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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Documents reveal sea burials for 13 USS Indianapolis sailors

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Navy Seaman 2nd Class George David Payne was just 17 years old when a Japanese submarine torpedoed his ship in the last weeks of World War II, sinking the vessel and killing him along with more than 800 other U.S. sailors.

For decades, his family thought he was missing in action. But now the Navy says newly analyzed documents show he was actually buried at sea.

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