Remains of New York sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald-AP

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — The remains of a central New York sailor killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor nearly 75 years ago have been identified and will be buried in his hometown

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency says Machinist's Mate 1st Class Alfred Wells of Syracuse was aboard the battleship USS Oklahoma when the Japanese launched their surprise attack on the U.S. fleet in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941.

The Oklahoma was hit multiple times and capsized, killing Wells and more than 400 other sailors. The Navy spent nearly three years recovering all the remains and burying them in cemeteries in Hawaii.

A little more at link.

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[tonyt53]

1. I bow my head in respect.

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. UNDER the wide and starry sky

Dig the grave and let me lie:
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.

This be the verse you 'grave for me:
Here he lies where he long'd to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.

Robert Louis Stevenson. 1850–1894

[bucolic_frolic]

3. A tip of the hat

to the US Military for never giving up

such gruesome work

[dembotoz]

4. yes time a thousand

[Plucketeer]

5. Salute

to Seaman Wells.

[NurseJackie]

6. Rest in Peace ...