Thousands pay their respects to lost USS Fitzgerald sailors at Yokosuka
By TYLER HLAVAC | STARS AND STRIPES Published: June 27, 2017
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Thousands of people lined the streets of Yokosuka Tuesday to pay their respects to the seven USS Fitzgerald sailors who died after the destroyer collided with a cargo ship off the coast of Japan on June 17.
Servicemembers, civilians and local Japanese workers saluted and waved American flags as a procession of USS Fitzgerald sailors, friends and family members traveled in a fleet of buses from the base chapel to the Fleet Theater, where a memorial service was held for the seven who died.
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