"TELL ME ABOUT MY BOY” IS THE REQUEST MOST FREQUENTLY
SENT TO THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF THE ARMY BY NEXT OF KIN WHO WANT ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ON THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT'S PROGRAM FOR THE RETURN AND
FINAL BURIAL OF THOSE WHO DIED OVERSEAS IN WORLD WAR II.
THE REQUESTS ARE INSPIRED THROUGH THE FACT THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR CARRYING OUT THE WISHES OF THE CONGRESS WHICH AUTHORIZED THE PLACE FOR FINAL DISPOSITION OF REMAINS MUST, TO USE THE MILITARY TERM, BE PHASED WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF TRANSPORT TO AND FROM OVERSEAS, THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN MANY DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD AND THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE AT HOME FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MANY ITEMS NEEDED IN THIS WORK. THE PURPOSE OF, THIS PAMPHLET IS TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED ABOUT THE PROGRAM. OF COURSE, IT MAY NOT ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. IF THERE ARE FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHICH YOU ARE CONCERNED AFTER YOU HAVE PERUSED THIS PAMPHLET, WRITE TO: THE OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, MEMORIAL DIVISION, WASHINGTON 25, D. C. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN ACCURATE, PROMPT REPLY. (Webmaster’s Note: This is an historical document, address is no longer valid)
| THE INFORMATION HEREIN WAS COMPILED BY THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION BRANCH, OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL. UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT PUBLIC RELATIONS DIVISION. 1 DECEMBER 1946 |
INTRODUCTION
World War II brought death to more than 300,000 Americans
who were serving their country overseas.
While the war was on, most of these honored dead
were buried in temporary United States military cemeteries. Some were buried in
isolated graves. These latter are
being located as fast as possible and are buried in these temporary military
cemeteries. Some were lost at sea. Other remains still never be recovered.
Now Congress has passed and the President has signed a bill
which authorizes the War Department to take steps to provide a reverent final
burial for those who gave the last full measure of devotion.
Within the War Department, the Quartermaster Corps is to
direct the program, which includes all Army, Navy, Marine and Coast Guard
personnel who died overseas since 3 September 1939, as well as civilians who
were in the service of the United States.
Seeking information from unauthorized persons is
inadvisable. Official sources alone
should be sought to avoid the dissemination of erroneous information and the
disappointment which a wrong answer might bring.
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT
PLANS TO DO
OUR AMERICAN DEAD OF, WORLD WAR II LIE BURIED IN CEMETERIES
IN ALMOST EVERY PORTION OF THE GLOBE.
WHILE THESE SERVICE PEOPLE AND CIVILIANS GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY, THE GOVERNMENT NOW FEELS IT IS THE RIGHT AND PRIVILEGE OF THE
NEXT OF KIN TO DECIDE WHERE THESE VALIANT DEAD SHALL REST.
THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO CARRY OUT ALL FEASIBLE WISHES OF
THE NEXT OF KIN. IT WILL CARRY OUT THESE WISHES WITHOUT REGARD FOR RANK, RACE,
CREED, OR COLOR.
IN ORDER TO DO THIS, THE WAR DEPARTMENT WILL SEEK TO
DETERMINE FROM ITS RECORDS THE PERSON AUTHORIZED TO DECIDE THE QUESTION OF FINAL
BURIAL. A LETTER OF INQUIRY WILL
THEN BE SENT WITH A QUESTIONNAIRE TO BE FILLED OUT, ACCOMPANIED BY A PAMPHLET
DESCRIBING THE PROGRAM. BY FILLING OUT AND RETURNING THE QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE
WAR DEPARTMENT, THE RELATIVE WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE SUCH A DECISION MAY
DESIGNATE THE PLACE OF BURIAL OF THE DECEASED.
ANYONE WHO RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF DEATH FROM THE ARMED
FORCES AND WHO SINCE RECEIVING THAT NOTICE HAS CHANGED HIS OR HER ADDRESS,
SHOULD SEND THE CORRECT PRESENT ADDRESS TO THE OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER
GENERAL, MEMORIAL DIVISION, WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
THE REPLY SHOULD ALSO STATE THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE RECIPIENT OF THE
LETTER TO THE DECEASED.
