I’ve witnessed scores of dignified transfers as a former Air Force autopsy photographer assigned to the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
The process is purposefully methodic, but it never becomes easier for anyone, especially the fallen service members’ families.
At the height of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq when I was stationed there, we handled several dignified transfers a week.
Items that the fallen service members had with them when they died are gathered, organized and photographed.
All service members who die while on active duty have the option of being buried at Arlington National Cemetery, but the decision is up to their family members.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
Delaware, Afghanistan, Iraq, Arlington