“We are here today because GM3 Herman Schmidt heard the call and he stood the watch like everyone aboard the USS Oklahoma.”
The Navy on Thursday laid to rest the remains of a 28-year-old sailor who was killed aboard the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor, the culmination of decades of work to identify his remains among the hundreds of unidentified sailors and Marines killed in the Japanese sneak attack in 1941 that drew the U.S. into World War II.
The Navy Ceremonial Guard escorted a small box containing Schmidt’s remains to its final resting place amid the rolling hills and rows of white headstones at Arlington. Schmidt’s sacrifice was honored during the ceremony with a three-volley salute and the sounding of taps before he was laid to rest. Schmidt was among the nearly 400 who were buried as Unknowns at the National Cemetery of the Pacific until 2015 when the deputy secretary of defense authorized the disinterment of all unknown remains from the ship to be further analyzed.
Mr. Schmidt, now 82, was unable to make the trip from his home in California to attend the service. Instead, he honored his father with a moment of silence at his home. “The pride I feel — that I see people come out to support somebody they don’t even know — it’s just incredible,” Mr. Bishop said. “It’s humbling.”
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