SAN CLEMENTE, CA - JULY 31: The U.S. flag was lowered to half-staff at Park Semper Fi in San Clemente, CA on Friday, July 31, 2020.
A day earlier one Marine from Camp Pendleton was killed and several remained missing after an accident during training SAN DIEGO - Authorities on Friday recovered the bodies of nine people killed when a Marine landing craft sank in hundreds of feet of water off the Southern California coast, authorities said.The remains of seven Marines and a Navy sailor were found after underwater salvage operations that followed the sinking on July 30.
They will be flown to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to be prepared for burial by mortuary affairs teams, according to a statement Friday night from the 1st Marine.