Keywords: USS Missouri (BB-G3) salutation to turkish ambassador.jpg en Ship's Marines stand at attention as the body of the late Mehmet Munir Ertegun Turkish Ambassador to the United States is lowered over the side at Dolmabahce Turkey 5 April 1946 Missouri had carried his body home from the U S as part of a diplomatic cruise in the Mediterranean Note smoke in the background from gun salutes Photographed by Lieutenant Commander Dewey Wrigley http //www history navy mil/photos/images/g370000/g376893 jpg Photo 80-G-376893 in http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/bb63-m1 htm Naval Historical Center Department of the Navy Official U S Navy Photograph 1946-04 See also http //www history navy mil/branches/org11-2 htm for information about the copyright status of the work PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Missouri BB-63 1944-1955 Münir Ertegün Gun salutes |