Chaplain reads service for U.S. Marines buried at sea. A U.S.
Chaplain reads service for U.S. Marines buried at sea. A U.S. Marine chaplain reads a funeral service over the flag-draped bodies of Marines killed on Saipan, while their comrades, acting as pall-bearers, stand at attention. The dead Marines were given a sea burial from a troop transport. Since landing on Saipan in the Marianas group of the Central Pacific, on June 14, 1944, the U.S. had lost 1,474 ...




