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Flags aboard USS Slater DE 766 |
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The Memorial Service begins |
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Sam Saylor USS Connolly DE 306 and RADM Paul Czesak (Ret.) Master of Ceremony |
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Presentation of the Colors |
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Opening remarks by Sam Saylor, Chairman DEHM |
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Frank Lasch, President of DEHM, at the podium |
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DESA members prepare to honor the crewmembers of DEs/APDs lost in service, all crewmembers lost in service and those who have since died. |
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A USS Leopold DE 319 crewmember remembering his lost shipmates |
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Remembering USS Holder DE 401 |
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Remembering USS Donnell DE 56 |
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Remembering USS Fechteler DE 157 |
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Remembering USS Rich DE 695 |
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A USS Fiske DE 143 crewmember remembers his lost shipmates |
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Remembering USS Shelton DE 407 |
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Remembering USS Samuel B. Roberts DE 413 |
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Remembering USS Eversole DE 404 |
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Remembering USS Frederick C. Davis DE 136 |
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Remembering USS England DE 635 |
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Remembering USS Oberrender DE 344 |
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A former crewmember remembers his USS Bates DE68/APD47 shipmates |
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Remembering USS Underhill DE 682 |
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A former USS Roche DE 197 crewmember remembers his lost shipmates |
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Remembering USS Solar DE 221 |
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Remembering the 17 Royal Navy DEs |
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Remembering all those who died aboard a DE and those who have since sailed their final sea |
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Rifle Salute by the Saratoga National Cemetery Honor Guard |
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Gun Salute - firing of the #3 3"/50mm gun, performed by Erik Collin, USS Slater staff |
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Taps is played by Steve Stella, CDR (Ret.) Albany Police Department |
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