From: jeff 

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> Last month in Indiana a similar blunder happened. I'm hoping these are
> isolated occurrences as it's the last thing a deceased soldier's family
> needs is to see is the body arriving as freight
>

This story may be getting spun a bit - yes, the body arrives as freight,
because that's how they all arrive, and have for years. But that does not
mean that they aren't being treated with dignity. Oh, and because it's the
law - and has been for some time.

The below incidently is incorrect. That's the procedure for the funeral,
not the arrival.
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Dead heroes are supposed to come home with their coffins draped with the
American flag -- greeted by a color guard.
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For information on the process go read:
http://www.mudvillegazette.com/archives/003933.html
The top story is a good one (read the whole thing at the link provided),
and the current story we are discussing comes in near the bottom of the
page.

I indeed would be interested in hearing from the escort officer of Matthew Holley.

This explains what happens and why:
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?article=33689§ion=104

I suspect B. Boxer is playing this one up a bit for political puposes.

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