[Chode]

my ENTIRE point was, US Troops, DO NOT leave their dead behind, if at all possible, ever...

to the point of losing good men in the process.

your mileage may very

[CatHerd]

We are famous for that and it helps build morale.

I helped recover bodies of American servicemen from the Vietnam War in the Bay of Thailand and elsewhere in Cambodia decades after that that conflict was over

Sometimes, it simply is not possible and has to wait. Reality.