12/8/11 NEW REPORT THAT AIR FORCE DUMPED 274 TROOP REMAINS IN LANDFILL "Last month, the Washington Post reported that the United States Air Force, while overseeing the Dover Air Force Base mortuary that receives the bodies of troops killed overseas, had cremated and disposed some remains and sent them to a landfill in King George County, Virginia. At the time, neither military officials nor Post reporters could verify the number of body parts that had been handled in such a way. But after combing through military and mortuary records, the Post found that partial remains of at least 274 dead American troops were sent to the landfill, and far more unidentifiable body parts were ..." http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/12/08/384765/air-force-dumped-remains-of-274-troops-in-virginia-landfill/

12/8/11 NEW REPORT THAT AIR FORCE DUMPED 274 TROOP REMAINS IN LANDFILL "Last month, the Washington Post reported that the United States Air Force, while overseeing the Dover Air Force Base mortuary that receives the bodies of troops killed overseas, had cremated and disposed some remains and sent them to a landfill in King George County, Virginia. At the time, neither military officials nor Post reporters could verify the number of body parts that had been handled in such a way. But after combing through military and mortuary records, the Post found that partial remains of at least 274 dead American troops were sent to the landfill, and far more unidentifiable body parts were ..."
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/12/08/384765/air-force-dumped-remains-of-274-troops-in-virginia-landfill/