Leave new Korean war remains unidentified

There are just oh so many of us who were killed during the Korean war whose bodies will never be found.

Because thousands of bodies will never rest in the United States, the fair way to respect the remains who do come home is not to try to identify them. Instead, designate an area in a national cemetery with a tombstone wall around the bodies decomposed on the battle fields and the names of all the missing and where they died.

Families can cherish the graves therein and believe in their hearts that their loved one was returned and is in ground over which the great red, white and blue flag will fly and will forever be honored with U.S. citizens standing with hands on their hearts pledging allegiance. The authorities need only to verify that the remains are human and not bones of animals.

As a Korean war veteran, I would recommend that because there are numerous countries in North America and South America whose people call themselves Americans that all veterans be recognized as United States veterans rather than American veterans and all memorials be worded accordingly.

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