The longest lived of all the ships named for Mississippi, the third U.S.S. Mississippi earned eight battle stars for serving in eight different Pacific campaigns in World War II. The ship was sold for scrap in 1956.
Image: Commemorative plaque from the christening of the U.S.S. Mississippi on January 25, 1917.
The Payne Flying Field was a training center for pilots learning how to fly the “Jenny” planes.
Williams joined the U.S. Congress in 1893.
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President Wilson had declared war on April 2.
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At the close of the war, Mississippi had provided 66,000 men to the U.S. Army and Navy and had contributed nearly 80 million dollars through the purchase of Liberty Loan Bonds.
