80 Years On, the Told and Untold Stories of Pearl Harbor-- Part 5: A Marine Rejoins His Shipmates on the USS Arizona After His Death

Survivors of the USS Arizona have their stories too.

One of those is that of Marine Pfc Frank R. Cabiness.

He was one of the Arizona's  337 survivors and went on to survive the war and live a long life.

He died at age 83 in 2003.

As a crew member of the Arizona, he was at his battle station manning a machine gun when he was forced to abandon the burning ship.

His family said that he wanted his remains placed in the stricken vessel to be with his shipmates when he died.

And, so he was.

Four Navy divers placed the urn containing his ashes in Turret 4 in the aft part of the USS Arizona, which lies about 15 feet below the water.

--GreGen