RE: [CBQ] U.S. Army Mortuary Car

["Harold Huber" <sarge9@bresnan.net>]

I was a Dril Instructor while at Ft. Ord, Ca during  the Viet Nam War a 2 year tour.  Every cycle break recieved the honor of body excort, took bus to Oakland picked up body went normal train or plane to nearest town, met by local funeral home took to the funeral site.  Have I got tales to tell from these escorts, but they are not train  related so will leave be.  One train related was to the hills of Tennesse met at the train by an irate father with a shot gun took the casket and placed the Officer that arrived earlier and myself on the train to leave.  The Officer was wondering how he was going to get the car he had driven in with back.  No mortuary cars.

Harold

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CBQ@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Phillips, III, J.A.
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2013 9:02 PM
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Subject: [CBQ] U.S. Army Mortuary Car

 

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Do any vets from train or engine service recall handling these cars loaded during WWII, Korea or Vietnam? I was at the BN Vets in Auburn on Friday and we had the daughter of a very old hogger of Stampede Pass who had handled a passenger extra with some KIA cars on the end who came home and broke down after his helper run. Not sure if the bodies were being shipped in an alcohol cask or if they'd already been through a mortuary. You can't put a smell into a photograph, and bodies and battlefields have a stench all their own.

RSVP
John Phillips
Seattle

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