On October 21, CAPT Wilbur Jones participated with Battleship North Carolina Memorial executive director CAPT Terry Bragg and wife Phoebe in hosting British Oscar-winning actor (Ghandi) Sir Ben Kingsley on a tour of the Battleship. Sir Ben, recipient of numerous film and other acting awards, was in Wilmington finishing shooting on Iron Man 3. He is producing a World War I picture on the Royal Navy and the Battle of Jutland, in which he plays the British admiral Jellicoe, and requested the invitation to learn more about naval history..
