Quote: (Originally Posted by
vidodivr)

I grew up in Rogers City and had relatives die on the Bradley, my grandfather was supposed to be on it when it went down and have mixed feelings about the bell retrieval. Many people in town will be glad to have it at the museum though. I will still go down and see her some day in person for sure and it will be kinda cool to see the memorial bell there. Great feat for the divers though, nice job.
I am sorry about your loss and consequental mixed feelings, but it should offer some relief to know that the effort was put it to replace the bell with a substitute rather than just pillaging the site. I hope that you make the dive one day!