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The USS Franklin was not a lucky ship. Here's What You Need to Remember: Throughout the saga of the ship’s return, however, Gehres, the disciplinarian, complained loudly about those crewmen who had left the ship during the disaster either consciously or unconsciously, men who had been blown overboard or had jumped as the flames approached them. “No order was issued to abandon ship,” he said. The USS Franklin was not a lucky ship. In March 1945, off the Japanese mainland, the Essex-class aircraft carrier was hit by two 550-pound bombs that struck her flight deck and penetrated into the hangar deck. Less than six months earlier, a kamikaze had hit her off Leyte in the Philippines, killing or wounding 120 members of her crew.
capital of nigeria. i've spoken to senior u.s. officials, that as of a few hours ago they could not confirm that report and has not located the girls. >> we'll stay on that. well, veterans see their benefits threatened by an overblown bureaucracy and politics in washington. many are being denied something else, the honors in death. others are stepping up. >> during his service in the south pacific, first lieutenant bruise -- bruce getlo. in 1945, a bomb struck the magazine of his ship, the u.s. a. franklin, almost 900 of his men died. 68 years later, bruce getslo died. >> the jacket i'm wearing right
now, it's one of my dad's jackets. it's the fighter pilot jacket with the insignia that he had for the uss franklin. his family requested a flyover at arlington cemetery. but with budget cuts, flyovers and military funerals will be given special consideration. each service would base flyovers on a series of factor, including the deceased ranks, awarded and whether there were flights scheduled already to save money. >> we were denied claiming budgetary concerns. >> reporter: a private group, warrior aviation had heard of the request and/or beganized its own flight. >> we estimated the costs to be $20,000. >> reporter: warrior aviation has similarly honored the service of other piemts, but it
you'd be hard-pressed to find a marine aviator with war time experiences to rival those of this world war ii vet who flew off the u."uss franklin" until 1945 when it was struck by japanese bombs. over 00 men died in that attack. though ravaged by fire and taking on water the crew kept "the franklin" afloat. it made it back to new york harbor under its own harbor from half-way around the world. he died last august. his family wanted a missing man formation flyover at arlington national cemetery. >> we asked permission. we were denied a flyover by the department of defense claiming concerns. >> as a part of sequestration and budget cuts, dod ended "all aerial demonstrations," including flyovers, jump team demonstrations and air shows. there was a caveat in a memo -- flyovers in support of military