Burial at sea

[Ben]

This is a mass burial at sea, on the USS Intrepid in 1944 following a kamikaze attack. I've never seen this photo, and I figure most of you probably haven't either. I posted so people can see, and remember the incredible sacrifices made on our behalf.

 

[Ben]

 

[462]

Thanks, Ben.

As hardened as I may have been on the outside, there were four Thanksgivings and Christmases, when home was missed.

 

[JBinMN]

Thanks for sharing both of those photos!

 

[Walks]

Thank you,
I too remember that first Thanksgiving and Christmas away from Home. Very Sad, Thank the Good Lord the U. S. Navy knows how to FEED it's Sailors

 

[462]

Yep, so good that the best friend I ever had -- God rest his soul -- spent 25 years in the Navy.
Air Force food was nothing to get excited about, but it was never in short supply.

 

[Bret4207]

Holiday meals were almost up to the level of "Fit for human consumption" in the USMC...almost.

 

[Walks]

I had no complaint My first Holiday's with any meals when I was in the U.S. Navy in the early 1970's.