I worked with the US navy for years, and while I suspect this was taped so they could <i>prove</i> the Soviet sailors were treated with respect, I have no doubt they would have treated the dead honorably in any case.  That&#x27;s the way sailors (particularly military) think, because they know they themselves could be under a flag tomorrow.  They don&#x27;t operate under the same day-to-day assumptions the rest of us do.