The many lives of the USS Arkansas

By Randy Dixon

Published November 6, 2023 at 12:39 PM CST

Randy Dixon of the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History joins Ozarks at Large to dive into the history of the USS Arkansas and the many ships that have held that name.

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