American Flag Covers South Sea Native For Burial Rites. Funeral services for a Marshall Island native killed during the invasion battle are conducted by Army Chaplain William S. Gardner of Richmond, Virginia. With Coast Guardsmen and troops in the throng of mourners, the native was covered with an American Flag and carried to a burial plot near the cemetery where American fighting men, killed in the attack, lie beneath the palms.

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