"Modern embalming really got its start during the Civil War period."
44 posted on 03/12/2015 10:27:55 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
I went to basic with a guy who’s MOS was basically “undertaker”. I think the official term was “graves registration” but I’m not sure. His Dad owned a mortuary.
79 posted on 03/12/2015 2:08:42 PM PDT by Tailback