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Aboard the USS Pasadena, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Mike Micheli renders a 13-gun salute during a sea burial for retired Rear Adm. Eugene Fluckey in the South China Sea, Jan. 24, 2008. Fluckey's ashes were scattered at the same location where he and his crew rescued 14 allied POWs stranded at sea more than 60 years ago.

BURIAL AT SEA

Aboard the USS Pasadena, U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Mike Micheli renders a 13-gun salute during a sea burial for retired Rear Adm. Eugene Fluckey in the South China Sea, Jan. 24, 2008. Fluckey's ashes were scattered at the same location where he and his crew rescued 14 allied POWs stranded at sea more than 60 years ago.

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