The Dover Air Force Base mortuary for years disposed of portions of troops’ remains by cremating them and dumping the ashes in a Virginia landfill, a practice that officials have since abandoned in favor of burial at sea.
The Dover, Del., mortuary, the main point of entry for the nation’s war dead and the target of federal investigations of alleged mishandling of remains, engaged in the practice from 2003 to 2008, according to Air Force officials. The manner of disposal was not disclosed to relatives of fallen service members.
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Addendum:
And, if you're thinking I'm making a bit too much of this, we had them sift through a landfill on Staten Island to find the remains of the victims of September 11th in the rubble of WTC. Don't we owe our troops at least that much dignity?
4 comments:
Grrrrr...
WTFF! (What The Flying Fuck!)
That's the kind of shit you do to cremated al Qaeda shitbags, not our honored dead, even if its only parts.
The ashes should have been collected and saved for a service on Veteran's Day. As a former sailor, I'd have been more than honored to accompany these remains out to sea for a proper burial.
Notice on whose watch this happened on? 2003 - 2008; that spells the Chimp/Cheney.
Rumsfeld as well.
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