ALL RELATIVES WILL NOT RECEIVE THE LETTER OF INQUIRY AND
QUESTIONNAIRE AT THE SAME TIME. IT
WILL BE SENT ONLY WHEN THE TIME APPROACHES TO RETURN THE REMAINS.
THIS RETURN FROM CEMETERIES OVERSEAS HAS BEEN PLANNED BY THE WAR
DEPARTMENT TO TAKE PLACE IN AN ORDERLY, LOGICAL OPERATIONAL MANNER.
TO MAKE THIS CLEAR, LET'S TAKE A TYPICAL SITUATION:
TWO WOMEN ARE NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS IN THE SAME CITY. BOTH HAD SONS WHO DIED IN THE PACIFIC. THE FIRST WOMAN MAY RECEIVE A LETTER OF INQUIRY FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT TODAY. THAT IS BECAUSE HER SON IS BURIED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY CEMETERY AT HOMELANI, ON THE ISLAND OF HILO, TERRITORY OF HAWAII. THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST
EIGHT CEMETERIES WHICH WILL BE EVACUATED.*
THE SECOND WOMAN DOES NOT RECEIVE A LETTER UNTIL MONTHS LATER. THE
REASON. FOR THIS IS THAT HER SON WAS BURIED IN A CEMETERY WHICH PERHAPS,
FOR REASONS OF DISTANCE, CANNOT BE EVACUATED UNTIL SOME MONTHS HENCE.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT WILL CARRY OUT THIS PROGRAM AS QUICKLY
AS IS CONSISTENT WITH EFFICIENT AND REVERENT OPERATION. IT WILL DO ITS WORK WITH THE DIGNITY BEFITTING ANY
ACTION INVOLVING OUR VALIANT DEAD.
CONGRESS HAS SET A TIME LIMIT OF FIVE YEARS FOR COMPLETION
OF THIS PROGRAM. QUARTERMASTER GENERAL OF
THE ARMY T. B. LARKIN ESTIMATES IT CAN BE COMPLETED IN LESS TIME.
HOW SOON, HOWEVER, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ESTIMATE AT THE PRESENT TIME DUE
TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THE OPERATIONS INVOLVED.
*The other seven are:
Henri Chapelle in Belgium, and the following in the territory of Hawaii;
Makaweki on Kauai; Makawao on Maui; and Schofield Barracks, Makapu, Nuuanu and
Halawa on Oahu.
WHO IS CONCERNED
WHO MAY MAKE A DECISION AS TO FINAL BURIAL OF SERVICE
PERSONNEL, OR CIVILIANS WHO DIED OVERSEAS IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES
DURING WORLD WAR II?
IN THE ABSENCE OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THE WAR DEPARTMENT
WILL RECOGNIZE THE WISHES OF RELATIVES FOR FINAL BURIAL IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:
IF THE DECEASED WERE MARRIED: THE SURVIVING SPOUSE HAS THE
FIRST AND FINAL RIGHT. HOWEVER, HE OR SHE MUST NOT HAVE BEEN DIVORCED OR
SEPARATED AT THE TIME OF DEATH, OR SINCE REMARRIED.
IF THE HUSBAND OR WIFE HAS REMARRIED, OR THE PARTIES WERE
DIVORCED OR SEPARATED, PRIOR TO HIS DEATH, THEN THE PREFERENCE PASSES TO SONS
WHO ARE OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE.
IF THERE IS NO SON OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE, THE PREFERENCE
PASSES TO THE DAUGHTERS WHO ARE OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE.
IF THERE ARE CHILDREN UNDER AGE, OR NO CHILDREN AT ALL,
THEN THE RIGHT TO DISPOSE OF REMAINS PASSES TO SURVIVING RELATIVES IN THE ORDER
OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE DECEASED.
