Saturday's events at USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park include a Yak Attack: vintage airplanes will simulate bombing raids on the USS ALABAMA - weather permitting. Art Albert, who fought aboard the USS MISSOURI and was wounded by a Japanese fighter plane, will be manning one of the guns during the mock battle. Visit https://www.facebook.com/USSALABAMABattleshipMemorialPark/ for more information.

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Frank Radulski, 92, of Summerfield, Fla., stands in the Combat Information Center on board the USS Alabama where he worked as a radarman (RDM2C 2nd Class) from 1943 to 1946. Radulski is the last surviving radarman that worked on the USS Alabama. "I think everyone should know about WWII because it was a turning point for long-time peace," said Radulski. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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Frank Radulski, 92, of Summerfield, Fla., stands in the Combat Information Center on board the USS Alabama where he worked as a radarman (RDM2C 2nd Class) from 1943 to 1946. Several crewmen arrived at the USS Alabama battleship on Friday ahead of their annual USS Alabama Crewmen's Association Reunion in Mobile, Ala., on Friday April 15, 2016. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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Earl Shive of Horseheads, NY stands in the boiler room on the USS Alabama where he worked from in 1942. Shive was a fireman who worked in the boiler room and the engine room until 1945. "We had a near miss with a torpedo that just cleared the rear end of our ship," recalled Shive. "I could almost see my name on the rear end of that torpedo."(Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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Earl Shive of Horseheads, NY stands in the engine room on the USS Alabama where he worked from 1942 to 1945. Shive was a fireman who worked in the boiler room and the engine room. Several crewmen arrived at the USS Alabama battleship on Friday ahead of their annual USS Alabama Crewmen's Association Reunion in Mobile, Ala., on Friday April 15, 2016. They provided oral history recordings and visited with the public. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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Earl Shive of Horseheads, NY stands in the boiler room on the USS Alabama where he worked from in 1942. Shive was a fireman who worked in the boiler room and the engine room until 1945. Several crewmen arrived at the USS Alabama battleship on Friday ahead of their annual USS Alabama Crewmen's Association Reunion in Mobile, Ala., on Friday April 15, 2016. They provided oral history recordings and visited with the public. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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Jim Grupcznski, 72, of Fairhope, Ala., talks about an Oerlikon anti-aircraft artillery he restored for Saturday's reenactment on board the USS Alabama in Mobile, Ala., on Friday April 15, 2016. Several of the ship's 20mm and 40mm guns have recently been restored for use this weekend and will be fired during a vintage aircraft simulated attack on the ship. It will be the first time since WWII that these guns have fired. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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Jim Grupcznski, 72, of Fairhope, Ala., talks about an Oerlikon anti-aircraft artillery he restored for Saturday's reenactment on board the USS Alabama in Mobile, Ala., on Friday April 15, 2016. Several of the ship's 20mm and 40mm guns have recently been restored for use this weekend and will be fired during a vintage aircraft simulated attack on the ship. It will be the first time since WWII that these guns have fired. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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James Goodwall of Owensboro, KY, a historical reenactor playing General George S. Patton, poses on deck of the USS Alabama in Mobile, Ala., on Friday April 15, 2016. He will greet visitors during Saturday's reenactment at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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James Goodwall of Owensboro, KY, a historical reenactor playing General George S. Patton, poses on deck of the USS Alabama in Mobile, Ala., on Friday April 15, 2016. He will greet visitors during Saturday's reenactment at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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James Goodwall of Owensboro, KY, a historical reenactor playing General George S. Patton, poses on deck of the USS Alabama in Mobile, Ala., on Friday April 15, 2016. He will greet visitors during Saturday's reenactment at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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Jim Grupcznski, 72, of Fairhope, Ala., talks with Jerry Boyette of Panama City, Fla., about an Oerlikon anti-aircraft artillery he restored for Saturday's reenactment on board the USS Alabama in Mobile, Ala., on Friday April 15, 2016. Several of the ship's 20mm and 40mm guns have recently been restored for use this weekend and will be fired during a vintage aircraft simulated attack on the ship. It will be the first time since WWII that these guns have fired. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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Jim Grupcznski, 72, of Fairhope, Ala., talks about an Oerlikon anti-aircraft artillery he restored for Saturday's reenactment on board the USS Alabama in Mobile, Ala., on Friday April 15, 2016. Several of the ship's 20mm and 40mm guns have recently been restored for use this weekend and will be fired during a vintage aircraft simulated attack on the ship. It will be the first time since WWII that these guns have fired. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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Frank Radulski, 92, of Summerfield, Fla., stands in the Combat Information Center on board the USS Alabama where he worked as a radarman (RDM2C 2nd Class) from 1943 to 1946. Radulski was working on board the ship in 1944 during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, when the USS Alabama provided the first confirmed radar warning to Task Force 58 of incoming Japanese attackers. Radulski said that after over 500 Japanese planes were shot down that day, it was the end of the Japanese Airforce. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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Frank Radulski, 92, of Summerfield, Fla., stands in the Combat Information Center on board the USS Alabama where he worked as a radarman (RDM2C 2nd Class) from 1943 to 1946. Several crewmen arrived at the USS Alabama battleship on Friday ahead of their annual USS Alabama Crewmen's Association Reunion in Mobile, Ala., on Friday April 15, 2016. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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Earl Shive of Horseheads, NY stands in the boiler room on the USS Alabama where he worked from in 1942. Shive was a fireman who worked in the boiler room and the engine room until 1945. "We did what we had to do. We did a good job and we hoped we never had to do it again," said Shive. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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Earl Shive of Horseheads, NY was a fireman who worked in the boiler room and the engine room on the USS Alabama from 1942 to 1945. Several crewmen arrived at the USS Alabama battleship on Friday ahead of their annual USS Alabama Crewmen's Association Reunion in Mobile, Ala., on Friday April 15, 2016. They provided oral history recordings and visited with the public. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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The Combat Information Center on the USS Alabama in Mobile, Ala. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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The USS Alabama in Mobile, Ala. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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the USS Alabama in Mobile, Ala. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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The USS Alabama in Mobile, Ala. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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The deck at dusk on the USS Alabama which is docked in Mobile Bay in Mobile, Ala. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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The USS Alabama in Mobile, Ala. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)

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Earl Shive of Horseheads, NY stands in the boiler room on the USS Alabama where he worked from in 1942. Shive was a fireman who worked in the boiler room and the engine room until 1945. Several crewmen arrived at the USS Alabama battleship on Friday ahead of their annual USS Alabama Crewmen's Association Reunion in Mobile, Ala., on Friday April 15, 2016. They provided oral history recordings and visited with the public. (Sharon Steinmann/ssteinmann@al.com)