By Jim Haley - The Herald
Posted : Monday Apr 7, 2008 6:24:32 EDT
EVERETT, Wash. — The Everett-based aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln came to a halt in the Pacific Ocean a week after leaving its home port to take care of a solemn and time-honored tradition.
Containers with the ashes of 33 former military service members were deposited in the sea March 19 off the southern California coast, the requests of military people or their families.
Burial-at-sea ceremonies often are conducted using deployed naval vessels and are coordinated through hospitals and the Defense Department, said Lt. Karin Burzynski, a ship’s spokeswoman.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/04/ap_burialatsea_040408/
