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    WWII vet receives sea burial

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    WWII vet receives sea burial

    USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), JAPAN

    06.18.2007

    Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Steven King 

    U.S. Navy           

    USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Honor Guard bow their heads during a burial at sea ceremony, June 18. The cremated remains of World War II veterans retired U.S. Navy Chief Hospital Corpsman Wyllis H. Fox and retired U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. William F. Nichols were committed to the Coral Sea from a HH-60H Seahawk helicopter. Kitty Hawk operates from Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, and is in the first month of its summer deployment.

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    Date Taken: 06.18.2007
    Date Posted: 08.07.2007 10:04
    Photo ID: 52651
    VIRIN: 070618-N-5387K-025
    Resolution: 3008x2000
    Size: 476.61 KB
    Location: USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), JP

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