100 Years Ago: New Mexico's Early Film History



Maps of New Mexico



The Palace of the Governors: A Witness to History



Your Obedient Servant, W. H. Bonney



Remembering the Santa Fe Japanese Internment Camp



Through the Lens - Imaging Santa Fe



Buffalo Soldiers in New Mexico



The Last Hurdle:
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro



Rough Riders



Doña Teresa



USS New Mexico BB40:
The Drinan Diary



Tesoros De Devoción



New Mexico's Segesser
Hide Paintings



The Estancia Press



Fashioning New Mexico:
Victorian Secrets



USS New Mexico BB40: The Drinan Diary
7 minutes and 31 seconds

Flagship of the American fleet, for over 30 years the USS New Mexico was the pride of the US Navy. Learn about the history of the "Queen" from her on board activities to dramatic accounts of the fierce fighting in the Pacific theater. Included are eye witness accounts from the Robert T. Drinan diary that vividly details how the ship suffered from kamikaze attacks during the battle of Okinawa. The video is narrated by Dean Stockwell with diary entries read by John Wertheim.
 
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