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Documents reveal sea burials for 13 USS Indianapolis sailors

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Navy Seaman 2nd Class George David Payne was just 17 years old when a Japanese submarine torpedoed his ship in the last weeks of World War II. For decades, his family thought he was missing in action, but now the Navy says newly analyzed documents show he was actually buried at sea. The teenager is one of 13 sailors from the USS Indianapolis recently discovered to have been given Navy committal ceremonies 77 years ago.

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The Independent

Documents reveal sea burials for 13 USS Indianapolis sailors

The Navy says newly analyzed documents show 13 World War II sailors previously believed to have been unaccounted for after a Japanese submarine torpedoed their ship were actually buried at sea

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Documents reveal sea burials for 13 USS Indianapolis sailors

HONOLULU (AP) — Navy Seaman 2nd Class George David Payne was just 17 years old when a Japanese submarine torpedoed his ship in the last weeks of World War II,

2 years ago·United States

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abc News

Documents reveal sea burials for 13 USS Indianapolis sailors

The Navy says newly analyzed documents show 13 World War II sailors previously believed to have been unaccounted for after a Japanese submarine torpedoed their ship were actually buried at sea

2 years ago·United States

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Washington Times

Navy changes status of 13 sailors from USS Indianapolis sunk during World War II

The Navy has changed the status of 13 World War II crew members of the ill-fated USS Indianapolis from “unaccounted for” to “buried at sea,” Navy officials announced this week.

2 years ago·United States

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Documents reveal sea burials for 13 USS Indianapolis sailors - Local News 8

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated PressHONOLULU (AP) — The Navy says newly analyzed documents show 13 World War II sailors previously believed to have been unaccounted for after a Japanese submarine torpedoed their ship were actually buried at sea. The sailors were from the USS Indianapolis, which was sunk by Japanese torpedoes on July 30, 1945. More than 800 were killed, many by sharks. Just 316 survived. Researchers found the names of the 13 sailors…

2 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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