Stetham

170625-N-DZ075-061 SEA OF JAPAN (June 26, 2017) A ceremonial firing squad honor renders a 21-gun salute during an official memorial ceremony for Honorary Master Chief Robert Dean Stethem aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer named in his honor, USS Stethem (DDG 63). Stethem was a United States Navy Seabee Diver who endured hours of torture and maltreatment and was eventually killed by Hezbollah terrorists after being singled out as an American service member during the hijacking of TWA Flight 847, June 15, 1985. Stethem is on patrol in the U.S. 7th fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Harper/ Released)

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