World War II Burial At Sea - 1944 - Somber

Burial at sea video ... Here's a rather sad sea burial -  a somber and reflective video of 1 1/2 mins. Loyce Edward Deen, an Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class, USNR, was  a gunner on a TBM Avenger. On November 5, 1944, Deen's squadron  participated in a raid on Manila where his plane was hit multiple times  by anti-aircraft fire while attacking a Japanese cruiser. Deen was killed.  The Avenger's pilot, Lt Robert Cosgrove, managed to return to his carrier,  the USS Essex. Both Deen and the plane had been shot up so badly that it was decided  to leave him in it.  It is the only time in U.S. Navy history (and probably  U.S. military history) that an aviator was buried in his aircraft after being  killed in action. http://loyceedeen.webstarts.com/uploads/GoingHome.mp4