Troops' Gravestones Have Pentagon Slogans

Aug 24, 2005 08:18

Families are supposed to have final approval over what goes on the tombstones. That hasn't always happened.

Unlike earlier wars, nearly all Arlington National Cemetery gravestones for troops killed in Iraq or Afghanistan are inscribed with the slogan-like operation names the Pentagon selected to promote public support for the conflicts.

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