The incinerated partial remains of at least 274 American troops were dumped in a Virginia landfill, according to government records, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
Air Force officials said that the dumping was hidden from families who had given authorization for the remains to be disposed of in a respectful and dignified manner, according to the newspaper.
There were no plans to inform families, officials told the newspaper.
New information revealed that the practice, exposed by The Washington Post in November, had become very widespread until it was halted in 2008, the newspaper reported.
Last month, Pentagon and Air Force officials said that figuring out how many remains were sent to the King George County, Va., landfill would take combing through the records of more than 6,300 troops.
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Disgraceful!!!
If men can give their lives fighting for their country, the least the government can do is assure that they have a proper, respectful burial.
What I don’t get about the whole story is that this was something that was halted almost four years ago- i.e. the Post was exposing something that was already deemed wrong and had been stopped.