IF THE DECEASED WERE NOT MARRIED AT THE TIME OF DEATH, THEN
THE DECISION RESTS FIRST WITH THE FATHER. THE MOTHER HAS NEXT RIGHTS IN THE
MATTER.
AFTER THE FATHER AND MOTHER, BROTHERS OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE,
IN THE ORDER OF THEIR SENIORITY, AND SISTERS OVER 21 YEARS OF AGE, IN THE ORDER
OF THEIR SENIORITY, MAY MAKE THE DECISION.
IF THERE ARE BROTHERS AND SISTERS UNDER AGE, OR NO BROTHERS
OR SISTERS AT ALL, THE RIGHT TO DISPOSE OF REMAINS PASSES TO OTHER RELATIVES OF
THE DECEASED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
RELINQUISHING THESE
RIGHTS
THE JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL HAS RENDERED AN OPINION THAT THE
RIGHT TO DISPOSE OF REMAINS MAY BE WAIVED OR RELINQUISHED.
HOWEVER, IN THE EVENT OF SUCH WAIVER OR RELINQUISHMENT, THE
RIGHT TO DIRECT DISPOSITION OF REMAINS MUST PASS TO THE PERSON NEXT ON THE LIST
OF THOSE ELIGIBLE AND MAY NOT BE ASSIGNED TO ANYONE BY A PERSON RELINQUISHING
HIS OR HER RIGHTS.
THE FOUR OPTIONS
IN REGARD TO THE FINAL BURIAL OF THOSE WHO DIED OVERSEAS DURING WORLD WAR II WHILE SERVING IN THE AMERICAN ARMED FORCES, NEXT OF KIN MAY SELECT ONE OF FOUR OPTIONS.
THESE ARE THE FOUR OPTIONS:
1. REMAINS MAY
BE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES OR ANY POSSESSION OR TERRITORY THEREOF, FOR
INTERMENT BY NEXT OF KIN IN A PRIVATE CEMETERY.
2. REMAINS MAY
BE RETURNED TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY, THE HOMELAND OF THE DECEASED OR THE NEXT OF
KIN, FOR INTERMENT BY NEXT OF KIN IN A PRIVATE CEMETERY.
3. REMAINS MAY
BE INTERRED IN A PERMANENT UNITED STATES MILITARY CEMETERY OVERSEAS.
4. REMAINS MAY BE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES FOR
INTERMENT IN A NATIONAL CEMETERY.
WHAT THESE OPTIONS MEAN
IN ALL OF THE ABOVE-CITED OPTIONS, ALL COSTS OF EXHUMATION,
PREPARATION OF REMAINS, CASKETING AND FORWARDING TO PLACE DESIGNATED BY THE NEXT
OF KIN (OR HIS DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE) WILL BE BORNE BY THE GOVERNMENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE A FLAG
OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE USED FOR PROPER DRAPING OF CASKET DURING INTERMENT
SERVICES. IF THE NEXT OF KIN OF DECEASED IS
PRESENT AT THE TIME OF INTERMENT, THE FLAG WILL BE PRESENTED TO HIM. SHOULD THE
NEXT OF KIN NOT BE PRESENT, A FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE FORWARDED TO HIM
UPON HIS REQUEST TO THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, MEMORIAL DIVISION, WASHINGTON 25,
D.C. THIS FLAG IS PRESENTED
AS A KEEPSAKE IN MEMORY OF THE DECEASED AND THE CAUSE IN WHICH HE FELL. PRINTED
DIRECTLY BELOW IS FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT EACH OF THE OPTIONS.
1. IF IT
IS DECIDED BY NEXT OF KIN TO HAVE THE REMAINS OF THE DECEASED RETURNED TO THE
UNITED STATES FOR INTERMENT IN A PRIVATE CEMETERY, THE. GOVERNMENT WILL
CONTRIBUTE A SUM NOT TO EXCEED $50, IN ADDITION TO THE SERVICES DESCRIBED ABOVE.
THIS MONEY IS TO DEFRAY ACTUAL BURIAL EXPENSES.
