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JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....An honor guard marches during a ceremony honoring the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Navy pallbearers stand at attention during a ceremony honoring the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Navy pallbearers carry the remains of one of the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Navy pallbearers carry the remains of one of the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Navy pallbearers carry the remains of one of the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Navy pallbearers carry the remains of one of the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Navy pallbearers carry the remains of one of the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....After ceremonies for the seamen who died in the 16-inch gun turret explosion on the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), officers and sailors walk off the flight line. The bodies of the 47 casualties have just been flown to the continental United States. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....Family members and friends attend a memorial ceremony for the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....A color guard takes part in a ceremony honoring the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

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Vice President George H. Bush reviews a Marine Corps honor guard and color guard during the recommissioning ceremony for the USS IOWA (BB 61). The Marines are from the battleship's Marine Detachment. Escorting the vice president are Captain Richard D. Benjamin, Commanding Officer of the detachment, and Captain Gerald E. Gneckow, IOWA commanding officer

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Timothy J. Wrighton (left), Commander, 452nd Air Mobility Wing; USAF Major (MAJ) Tim Harris; Mr. Johnny Grant, Honorary Mayor of Hollywood, creator of the Hollywood Walk of Fame; USAF Major General (MGEN) James P. Czekanski, Commander, 4TH Air Force and Mr. Mike Tillemann, Hollywood Films National, pose for a photograph in front of a USAF C-141B Starlifter aircraft, on the flight line at March Air Reserve Base (ARB), California (CA). Mr. Grant presented MGEN Czekanski with videotapes of Oscar nominated movies to be flown overseas for the entertainment of American troops deployed in Afghanistan

A Marine color guard aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) raises the national ensign for morning colors while the ship is at anchor

Project HOPE volunteer Michele Okamoto, administers an Electrocardiogram (EKG) on a patient at the Medical Treatment Facility US Military Sealift Command (MSC) Mercy Class Hospital Ship USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) during a humanitarian assistance mission.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST Second Class Timothy F. Sosa) (Released)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....President George H. W. Bush speaks with a family member of one of the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

Marines man the rails aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61) to render honors to the moored aircraft carrier USS INTREPID (CV 11). The IOWA is on a scheduled port visit to New York City

U.S. Army Spc. John Keene, a native of Cairo, Ga.,

JOSN Oscar Sosa Dover Air Force Base, Del....Pallbearers carry the flag-draped casket of one of the 47 sailors who died when an explosion ripped through the No. 2 16-inch gun turret of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

JOSN Oscar Sosa Norfolk, Va....President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush attend the memorial service for the 47 crew members killed in an explosion aboard the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61). The explosion occurred in the No. 2 16-inch gun turret as the Iowa was conducting routine gunnery exercises approximately 300 miles northeast of Puerto Rico on April 19th. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle Pratt, a native of Mechanicsburgh,

Members of the Navy Operational Support Center Los Angeles Color Guard parade the colors during the Battleship USS Iowa Museum's memorial marking the anniversary of the death of 47 Sailors aboard USS Iowa.

Officers aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) stand at attention during the plaque unveiling ceremony honoring the 47 crew members killed in the No. 2 turret explosion aboard the IOWA. Awards will also be presented to those crew members who served with distinction during the tragedy, which occurred on April 19, 1989, during routine gunnery exercises

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