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Short History of Mortuary Affairs

By Dr. Steven E. Anders From the Quartermaster Professional Bulletin – September 1988 (Note: This article was written when Mortuary Affairs was calledGraves Registration or GRREG) At 0515 on the morning of 12 December 1985, a chartered DC-8 crashed shortly after…

Mortuary Affairs in Bosnia

David B. Roath CPT Robert A. JensenQuartermater Professional Bulletin – Summer 1996 Europe’s longest conflict since World War II started with a flare-up in Yugoslavia’s northwestern tip. It was enough to shock many. Much worse was to come. Exactly 1,606 days passed…

Mortuary Affairs in Korea

Condensed from Graves Registration Division,Korean Communications Zone (KCOMZ)Historical Summary, Jul-Dec 1954 Part of the Armistice Agreement signed in Panamunjom in June 1953 called for the exchange of military war dead on both sides. In the months that followed,…

Mortuary Affairs in World War II

Colonel A.C. Ramsey, Q.M.C.The Quartermaster ReviewSeptember-October 1945 LOCATED at Folembray, France, fourteen miles from Soissons, and five miles from Chauny, near the site of one of the German “Big Bertha” guns which shelled Paris during the last war,…

Mortuary Affairs in World War I and Interwar Years

By MAJOR WILLIAM R. WHITE, Q. M. C.The Quartermaster ReviewMay-June 1930 “* * * We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that their Nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper…

National Cemetery System

by Edward SteereQuartermaster Review-May/June 1953 The American Civil War was one of those great conflicts in human history that shaped the political destinies of a continent. Assuming many aspects of a major contest between two sovereign powers, this war…

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Part IThe Quartermaster ReviewSeptember-October 1963 Short article on construction of the Tomb and selection of World War I Unknown Soldier Since Memorial Day, great interest has been expressed by the many inquiries concerning the history of the Tomb of the Unknown…

Short History of Mortuary Affairs

Captain Richard W. WooleyQuartermaster Professional Bulletin-December 1988 Note: At the time this article was written the term Graves Registration was used for what is now call Mortuary Affairs. Arlington National Cemetery is not the only resting place for “Unknown…

Mortuary Affairs in World War I and Interwar Years

By COLONEL FREDERICK W. VAN DUYNE, Q. M. C.The Quartermaster ReviewJanuary-February 1930 AT the present time there are eight American military cemeteries in Europe. Six are located in areas fought over by the American Expeditionary Forces,…

Mortuary Affairs in Korea

Quartermaster Review-May/June 1954Colonel John D. Martz, Jr., QMC Graves Registration and recovery in the Korean War Note: At the time this article was written the term Graves Registration was used for what is now call Mortuary Affairs. Christmas 1950 dawned as a cold…