COSTS OR EXPENSES OVER $50 MUST BE PAID FOR BY THE PERSON
WHO CONTRACTED FOR THE SERVICES RENDERED.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES WILL BE ARRANGED BY THE NEXT OF KIN.
LOCAL VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS MAY ASSIST NEXT OF KIN IN ARRANGING FOR MILITARY
RITES AT THE CEMETERY,
IF THAT IS DESIRED BY THE NEXT OF KIN.
THIS INCLUDES PROVIDING HONOR GUARD, BUGLERS AND FIRING SQUAD.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE BURIAL PLOT IN PRIVATE CEMETERIES AT
HOME AND ABROAD ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NEXT OF KIN.
WHEN BURIAL IS IN A PRIVATE CEMETERY THE GOVERNMENT, UPON
REQUEST, WILL PROVIDE AND FORWARD THE SELECTED GOVERNMENT APPROVED TYPE
HEADSTONE OR GRAVE MARKER
TO THE RAILROAD STATION NEAREST THE CEMETERY OF BURIAL. THE
COST OF THE HEADSTONE OR GRAVE MARKER, AS WELL AS THE COST OF ITS TRANSPORTATION
TO THE PROPER RAILROAD STATION, WILL BE BORNE BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THE COST OF SUBSEQUENT TRANSPORTATION TO THE CEMETERY AND ERECTION MUST
BE PAID FOR BY WHOSOEVER CONTRACTS FOR OR ORDERS SUCH TRANSPORTATION AND
ERECTION.
2. IF IT
IS DESIRED TO HAVE THE REMAINS OF A DECEASED INTERRED IN A PRIVATE CEMETERY IN A
FOREIGN COUNTRY, THE HOMELAND OF THE DECEASED OR OF THE NEXT OF KIN, THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT, IN ADDITION TO THE PROVISIONS OF NO. I ABOVE, WILL GIVE ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING MEDICAL CLEARANCE
AND PROCUREMENT OF REINTERMENT AUTHORITY.
HOWEVER, NEXT OF KIN MUST ARRANGE FOR BURIAL PLOT AND SUCH RELIGIOUS
SERVICES AND LOCAL MILITARY RITES AS MAY BE DESIRED.
UPON APPLICATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, MEMORIAL
DIVISION, WASHINGTON 25. D. C.,
AFTER INTERMENT, THE NEXT OF KIN WILL BE FURNISHED INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE
MANNER OF SUBMITTING CLAIM FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF A SUM NOT TO EXCEED $50 TO COVER
EXPENSES INCURRED DURING
FINAL INTERMENT.
3. IF IT
IS DESIRED TO HAVE THE REMAINS OF A RELATIVE INTERRED IN A PERMANENT UNITED
STATES MILITARY CEMETERY OVERSEAS, ALL EXPENSES INCIDENTAL TO SUCH INTERMENT
WILL BE PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT MILITARY CEMETERIES OVERSEAS
BY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS CONTEMPLATED. THESE CEMETERIES WILL BE LOCATED IN
BOTH THE EUROPEAN AND PACIFIC AREAS. JUST
WHERE THE CEMETERIES WILL BE LOCATED IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE AT THE
PRESENT TIME.
WHEN NEXT OF KIN REQUEST REBURIAL IN A PERMANENT MILITARY
CEMETERY, REMAINS INTERRED IN A TEMPORARY MILITARY CEMETERY WILL BE REMOVED FROM
THEIR PRESENT LOCATION, PREPARED FOR REBURIAL, CASKETED, AND TRANSFERRED TO THE
SITE OF FINAL INTERMENT AND REBURIED THERE, ALL AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE.
A CHAPLAIN OF THE FAITH OF THE DECEASED, CATHOLIC,
PROTESTANT OR JEWISH, WILL CONDUCT APPROPRIATE RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT THE TIME OF
THIS REBURIAL.
