Sen McCaskill:6,600 graves at Arlington misidentified

Sen McCaskill:6,600 graves at Arlington misidentified (Full Version)

All Forums >> [Community Discussions] >> Dungeon of Political and Religious Discussion

Message

Owner59 -> Sen McCaskill:6,600 graves at Arlington misidentified (7/29/2010 5:49:41 PM)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_arlington_cemetery Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster. John Metzler, who ran the historic military burial ground for 19 years, said he accepts "full responsibility" for the problems. But he also denied some of the findings by Army investigators and suggested cemetery employees and poor technology were to blame for remains that may have been misidentified or misplaced. He said the system used to track grave sites relied mostly on a complicated paper trail vulnerable to error. "Personally it is very painful for me that our team at Arlington did not perform all aspects of its mission to the high standard required," he told a Senate panel. He was subpoenaed to testify.

Brain -> RE: Sen McCaskill:6,600 graves at Arlington misidentified (7/29/2010 7:34:01 PM)
I hope they come up with a good plan to fix this. quote: ORIGINAL: Owner59 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_arlington_cemetery Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster. John Metzler, who ran the historic military burial ground for 19 years, said he accepts "full responsibility" for the problems. But he also denied some of the findings by Army investigators and suggested cemetery employees and poor technology were to blame for remains that may have been misidentified or misplaced. He said the system used to track grave sites relied mostly on a complicated paper trail vulnerable to error. "Personally it is very painful for me that our team at Arlington did not perform all aspects of its mission to the high standard required," he told a Senate panel. He was subpoenaed to testify.

Arpig -> RE: Sen McCaskill:6,600 graves at Arlington misidentified (7/29/2010 8:22:51 PM)
I know this won't be a popular position, but big deal. Does it really matter to know exactly where the remains of somebody is, you have a gravestone which is the memorial and I fail to see how it matters who's body is actually buried there. Small rural cemetaries have been digging up and moving gravestones for ages and nobody seems to worry that they no longer mark the actual burial site of whoever's name is on the stone. It should be enough to know that your loved one is buried at Arlington

truckinslave -> RE: Sen McCaskill:6,600 graves at Arlington misidentified (7/30/2010 5:11:50 AM)
I hate to ruin your good name, arpig, but I think that's about right. I would have no trouble, under any circumstances I can imagine, leaving things as they are.

Owner59 -> RE: Sen McCaskill:6,600 graves at Arlington misidentified (7/30/2010 5:32:08 AM)
That`s why you vote for bush and then for mcgramps........[:D]

Arpig -> RE: Sen McCaskill:6,600 graves at Arlington misidentified (7/30/2010 8:43:15 AM)
Well the fact that he and I agree pretty much makes this NOT a left/right issue now doesn't it.

mnottertail -> RE: Sen McCaskill:6,600 graves at Arlington misidentified (7/30/2010 8:50:34 AM)
These are men who did their time in service of this country, man doesn't have much if he doesn't have his name. Fix it.

Page: [1]

Collarchat.com © 2025

Terms of Service

0.03125