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USS Barbel Remembrance Ceremony

  • AFN Sasebo
  • May 3, 2025 | 1:00

250504-N-MH959-1001 SASEBO, Japan
The Kyushu Military Retiree Association hosts a memorial service on May 4, 2024 at Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo for Lt. Walter Gray Womble III and Fireman James David Lear, Sailors from the USS Barbel who were lost at sea off the coast of Kyushu, Japan, in 1989. The American Forces Network produces and delivers unique, immediate and uninterrupted media services to inform and entertain overseas DoD personnel and families. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Darek Leary)

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