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U.S. Navy gunner's mates from the guided missile frigate USS Doyle render a time-honored 21-gun-salute to entombed Chilean sailors in the sunken 19th warship, Esmeralda, now a memorial, in Chile, July 2, 2009. The Doyle is on a six-month deployment to the 4th Fleet area of operations to support the U.S. Southern Command's Southern Seas 2009 Partnerships of the Americas strategy.

CHILEAN SALUTE

U.S. Navy gunner's mates from the guided missile frigate USS Doyle render a time-honored 21-gun-salute to entombed Chilean sailors in the sunken 19th warship, Esmeralda, now a memorial, in Chile, July 2, 2009. The Doyle is on a six-month deployment to the 4th Fleet area of operations to support the U.S. Southern Command's Southern Seas 2009 Partnerships of the Americas strategy.

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