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Old 22-08-2009, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by kinetic View Post
Why can't any soldier, of any nationality , once discovered , rest in peace in the place where they ended their life?
I think I can answer this one Steve. It's pretty simple. Families want some closure and it doesn't matter where they've fallen. They want them home. The trenches 1st world war was a massacre. I remember my great-grand father with a missing eye and "bit and pieces". He was the lucky one. A lot of them came home in "small boxes". They then burried them within the families cemeteries locally and it was much easier for everyone. Visit them at Easter, etc.. have a personal place to put flowers and remember.
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