Army Mortuary Affairs History Page
Army Mortuary Affairs History Page
Short Mortuary Affairs History
With All Due Honors: A History of the Quartermaster Graves Registration Mission
Our Honored Dead
Essay on Quartermaster care of the dead from the Civil War to Korea
U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory – Hawaii
Short History
A Short History of Identification Tags
traces development of the “Dog Tag” from the Civil War to 1988
Mortuary Affairs Historical Photos
(on the Quartermaster Museum Website)
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier/Arlington National Cemetery
Our Soldier Unknown (Unknown Soldier of WWI)
Tomb of the Unknown Solder-Part 1
(Construction of Tomb and Selection of WWI Unknown)
Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers-Part 2
(World War II & Korean War Unknown Soldiers)
Nature Honors The Unknown Soldier
1932 article detailing the construction of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Restoration of Arlington House
1934 article on Arlington House located in Arlington National Cemetery
National Cemetery System
Early Growth of the National Cemetery System
Evolution of the National Cemetery System 1865-1880
Expansion of the National Cemetery System, 1880-1900
National Cemeteries and Memorials in Global Conflict
development from Spanish-American War to WWII, establishment of overseas cemeteries
Jonestown , Guyana – 1978
16th Field Service Company Helps Identify Bodies
Identification of victims of the 18 Nov 1978 Jonestown, Guyana mass suicide/murder
Gander, Newfoundland – 1985
Tragedy at Gander
Crash in Canada of plane carrying U.S. soldiers returning from the Sinai
Mortuary Affairs in World War I and Interwar Years
The War Mother Goes “Over There”
Gold Star Mother visits to son’s graves after WW I
Our Soldier Dead
1930 Essay on Graves Registration thru WW I
Erection of Permanent Headstones in the American Military Cemeteries in Europe – 1930
Mortuary Affairs in World War II
The Lady Be Good Story
Recovery in 1959 of B-24 Bomber crew lost in Libyan Desert in 1943
Effects Depot
Operations of Depot Q-290 in France
Graves Registration
search and recovery operations after World War II
Tragic History
Graves Registration recovery operations in the Pacific in World War II
Crosses at Normandy, June 1944
Mortuary Affairs Operations At Malmedy-
Lessons Learned From a Historic Tragedy
With All Due Honors…
Tell Me About My Boy…
1946 Pamphlet Produced by the Quartermaster Corps for Next of Kin of Deceased Service Personnel from World War II
Photographs
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World War II
Mortuary Affairs in Korea
Graves Registration in the Korean Conflict
1953 article
Operation Glory
1954 article on Korean War exchange of dead between combatants
Homeward Bound
Graves Registration and recovery in the Korean War
Search and Recovery
short 1954 article on search and recovery operations in the Korean War
Photographs
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Korea
Mortuary Affairs in Vietnam
Memorial Affairs Activities in Vietnam
Mortuary Affairs in Somalia
Mortuary Affairs Support in Somalia
Operations of a Detachment of the 54th QM Co
Mortuary Affairs in Bosnia
Operation Joint Endeavor – An NCO Perspective
Joint Mortuary Support in Operation Joint Endeavor
Mortuary Affairs Today
Fallen Comrades: Mortuary Affairs in the US Army
Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – Winter 1998
Worldwide CILHI Mission To Bring Home Missing Heroes
The Army Central Identification Lab’s efforts to recover and identify MIAs
Mortuary Affairs on the Internet:
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Joint Mortuary Affairs Center, Fort Lee, VA
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command
Department of Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
American Battle Monuments Commission
operates and maintains permanent American military cemeteries in foreign countries
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery (Commercial Site)
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Last update: April 23, 2011