Please note that this headline is on AOL's opening 'home page' as a come-on for this story! The actual headline in the story itself is: "Operation Names Mark Arlington Gravestones"...Nearly All From Iraq and Afghanistan Show Terms Like 'Operation Enduring Freedom'
By DAVID PACE, AP
ARLINGTON, Va. (Aug. 24) - Unlike those of earlier wars, nearly all Arlington National Cemetery gravestones for troops killed in Iraq or Afghanistan are inscribed with the slogan-like operation names the Pentagon selected to promote public support for the conflicts.
Families of fallen soldiers and Marines are being told they have the option to have the government-furnished headstones engraved with "Operation Enduring Freedom" or "Operation Iraqi Freedom" at no extra charge, whether they are buried in Arlington or elsewhere. A mock-up shown to many families includes the operation names.
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Families are supposed to have final approval over what goes on the tombstones. That hasn't always happened.
Nadia and Robert McCaffrey, whose son Patrick was killed in Iraq in June 2004, said "Operation Iraqi Freedom" ended up on his government-supplied headstone in Oceanside, Calif., without family approval.
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