Wednesday, May 12, 2010

USS Arizona Survivor's Ashes Buried on the Ship

I did not know that survivors of the USS Arizona have the opportunity to have their ashes buried with their shipmates on the ship once they have died.

From the May 11th Hawaii News.

Anthony Schubert died in Hutchinson, Kansas, on August 12, 2009 and his ashes were just interred on the USS Arizona along with 1,100 of his former shipmates who died that fateful day on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

He said he was shaving in the head when the attack came and spent the rest of it helping wounded sailors onto boats.

His daughter Tina Hayward learned that his remains could be buried aboard the ship after his death and said she was sure her father would have considered it an honor.

I certainly do.

The Greatest Generation. --RoadDog

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