I guess the Bush gang go beyond not wanting us to see flag-draped coffins - they're even doing burial on the cheap with no embalming.

I know, the best way to help soldiers would be to bring them home alive. However, barring that, here is a website that describes one family's horror as they sought to bury their son, their anger at the system, and what they are doing to aid other soldier's families.

http://www.soldiersplea.com/paulsstory.htm
...Upon his return home my family was told that my brother's body would not be viewable. We were told he was non-viewable due to injuries sustained from the accident. This was not true. We asked our funeral director to open Paul's casket and see if there was any way we could view him to say our last goodbyes.

He notified us that there was no way he could repair or cover the damage doneto Paul due to neglect and no refrigeration. Paul was non-viewable not because of injuries he sustained, but because our United States Army failed to care for his body. There have been recent instances in which the Army has failed to give our fallen heroes the honor they deserve in arriving at their final resting place, such as not having proper military escorts at airports, but this goes much deeper. In truth, upon his death my brother's body was left to rot like a dead animal on the side of the road.

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Has the Army failed to give any more of our now over 2,200 fallen soldiers a proper, much less heroic, homecoming? This must stop. The funeral home director who helped us has received bodies from Vietnam and WW II and said they were received in much better shape than my brother and their families were able to say their final goodbyes. He believes this is the first conflict in which our fallen soldiers have not been prepared (embalmed) while overseas.

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No other soldier should be done like this, and no other family should have to go through this. Please help, by placing your name on the online petition on this website, http://www.soldiersplea.com/signpetition.h... and by going to the link www.congress.org, finding your government representative's address, and letting them know that you will not stand for this disrespect to be done to one more American hero. Please help. Our fallen heroes deserve better!