[cspackler]

Dean's brother was not in the military but was given military honors when his remains were brought back to Hawaii for positive ID.

Yup, I remember that part. Is it not highly unusual for civilians to be given full military honors? Under what circumstances would that be considered "normal"? (Assuming by your tag that you have more knowledge on the subject than would I)

[OldFriend]

Dean's brother's remains were only recently found. Dean said he had no idea why his brother was classified MIA/POW all these years. (Have no idea if that was true) but when the remains were discovered they were returned home with a military honor guard as with other remains found from that war. I don't think the honor is all that unusual when American remains are recovered abroad.

[caisson71]

Civilians, not military personnel, who may have previous military service, like veterans who die as civilians, are accorded some military honors. However, brother-of-Dean was alleged to be CIA, nor proven or even disproven, yet was accorded military personnel, honor guard, full array of dignitaries,etc when he in fact was probably the alleged war protestor.