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Burial Services after Battle of Santa Cruz Islands
Forty-four men killed during the Battle of Santa Cruz (26 October 1942) are buried at sea.
Source: William T. Barr

On 27 October 1942, Enterprise conducted burial services for the 44 crewmembers killed during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, which took place one day earlier.


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