Weekend Watch: A Final Journey...
During these busy news times, we know we have been sharing a lot with you, our paid subscribers to Steady. But as Memorial Day approached, I felt an urge to go back into the archives of my old Dan Rather Reports news magazine program to highlight a favored story we produced nearly a decade ago. We are calling this our Weekend Watch - a chance to profile short films and videos we believe will be of interest to you.
Today’s tale is of a last journey, across an ocean and back in time - a journey powered by universal themes: love, service, loss, and the bonds of family.
During the attack on Pearl Harbor, Glenn Lane was a 23-year-old radio man assigned to the USS Arizona. Many of his shipmates died that day, but Lane made it out alive, living to the ripe old age of 93. No matter the decades that had passed, he never would forget those he left behind. And when it came time for his final resting place, there was little question where he would choose. The Lane family invited us to document the rare military burial of Lane's ashes at the sunken battleship. I hope you find it worth your time and please share your thoughts.
—Dan and Steady Team
There is nothing so mournful, yet hauntingly beautiful as TAPS. And nothing more stirring as a military funeral to honor those who served this country.
Makes me so proud to be an AMERICAN and the daughter and niece of men who proudly served in WWII one severely injured in second wave at Normandy. He survived for five + years before finally succumbing to complications. Also proud to have one cousin who served in the U.S. Army immediately after high school even serving as a Sentinel guarding the tomb of the unknown soldier and became special helicopter pilot then instructor after two tours in Vietnam. Now finally retired Lt. Col. he is still called upon by the U. S. Army for educational purposes..