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Old December 18th, 2002, 07:36 AM
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I was watching the History Channnel and they had a show on the Marines taking the different Pacific islands from the Japanese and the terrible conditions they had to fight in. I know in Europe many troops were buried in Europe and others sent home for burial, but what did they do with all of the dead Marines in the Pacific ? Did they bury them at sea ? It was so hot and humid, I don't think they could have kept them long enough to ship back to the US. Also what did they do with all the Japanese bodies ? Mass graves ? I know it is a gruesome question but I was thinking about how they disposed of the bodies while they were showing all the dead laying on the beach and in the sun. Did they have facilities on the ships off shore to embalm the bodies and then ship them home ?
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