WEST CHESTER, Ohio — Former USS Cincinnati nuclear submarine veteran Scott Lucas recently got to “come aboard” again at the construction site of the American attack sub’s coming $9.5 million Cold War memorial in Butler County.

The local U.S. Navy veteran said it was emotional and special to see up close the reassembling of the submarine he spent years on traveling beneath the world’s oceans as a radio crew member on the sub’s main command deck.

And Lucas echoed officials of the Submarine Cincinnati Memorial Association in saying the unique submarine replica taking shape at the Voice of America Park in West Chester Twp. is destined to become a popular attraction for all American military veterans on future Veterans Day holidays.

“I’m very excited to see the sub again,” said Lucas, who wa

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