Pearl Harbor artifact donated to WVU Libraries

Pearl Harbor artifact donated to WVU Libraries

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — An artifact taken from the USS West Virginia—a ship destroyed in the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor—has been donated to West Virginia University's West Virginia and Regional History Center in Morgantown. According to a WVU release, a life preserver taken from the ship was donated to the school by WVU alumnus Ken Kenrick and his family. The item will make its public debut in the downtown library after the Pearl Harbor…

Kendrick family donates Pearl Harbor artifact to WVU Libraries

West Virginia University will house a lasting reminder of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor in the form of a life preserver from the USS West Virginia, a gift to the West Virginia and Regional History Center at WVU Libraries from the Kendrick family.The life preserver — donated by WVU alumnus Ken Kendrick, his wife, Randy, and his brother, Rick — will make its public debut following Pearl Harbor remembrance events on campus Dec. 7.