THE LOCATION OF THE PERMANENT BURIAL SITE WILL THEN BE
COMMUNICATED TO NEXT OF KIN. A
TEMPORARY GRAVE MARKER, CROSS, OR STAR OF DAVID, WILL IDENTIFY THE GRAVE UNTIL
IT CAN BE REPLACED WITH A PROPERLY INSCRIBED GOVERNMENT APPROVED TYPE HEADSTONE.
4. IF
THE DECEASED WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, NEXT OF KIN
MAY REQUEST BURIAL IN A NATIONAL CEMETERY IN THE UNITED STATES.
THERE ARE NATIONAL CEMETERIES LOCATED IN THE FOLLOWING
STATES: ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, ILLINOIS, INDIANA,
IOWA, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI,
NEBRASKA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, OKLAHOMA, SOUTH
CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VIRGINIA, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
THERE IS ALSO A NATIONAL CEMETERY IN SITKA, ALASKA.
WHEN INTERMENT IN A NATIONAL CEMETERY IS DESIRED, THERE
WILL BE NO COST TO NEXT OF KIN FOR THE GRAVE SITE, THE OPENING OF THE GRAVE OR
THE ACTUAL INTERMENT AND CLOSING OF THE GRAVE. THE GOVERNMENT APPROVED TYPE OF
HEADSTONE WILL BE ERECTED WITHOUT COST. REMAINS MAY BE FORWARDED DIRECTLY TO THE
NATIONAL CEMETERY AND THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES DESIRED BY NEXT OF KIN HELD THERE.
REMAINS ALSO MAY BE SENT FIRST TO A PLACE OTHER THAN A NATIONAL CEMETERY
AND LATER TO THE NATIONAL CEMETERY FOR INTERMENT.
SUBSEQUENT TRANSPORTATION TO THE NATIONAL CEMETERY, HOWEVER, WILL NOT BE
AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE; SUCH COSTS ARE AN OBLIGATION OF THE NEXT OF KIN OR
WHOSOEVER CONTRACTS FOR OR ENGAGES SUCH TRANSPORTATION.
HOWEVER, THIS EXPENSE MAY BE PAID OUT OF THE $50 ALLOWANCE MENTIONED
PREVIOUSLY.
IDENTIFICATION OF
REMAINS
NEXT OF KIN WILL NOT RECEIVE A LETTER OF INQUIRY REGARDING
DISPOSITION OF REMAINS UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THOSE TO
WHICH NEXT OF KIN ARE ENTITLED.
EVERY POSSIBLE STEP HAS BEEN TAKEN TO MAKE ABSOLUTELY
POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF REMAINS. NO
EFFORT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED TOO GREAT ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TO EVEN THE SMALLEST
DETAILS.
ONCE IDENTITY OF REMAINS WAS ESTABLISHED, EVIDENCE OF
IDENTITY WAS BURIED WITH THE REMAINS AND THUS INDICATED ON THE GRAVE MARKER.
WHEN REMOVAL AND REBURIAL ELSEWHERE BECAME NECESSARY, OR BECOMES
NECESSARY, ALL RECORDS ARE AGAIN CHECKED AND ALL EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY AGAIN
EXAMINED.
MILITARY PERSONNEL ESPECIALLY TRAINED IN IDENTIFICATION
WORK SUPERVISE AND DIRECTLY CONTROL THESE OPERATIONS.
FROM THE TIME OF EXHUMATION UNTIL THEIR RECEPTION BY NEXT
OF KIN, REMAINS WILL BE UNDER CONSTANT GUARD BY MILITARY ESCORT.
THUS, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO QUESTION OF THE POSITIVE
IDENTIFICATION OF REMAINS.
MILITARY ESCORTS
IN KEEPING WITH THE DIGNITY AND REVERENCE OF THE
REPATRIATION PROGRAM, MILITARY ESCORTS WILL ACCOMPANY REMAINS AT ALL TIMES.
ESCORTS WILL ACCOMPANY REMAINS FROM THE PORTS OF NEW YORK
AND SAN FRANCISCO TO THE FIFTEEN DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. FROM THESE CENTERS A
MILITARY ESCORT OF EQUAL OR HIGHER RANK, GRADE OR RATING AND THE SAME BRANCH OF
SERVICE AS THE DECEASED WILL BE DESIGNATED TO TRAVEL WITH THE REMAINS TO THE
POINT DESIGNATED BY NEXT OF KIN.
