Some vets choosing to be interred among old shipmates
(NEWSER) - As the US prepares to mark 70 years since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, some servicemen who survived the attack have returned to the site permanently. The ashes of Lee Soucy, who died last year at the age of 90, have been interred in the USS Utah with the help of a Navy diver. The ship still lies where it sank in 1941 and holds the remains of dozens of his shipmates who died in the attack. The ashes of Vernon Olsen will be placed in the USS Arizona, on which 1,177 of his shipmates died. Three others, whose ships were salvaged for scrap, will have their ashes scattered in the harbor today. More»
