Remains of Army Capt. Christopher James Sullivan Buried in a ShoeBox Size Container

[leftchick]

how fucking sad is that....

:(




Members of the Army Honor Guard carry in the remains of Army Capt. Christopher James Sullivan during military burial services at Arlington National Cemetery, Friday, April 20, 2007 in Arlington, Va. Sullivan, a native of Princeton, Mass., who was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, was killed in action is Iraq, Jan. 18, 2005. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)



Dorothy Sullivan and James Sullivan, both far right, stand up during military burial services for their son Army Capt. Christopher James Sullivan, at Arlington National Cemetery, Friday, April 20, 2007 in Arlington, Va. Capt. Sullivan, a native of Princeton, Mass., was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, was killed in action is Iraq, Jan. 18, 2005. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

[MissB]

1. Maybe he wanted to be cremated?

/pollyanna hat firmly attached

[leftchick]

3. He was killed in January

I hope you are right though it has been a long time since he was killed. Perhaps it took that long to scrape some bits of him together? Anyway it is sad.

[Suich]

2. Sorry, dupe

[patrice]

4. That's a "cremains" container, similar to the one sitting

on my hearth mantel.

[tblue]

5. Wow. That does look weird. Probably a cremation. I hope, anyway.

[Monkeyman]

6. Looks that way sometimes all they have is a body part