MILITARY HONORS
IT HAS LONG BEEN THE CUSTOM TO ACCORD MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES CERTAIN HONORS AT THE TIME OF THEIR BURIAL.
THESE USUALLY CONSIST OF A GUARD OF HONOR, A SQUAD WHICH
FIRES A FINAL SALUTE AND A BUGLER WHO SOUNDS TAPS. IN THE CASE OF THOSE SERVICE
PEOPLE WHOSE NEXT OF KIN DECIDE TO HAVE THE REMAINS BURIED IN A PERMANENT UNITED
STATES MILITARY CEMETERY OVERSEAS, SUCH FINAL RITES WILL BE PERFORMED BY THE
ARMY.
SOME NEXT OF KIN WHO DECIDE TO HAVE THE REMAINS OF THEIR
LOVED ONES RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES FOR FINAL BURIAL, IN EITHER A NATIONAL
CEMETERY OR A PRIVATE CEMETERY, WILL DESIRE TO HAVE SUCH HONORS PAID AT THE
BURIAL SERVICE.
IT IS SUGGESTED THAT IN CASES WERE NEXT OF KIN DESIRE THAT
MILITARY HONORS BE PAID THE DECEASED, THAT A VETERANS ORGANIZATION IN THE
VICINITY BE INFORMED.
CERTAIN VETERANS GROUPS ARE PREPARED AND ANXIOUS TO RENDER
SUCH SERVICE TO THE FAMILIES OF DECEASED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
FULL INFORMATION AS TO THE RITES WHICH CAN BE PERFORMED AT THE TIME OF
BURIAL WILL BE GIVEN GLADLY BY AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
IN CASES WHERE NO VETERANS ORGANIZATION WHICH CAN PERFORM
SUCH SERVICES EXISTS, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE NEXT OF KIN SEEK OUT THE ADVICE
OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE NEAREST ARMY, NAVY, MARINE OR COAST GUARD
INSTALLATION.
SUMMARY
THE WAR DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO A POLICY OF CARRYING OUT
EVERY FEASIBLE WISH OF THE NEXT OF KIN.
THE WAR DEPARTMENT HAS NO PREFERENCE RELATING TO ANY OF THE
FOUR OPTIONS.
IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S DESIRE TO ACCOMPLISH THE PROGRAM IN
THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME AND WITH THE GREATEST DEGREE OF EFFICIENCY.
TO THIS END, EVERY FACILITY OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT WILL BE
PUT AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS DESIRED, WRITE TO MEMORIAL
DIVISION, OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. OR THE
COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE NEAREST AMERICAN GRAVES REGISTRATION DISTRIBUTION
CENTERS. THESE ARE:
BROOKLYN ARMY BASE, BROOKLYN, N. Y. SCHENECTADY GENERAL
DEPOT, SCHENECTADY, N. Y.
PHILADELPHIA QUARTERMASTER DEPOT, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
CHARLOTTE QUARTERMASTER DEPOT, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
ATLANTA GENERAL DEPOT, ATLANTA, GA.
MEMPHIS GENERAL DEPOT, MEMPHIS, TENN.
COLUMBUS GENERAL DEPOT, COLUMBUS, OHIO
CHICAGO QUARTERMASTER DEPOT, CHICAGO, ILL.
SAN ANTONIO GENERAL DEPOT, SAN
ANTONIO, TEXAS
FORT WORTH QUARTERMASTER DEPOT, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
KANSAS CITY QUARTERMASTER DEPOT, KANSAS CITY, MO.
UTAH GENERAL DEPOT, OGDEN, UTAH
SEATTLE GENERAL DEPOT, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
SAN FRANCISCO PORT OF EMBARKATION, SAN
FRAN., CALIF.
MIRA LOMA QUARTERMASTER DEPOT, MIRA LOMA, CALIF.
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