Apparently many survivors of the USS Arizona have chosen to have their ashes interred at the site. This story about Raymond Haerry is from April, but it is Pearl Harbor Day. So I think that it’s worth putting it up here.
And may God have mercy on who ever disturbs that site with evil intent, for those who have chosen to rest there will have none to spare.
Veteran who survived Pearl Harbor and died last year at 94 has rejoined his shipmates aboard the sunken USS Arizona. https://t.co/uZkbI8wGr4 pic.twitter.com/BnABNxYWKQ
— ABC News (@ABC) April 19, 2017
There was an episode of Magnum PI that opened with something like this.
(the late sailor in question had been off duty at the time of the attack, taking care of his sick girlfriend who happened to be Nisei; the episode revolved around proving that this was the case as opposed to the official story regarding his absence)