A friend sent this this morning. I'm not ashamed to admit that it choked me up pretty good.
Here's a rather sad sea burial - a somber and reflective video of 1 1/2 mins.
Loyce Edward Deen, an Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class, USNR, was a gunner on a TBM Avenger.
On November 5, 1944, Deen's squadron participated in a raid on Manila where his plane was hit multiple times by anti-aircraft fire while attacking a Japanese cruiser.
Deen was killed. The Avenger's pilot, Lt Robert Cosgrove, managed to return to his carrier, the USS Essex.
Both Deen and the plane had been shot up so badly that it was decided to leave him in it.
It is the only time in U.S. Navy history (and probably U.S. military history) that an aviator was buried in his aircraft after being killed in action.
http://loyceedeen.webstarts.com/uploads/GoingHome.mp4
Well, this one made me cry
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Well, this one made me cry
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Re: Well, this one made me cry
That was good Bill.....sure reminds us all the sacrifices these boys made so we all can have it so easy.---6
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Re: Well, this one made me cry
Wow. Made Me Cry too.....God Bless Them ALL.
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Re: Well, this one made me cry
Very touching. Those 'kids' became Men in short order, and the lucky ones lived through it.
Some notes on the song played:
http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/GoinHome.htm
https://youtu.be/2XGRrZfOhtk?list=PL693D63EB1E4C51FD
Some notes on the song played:
http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/GoinHome.htm
https://youtu.be/2XGRrZfOhtk?list=PL693D63EB1E4C51FD
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Re: Well, this one made me cry
God bless them, every one !
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Re: Well, this one made me cry
thanks for sharing...I deeply appreciate his service and his ultimate sacrifice during WWII...