Gari-Lynn Smith

Outrage builds over Air Force dumping parts of soldiers’ remains in Virginia landfill

August 15, 2013Global Politics

Partial remains of at least 274 soldiers processed at Dover Air Force Base were dumped in a Virginia landfill, rather than disposed of in a cemetery or in a way that most would consider honorable.

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