USS COLE MEMORIAL SERVICE
Norfolk Naval Base - October 18, 2000
Louge Gunn holds a pin bearing a photo of his son Cherone Gunn, a 22-year-old seaman recruit killed in the terrorist attack on the destroyer Cole. Photo by Chris Tyree / The Virginian-Pilot.
White-bearded John Clodfelter of
Mechanicsville, Va., whose son Kenneth is still officially listed as missing in
the Cole explosion, joins other memorial service attendees as the Navy Hymn is
sung Wednesday.
Photo by Bill Tiernan / The Virginian-Pilot.
President Clinton waits on the temporary stage on Pier 12 at the Norfolk Naval Station as he prepares to address the thousands of gathered Navy personnel and family members. Photo by Bill Tiernan / The Virginian-Pilot.
Chief Petty Officer Mark Darwin of Virginia Beach, injured on the Cole, attends the memorial service on a hospital gurney. Behind him is the carrier Eisenhower. Photo by Bill Tiernan / The Virginian-Pilot.
Sailors aboard the carrier Eisenhower bow the heads during the invocation of Wednesday's memorial service for those killed on the destroyer Cole. Photo by Bill Tiernan / The Virginian-Pilot.
Family members of Ensign Andrew Triplett, who was killed in the Cole explosion, comfort each other during the memorial service. Photo by Bill Tiernan / The Virginian-Pilot.
Family members of an injured sailor wait for their relative to be let out of an ambulance. Several ambulances, used to carry the more seriously injured from Portsmouth Naval Medical Center, lined Pier 12 during the service. Photo by Chris Tyree / The Virginian-Pilot.
Amid funeral flowers, a sailor salutes during Wednesday's memorial service for the 17 victims of the Cole explosion. Thousands attended the service at the Norfolk Naval Station to hear President Clinton eulogize the sailors. Photo by Genevieve Ross / The Virginian-Pilot.
Mark Way recently served on the Cole and personally knew many of the sailors killed or injured in the bombing. Photo by Chris Tyree / The Virginian-Pilot.
In front of the destroyer McFaul, left, and beside the carrier Eisenhower, masses of dignitaries, grieving friends and family, and Navy personnel fill Pier 12 at the Norfolk Naval Station on Wednesday. Photo by Martin Smith-Rodden / The Virginian-Pilot.
Band members, sailors and wounded crew members with family listen to remarks honoring the Cole bombing's victims. Photo by Martin Smith-Rodden / The Virginian-Pilot.
Videos of the full service
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