Are all bodies coddled and escorted home like this?
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giverny98 — 11 years ago(May 29, 2014 09:13 AM)
Just FYI, all branches of the military get an escort for those killed in action, using Dover as the hub for processing all branches.
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/deploymentsconflicts/a/remains.htm
When my father was 'misplaced', I actually asked an Al Italia agent how many dead people they had on the flight. Evidently there was more than one, which would make one think that they would have a tighter process than they do. But based on our mutual experience, clearly that's not the case.
The only reason we got Dad's remains back in any kind of timely fashion was because we have a relative with connections in the government, who helped to intercede on our behalf. The funeral director was amazing. He went to the airport three times; the third time (when Dad finally showed up), they asked him for $795. What, is that the going rate for a dead guy? No - it was duty on Dad's casket, something none of us ever considered. The funeral director put it on his personal credit card - he was NOT coming back one more time without my father. We of course paid him. But that was going above and beyond. -
marbleann — 11 years ago(May 29, 2014 03:45 PM)
Wow what mess. And I cannot believed they paid duty on the casket. Come on. I can if it was some special imported casket from Italy for someone who died here. But Jesus your dad was in it. What a outrage.
I remember during the Vietnam war we would see the bodies coming into Dover on the News every evening. That is one of the reason people became outraged about the Vietnam War and was one of the man reasons people who normally were supporting the war went against. And that is why Bush put a ban on filming body bags coming into Dover. -
marbleann — 11 years ago(May 30, 2014 05:51 AM)
I see we agree. About the duty fee, I could see if it was imported to this country for someone who died here and insisted they have some handmade casket from Italy. But your father was in the casket. I can't believe they did that. It was out of necessity.
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savagesteve13 — 10 years ago(May 17, 2015 06:44 PM)
The military began sneaking the bodies in at 3 am to Dover because the media was there in the the daytime. It was getting rather embarassing with 3-5 bodies coming home daily so the leadership started bringing them in at odd hours.
Gotta keep Bush from looking bad ya know. -
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melissaadair — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 01:28 PM)
First yes.second as a mother of a Marine I am slightly offended by your use of the word "coddled"..each and every one of those caskets holds a Mother, Father, Sister, brother, best friend, etc. do you think that anyone of those people would ever use that worddo you think they were being coddled when they died for something that at 19 they really understood???what made this movie/story interesting was that Lt. Col. Michael Strobl a high ranking officer took this body because after seeing so many of them pass in front of him everyday
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melissaadair — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 03:02 PM)
Then I apologize for that.. but coddle.. by definition means to treat in an indulgent way. I don't think you can ever treat our fallen soldiers in an over indulgent way.no matter where when or how they loose their lives they were doing something that no other American was willing to do.