Skip to comments.
USS Arizona survivor laid to rest inside sunken battleship
KITV Island News ^
| Apr 16, 2017
| Mackenzie Stasko
Posted on 04/16/2017 4:23:59 AM PDT by tje
A USS Arizona sailor who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor was laid to rest inside the ship he escaped.
The remains of Retired Master Chief Petty Officer Raymond Haerry, 94, were interred inside the hull of the USS Arizona Saturday afternoon. More than 100 people gathered at the USS Arizona Memorial for the interment ceremony -- a symbolic military funeral only offered to shipmates who survived the attack.
(Excerpt) Read more at kitv.com ...
TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: arizona; battleship; pearlharbor; ussarizona; ww2
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-23 next last
Rest In Peace
1
posted on
04/16/2017 4:24:00 AM PDT
by
tje
To: tje
The spiritual and symbolism is overwhelming.
The last scene of "The Titanic" comes to mind.
Rest In Peace, sailor.
2
posted on
04/16/2017 4:33:56 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
To: tje
My Dad was at Pearl,Hickham on Dec 7. Per his request his cremains are in Pearl Harbor.
3
posted on
04/16/2017 4:44:51 AM PDT
by
CGASMIA68
To: tje
O God, where do we get such men?
A team of U.S. Navy and National Park Services divers took Haerry to his final resting place. They placed his urn in turret #3, an area of the ship they believe is near the remains of the shipmates who died during the attack on Dec. 7, 1941.
"This was the first time that I was thinking I'm also saying goodbye at the same time," said Haerry's granddaughter, Jessica Marino, who handed the urn to the divers. "It was sad, but it was also a really nice moment too."
Haerry was 19-years-old at the time of the attack. Martinez said the blast threw him from the ship, "The oil that was belching out of the ships ignited because of the explosion and he had to swim through that, got to Ford Island, got some medical care and somehow got a gun and fired back at the enemy and survived that day."
Haerry is now the 42nd USS Arizona survivor to rejoin his shipmates. Out of the 335 who survived that day, five are still alive.
4
posted on
04/16/2017 4:55:40 AM PDT
by
exit82
(The opposition has already been Trumped!)
To: Nailbiter; Forecaster; BartMan1
5
posted on
04/16/2017 5:00:26 AM PDT
by
IncPen
(Progressivism is in perpetual need of an enemy against which to refresh its outrage.)
To: IncPen
And the ‘tears from the Arizona” continue to bubble up from the bunker tanks...
6
posted on
04/16/2017 5:06:19 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
That amazed me when saw it first hand in 1986. And to think that oil is STILL coming up today...
7
posted on
04/16/2017 5:13:46 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(Keep fighting the Left and their Fake News!)
To: tje
Rest in peace CPO Haerry.
8
posted on
04/16/2017 5:25:22 AM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Dad may be in charge but mom knows whats going on.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Legend has it that the oil will continue to rise to the surface until the last of her crew is laid to rest.
9
posted on
04/16/2017 5:28:39 AM PDT
by
Ciaphas Cain
(The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
To: Ciaphas Cain
I sold N6 oil and blends to Great Lakes steamships for many years and immediately recognized the smell when we visited the Arizona five years ago. The drips will likely continue for decades if not longer. She went down with about two million gallons of oil, or so I was told.
One of the unspoken issues with the Navy at Pearl is what to do if the wreck destabilizes and falls to pieces on the floor of the harbor. There was talk about building a cement sarcophagus around the BB but no one is command wants to even talk about it, fearing it will begin to collapse on their watch...
10
posted on
04/16/2017 5:36:30 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: tje
11
posted on
04/16/2017 5:49:43 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: tje
A Band of Brothers reunited at last.
12
posted on
04/16/2017 5:57:39 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: Eric in the Ozarks
One of the things all sailors are taught in boot camp is how to swim through water with oil burning on top. Glad I never had to do it.
13
posted on
04/16/2017 6:07:22 AM PDT
by
Terry Mross
(Liver spots And blood thinners.,)
To: CGASMIA68
I had a chance not too long ago to visit Pearl Harbor. It was amazing. God bless your dad.
14
posted on
04/16/2017 6:08:20 AM PDT
by
freefdny
To: tje
Rest in peace, Master Chief.
15
posted on
04/16/2017 6:15:55 AM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me!)
To: Afterguard
Fair winds and following seas!
16
posted on
04/16/2017 6:16:29 AM PDT
by
Afterguard
(Deplorable me!)
To: freefdny
We took the Navy launch out to the memorial with a dozen young Japanese tourists. I asked one young lady why they wanted to see the remains of the Arizona.
She said she and her friends wanted to see what their fathers and grandfathers had done. They couldn’t believe it.
Not much about the attack is taught in japan.
17
posted on
04/16/2017 6:29:26 AM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: tje
Thanks for your service Chief!
#Nosnowflakehere
18
posted on
04/16/2017 6:36:20 AM PDT
by
luv2ndamend
(Same party, different letter. When the shtf, hug a politician.)
To: tje
To: tje
Great story!
Thanks for posting!
20
posted on
04/16/2017 7:02:21 AM PDT
by
Cen-Tejas
(it's the debt bomb stupid)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-23 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson