(FOX 9) - Five decades after the tragic sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald , the mystery of how and why it happened remains largely unsolved.

But family members of the 29 crew members are opposed to any more diving expeditions to look for clues.

Family memories and the ship's legacy

What we know:

Darren Muljo is the grandson of crewman Ransom Cundy, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who fought in the battle of Iwo Jima in World War II and returned home to Michigan’s upper peninsula to work on the freighters of the Great Lakes. Muljo recalled how his grandfather eventually earned a job on the Edmond Fitzgerald.

"I know he took great pride in it, as most sailors did," Muljo told FOX 9. "If you had a spot on the Fitzgerald, there was a certain status with that."

Muljo was just five yea

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