Group donates money to preserve USS Tucson flag
by Eric Sagara on Apr. 23, 2008, under Local, SpecialA local organization has put up $3,000 to help restore the USS Tucson flag the city has stored away until it can be examined by a professional conservator.
The USS Tucson 770 Club is dedicated to supporting the nuclear attack submarine that now bears the city’s name.
Ben Buehler-Garcia, vice-chairman of the club, said in an e-mail to the Tucson Citizen that the club voted on Monday to donate the money.
Buehler-Garcia said the money can be used to hire a conservator to look at the flag and determine what steps need to be taken to preserve it.
The flag has been folded up in a glass case for more than 50 years and city officials are reluctant to remove it until a professional can look at it.
The flag once flew over the original USS Tucson, a fast cruiser that provided anti-aircraft protection to carriers as they launched bombing missions against Japan in the waning days of World War II.
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