Off the coast of Japan 80 years ago, a U.S. naval captain ordered his battleship to hold a burial at sea for a kamikaze pilot ...

"And it's important to understand that the Navy at the time, prior to World War II, was largely a southern ... and ultimately the defense of the United States.” Perhaps even as Frye was dying ...

Neil Frye, who was 20 years old when he was killed, was a mess attendant on the USS West Virginia when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor.

marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II. The pilot received the same funeral that the ship would have given one of its own sailors.

marking one of the more unusual and little-known episodes of World War II. The pilot received the same funeral that the ship would have given one of its own sailors. Eighty years later ...

A US Navy Captain Ordered a Military Funeral for a Kamikaze Pilot During WWII. Here's Why PEARL HARBOR ... the ship would have given one of its own sailors. Eighty years later, the Missouri ...