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51K views · 3.3K reactions | One of our many fans recently completed this video about the USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum. Enjoy! | USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum | Facebook

721K views · 44K reactions | Alfred Payne (101) was the guest of honor for the ribbon cutting of the new USS Hornet CV-8 exhibit being put together! Alfred is the last surviving sailor from CV-8 when she was sunk at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October of 1942. Our museum ship, USS Hornet CV-12, is named in her honor. Stay tuned for the date of the official grand opening!  | USS Hornet - Sea, Air and Space Museum | Facebook

“USS Hornet (CV-8) breathes her last at the Battle of Santa Cruz, October 26th, 1942. Aboard her lies Corporal Earl S. Rector, USMC—killed in the fierce Japanese attack that sealed the carrier’s fate. Ghosts of the Battlefield is humbled and honored to safeguard his memory. His medals, including his named Purple Heart, were rescued from being lost forever and now rest in safety and honor with us.” As his body rests with his ship at the bottom of Solomon Sea. Hashtags: #GhostsoftheBattlefield #US