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To: Stonewall Jackson

I would hope that most recreational divers who dive on military vessels lost at sea during combat operations are crypts and entering them and disturbing anything is tantamount to grave robbing.

I’ve also noticed that the young amongst us are ill-education regarding appropriate behavior when a funeral procession passes, or the amount of sacrifice our service men and women provide on a daily basis.


4 posted on 09/28/2010 8:38:14 AM PDT by cgchief
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To: cgchief
One of my coworkers is a huge recreational diver. He goes on at least two trips a year.

A few years ago, he was diving off Florida's East Coast, when he spotted an aircraft wreck. He started looking it over, but stopped when he realized that there were human remains inside.

The dive boat captain notified the Coast Guard, who got in touch with the Navy, who sent a recovery team down to investigate. It turns out that it was a Marine Corps trainer out of Jacksonville that had gone down in early 1943. Both student and instructor were lost in the crash and were listed as MIA for right at sixty years. Both were successfully recovered and were buried with full military honors there at Jacksonville.

The Commandant of the Marine Corps sent Clayton a challenge coin and a certificate of commendation for helping bring two Marines home who'd been away for far too long.

5 posted on 09/28/2010 9:20:40 AM PDT by Stonewall Jackson (Regret: Those WERE the droids we were looking for.)
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