World: Do Not Disturb

After removing a dead officer from one of the midget submarines destroyed at Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy found the other half of its two-man crew still tightly wedged in the ship's bowels. Unable to scoop it out conveniently, the Navy sliced a 15-foot after-section from the core of the sub and, with full Naval honors, laid the makeshift coffin to rest in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.

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