That was an insane time.
The US Navy,and others,spent millions to find the bodies.
Then the the US navy spent MORE money to throw them back in the water.
Utter madness.
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For some reason, whatever Ted Kennedy wanted, he got. It wasn’t right, but that’s the way it was.
When a sitting US senator asks the Navy for a favor, they tend to try VERY hard to satisfy the senator. If that senator is the head of any number of committees that fund Navy projects, they try even harder...