Why aren t bodies removed from USS Arizona?

One of the 14-inch gun tubes being removed from USS ARIZONA in May 1942. One question still haunts visitors to the Arizona Memorial even to this day. Why were the dead not removed? Initially, about 105 bodies were removed but because the ship was never raised, the remainder could not.



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