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U.S. Navy sailors bow their heads for the benediction during a burial at sea ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) while underway in the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 22, 2008.

U.S. Navy sailors bow their heads for the benediction.

U.S. Navy sailors bow their heads for the benediction during a burial at sea ceremony aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) while underway in the Pacific Ocean on Nov. 22, 2008.

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