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RE: My - response as well
Posted by: John Griffiths ()
Date: August 12, 2001 11:13AM

<HTML> Joe,

>>I do find it very diffcult for any Government of a country that was involed with a war in the past, to bring back every remains of her servicesmen & women.? <<

You served your country, they asked for your devotion, your professionalism and your life - which you give. In return, they should respect your service. Not humping hundreds of body bags around the world from A to B of course, but some mark to show your service was not forgotten or in vain.

>>If it should be done, AS YOU SAY then, How would you identify the remains of a \\\"War Grave\\\" wreck? <<

By the site. The ship / sub / aircraft / battlefield is the site of that loss - therefore, due respect should be awarded. If there are no remains able to be buried, then mark the place / ship / aircraft / sub as the site where the ultimate price was paid.

They recently found the remains of a sailor in a mass grave in France, and there is no explanation as to why he was there - but he was honoured by having his name placed with the others with whom he fell, and a service held by representatives of the regiment whose men he was found with - and a visit by a Royal Navy Honour Guard. A long, long time has passed - but he was not forgotten. That sort of \'justice\' to his sacrifice makes me proud. It\'s like it says in the poem heard so many times here in the UK around Rememberance Day:

\" At the going down of the sun, and in the evening -
We will remember them. \"

It is an emotional issue, Joe - but if you\'ve served then maybe you\'d understand that what others gave is important. There has to be respect for those who have laid their lives down. The Cenotaphs and memorials here in the UK mark no graves - but they do show the names of those who fell. That\'s respect.

Aye,

John</HTML>

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