) and Pennsylvania (CXAM-1).

Also note on WV, the wrecked Kingfisher on top of Turret #3 and the upside down Kingfisher next to Turret #4

(While this picture was dated December 7, 1941
It’s possible it was taken late on December 7 or a day or two after)

TimeLIFE Archives

12/09/2022

Theodore Roosevelt holding hat over his heart while passing through a line of Norwegian battleships as bands play the Star Spangled Banner. He’s on board a ship named The Queen Maud

- 1910

12/09/2022

A small boat rescuing men from the USS Virginia on the day of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

December 7, 1941

Image from U.S. Navy via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

12/09/2022

🇺🇲 WWII uncovered: ⚓81st Anniversary of Pearl Harbor: Pearl Harbor Survivor Arles Cole

Arles Cole joined the Navy at 17 under a special program that allowed him early entry. He was trained in navigation, and chose service aboard the battleship USS West Virginia.

During the December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor the West Virginia received multiple torpedo hits along the port side as well as bomb hits from aircraft overhead. The attack caused massive damage to the ship, but it did not capsize. West Virginia sank, coming to rest upright on the harbor floor.

One of the bombs that hit the West Virginia did not detonate. It created a hole through which Arles was able to crawl up to the top deck as his ship was sinking. After assisting in the rescue of other shipmates, he noticed the flag had fallen and he was able to raise it again on deck.

According to the Tulsa World News: "Arles Cole went on to serve on the USS Turkey (a minesweeper) and the destroyer USS Pritchett aboard which he would take part in Pacific battles including Okinawa in 1945. His last rank with the Navy was Quartermaster 1st Class."

"After the war, Arles returned to Oklahoma where he met and married Virginia Weaver. The couple had three children. They were married 68 years until Virginia's death in 2014. He worked for Southwestern Bell for 35 years and was active in his church and local community. One of his proudest achievements was, as a member of the Last Man’s Club, having a section of U.S. 169 renamed the Pearl Harbor Expressway.

“I was given a very special gift, to be able to stay alive,” Cole told the World once. He planned to “keep telling (the story)” as long as he was able, he added. - Tulsa World January 14, 2021.

Arles Enos Cole passed away on December 4, 2020 at the age of 96. He was the last Pearl Harbor Survivor in the Tulsa area. Arles lies in rest at Floral Haven Cemetery in Broken Arrow Oklahoma. Lest We Forget.



WWII uncovered©️ description and photos sourced by Tulsa World January 14, 2021, Legacy Database, Ancestry Database and The Oklahoman News

12/09/2022

Great piece of HISTORY!!!

🇺🇲WWII uncovered: ⚓ 81st Anniversary of Pearl Harbor: Cornelia Fort: One of the First Witnesses to the Attack of Pearl Harbor

As a civilian flight trainer in Honolulu, Cornelia Fort of Nashville Tennessee, had actually survived being caught up in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor while training a flight student; making her one of the first witnesses to the attack. She quickly took over the controls of the aircraft making an emergency landing. Cornelia and her student narrowly escaped as the air field which was quickly bombed by the Japanese.

In 1942 Nancy Love recruited Cornelia to serve in the newly established Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, precursor to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). She was the second woman accepted into the service. Cornelia was fatally wounded while ferrying a BT-13A when it collided with another plane over Texas on March 21, 1943. Cornelia was only 24-years-old and the first American female pilot to die in active service. Cornelia lies in rest at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville Tennessee.

The Cornelia Fort Airport in Nashville was named in her honor in 1945. Her close encounter, widely celebrated in the wake of Pearl Harbor, is re-enacted in the opening scenes of the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! and at air shows even today.

Please join us in honoring Cornelia Fort, female aviator and WASP pioneer. Rest in peace Cornelia - You are a member of the Greatest Generation. Lest We Forget



WWII uncovered ©️ original description and photo sourced by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum and Ancestry Database

12/09/2022

The USS Tennessee was moored at Pearl Harbor beside the USS West Virginia. Luckily the Tennessee didn’t suffer to much damage. The West Virginia was sunk but was raised and made battle ready once again.

What a GENERATION of GIANTS!

The U.S. Navy battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43) underway on 12 May 1943.

Tennessee was damaged in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941 and was afterwards given a very extensive reconstruction. This gave her the enormous beam apparent in this photograph.

06/10/2022

Site is getting ready for this weekends Battle at the Stome House event! Hope to see you all out tomorrow!!! Events opens each day at 10:00 am!!!

06/05/2022

There will be two very skilled artisans at The Old Stone House next weekend! Steve Martin (Carpenter) and James Ruggiero (Blacksmith)!!! These two gentlemen are the BEST and they are ones that you could listen talk for hours on end!!! So, don't miss them next Saturday and Sunday at The Old Stone House located in Granite Quarry North Carolina for the sites 2nd Annual American Revolution Battle Reenactment / Living History weekend!!!

See you there!!!

HUZZAH!!!

06/03/2022

(Saturday) June 11th, 2022 (10 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
(Sunday) June 12th, 2022 (10 a.m. – 5 p.m.)

PRICE: Adults $5.00 / Children $3.00

Rowan Museum – Old Stone House
(770 Old Stone House Road, Salisbury, NC).

Revolution in the Backcountry: 2nd Annual Battle at the Stone House”

(Special event, In-person)

Go to website for admission information.

Features battle re-enactments and black powder firing demonstrations on Saturday and Sunday.

On-going demonstrations include:
- 18th century military encampment
-cooking
- medicine
- Met and Speak with Generals Nathanael Greene and Lord Cornwallis
- colonial music
- shop with period vendors
- and more....

SEE YOU THERE!!!