Pearl Harbor Day Interment on U.S.S. Arizona
Dec 7, 2019 18:00:28 GMT -8
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Post by SeaRat on Dec 7, 2019 18:00:28 GMT -8
Today is Pearl Harbor Day (December 7th), and it is also the day when the last survivor is to be interred on the U.S.S. Arizona, the last survivor to be so interred. Here's the story:
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/pearl-harbor-survivor-to-rejoin-all-my-buddies-as-his-ashes-are-placed-in-sunken-battleship/
On February 28, 2018 my family visited the U.S.S. Arizona, and I took the following photos:
_MG_4338 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
The U.S.S. Arizona on fire.
_MG_4339 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
These above photos came from the exhibit on the mainland, before we went out to the U.S.S. Arizona.
_MG_4340 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
As we neared the ship, this was our view of the Memorial.
_MG_4343 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
This plaque is on the U.S.S. Arizona.
_MG_4351 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
_MG_4352 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
_MG_4354 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
In the main part of the memorial, is this wall, with the names of those entumbed beneath us.
_MG_4353 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
Here are the survivors who are interred aboard the U.S.S. Arizona.
_MG_4362 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
Many don't realize that the U.S.S. Arizona is stlil leaking oil into the bay.
_MG_4360 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
This oil slick is monitored daily, but has remained much the same for decades as the ship slowly looses the oil that kept it going during its life.
_MG_4367 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
Here was our last view of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial as we left via ship. The memorial can only be accessed by ship.
In order for a survivor to be interred on the U.S.S. Arizona, divers from either the U.S. Navy or the National Park Service place the remains onboard.
_MG_4348 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
From what the article says, this is the last interment that will happen on the U.S.S. Arizona. It is a sobering time for all us divers, today's or vintage.
John
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/pearl-harbor-survivor-to-rejoin-all-my-buddies-as-his-ashes-are-placed-in-sunken-battleship/
By AUDREY McAVOY
The Associated Press
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — On Dec. 7, 1941, then-21-year-old Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last man to escape the burning wreckage of the USS Arizona after a Japanese plane dropped a bomb that ignited an enormous explosion in the battleship’s ammunition storage compartment.
He lived to be 98 years old, marrying twice and outliving both wives. He worked for a refrigeration company for nearly four decades.
This weekend, divers will place Bruner’s ashes inside the battleship’s wreckage, which sits in Pearl Harbor where it sank during the attack 78 years ago that thrust the United States into World War II. The Southern California man will be the 44th and last crew member to be interred in accordance with this rare Navy ritual. The last three living Arizona survivors plan to be laid to rest with their families.
The somber ceremony and other events marking the attack anniversary come on the heels of a deadly shooting at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on Wednesday, when a Navy sailor shot and killed two people and wounded a third before taking his life. In another deadly attack at a Navy base Friday, a shooter opened fire in a classroom building at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida...
The Associated Press
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — On Dec. 7, 1941, then-21-year-old Lauren Bruner was the second-to-last man to escape the burning wreckage of the USS Arizona after a Japanese plane dropped a bomb that ignited an enormous explosion in the battleship’s ammunition storage compartment.
He lived to be 98 years old, marrying twice and outliving both wives. He worked for a refrigeration company for nearly four decades.
This weekend, divers will place Bruner’s ashes inside the battleship’s wreckage, which sits in Pearl Harbor where it sank during the attack 78 years ago that thrust the United States into World War II. The Southern California man will be the 44th and last crew member to be interred in accordance with this rare Navy ritual. The last three living Arizona survivors plan to be laid to rest with their families.
The somber ceremony and other events marking the attack anniversary come on the heels of a deadly shooting at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard on Wednesday, when a Navy sailor shot and killed two people and wounded a third before taking his life. In another deadly attack at a Navy base Friday, a shooter opened fire in a classroom building at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida...
On February 28, 2018 my family visited the U.S.S. Arizona, and I took the following photos:
_MG_4338 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
The U.S.S. Arizona on fire.
_MG_4339 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
These above photos came from the exhibit on the mainland, before we went out to the U.S.S. Arizona.
_MG_4340 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
As we neared the ship, this was our view of the Memorial.
_MG_4343 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
This plaque is on the U.S.S. Arizona.
_MG_4351 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
_MG_4352 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
_MG_4354 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
In the main part of the memorial, is this wall, with the names of those entumbed beneath us.
_MG_4353 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
Here are the survivors who are interred aboard the U.S.S. Arizona.
_MG_4362 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
Many don't realize that the U.S.S. Arizona is stlil leaking oil into the bay.
_MG_4360 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
This oil slick is monitored daily, but has remained much the same for decades as the ship slowly looses the oil that kept it going during its life.
_MG_4367 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
Here was our last view of the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial as we left via ship. The memorial can only be accessed by ship.
In order for a survivor to be interred on the U.S.S. Arizona, divers from either the U.S. Navy or the National Park Service place the remains onboard.
_MG_4348 by John Ratliff, on Flickr
From what the article says, this is the last interment that will happen on the U.S.S. Arizona. It is a sobering time for all us divers, today's or vintage.
John