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The U.S.S. Iowa that is<\/a>.\u00a0 Looks like at one of the last veteran ships of WWII will be laid to rest.\u00a0 There was a time when, as a budding student of history, first turned onto history by reading old war books my Dad bought, I looked at this and other battlewagons, and dreamt of joining the navy.\u00a0 That was well into high school by the way.\u00a0 I remember reading books on the Pacific war, learning where every ship was, studying the battles, researching the men who made things happen.\u00a0 While others were watching the brand new MTV, or working on cars, or doing whatever it is teenagers do, I was holed up in my room, headphones on, reading book after book on the history of the US Navy.\u00a0 <\/p>\n