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Tomb raiders - who owns our dead?
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ROBERT M.
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Date: January 18, 2008 05:19AM
Hello all:
Is visiting a wreck site of a German, Japanese, or American submarine, Coast Guard vessel, downed aircraft, show less reverence than that shown to a national graveyard in the U.S., France or any other country? What about the remains of tank personnel killed in action, passengers from vessels like the Andrea Doria, Titanic, or Britannica?
Graveyards have been uprooted and remains relocated to accommodate the building of shopping centers, malls and parking lots.
The U.S. raised a large portion of the Soviet submarine K-129 and recovered the remains of about six bodies in secret without permission from the Soviets.
Gary Gentile, an experienced wreck diver offers an interesting perspective on this subject on pages 50 through 54 in his recently published book, "SHADOW DIVERS EXPOSED"
Comments?
ROBERT M.
Is visiting a wreck site of a German, Japanese, or American submarine, Coast Guard vessel, downed aircraft, show less reverence than that shown to a national graveyard in the U.S., France or any other country? What about the remains of tank personnel killed in action, passengers from vessels like the Andrea Doria, Titanic, or Britannica?
Graveyards have been uprooted and remains relocated to accommodate the building of shopping centers, malls and parking lots.
The U.S. raised a large portion of the Soviet submarine K-129 and recovered the remains of about six bodies in secret without permission from the Soviets.
Gary Gentile, an experienced wreck diver offers an interesting perspective on this subject on pages 50 through 54 in his recently published book, "SHADOW DIVERS EXPOSED"
Comments?
ROBERT M.
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