tom63 Posted August 9, 2018 Share #1 Posted August 9, 2018 Burial At Sea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1canpara Posted August 9, 2018 Share #2 Posted August 9, 2018 Wow. Very moving. How sad, but what an honourable way to respect him and commit him to the sea with as much dignity as possible given the terrible circumstances. Thanks for sharing this. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom63 Posted August 11, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted August 11, 2018 Well said 1canpara. Below is the comment that accompanied the video when it was emailed to me. Not my words but pretty poignant. This is a VERY touching video, actually a piece of film that has been made into a video, this is one that is NOT photo shopped, it's the real scene! Notice in the opening shot you'll see the gunner's position is all shot to hell while the pilot's cockpit ahead of it is undamaged. Later on notice the corpsman taking a fingerprint of the deceased gunner, before the film continues, then showing the chaplain saying the final prayers, followed by taps, then the sailors push the aircraft and our patriotic airman over the side and watch it sink into the distance sea. Here's one for a serious conversation with your kids. THIS WAS REAL! This is what 18 year old "kids" were doing in 1944 No safe spaces, no hurtful unthinkable remarks that they couldn't cope with, just dying for their country so the ungrateful, uninformed snowflakes of today could act like fools decades later.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted August 11, 2018 Share #4 Posted August 11, 2018 Really gut wrenching. I'm sure I've seen this many times on TV but it doesn't lessen the feeling I get. Rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 11, 2018 Share #5 Posted August 11, 2018 A more extensive posting of all this and more, to include a page on Deen. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/304237-questions-us-wartime-military-burials-at-sea/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulruss Posted August 12, 2018 Share #6 Posted August 12, 2018 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom63 Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share #7 Posted August 15, 2018 A more extensive posting of all this and more, to include a page on Deen. http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/304237-questions-us-wartime-military-burials-at-sea/ Thank you for that link. After seeing the burial clip I couldn't help wanting more information. Your link contained another link to the Loyce Deen Memorial page. Here's some more of the story: http://www.loyceedeen.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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