Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Identify, Bury, and Honor Our Military Fallen"Incorporating excerpts from interviews, personal correspondence and diaries, military records, and journalistic accounts - as well as never-before-published photographs and his own reflections - Michael Sledge presents a clear, concise, and compassionate story about what the dead mean to the living. Throughout Soldier Dead, the voices of the fallen are heard, as are those of family members and military personnel responsible for the dead before final disposition. At times disturbing and at other times encouraging, they are always powerful as they speak of danger, duty, courage, commitment, and care."--BOOK JACKET. |
