TIL that three bodies were found in a storage room on the USS West Virginia when she was re-floated after Pearl Harbor. A calendar kept by the men indicated that they had survived for over two weeks after the attack. [Repost]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_West_Virginia_(BB-48)#Pearl_Harbor



Submitted March 22, 2015 at 01:10AM by JonathanDP81 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2zu12j/til_that_three_bodies_were_found_in_a_storage/