Recently, news has been all over that press access to Andrews AFB, site of the military morgue, has been restricted. Considering past history, a cynic might see some connection between ambiguity about US casualty counts and this new restriction.
DoreneC
In a message dated 10/30/2003 12:34:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, cgrimes at rawbw.com writes:
> Buying the ranch in Germany refers to dying in the military medical
> facility in Ramstein where they evacuate the wounded. Cold storage
> refers to the big military morgue facility in Maryland
> (Andrews?). It's the central base for processing bodies and remains
> where they get cleaned up and boxed for shipment home.
>
> This is all my fantasy about covering up casualties and I have no
> substantiation except similar beaucratic bullshit went on during the
> Vietnam era to keep the US casualties appear lower than they were.
>
> Chuck Grimes
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