274 American Servicemen's Bodies Dumped in a Garbage Dump

 I'm not a tough guy but I don't cry very readily for most things. I nearly did cry, however, after hearing about the 274 US Air Force bodies and body parts, totaling 976 fragments, and over 1700 unidentified remains, that were contracted out for cremation and disposal at a private site. Yes, these servicemen, and women, ended up in a garbage dump, wait, a landfill--sorry, that sounds much better--at the King George Landfill in Virginia. The job was contracted out by Dover Air Force Base and given to the MedTrace Inc. medical waste company, who say they were not aware of the content of the boxes they recieved with the military dead. This secret practice was halted 3 years ago, and was allegedly never revealed to the Pentagon officials who might have been adverse to dumping heroes in a dump.


The reason given as to why these bodies were treated this way was because there were no family members to claim them. I suspect this was also true with the "Unknown Soldier" but he was treated differently in the old days.

Have we gotten so callous as a nation, so uncaring and cold? Or is it that we are so damned lazy that we shirk our duties as human beings? Are we taking for granted those who would serve us and protect us? Where is the shame in all this--why has the concept of life deteriorated to the point where we can do this to our heroes? I am not blaming you, dear reader, but those in power who allowed this to happen on their watch need to do something for those who died serving our nation.


These military men and women had parents; some may have had children, and spouses, people who loved them in life and continue to love them in death. They deserve the same honor we accord our own families--because they are family. But the military, our government, felt the shame of this act and did not release the names of those who were dumped like garbage in a landfill, lest someone who was a family member become upset. People who do this deserve the shame, and so do many politicians whose honor has long deteriorated like those who allowed this to happen.

One thing that makes sense to me is the likelihood that those who did this are secular rather than religious. Not that all secular liberals are bad people, just misinformed about right and wrong.

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