 The Navy Hymn Sailor Aviators Version Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bid'st the mighty Ocean deep Its' own appointed limits keep; O hear us when we cry to thee, for those in peril on the sea. Lord, guard and guide the men who fly Through the great spaces in the sky. Be with them always in the air, In dark'ning storms or sunlight fair. O, Hear us when we lift our prayer, For those in peril in the air. But when at length our course is run, Our work for home and country done, Of all the souls that flew and sailed, Let not one life in thee be failed, But hear from heaven our sailors cry, And grant eternal life on high. May all our departed shipmates rest in peace.  Eternal Father by the U.S. Navy Band's Sea Chanters (668 kbytes - WAV file) Marines Reach Debris On Slop of Mountain The burned wreckage of a twin-engine North Island Navy patrol plane carrying a crew of 10 was found early today on Montague Island in the Gulf of Alaska. There were no survivors. The Navy said the plane, object of an intensive sea, air and land search since Saturday, had crashed against a mountain at 1,900 feet and burned. A 20-man force of Marines, placed ashore off the Navy's USS Kodia, was sent to the crash scene after the wreckage was spotted from the air by a Coast Guard Albatross. The ground crew took the bodies from the wreckage and placed them aboard the Kodiak. The search was conducted from the Navy's Alaska Sea Frontier. The wreckage was spotted as the searchers got their first break from the weather. The aircraft was from the 42nd Navy Patrol Squadron at North Island. It left there Sept. 3 for temporary duty at Kodiak, Alaska. It was due back in San Diego Friday. The patrol plane, a twin-engine Martin Marlin, was on a routine reconnaissance flight when it disappeared about 150 miles southeast of Anchorage, Alaska. It was missed when it failed to make a routine communications report Saturday. The Navy identified the mssing airmen as: Pilot 910 Coronado Ave., Coronado Lt. Allen Feinstein, 26 Co-Pilot 235 D. Ave., Coronado Ltjg. Lawrence S. Hembree, 25 Navigator Aprtment G 705 D. Ave., Coronado David L. Hart, 20 Aviation Electronics Technician 2305 C. St., San Diego Romy G. Bradberry, 32 Aviation Electrician 654 Elm Ave., Imperial Beach Ralph C. Poort, 36 Aviation Machinest's Mate 5542 Bergen St., San Diego James L. Kirkey, 21 Aviation Electronics Technician Trempealeau, Wis. Hiram C. Hurd, 21 Aviation Ordinanceman Tulsa, Okla Ralph D. King, 21 Aviation Structural Mechanic Apartment D. 2659 E. St., San Diego Robert J. Joss, 24 Aviation Electronics Technician Painesville, Ohio Hembre and his wife Georgianna, have a daughter, Renee, 1.
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