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Sailors from the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard hold the flag over the casket bearing the remains of a sailor recovered from the ironclad USS Monitor during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on March 8, 2013. The Monitor sank off Cape Hatteras, N.C., in 1862.

Sailors hold the flag over the casket bearing the remains of a sailor recovered from the ironclad USS Monitor

Sailors from the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard hold the flag over the casket bearing the remains of a sailor recovered from the ironclad USS Monitor during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on March 8, 2013. The Monitor sank off Cape Hatteras, N.C., in 1862.

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