Zumwalt to Honor Late Marine Who Escorted Namesake's Remains

Zumwalt Will Return the Honor for Late Marine Who Escorted Remains | Military.com
Upon the USS ZUMWALT's arrival in Baltimore in October, Spiro's son, Peter, will present his father's remains to the ship's commanding officer. Following her Baltimore departure, somewhere in route to her homeport of San Diego and at the mandatory distance offshore, USS ZUMWALT will come to a dead stop. The ship's crew will then conduct a brief ceremony rendering Spiro final honors as the colonel's ashes are committed to sea. Sixteen years earlier, Colonel Michael E. Spiro, II, USMC was honored to escort Admiral Zumwalt's remains home to the Naval Academy at Annapolis. [Adm Zumwalt Funeral | Adm. Elmo Zumwalt laid to rest - tribunedigital-baltimoresun] Later this year, the USS ZUMWALT seeks to return the honor.