Seaman First Class Howard E. Ortega never returned to his home in New Mexico. He was one of eighty-six sailors aboard the USS Lagarto, a submarine conducting patrol in Thailand during WW11.
The submarine was never heard from again after May 3, 1945--until it was recently discovered 150' off the coast of the South China Sea by a British Research Diver.
Memorial services were attended by friends of his who are still living. Joe Sims, his best friend, attended the ceremony. Ortega's sister, a retired nun, is currently in a convent in Indiana and mourns for him just as much today as she did sixty-one years ago.
If this video doesn't touch you...well then...
Under videos, click on the title, Family learns fate of NM sailor lost in 1945 after first clicking on KRQE's home page.
God comfort the families and friends of the eighty-six sailors "entombed eternally."
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