Family Upset Over Marine's Body Arriving As Freight

[Lerkfish]

http://www.10news.com/news/5504608/detail.html?subid=22100481&qs=1;bp=t

SAN DIEGO -- (snip) Dead heroes are supposed to come home with their coffins draped with the American flag -- greeted by a color guard.
But in reality, many are arriving as freight on commercial airliners -- stuffed in the belly of a plane with suitcases and other cargo.

John Holley and his wife, Stacey, were stunned when they found out the body of their only child, Matthew, who died in Iraq last month, would be arriving at Lindbergh Field as freight.

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Reporters from 10News called the Defense Department for an explanation. A representative said she did not know why this is happening.
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note: the full story is not much longer than the excerpted portion posted here.

Is THIS why Bush didn't want photographs?

[doodadem]

1. NOT an acceptable cost cutting measure!

This should be rammed down the throats of all the flag waving Support Our Troops legions out there.

[liberalnurse]

2. If this is indeed true and becoming

common practice, then this very issue can reverse the ban on public viewing of flag draped coffin arrivals.