Remembering those lost
October 20, 2016 12:00 am
• Last Updated: October 20, 2016 6:48 pm
A member of the Officer Candidate School places a rose at the base of Cuyahoga's bell before taking his turn to ring the bell for one of the 11 Coast Guardsmen that died during the Cuyahoga memorial service at the Coast Guard Memorial Chapel on the U.S. Coast Guard Academy campus in New London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016.
On Oct. 20, 1978 the Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga, on a training cruise for officer candidates, sank after colliding with an Argentine freighter at the mouth of the Potomac River.
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