ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 9, 2016) – Sailors conduct a burial-at-sea ceremony in honor of Mrs. Alice S. Roddis, held on the starboard aircraft elevator aboard amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Roddis, a native of Wilkes Barre, Pa., was the grandmother of Lt. Alex Crosby, burial officer for the ceremony.

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