California IN BRIEF : ALAMEDA : Memorial Service Held for Sailors
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Nearly 700 sailors and their families gathered Saturday for a memorial service at the Naval Air Station, home base of six sailors who were killed in one of the worst U.S. military accidents in the Persian Gulf region since the war. The sailors died when their minesweeping helicopter plunged into the Persian Gulf minutes after taking off from an amphibious assault ship Sept. 14. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
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