GENE RANDALL, CNN ANCHOR: Thirty-nine wounded crew members from the Cole are being treated at a military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. Five are said to have severe injuries. Meanwhile, the bodies of five sailors killed in the blast are en route to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. A memorial service is scheduled for Wednesday in Norfolk, Virginia, home base of the Cole. CNN's Mark Potter is there -- Mark.</s>MARK POTTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Gene, that ceremony ended about a half hour ago and it was a bittersweet event. It was long designed to be a celebration of the joy of homecoming, homecoming from a long tour of duty as sea. But the events involving the USS Cole, the bombing, the deaths, the injuries, turned this celebration into something more like a memorial service. Speaker after speaker mourned the events aboard the Cole and noted that for some now there would be no joy of homecoming.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For our military families, not all homecomings are happy. We live in still-dangerous world, a world that does not always respect freedom and tolerance; a world where our loved ones in the military still pay a dear price to protect our interests.</s>UNIDENTIFIED NAVAL OFFICER: In fact, quite the contrary. It strengthens our resolve and our commitment to our overseas presence and power.</s>POTTER: At the end of the ceremony, a Navy family from Norfolk unveiled a statue showing a joyful homecoming sailor being embraced by his family, but everybody here knows that when the Cole comes home, that will not be a joyful homecoming. It will be a very sad event. Mark Potter CNN, reporting live from Norfolk, Virginia.</s>RANDALL: And once again there will be a full-blown memorial service in Norfolk on Wednesday. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Memorial Service Held in Norfolk for USS Cole Victims