This just doesn't sit right with me.
How does this square with the supposedly bootleg pics we've seen with the bodies arriving at Dover in flag-draped coffins?
I strongly suspect this did not actually happen in, say, World War II.
However, I think people's expectations have been colored by well-publicized ceremonies of small numbers killed in various "little wars" being unloaded from aircraft.
I guess we could strap them into the seats in first class.
I think this story needs some serious fact checking, and an official response from the DOD. This "story" doesn't sit right with me.
Your source does not sit right with me.
http://images.ibsys.com/2005/1210/5505031_240X180.jpg
If the box is not marked, then how do you know a body is in it? Nasty biased speculation?
BTW, your link doesn't work either.
That's standard procedure for civilians. That's how it was done for my grandfather.
Well... families fly deceased relatives this way all the time. I don't see it as disrespectful, but inevitable and practical. There are likely many connections and different legs when a soldier's body is sent home to wherever the family wants them.
Depends on what branch of the military and in which city one is talking about.
Marine Air Control Squadron 23, MACS-23, in Denver sees to it that Marines returning to Colorado for burial are taken care of and rendered all the military honors they are due.
Todd Heisler © News
When 2nd Lt. Jim Cathey's body arrived at the Reno Airport, Marines climbed into the cargo hold of the plane and draped the flag over his casket as passengers watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of another Marine's casket last year at Denver International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as one of the most powerful in the process: "See the people in the windows? They'll sit right there in the plane, watching those Marines. You gotta wonder what's going through their minds, knowing that they're on the plane that brought him home," he said. "They're going to remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. They're going to remember bringing that Marine home. And they should."
Many many people have loved ones shipped for burial, on freight, on airliners, every day. While we'd all like to think there is nothing routine about our particular loved one... for these companies, shipping the deceased very much is normal and they are handled with care every day.
It's a Bogus story, The Airlines NEVER haul the dead as "freight".
Even the military's.
All Bodies of American servicemen and women are transported according to custom and with an honor guard on military aircraft, unless the family denys such treatment.
This is the Army Regulation pertaining to the disposition of remains.
Maybe someone can help me out if this doesn't work, but anyways - this is Matthews guest book from his service. He seemed like a great guy and a real hero.
http://www.legacy.com/theadvocate/Guestbook.asp?PersonID=15693292
The container (sorry; not sure what to call it) has to travel in the freight section, doesn't it? Where else could it be on a passenger plane? I'm surprised it doesn't have a flag affixed to it - I thought they all did during transport. Maybe the source is exaggerating this.
Dollars to donuts this traitor Boxer uses this as a political ploy to bash the administration as being uncaring.
I would not put it pass her. Liberals do not have any shame. Hopefully she can keep her pie hole shut for the sake of the family
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A 24/7 watch is then placed on that cooler and a Snipe {Refrigeration Mechanic} will remain outside the cooler until conditions allow for the body to be flown off the ship. The body to be flown off the ship IIRC will be in a container simuliar to a missle crate. From that point on I don't know.