Air Force Mortuary Ensures Dignity, Honor for Fallen
Air Force Mortuary Ensures Dignity, Honor for Fallen
By Elaine Wilson
American Forces Press Service
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del., March 8, 2010 – Under a deluge of rain, the 757 touched down here late at night, returning Army Staff Sgt. Michael David P. Cardenaz home. He had been killed just a few days before in an enemy attack in Afghanistan.
An Army carry team places a transfer case containing a fallen servicemember’s remains into a vehicle during a “dignified transfer” at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Feb. 22, 2010. The vehicle will transport the case to the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center, where all U.S. servicemembers killed in combat are prepared for burial. U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik
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