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Colonialgirl · Apr 18, 2017

Another of the survivors has finally rejoined his shipmates.

USS Arizona survivor rejoins shipmates, interred aboard ship

https://www.yahoo.com/news/uss-arizona-survivor-rejoins-shipmates-interred-aboard-ship-152717917.html

USS Arizona survivor rejoins shipmates, interred aboard ship

Associated Press
JENNIFER McDERMOTT
Associated PressApril 18, 2017

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In this Saturday, April 15, 2017 photo released by Pacific Historic Parks, divers take the urn containing the remains of Raymond Haerry underwater to his final resting place within the sunken hull of the USS Arizona during a ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial in Honolulu. Haerry, who died in September in Rhode Island, was one of the last surviving veterans of the sinking of the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II. (Elaine Simon/Pacific Historic Parks via AP)
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A veteran who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor and died last year at age 94 has been reunited with his fallen shipmates on the sunken USS Arizona.

Raymond Haerry was interred on the ship in a ceremony that his granddaughter says was solemn and beautiful.

Haerry was 19 years old when bombs started falling on his battleship on Dec. 7, 1941. He never returned to Pearl Harbor while he lived because the memories were too painful. As he neared the end of his life, he told his family he'd like to be laid to rest there.

Haerry died Sept. 27 in Rhode Island. Five Arizona survivors remain.

Rest in Peace Raymond.