Gone but not forgotten: having too many tombs of unknown soldiers at Arlington.
It's supposed to be on its way to being fixed. Computer records are to be replacing paper ones. Metal tags are being used to make sure that remains do not get lost, misplaced or mischaracterized. And for those of you in the Chicago area, I'm not talking about the Burr Oak scandal that's gone on for the last few summers. I'm talking about our national burial grounds in DC. Whereas Burr Oak's problems appeared to be about money (selling the same grave site multiple times), the Arlington confusion (almost two dozen grave sites that were empty or had tombstones with wrong names, or went unmarked) seems o be about ineptitude.
Get new people in charge and get rid of the buffoons who desecrate the final resting place of those that make the greatest sacrifice -- those men and women who are most definitely missed.
BURR OAK ABOUT THE BUCKS:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-5150755-504083.html
ARLINGTON ABOUT THE BAD PAPERWORK:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/arlington-national-cemetery-grave-mixups-unknown-soldier/story?id=13377606
SORRY, BUT THERE SHOULD BE NO MARGIN OF ERROR IN THIS SITUATION:
http://www.time.com/time/interactive/0,31813,2060353,00.html
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